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    1. This ancient physician and criminalist wrote a book entitled called The Collected Cases of Rectified Injustices or The Washing Away of Wrongs, which was the first guide for forensic pathologist.
      1. Jing Yu Ma
      2. Song Ci
      3. Jing Hu
      4. Cho Jing Min
    2. This Scottish physician and surgeon is believed to be the first person to identify a patent greasy fingerprint on a bottle of medical alcohol, and then to match that print to a suspect.
      1. Sir Robert Henry
      2. Sir Francis Galton
      3. Henry Faulds
      4. Hugh McGuiness
    3. In what year was the first hand-held camera invented?
      1. 1985
      2. 1812
      3. 1826
      4. 1912
    4. This person was instrumental in founding the first medical examiners office in the city of New York.
      1. Dr. Charles Norris
      2. Dr. Edmond Locard
      3. Dr. Henry Faulds
      4. Dr. Alexandre Lacassagne
    5. The first criminalistic forensic laboratory was officially recognized in 1912 in what city?
      1. Graz, Austria
      2. Lyons, France
      3. New York City, New York
      4. Hengyang, China
    6. This was the result of the first use of DNA-typing in the United Kingdom in 1983:
      1. A person of interest who had confessed to a crime was found innocent
      2. A suspect who had been convicted of a crime was released
      3. A victim of a crime was identified
      4. A witness to a crime was determined to be the suspect
    7. The principle that every contact leaves a trace was first described by this forensic criminalist:
      1. Hans Gross
      2. Edmond Locard
      3. Calvin Goddard
      4. Alexander Gettler
    8. This author created a fictional detective character who greatly influenced modern day forensic science:
      1. Sherlock Holmes
      2. Charles Dickens
      3. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
      4. Edgar Allen Poe
    9. This event resulted in a ballistic technician making a comparison with every Thompson sub machine gun in the inventory of the Chicago Police Department to determine if they were used in the crime:
      1. Black Friday
      2. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
      3. The murder of “Big Jim” Collosimo
      4. The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping
    10. This ballistic technician conducted a comparison analysis of the Thompson sub machine guns in the inventory of the Chicago Police Department following a notorious crime:
      1. Henry Goddard
      2. Calvin Goddard
      3. Alexander Gettler
      4. Sherlock Holmes

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