1st Semester Final Forensics

Which person is considered to have possibly committed a crime?

• eye witness

• suspect

• detective

• neighbor

Which person claims to have seen something related to the crime??

• eye witness

• suspect

• detective

• culprit

The location where a crime is believed to have taken place.

• physical scene

• bank

• classroom

• crime scene

Paper bindle

• a folded paper used to hold trace evidence
• the documented and unbroken transfer of evidence
• a location where crime was took place
• evidence that (if true) proves an alleged fact, such as an eyewitness account of crime

Locard's Principle states

• every contact leaves trace evidence

• every criminal leaves shoe prints

• every criminal leaves fingerprints

• every criminal will be punished

Most wrongful convictions seem to be the result of faulty eyewitness testimony.

• True

• False

personal belief founded on judgement rather than on direct experience or knowledge

• opinion
• observation
• fact
• perception

information received from the senses

• observation
• perception
• fact
• opinion

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

True or False: An eyewitness testimony should be accepted no matter what any other evidence says

• True

• False

What is the purpose of evidence collection in a crime scene investigation?

• To gather and preserve physical evidence

• To plant evidence and frame innocent individuals

• To destroy evidence and hinder the investigation

• To ignore evidence and rely solely on witness testimonies