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| Q.1) | all unauthorized personnel must be _____________ from the crime scene. |
| Q.2) | the rate of cooling of a dead body can be influenced by all BUT the |
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| Q.3) | who developed a system called anthropology? |
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| Q.4) | which entity maintains the largest crime laboratory in the world? |
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| Q.5) | a rough sketch need NOT include a: |
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| Q.6) | what s the least important consideration in the gathering of evidence at a crime scene? |
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| Q.7) | which area of science is NOT in criminalistics? |
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| Q.8) | the most basic methods of crime scene recording DO NOT include: |
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| Q.9) | charred debris from arson scence should be: |
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| Q.10) | the collection of standard reference samples at the crime scene is important because they: |
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| Q.11) | the likelihood of finding class physical evidence is _________ the likelihood of finding physical evidence with individual characteristics. |
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| Q.12) | physical evidence can be used to exonerate or exclude a person from suspicion if: |
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| Q.13) | as the magnification of microscope is increased the field of view |
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| Q.14) | the heat intensity (hotness) of water at 100C is __________ the heat intensity of water at 212F. |
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| Q.15) | if an object is immersed in a liquid of a greater density, it will: |
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| Q.16) | tempered glass is used in: |
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| Q.17) | the process of glass prism separating sunlight into component colors is called |
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| Q.18) | when a bullet penetrates a panel of glass, it leaves a crater-shaped hole that: |
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| Q.19) | 8 inches is approximately ________ centimeters. |
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| Q.20) | which microscope has the largest potential working distance? |
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| Q.21) | which is NOT part of the composition of paint? |
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| Q.22) | medulla may be classified as |
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| Q.23) | by far the most prevalent plant fiber is |
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| Q.24) | a human hair in cross section appeared flat in shape. the racial origin was most likely: |
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| Q.25) | pigment granules that impart hair with color are found in the |
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| Q.26) | which of the following is not a layer of the hair shaft? |
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| Q.27) | under which circumstances have two people been found to have identical prints? |
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| Q.28) | what is the minimum number of ridge characteristics |
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| Q.29) | prints that are not readily visible are commonly referred to as |
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| Q.30) | sublimation occurs with the use of |
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| Q.31) | superglue fuming is NOT suitable for use on |
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| Q.32) | the application of chemistry, physics, and geology to the identification and comparison of crime-scene evidence is the function of the ______________ unit of a crime laboratory. |
| Q.33) | the examination of bullets, cartridge cases, shotgun shells, and ammunition of all types is the responsibility of the ___________ unit. |
| Q.34) | most physical evidence collected at the crime scene will require the accompanying submission of _____________ material for comparison. |
| Q.35) | a microscope uses a combination of _____ to magnify the image. |
| Q.36) | T/F: the distinction between individual and class evidence is always easy to make. |
| Q.37) | evidence that can be traced to a common source with an extremely high degree of probability is said to possess _____________ characteristics. |
| Q.38) | when glass is immersed in a liquid of similar refractive index, its _____________ disappears and a minimum contrast between the glass and a liquid is observed. |
| Q.39) | the two most useful physical properties of glass for forensic comparison are ___________ and _____________. |
| Q.40) | T/F: it is easy to determine from the size and a shape of a hole in glass whether it was made by a bullet or some other projectile. |
| Q.41) | a _________ microscope consists of two lenses mounted at each other end of a hollow tube. |
| Q.42) | the _______ microscope focuses a beam of electrons on a specimen to produce an image. |
| Q.43) | T/F: the age and sex of an individual from whom a hair sample has been taken can eb determined through an examination of the hair's morphological features. |
| Q.44) | a(n) ________ hair root is a likely candidate for DNA typing. |
| Q.45) | _____________ composed of a large number of units arranged in repeating fashion. |
| Q.46) | a qualitative test will reveal the |
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| Q.47) | T/F: pain samples removed for examination must always include all of their paint layers. |
| Q.48) | the three general patterns in which fingerprints are divided are ___________, ____________, and ______________. |
| Q.49) | approximately 5% of population has the _________ fingerprint pattern. |
| Q.50) | all loops must have (one, two) deltas |
| Q.51) | arches (have, don't have) deltas. |
| Q.52) | which physical state has volume but no specific shape? |
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| Q.53) | which chromatographic process is used to analyze organic explosives and heat-sensitive drugs? |
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| Q.54) | thin layer chromatography was performed and four spots were visualized on the glass side. the substance with which Rf value was least soluable in the stationary phase? |
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| Q.55) | which of the following statements is FALSE? |
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| Q.56) | use of which of the following drugs is LEAST likely to lead to psychological dependence? |
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| Q.57) | which drug is often incorrectly classified as a narcotic? |
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| Q.58) | what is the most potent form of marijuana? |
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| Q.59) | which is true of the use of mild tranquilizers? |
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| Q.60) | the most satisfactory way to simultaneously separating and tentatively identifying drugs is by: |
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| Q.61) | which is NOT a factor in determining the rate at which alcohol is absorbed into the bloodstream? |
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| Q.62) | there is a(n) ______ relationship between the amount of alcohol in the blood and that in the alveolar breath. |
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| Q.63) | to analyze blood for alcohol, forensic labs normally use: |
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| Q.64) | a substance with a pH of 8 is likely to be |
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| Q.65) | carbon monoxide combines with what component of blood? |
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| Q.66) | type AB blood contains |
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| Q.67) | the amount of spatter from a blood droplet falling on a hard, non-porus surface is _____ that of a drop of blood of equal size, falling from the same distance, onto a softer, porous surface. |
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| Q.68) | paternity testing is done involving a woman with type AB blood who has accused a man with type B blood of fathering her child who was tested AB. What can be determined in this case? |
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| Q.69) | to determine whether a bloodstain is of human or animal origin, the serologist will perform |
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| Q.70) | acid-phosphotase test is used in the analysis of |
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| Q.71) | the building blocks of the DAN molecule are known as: |
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| Q.72) | what is the number of nitrogenous bases needed to code for a specific amino acid? |
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| Q.73) | PCR is a technique that: |
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| Q.74) | in the PCR process, the first step is to heat the DNA strands. this is to permit the |
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| Q.75) | the separation of STRs using capillary electrophoresis |
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| Q.76) | the amount of DNA material required for STR analysis is _______ the amount of DNA required for RFLP analysis |
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| Q.77) | the discriminating power of mtDNA is _______ the discriminating power of STR analysis |
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| Q.78) | the writing characteristics of a person may be altered by whether |
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| Q.79) | document examiners frequently uncover the original writing of words that have been crossed out with the aid of |
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| Q.80) | ___________ is the sticky resin extracted from the marijuana plant. |
| Q.81) | alcohol is eliminated from the body by ________ and _________. |
| Q.82) | physical dependency develops only when the drug user adheres to the ___________ schedule of drug intake |
| Q.83) | T/F: methadone is classified as a narcotic drug, even though it is not derived from opium or morphine. |
| Q.84) | alcohol (stimulates, depressed) the central nervous system. |
| Q.85) | inks on handwritten documents may be compared for their chemical composition by the technique of |
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