Forensics Weekly Quiz (10/12-10/16)

Any physical location in which a crime has occurred or is suspected of having occurred

• Forensics
• Accomplice
• Crime Scene
• Alibi

Typically the first to arrive at a crime scene and they secure the scene

• detectives
• specialists
• district attorney
• police officers

Evidence can provide

• proof that a crime has been committed
• establish key elements of a crime
• exonerate the innocent
• all of the above

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

Who determines cause of death?

• medical examiner

• forensic scientist

• detective

• police officer

Other than the body, the rest of the crime scene evidence is collected and examined by ___________?

• Crime Scene Investigators

• Detectives

• Coroners

• Police officers

when securing a crime scene the two most important factors are to

• scan the scene, separate the witnesses
• safety of individuals, separate the witnesses
• see the scene, preserving evidence
• safety of individual, preserving evidence

What is the first "S" in the 7 S's of Crime Scene Investigation?

• Search for Evidence

• Scan the scene

• Separate the Witnesses

• Secure the scene

Define the "Locard's Principle."

• the scientific examination of evidence in a criminal investigation
• states that criminals always take a trace of something with them or leave a trace of something behind at the scene of the crime
• a type of evidence
• the person who runs the Locard School

Which of the following is in the correct order when processing a crime scene? 

•  a) Searching for fingerprints and other evidence, photographs and sketches, surveying the scene, recording location of evidence and documenting, measuring and mapping
•  b) Recording location of evidence and documenting, searching for finger prints and other evidence, measuring and mapping, photographs and sketches, surveying the scene
•  c) Surveying the scene, photographs and sketches, measurements and mapping, searching for fingerprints and other evidence, recording location of evidence and documenting
• d) Surveying the scene, photographs and sketches, measurements and mapping, recording location of evidence and documenting, searching for fingerprints and other evidence