Forensic Evidence MCQs
Forensic Evidence MCQs
The following Forensic Evidence MCQs have been compiled by our experts through research, in order to test your knowledge of the subject of Forensic Evidence. We encourage you to answer these 30+multiple-choice questions to assess your proficiency.
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1: Field test is another name for a presumptive test.
A. True
B. False
2: Sherlock Holmes introduced the concept of identifying people by their unique body structure and features.
A. True
B. False
3: Who introduced the anthropometry, the concept of identifying people by their unique body structure and features?
A. Sherlock Holmes
B. Sir Francis Galton
C. Alphonse Bertillon
D. Calvin Goddard
4: ______ systematized the shapes and patterns of the prints that allowed an organized classification method of using fingerprints for identification.
A. Sherlock Holmes
B. Sir Francis Galton
C. Alphonse Bertillon
D. Calvin Goddard
5: ______, a French chemist, is credited with a good deal of work involving the effects of poison on the human body and specifically in death cases.
A. Sir Francis Galton
B. Galvin Goddard
C. Edmond Locard
D. Mathieu Orfila
6: ______ began the first police laboratory in France in 1910.
A. Mathieu Orfila
B. Edmond Locad
C. August Vollmer
D. Sir Francis Galton
7: The ______’s National Crime Information Center was created in 1967 to aid local and state law enforcement in their efforts to identify and locate people and various items.
A. FBI
B. DEA
C. ATF
D. CIA
8: The FBI created which database in 1990?
A. DNA
B. CODIS
C. AFIS
D. JNET
9: Which is NOT a search pattern discussed in the text?
A. Strip
B. Grid
C. Spiral
D. All of these
10: Which is a method used to document a crime scene?
A. Photography
B. Sketching
C. A and b
D. None of these
11: _____ is any substance used to increase the speed that a fire burns or spreads. The substance or mixture may be liquid or solid
A. Accelerant
B. Writing
C. None
D. All of these
12: _____ is known as database that allows computer matching of unknown to known fingerprints.
A. Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS)
B. Child
C. Female
D. All of these
13: _____ is measurements of the human characteristics that serve to identify individuals.
A. Biometrics
B. NBI
C. CIA
D. All of these
14: _____ is defined as camera devices typically attached to the uniform of a police officer to gather evidence, enhance officer safety, and improve public relations through accountability of officer actions.
A. Body-worn camera (BWC)
B. The murder of a child by his/her parent
C. Physical abuse
D. All of these
15: _____ is defined as those attributes of an item that place it within a broader group of objects.
A. Class characteristics
B. Necessary Evidence
C. Material Evidence
D. None of these
16: _____ is known as searchable database of stored DNA profiles.
A. Combined DNA Index System (CODIS)
B. Sextortion
C. None of these
D. All of these
17: _____ is Software used to facilitate design
A. Computer-aided drawing (CAD), or computer-assisted drafting and design (CADD)
B. Underproductive
C. Counterproductive
D. None of these
18: _____ is defined as allows comparison between a known sample and an unknown item of evidence.
A. Control specimen
B. Militant
C. All of these
D. None of these
19: _____ is defined as an individual (usually degreed) who applies scientific knowledge to analyze evidence.
A. Criminalist
B. Sextortion
C. Spoofing
D. None of these
20: _____ is defined as two coiled chains of molecules that carry genetic functions of an organism.
A. Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
B. Preliminary investigation
C. Prosecution
D. All of these
21: _____ is known as a person whose experience, training, and education provide the basis for acceptance by a court to testify to his or her opinion on matters before the court.
A. Expert witness
B. CIA
C. NBI
D. None of these
22: _____ is particulates left on the skin or clothing of someone discharging a firearm or in close proximity to one that has been fired.
A. Gunshot residue (GSR)
B. Circumstantial Evidence
C. Cumulative Evidence
D. All of these
23: _____ is facts supporting the proof of a thing.
A. Evidence
B. Hatred toward the United States
C. All of these
D. None of these
24: _____ is defined as the application of science to criminal and civil matters of law.
A. Forensic science
B. 1906
C. 1909
D. All of these
25: _____ is known as narrow down the class characteristic that put an item into a group of objects to one emanating from a single source.
A. Individual characteristics
B. Similar
C. Exact
D. All of these
26: _____ is visible print after powder is applied to the residue from oils of the hand.
A. Latent fingerprint
B. Most
C. No
D. All of these
27: _____ is known as Computerized network available to law enforcement for the comparison of ballistic evidence.
A. National Integrated Ballistics Information Network (NIBIN)
B. Rigor Mortis
C. Livor Mortis
D. All of these
28: _____ is Transfer of material from a print to the surface leaving an impression.
A. Patent print
B. Why
C. When
D. All of these
29: _____ is defined as items such as goggles, helmets, and protective clothing that shield an individual from various hazards or injuries.
A. Personal protective equipment (PPE)
B. IP
C. POP
D. None of these
30: _____ is defined as impression of a print left in a soft surface.
A. Plastic print
B. When
C. Both a and b
D. All of these
31: _____ is known as analyzes a sample and determines that it is either not a particular substance or that it probably is a particular substance.
A. Presumptive test
B. Theft Cars
C. Bait Cars
D. None of these
32: _____ is an item of evidence from a known source that allows comparison from a suspect source.
A. Reference
B. Arrest Warrant
C. Testimonial Warrant
D. All of these
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