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When was forensic science first used to solve a crime (HINT: It was in China!)

2. The branch of forensic science that deals with dental evidence is known as _____________.

3. Alec Jeffreys, the scientist who first developed DNA fingerprinting, was from which country?

4. When a body had the odor of almonds, it usually suggests what kind of poisoning?

5. A Cyber _______ Team, or CAT, is a highly-trained group of FBI agents, analysts, and computer forensics experts who travel around to world to combat cyber fraud.

6. Function testing is how a firearms examiner can tell if a gun was fired _____________.

7. Which of the following can you NOT learn by looking at a person's skeleton age: weight, sex, or race?

8. Death investigations can be performed by either a medical examiner, who is appointed to the position, or a __________, who is elected.

9. 9. A forensic artist can create a _______ image based on eye witness accounts.

10. 10. Which famous criminal tried to burn off his fingerprints with acid, only to have them grow back a few years later?

11. 11. DNA was used to tag the game balls from which sports event?

12. 12. Ballistics is the study of the _________ of a projectile in flight.

13. 13. After the autopsy, what kind of stitch is used to sew-up the incisions?

14. 14. Blow flies and _________ are two common forensically important insects?

15. 15. Who was the first person to use fingerprints in a criminal case?




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