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One major problem of the forensic DNA community is the backlog of unanalyzed DNA samples.

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B) False

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Question 52

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What is the major problem facing the forensic DNA community?

A) Contamination of DNA samples by evidence collectors
B) Backlog of unanalyzed DNA samples
C) Lack of recent advancements in DNA technology
D) Existence of computerized DNA databases

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Who devised a technique for determining the blood group of a dried bloodstain,which he applied to criminal investigations?

Who established the comparison microscope as the indispensable tool of the modern firearms examiner?

What factor(s) do(es) the court usually take into consideration as sufficient grounds for qualification as an expert witness?

The ________ unit dispatches specially trained personnel to the crime scene to collect and preserve physical evidence that will later be processed at the crime laboratory.

The physical science unit would perform soil and mineral analysis.

Who developed the system known as anthropometry?

The increase in U.S.crime rates since the 1960s did not have any effect on the growth of crime laboratories.

Which unit applies principles and techniques of chemistry,physics,and geology to the identification and comparison of crime scene evidence?

All illicit drug seizures must be sent to a forensic laboratory for confirmatory analysis.

The increase in crime rates in the U.S.has led to an increase in the number of crime laboratories.

Forensic science is the application of science to the ________.

Regional laboratories have decreased the accessibility of many local law enforcement agencies to a crime laboratory.

Which of the following services are typically provided to law enforcement by crime laboratories?

The scientific method requires that scientific evidence be validated by:

________ was the first to use a comparison microscope to analyze bullets to determine whether they were fired from the same gun.

A forensic ________ can compare bite marks left on a victim to the tooth structure of suspects.

The exchange of evidence principle was theorized by:

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes had a large influence on popularizing scientific crime-detection methods.