Forensic science Name: ____________

1. What is the origin of the word forensic?

2. An early example of forensics is the work of Archimedes for King Hiero II. What was Archimedes asked to prove?

3. What advice did the book of Xi Yuan Lu give on how to distinguish between a drowning and strangulation?

4. What evidence led to the conviction of John Toms for murder in 1784?

5. What type of poison did James Marsh perfect a detection method for?

6. What forensic techniques did Alphonse Bertillon create?

7. Sir William Herschel was one of the first people to advocate the use of __________________________ in the identification of criminal suspects.

8. Who were the initial suspects in the Jack the Ripper case?

9. What is Locard’s exchange principle?

10. What techniques were employed by Sherlock Holmes in solving crimes?

11. Alec Jeffreys pioneered the use of DNA fingerprinting in forensic science. Aside from use by detectives, where else has it proved useful?

Matching (Choose the word from the list below that best matches each description)

12. ___________________ the scientific examination and evaluation of evidence found in mobile phones, e.g. Call History and Deleted SMS, and includes SIM Card Forensics

13. ___________________ deals with the examination of insects in, on and around human remains to assist in determination of time or location of death. It is also possible to determine if the body was moved after death using entomology.

14. ___________________ is the study of the body fluids.

15. ___________________ is the scientific examination, comparison and evaluation of video in legal matters.

16. ___________________ is the study and interpretation of accounting evidence

17. ___________________ is an application of the study of feet footprint or footwear and their traces to analyze scene of crime and to establish personal identity in forensic examinations.

18. ___________________ is the study of the effect of drugs and poisons on/in the human body.

Word List: Mobil Device Forensics, Forensic Video Analysis, Forensic Toxicology, Forensic Serology, Forensic Podiatry, Forensic Entomolgy, Forensic Accounting,