Forensic Science Segment Two Exam – Flashcards
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Orphaned data is also created by the way the hard drive allocates space for information that the user wants to save.
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True.
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Latent data is easier to find than visible data on a computer.
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False.
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Osteology is the study of
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Bones.
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The first step in a computer facial reconstruction?
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Scan the skull.
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Which of the following does a forensic anthropologist not do during an inventory of the bones?
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Scans the skeleton into facial reconstruction software.
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A body lying on the top of the ground will be skeletalized in about how long?
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Eight months.
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A victim's height is estimated using what?
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The long bones of the arms and legs.
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Dentition is the study of
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Teeth
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Facial reconstructions are used when the victim is?
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Unknown.
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Which of the following is generally true of female bones in relationship to male bones?
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They're typically smoother.
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Which of the following is not a long bone in the arm?
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Femur.
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About how many forensic anthropologists are there in North America?
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Less than 200.
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What is the purpose of hex editors?
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They allow the hard drive to be read at the binary level.
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Latent data is which of the following?
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Generally invisible to the user.
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What is a duplicate copy of the entire contents of a hard drive from a computer or other device?
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Forensic image.
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Clusters are multiples of what?
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Two.
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What is the smallest unit of data on the hard drive?
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Sectors.
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RAM is a part of which of the following?
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Hardware.
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Which of the following allows computers to communicate with each other?
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NIC.
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The National Crime Information Center is maintained by whom?
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FBI.
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What notes information about the users who access a computer network?
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Log file.
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An IP address is designated by what?
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Numbers.
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The purpose is a firewall is what?
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To stop unauthorized access to a network.
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The E-FIT system was developed by whom?
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Scotland Yard.
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What is like the "recent calls" list?
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Internet history.
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What saves a portion of websites that are visited to make these websites quicker to reload the next time the user visits the site?
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Internet cache.
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What is true about web-based email?
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It is sometimes stored in the computer like other web pages.
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A forensic anthropologist may be asked to examine bones that have been exhumed from a grave, found in an unmarked burial, or reside in a museum collection.
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True.
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Photographs are rarely taken at the scene where bones are found.
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False.
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Sutures are all closed off by the age of five.
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False.
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Research has shown that the brain does not indicate when someone is lying.
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False.
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Forensic science has experienced few changes since the late 1800s.
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False.
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Cookies are files that are placed on a computer by some websites when the user visits the site.
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True.
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The eggs of the insects should be the first thing collected at the scene.
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False.
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Necrophagous insects are the first insects to appear in human remains.
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True.
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Which of the following is not one of the three general areas in entomology?
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Water contamination.
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Which of the following can impact the timing of the blowfly life cycle?
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The air temperature.
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The last group of insects that tend to appear on human remains is which of the following?
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Indigenous insects.
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Blowfly maggots typically hatch from the eggs on a body about how long after the blowflies first arrive?
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1 day.
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How soon do adult blowflies typically start appearing on a body after the person has died?
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0 to 60 minutes.
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Worldwide, there are about how many species of blowflies?
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Over 1,000.
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Blowfly eggs hatch into what?
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Maggots.
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Which of the following is not noted when samples of insects are taken?
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The closest body of water.
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What did Song Ci contribute to the study of insects?
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He wrote a book noting the impact of insects on human remains.
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What is a postmortem interval?
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The time since death.
