Criminalistics: Forensic Science and Crime

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Title: Criminalistics: Forensic Science and Crime

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Please read each question and select your answer from the choices provided. You must complete all of the questions in order to view your results. At the end of each exam, you have the option to e-mail your results to your instructor.

1: A serologist uses a precipitin serological test to identify the presence of __________ that are specific to humans.
	A: chromosomes
	B: nucleotides
	C: proteins
	D: amino acids

2: Two techniques are able to distinguish individual biological traits; serological techniques and __________.
	A: metabolization
	B: Henry's Law
	C: DNA profiling
	D: genetic coding

3: __________ is always present on a victim if the perpetrator left bite marks.
	A: Saliva
	B: Guanine
	C: Ribose
	D: Antibodies

4: __________ is often present at violent crime scenes and can be used to link a particular suspect to the victim an/or scene through DNA profiling.
	A: Codons
	B: Semen
	C: Saliva
	D: Plasma

5: __________ DNA is maternally inherited and can be used to identify the remains of a dead person.
	A: Adenine
	B: Mitochondrial
	C: Ribonucleic Acid
	D: Cytosine

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