Pregunta 1
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This person popularized physical detection methods in a crime scene and developed the character Sherlock Holmes.
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Mathieu Orfila
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Alphonse Bertillon
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Calvin Goddard
Pregunta 2
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What is forensic science?
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The study of crime scenes.
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The study of insects.
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The building of body farms.
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The application of science to those criminal and civil laws that are enforced by police agencies in a criminal justice system.
Pregunta 3
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Who is Mathieu Orfila?
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Used a comparison microscope to determine if a bullet was fired from a specific gun
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Conducted the first definitive study of fingerprints and their classification
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Father of Forensic Toxicology
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Popularized physical detection methods in a crime scene
Pregunta 4
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Who is Edmond Locard?
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Was responsible for the acceptance of documents as scientific evidence by the courts
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Stated that once contact is made between two surfaces a transfer of material(s) will occur
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Used a comparison microscope to determine if a bullet was fired from a specific gun
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Conducted the first definitive study of fingerprints and their classification
Pregunta 5
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What does (OIC) stand for?
Pregunta 6
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Who should have access to a crime scene?
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District attorney so he/she can build a criminal case
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Only those people responsible for the immediate investigation of the crime, the securing of the crime scene, and the processing of the crime scene should be present
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Immediate family members
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Anyone who is interested, including news reporters
Pregunta 7
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Select 3 things used to record a crime scene?
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Sketches
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Friends
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Photographs
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Detailed notes
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Word of mouth
Pregunta 8
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A rough sketch should include which of the following 5 things?
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Location of objects by use of measurements
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The possible location of where the perpetrator was
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Identification of all items by use of identifying numbers or letters which match with the investigator’s evidence property log.
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Where the Officer in Charge and other personnel are standing
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All other important items of the crime scene
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All recovered items of physical evidence
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An overall view including the relationship of items to each other
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Any additional furniture that would make the house look better
Pregunta 9
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What is Locard's Principle?
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Holds that the perpetrator of a crime will bring something into the crime scene and leave with something from it, and that both can be used as forensic evidence
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Holds that increasing the amount of detective stories will increase funding to Forensic Science research
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States that the exact bullet fired can be matched through striations to the original firing gun
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Proves that using DNA Fingerprinting, we can match the exact perpetrator to the crime
Pregunta 10
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What are the 5 basics of crime scene processing?
Pregunta 11
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What are the five basics of death?
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Time
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Temperature
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Meaning
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Location
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Manner
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Cause
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Mechanism
Pregunta 12
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What does (MOD) stand for?
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Manner of Death
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Mechanism of Death
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Meaning of Death
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Cause of Death
Pregunta 13
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The specific body change that brought about cessation of life
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Manner of Death
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Cause of Death
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Mechanism of Death
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Meaning of Death
Pregunta 14
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The following are symptoms of what:
* RBC break down & spill contents
* Hemoglobin turns purple when it spills
* Purplish color visible wherever blood pools (lividity)
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Livor Mortis
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Algor Mortis
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Rigor Mortis
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Nothing
Pregunta 15
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The use of the insects and other arthropods that feed on decaying remains to aid legal investigations, is known as:
Pregunta 16
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What are the two major insects used in entomology?
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Flies and Beetles
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Worms and Maggots
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Spiders and Flies
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Stink Bugs and Roaches
Pregunta 17
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What is Postmortem Interval (PMI)?
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The amount of time a corpse was in a freezer
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The time between when the body was attacked and when it died
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The time between corpse discovery and delivery to the morgue
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The time between death and corpse discovery
Pregunta 18
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Forensic Entomology can be used to determine all of the following, except:
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Postmortem Interval (PMI)
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If the corpse was moved
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Manner and Cause of Death
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Association of Suspects with the Death Scene
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Detection of toxins, drugs, or even the DNA of the victim through analysis of insect larvae.
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How long a corpse was stored in a freezer
Pregunta 19
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A forensic entomologist does all of the following, except:
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Calculates the growth of the insects and passage through stages of the life cycle in laboratory
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Identifies the immature insects
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Compares the growth against weather conditions to estimate time of oviposition
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Interviews witnesses
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Determines the size and development of the insects
Pregunta 20
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All of the following are part of the 5 Stages of Decomposition Fueled by Insect Activity, except:
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Bloat
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Fresh
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Frozen
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Decay
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Dry (skeletal)
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Post-decay
Pregunta 21
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Finding a corpse in the woods that was kept in a freezer for some time would alter the Time of Death from the PMI (Post-Mortem Interval).
Pregunta 22
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The Post Mortem Interval is restricted to the time that the corpse or body has been exposed to an environment which would allow insect activity to begin.
Pregunta 23
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A corpse swells due to gases produced by bacteria during the Fresh Stage of Decomposition.
Pregunta 24
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What stage is this?
Pregunta 25
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What stage is this?
Pregunta 26
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What stage is this?
Pregunta 27
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What stage is this?
Pregunta 28
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Temperature, access by insects and the depth of burial can all affect the Rate of Decay.
Pregunta 29
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A body was found with rigor present in the legs, but no rigor in the upper torso. What is the ToD?
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2 to 6 hours
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12 hours
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15 to 36 hours
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36 to 48 hours
Pregunta 30
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Calculating the ToD (Time of Death) by the amount of heat lost by the corpse, is known as:
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Rigor Mortis
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Algor Mortis
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Livor Mortis
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Heat Indexing