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WorksheetsForensics Review
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 18mins
Processing a crime scene involves:
only collecting evidence and taking pictures
Collecting evidence, sketching the scene, taking pictures, interviewing suspects, and examining the scene
only examining the scene and interviewing witnesses
only sketching the scene and taking pictures
What is the first step in processing a crime scene?
Photography
Collecting evidence
Sketching
Securing the perimeter
Physical evidence found in small, measurable amounts
trace evidence
biological evidence
primary evidence
secondary evidence
What is the difference between direct evidence and circumstantial evidence?
Which of the following is an example of physical evidence?
Witness Statement
Testimony given in court
Footprints
Small glass fragments
What is the difference between class evidence and individual evidence?
Which of the following is an example of direct evidence?
A witness statement
DNA samples
A weapon
Footprints
All of the following are ways to improve our observational skills except
be sure to look at the entire area, not just the body, weapons, or signs of break-in
observe everything no matter how big or small
when collecting evidence, record only those things that you are sure are important
write down and photograph everything you find
Locard’s exchange principle implies all of the following except
Fibers can be transferred from one person to another
Blood spatter can be used to identify blood type
Cat hair can be transferred to your pants
Soil samples can be carried from the yard into your home
Evidence can
prove that a crime has been committed
What does the Locard Exchange Principle imply?
fingerprints can help identify people
wherever there is contact, something is left behind (evidence)
for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
there is always some type of DNA left at a crime scene
The documented and unbroken transfer of evidence from the crime scene through to the lab analysis is known as the ____________.
chain of custody
chain of command
police report
eyewitness account
Indirect evidence that is used to imply a fact but not to prove it directly is known as ________ evidence.
direct
circumstantial
key
erroneous
_______ evidence narrows an identity to a single person or thing.
class
individual
personal
group
What is the purpose of the chain of custody?
It provides documentation of the people that handled the evidence
It provides a log of dates
It creates a traceable path that the evidence takes from crime scene to court room
all of the above
What happens to the evidence if the Chain of Custody is not followed correctly?
Nothing...the COC isn't that important
the evidence can be considered inadmissible in court
the defendant automatically is convicted
the defendant is automatically set free
A fingerprint would be
Circumstantial and Physical
Circumstantial and Biological
Direct and physical
Physical only
Hair shaft analysis may be used to determine all of the following except:
The follicular tag contains DNA and is also known as
the cortex
the root
the medulla
the shaft
