WVU FIS 201 Exam 1
How does forensic science use the scientific method? - CORRECT ANSWER-1.
Observe something in the context of the crime
2. Does this "something" tell us about the events of the crime
3. Test the hypothesis, "Yes it does"
4. State what we have discovered and the limits of that work
5. Repeat until satisfied
Alexandre Lacassagne - CORRECT ANSWER-Professor of forensic medicine at
University of Lyon
Solved the case involving the politician found in field and died from strangling
Advocated that society, not hereditary, was responsible for crime
Dr. Joseph Bell - CORRECT ANSWER-Medical lecturer and surgeon
"observe carefully, deduce shrewdly, and confirm with evidence"
served as the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes
Hans Gross - CORRECT ANSWER-introduced the word and concept of Kriminalistik
said physical evidence was the way to solve crimes
founded the first forensics school
17th and 18th century - CORRECT ANSWER-medicine; how it first started
19th century - CORRECT ANSWER-medicine, chemistry, law, and photography
20th century - CORRECT ANSWER-microscopy, fingerprints, pathology, chemistry
deals with identification, collection, and preservation of evidence - CORRECT
ANSWER-Crime scene investigation
the body and damage to it - CORRECT ANSWER-Pathology
skeletal identification - CORRECT ANSWER-Anthropology
teeth; bite marks - CORRECT ANSWER-Odontology
bugs - CORRECT ANSWER-entymologist
pathology, anthropology, odontology, entymologist - CORRECT ANSWER-Death
investigation
body fluid identification - CORRECT ANSWER-Serology
, identification based on genetics - CORRECT ANSWER-DNA analysis
identify shoe prints, fingerprints, blood spatter, firearms, hairs, fibers, paint, glass, soil,
documents - CORRECT ANSWER-Criminalists
drug identification
arson and explosive
ink and paper
trace evidence - CORRECT ANSWER-Forensic Chemistry
drugs in the body - CORRECT ANSWER-Toxicology
video imaging, speaker identification, digital evidence - CORRECT ANSWER-Digital
Foreniscs
structures, materials, or processes that fail in a crime scene - CORRECT ANSWER-
Forensics engineering
scientific lab where crime scene evidence is analyzed - CORRECT ANSWER-The crime
lab
true - CORRECT ANSWER-True or False:
Forensic Scientists do not need a college education
jurisdiction, agency, history, demands, type of cases, available budget - CORRECT
ANSWER-How a crime lab is organized
detection
preservation
comparison/identification
association
reconstruction - CORRECT ANSWER-Steps of evidence analysis
physical
eyewitness testimony
expert opinion - CORRECT ANSWER-the 3 types of evidence
shows a fact to be true unless disproven - CORRECT ANSWER-prima facie
could have arisen for non criminal reasons - CORRECT ANSWER-circumstantial
evidence that strengthens or confirms other evidence - CORRECT ANSWER-
corroborating
evidence that contradicts other evidence - CORRECT ANSWER-conflicting
How does forensic science use the scientific method? - CORRECT ANSWER-1.
Observe something in the context of the crime
2. Does this "something" tell us about the events of the crime
3. Test the hypothesis, "Yes it does"
4. State what we have discovered and the limits of that work
5. Repeat until satisfied
Alexandre Lacassagne - CORRECT ANSWER-Professor of forensic medicine at
University of Lyon
Solved the case involving the politician found in field and died from strangling
Advocated that society, not hereditary, was responsible for crime
Dr. Joseph Bell - CORRECT ANSWER-Medical lecturer and surgeon
"observe carefully, deduce shrewdly, and confirm with evidence"
served as the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes
Hans Gross - CORRECT ANSWER-introduced the word and concept of Kriminalistik
said physical evidence was the way to solve crimes
founded the first forensics school
17th and 18th century - CORRECT ANSWER-medicine; how it first started
19th century - CORRECT ANSWER-medicine, chemistry, law, and photography
20th century - CORRECT ANSWER-microscopy, fingerprints, pathology, chemistry
deals with identification, collection, and preservation of evidence - CORRECT
ANSWER-Crime scene investigation
the body and damage to it - CORRECT ANSWER-Pathology
skeletal identification - CORRECT ANSWER-Anthropology
teeth; bite marks - CORRECT ANSWER-Odontology
bugs - CORRECT ANSWER-entymologist
pathology, anthropology, odontology, entymologist - CORRECT ANSWER-Death
investigation
body fluid identification - CORRECT ANSWER-Serology
, identification based on genetics - CORRECT ANSWER-DNA analysis
identify shoe prints, fingerprints, blood spatter, firearms, hairs, fibers, paint, glass, soil,
documents - CORRECT ANSWER-Criminalists
drug identification
arson and explosive
ink and paper
trace evidence - CORRECT ANSWER-Forensic Chemistry
drugs in the body - CORRECT ANSWER-Toxicology
video imaging, speaker identification, digital evidence - CORRECT ANSWER-Digital
Foreniscs
structures, materials, or processes that fail in a crime scene - CORRECT ANSWER-
Forensics engineering
scientific lab where crime scene evidence is analyzed - CORRECT ANSWER-The crime
lab
true - CORRECT ANSWER-True or False:
Forensic Scientists do not need a college education
jurisdiction, agency, history, demands, type of cases, available budget - CORRECT
ANSWER-How a crime lab is organized
detection
preservation
comparison/identification
association
reconstruction - CORRECT ANSWER-Steps of evidence analysis
physical
eyewitness testimony
expert opinion - CORRECT ANSWER-the 3 types of evidence
shows a fact to be true unless disproven - CORRECT ANSWER-prima facie
could have arisen for non criminal reasons - CORRECT ANSWER-circumstantial
evidence that strengthens or confirms other evidence - CORRECT ANSWER-
corroborating
evidence that contradicts other evidence - CORRECT ANSWER-conflicting
