Forensics Review

Our emotional state influences our ability to see and hear what is happening around us.

• True
• False

Which of the following is direct evidence?

• Blood 
• Fingerprints
• Eyewitness Accounts
• Hair

Which of the following is the third "S" of the 7Ss?

• See the Scene
• Scan the Scene
• Separating the witnesses
• Securing the Scene

Which of the following is the first "S" of the 7Ss?

• See the Scene
• Scan the Scene
• Separating the witnesses
• Securing the Scene

One of the most important tools of the forensic investigator is the ability to:

• None of these choices.
• observe assumptions clearly.
• observe, interpret and report observations clearly.
• report assumptions clearly.

Locard's exchange principle implies all of the following except

• Soil samples can be carried from the yard to your home.
• Fibers can be transferred from one person to another.
• Blood spatter can be used to identify blood type.
• Cat hair can be transferred to your clothes.

It important to separate the witnesses at a crime scene to

• protect them from the perpetrator.
• prevent fighting among the witnesses.
• prevent the witnesses from talking to each other.
• prevent contamination of the evidence.

When evaluating eye witness testimony, the investigator must discriminate between fact and opinion. 

• True
• False

Which of the following is not a crime-scene search pattern?

• 
  circle
• linear
• quadrant
• grid

Which of the following is an example of individual evidence?

• weapon
• hair (no follicle)
• fingerprint
• t-shirt fiber