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Multiple Choice



 This activity contains 15 questions.

Question 1.
Who is responsible for the discovery that every person has unique fingerprints?

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Question 2.
What scientific technique uses biological residue found at the scene of a crime for genetic comparisons in aiding the identification of criminal suspects?


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Question 3.
What is the current test used to determine the admissibility of scientific evidence in court?

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Question 4.
What act provided substantial funding to improve the quality and availability of DNA analysis?

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Question 5.
What percent of rape suspects are typically excluded by forensic DNA testing?


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Question 6.
Which of the following online databases is being developed for military use overseas?


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Question 7.
What was the first, nearly foolproof method of identification available to investigators?

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Question 8.
In what year was the Communications Decency Act signed into law?


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Question 9.
A police crime scene analyst or laboratory worker is also called:

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Question 10.
According to research by the Software Information Industry Association, what percentage of software has been copied illegally?

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Question 11.
Any crime perpetrated through the use of computer technology could be called a:

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Question 12.
Which of the following is a type of biocrime?


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Question 13.
How many cases were examined in the report titled Convicted by Juries, Exonerated by Science?

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Question 14.
Kevin Mitnick was:


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Question 15.
Malicious computer programs like viruses are called:

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