Forensic Review

Trace evidence is physical or biological material found at the crime scene.

• True

• False

Which type of evidence is first hand observation

• Direct Evidence

• Circumstantial evidence

Which one is considered class evidence?

• Finger Prints

• Paint

• DNA

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Locard’s exchange principle implies all of the following except

• Soil samples can be carried from the yard into your home

• Cat hair can be transferred to your pants

• Fibers can be transferred from one person to another

• Blood spatter can be used to identify blood type

Death stiffness is roughly defined as:

• cause of death

• rigor mortis

• manner of death

• liver mortis

Evidence used to imply a fact but not prove it directly.

• individual evidence

• circumstantial evidence

• trace evidence

• direct evidence

Evidence that (if true) proves an alleged fact, such as an eyewitness account of a crime

• trace evidence

• direct evidence

• class evidence

• individual evidence

The Innocence Project uses ____________ to help set innocent people free from jail.

• DNA evidence

• eyewitness testimony

• circumstantial evidence

Which type of evidence is circumstantial?

• signed ransom note

• fingerprint

• paint transfer

• video surveillance

_________________ evidence narrows a suspect to a group of people or things.

• Individual

• Class

• Physical

• Circumstantial