FIVS 205 – Final Exam Review Study Guide and Practice
Questions
Forensics - correct answer ✔✔ belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to
public discussion and debate
Forensic Science attempts to: - correct answer ✔✔ 1.) It should help distinguish actual evidence
from simple coincidence without ambiguity
2.) allow for certainty and probabilistic considerations.
3.) attempts to pursue general impressions to the level of specific details
4.) can (and should) take into account all alternative results
According to your reading, what is the primary responsibility of a forensic scientist? - correct
answer ✔✔ To perform scientific analyses and report the results
contrite fallibilism - correct answer ✔✔ understanding the limits of our knowledge and the
ability to acknowledge that we are not infallible as scientists
Ethics - correct answer ✔✔ set of rules that govern the conduct of a professional working in a
given field
Hsi Yuan Lu (1241- 1253 AD) - correct answer ✔✔ The Washing Away of Wrongs: Instructions to
Coroners
-The text includes everything from wound descriptions, to methods of determining accidental
suicide, to ways to "cure" death.
generalists - correct answer ✔✔ The scientists responsible for early discoveries in forensic
science
,The Culshaw Case - correct answer ✔✔ first documented use of matching physical evidence in
modern history
Joseph Bell - correct answer ✔✔ -MD- 1859- emphasized importance of close observation in
making medical diagnosis
-Personal surgeon to Queen Victoria
-Sherlock Holmes
Hans Gross - correct answer ✔✔ Criminal Investigation (1893)- first recognized forensic science
textbook
--coined the term criminalistics to describe the analysis of physical evidence found at a crime
scene
-began the journal Kriminologie, which continues to be a major source of primary forensic
literature today
Alphonse Bertillon - correct answer ✔✔ -made the first attempt at a systematic method for
personal identification
-anthropometry or Bertillonage- relied upon 11 body measurements with accompanying
descriptive information and photographs
-method of identification
Will West Case - correct answer ✔✔ A case in which two inmates so closely resembled each
other in physical characteristics that the traditional Bertillon method of identification was
discredited.
Victor Balthazard - correct answer ✔✔ The Hair of Man and Animals (1910)- considered the first
comprehensive book on hair analysis
,Sir Francis Galton - correct answer ✔✔ -Finger Prints (1892)- brought fingerprinting to the
forefront of personal i.d. tech. still primary reference for fingerprint classification
-credited with developing the first classification system for fingerprints
Calvin Goddard - correct answer ✔✔ -est. examination of firearms in the U.S.
-Valentine's Day Massacre (1929) in Chicago
-comparison scope
-left the directorship of the johns hopkins hospital to join the bureau of forensic of ballistics
Edmond Locard - correct answer ✔✔ -Trained as lawyer and doctor
-learned his forensics trade working on victims of violent crime and suicide in the pathologist's
office (studied under A. Bertillion)
-Trace evidence
Locard's Exchange Principle - correct answer ✔✔ every contact leaves a trace. It is the basis of
investigative sciences, and we still use this idea when developing new methods of forensic
investigation
Marie Latelle Case - correct answer ✔✔ Locard's theory applied
Forensic Photography - correct answer ✔✔ came of age during the killings in London attributed
to Jack the Ripper
Mathieu Orfila - correct answer ✔✔ *father of forensic toxicology
-He started his research career by publishing a paper on poisons in 1914 when he was 26 years
old
-favorite substance to study was arsenic, as this was a common murder weapon at the time
, The Marie and Charles Lafarge Case - correct answer ✔✔ Marie poisioned her husband via rat
poison (arsenic)
Karl Landersteiner and Leon Lattes - correct answer ✔✔ Dr. Karl Landersteiner (1901)- realized
that blood may be grouped into categories based on its physical properties
Dr. Lattes (1915)- developed a simple procedure for determining the blood group of a dried
bloodstain
Lattes test - correct answer ✔✔ used antibodies specific for the A, B, and O blood groups, and
applied them to bloodstains rehydrated with a saline solution
The __ Institute of Police Science was founded in 1902 as a direct result of the early use of
forensic photography. - correct answer ✔✔ Lausanne
Sir Alec John Jeffreys - correct answer ✔✔ credited with developing the techniques for DNA
profiling and ultimately DNA fingerprinting.
Colin Pitchfork Case - correct answer ✔✔ the first person to be convicted of a crime based on
DNA fingerprinting evidence
Defining a crime scene - correct answer ✔✔ • Location of criminal activity
•Size of area
•Type of crime committed
•Physical location of crime
Primary - correct answer ✔✔ where the original crime occurred
Secondary - correct answer ✔✔ subsequent crime scenes
Questions
Forensics - correct answer ✔✔ belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to
public discussion and debate
Forensic Science attempts to: - correct answer ✔✔ 1.) It should help distinguish actual evidence
from simple coincidence without ambiguity
2.) allow for certainty and probabilistic considerations.
3.) attempts to pursue general impressions to the level of specific details
4.) can (and should) take into account all alternative results
According to your reading, what is the primary responsibility of a forensic scientist? - correct
answer ✔✔ To perform scientific analyses and report the results
contrite fallibilism - correct answer ✔✔ understanding the limits of our knowledge and the
ability to acknowledge that we are not infallible as scientists
Ethics - correct answer ✔✔ set of rules that govern the conduct of a professional working in a
given field
Hsi Yuan Lu (1241- 1253 AD) - correct answer ✔✔ The Washing Away of Wrongs: Instructions to
Coroners
-The text includes everything from wound descriptions, to methods of determining accidental
suicide, to ways to "cure" death.
generalists - correct answer ✔✔ The scientists responsible for early discoveries in forensic
science
,The Culshaw Case - correct answer ✔✔ first documented use of matching physical evidence in
modern history
Joseph Bell - correct answer ✔✔ -MD- 1859- emphasized importance of close observation in
making medical diagnosis
-Personal surgeon to Queen Victoria
-Sherlock Holmes
Hans Gross - correct answer ✔✔ Criminal Investigation (1893)- first recognized forensic science
textbook
--coined the term criminalistics to describe the analysis of physical evidence found at a crime
scene
-began the journal Kriminologie, which continues to be a major source of primary forensic
literature today
Alphonse Bertillon - correct answer ✔✔ -made the first attempt at a systematic method for
personal identification
-anthropometry or Bertillonage- relied upon 11 body measurements with accompanying
descriptive information and photographs
-method of identification
Will West Case - correct answer ✔✔ A case in which two inmates so closely resembled each
other in physical characteristics that the traditional Bertillon method of identification was
discredited.
Victor Balthazard - correct answer ✔✔ The Hair of Man and Animals (1910)- considered the first
comprehensive book on hair analysis
,Sir Francis Galton - correct answer ✔✔ -Finger Prints (1892)- brought fingerprinting to the
forefront of personal i.d. tech. still primary reference for fingerprint classification
-credited with developing the first classification system for fingerprints
Calvin Goddard - correct answer ✔✔ -est. examination of firearms in the U.S.
-Valentine's Day Massacre (1929) in Chicago
-comparison scope
-left the directorship of the johns hopkins hospital to join the bureau of forensic of ballistics
Edmond Locard - correct answer ✔✔ -Trained as lawyer and doctor
-learned his forensics trade working on victims of violent crime and suicide in the pathologist's
office (studied under A. Bertillion)
-Trace evidence
Locard's Exchange Principle - correct answer ✔✔ every contact leaves a trace. It is the basis of
investigative sciences, and we still use this idea when developing new methods of forensic
investigation
Marie Latelle Case - correct answer ✔✔ Locard's theory applied
Forensic Photography - correct answer ✔✔ came of age during the killings in London attributed
to Jack the Ripper
Mathieu Orfila - correct answer ✔✔ *father of forensic toxicology
-He started his research career by publishing a paper on poisons in 1914 when he was 26 years
old
-favorite substance to study was arsenic, as this was a common murder weapon at the time
, The Marie and Charles Lafarge Case - correct answer ✔✔ Marie poisioned her husband via rat
poison (arsenic)
Karl Landersteiner and Leon Lattes - correct answer ✔✔ Dr. Karl Landersteiner (1901)- realized
that blood may be grouped into categories based on its physical properties
Dr. Lattes (1915)- developed a simple procedure for determining the blood group of a dried
bloodstain
Lattes test - correct answer ✔✔ used antibodies specific for the A, B, and O blood groups, and
applied them to bloodstains rehydrated with a saline solution
The __ Institute of Police Science was founded in 1902 as a direct result of the early use of
forensic photography. - correct answer ✔✔ Lausanne
Sir Alec John Jeffreys - correct answer ✔✔ credited with developing the techniques for DNA
profiling and ultimately DNA fingerprinting.
Colin Pitchfork Case - correct answer ✔✔ the first person to be convicted of a crime based on
DNA fingerprinting evidence
Defining a crime scene - correct answer ✔✔ • Location of criminal activity
•Size of area
•Type of crime committed
•Physical location of crime
Primary - correct answer ✔✔ where the original crime occurred
Secondary - correct answer ✔✔ subsequent crime scenes
