Question 1

In what year did Edmond Locard establish the first police crime laboratory in Lyon, France?

Accepted Answer

1910

Question 2

How many points of comparison for fingerprint identification were historically mandated by the 'Rule of Twelve' before it was largely abandoned?

Accepted Answer

12

Question 3

The 'Frye Standard,' which dictates the admissibility of scientific evidence, originated from a US court case decided in which year?

Accepted Answer

1923

Question 4

Leone Lattes developed a method for determining the blood group of dried bloodstains in which year?

Accepted Answer

1915

Question 5

What is the minimum number of core characteristics generally required to individualize a tool mark?

Accepted Answer

No fixed minimum

Question 6

In the 1993 Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals case, the Supreme Court assigned the 'gatekeeping' role for expert testimony to whom?

Accepted Answer

The Trial Judge

Question 7

Calvin Goddard was instrumental in refining the comparison microscope for firearms analysis in what decade?

Accepted Answer

1920s

Question 8

What is the specific wavelength range (in nanometers) typically used in forensic alternative light sources to visualize biological fluids?

Accepted Answer

300-500nm

Question 9

The first application of DNA profiling in a criminal case occurred in 1986 involving the investigation of which biologist?

Accepted Answer

Alec Jeffreys

Question 10

What is the standard magnification range used in a comparison microscope for bullet striation analysis?

Accepted Answer

20x to 100x

Question 11

Orfila, often called the 'father of toxicology,' published his treatise on poisons in what year?

Accepted Answer

1814

Question 12

In dental forensics, how many permanent teeth are typically present in a full adult human dentition?

Accepted Answer

32

Question 13

What is the approximate percentage of the human genome that is considered non-coding 'junk' DNA, historically useful for STR profiling?

Accepted Answer

98%

Question 14

The Bertillon system of anthropometry relied on the measurement of how many specific body parts?

Accepted Answer

11

Question 15

At what temperature (in Celsius) is most standard forensic evidence preserved to prevent biological degradation?

Accepted Answer

4°C

Question 16

Henry Faulds published an article in 'Nature' regarding the potential of fingerprinting in what year?

Accepted Answer

1880

Question 17

How many individual loci are required by the CODIS (Combined DNA Index System) core standards for federal database entry?

Accepted Answer

20

Question 18

Hans Gross published the seminal work 'Handbuch für Untersuchungsrichter' (Criminal Investigation) in which year?

Accepted Answer

1893

Advanced Forensic Science History and Methodology

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