1: What was presented itself as a problem during early blood tests? (Around 1875)
microscopic examination could not be applied to dried blood
all of these
human blood could not be distinguished from animal blood
blood types could not be identified
2: Can a person with type A blood safely be transfused with type O blood?
Yes
No
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3: Your blood type appears only in your blood.
True
False
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4: DNA is found wherever red blood cells are present.
True
False
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5: What system used by the FBI compiles DNA of known violent offenders from all over the nation and can be used to match DNA with a sample found at a crime scene?
AFIS
DNAW
CODIS
CDDB
6: A person with RH protein on their blood cells can be infused with blood without the RH protein.
True
False
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7: Take this scenario: A woman gets out of bed, watches TV, talks on the phone, pets her cat, and then shoots her husband. She hides the gun and runs away. Which object would be most useful to the forensic serologist in finding out who the woman was?
the TV
the cat
the phone
the TV remote
8: You can alter your DNA so it will appear to be different.
True
False
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9: Why is adequate lighting important when photographing evidence?
To ensure the fingerprints are clearly captured
To uncover latent fingerprints
To get a good close-up shot of the evidence
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10: Why is it so important for investigators to secure a crime scene?
To stop police from entering the crime scene
To stop unauthorized personnel from entering the crime scene and, in turn, destroying the evidence.
To stop evidence from escaping
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11: What important aspects about a person can a shoe print reveal?
The person’s age and personality
The type of weapon they carried
The person’s height, gait and the direction they entered and exited the crime scene.
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12: What happens to evidence once it has been found?
It is sealed in a bag or airtight container, labeled, recorded
It is destroyed and thrown away
It is taken straight to the laboratory
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13: Forensic odontologists specialize in:
The examination of evidence
The examination of bugs
The examination of teeth
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14: What are thymine, cytosine, adenine and guanine?
Agents used when recovering latent fingerprints
Bases that make up a strand of DNA
Poisonous chemicals that may be present once a building has been burned down.
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15: The term �rigor mortis’ refers to:
The Latin word for �responsible for death’
A term used to describe the stiffening of the body after death.
The death of a person
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16: What is polygraph testing?
Measure the body’s response to stress
Measuring the body’s response to crime scene photos
Measuring the body’s response to interview questions
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17: What is a method used to recover latent fingerprints?
Dyes and stains
Powders and tape
A chemistry unit
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18: A toxicologist is responsible for:
Examining the organs during an autopsy
Testing blood and bodily fluids for alcohol, illegal substances and poisoning
Investigating whether a person died of natural causes
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19: Which of the following are the basic fingerprint patterns?
Scar, whorl and loop
Whorl, loop and arch
Scar, loop and arch
Tent, Scar and loop
20: What statement is true?
No two firearms produce the same unique marks on fired bullets and cartridge cases.
Study of bullets and cartridges can on tell you the type of gun it came from not the specific gun.
Firearms normally change over time so the firearm test needs to be completed with in a year or so of the crime.
All firearms leave consistent reproducible marks.
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