Exam#02: Forensics Hair, Fiber, & Glass Analysis

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

Which person is responsible for investigating a crime?

• eye witness

• suspect

• detective

• neighbor

Witness testimony should not be relied heavily on in a courtroom because it can be __________________.

• unfair since it is so accurate

• unimportant to the crime

• unreliable and inaccurate

• a distraction for the jurors

What type of evidence is the cornerstone of the Innocence Project?

• ballistics

• DNA

• eyewitness accounts

• chemicals

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Indirect evidence, evidence used to imply a fact but not prove it directly

• control sample evidence

• eyewitness testimony

• primary evidence

• circumstantial evidence

Which of the following is NOT an example of direct evidence?

• surveillance video

• compatible blood type

• a confession

• eyewitness testimony

What does the Locard Exchange Principle imply?

• fingerprints can help identify people

• wherever there is contact, something is left behind (evidence)

• for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction

• there is always some type of DNA left at a crime scene

What type of evidence is shoe size?

• Class

• Individual

This evidence can be traced to a single source.

• Transient

• Individual

• Class

• Circumstantial