SCIENTIFIC OFFICER EXAM QUESTION ANSWERS

Scientific Officer (Chemical Branch) in FSL in the Dept. of Police Examination Question Answers- Held on 14/11/2016
1. Who among the following is credited to have established the world’s first Forensic Science Laboratory ?
 (1) Mathieu Orifilla
 (2) E.R. Henry
 (3) Edmond Locard
 (4) Colonel Calvin Goddard
Answer:  (3) Edmond Locard

2. The branch of Forensic Science that studies the motion of projectiles in air, along with a few other areas is called :
 (1) Forensic Pneumatology
 (2) Forensic Ballistics
 (3) Forensic Biology
 (4) Forensic Psychology
Answer:  (2) Forensic Ballistics

3. Lie detector is also called by another name
 (1) Polygraph
 (2) Polygon

 (3) Pie chard
 (4) Frequency polygon graph
Answer:  (1) Polygraph

4. Who among the following is a pioneer of Brain Fingerprinting ?
 (1) Farwell
 (2) Freeman
 (3) Freemason
 (4) Perry Mason
Answer:  (1) Farwell

5. Which of these is not a method of a crime scene search ?
(1) Spiral
(2) Grid
(3) Loop
(4) Radial
Answer:  (3) Loop

6. A broken tool found at a crime scene is examined at which of these sections of the Forensic Science Laboratory ?
 (1) Physical
 (2) Biological
 (3) Carpentry
 (4) Not used as a clue at all
Answer:  (1) Physical

7. To secure a graphic record of breathing that can be analysed in detail we use a
 (1) Histogram
 (2) Pneumograph
 (3) Polygraph
 (4) Polygon
Answer:  (2) Pneumograph

8. Who among the following gave the typology of serial killers as – Visionary, Missionary, Power or
control and Hedonistic ?
 (1) Shaw & Mc Cay
 (2) Sherlock Holmes & Doyale
 (3) Holmes & De Burger
 (4) Robert Ressler
Answer:  (3) Holmes & De Burger

9. The chemical substance used to conduct Narco analysis is :
 (1) Sodium cyanide
 (2) Sodium Bicarbonate
 (3) Sodium Thiopentathonate
 (4) Sodium Mano-Glutarate
Answer:  (3) Sodium Thiopentathonate

10. Which of the following relates to a numeric response variable to two or more numeric predictor
variables ?
 (1) Multiple Regression
 (2) Binomial Regression
 (3) Multiple Retrogression
 (4) Data insufficiency
Answer:  (1) Multiple Regression