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There are 10 questions.\u00a0 Please complete all 10 questions.\u00a0 You are allowed to use outside references. You are to include a reference list but are not to use quotes from your references.<\/p>\n

You may use outside sources for your answers to this exam with four (4) caveats.\u00a0 1. Your outside source CANNOT be Wikipedia.\u00a0 If you use Wikipedia, you will receive a ZERO for that question.\u00a0 2. You must cite your outside sources. 3. You cannot use ANY quotations; all of your answers must be only in your own words. 4. You cannot collaborate with anyone else: while you can use outside sources, those sources cannot be persons.<\/p>\n

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Most of the references should come from this site\/book-<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/World+of+Forensic+Science\/publications.aspx?date=200501&pageNumber=1<\/p>\n

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I have also attached the 4 modules<\/p>\n

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  1. Class vs. Individual Characteristics <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Define class characteristics and list two (2) examples.\u00a0 Define individual characteristics and list two (2) examples.\u00a0 From the following photos, discuss the class and individual characteristics.<\/p>\n

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    1. Fingerprint Examination <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Scenario:\u00a0 You arrive at a breaking and entering to process the scene.\u00a0 The glass to the back door of the residence is broken and it appears that the suspect may have cut his thumb or finger.\u00a0 The suspect has taken a lap top computer that was sitting on the dining room table.\u00a0 No other items are missing from the residence.\u00a0 The suspect exited through the back door.<\/p>\n

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      List and describe the 3 main types of evidentiary fingerprints that may be found at a scene?\u00a0 Describe the types of fingerprints may have been deposited in this scenario?\u00a0 What causes a fingerprint to be deposited on a surface?<\/p>\n

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      1. Forensic Databases<\/strong><\/li>\n
      2. List the name of the database used in the following departments and the type of information that is contained in each database<\/li>\n
      3. What is a database? How do the forensic databases work? How is a forensic database useful for casework examination?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        1. Hair Examination <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Scenario:\u00a0 A woman is walking to her car which is parked in a parking garage.\u00a0 She is approached from behind.\u00a0 The person places his arm around her neck and is holding a sharp object against her neck.\u00a0 He asked for her purse.\u00a0 As he is trying to remove it from her arm with his other hand, she reaches back and grabs his hair.\u00a0 He takes off and she is unable to describe her attacker.\u00a0 However, she has a few of his hairs in her hand.<\/p>\n

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          Describe the three morphologic components of hair.\u00a0 List and describe the three stages of hair growth.\u00a0 What can be determined from the hair evidence the victim recovered?\u00a0 How would you examine the hair the victim recovered?<\/p>\n

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          1. Glass Examination <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Scenario: \u2013 A hit and run occurred, where the victim was found dead only a roadside.\u00a0 She was known to walk home from work and was last seen around 11pm as she left work.\u00a0 Approximately 11 days later a possible suspect was identified.\u00a0 A preliminary exam of his vehicle showed considerable damage to the top and side of the driver\u2019s side front fender.\u00a0 A headlamp was missing.\u00a0 This was an older vehicle, which had two (2) headlamps one above the other.\u00a0 This is an example of how the headlamps would appear on the vehicle examined.<\/p>\n

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            Exam of Suspect\u2019s Vehicle:<\/p>\n

            No biological evidence (blood, skin, hair) was identified on the vehicle;<\/p>\n

            The vehicle appeared to have been washed and cleaned thoroughly;<\/p>\n

            There were fragments of broken glass lodged in the bumper and inside the area of the missing head lamp;<\/p>\n

            Paint samples were collected from the vehicle;<\/p>\n

            Samples of debris from underside of vehicle were collected as an exemplar (known, standard).<\/p>\n

            Laboratory Request:<\/p>\n

            Determine if there is an association between the glass fragments from the scene (where victim was found) and the fragments collected from the vehicle (bumper and area of missing head lamp).\u00a0 Nine fragments were recovered from the scene and ten fragments from the vehicle.\u00a0 It was noted that the manufacturing imprinted numbers and letters were visible in the glass fragments.<\/p>\n

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            What is glass composed of?\u00a0 How are automobile headlights manufactured?\u00a0 Describe the techniques are used to compare glass fragments?\u00a0 Discuss the limitations of glass examinations.\u00a0 Describe how the glass in this case would have been examined.<\/p>\n

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            1. Fingerprint Examination <\/strong><\/li>\n
            2. What is the importance of the ridge characteristics (minutiae) for a fingerprint examination?<\/li>\n
            3. In the following figure, identify 12 ridge characteristics:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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              1. Paint Examination <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                What is the composition of paint?\u00a0 List the four organic coatings used in automobile paint.\u00a0 How can paint evidence be examined?\u00a0 What is PDQ and what does it contain?<\/p>\n

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                1. Fiber Examination <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  Describe the difference between natural and manufactured (synthetic) fibers.\u00a0 Give examples of natural and manufactured (synthetic) fibers. \u00a0Describe the basic chemical structure of manufactured (synthetic) fibers.\u00a0 Discuss the examination of fibers.<\/p>\n

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                  1. Firearms Examination <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    Markings\/striations left behind on a projectile\/bullet and the cartridge casings may link evidence to a particular firearm.\u00a0 List and describe in detail the different types of markings\/striations that may be left behind on a projectile\/bullet and cartridge casings.<\/p>\n

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                    1. Tool Mark Examination <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                      What is considered a tool mark?\u00a0 How is a tool mark created?\u00a0 What type of crime scenes are tool marks mostly commonly found?\u00a0 How is tool mark evidence collected?\u00a0 Discuss the class and individual characteristics that may be found on a tool mark.\u00a0 What type of trace evidence may be found on a tool mark?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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