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TRUE/FALSE
Directions: Answer each of the following by indicating if the statement is TRUE or FALSE 1. The word forensics refers to the application of scientific knowledge to legal questions. TRUE

2. A fact is a statement or assertion of information that can be verified. TRUE

3. What we perceive about a person depends in part on their mannerisms and gestures. TRUE

4. Good observation skills come naturally to investigators. They do not need to be trained. FALSE

5. The first task of forensic scientists is to find, examine, and evaluate evidence from a crime scene. TRUE

6. The Innocence Project is an organization that seeks to get convicted killers out of prison. SKIP

7. Our emotional state influences our ability to see and hear what is happening around us. TRUE

8. If we remember seeing something happen, we can trust that is happened just as we think it did. FALSE

9. Through our senses of sight, taste, hearing, smell, and touch, we gather every single moment about what is around us. TRUE

10. Most wrongful convictions seem to be the result of faulty eye-witness testimony. TRUE

MULTIPLE CHOICE
Directions: Answer the following questions with the choice that best answers the question 1. One of the important tools of the forensic investigator is the ability to: (a) a. Observe, interpret and report observation clearly b. Observer assumptions clearly. c. Report assumptions clearly. d. None of the choices

2. Perception: (d) e. Is faulty. f. Is not always accurate. g. Does not always reflect reality. h. All of these choices

3. Criminal depends on the observation skills of all involved. Those involved include: (d) i. Police investigators. j. Forensic scientists. k. Witnesses. l. All of