Forensic and Investigative Science FIS 20500 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Safety Data Sheet, Forensic Dentistry, Forensic Science

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The exam includes 85 questions of multiple choice and matching. The topics on the exam come from chapters 1-3, 23, ethics, qa and qc, and guest lecture from cale bradford. Forensic science overview and history, forensic science laboratory and scientist, crime scene. What a forensic scientist does, what are the duties of a forensic scientist? o o. Forensic scientists analyze, examine, identify evidence, & give expert testimony. Be familiar with the rules of evidence and court procedures. Knowledge, skills, and aptitudes are gained through education, training and experience. What is forensic science? o o o o. Today it refers to the application of science to matters of the criminal/civil justice systems and court. Be familiar with some of the identification history used in forensic science. o. Advances in personal identification were made in the 18th & 19th centuries. Anthropometry, or bertillonage, was a way of recording physical features of a person so that they could be uniquely identified.