CSI Evidence Collection and Seven SS

What is the best practice for labeling DNA evidence collected at a crime scene?

• Using a pencil

• Using a permanent marker

• Using a ballpoint pen

• Using a highlighter

What is the primary reason for using sterile tools when collecting DNA evidence?

• To save time

• To avoid contamination

• To reduce costs

• To increase efficiency

Why are evidence bags sealed?

• So tampering is immediately apparent

• Because of the chain of custody

• So that the evidence labels have as much information on them as possible

• All are true

Which of the following is an example of trace evidence?

• Footprint

• Fingerprint

• Hair

• Blood

What is the first step in collecting DNA evidence from a crime scene?

• Packaging the evidence

• Documenting the evidence

• Wearing gloves

• Labeling the evidence

The ability to establish the exact whereabouts of an item of evidence and under whose control it was from its collection at the crime scene to its presentation in the courtroom and everywhere in between is called

• chain of command

• record of evidence

• chain of custody

• responsibility link

A multidisciplinary approach in which scientific and legal professionals work together to solve a crime

• crime-scene investigation

• detectives

• forensic scientists

a folded paper used to hold trace evidence

• paper bag

• paper bindle

• envelope

small but measurable amounts of physical or biological material found at a crime scene

• individual evidence

• class evidence

• direct evidence

• trace evidence

What is the first S of CSI?

• Separate the witnesses

• secure the scene

• see the scene

• search for evidence