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Forensics Final Exam
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Criminology
Undergraduate 4
11/12/2009

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Ch 12.............what are the 8 different blood types that a human could have?
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A+ A- B+ B- AB+AB- O+ O-
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what is the definition of agglutination?
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blood cells clump together due to an immune response
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a person that is blood type A has what antibody in serum?
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Antibody B
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a person that is blood type B can recieve what blood type in a transfusion?
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B and O
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a person that is blood type B- can recieve what type in a transfusion?
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B- and O-
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what is the % of blood lost from the body that would cause death?
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40%
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what are the four components of blood?
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plasma, RBC, WBC and platelets
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what is the property of blood that causes it to contract into a sphere?
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surface tention
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what is the definition of a passive bloodstain?
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blood drops created or formed by the force of gravity acting alone.
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give two examples of types of passive blood stains.
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drops, drips, pools, clots
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what is the definition of a transfer blood stain?
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a blood stain created when wet, bloody surface come in contact with a secondary surface.
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give two examples of types of transfer stains
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swipe, wipe, smear, or smudge
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what is the definition of a projected bloodstain?
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a blood stain created when a exposed blood source is subjected for an action of force, greater than the force of gravity
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give two examples of projected blood stains
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Gush, cast-off, or impact splatter
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what are the names of 3 types of impact splatters
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high,low,medium velocity
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what could be the cause of medium velocity blood splatter?
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some form of impact from a hand or hand-held object
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what could be the cause of high velocity blood splatter?
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gun shot
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______velocity blood splatter usually falls 1-4 mm in diameter size range?
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medium
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_________velocity blood spatter usually has less then 1mm in diameter size is....?
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high
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when a drop of blood strikes a surface at an angle perpendicular to that surface, what is the shape of the bloodstain?
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circle
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as blood stains from at more and more acute angles, what happens to the shape of the blood stains?
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they become more elongated
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what is the definition of point of convergence?
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it is the common point, in a 2 dimensional surface over which the directionality of several bloodstains can be retraced.
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Ch 13..........Technology of DNA has its begining 1985 with the work of:
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Alec Jeffery
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how many different bases are associated with the make-up of DNA?
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4 - A....C....T...G
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Assume that two strands of DNA have been separated and that the base sequence on one strand is A T G C. what is the sequence of bases on the second strand?
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T A C G
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the production of amino acid is coded by sequence of how many bases on the DNA molecule? Therefore, we can say that the specific proteins produced by a cell are directly related to the sequence of neucleotides in DNA of the cell.
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3
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portions of the DNA molecules useful for DNA typing:
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Non-coding DNA fragments that are repeated many times
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DNA is a polymer. T or F..............What is the repeating unit of DNA?
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true.....neucleotide
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what are components of a nucleotides? in which component we can find differences b/w indivduals in DNA typing?
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Nitrogenous base; phosphorous containing groups, sugar, nitrogenous base
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what is the technique that can produce many copies of seg,ents of DNA?
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polymerase chains reaction (PCR)
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in a DNA typing process, the transfer of DNA fragments onto a nylon membrance is called what?
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Southern Blotting
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During gel electrophoresis the DNA is separated by:
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fragment size
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Radioactive probes are used to visualize RFLP DNA fragments.
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?
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the rate at which large DNA fragments move through the electrophoresis gel is_________the rate at which small DNA fragments move through the same gel.
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less
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what are the advantages of working with shore DNA fragments?
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?
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the discrimination power of MDNA is________ the discrimination power of STR analysis.
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less than
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STRs normally consist of repeating sequences of bases.
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3-7
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how many regions of MDNA have been found to be highly variable in the human population?
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2
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what is the national system of share DNA databases of DNA typing information for convicted criminals and crime scene evidence?
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CODIS
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what are steps in a DNA RFLP typing process?
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digestion with restriction enzyme..............electrophoresis..........southern blotting................hybridization with a radioactive probe..........process with X-film
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Chapter 14....the first systematic attempt at personal identification was devised and introduced by
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Alphonse Bertillon
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a system of identification relaying on precise body measurements is known as _______________
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Anthropometry
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the fingerprint classification system used in most english speaking countries was devised by __________________
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Sir Edward Richard Henry
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True or False: the first systematic and official use of fingerprints for personal identification in the U.S was adopted by the New York City Civil Service commission.
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True
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The individuality of a fingerprint (is, is not) determined y its pattern.
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is not
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A point-by-point comparison of a fingerprint's ________ must be demonstrated in order to prove identity
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expert
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___________ are a reproduction of friction skin ridges.
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fingerprints
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the form and pattern of skin ridges are determined by the (epidermis, dermal papillae)
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dermal papillae
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a permanent scar forms in the skin only when an injury damages the ____________
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dermal papillae
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fingerprints (can, can not) be changed during a person's lifetime
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can
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the three general patterns into which fingerprints are divided are
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loops, whorls and arches
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the most common fingerprint pattern is the ____
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loops
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approximately 5% of the population has the ______ fingerprint pattern.
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arch
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a loop pattern that opens toward the thumb is known as a(n) (radial, ulnar) loop.
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radial
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the pattern area of the loop is enclosed by two diverging ridges known as ___________
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type lines
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the ridge point nearest the type-line divergence is known as the ___________
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delta
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All loops must have (one, two) delta(s)
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one
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the approx. center of a loop pattern is called _______
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the core
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if an imaginary line drawn b/w the two deltas of whorl pattern touches any of the spiral ridges, the pattern is classified as a (plain whorl, central pocket loop)
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plain whorl
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the simplest of all fingerprint patterns is the _______
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plain arch
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arches (have, do not have) types lines, deltas, and crops.
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do not have
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the presence or absence of the _____ pattern is used as a basis for determining the primary classification in the Henry system.
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whorl
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the largest category (25%) in the primary classification system is (1/1, 1/2)
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1/1
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a fingerprint classification system (can, can not) unequivocally identify an individual.
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can not
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True or False: computerized fingerprint search systems match prints by comparing the position of bifurcations and ridge endings.
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True
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a fingerprint left by a person with soiled or stained fingertips is called a ___________
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visible prints
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_______ fingerprints are impressions left on a soft material.
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plastic
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fingerprints impressions that are not readily visible are called _______________
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latent fingerprints
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fingerprints on hard and nonabsorbent surfaces are best developed by the application of a(n) _______
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powder
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fingerprints on porous surfaces are best developed with ________ treatments
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chemicals
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______ vapors chemically combine with fatty oils or residual water to visualize a fingerprint.
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Iodine
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the chemical _______ visualizes fingerprints by its reaction with amino acids
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ninhydrin
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chemical treatment with _____________ visualizes fingerprints on porous articles that may have been wet at one time.
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physical developer
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True or False: a latent fingerprint is first treated with Physical Developer followed by ninhydrin.
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False
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a chemical technique known as ______________ is used to develop latent prints on nonporous surfaces such as metal and plastic
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Super Clue fuming
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__________ occurs when a substance absorbs light and reemits the light in wavelengths longer than the illuminating source.
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Fluoresce
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high-intensity light sources known as alternate __________ are effective in developing latent fingerprints.
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light sources
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once a fingerprint has been visualized, it must be preserved by ____________
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a photography
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the image produced from a digital file is composed of numerous square electronic dots called ________
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pixels
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a (high-pass filter, frequency Fourier transform analysis) is used to identify repetitive patterns such as lines or dots that interfere with the interpretation of a digitized fingerprint image.
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frequency Fourier transform analysis
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[image]
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have to know the Barrel...trigger....hammer...safety..
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[image]
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cartilage....gun powder....shell of cartilage... primer
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Slide 52
Know what the extractor is (metal piece with a hook)
Definition
Term
what manufacturer process causes lands & grooves on a bullet?
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rifling in the barrel
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why rifling is put into the barrel of a gun?
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it is to make bullets spin & fly farther and straighter
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the caliber of a bullet is determined by the_____________ of the barrel of the gun?
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bore diameter
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the direction of twist is a ________ character of bullets?
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class
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class character of bullets can be found by comparing what character of lands & grooves?
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number and width of lands and grooves, direction of twist
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True or False: shot shells come in different sizes called grooves. the most common size is a 12 gauge.
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True
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True or False: fired bullets are hard to compare because they are often deformed on impact.
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True
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what class characteristic commonly found on bullets would not be found on shots fired from shotguns?
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lands and grooves
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what are the individual characteristics found on both bullets and gun barrels?
Definition
striations
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True or False: breech force marks can be parallel arched or circular on the rear of a bullet casing.
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True
Term
What part of the gun leaves an indentation mark on the primer of the bullet casing?
Definition
the firing pin
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what is stamped on the rear of all bullet casings?
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the manufacturers mark
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what are the 2 elements detected on the hands of an individual who has recently fired on a weapon?
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Barium(Ba) Antimony(Sb)
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what is a computerized imaging system for story bullets and cartridge casing characteristics?
Definition
NIBIN
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