Crime Scene Investigation Multiple Choice Questions

Kai is working at a crime scene and bends down to collect a hair sample. Kai selects their tweezers to pick up the hair. How will choosing the correct tool assist with the evidence collection?

• It magnifies the trace evidence to get a closer look

• It avoids contamination or damage to the evidence

• It ensures an unambiguous chain of custody

• Its measurements start from baseline

Avery, an investigator, sneaks into a suspect's home and steals a coffee cup to collect fingerprint samples. Which legal doctrine states why this evidence cannot be used in court?

• fruit of the poisonous tree

• the First Amendment

• strip and line search

• point to point evidence

Talita, a forensic scientist, is carefully examining the crime scene sketch. What will the placard numbers on the sketch indicate?

• the key or legend

• North, south, east or west

• evidence locations - so they can be identified in photographs or video

• the scale

Wendy gets home from an exhausting day as a forensic pathologist. She sits down and tells her husband who is a defense lawyer, about the case she is working on. Telling her husband is a professional mistake, what could this error in judgement cost Wendy?

• her termination and possible criminal charges

• her husband joining her team

• not being able to find a prosecuting attorney

• a breakdown in the chain of custody

Harper and Olivia are searching a large living room for evidence. They move from one edge of the room to the other, back and forth in a horizontal pattern. What search pattern are they using?

• line search

• grid search

• point to point search

• spiral search

A police officer at a coffee shop sees a man put a woman's laptop in his backpack. Can the police officer search the backpack?

• Yes. They witnessed the crime.

• No. They would need a search warrant.

• It depends on if the man agrees to the search.

• They may if the backpack is still open.

After a man's shopping bag is stolen outside a mall, CSI Salina is conducting interviews with the witnesses. Their statements all seem to point to a clerk from a movie theater in the mall. Salina likely feels she has ______ to arrest the clerk.

• a rough sketch

• probable cause

• the chain of custody

• the point to point search

During a criminal investigation, Daniel is responsible for handling evidence collected from the crime scene. The chain of custody helps to keep track of evidence during an investigation.

• True

• False

Arjun is a forensic investigator who creates detailed sketches at crime scenes. These sketches are important because they can clearly depict the scene to:

• reduce misunderstandings.

• show evidence in detail.

• eliminate the need for searches.

• keep evidence secure.

Scarlett, an investigator, arrives at a secured crime scene and is informed that a quadrant or zone search is being conducted in the room. How will Scarlett and the other investigators move to perform the search?

• from a center point that curves outward.

• a specific zone and move to the next zone

• in overlapping vertical and horizontal lines.

• freely from one piece of evidence to another.