Forensics - Unit 1

A forensic scientist is called to a court of law to provide:

• facts

• opinion

• judgment

• reflection

An opinion is something that can be proven.

• True

• False

What are the 5 senses?

• Hearing

• Sight

• Touch

• Smell

• Taste

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What is the first step in the 7 S' of investigating a crime scene?

• scanning a crime scene

• seeing a crime scene

• separating witnesses

• securing a crime scene

What is the very last step of the 7 S's of investigating a crime scene?

• securing a crime scene

• seeing a crime scene

• securing and collecting evidence

• searching a crime scene

The evidence seal (red tape) on an evidence bag must never be broken.

• True

• False

If the evidence seal (red tape) is broken on an evidence bag, what will happen? (More than one answer)

• The evidence may not be usable in court

• The scientist will be fired

• The Chain of Custody log must be completed

• The evidence must be placed in a new evidence bag with a new seal

Eyewitness accounts vary from person to person and may be inaccurate.

• True

• False

________________ (Direct or Circumstantial) evidence cannot be argued with. It provides investigators with a direct story of what happened.

__________________ (Direct or Circumstantial) evidence must still be tested further because it does not yet give us enough information to declare a suspect. We have to do more tests to see who or what it belongs to.