CSI Rookie Case Simulation Questions
Directions: Please go to forensics.rice.edu, click “Case one: Rookie Training” and register with
your first name as the login and “Welcome1” as the password. Work through the various lab
trainings and answer the following questions to the best of your ability. SAVE GAME OFTEN!!!
DO NOT HIT THE EXIT BUTTON!!!!
Forensic Biology
1. How would we identify identical twins?
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2. Summarize the steps of DNA processing.
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Forensics Toxicology
1. What is the difference between Forensic Toxicologists and Drug Chemists?
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2. What is the major difference between what stomach content tells us vs. what the
blood tells us as forensic Toxicologists?
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3. What is the chain of custody and why is it important?
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4. How does the headspace gas chromatography machine analyze alcohol?
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5. What is the single limitation of the Elisa test?
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6. In your own words, describe how the Gas Chromatography machine works to
confirm specific types of drugs.
Firearms
1. Based on what you learned from this section. Recommend a change to the gun
design that can help absolutely identify what gun the bullet came from.
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2. Summarize the bullet characteristics
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3. What characteristic of the bullet determines its caliber?
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4. What is the difference between class characteristics and individual
characteristics?
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Medical Examiner
1. What is the Rokitansky’s technique?
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2. Describe the five manners of death.
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CSI Code of Ethics
1. What are the four things forensic scientists must be? Why are these so crucial?