Forensics Test #2 - CSI Basics - Fingerprinting

Any physical location in which a crime has occurred or is suspected of having occurred. 

• Crime Scene
• Primary Location 
• Secondary Location 
• Alibi 

Physical evidence found in small, measurable amounts

• trace evidence
• testimonial evidence
• primary evidence
• secondary evidence 

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

• control sample evidence

• eyewitness testimony

• primary evidence

• circumstantial evidence

The purpose of a crime scene sketch is to give the courts a ___________ depiction of the crime scene.

• rough

• made up

• accurate

• lovely

Who can enter a crime scene?

• Anyone as long as they sign the log sheet

• only crime scene investigators and authorized personnel

• Suspects

• witnesses

Person thought to be capable of committing a crime

• Forensics
• Evidence
• Suspect
• CSI

Any material items that are present at the crime scene

• evidence
• accomplice
• detectives
• police officers

Refers to small evidence like hairs of fibers

• physical evidence
• trace evidence
• suspect
• witness

Documentation of a scene includes:

• Notes

• Sketches

• photos

• More than one of the above

Crime scene procedure starts with _______ and ends with _________.

• documenting; securing the scene
• securing the scene; processing
• examining; collecting evidence
• collecting evidence; securing the scene