Assignment 1
Multiple Choice (2pts each)
1. Who is known as the father of forensic toxicology?
a) Leone Lattes
b) Alphonse Bertillon
c) Mathieu Orfila
d) Albert Osborn
2. A lie detector is also known as a
a) spectrograph
b) polygraph
c) odontology
d) anthropometry
3. Edmond Locard founded the
a) Institute of Criminalistics at the University of Lyons
b) Federal Bureau of Investigation
c) CIA
d) Interpol
4. The crime novels of ___________ were the first to introduce the idea
of different forensic fields.
a) Francis Galton
b) Encyclopedia Brown
c) Gil Grissom
d) Sherlock Holmes
5. Which area of forensic science solves crimes by looking at different
bugs?
a) Forensic anthropology
b) Forensic odontology
c) Forensic entomology
d) Forensic pathology
Short Answer (3pts each)
6. In your own words - what is Forensic Science?
7. Imagine you are explaining Locard's Principle of Exchange to a 7
year old. How would you describe it?
Matching (2pts each)
Match the evidence with the best possible unit/service in the following
list. Note that not every unit/service will be used!
The List: Questioned Documents Unit, Forensic Anthropology,
Fingerprinting Unit, Forensic Entomology, Toxicology Unit, Biology Unit,
Firearms Unit, Physical Evidence unit, Forensic Psychology, Forensic
Engineering,
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Extra Credit
Part A - 25 points. Please choose one of the following options.
1. Complete the word search found here. Find all 25 words for 25
points! You can print it off, and complete it, or use an image editing
program to highlight the words. Then upload it to a site like photobucket
and send me the link!!
2. Over the years forensic science has grown in leaps and bounds each new piece of technology is furthering investigations more than they
ever thought possible. What area of forensic science do you think has
made the greatest contribution? Write a 300 word essay on your
opinion. It doesn't necessarily have to be about an area mentioned in
the lesson, and further research on the topic is always a great route to
go! Just remember this is your opinion and so copying and pasting isn't
allowed!
Part B - 5 points. Read the following mystery and see if you can solve
the puzzle.
Katie was a detective in the little town of Owanda. She arrived ready for her day of
work at the police station and couldn't. She spent the majority of her morning
pushing papers around, and wrote a few parking tickets in the afternoon. About an
hour before she was ready to leave for the day, the station got a call from the bank.
It had just been held up and the thief got away with $1,000,000. She drove 15
minutes to get to the bank and began to interview witnesses, but it didn't help much.
No one seemed to have seen anything - it all went "too fast". Some witnesses said
the robber was tall, others said he was short. Some described him as lanky, while
others believed he was a bit more round in the middle section.
As Katie was walking out of the bank, the sheriff in charge of the town pulled up and
stepped out of his car. She watched as he leaned up against the hood of the car,
and then jumped away from it shaking his hand as if it had been burned.
"Darn that's hot," he said as Katie strolled up to him. "How did the interviews go?"
"Honestly sir, not great. No one was able to give a clear description of the suspect
because it all happened so fast," she replied.
"That doesn't surprise me. We don't have a lot of crime here, so people get mighty
scared when something does happen. This robbery however, sounds like something
Jason Scott would do. He was a small time petty thief awhile back, but word on the
street is he's been bragging about setting his sights a little higher. Why don't you
drive over to his place and poke around a bit."
The sheriff gave Katie the address and she drove off to find his place. It was only a 5
minute drive, which was nice and convenient Katie thought. The crime had now
happened hours ago, so chances are if Jason is guilty he's long gone, she thought to
herself. However, as she pulled up, there was a man holding a young toddler
standing in the driveway. Katie got out of her car and approached him.
"Are you Jason Scott sir?" she asked.
"Yes I am," he replied. "And this here is my son Skylar. What can I do for you?"
"Well, a few hours ago there was a robbery over at the bank on Main St." Jason's
jaw dropped in shock as he looked over at Katie, but he set Skylar down on the
hood of his car and helped him to sit up. "We were wondering if you knew anything
about the heist?"
"No! I haven't heard anything about it. I actually just got home about 2 minutes
before you pulled up. I was away on a business trip, but I missed this little guy so
much that I decided to drive the 5 hours home this afternoon so I could see him
again! I'm sorry I can't be more help."
"That's fine. Thank you for your time Mr. Scott." Katie walked back to her car as
Jason picked up Skylar who was pounding his hands on the car. Once in the car,
Katie radioed the sheriff.
"I'm going to need some backup sir. Jason Scott is definitely lying!"
How did Katie know Jason Scott was lying to her?