Tool Impressions

A ___________ is any indentation, scratch, or cut mark made with contact between a tool and an object.

• tool mark

• contact

• forensic mark

• documented mark

What type of evidence are tool marks?

• circumspecial

• circumstantial

• impressionable

• direct

A tool mark is enough evidence to arrest a suspect.

• true

• false

Circumstantial evidence is indirect evidence.

• true

• false

Evidence used to imply a fact but not state it directly is known as _________.

• preserved evidence

• direct evidence

• circumstantial evidence

• impressive evidence

Tools usually leave distinctive marks where they are used.

• true

• false

Which of these is NOT a type of tool mark?

• indentation mark

• pry mark

• abrasion mark

• cutting mark

Impressions made by a tool when it is pressed against a softer surface such as the wood of a door or window frame are ____________.

• abrasion marks

• cutting marks

• impression marks

• indentation marks

________ are made when surfaces slide across one another.

• indentation marks

• abrasion marks

• cutting marks

• tension marks

Which of the following tools does not create cutting marks?

• knife

• saw

• screw driver

• wire cutter