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FSC100 ExamDr. Alec Jeffreys - correct answer ✔✔became the first person to make a breakthrough in DNA exclusion
in 1984
True - correct answer ✔✔humans inherit a genome of 23 chromosomes from each parent for a total of
46
destroyed - correct answer ✔✔in Canada, after voluntary DNA is used in an investigation, samples that
do not lead to a conviction are ___________
CODIS (combined DNA index systems) - correct answer ✔✔a software program; stores DNA profiles of
convicted individuals
primary offences - correct answer ✔✔in canada, sexual crimes and murder fall into the category of
meaning a DNA sample of the convicted perpetrator is automatically added to the Convicted Offender
Index
primary offences - correct answer ✔✔offence in relation to sexual offences against children; sexually
related offences; murder; attempt to commit murder
secondary offences - correct answer ✔✔escape custody or assist escape; prisoner of war; indecent acts;
assault police; break and entering; utter death threats
upon conviction, not arrest - correct answer ✔✔when is DNA taken from offender
national academy of sciences (NAS) report - correct answer ✔✔the realiability of DNA as a gold standard
of forensic science was published in the 2009 _______________
STR Analysis - correct answer ✔✔DNA typing method that examines smaller regions of repeated
sequences, thus requiring less DNA, and being less time consuming
,ACE-V (analysis, comparison, evaluation, verification) - correct answer ✔✔identification process
ACE-V (analysis, comparison, evaluation, verification) - correct answer ✔✔the progression from first
awareness that one fingerprint should be compared to another consists of four steps
true - correct answer ✔✔DNA is totally individualizing, except in identical twins (t or f)
nucleus - correct answer ✔✔DNA can be extracted from any fluid that has a cell with a __________
bodily fluid deposition - correct answer ✔✔serology techniques are used to screen evidence items for
the presence and type of
the crime scene index (CSI) - correct answer ✔✔the national DNA Databank is responsible for two
indices: The Convicted Offender Index (COI) and the ___________________
cheek cells - correct answer ✔✔in a buccal swab, DNA samples are extracted from
flourine - correct answer ✔✔this is not a nitrogen-containing base of dna
thymine, guanine, cystosine - correct answer ✔✔a nitrogen-containing base of dna
advanced ridgeology - correct answer ✔✔defined as the study and uniqueness of friction ridge
structures and formations
true - correct answer ✔✔in canada, fingerprints are defined as both the friction skin pattern formation
found on human skin, as well as the impression or mark left on a surface after having had contact with
fingers (t or f)
ridges are persistent after death, allowing for ID during decomposition - correct answer ✔✔what is not
one of the four premises of friction ridge identification?
, (1) ridges develop on the foetus, prior to birth
(2) ridge paths are unique and never repeated
(3) ridge patterns vary within limits, which allow for classification - correct answer ✔✔four premises of
friction ridge identification
false - correct answer ✔✔volar skin is the name for non-friction skin that, unlike fingers, does not assist
in the ability to hold items or provide traction
sir frances galton - correct answer ✔✔in 1892, which cousin of charles darwin was responsible for the
acceptance of the use of fingerprints
relief - correct answer ✔✔what is not an attribute of friction-skin
sensitivity, purchase, thickness - correct answer ✔✔what are attributes of friction-skin
rate of sweat (excessive sweating), dietary habits, age - correct answer ✔✔what can affect the
composition of fingerprint secretions
true - correct answer ✔✔like dna, fingerprint patterns are inherited combinations derived from both
parents (t or f)
false - correct answer ✔✔like dna, identical twins have the same fingerprint patterns (t or f)
delta - correct answer ✔✔what is not a basic fingerprint pattern type
whorl, loop, arch - correct answer ✔✔basic fingerprint pattern types
3rd level - correct answer ✔✔pore size, pore shape and edge shape are attributes of _____________
level of friction ridge detail
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