Forensics Unit 1 Review

What type of evidence can be defined as material that connects an individual or thing to a group that share similar characteristics?

• trace evidence

• individual evidence

• class evidence

• direct evidence

Which type of evidence can be defined as material that can be related to a single source?

• individual evidence

• class evidence

• trace evidence

• direct evidence

Which factor is the main cause of most wrongful convictions?

• out of date investigating equipment

• contamination of evidence

• faulty eyewitness testimony

• testimony of the prosecution's expert witness

Why is it important to separate witnesses at a crime scene?

• prevent contamination of evidence

• prevent witnesses from talking and forming a collusion

• prevent witnesses from leaving the scene

• prevent witnesses from disturbing the crime scene

What is defined as 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?

• chain of command

• record of evidence

• chain of custody

• record of reasoning

What are the two most important factors when securing a crime scene?

• scan the scene, separate the witnesses

• safety of individuals, separate the witnesses

• see the scene, preserving evidence

• safety of individual, preserving evidence

What type of evidence is defined as indirect evidence, evidence used to imply a fact but not prove it directly?

• control sample evidence

• eyewitness testimony

• primary evidence

• circumstantial evidence

What type of evidence is defined as evidence that (if true) proves an alleged fact, such as an eyewitness account of a crime?

• circumstantial evidence

• direct evidence

• class evidence

• trace evidence

Which of the following are examples of biological evidence?

• clothing, hats, shoes

• blood, semen, saliva, bones, hair, DNA

• paint chips, broken glass and chemicals

• soil and fertilizers

Scott Peterson was seen going out in his boat on Christmas Eve, shortly after his wife's time of death. Scott claimed he was going fishing but the witness did not see any fishing equipment. The witness's testimony is an example of which type of evidence?

• Trace evidence

• Class evidence

• Direct evidence

• Circumstantial evidence