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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe central core of the hair is called the...?MedullaCuticleCortexShaft
- 2. Multiple ChoiceThe hair follicle is dormant and hairs are easily lost during which stage of the hair life cycle?AnagenTelogenCatagenMetagen
- 3. Multiple ChoiceIn order to determine if a hair is from an animal or human, one should divide the diameter of the...medulla by the entire hairmedulla by the cortexcortex by the medullacortex by the entire hair
- 4. Multiple ChoiceHair is helpful in solving old crimes because…hair on a suspect never changeshair always contains DNA evidencehair takes little room to store in evidence closetshair does not easily decompose
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe tough clear outside covering of a hair shaft iscuticlecortexmedullapolymer
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe middle layer of a hair shaft that contains pigmentthe cortexthe medullathe cuticlethe polymer
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of evidence is hair without the follicular tag considered?IndividualClass
- 8. Multiple ChoiceHair always contains DNAtruefalse
- 9. Multiple Choice
Type of cuticlecoronalspinousimbricatesolid - 10. Multiple ChoiceHuman or nonhuman hair?humannonhuman
- 11. Multiple ChoiceDiameter of the medulla is 0.2 and diameter of the hair is 0.4. What is the medullary index?2.50.50.1cannot be determined
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat must be present in a hair sample to obtain nuclear DNA?keratindrop of bloodhealthy cuticlefollicular tag
- 13. Multiple ChoiceHair is this type of evidencecircumstantialtraceclassall of these
- 14. Multiple Choice
What is Loccard's Exchange Principle?
Perpetrators always leave evidence behind.
Every contact leaves a trace.
All touches leave evidence.
Long, violent confrontations leave evidence.
- 15. Multiple Choice
What cuticle type is in the picture?
Coronal
Imbricate
Spinous
- 16. Multiple Choice
How can you tell the difference between animal and human hair?
Human is imbricate and animal is always spinous.
Human medullary index is less than animal.
Human hair is thinner than animal hair
Animal hair has a thicker cortex than human.
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThe cortex of hair derives its major forensic importance from the fact that it contains what?ScalesPigmentsMedullaeDNA
- 18. Multiple Choice
If a hair were a pencil, which structure corresponds to the paint on the surface?
FollicleCortexCuticleMedulla - 19. Multiple Choice
If a hair were a pencil, which structure corresponds to the wood?
FollicleCortexCuticleMedulla - 20. Multiple Choice
If a hair were a pencil, which structure corresponds to the lead?
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