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PBS Unit 1

Quiz by MB Freeh

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  • Q1
    Dr. Marlow wants to know if his new gas medicine will help reduce gas in his patients. He designs an experiment to test it. What is the independent variable?
    gas medicine
    none of the above
    patients
    amount of gas
    30s
  • Q2
    A specific test that can determine the exact identity of a substance (or person)
    positive determinant test
    presumptive test
    forensic test
    confirmatory test
    30s
  • Q3
    Who can donate to a person with type A blood?
    Type A donors only
    Type A & Type AB donors
    Type A & Type O donors
    Type B & Type O donors
    30s
  • Q4
    Who can donate blood to a person who is type AB?
    Type AB only
    All blood types can donate
    none of the above
    Type O only
    30s
  • Q5
    What type of evidence can be processed by looking at the cortex, medulla, growth stage, or diameter?
    Blood sample
    fingerprint
    Hair sample
    DNA sample
    30s
  • Q6
    What type of evidence can be processed by looking at shape, size, ridges, and minutiae
    fingerprint
    Hair
    Blood
    DNA
    30s
  • Q7
    What is a dependent variable?
    what you change on purpose in an experiment
    What stays the same in an experiment
    a prediction about an experiment
    what is measured in an experiment
    30s
  • Q8
    A person is found collapsed in their home by a neighbor. What career is involved in notifying the police and calling an ambulance?
    Medical examiner
    Coroner
    911 operator
    EMT
    30s
  • Q9
    The part of an experiment where the independent variable is NOT applied so that it may serve as a standard for comparison
    Dependent variable
    experimental group
    control group
    constant
    30s
  • Q10
    What shape of blood stain is produced when a droplet of blood strikes a horizontal surface at 90 degrees?
    very elongated with a long tail
    circular
    oval
    tiny dots
    30s
  • Q11
    The application of scientific knowledge to answer questions of civil and criminal law
    biomedical science
    forensic science
    The scientific method
    Positive control
    30s
  • Q12
    How can blood at a death scene be analyzed?
    patterns of spatter are measured and provide clues to the event occurred
    DNA from the blood can provide further information
    size of blood droplets can indicate height at which it fell
    all of the above
    30s
  • Q13
    What scientists are tasked with the collection, preservation and analysis of scientific evidence during the course of an investigation?
    toxicologist
    paramedic
    Forensic scientists
    Police officer
    30s
  • Q14
    DNA is cut at specific nucleotide sequences by
    DNA proteins
    Gel electrophoresis
    RFLPs
    Restriction endonucleases
    30s
  • Q15
    When running a gel electrophoresis, DNA will migrate toward the ______________ end
    not enough information provided
    opposite
    negative
    positive
    30s

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