WorksheetsCh 2 Forensics
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Who is responsible for securing the crime scene?
The first responding officer
The medical examiner
The victim or the person placing the call
The photographer
Which of the following is drawn with the most attention to detail, scaled measurements, and neatness
Chain of custody
Finished Sketch
Rough Sketch
Continuity of possession
Which of the following is drawn at the crime scene, not to scale
Chain of custody
Finished Sketch
Rough Sketch
Continuity of possession
Which of the following must be present for a piece of evidence to be admissible in court
Chain of custody
Finished Sketch
Rough Sketch
Reference Sample
Which is done when recording or securing the crime scene?
Taking up close photos of evidence
Removing all non-essential people from the scene
Measuring and marking distance of evidence from notable landmarks in the scene
All options
What must be done first at a crime scene
Give appropriate medical care
Arrest necessary individuals
Escort non-essential people away
Photograph evidence
What must be done second at a crime scene
Give appropriate medical care
Arrest necessary individuals
Escort non-essential people away
Photograph evidence
What must be done third at a crime scene
Give appropriate medical care
Arrest necessary individuals
Escort non-essential people away
Photograph evidence
Odors and sounds, who discovered pieces of evidence and other non-recordable evidence are recorded where?
Photographs
Rough Sketch
Finished Sketch
Investigator's notes
Who is responsible for the autopsy?
Medical examiner
First responding officer
Entomologist
Anthropologist
Who is responsible for examining insects on a decomposing body
Medical examiner
First responding officer
Entomologist
Anthropologist
Who is responsible for examining remains or characteristics of bone
Medical examiner
First responding officer
Entomologist
Anthropologist
Which are NOT good tools for packaging of evidence?
Forceps
Manila envelopes
Pillboxes
Mail envelopes
Which of the following is NOT true about changes to the eye after death?
Potassium levels in the vitreous humor drop
Eyelid muscles are susceptible to rigor mortis and primary and secondary flaccidity
Potassium levels in the vitreous humor increase
Cornea becomes cloudy
Which of the following is not susceptible to changes and reliable?
Eye changes
Stomach content
Algor mortis in an environment with a fluctuating temperature
Eyewitness testimony
Reference sample that involves taking DNA from the cheek
Buccal swab
Handwriting sample
Substrate Control
Fingerprint
Reference sample that involves taking a sample of material from the crime scene and an uncontaminated area- example carpet or paint
Buccal swab
Handwriting sample
Substrate Control
Fingerprint
Which of the following substances is responsible for the smell of a decomposing body
Butyric Acid
Calcium Ion
Maggots
Nitrates
Which of the following is the also known as the "bloating' stage
Initial Decay
Putrefaction
Butyric Fermentation
Dry Decay
Which of the following is the also known as the "mummification" stage
Initial Decay
Putrefaction
Butyric Fermentation
Dry Decay
Which of the following is accompanied by the build up of gases due to autolysis of the digestive bacteria
Initial Decay
Putrefaction
Butyric Fermentation
Dry Decay
Which of the following is LAST to colonize a dead body
Blowfly
Spider
Cheese skipper
Beetles
Pelvis bone helps to determine what
Sex
Race
Age
Height
Femur and other long bones helps to determine what
Sex
Race
Age
Height
Cranial sutures helps to determine what
Sex
Race
Age
Height
Jaw and teeth bones helps to determine what
Sex
Race
Age
Height
The THING that killed a person - injury, attack, natural disaster etc
Cause
Manner
Mechanism
Event
The BODY PART that killed a person - exsanguination, hypoxia, head trauma, liver failure
Cause
Manner
Mechanism
Event
The METHOD that killed a person - suicide, homicide, accident, natural
Cause
Manner
Mechanism
Event
Killed by a person
Suicide
Homicide
Natural
Accident
Killed by self
Suicide
Homicide
Natural
Accident
Settling of the blood in the body
Rigor Mortis
Livor Mortis
Pallor Mortis
Algor Mortis
Stiffening of the body parts
Rigor Mortis
Livor Mortis
Pallor Mortis
Algor Mortis
The change in skin tone typically visible within hours on a body
Rigor Mortis
Livor Mortis
Pallor Mortis
Algor Mortis
Loss of heat from the body after death
Rigor Mortis
Livor Mortis
Pallor Mortis
Algor Mortis
What rate is heat initially lost from the body
1.4* F
.7 * F
2.0 *F
.5* F
What rate is heat lost from the body after 12 hours
1.4* F
.7 * F
2.0 *F
.5* F
A body will be 81.8*F under normal conditions after
1 day
12 hours
Peak Rigor is gone
The autopsy
Pressing on lividity for the first 5-6 hours after death is called
Fixed
Prone
Supine
Blanching
After 12 hours lividity is
Fixed
Prone
Supine
Blanching
On the front side or face
Fixed
Prone
Supine
Blanching
On the back
Fixed
Prone
Supine
Blanching
A person with lividity in their feet
Died prone
Died vertically
Died supine
Died upside down
Patterns of lividity can help determine if a body
Was moved after death
Died
Is decomposing
Was injured
Entomologists look at
The youngest species present
The oldest species present
The larvae only
Pupae only
What speeds up algor and rigor mortis?
Heat
Cold temperature
Excess body fat
Insulating clothing
Before death
Antemortem
Perimortem
Postmortem
Actimortem
At the time of death
Antemortem
Perimortem
Postmortem
Actimortem
After death
Antemortem
Perimortem
Postmortem
Actimortem
The most important part of recording a crime scene is
To preserve it as accurately as possible
To record it and clean it up as fast as possible
To gather evidence on the suspects
To keep the crime scene in tact for as long as possible
