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Scene to the Crime Lab, 5th edition Saferstein
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,Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Multiple Choice
1) Forensic science is the application of science to:
A) Scene reconstruction.
B) Civil laws.
C) Criminal laws.
D) Both civil and criminal laws.
Answer: D
Level: Basic
Objective: Distinguish between forensic science and criminalistics.
2) The fictional character of Sherlock Holmes was created by:
A) Dalton.
B) Doyle.
C) Darwin.
D) Denton.
Answer: B
Level: Basic
Objective: Outline the main historical developments of forensic science.
3) Who is known as the "father of forensic toxicology"?
A) Orfila
B) Locard
C) Osborn
D) Lattes
Answer: A
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Outline the main historical developments of forensic science.
4) Who developed the system known as anthropometry?
A) Goddard
B) Gross
C) Bertillon
D) Galton
Answer: C
Level: Basic
Objective: Outline the main historical developments of forensic science.
,5) Who undertook the first definitive study of fingerprints as a method of personal
identification?
A) Gross
B) Lattes
C) Locard
D) Galton
Answer: D
Level: Basic
Objective: Outline the main historical developments of forensic science.
6) Who devised a technique for determining the blood group of a dried bloodstain, which he
applied to criminal investigations?
A) Lattes
B) Gross
C) Locard
D) Bertillon
Answer: A
Level: Basic
Objective: Outline the main historical developments of forensic science.
7) Who established the comparison microscope as the indispensable tool of the modern
firearms examiner?
A) Goddard
B) Lattes
C) Gross
D) Galton
Answer: A
Level: Basic
Objective: Outline the main historical developments of forensic science.
8) Who wrote the first treatise describing the application of science to the field of criminal
investigation?
A) Locard
B) Osborn
C) Gross
D) Galton
Answer: C
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Outline the main historical developments of forensic science.
9) Who established the first workable crime laboratory?
A) Osborn
B) Locard
C) Bertillon
D) Galton
Answer: B
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Outline the main historical developments of forensic science.
10) What is the oldest forensic laboratory in the United States?
,A) New York City Police Department
B) Federal Bureau of Investigation
C) Secret Service
D) Los Angeles Police Department
Answer: D
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Describe the organization and services of a typical comprehensive crime
laboratory in the criminal justice system.
11) Which entity maintains the largest crime laboratory in the world?
A) Scotland Yard
B) Royal Canadian Mounted Police
C) Federal Bureau of Investigation
D) Los Angeles Police Department
Answer: C
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Describe the organization and services of a typical comprehensive crime
laboratory in the criminal justice system.
12) Which of the following would not be included in the work of the biology unit of a crime
lab?
A) Blood typing
B) Comparison of hairs
C) DNA profiling
D) Fingerprint analysis
Answer: D
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Describe the organization and services of a typical comprehensive crime
laboratory in the criminal justice system.
13) Which unit is responsible for examining body fluids and organs for the presence of drugs
and poisons?
A) Toxicology unit
B) Physical science unit
C) Biology unit
D) Trace evidence unit
Answer: A
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Describe the organization and services of a typical comprehensive crime
laboratory in the criminal justice system.
14) In Kumho Tire Co., Ltd. v. Carmichael, the US Supreme Court ruled that the
"gatekeeping" role of a trial judge:
A) was restricted to scientific testimony.
B) applied only to cases involving capital crimes.
C) was subject to appeal by a higher court.
D) applied to all expert testimony.
Answer: D
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Explain how physical evidence is analyzed and presented in the courtroom by the
,forensic scientist, and how admissibility of evidence is determined in the courtroom.
15) The concept of "general acceptance" of scientific evidence relates to what?
A) Frye standard
B) Exclusionary rule
C) First Amendment
D) Miranda warnings
Answer: A
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Explain how physical evidence is analyzed and presented in the courtroom by the
forensic scientist, and how admissibility of evidence is determined in the courtroom.
16) Who is the final evaluator of forensic evidence?
A) Police
B) Jury
C) Accused
D) Media
Answer: B
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Explain how physical evidence is analyzed and presented in the courtroom by the
forensic scientist, and how admissibility of evidence is determined in the courtroom.
17) Bite marks would be least likely to be found in cases involving:
A) Sexual abuse.
B) Murder.
C) Arson.
D) Assault.
Answer: C
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Understand what specialized forensic services, aside from the crime laboratory,
are generally available to law enforcement personnel.
18) Forensic odontology refers to the study of which of the following?
A) Teeth.
B) Drugs.
C) Bones.
D) Rocks.
Answer: A
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Understand what specialized forensic services, aside from the crime laboratory,
are generally available to law enforcement personnel.
,19) The case of Coppolino v. State highlights issues dealing with what?
A) Search and seizure.
B) Admissibility of the polygraph.
C) Acceptability of new scientific tests.
D) Warrantless searches.
Answer: C
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Explain how physical evidence is analyzed and presented in the courtroom by the
forensic scientist, and how admissibility of evidence is determined in the courtroom.
20) The scientific method requires that scientific evidence be validated by what means?
A) Formulating pertinent questions.
B) Formulating hypotheticals.
C) Performing experiments.
D) All of the above.
Answer: D
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Distinguish between forensic science and criminalistics.
21) What judicial case set forth the most current guidelines for determining the admissibility
of scientific examinations in the federal courts?
A) Frye v. United States
B) Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals
C) Coppolino v. State
D) Mapp v. United States
Answer: B
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Explain how physical evidence is analyzed and presented in the courtroom by the
forensic scientist, and how admissibility of evidence is determined in the courtroom.
22) The effectiveness of an expert's testimony is almost always dependent on:
A) the ability of the expert to talk in clear, concise language.
B) the educational background of the expert.
C) the scientific validity of the tests used.
D) All of the above
Answer: D
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Explain how physical evidence is analyzed and presented in the courtroom by the
forensic scientist, and how admissibility of evidence is determined in the courtroom.
23) The dramatization of forensic science on television has led to a phenomenon known as
what?
A) NCIS effect
B) NYPD effect
C) CSI effect
D) LAPD effect
Answer: C
Level: Basic
Objective: Distinguish between forensic science and criminalistics.
,24) The lay witness provides testimony that relies on what?
A) Scientific education
B) Personal opinions
C) Personal knowledge
D) Scientific experience
Answer: C
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Explain how physical evidence is analyzed and presented in the courtroom by the
forensic scientist, and how admissibility of evidence is determined in the courtroom.
25) What U.S. Supreme Court case made it necessity for the forensic scientist to appear in
court?
A) Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts
B) Crawford v. Washington
C) Coppolino v. State
D) Frye v. United States
Answer: A
Level: Basic
Objective: Explain how physical evidence is analyzed and presented in the courtroom by the
forensic scientist, and how admissibility of evidence is determined in the courtroom.
26) What area of forensic science examines the relationship between human behavior and
legal proceedings?
A) Forensic psychology
B) Forensic sociology
C) Forensic pathology
D) Forensic psychiatry
Answer: D
Level: Basic
Objective: Understand what specialized forensic services, aside from the crime laboratory,
are generally available to law enforcement personnel.
27) What area of forensic science is concerned with failure analysis, accident reconstruction,
and causes and origins of fires or explosions?
A) Forensic engineering
B) Forensic psychiatry
C) Forensic anthropology
D) Forensic odontology
Answer: A
Level: Basic
Objective: Understand what specialized forensic services, aside from the crime laboratory,
are generally available to law enforcement personnel.
28) The current system of crime laboratories in the United States can best be described as
which of the following?
A) Centralized
B) Regional
C) Decentralized
D) National
Answer: C
,Level: Intermediate
Objective: Describe the organization and services of a typical comprehensive crime
laboratory in the criminal justice system.
29) Approximately how many crime labs are currently operating in the United States
(including federal, state, county, and municipal labs)?
A) 250
B) 400
C) 150
D) 200
Answer: B
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Describe the organization and services of a typical comprehensive crime
laboratory in the criminal justice system.
30) Which of the following can be said to explain the rapid growth of crime labs during the
last forty years?
A) Supreme Court decisions in the 1960s
B) A staggering increase in crime rates in the United States.
C) The advent of DNA profiling.
D) All of the above.
Answer: D
Level: Basic
Objective: Describe the organization and services of a typical comprehensive crime
laboratory in the criminal justice system.
31) In the case of Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court
advocated that a "gatekeeper" determine the admissibility and reliability of scientific
evidence. Who is this gatekeeper?
A) Expert witness.
B) Prosecutor.
C) Jury.
D) Trial judge.
Answer: D
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Explain how physical evidence is analyzed and presented in the courtroom by the
forensic scientist, and how admissibility of evidence is determined in the courtroom.
, 32) Which of the following services are typically provided to law enforcement by crime
laboratories?
A) Pathology.
B) Criminalistics.
C) Odontology.
D) Psychology.
Answer: B
Level: Basic
Objective: Describe the organization and services of a typical comprehensive crime
laboratory in the criminal justice system.
33) What is the major problem facing the timeline of casework in the forensic DNA
community?
A) Contamination of DNA samples by evidence collectors.
B) Backlog of unanalyzed DNA samples.
C) Lack of recent advancements in DNA technology.
D) Existence of computerized DNA databases.
Answer: B
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Describe the organization and services of a typical comprehensive crime
laboratory in the criminal justice system.
34) Which unit applies principles and techniques of chemistry, physics, and geology to the
identification and comparison of scene evidence?
A) Forensic geology.
B) Physical science.
C) Toxicology.
D) Biology.
Answer: B
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Describe the organization and services of a typical comprehensive crime
laboratory in the criminal justice system.
35) Specially trained personnel called ________ are employed by some crime laboratories on
24-hour call to retrieve evidence and have all the proper tools and supplies for proper
collection and packaging of evidence at their disposal.
A) evidence officers.
B) scene investigators.
C) evidence technicians.
D) forensic pathologists.
Answer: B
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Understand what specialized forensic services, aside from the crime laboratory,
are generally available to law enforcement personnel.
1.2 True/False
1) Karl Landsteiner and Leone Lattes are associated with the area of blood typing.
Answer: TRUE
Level: Basic
Scene to the Crime Lab, 5th edition Saferstein
Notes
1- The file is chapter after chapter.
2- We have shown you few pages sample.
3- The file contains all Appendix and Excel sheet
if it exists.
4- We have all what you need, we make update
at every time. There are many new editions
waiting you.
5- If you think you purchased the wrong file You
can contact us at every time, we can replace it
with true one.
Our email:
,Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Multiple Choice
1) Forensic science is the application of science to:
A) Scene reconstruction.
B) Civil laws.
C) Criminal laws.
D) Both civil and criminal laws.
Answer: D
Level: Basic
Objective: Distinguish between forensic science and criminalistics.
2) The fictional character of Sherlock Holmes was created by:
A) Dalton.
B) Doyle.
C) Darwin.
D) Denton.
Answer: B
Level: Basic
Objective: Outline the main historical developments of forensic science.
3) Who is known as the "father of forensic toxicology"?
A) Orfila
B) Locard
C) Osborn
D) Lattes
Answer: A
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Outline the main historical developments of forensic science.
4) Who developed the system known as anthropometry?
A) Goddard
B) Gross
C) Bertillon
D) Galton
Answer: C
Level: Basic
Objective: Outline the main historical developments of forensic science.
,5) Who undertook the first definitive study of fingerprints as a method of personal
identification?
A) Gross
B) Lattes
C) Locard
D) Galton
Answer: D
Level: Basic
Objective: Outline the main historical developments of forensic science.
6) Who devised a technique for determining the blood group of a dried bloodstain, which he
applied to criminal investigations?
A) Lattes
B) Gross
C) Locard
D) Bertillon
Answer: A
Level: Basic
Objective: Outline the main historical developments of forensic science.
7) Who established the comparison microscope as the indispensable tool of the modern
firearms examiner?
A) Goddard
B) Lattes
C) Gross
D) Galton
Answer: A
Level: Basic
Objective: Outline the main historical developments of forensic science.
8) Who wrote the first treatise describing the application of science to the field of criminal
investigation?
A) Locard
B) Osborn
C) Gross
D) Galton
Answer: C
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Outline the main historical developments of forensic science.
9) Who established the first workable crime laboratory?
A) Osborn
B) Locard
C) Bertillon
D) Galton
Answer: B
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Outline the main historical developments of forensic science.
10) What is the oldest forensic laboratory in the United States?
,A) New York City Police Department
B) Federal Bureau of Investigation
C) Secret Service
D) Los Angeles Police Department
Answer: D
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Describe the organization and services of a typical comprehensive crime
laboratory in the criminal justice system.
11) Which entity maintains the largest crime laboratory in the world?
A) Scotland Yard
B) Royal Canadian Mounted Police
C) Federal Bureau of Investigation
D) Los Angeles Police Department
Answer: C
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Describe the organization and services of a typical comprehensive crime
laboratory in the criminal justice system.
12) Which of the following would not be included in the work of the biology unit of a crime
lab?
A) Blood typing
B) Comparison of hairs
C) DNA profiling
D) Fingerprint analysis
Answer: D
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Describe the organization and services of a typical comprehensive crime
laboratory in the criminal justice system.
13) Which unit is responsible for examining body fluids and organs for the presence of drugs
and poisons?
A) Toxicology unit
B) Physical science unit
C) Biology unit
D) Trace evidence unit
Answer: A
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Describe the organization and services of a typical comprehensive crime
laboratory in the criminal justice system.
14) In Kumho Tire Co., Ltd. v. Carmichael, the US Supreme Court ruled that the
"gatekeeping" role of a trial judge:
A) was restricted to scientific testimony.
B) applied only to cases involving capital crimes.
C) was subject to appeal by a higher court.
D) applied to all expert testimony.
Answer: D
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Explain how physical evidence is analyzed and presented in the courtroom by the
,forensic scientist, and how admissibility of evidence is determined in the courtroom.
15) The concept of "general acceptance" of scientific evidence relates to what?
A) Frye standard
B) Exclusionary rule
C) First Amendment
D) Miranda warnings
Answer: A
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Explain how physical evidence is analyzed and presented in the courtroom by the
forensic scientist, and how admissibility of evidence is determined in the courtroom.
16) Who is the final evaluator of forensic evidence?
A) Police
B) Jury
C) Accused
D) Media
Answer: B
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Explain how physical evidence is analyzed and presented in the courtroom by the
forensic scientist, and how admissibility of evidence is determined in the courtroom.
17) Bite marks would be least likely to be found in cases involving:
A) Sexual abuse.
B) Murder.
C) Arson.
D) Assault.
Answer: C
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Understand what specialized forensic services, aside from the crime laboratory,
are generally available to law enforcement personnel.
18) Forensic odontology refers to the study of which of the following?
A) Teeth.
B) Drugs.
C) Bones.
D) Rocks.
Answer: A
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Understand what specialized forensic services, aside from the crime laboratory,
are generally available to law enforcement personnel.
,19) The case of Coppolino v. State highlights issues dealing with what?
A) Search and seizure.
B) Admissibility of the polygraph.
C) Acceptability of new scientific tests.
D) Warrantless searches.
Answer: C
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Explain how physical evidence is analyzed and presented in the courtroom by the
forensic scientist, and how admissibility of evidence is determined in the courtroom.
20) The scientific method requires that scientific evidence be validated by what means?
A) Formulating pertinent questions.
B) Formulating hypotheticals.
C) Performing experiments.
D) All of the above.
Answer: D
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Distinguish between forensic science and criminalistics.
21) What judicial case set forth the most current guidelines for determining the admissibility
of scientific examinations in the federal courts?
A) Frye v. United States
B) Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals
C) Coppolino v. State
D) Mapp v. United States
Answer: B
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Explain how physical evidence is analyzed and presented in the courtroom by the
forensic scientist, and how admissibility of evidence is determined in the courtroom.
22) The effectiveness of an expert's testimony is almost always dependent on:
A) the ability of the expert to talk in clear, concise language.
B) the educational background of the expert.
C) the scientific validity of the tests used.
D) All of the above
Answer: D
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Explain how physical evidence is analyzed and presented in the courtroom by the
forensic scientist, and how admissibility of evidence is determined in the courtroom.
23) The dramatization of forensic science on television has led to a phenomenon known as
what?
A) NCIS effect
B) NYPD effect
C) CSI effect
D) LAPD effect
Answer: C
Level: Basic
Objective: Distinguish between forensic science and criminalistics.
,24) The lay witness provides testimony that relies on what?
A) Scientific education
B) Personal opinions
C) Personal knowledge
D) Scientific experience
Answer: C
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Explain how physical evidence is analyzed and presented in the courtroom by the
forensic scientist, and how admissibility of evidence is determined in the courtroom.
25) What U.S. Supreme Court case made it necessity for the forensic scientist to appear in
court?
A) Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts
B) Crawford v. Washington
C) Coppolino v. State
D) Frye v. United States
Answer: A
Level: Basic
Objective: Explain how physical evidence is analyzed and presented in the courtroom by the
forensic scientist, and how admissibility of evidence is determined in the courtroom.
26) What area of forensic science examines the relationship between human behavior and
legal proceedings?
A) Forensic psychology
B) Forensic sociology
C) Forensic pathology
D) Forensic psychiatry
Answer: D
Level: Basic
Objective: Understand what specialized forensic services, aside from the crime laboratory,
are generally available to law enforcement personnel.
27) What area of forensic science is concerned with failure analysis, accident reconstruction,
and causes and origins of fires or explosions?
A) Forensic engineering
B) Forensic psychiatry
C) Forensic anthropology
D) Forensic odontology
Answer: A
Level: Basic
Objective: Understand what specialized forensic services, aside from the crime laboratory,
are generally available to law enforcement personnel.
28) The current system of crime laboratories in the United States can best be described as
which of the following?
A) Centralized
B) Regional
C) Decentralized
D) National
Answer: C
,Level: Intermediate
Objective: Describe the organization and services of a typical comprehensive crime
laboratory in the criminal justice system.
29) Approximately how many crime labs are currently operating in the United States
(including federal, state, county, and municipal labs)?
A) 250
B) 400
C) 150
D) 200
Answer: B
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Describe the organization and services of a typical comprehensive crime
laboratory in the criminal justice system.
30) Which of the following can be said to explain the rapid growth of crime labs during the
last forty years?
A) Supreme Court decisions in the 1960s
B) A staggering increase in crime rates in the United States.
C) The advent of DNA profiling.
D) All of the above.
Answer: D
Level: Basic
Objective: Describe the organization and services of a typical comprehensive crime
laboratory in the criminal justice system.
31) In the case of Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court
advocated that a "gatekeeper" determine the admissibility and reliability of scientific
evidence. Who is this gatekeeper?
A) Expert witness.
B) Prosecutor.
C) Jury.
D) Trial judge.
Answer: D
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Explain how physical evidence is analyzed and presented in the courtroom by the
forensic scientist, and how admissibility of evidence is determined in the courtroom.
, 32) Which of the following services are typically provided to law enforcement by crime
laboratories?
A) Pathology.
B) Criminalistics.
C) Odontology.
D) Psychology.
Answer: B
Level: Basic
Objective: Describe the organization and services of a typical comprehensive crime
laboratory in the criminal justice system.
33) What is the major problem facing the timeline of casework in the forensic DNA
community?
A) Contamination of DNA samples by evidence collectors.
B) Backlog of unanalyzed DNA samples.
C) Lack of recent advancements in DNA technology.
D) Existence of computerized DNA databases.
Answer: B
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Describe the organization and services of a typical comprehensive crime
laboratory in the criminal justice system.
34) Which unit applies principles and techniques of chemistry, physics, and geology to the
identification and comparison of scene evidence?
A) Forensic geology.
B) Physical science.
C) Toxicology.
D) Biology.
Answer: B
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Describe the organization and services of a typical comprehensive crime
laboratory in the criminal justice system.
35) Specially trained personnel called ________ are employed by some crime laboratories on
24-hour call to retrieve evidence and have all the proper tools and supplies for proper
collection and packaging of evidence at their disposal.
A) evidence officers.
B) scene investigators.
C) evidence technicians.
D) forensic pathologists.
Answer: B
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Understand what specialized forensic services, aside from the crime laboratory,
are generally available to law enforcement personnel.
1.2 True/False
1) Karl Landsteiner and Leone Lattes are associated with the area of blood typing.
Answer: TRUE
Level: Basic
