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: Fiber evidence can be classified as natural or __________.
	A: ocular
	B: manufactured
	C: synthetic
	D: organic

2: At least __________ hairs must be collected for the sample to be considered sufficient
	A: 100
	B: 20
	C: 5
	D: 50

3: Collection of hair and fiber evidence from a __________ generally involves the use of lift tape.
	A: microscope
	B: body
	C: animal
	D: mineral

4: The portions of hair that are vital to forensic examination are the __________.
	A: cuticle, cortex, and medulla
	B: cuticle, catagen, and keratin
	C: keratin, telogen, and medulla
	D: anagen, telogen, and catagen

5: Scanning Electron Microscopes can magnify an object up to __________ times.
	A: 10000
	B: 1000000
	C: 100000
	D: 1000

6: The polarizing microscope is also known as the __________ microscope.
	A: objective
	B: plane-polarizing
	C: condensed
	D: optical

7: __________ can be used to analyze the composition of unkown materials, particularly dyes on fibers.
	A: Spectroscopy
	B: microspectrophotometry
	C: Scanning Electron Microscopes
	D: Stereoscopic microscopes

8: The microscopic techniques used to investigate trace fiber and hair evidence focus on their __________.
	A: field of view
	B: morphology
	C: working distance
	D: refraction

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