Unit 1 Crime Scene Basics & Evidence

Which of the following can be used to identify a suspect?

• Fingerprints

• DNA Evidence

• Eye Witness Account

• All of these

The original location of a crime or accident

• Primary Crime Scene

• Secondary Crime Scene

• Original Crime Scene

• Unique Crime Scene

Typically the first to arrive at a crime scene and they secure the scene

• detectives
• specialists
• district attorney
• police officers

The first step in investigating a crime scene is to

• examine possible evidence

• interview the first officer at the scene or the victim

• document what happened

• process the crime scene evidence

Evidence can provide

• proof that a crime has been committed
• establish key elements of a crime
• exonerate the innocent
• all of the above

What is a suspect?

• An excuse that basically says, “I didn’t do it!

• Someone thought to have committed the crime

• A person who helped the criminal

• A person who spilled punch on his white tux

What is an alibi?

• A person who helped commit the crime

• A friend of the perpetrator

• An excuse that basically says, “I didn’t do it!"

• A special investigator who studies fingerprints.

Person who determines the preliminary cause of death at the crime scene and conducts an autopsy

• detective
• CSI unit 
• medical examiner
• attorney

Second person associated with committing a crime

• police officer
• evidence
• accomplice
• suspect

When securing a crime scene the two most important factors are to

• scan the scene, separate the witnesses

• see the scene, preserving evidence

• safety of individuals, separate the witnesses

• safety of individual, preserving evidence