Deck 5: Laboratory and Technical Services

Question 1

Each nucleated cell contains the full complement of an individuals DNA, called the genome that is unvarying from cell to cell.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The process of deciphering codes and ciphers used by criminals to protect the security of their messages is known as: _____.

A) spectrography
B) chromatography
C) cryptography
D) logic of set theory analysis

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Chromatography is a method used in the identification of crystalline solids.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Most states are now building DNA databases by collecting and testing DNA samples from individuals convicted of sexual assaults and often homicide. The FBI is supporting these databases by linking them together into a national database known as:

A) NCIC (National Crime Information Center).
B) CODIS (Combined DNA Index System.)
C) NDDB (National DNA Data Base).
D) DAWN (DNA Awareness Network).

Question 5

A technique of personal identification that in the future may challenge fingerprints as the most positive means of physical identification is: _____.

A) voiceprint identification
B) DNA analysis
C) spectrography
D) chromatography

Question 6

Identification in criminalistics is aligned with the logic of _____.

A) set theory
B) legal science
C) criminology
D) evolutionary theory

Question 7

The crime lab cannot determine with any degree of certainty if a weapon was used in other crimes.

Question 8

Ultrasonic cavitation involves the graphic identification of human voices.

Question 9

A spectrograph is used in the identification of firearms.

Question 10

The distinctive signature of handguns and other metallic weapons is developed through the use of the neutron activation analysis technique.

Question 11

The person-to-person differences within a particular segment of DNA sequence are known as: _____.

A) genomes
B) alleles
C) loci
D) nucleated cells

Question 12

Argon-ion lasers are widely used in the detection of latent fingerprints.

Question 13

The laboratory process which a criminalist might use to restore obliterated serial numbers on firearms and other metal objects is called what?

A) lasers
B) ultrasonic cavitation
C) trace metal detection
D) X-ray crystallography

Question 14

The informational output of a crime laboratory depends upon what?

A) expertise of the laboratory staff
B) physical evidence collected at the crime scene
C) location of the laboratory in relation to major universities
D) number and kinds of tests conducted

Question 15

Degraded, contaminated, and small quantities of DNA can be successfully analyzed in the crime laboratory due to which laboratory process?

A) loci development
B) alleles reagent
C) genome splicing
D) polymerase chain reaction

Question 16

To make the determination of whether or not a person has recently fired a handgun the criminalist would subject hand swabs from the subject to which laboratory examination?

A) comparison microscope
B) spectrographic analysis
C) X-ray crystallography
D) neutron activation analysis

Question 17

Neutron activation analysis is a technique used to analyzed gunshot residue.

Question 18

In making the determination that bullets, shells, or cartridge cases were fired from a specific weapon, the criminalist would use which piece of laboratory equipment?

A) comparison microscope
B) spectrographic analysis
C) X-ray crystallography
D) neutron activation analysis

Question 19

The cipher in which one symbol or letter stands for another symbol or letter is known as a transposition cipher.

Question 20

The FBI has selected 13 loci to serve as a standard battery of core loci for DNA analysis.

Question 21

The problem of DNA material being contaminated, degraded, or of insufficient quantity can be surmounted by _____ chain reaction.

Question 22

_____ is a method of separating compounds to identify the components.

Question 23

A _____ microscope is used in ballistic examinations.

Question 24

The deciphering of ciphers and codes that are used to protect the security of messages is known as _____.

Question 25

The most common cipher used by criminals is the _____ cipher.

Question 26

The FBI is supporting the linking of state DNA databases together to form a national database known as _____.

Question 27

Person-to-person differences within a segment of DNA are referred to as _____.

Question 28

_____ is the profession and scientific discipline of applying the natural sciences in matters of law.

Question 29

Neutron activation analysis is used in the study of _____ residues.

Question 30

_____ is used to restore obliterated serial numbers on firearms.