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(n) __________ is a release of mechanical or chemical energy.
	A: brisant
	B: explosion
	C: detonator
	D: nuclear reaction

2: __________ is not commonly used as part of a black powder mixture.
	A: Potassium nitrate
	B: Sulfur
	C: Charcoal
	D: Oxygen

3: High explosives are divided into both __________ explosives.
	A: secondary and elementary
	B: primary and complementary
	C: primary and secondary
	D: complementary and analagous

4: The first high explosive that was widely used was __________.
	A: nitroglycerine
	B: sodium chloride
	C: serin gas
	D: ethynol

5: __________ can detect inorganic substances such as nitrate or chlorate.
	A: Infrared tests
	B: Isotopes
	C: Ion chromatography
	D: Ion mobility spectrometer

6: __________ are microscopic pieces of multilayered colored plastic that are added to an explosive to indicate its source of manufacture.
	A: Detonators
	B: Taggants
	C: Brisants
	D: Initiators

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