BUNDLED WVU FIS 201 FINAL EXAM STUDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024

locating remains - visual detection, ground penetrating radar, cadaver dogs, metal detector, ground penetrometer recovery of remains - mapping, excavation, documentation 5 human remains - cranium, pelvis, scapula, femur, humerus how many ossification centers in humans - 405 how many bone...

anatomy of fingerprints - friction ridges when do volar pads start forming? - 4 months what is unique about volar pads? - consistent throughout life 3 steps of creating an impression - - sebrum & sweat - spreads along ridge surface - sticks to substrate when pressed foreign materials t...

Karl Landsteiner (1868-!943) - He came up with blood types A, B, C and developed techniques for stain identification analysis. He also worked with Alexander Weiner. Sir Alec Jeffreys (1950-Present) - He is a geneticist at the University of Leicester, UK. He individualized the source of biological...

Pathologist - Determines cause of disease or trauma based on appearance and chemistry of bodies or tissues. Medical Examiner - Appointed by jurisdiction and is usually a physician who is a board-certified forensic pathologist and is responsible for certifying the manner and cause of a death. C...

Mechanical Trauma - Physical Actions Thermal Trauma - Temperature Effects Electrical Trauma - Electrical Conduction through the body Chemical Trauma - Chemical Alteration of body processes Asphyxiation - Oxygen deprivation Degree of Injury - - Amount of force - Duration of force - R...

Marquis Reagent - Turns purple with Heroin and Morphine, orange/brown with amphetamines Dillie-Koppanyi - Violet blue with Barbiturates Duquenosis-Levine - Purple with marijuana when chloroform is added Van Urk - Blue/purple with LSD (not appropriate for field tests) Scott Test - Color t...

Forensic - Forum: place of debate Court of law Science - Method of study used to empirically understand and describe the physical universe Fallibilism - Awareness that there could be alternative explanations 17th & 18th Century - Medicine 19th Century - Medicine, chemistry, law, photogr...

1. Observe something in the context of the crime 2. Does this "something" tell us about the events of the crime 3. Test the hypothesis, "Yes it does" 4. State what we have discovered and the limits of that work 5. Repeat until satisfied - How does forensic science use the scientific method? ...