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police forensics
the multiple choice
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11th Grade
06/16/2008

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A collection of photographs used for the purpose of identifying suspects when witness is known.
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Montage
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A known specimen of a suspects handwriting used for comparison to an unknown document.
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exemplar

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Fingerprints remain ______ during an individual's lifetime.
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Unchanged
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The use of ____ can help isolate a crime scene and exclude _____ personnal.
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Barrier tape

 

unauthorized 

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It is recommended that whilr pouring a mixture of dental stone and water onto a shoe or tire impression that one does so with the use of an ____ surface.
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Intermediate
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The class of fingerprints characterized by ridge lines that enter the print from one side and flow out the other side are referred to as ____. 

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Arches
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Fingerprints are a reproduction of ____ skin ridges found on the palm side of fingers and thumbs.
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friction
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A two-dimensional shoe impression can be collected from a crime scene with the use of a ______.
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Gel Lifter
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The corresponding linear measurements of a bite mark that concentrateon the exterior most points between the rear of the palate and the front(incisors) is known as the external _____.
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length
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Chipped teeth, tooth rotation, number of cusps, missing teeth and space betwwen teeth are bite mark characteristics that enable a forensic _____ to analyze human dentition.
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Odontologist
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Blood _____ evidence can offer information about the relative height from which blood fell to the ground as well as the direction or _____ of the injured person.
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Spatter

 

 

movement 

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In the study of human dentition, to differentiate between the upper and lower jaw is to identify the maxillae and the _____ respectively
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mandible
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Computer technology has enabled  investigators to access comparitive data linking suspects to physical evidence such as blood DNA, hair, fingerprints, shoeprints, etc. the data supporting thr criminal investigative process can be found in a _____.
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Database
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AFIS is a database that contains criminal history and ______ data.
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Fingerprint
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CODIS is a database that contains criminal history and _____ profiles.
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DNA
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To portray the relationship between the victim, the suspect, and the crime scene is referred to as _____.
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reconstruction
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A fingerprint is an _____ characteristic.
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Individual
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Physical evidence whose origin is known, such a blood or hair from a suspect, that can be compared to crime scene evidence is known as a _____ sample.
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reference
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Those first to arrive at a crime scene should take steps to preserve and _____ the scene.
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protect
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Tool marks, bite marks, and tire/shoe prints in soil are types of ______ evidence.
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Impression
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Evidence is said to possess ______ CHaracteristics when it can be associated only with a group and never with a single source.
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Class
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The class of fingerprints characterized by ridge lines that enter from one side of the pattern and curve around to exit from the same side of the pattern are reffered to as ____.
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Loops
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evidence that can be associated with a common source with an extremely high degree of probability is said to possess _____ characteristics.
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Individual
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______ Notes and sketches are the three methods for crime scene recording.
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Photography
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Th final rendering of a crime scene is a drawing, usually produced to ____.
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scale
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Among the methods that can be used to analyze a hand writing sample is to note  the characteristics associated with the suspects use of _____.
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Diacritics
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Crime scene diagrams serve as a source of information for refreshing one's _____.
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memory
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A list of all people who came into possession of an evidence item called the chain of _____.
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Custody
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The class of fingerprints that includes ridge patterns that are generally roundedor circularand have deltas are referred to as _____.
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whorls
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bifurcations, deltas, ending ridges, dots, and ridge counts are also referred to as _____.
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Minutiae
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A fingerprint made when the finger deposits a visible material such as ink, dirt, or blood onto a surface is known as a ____ print.
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Visible
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A fingerprint impressed in a soft surface is reffered to as a _____ print.
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plastic
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Fingerprints have _____ Patterns that permit them to be systematically classified.
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Ridge
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A fingerprint made by a deposit of oils and or persperation that is invisble to the naked eye is referred to a _____ fingerprint.
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Latent
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The preservation of footwear evidence is often accomplished with the use of a mixture of dental stone and water to produce a ____.
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Casting
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The linear measurements of a bite mark that concentrate on the distance between the exterior most points of the molars is known as the external _____.
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Breadth
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