MOCK BOARD EXAMINATION IN CRIMINALISTICS

SET – B

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark
only one answer for each item by marking the box corresponding to the letter of
your choice on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use
pencil no.1 only.

1. An arbitrary index of the quickness that burning propellant changes into

gas. It is controlled by the chemical composition, the size and shape of the
propellant grains, and the pressure at which the burning takes place. This
is referred to as
A. Velocity
B. Fire power
C. Burning Rate
D. Gauge

2. What is called the ratio of the weight of a given volume of powder vs. the
weight of the same volume of water?
A. Bulk Density
B. Gauge
C. Volume
D. Proof

3. The pressure generated within the chamber erroneously called breeched

pressure is called
A. Hammer power
B. Chamber pressure
C. Chamber weight
D. Breech face

4. What Occurs when a cartridge fails to explode on time or delayed in firing?

A. Hang fire
B. Misfire
C. Hammer lock
D. Load lock

5. The chemical rearrangement of molecules into gas instead of solids to cause

the high explosives to exert full power of shock. The speed varies in
different explosive but in some it is as high as 7000 yards in a second.
What is being described?
A. Ventilation
B. Velocity
C. Detonation
D. Action

6. The power of the bullet which delivers a very heavy paralyzing blow that put
the victim down and may then recover if the wound inflicted upon is not
fatal is called
A. Knocking power
B. Power kick
C. Fire power
D. Double action

7. The total failure of a cartridge to discharge, even to start combustion is

known as
A. Hang fire
B. Misfire
C. Hammer lock
D. Load lock

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8. When there is an outward push of gases from powder combustion against
cartridge case, chamber and bore, then there is
A. Power
B. Pressure
C. Load
D. Action

9. The equal and opposite reaction of the gun against the forward movement of
the bullet during the explosions.
A. Explosive action
B. Recoil
C. Chamber pressure
D. Hand movement

10. The noise created at the muzzle point of the gun due to the sudden escape of
the expanding gas coming in contact with the air in the surrounding atmos-
phere at the muzzle point is called
A. Muzzle Blast
B. Bang Effect
C. Fire power
D. Atmospheric pressure

11. The actual curved path of the bullet during its flight from the gun muzzle
to the target is known as
A. straight horizontal line
B. parabola-like flight
C. vertical drop
D. Trajectory

12. If you are going to measure the straight distance between the muzzle point
and the target, then what are you actually trying to solve?
A. Velocity
B. Range
C. Accuracy
D. Bore size

13. Our eyes are sensitive to light, which give us information about the shapes,
colors and movements of objects around us. Light travels in the form of
waves and light itself is a form of
A. Electromagnetic radiation
B. Ultraviolet
C. Synthetic energy
D. Magnetic wave

14. The light in space and not within the gravitational field of any object
travels in a straight line. The bending of light around an object gives rise
to the phenomenon called __
A. Diffraction
B. Ultraviolet
C. Detraction
D. Reflection

15. When the material in the path of the light is transparent a change in the
direction of the light occurs, there is
A. Refraction
B. Reflection
C. Diffraction
D. Detraction

16. Among the following, which is not one of the primary colors in light?
A. Green
B. Blue
C. Red
D. Yellow

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17. Colors made by combining two primary colors are called secondary colors. One
is called magenta and it is the product of combining -
A. Blue and Green C. Red and Yellow
B. Blue and Red D. Red and Green

18. What color has the longest wavelength?

A. Red B. Blue C. Green D. Cyan

19. Concave lens or negative lens spreads the light depends on the amount of
curved on the faces of the lens. The distance between the lens and the image
it produces is called the ___.
A. Focal Length
B. Depth of Field
C. Image Size
D. Film type

20. It is known as the simplest camera, which consists of a box with a small
hole in one of its sides. To produce a sharp image, the hole must be very
small and this restricts the amount of light entering the camera. Which one
among the following?
A. Camera Obscura
B. Electronic Camera
C. Pinhole Camera
D. Fixed Focus Camera

21. What part of the camera is consisted of one or more glass or plastic disk
with flat, concave, or convex surfaces, each disk is called element and the
purpose of it is to focus light on the film?
A. Diaphragm B. Lens C. Shutter D. Film

22. What part of the camera can be adjusted to different speeds, the speed means
the length of time it is open?
A. Diaphragm
B. Lens
C. Shutter
D. Film

23. What part of the camera changes the size of the aperture of the lens and
valuable in regulating the amount of light reaching the film?
A. Diaphragm C. Lens
B. Shutter D. Film

24. The lens aperture not only controls the amount of light entering the camera,
it also affects another fundamental aspects of the photograph which is the
A. Focus
B. Depth of Field
C. Image
D. Film

25. Concave lens spreads the light depends on the amount of curved on the faces
of the lens. The distance between the lens and the image it produces is
called the ___.
A. Focal Length
B. Depth of Field
C. Image Size
D. Film type

26. In the United States, some courts allow police officers to testify as to
impairment on the standards of .05 (judgment), .08 (coordination), and .10
(reflexes), based on Breathalyzer-type instruments, various field sobriety
tests, and Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus which measures the inability of the
eyes (involuntary jerking) to maintain visual fixation as they are turned to
the side. What is being described?
A. Alcoholism
B. Alcohol detection
C. Alcohol intoxication
D. Alcoholic Anonymous
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27. Police Officers with extensive experience in accident investigation and
refresher course maybe called by the court to testify as to speed, point of
impact, and other related issues. Airplane expertise usually requires an
engineering degree and experience. It is common for this kind of expert to
demonstrate exhibits showing reconstruction of the accident. What is being
talked about?
A. Automobile Accidents
B. Automobile and airplane crashes
C. Traffic investigation
D. Terrorism

28. Testimony as to breech face and/or firing-pin markings, striation patterns,

and gunpowder residue is commonly accepted. There are a variety of different
of these techniques, but they all usually have to do with science of motion
for projectiles. Which one is described?
A. Ballistics
B. Guns and ammo
C. Firearm identification
D. Laboratory services

29. This normally would require credentials in forensic dentistry, and special
training in forensic odontology and other pathologist skills, such as saliva
extraction. It requires blue lighting technique and interpretation methods.
Which one of the following?
A. Tooth Extraction
B. Dental Clinic
C. Dentistry
D. Bite mark analysis

30. Competent analysts can testify to admit results of field tests on blood
samples, especially when it comes to determining secretors. Based on the
laws of physics, the tail of a blood drop always points to the origin, the
size estimates height, and shape determines angle of impact. Which one is
described?
A. Blood grouping test
B. Serologist
C. Hemoglobinist
D. Leukocytes

31. It is generally considered most reliable personal identification, but

challenges continue to occur at the laboratory protocol level and the extent
of interpretation. Which one among the following?
A. Alkaloid synthesis
B. Laboratory SOP
C. Evidence custodian
D. DNA Testing

32. This kind of examination ascertains the authenticity or source of

handwriting or typewriting. Experts are involved in the analysis of paper
and ink, obliterations, and erasures. Some insurance fraud and arson
investigators have a specialty with burned or charred documents. Which one
is described?
A. Graphology
B. Questioned Document Examinations
C. Forensic accounting
D. Forgery Case Analysis

33. Usually a social psychologist that augments or impeaches the witness'

cognitive or perceptual abilities at a show up, line-up, or recollection of
facts. Memory experts tend to bring a lot of books to the courtroom, and
perception experts tend to host simple courtroom demonstrations. What is
described in this statement?
A. Portrait Parle
B. Interrogations
C. Police Line up
D. Eye Witness Identification

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34. A very well established area where an average officer testifies they
obtained a set of latent prints from the crime scene, but to connect them
with a known suspect usually requires an AFIS-certified expert. Under some
circumstances, the courts will allow average officers to testify. Usually,
enlarged photographs or other exhibits demonstrate the points of comparison
upon which the conclusion was reached. Which one is described?
A. Dacltylography
B. Fingerprint Examination
C. Fingerprint Exhibits
D. Finger Printer

35. This can refer to the work of a crime lab unit or a free-lance gun expert
who is capable of examining cartridge cases, shells, and ammunition of all
types. Garments and other objects are also sometimes examined in terms of
discharge residue. Firearms identifiers rely upon some of the same
principles as tool mark experts. What is being described?
A. External Ballistics
B. Internal Ballistics
C. Firearms Examination
D. Terminal Ballistics

36. An area involved in things as time of death, age, race, and sex of victim,
and reconstruction of facial appearance from skeletal remains. It might also
involve counting the size of the largest maggot to give an estimate of the
time of death. Often, a high-tech field using computer reconstruction of the
skin around skeletal remains or age-progression on missing persons. What is
being described?
A. Anthropology B. Exhumation C. Somatotyping D. Dental analysis

37. This most commonly describes biologists and serologists who work in a crime
lab who identify and type dried bloodstains, other body fluids, and DNA.
Others work with hairs and fibers as well as identify and compare botanical
specimens such as wood and plants. Which one is described?
A. Botany
B. Forensic Biology
C. Plant remains analysis
D. Fossil Analysis

38. Which of the following is a broad field most often involving the study of
accident scenes, structural failure analysis, and sometimes explosions or
fires? The expertise usually consists of opinion on the ultimate issue, that
is, which party was responsible and/or negligent.
A. Industrial Security Management
B. Risk Analysis
C. Forensic Engineering
D. Security Hazard

39. The study of insects and their relation to a criminal investigation, such as
the analysis of larvae and maggots, but also sometimes involving a
particular knowledge of insects, their habitats, life cycles, and habits.
Which one of the following?
A. Insecticide
B. Insectomology
C. Forensic Entomology
D. Microscopy

40. The study of the hardest substance in the human body, teeth enamel. With the
use of dental records, X-rays, casts, or even a photograph of a person's
smile, experts can often make identifications and comparisons. A related
subspecialty is bite mark analysis. What is it?
A. Forensic Odontology C. General Dentistry
B. Tooth and Gum examination D. All of the above

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41. A title for coroners or medical examiners that work closely with police.
Numerous techniques used here, depending upon financial resources of a
community, but still based around the autopsy. The expertise involves the
medico-legal investigation of sudden, unnatural, unexplained, or violent
deaths. What is being described?
A. Forensic Medicine
B. Forensic Pathology
C. Forensic Odontology
D. Medico legal examination

42. A broad term for a diverse field that covers everything from evaluations of
competency to stand trial, insanity, and particular relationships between
certain psychological conditions and human behaviors. Which one of the
following?
A. Forensic Science C. Human Behavior Unit
B. Forensic Psychology D. Behavioral Studies

43. This relies upon laboratory devices involving the techniques of

Spectrography and Chromotography to produce findings such as what you had
ate three years ago in hair samples. Fiber analysis tends to use the simple
means of 10x microscopes (or higher). What is being described?
A. Chromatographic Examination
B. Hair and Fiber Analysis
C. Analysis of Medulla
D. Chemistry

44. This technique has generally not acceptable in most courts of law because of
unreliability and a lack of recognized training programs. However, may be
admitted if both parties consent. An alternative to it, called the
Psychological Stress Evaluator, has come out in recent years, but it also
has yet to gain acceptance. This technique is better thought of as a tool
for the investigator and not the forensic scientist. Which one of the
following?
A. Polygraph examination
B. Lie detection
C. Truth Serum
D. Interrogation Technique

45. The area of forensic art has remained in a state of infancy, but has
included such craft techniques as suspect composites and crime scene
sketching. The trend is to use computer software, mapping programs, and
high-tech projection devices for courtroom use. What is being described?
A. Sketch artist
B. Police Line
C. Photoshop Adobe
D. Crime mapping

46. This requires education and experience with agricultural science, geology,
and/or chemistry. Techniques such as the density gradience test (comparing
two samples to within 50 feet of one another) are easily doable in any
laboratory. More refined tests to exact a location unlike anywhere else on
each require a more sophisticated laboratory. Which one is of the following
described?
A. Hydraulics B. Meteorology
B. Soil Sample Analysis C. Geography

47. A detective craft involving casting impressions (marks left behind on a

softer surface) and lifting imprints (marks left behind on hard surfaces).
Also involves some specialized knowledge in the manufacture and use of
hammers, pry bars, etc. Usually the cast or imprint is admitted into
physical evidence with the witness testifying as to chain of custody rather
than as an expert. Which one of the following?
A. Impression analysis
B. Item Matching
C. Tool Marks Analysis
D. Micro etching

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48. This involves tests for poisons, narcotics, blood, or other bodily fluids.
Often, this unit also has responsibility for drug and alcohol identification
as well as training others in alcohol intoxication testing. This activity is
under -
A. Poisonology
B. Toxicology
C. Substance abuse
D. Tobacology

49. An expert can tell if a certain person typed the document based upon
personal style characteristics in manner of punctuation, length of lines,
depth of indentation, etc. More recently, computer and computer printer
expertise is a new development. What is being referred to?
A. Graphology
B. Handwriting comparison
C. Typewriter comparison
D. Signature analysis

50. Spectrographic voice analysis has not gained the degree of general
acceptance to make it admissible in most courts mostly due to limited number
of experts. In most cases, the court is allowed to hear the samples itself.
It is most often used in cases involving telephoned threats or tape-recorded
messages by investigators and not forensic scientists. What is being
described?
A. Voice print analysis
B. Breathe analyser
C. Phone call analysis
D. Voice Scan

51. Who was an English naturalist who used engravings of his own fingerprints to
identify books he published?
A. Andrew Keys
B. Thomas Bewick
C. Alphonse Bertillion
D. Edgar Moore

52. Considered as the “father of modern toxicology” who also made significant
contributions to the development of tests for the presence of blood in a
forensic context and is credited as the first to attempt the use of a
microscope in the assessment of blood and semen stains. His name is –
A. Alec Jeffreys
B. Mathiew Orfila
C. Francis Galton
D. Cesare Lombroso

53. A professor who published the first paper on the nature of fingerprints and
suggested a classification system based on nine major types.
A. John Evangelist Purkinji
B. Jonathan Wild
C. Evans Hughes
D. Mathiew Orfila

54. Who invented the polarizing light microscope in 1828?

A. Stanley Grapes
B. William Nichol
C. Samuel Reynolds
D. Antoin Levine

55. He was a Belgian statistician who provided the foundation for Bertillon's
work by stating his belief that no two human bodies were exactly alike.
A. William Will
B. Adolphe Quetelet
C. William Nichol
D. Nicolas Cage

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56. One of Scotland Yard's original Bow Street Runners who first used bullet
comparison to catch a murderer. His comparison was based on a visible flaw
in the bullet, which was traced back to a mold. Who was he?
A. Henry Goddard
B. Francis Galton
C. John Fielding
D. Henry Fielding

57. He developed the first microscopic crystal test for hemoglobin using hemin
crystals in 1853. Who was he?
A. George Baltimore
B. Ludwig Teichmann
C. John Ewick
D. Loyd Ohlin

58. Who among the following was a German pathologist who was one of the first to
both study hair and recognize its limitations?
A. Lavostski Enotski
B. Hackman Vogn
C. Rudloph Virchow
D. Workvass Generon

59. An examining magistrate and professor of criminal law at the University of

Graz, Austria, who published Criminal Investigation, the first comprehensive
description of uses of physical evidence in solving crime. He was credited
of coining the word criminalistics. Who was he?
A. Hans Gross
B. Alphonse Bertillion
C. Voltaire
D. Adolf Eichmann

60. He published Fingerprints, the first comprehensive book on the nature of

fingerprints and their use in solving crime and was credited as one among
the great pioneers of fingerprinting.
A. Francis Galton
B. Roger Boar
C. Nigel Blundell
D. John Evangelist Purkinji

61. He developed the print classification system that would come to be used in
Europe and North America. He published Classification and Uses of
Fingerprints.
A. Francis Galton
B. Edward Richard Henry
C. Robert Peel
D. Albert Hoofman

62. A forensic chemist who worked in Berlin, Germany, and took photomicrographs
of two bullets to compare, and subsequently individualize, the minutiae.
A. Paul Jesrich
B. Alec Jeffreys
C. Harris Ulrich
D. Jacob Styll

63. He was the first to discovered human blood groups and was awarded the Nobel
prize for his work in 1930. He continued his works on the detection of
blood, its species, and its type formed the basis of practically all-
subsequent works.
A. Edmond Lopez
B. Orlando Wilson
C. Dr. E. Sckulmeister
D. Karl Landsteiner

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64. One among the following developed a microscopic crystal test for hemoglobin
using hemochromogen crystals.
A. Andrew Masso
B. Masaeo Takayama
C. Yamamoto Zenigata
D. Elizabeth Clement

65. A professor of forensic medicine who published the first article on

individualizing bullet markings. Who was he?
A. Victor Balthazard
B. Victor Hugo
C. Vonn Hentig
D. Peter Norman

66. He was the first to suggested 12 matching points as a positive fingerprint

identification. He was known for his “Exchange Principle”.
A. Benjamin Mandelson C. Joseph Petrosino
B. Edmond Locard D. Karl Marx

67. The first portable polygraph instrument was credited to the works of __.
A. John Larson
B. Angelo Mosso
C. Leonard Keeler
D. Mr. Lafayette

68. He was the Chief of Police in Los Angeles, California, who implemented the
first U.S. police crime laboratory.
A. Orlando Wilson
B. August Vollmer
C. Jonathan Wild
D. General Hamilton

69. His work on the St. Valentine's day massacre led to the founding of the
Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory on the campus of Northwestern
University, Evanston, Illinois. Who was he?
A. Henry Goddard
B. Henry Ford
C. Calvin Goddard
D. Leonard Keeler

70. When the injuries inflicted will incapacitate an individual to do his usual
activities or medical attendance of from ten to thirty days, the law says it
is considered as -
A. Less serious physical injury
B. Slight physical injury
C. Serious physical injury
D. Physical deformity

71. If the number of gunshot wounds of entrance and exit found in the body of
the victim is even, the presumption is that no bullet is lodged in the body;
if odd, the presumption is that one or more bullets have lodged in the body.
This refers to -
A. Law of Multiplicity
B. Law on Duplicity
C. Odd and Even Rule
D. Law on Numbers

72. A young man was stabbed in the abdomen, developed generalized peritonitis
and died. Peritonitis is the
A. Manner of death
B. Immediate cause of death
C. Proximate cause of death
D. Underlying cause of death

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73. A person lost the power of speech after being physically assaulted. The
offender is liable for:
A. Mutilation
B. Less serious physical injury
C. Slight physical injury
D. Serious physical injury

74. Which of the following is a characteristic of a gunshot wound of exit?

A. Contusion collar
B. Wound larger than the bullet
C. Tattooing or smudging
D. Edges of the wound are inverted

75. What is the medical evidence made known or addressed to the senses of the
court not limited to the sense of vision, but is intended to that of
hearing, taste, smell and touch?
A. Experimental evidence
B. Autoptic evidence
C. Documentary evidence
D. Corpus delicti evidence

76. Which of the following physical evidence is found in the point of entry in
gunshot wounds that could determine the relative position of the assailant
to the victim?
A. Tattooing
B. Contusion collar
C. Singeing
D. Smudging

77. The characteristics of the point of entry of gunshot wounds are the
following, except -
A. Ovaloid B. Contusion collar C. Singeing D. Bigger

78. A dead person was found with a contact gunshot wound in the right temple and
the fatal gun tightly grip by the right hand, such condition is called -
A. Rigor mortis
B. Postmortem rigidity
C. Cadaveric spasm
D. Death stiffening

79. Which of the following stimulus can cause physical injury?

A. Gonorrhea
B. Syphilis
C. Close wound
D. Headache

80. The following wounds are produced by a sharp instrument, except -

A. Lacerated wound
B. Stab wound
C. Incised wound
D. Hacked wound

81. The duration of death can be determine by the following factors, except
A. Presence of rigor mortis
B. Onset of decomposition
C. Presence of postmortem lividity
D. Stage of digestion of food in the stomach

82. Which of the following statements is NOT valid?

A. A woman may have an enraptured hymen and yet may no longer be a
virgin.
B. A woman may have a lacerated hymen and yet be a virgin.
C. A woman is still a virgin as long as she has not given birth.
D. There are no conclusive medical findings to show that a woman is
physically virgin.

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83. What kind of evidence necessary for conviction which proves the fact in
dispute without the aid of any inference or presumption and which correspond
to the precise or actual point at issue?
A. Circumstance evidence C. Direct Evidence
B. Preponderance of evidence D. Documentary Evidence

84. What are the reasons for the inadmissibility to the court of the result of
Lie Detector examination?
A. Polygraph techniques are still in the experimental stage
B. There is no way to assure that a qualified examiner administered the
test
C. The test cannot relied upon because of many errors
D. All of the Above

85. Virginity is an element in the following sexual crimes, except -

A. Act of lasciviousness with consent of the offended party
B. Qualified seduction
C. Consented Abduction
D. Rape

86. The victim is 17 years old, single and was sexually abused because she was
promised marriage, no force or intimidation, the appropriate charge to the
suspect is
A. Simple seduction C. Qualified Seduction
B. Rape D. Abduction with consent

87. Virginity is not synonymous with chastity. From this, which of the following
is correct? A woman may -
A. resort to many forms of homosexual and heterosexual practices without
losing her virginity and yet maybe unchaste.
B. have a ruptured and other signs of loss of physical virginity and yet
she is chaste.
C. resort to masturbation with rapture of the hymen and yet she may still
be a virgin.
D. become a virgin lifetime if unmarried

88. The kind of virginity where the woman does not know the nature of sexual
life and has not experienced sexual relations is called -
A. Moral virginity C. Mental virginity
B. Physical virginity D. Pseudovirginity

89. In legal medicine, the term “Defloration” is the laceration of the hymen due
to -
A. Fingering C. Masturbation
B. Sexual intercourse D. Auto-sexual

90. A man had sexual intercourse with a female with her consent. Under what
circumstances this would be considered as rape?
A. The man promised to marry her
B. The female is his wife from whom he is separated
C. The female is under 12 years old
D. The female is under the influence of alcohol

91. For the crime of rape to be considered as having been committed, it is

required that -
A. The woman is a virgin
B. Force or intimidation is used
C. The force is not a prostitute
D. The woman is under 18 years

92. He developed the first DNA profiling test. It involved detection of a multi-
locus RFLP pattern. He published his findings in 1985.
A. Armando Lopez C. Edmond Locard
B. Alec Jeffreys D. Diane Asmold

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93 What do we call the property of matter that depends both on the mass of a
substance and the effects of gravity on that mass?
A. Weight C. Scale
B. Density D. Intensive property

94 Some types of evidence are accompanied by the collection of substrate

controls. Substrate controls refers to __.
A. evidence submitted to the crime laboratory for examination
B. uncontaminated surface material close to the area where physical
evidence has been deposited
C. collected samples for DNA testing
D. proper packaging of collected items at the crime scene

95 The examination of physical evidence by forensic scientist is usually

undertaken for identification or comparison. Identification means __.
A. the process of ascertaining whether two or more objects have common
origin
B. the process of eliminating unrelated items from the groups of
identified associated substances
C. the process of determining a substance’s physical or chemical
identity.
D. the process of determining the components of known substances
collected from the scene

96 The properties of evidence that can be attributed to a common source with an

extremely high degree of certainty is known as __
A. Individual Characteristics
B. Common Origin
C. Probability of frequency of occurrence
D. Class Characteristics

97 Reconstructing the circumstances of a crime scene entails collaborative

efforts that include the experience of law enforcement personnel, medical
examiners and criminalistists. Crime scene reconstruction means __.
A. the method used to support a likely sequence of events by the
observation of physical evidence and the statements of witnesses.
B. the formation of an overview of what transpired prior to the
commission of the crime
C. an imaginative crime scene made by the investigation based on
fictional stories made by witnesses of a crime.
D. the discussion through brainstorming about how the crime was committed

98 What is called the properties of evidence that can only be associated with a
group and never be a single source?
A. Classification C. Common Origin
B. Class Characteristics D. Individual Characteristics

99 The forensic scientist must constantly determine those properties that

impart distinguishing characteristics of matter, giving it a unique
identity. The two broad categories are physical and chemical properties.
Which of the following describes chemical properties?
A. The behavior of substance when it reacts or combines with another
substance
B. Describe a substance without reference to any other substance
C. The outer and inner characteristics of a substance
D. Atom

100 Glass that is broken and shattered into fragments and minute particles
during the commission of a crime can be used to place a suspect at the crime
scene. In the analysis of glass fractures, what do we call the crack in a
glass that extends outward like the spoke of a wheel from the point at which
the glass was truck?
A. Concentric fracture C. Radial Fracture
B. Crater-shaped hole D. Refractive Index

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