1Crime Scene Basics

1. What is forensic science?

• When scientists improve plants by using DNA

• Any legal action that requires a police investigation

• The use of science in growing trees

• When science is used for the purposes of the law

Forensic scientists...

• analyze evidence

• testify in court

• both analyze and testify

• none of these

Which of the following can be used to identify a suspect?

• Fingerprints

• DNA Evidence

• Eye Witness Account

• All of these

The original location of a crime or accident

• Primary Crime Scene

• Secondary Crime Scene

• Original Crime Scene

• Unique Crime Scene

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

• detectives
• specialists
• district attorney
• police officers

The first step in investigating a crime scene is to

• examine possible evidence

• interview the first officer at the scene or the victim

• document what happened

• process the crime scene evidence

Evidence can provide

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

What is a suspect?

• An excuse that basically says, “I didn’t do it!

• Someone thought to have committed the crime

• A person who helped the criminal

• A person who spilled punch on his white tux

What is an alibi?

• A person who helped commit the crime

• A friend of the perpetrator

• An excuse that basically says, “I didn’t do it!"

• A special investigator who studies fingerprints.

The first job of a police officer is to

• take photographs

• secure the area with crime scene tape

• make sure the scene is safe

• gather evidence