WorksheetsForensic Science Exam Review Part 1 -Legal Systems
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is an example of direct evidence?
Fingerprints
Video from an ATM across the street
Fibers found at the scene
Broken glass
At a crime scene the investigator found a fingerprint. When they ran it in the database, it matched a suspect. What type of evidence would this be.
Class
Individual
Legal
Direct
What does the Daubert vs Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals explain?
It allowed vaccines in the country.
It explains the four amendments involved in forensic evidence.
It dictates the standards that must be met for evidence to be admissible in court.
It was the first type of standard for the court.
The fourth Amendment involves what?
Search and Seizure
Jury of your peers
Double jeopardy
Speedy and public trial
What does the fifth amendment involve?
Search and seizure
Double jeopardy
Jury of your peers
Speedy and public trial
What does the 6th amendment involve?
Search and Seizure
Double jeopardy
Jury of your peers
Speedy trial
What does the seventh amendment invovlve?
Search and seizure
Double jeopardy
Jury of your peers
Speedy trial
When do you not need a search warrant?
When evidence is in plain view
In an emergency
When consent has been given
All of these answers are correct!
Why is chain of custody so important to a crime scene?
Because the evidence could be tainted if left alone.
Because people are nosey
Because everyone wants to touch the evidence.
Because it causes a chain link from the crime scene
What is probative value?
How expensive something is.
How many times it shows up in a crime scene.
Higher value if the evidence can prove something in court.
How cheap something is.
