Unit 1 Forensics Study Guide

Which of the following would be considered direct evidence?

• the photograph that a witness takes of a robbery in progress

• DNA evidence found in blood stains at the crime scene

• the suspect's fingerprint found on a ransom note

• a shell casing found near a dead body

Which of the following is Individual evidence?

• a long brown hair on the crime scene floor

• a tire track left by a worn-in tire

• a few grains of red-clay soil on the suspect's clothes

• a typed ransom note on white paper

Which of these is an example of class evidence

• a footwear impression left by a suspect's shoe that has been worn for a year

• DNA of the suspect found at the scene

• white powder residue on the victim

• a torn piece of paper from the scene that matches up (fits together) with a notebook at the suspects house

A fingerprint found on the murder weapon is...

• Direct and Class evidence

• Direct and Individual evidence

• Circumstantial and Class evidence

• Circumstantial and Individual evidence

Blood spatter at the scene is determined to be Type A. This is...

• Direct and Class evidence

• Direct and Individual evidence

• Circumstantial and Class evidence

• Circumstantial and Individual evidence

When sealing an evidence bag, CSI signs his or her name and date....

• on the back of the bag

• so that part of the writing is on the tape and part on the bag

• on the tape before it is sealed

• below the evidence label

Who is usually first to arrive at a crime scene and works to secure the scene so it can not be contaminated?

• Detective

• CSI

• the medical examiner

• police officer

Who informs the next of kin (family) that their family member has died?

• Detective

• CSI

• the medical examiner

• police officer

Who interviews witnesses at the scene?

• Detective

• CSI

• the medical examiner

• police officer

Who officially determines the manner of death?

• Detective

• CSI

• the medical examiner

• police officer