Tool Marks

A tool mark is any impression, scratch, or abrasion made when contact occurs between a tool and a object. 

• true 
• false

What is the best way document tool mark evidence?

• Drawing 
• Photograph
• Statement
• Print

Indentation Marks are...

• marks are made when surfaces slide across on another.
• are marks or impressions made by a tool when it is pressed against a softer surface.
• are produced along the edge as a surface is cut.

Abrasion Marks are made when surfaces slide across one another.

• true
• false

Are Cutting marks produced along the edge 

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• false

Tool marks are usually found at areas of forced entry? How do they force the entry

• cutting
• prying 
• pinching
• all the above

What type of tool mark is the result of the tool pressured into a soft surface?

• Abrasion
• Cut
• Indentation
• Patent

Which of the following CANNOT be determined from a person's shoe impressions?

• Age
• Body weight
• Surface the person walks on
• Activities of the wearer

A footprint is left in dust at a crime scene and was only found due to electrostatic lifting.  What type of impression is this?

• Patent
• Latent
• Plastic
• Lasting

Toolmarks are limited only to sharp objects, like  screwdrivers and  scissors.

• True
• False