FSAT PRACTICE EXAM (HELP TO GUIDE ON WHAT
TOPICS MAY BE GOOD TO FOCUS ON) 2025/26
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS.
Forensic science is the application of science to:
A. criminal laws
B. Civil laws
C. both criminal and civil laws
D. speech making Answer - both criminal and civil laws
Which area of science is NOT involved in criminalistics?
A. biology
B. chemistry
C. geology
D. none of the above Answer - none of the above
The fictional character of Sherlock Holmes was created by:
A. Darwin
B. Doyle
C. Dalton
D. Denton Answer - Doyle
Who is known as the father of forensic toxicology?
,A. Lattes
B. Locard
C. Orfilia
D. Osborn Answer - orfilia
Who developed the system known as anthropometry?
A. Gross
B. Goddard
C. Bertillon
D. Galton Answer - Bertillon
Who undertook the first definitive study of fingerprints as a method of
personal identification?
A. Galton
B. Lattes
C. Gross
D. Locard Answer - Galton
Who devised a technique for determining the blood group of a dried
bloodstain, which he applied to criminal investigations?
A. Landsteiner
B. Gross
C. Lattes
D. Locard Answer - Lattes
Who established the comparison microscope as the indispensable tool of the
modern firearms examiner?
,A. Osborn
B. Lattes
C. Gross
D. Goddard Answer - Goddard
Who wrote the first treatise describing the application of science to the field of
criminal investigation?
A. Locard
B. Gross
C. Landsteiner
D. Osborn Answer - Gross
Who established the first workable crime laboratory?
A. Osborn
B. Locard
C. Bertillon
D. Galton Answer - Locard
The exchange of evidence principle was?
A. Locard
B. Osborn
C. Galton
D. Gross Answer - Locard
The oldest forensic laboratory in the United States is that of the:
A. FBI
B. Los angeles police department
, C. NYC police department
D. secret service Answer - los angeles police department
Approximately how many operating crime labs are there in the US (federal,
state and country)?
A. 150
B. 200
C. 250
D. 300+ Answer - 300+
Which of the following can be rightfully cited as an explanation for the rapid
growth of crime labs during the last 25 years?
A. supreme court decisions in the 1960s
B. staggering increase in crime rates in the US
C. increase in drug-related arrests
D. advent of DNA profiling
E. all of the above Answer - all of the above
Which entity maintains the largest crime lab in the world?
A. ATF
B. FBI
C. scotland yard
D. royal Canadian mounted police Answer - FBI
Which would not be included in the work of the biology unit of a crime lab?
A. DNA profiling
B. blood typing
TOPICS MAY BE GOOD TO FOCUS ON) 2025/26
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS.
Forensic science is the application of science to:
A. criminal laws
B. Civil laws
C. both criminal and civil laws
D. speech making Answer - both criminal and civil laws
Which area of science is NOT involved in criminalistics?
A. biology
B. chemistry
C. geology
D. none of the above Answer - none of the above
The fictional character of Sherlock Holmes was created by:
A. Darwin
B. Doyle
C. Dalton
D. Denton Answer - Doyle
Who is known as the father of forensic toxicology?
,A. Lattes
B. Locard
C. Orfilia
D. Osborn Answer - orfilia
Who developed the system known as anthropometry?
A. Gross
B. Goddard
C. Bertillon
D. Galton Answer - Bertillon
Who undertook the first definitive study of fingerprints as a method of
personal identification?
A. Galton
B. Lattes
C. Gross
D. Locard Answer - Galton
Who devised a technique for determining the blood group of a dried
bloodstain, which he applied to criminal investigations?
A. Landsteiner
B. Gross
C. Lattes
D. Locard Answer - Lattes
Who established the comparison microscope as the indispensable tool of the
modern firearms examiner?
,A. Osborn
B. Lattes
C. Gross
D. Goddard Answer - Goddard
Who wrote the first treatise describing the application of science to the field of
criminal investigation?
A. Locard
B. Gross
C. Landsteiner
D. Osborn Answer - Gross
Who established the first workable crime laboratory?
A. Osborn
B. Locard
C. Bertillon
D. Galton Answer - Locard
The exchange of evidence principle was?
A. Locard
B. Osborn
C. Galton
D. Gross Answer - Locard
The oldest forensic laboratory in the United States is that of the:
A. FBI
B. Los angeles police department
, C. NYC police department
D. secret service Answer - los angeles police department
Approximately how many operating crime labs are there in the US (federal,
state and country)?
A. 150
B. 200
C. 250
D. 300+ Answer - 300+
Which of the following can be rightfully cited as an explanation for the rapid
growth of crime labs during the last 25 years?
A. supreme court decisions in the 1960s
B. staggering increase in crime rates in the US
C. increase in drug-related arrests
D. advent of DNA profiling
E. all of the above Answer - all of the above
Which entity maintains the largest crime lab in the world?
A. ATF
B. FBI
C. scotland yard
D. royal Canadian mounted police Answer - FBI
Which would not be included in the work of the biology unit of a crime lab?
A. DNA profiling
B. blood typing
