WorksheetsReview for Mock Crime Scene and Final Exam
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
What must be included in a rough sketch of a crime scene?
The relative location of all evidence collected
Title block (including name, date, time, case #, location)
Legend
Compass
Measurements
What must be included in notes from a crime scene?
Title block (including name, date, time, case number, location and case type)
Written in blue/black ink
Description of all evidence
Written in organized, logical manner
What is the difference between Frye and Daubert?
Both have to do with evidence admissibility. Frye = general acceptance, Daubert = judge is the gatekeeper.
Both have to do with evidence admissibility. Daubert = general acceptance, Frye = judge is the gatekeeper.
Both have to do with evidence admissibility. Frye = biological evidence, Daubert = chemical evidence.
Both have to do with evidence admissibility. Frye = chemical evidence, Daubert = biological evidence.
What is a correct evidence collection procedure?
Bloody items packaged in plastic.
Put all items from a crime scene in one bag.
Package all biological evidence in breathable packaging, like paper bags.
Send all evidence with the body to the medical examiner's.
An accounting of all evidence collected at a crime scene is called:
Evidence Log
Chain of Custody
What must someone damage in order to permanently alter their fingerprint?
Epidermis
Dermal papillae
Ridge characteristics
Minutiae
What does a firearms examiner look at to determine if a bullet was fired from a specific weapon?
Lands and grooves
Striations markings
Rifling
Caliber
What type of analysis must be done in order to individualize hair?
Microscopy
DNA Analysis
GC-MS
Immunochromatographic testing
The pointed end of a bloodstain always faces which way?
North
In its direction of travel
Opposite its direction of travel
South
Which technique is used most often for specific identification in the drug unit, toxicology unit, arson unit and the identification of any chemicals?
Gas chromatography- Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
Capillary electrophoresis
UV spectrophotometry
Color tests
What is the correct order of processes that occur after death?
Livor mortis, algor mortis, rigor mortis
Rigor mortis, livor mortis, algor mortis
Algor mortis, livor mortis, rigor mortis
Algor mortis, rigor mortis, livor mortis
What does a forensic anthropologist do?
Studies bugs
Studies DNA
Studies skeletal remains
Studies pathology
What is a telltale sign of arson?
Separate points of origin
Trail of burn patterns
Presence of accelerant containers
Presence of an igniter
The idea that when two objects come into contact with each other a cross-transfer of materials occurs is known as:
Forensic science
Locard's exchange theory
Capillary electrophoresis
The 4th amendment
Which of the following is an example of evidence that has class characteristics?
Striations on a bullet
Fibers from a suspect's sweatshirt
DNA from a water bottle
A fingerprint from a knife
What is an example of a visible fingerprint?
A fingerprint made visible by the use of fingerprint dust
A latent print
A bloody fingerprint
What unit of the crime lab uses PCR?
Biology unit
Chemistry unit
Toxicology unit
Trace evidence unit
Which of the following is an example of a confirmatory test?
Luminol
Color test
Hematrace for blood
Microscopy for semen
What could be considered a manner of death?
Homicide
Gunshot wound
Suicide
Asphyxia
Undetermined
