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Forensic Science Trivia Questions

Forensic Science Trivia Questions. How much do you know about Forensics?. The color of body after the death changes. What is the process called?. Sammie Ballistics Morgue Secretor. What is polygraph test used for?. AIDS Typhoid Lies Hemoglobin.

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Forensic Science Trivia Questions

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  1. Forensic ScienceTrivia Questions How much do you know about Forensics?

  2. The color of body after the death changes. What is the process called? • Sammie • Ballistics • Morgue • Secretor

  3. What is polygraph test used for? • AIDS • Typhoid • Lies • Hemoglobin

  4. D.N.A. is used in which of the following cases? • Natural and paternal disputes • Convicting felons • Medical diagnostics • All of the above

  5. This substance has the capacity to kill in small doses. What is it? • Salt • Toxin • Sodium • Potassium

  6. What is the distance between the opposite lands in a firearm called? • Grooves • Lands • Firing pin • Caliber

  7. Which one of the following are the basic fingerprint patterns? • Scar, whorl and loop • Whorl, loop and arch • Scar, loop and arch • Tent, scar and loop

  8. Which of the following parameters are studied for a polygraph test? • Breathing • Pulse • Galvanic skin response • All of the above

  9. Who is recognized for the development of the fundamental principles of document examination? • Mathieu Orfila • Francis Galton • Albert S. Osborn • Leone Lattes

  10. Deoxyribonucleic acid is normally shortened to what? • Finger printing • Hair samples • Fiber • D.N.A.

  11. What is the study of teeth? • Entomology • Anthropology • Odontology • Pathology

  12. What do entomologist study? • Teeth • Insects • Bones • Weapons

  13. What chemical makes latent finger prints visible? • Morphine • Mescaline • Ninhydrin • Cytosine

  14. What does toxicology mean? • Insects • Acid • Drugs and alcohol • blood

  15. The suture which joins the frontal bone with the parietal bone is called ________. • Sphenoid suture • Coronal suture • Frontotemporal suture • Occipito mastoid suture

  16. What is the stiffening of body after death called? • Rigor mortis • Liver mortis • Ballistics • Secretor

  17. Finger prints are formed by: • Ridges on the skin • Veins under the skin • Nerves in the skin • Blood vessels in the skin

  18. When examining a suspected death due to bullet or electric current, an investigator looks for two kinds of wounds on a body. What are they? • Lesions ad cutis • Scratches and bruises • Entry wound and exit wound • Rigor mortis and liver mortis

  19. Which is the hardest and strongest part of the body? • Femur • Humerus • Teeth • Muscles

  20. Why is autopsy or post mordem examination of a body conducted? • To determine the time and cause of death • To find the culprit • To identify the victim • To establish the intention of the murder

  21. A tearing wound due to a blunt object is called: • Incised wound • Abrasion • Laceration • Contusion

  22. Which of the following systems is used by the American Federal Bureau of Investigation to store fingerprint data? • P300 based system • P30 based system • D9/7 wavelet – based system • None of the above

  23. The term caliber is used to: • Indicate the groove between two lands of a firearms • Indicate the number of lead balls of the diameter of the bore that equal 1 pound • Indicate the diameter of a bullet in hundredths of an inch • Indicate spiraling grooves that are cut into a barrel

  24. What is the longest, strongest, and hardest bone in the human body? • Teeth • Femur • Ulna • Spine

  25. What technique is used in fingerprint identification? • Superglue fuming • Look and compare • Entomology • Odontology

  26. Forensic anthropology: Wormian bones are commonly found in which type of population? • Caucasian • African • Latin • Asian

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