Forensic Science Unit 2 Test Review

first, pencil-drawn outline of a crime scene; drawn at the crime scene; not usually to scale.

• Final Sketch

• Overhead Sketch

• Legend

• Rough Sketch

material that connects an individual or thing to a group that share similar characteristics

• trace evidence

• individual evidence

• class evidence

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The ability to establish the exact whereabouts of an item of evidence and under whose control it was from its collection at the crime scene to its presentation in the courtroom and everywhere in between is called

• chain of command

• 
  record of evidence

• chain of custody

Blood-stained materials should be store in what type of container

• 
  paper bags

• air-tight new paint can

• 
  mason jar with a lid

• plastic bag with a seal

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

• physical evidence

• Locard's exchange principle

• Forensic exchange principle

• the law of forensics 

small but measurable amounts of physical or biological material found at a crime scene

• individual evidence

• class evidence

• direct evidence

• trace evidence

Which crime scene search pattern is shown in the image?

• 
  line (AKA parallel or strip)

• 
  grid

• zone (AKA quadrant)

• spiral

What type of evidence would a fingerprint be considered?

• Physical

• Biological

In order for an officer to figure out what actually happened, it is common practice to

• speak with the witnesses in a group setting

• speak with the witnesses individually

• 
  only speak with the witnesses who have pertinent information

• only use physical evidence, but never witness testimony

Evidence can

• provide proof that a crime has been committed

• establish key elements of a crime

• exonerate the innocent

• all of the above