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Forensic Science
Semester 1
Final Exam Study Guide
*Questions are randomly selected from a test bank of 100 possible questions, therefore every exam is
different and not all the below information is covered in a single randomly generated exam.
Module 5
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Properly collecting and transporting firearms from a crime scene (5.02)
Properly collecting, marking and transporting bullets from a crime scene (5.02)
Identifying the exact gun that fired a bullet (5.02)
Rifling/grooves and lands (5.02)
The Integrated Ballistic Identification System (5.02)
Definition of “caliber” (5.02)
Process and tools for analyzing bullets in a lab (5.02)
Collecting and analyzing the clothing of a shooting victim (5.02)
Gunpowder residue (5.03)
Lead patterns (5.03)
Analyzing and casting tool marks (5.04)
Restoring serial numbers (5.04)
Module 6
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Definition of “indicative acts” (6.02)
Rigor mortis, liver mortis and algor mortis (definitions and timeframes) (6.02)
Digestion after death (6.02)
Using eyes to estimate time of death (6.02)
Putrefaction, mummification, adipocere and skeletonization (6.02)
Using insects to determine time of death (6.02)
Cause, mechanism and manner of death (6.03)
Role of the forensic pathologist (6.03)
Autopsy (6.03)
Location, founder and purpose of The Forensic Anthropology Facility (Body Farm)
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 Taphonomy (6.04)
 Distribution or scatter of bones (6.04)
Module 7
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History and discoverer of DNA typing (7.02)
Shape of DNA (7.02)
VNTRs (7.02)
Chromosomes and their location (7.02)
Number of cells in our bodies (7.02)
Bases in nuclear DNA (7.02)
Common locations for DNA (7.03)
Potential of contamination of samples (7.03)
Proper storage of DNA samples (7.03)
Buccal cells (7.03)
Hybridization (7.04)
PCR, STR and RFLP- know all the steps (7.04)
Definition and location of mitochondrial DNA (7.05)
Module 8
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Point of origin (8.02)
Accelerants (8.02)
Search warrants at fire scenes (8.02)
“Sniffer” (8.02)
Molotov cocktails (8.03)
Substrate controls (8.03)
Political bombing vs. bombings by individuals (8.04)
Bomb investigators (8.04)
Definition of explosion (8.04)
Speed of blast effect (8.04)
Low and high explosives (8.04)
Primary and secondary explosives (8.04)
Natural gas explosions (8.04)
Color chips (8.05)
Storage of explosive evidence (8.05)
Analyzing explosive evidence in a lab (8.05)