All Forensics TSA UPDATED Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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All Forensics TSA UPDATED Actual Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Autopsy - CORRECT ANSWER- The internal and external examination of a body after
death. An autopsy is performed to confirm or determine the cause of death and establish other
pre-death conditions, such as the type of food las...
All Forensics TSA UPDATED Actual Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Autopsy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The internal and external examination of a body after
death. An autopsy is performed to confirm or determine the cause of death and establish other
pre-death conditions, such as the type of food last consumed and the time it was consumed.
Blood Splatter - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The pattern of blood that has struck a surface.
This pattern can provide vital information about the source of the blood. Can help determine
the size and type of wound, the direction and the speed with which the perpetrator or victim
was moving, and the type of weapon used to create the blood spill.
Caliber - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The diameter of the bore of a rifled firearm, usually
expressed in hundredths of an inch or in millimeters.
Composite Drawing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A sketch of a suspect produced from
eyewitness descriptions of one or more persons.
Criminology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The study of criminal activity and how it is dealt
with by the law.
DNA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Deoxyribonucleic acid. Double helix strand. Genetic code
(fingerprint). 50% from mom and 50% from dad. ACGT.
DNA Electrophoresis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The technique by which DNA fragments
are placed in a gel and charged with electricity. An applied electric field then separates the
fragments by size, as part of the process of creating a genetic profile.
DNA Profiling - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The process of testing to identify DNA patterns
or types. In forensic science this testing is used to indicate parentage or to exclude or include
individuals as possible sources of bodily fluid stains (blood, saliva, semen) and other
biological evidence (bones, hair, teeth)
Fingerprint - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The unique patterns created by skin ridges found on
the palm sides of fingers and thumbs.
,Forensic Science - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The application of science to law. The
application of science to those criminal and civil laws that are enforced by police agencies in
a criminal justice system. The focus of forensics is the crime lab. The crime lab uses the
principles and technique of biology, chemistry, physics, geology, anthropology, and other
sciences in order to place physical evidence into a professional discipline.
Absolute Certainty - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ultimate sureness with no implication of
possible change.
Accountability - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the quality of subordinate workers being
responsible for his/her own work and answerable to a superior.
Accuracy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the degree of conformity of a measured quantity to
its actual (true) value.
Acetone - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a colorless, highly flammable chemical compound
used as an organic solvent, an ingredient in many lacquer thinner compounds and adhering
liquids.
Accelerant - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an agent, often an ignitable liquid, that acts to
initiate a fire or increase its rate of spread.
Administrative documentation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- records such as case related
conversations, evidence receipts, description of evidence packaging and seals, and other
pertinent information.
Administrative (or Laboratory Director) Case File Review - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a
detailed final review of the case file documentation. A member other than the assigned
analyst must conduct the Laboratory Director case file review on all case files.
Algor mortis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the postmortem cooling of the body.
, Analytical Data - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- all case specific records such as notes,
worksheets, graphs, spectra, printouts, computer data files, photographs, photocopies,
microscopic slides and other data or records.
Analytical Procedure - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an orderly step-by-step process designed
to ensure operational uniformity and to minimize systematic variability.
Analyst - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- any ADFS personnel assigned to perform scientific
investigation or evidential examination.
Ante mortem - preceding death Antigens - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- foreign substances in
the body that are capable of causing disease.
Arson - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the intentional and unlawful burning of a building or
other property.
Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the process of evaluating analysts to determine
their level of technical knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Asphyxiation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a medical term for suffocation, which leads to
lack of oxygen in the blood.
Audit - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a review conducted to compare the various aspects of the
laboratory's performance with a standard for that performance.
Back spatter - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- blood directed back toward the source of energy
or force that caused the spatter; often associated with entrance gunshot wounds.
Ballistics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- branch of physics that deals with the flights of
projectiles.
Base pair - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- combination of 2 nucleotides (A and T or G and C)
held together by weak hydrogen bonds; the DNA double helix is formed when a base pair of
nucleotides in the DNA strands are connected by these bonds.
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