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CH. 3 EXAM QUESTIONS
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Question 1: CODIS because DNA can give a perfect match
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which forensic databases contain information that relates primarily to exhibiting individual characteristics?Question 2: determines the physical or chemical identity of a substance with as near absolute certainty as possible
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purpose of identification Question 3: record of everything that happened to the evidence from the moment it is discovered until it arrives in court or is destroyed
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chain of custody
Question 4: AFIS
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fingerprint database
Question 5: tire tread, blood type
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two examples of class characteristics Question 6: helps make sure you don't lose/damage evidence and allows you to use it in court
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why is chain of custody relevant?
Question 7: can be used to match a victim to a suspect or a suspect to a crime
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forensic database
Question 8: build a new model of crime scene to decide how crime took place
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crime scene reconstruction
Question 9: drugs and explosives
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two types of evidence that will be identified
Question 10: PDQ because you can't always know exactly where paint came from
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which of the forensic databases contain information that relates primarily to evidence exhibiting class characteristics?Question 11: properties of evidence that can only be associated with a group and never with a single source
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class characteristics Question 12: hair, blood, dirt, fingerprints, paint, glass, weapons, wounds, clothes, tire tread
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ten examples of common types of physical evidence
Question 13: securing/protecting the scene
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what is the first and most important step in crime scene reconstruction?
Question 14: CODIS
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DNA database
Question 15: as probability
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how are results of a comparison analysis reported?Question 16: multiplying together the frequencies of independently occurring genetic markers to obtain an overall frequency of occurrence for a genetic profile
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product rule
Question 17: fingerprints, 7-layered paint
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two examples of individual characteristics Question 18: blood spatter patterns, bullet trajectories, penetrated glass, residues
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useful techniques to aid criminalists in crime scene reconstruction
Question 19: IBIS
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alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives database Question 20: recognition, identification, comparison, individualization, reconstruction
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stages in analysis of physical evidence
Question 21: profiles of convicted/arrested
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offender
Question 22: jury
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who decides the significance of physical evidence in a trial
Question 23: parts of chipped body
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Richard Craft
Question 24: unsolved crime scene
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forensic indexes Question 25: properties of evidence that can be attributed to a common source with an extremely high degree of certainty
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individual characteristics
Question 26: a standard/reference sample
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what is required for a comparison?
Question 27: determines whether 2 or more objects have a common origin
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comparison analysis
Question 28: paint, DNA, Ted Bundey
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Gary Ridgeway