Crime Scene--2025

The goal of crime scene investigation is to recognize, ______, and collect evidence at the scene of a crime.

• Find

• Document

• Search

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 Crime Scene Investigation team includes

• Police officers and detectives
• District Attorney
• Specialists
• all of the above

What is a written record of all people who have had possession of an item of evidence?

• chain of custody
• crime scene documentation
• notes taken by first officer on scene
• crime scene sketch

Which of the following is not included in a crime scene sketch

• Weather
• Reference points for placement of evidence
• Scale
• Distance measurements

Physical evidence found in small, measurable amounts

• trace evidence
• testimonial evidence
• primary evidence
• secondary evidence 

Person who determines the preliminary cause of death at the crime scene and conducts an autopsy

• detective
• CSI unit 
• medical examiner
• attorney

"With contact between two items, there will be an exchange." This is known as _____

• physical evdience
• Locard's exchange principle
• Forensic exchange principle
• the law of forensics 

What is the first step in processing a crime scene?

• Photography
• Rough sketch
• Finished sketch
• Securing the perimeter