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Blood spatter

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of blood spatter is typically created from a gunshot?
a)
Medium Velocity
b)
High Velocity
c)
Cast-Off
d)
Void
2.

What blood spatter pattern is seen in the picture?

a)

Passive / Low velocity

b)

Medium Velocity

c)

High Velocity

3.

The drop shown above would have more than likely been dropped from an angle of

a)

90 (straight down)

b)

50 (slightly tilted sideways)

c)

30 (very tilted sideways)

d)

10 (almost flying flat parallel across the paper / ground)

4.
The following drops can tell you:
a)
direction 
b)
low impact angle
c)
tails
d)
all of these
5.
The lines in the picture are referred to as lines of ___.
a)
convergence
b)
agreement
c)
tangents
d)
credit
6.
What would cause medium velocity blood spatter?
a)
Baseball bat
b)
Human hand
c)
Hand grenade
d)
Gunshot
7.
What is the original drop of blood that casts or gives off a satellite or wave called?
a)
Parent Drop
b)
Void
c)
Satellite drop
d)
Spine
8.
Which letter best shows the convergence point (origin point)?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
9.

Which of the following CANNOT be determined from blood spatter? (Choose ONE answer only.)

a)

Exact Weapon Used

b)

Manner of Death

c)

Velocity

d)

Area of Origin

10.
What type of spatter creates the largest blood droplets?
a)
Low velocity impact
b)
Medium velocity impact
c)
High velocity impact
11.
What type of blood-spatter creates the smallest blood drops?
a)
Low velocity impact
b)
Medium velocity impact
c)
High velocity impact
12.
Which of the following is NOT a component of whole blood?
a)
Red Blood Cells
b)
Spinal Fluid
c)
Plasma
d)
Platelets
13.
What type of evidence is blood type?
a)
Individual
b)
Class
c)
Trace
d)
Physical
14.
The presence or absence of particular proteins, found embedded within a cell or plasma membranes of blood cells, determine a person's...
a)
DNA
b)
Rh Factor
c)
Blood Type
d)
Surface Protein
15.
What blood stain pattern is created or formed by the force of gravity acting alone?
a)
Passive Drop
b)
Low Velocity Impact Spatter
c)
Flow Pattern
d)
Drip Pattern
16.
What blood spatter pattern is created when a source of blood remains stationary over a surface causing an accumulation of blood?
a)
Saturation
b)
Flow
c)
Pool
d)
Drip Pattern
17.
What blood spatter pattern is seen in the picture?
a)
Transfer/Contact
b)
Swipe
c)
Wipe
d)
Saturation
18.

What carries oxygen around the body?

a)

Plasma

b)

Red Blood Cells

c)

Platelets

d)

White Blood Cells

19.

What is the function (job) of the white blood cells?

a)

To transport oxygen around the body.

b)

To carry dissolved sugars.

c)

To clot and cover wounds like cuts and grazes.

d)

To release antibodies to help destroy infections.

20.

What is plasma?

a)

only white blood cells

b)

only red blood cells

c)

fluid part of blood

d)

hemoglobin

21.

If blood is found to have both A and B antigens on the cell surface it is typed as:

a)

A

b)

B

c)

O

d)

AB

22.

O blood type is also known as the

a)

universal acceptor

b)

universal donor

c)

lease effective blood type

d)

the positive protein

23.

What type of bloodstain pattern is this?

a)

Passive

b)

Projected

c)

Transfer or Contact

24.

Estimate from what height was this blood dropped?

a)

really high

b)

medium height

c)

low height

d)

an angle

25.

Which one of these was dropped from the biggest angle (as straight down as possible)?

a)

1 (top left)

b)

4 (top right)

c)

7 (bottom left)

d)

9 (bottom right)

26.
How does the velocity of impact change the blood stain pattern?
a)
Higher velocity, larger diameter
b)
higher velocity, smaller diameter
c)
lower velocity, smaller diameter
d)
Medium velocity, small diameter
27.
The shape of blood drops is cause by a natural_______________ of blood. 
a)
cohesiveness
b)
satellite drops
c)
adhesiveness
d)
lines of convergence
28.

AB blood type is also known as the

a)

universal acceptor

b)

universal donor

c)

lease effective blood type

d)

the positive protein

29.

What are the classes / types of human blood? (Choose ALL that apply.)

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

AB

e)

O

30.

What would happen if someone with type A blood gets a transfusion with type B blood?

a)

The blood would not agglutinate and the person would be healthy.

b)

The blood would agglutinate and person could die.

31.

What is Luminol?

a)

Chemical that shows blue glow in the presence of blood.

b)

Test that uses phenolphthalein that turns bright pink in the presence of blood.

c)

Easy test strips that test for the presence of hemoglobin.

32.

True or False: If someone has washed the blood away with soap, then forensic scientists will still be able to see the where the blood was with luminol.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

True or False: Human red blood cells are usually larger than animal red blood cells.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

A blood spatter with a tail can tell us the origin (direction) of the spatter. Did the spatter come from the larger side of the blood droplet or the thin long tail side of the blood droplet?

a)

The origin came from the larger side of the blood droplet.

b)

The origin came from the thin long tail side of the blood droplet.