Forensic Final Exam Review 1

The ability to establish the exact whereabouts of an item of evidence and under whose control it was from its collection at the crime scene to its presentation in the courtroom and everywhere in between is called

• chain of command
• record of evidence
• chain of custody

material that can be related to a single source

• individual evidence
• control evidence
• trace evidence

material that connects an individual or thing to a group that share similar characteristics

• trace evidence
• individual evidence
• class evidence

If a crime lab can piece a large broken glass of a bottle, then the evidence has ______ characteristics.

• identification
• comparative
• individual
• class

Which of the following is not an advantage of physical evidence

• Can’t be taken into the jury room

• The defendant cannot distort the physical evidence

• Some cases cannot be solved without the physical evidence

• Physical evidence is not subject to memory loss

Which of the following is an example of an individual characteristic?

• Red cotton fibers

• Size 9 running shoes

• A note at the crime scene matches a handwriting sample from one of the suspects

• Fingerprints on a gun found at the crime scene

Which of the following does not define a crime scene?

• Crime scenes are always consistent

• Can be classified by the location of the crime

• Crime scenes may also be classified according to size

• Type of crime; Homicide, robbery, burglary, sexual assault

Identify the fingerprint pattern as shown.

• whorl
• loop
• arch

Identify the fingerprint

• Arch
• Loop 
• Whorl
• Swirl

a latent fingerprint

• is visible to the naked eye
• is not visible to the naked eye