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feature - Expertise Quiz

Are you ready to test your knowledge about experts? Take our simple quiz to see if you know your philately from your forensics.

Good luck!

1. If you wanted to date a rock sample which expert would you call on?
 Geologist
 Petrographist
 Cerographist
 Forensic Geologist
2. You need to analyze two pictures and find out if they are of the same person, what is the best term for this...
 Kinesiology
 Human Identification
 Forensic Anthropology
 Dermatology
3. Philately is the study of...
 Stamps
 Portraits
 Landfills
 Etchings
4. Ballistics studies four different characteristics, which one is not one of them?
 The kind of gun that fired the bullet
 The bullet is a certain caliber
 The bullet's manufacturer
 The bullet came from a known gun
5. Investigators have a number of analytical tools. What do they use for paper analysis?
 Halitosis
 Infallible polarizing light
 Radioactive Analysis
 Structural Microscopy
6. What do textile analysts not look for?
 Color
 Structure
 Fingerprints
 Natural or man made