Exam 1 Prep - Quiz Questions

The Chinese manuscript Yi Yu Ji is one of the earliest records of the application of forensics to… cases

criminal

Extensive information about forensic science can be found on the…

internet

Which unit is responsible for examining body fluids and organs for the presence of drugs and poisons?

Toxicology Unit

What is the major problem facing the forensic DNA community?

Backlog of unanalyzed DNA samples

The current system of crime laboratories in the United States is…

decentralized

The f-number is equal to the focal length of the… divided by the aperture.

lens

Which type of compression leads to a loss of image content?

lossy

A… is a device attached to a camera that only allows specific colors of light to reach the film

filter

The f-number and aperture exhibit a direct correlation.

false

To show the depth of a 3d object in a photograph, from what angle should it be illuminated?

oblique

What kind of filter allows a small range of wavelengths of light and blocks all others from reaching the film or microchip?

barrier filter

What is the sample of uncontaminated surface material close to an area where physical evidence has been deposited called?

substrate control

Crime scene evidence should be included in reconstruction only if it meets which of the following criteria?

it corroborates testimonial evidence

Testimonial evidence consists of … accounts of what occurred at a crime scene.

eyewitness

… is the principal tool used in forensic palynology.

Microscopy

The pollen of entomophilous plants is dispersed by wind.

false

The only commercially available computer database for comparing and identifying crime-scene evidence is…

SICAR

The purpose of … is to determine the physical or chemical identity of a substance.

identification