Forensics & CSI Assessment B

Locard's Exchange Principal implies all of the following except (choose one)

• Fibers can be transferred from one person to another

• Blood spatter is used to identify blood type

• Cat hair can be transferred to your pants

• Soil samples can be carried from the yard into your home

Direct evidence can include all of the following except (choose one)

• Toxicology Report

• Signed Ransom Note

• Surveillance Film

• Sample of Hair

Correct collection of evidence requires which of the following?

• Documenting the location where the evidence was found

• Correct packaging of the evidence

• Maintaining proper Chain of Custody

• All of the above

Which of the following best described the difference between circumstantial evidence and direct evidence?

• Direct evidence can lead to the conviction of a suspect, while circumstantial evidence cannot

• Direct evidence is not admissible in court; however, circumstantial evidence is admissible with the approval of a judge

• Direct evidence is used to imply a fact, while circumstantial evidence proves an alleged fact

• Direct evidence proves an alleged fact, while circumstantial evidence is used to imply a fact.

The documented and unbroken transfer of evidence is known as:

• Locard's Exchange Principle

• Chain of Custody

• Frye Standard

• Daubert Ruling

Which of the following evidence is considered to be direct evidence?

• A fingerprint left on a door knob

• A fiber from a suspect's couch found on the victim's shirt

• Blood from a victim found under the fingernails of a suspect

• A confession in a police report

Which of the following evidence is considered to be biological?

• Impressions

• Fingerprints

• Saliva

• Shell Casings

How would the hair without the hair follicle or root be classified?

• Biological evidence

• Direct evidence

• Class evidence

• Individual evidence

Which of the following pieces of evidence would most likely be considered individual evidence?

• The car keys

• Handwriting

• The ransom letter

• Eye witness

According to Chain of Custody, which of the following must be done when working with evidence?

• Sealed evidence must be opened at a location other than the sealed/signed edge

• Sealed evidence must remain in its container for 7 days

• Sealed evidence must never be opened by more than one personj

• Sealed evidence must be carefully opened at the sealed/signed edge