Ch. 2 Crime Scene Investigation and Evidence Collection

The terms grid, linear, quadrant, zone, and spiral are typically used to describe datum points.

• True

• False

An evidence log and a chain of custody must be attached to the evidence container.

• True

• False

Evidence that (if authentic) supports and alleged fact of a case is called direct evidence.

• True

• False

A kind of evidence that identifies a particular person or thing is called individual evidence.

• True

• False

Detectives look for leads by interviewing witnesses and talking to crime scene investigators about the evidence.

• True

• False

The goal of a crime scene investigation is to:

• recognize evidence at the scene of a crime

• document evidence at the scene of a crime

• collect evidence at the scene of a crime

• all of these choices

Direct evidence includes:

• first-hand observations such as eyewitness accounts

• second-hand observations

• circumstantial evidence

• none of these choices

Circumstantial evidence is:

• direct evidence that can be used to imply a fact, but does not directly prove it

• indirect evidence that can be used to imply a fact, but does not directly prove it

• indirect evidence that cannot be used to imply a fact

• none of these choices

Trace evidence is a type of circumstantial evidence, examples of which include:

• hair found on a brush

• fingerprints found on a glass

• blood drops on a shirt

• all of these choices

Class evidence narrows an identity to:

• a group of persons or things

• an individual person or thing

• an individual person

• a subgroup