ASSIGNMENT 3 - FORENSIC MCQ Study Guide Rated A+
Websites that a user has visited often use cookies to track certain information about its visitors
The goal in obtaining data from a HDD is to do so without altering any data
Temporary files that are created by a software program in the event the ...
1). Websites that a user has visited often use cookies to track certain information about its
visitors
Ans: True
2). The goal in obtaining data from a hdd is to do so without altering any data
Ans: True
3). Temporary files that are created by a software program in the event the computer
experiences sudden loss of power, cannot be recovered during a forensic examination:
Ans: False
4). When should photos of the crime scene be taken? chose the most appropriate option. you
can only pick one.
Ans: As soon as possible
5). The scene you are heading to is on the coast. in order to be prepared when you get there
you continue to think about different means of identification. the body might be very
decomposed and would most likely have spent time in the water. what if the person is really
old? you think about a statement you have previously seen. "a fingerprint will remain
unchanged during an individual's lifetime". is this statement true or false?
Ans: True
6). Fingerprint evidence is infallible
Ans: False
7). At what age do human develop fingerprints?
Ans: at three month's gestation
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, 8). Arches are the most common type of characteristics in a fingerprint?
Ans: False
9). Getting fingerprints off of human skin is easy, if you have the right tools
Ans: False
10). The average fingerprint has approximately how many individual ridge characteristics?
Ans: 150
11). You are of course interested in all different aspects of investigation work. imagine that you
are the person responsible for securing and searching for fingerprints. how would you
structure your examination of fingerprints? place the sections of the examination of
fingerprints in the correct order. start with what you would do first.
12). A technique for visualizing latent fingerprints on non-porous surfaces by exposing them to
cyanoacrylic vapors is:
Ans: SuperGlue® fuming
13). Based on a mathematical calculation by victor balthazard, the probability of two individuals
having the same fingerprints is one out of:
Ans: 1 x 10 to the 60th power
14). Attempts at changing one's fingerprints by trying to obscure them has lead to:
Ans: the possibility of permanent scarring which only provides new characteristics for
identification since it is impossible to obliterate all ridge characteristics
15). When photographing an electronic crime scene, all the connections to the main system unit,
such as peripheral devices, should be photographed:
Ans: True
16).
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