Which of the Following Is False Regarding the Use of DNA

question 37

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is false regarding the use of DNA?

• A) DNA profiling allows suspects to be identified on the basis of genetic material.
• B) DNA databases have more than three million samples of offenders.
• C) The United States is the only country with a DNA database.
• D) Some critics are concerned information gathering could violate citizens' civil liberties.

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Definitions:

Encomienda

A labor system in Spanish America giving settlers the right to tax local Indigenous people or to demand their labor in exchange for protecting them and teaching them Christianity.

Forced Work

Labor that is imposed against the will of individuals, often without adequate compensation or under threatening conditions.

Christopher Columbus

An Italian explorer sponsored by Spain, whose 1492 voyage across the Atlantic Ocean led to the widespread awareness of the Americas in the Old World.