CJ 3 - Q4 - CFA #2 - Blood Spatter and Search and Seizure

1. Spattered blood does NOT help determine which of the following?

• A. Location of the origin of blood

• B. Movement of a bleeding individual

• C. Approximate number of blows which struck a bleeding victim

• D. Location of the bloody wound on the body

2. A gunshot results in which of the following?

• A. Forward spatter from an exit wound and backward spatter from an entrance wound

• B. Arc-shaped spatter

• C. Lighter colored spatter with bubbles of oxygen present in the drying drops

• D. Small, secondary droplets of blood which are distributed around a main pool

3. What is the difference between the shape of a bloodstain which impacts a surface at a low angle and one which impacts at a higher angle?

• A. Blood which hits at a higher angle is increasingly elongated when compared to blood droplets hitting from a lower angle

• B. Blood which hits at a lower angle will appear longer and narrower when compared to blood droplets hitting from a higher angle

• C. Blood which hits from a higher angle will appear a brighter red color when compared to blood droplets hitting from a lower angle

• D. Blood which hits from a lower angle will contain larger amounts of satellite spatter when compared to blood droplets hitting from a higher angle

4. Which type of spatter is likely to be deposited on the object or person creating the impact?

• A. Forward spatter

• B. Backward spatter

• C. Satellite spatter

• D. Expirated blood spatter

5. In general, the _____________, the less spatter results.

• A. Softer and more porous

• B. Greater the impact

• C. Harder and less porous

• B. Greater the velocity

6. Which of the following types of spatter has the characteristic of droplets with diameters of less than one millimeter?

• A. High velocity spatter

• B. Medium velocity spatter

• C. Low velocity spatter

• D. Spray spatter

7. Which of the following is the point on a two-dimensional plane indicating where the droplets originated?

• A. Directionality

• B. Angle of impact

• C. Area of origin

• D. Area of convergence

8. Which of the following methods uses a rectangular border of rulers set up around each bloodstain pattern and a smaller ruler next to each stain?

• A. Grid method

• B. Perimeter ruler method

• C. Stringing method

• D. Border method

9. What is expirated blood?

• A. Blood which comes from an open wound

• B. Blood which comes from a scrape

• C. Blood which is expelled from the nose or mouth

• D. Blood which lacks cohesiveness

10. Blood which is flung off of swinging objects creates which type of spatter?

• A. Arterial spray

• B. Expirated

• C. Cast-off

• D. Void