Hair Evidence Quiz
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Hair is what type of evidence?
A. Class
B. Individual
C. unknown
D. all of the above
DNA is never present on hair
A. FALSE
B. TRUE
What medullary pattern is represented in the diagram?
A. Fragmented
B. interupted
C. continuous
D. not visible
Is it possible to determine what body part hair evidence came from?
A. yes
B. no
Can race origin be determined by hair?
A. Yes
B. no
When processing hair found at a crime scene, we must determine if the origin is:
A. human or animal
B. human or reptile
C. reptile or mammal
D. human or alien
Is it possible to determine the species of hair evidence without DNA?
A. Yes
B. no
What types of DNA can be found on the hair?
A. Mitochondrial
B. nuclear
C. Both mitochondrial and nuclear
D. none
What are the tree stages of hair growth in order from start to end?
A. Anagen, telogen, and catagen
B. anagen, catagen, and telogen
C. telogen, catagen, and anagen
D. catagen, telogen, and anagen
Which number in the diagram represents the cuticle?
A. A
B. D
C. B
D. F
Which phase of hair grown cycle does the hair fall out naturally?
A. Telogen
B. anagen
C. catagen
D. none of the above
What are the three cuticle patterns?
A. Coronal, spinous, imbricate
B. flowery, circular, triangular
C. square, round, diamond
Which number in the diagram represents the medulla?
A. C
B. A
C. B
D. D
What type of medulla pattern is shown here?
A. interrupted
B. fragmented
C. stacked
D. not visible
The growth cycle of human hair ranges from?
A. 2 to 6 years
B. 1 to 2 years
C. 3 to 6 months
D. 20 years
Can we tell if a hair was forcibly removed?
A. Yes
B. no
How many approximate hair follicles on a human head are there?
A. 100,000
B. 1 million
C. 60,000
D. 1000
Which number in the diagram represents the cortex?
A. B
B. A
C. C
D. D
What type of medulla pattern is shown here?
A. continuous
B. fragmented
C. stacked
D. interupted
Humans lose approximately how many hair per day?
A. 100
B. 1000
C. 50
D. 5
The two main categories of human hair are:
A. Terminal and vellus
B. terminus and vascular
C. terminal and fetal
D. head and body
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