Forensic Science Final Exam Review

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Forensic ScienceFinal Exam Review

• Test date (depends on cycle day)
• May 23
• Or
• May 24

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• Who established the comparison microscope as a
  valuable tool?

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• Who undertook the first definitive study of
  fingerprints for personal identification?

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• When gathering evidence at the crime scene, what
  are some important considerations to remember?

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• Who has the biggest crime lab in the world?

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• What scientist determined blood grouping and
  applied it to criminal investigations?

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• Which forensic unit is responsible for processing
  bodily fluids and organs for drugs and poisons?

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• Who is the father of forensic toxicology?

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• Who established the first workable crime lab?

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• What issues fall under civil litigation?

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• How should the different types of physical
  evidence be collected?

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• Which amendment applies to the removal of
  evidence from a person or scene?

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• What determines the success of a criminal
  investigation?

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• What supreme court case dealt with warrantless
  collection of evidence at a homicide scene?

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• What should the first responding officer do at a
  crime scene (after providing or obtaining medical
  assistance if needed)?

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• The recognition and collection of evidence is
  determined by

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• What is the correct manner of taking notes?

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• What are the most basic methods of recording a
  crime scene?

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• How does physical evidence exonerate or exclude a
  person from suspicion?

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• What is the likelihood of finding class evidence
  vs. the likelihood of finding individual evidence?

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• What information is pieced together to
  reconstruct the crime scene?

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• Who is involved in the crime scene reconstruction?

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• Which mortis may show tampering with body
  position?

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• What is the value of physical evidence vs. the
  value of eyewitness testimony?

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• If evidence is corroborative, what does it do?

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• What evidence is traceable to a common origin
  (individual vs. class)

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• What is the effect of gravity on the weight an
  object vs. the effect of gravity on the mass of
  the same object?

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• Which temperature scale is used by scientists?

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• How does the birefringence of sodium chloride
  compare to the birefringence of calcite?

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• How does the shape of a bullet hole in glass tell
  us the direction of travel?

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• Where is tempered glass used?

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• What will an object do if it is placed in a fluid
  that is higher in density?

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• How does the density of water change with
  temperature?

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• Which chromatographic process is the simplest and
  smallest?

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• How do elements and compounds compare?

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• How does one improve a GC?

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• Which spectral analysis gives the fingerprint
  of a substance?

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• How does the volume of organic compounds compare
  to the volume of inorganic compounds received by
  crime labs for analysis?

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• What chromatographic process is used for
  analyzing paint chips, plastics, and fibers?

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• What is the periodic table?

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• What are isotopes?

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• What is in the nucleus of an atom?

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• What forms of radiation are given off by
  radioactive decay?

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• How does one excite a sample for emission
  spectroscopy?

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• What determines the frequency of light a sample
  will absorb?

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• What is emitted during neutron activation
  analysis?

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• What is the relative orientation of the polarizer
  and analyzer in a polarizing microscope?

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• How does the filed of view change when the
  magnification is changed in a compound microscope?

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• What would one adjust to better focus a compound
  microscope?

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• How does a compound microscope change the
  orientation of an object under magnification?

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• Which microscope does not change the orientation
  of the image under view?