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EDMUND D. IGNACIO RATING: ____

BS CRIMINOLOGY 3 BLOCK 4
INSTRUCTOR: MRS. VIRGINIA LUMAGUE

ASSIGNMENT FOR MODULE 2LESSON 3

FORENSIC3/L

QUESTION:

1. Name and explain one presumptive test method for urine

identification.
One popular presumptive test method uses para-dimethylaminocinnamaldehyde
(DMAC), favored because it is simple, rapid and safe. This paper confirms that DMAC
reacts with urea rather than creatinine, ammonia or uric acid. A rapid urine test is the
quickest way to test urine. This involves dipping a test strip with small square colored fields on it
into the urine sample for a few seconds. After that you have to wait a little for the result to appear.
Depending on the concentration of the particular substance you are testing for, the fields on the
test strip change color. Then the resulting colors of the fields are compared with a color table. The
color table can be found on the urine test package. It shows which colors indicate normal and
abnormal values.

2. How is saliva used as evidence?

Saliva is often detected in scenes of crime along with bite marks or lip prints where the
oral cavity may have been involved. Serological and cellular analysis of thus obtained
saliva is of immense use in identification of the accused. Saliva used as evidence in a
number of crimes.

3. What can be detected in a saliva test?

It can detected in a saliva test like traces of drugs, drug metabolites, and alcohol can be
detected in saliva. Saliva is easy to collect: a swab of the inner cheek is the most common
way. Saliva tests are more difficult to adulterate or substitute, and collection is less
invasive than with hair or urine testing.
 4. How is DNA profile of dog feces as evidence to solve a
homicide?

DNA profile of dog feces as evidence to solve a homicide Dog fecal samples were
collected at the crime scene and from the shoes of the suspect to see whether they could
be linked. DNA was genotyped using a 145bp fragment containing a 60bp hotspot region
of the mitochondrial DNA control region.