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WorksheetsForensics Evidence and Crime Scene
Total questions: 71
Worksheet time: 44mins
What is evidence?
Something that tends to establish or disprove a fact
Material coming from a proven or known source
Material from a known substance, but unknown origin
Material that can relate to a single source
Physical evidence is tangible items that tend to prove some material fact.
True
False
Testimonial evidence is what is said in court by a competent
witness.
True
False
Evidence can be divided into what two forms? Select all that apply.
Testimonial Evidence
Indirect Evidence
Circumstantial Evidence
Physical Evidence
What is testimonial evidence?
Material that can be associated only with a group of items that share properties
Material that is similar to the questioned and known samples
Evidence providing only a basis for inference about the disputed fact
What is said in court by a competent witness
Class evidence is material that is similar to the questioned and known samples.
True
False
What might police need to be careful relying on?
Physical evidence
Eyewitness testimony
Indirect evidence
Circumstantial evidence
How does physical evidence help an investigation? Choose all that apply.
set the scene
prove that a crime was commited
give the looks of the criminal
directly give up the criminal
Physical evidence can backup witness testimony or prove it false.
True
False
Physical evidence can determine the identity of people associated with a crime.
True
False
Important things to think of when judging reliability of an eyewitness account. Select all that apply.
Type of crime and how the witness saw it
Age/memory recollection.
Interviewing techniques/ how info is retrieved
Witness was asked open ended questions.
Blood, glass, soil, and hair are all examples of individual evidence.
True
False
Some examples of transient evidence are odors, temperature, and imprints
True
False
What type of evidence is not permanent or easily lost or changed?
Physical
Individual
Transient
Circumstantial
Circumstantial evidence is evidence that implies a fact without actually proving it.
True
False
What is a main role of a forensic scientist?
Determine if the suspect is lying.
Determine a link between the evidence, victim, crime scene, and suspect.
Determine the look of a suspect.
Examples of individual evidence: Select all that apply.
Fingerprints
DNA
Handwriting
Shoe size
Class evidence is material that can be associated with a group of items that share properties.
True
False
A tear in a notebook that lines up with a paper at a crime scene is individual evidence.
True
False
Most of the time, questioned, or unknown evidence is compared to class evidence.
True
False
evidence used to imply a fact bust not prove it directly.
individual evidence
circumstantial evidence
trace evidence
direct evidence
a hypothesis of the sequence of events from before the crime was committed through its commission
secondary crime scene
primary crime scene
crime-scene investigation
crime-scene reconstruction
A multidisciplinary approach in which scientific and legal professionals work together to solve a crime
crime-scene investigation
detectives
forensic scientists
The location where the crime took place
secondary crime scene
original crime scene
primary crime scene
a folded paper used to hold trace evidence
paper bag
paper bindle
envelope
The first police officer to arrive at a crime scene
first responder
original responder
responding officer
a location other than the primary crime scene, but that is in someway related to the crime, where evidence is found
original crime scene
primary crime scene
secondary crime scene
small but measurable amounts of physical or biological material found at a crime scene
individual evidence
class evidence
direct evidence
trace evidence
material that connects an individual or thing to a certain group
trace evidence
class evidence
individual evidence
direct evidence
a kind of evidence that identifies a particular person or thing
individual evidence
direct evidence
trace evidence
class evidence
evidence that (if true) proves an alleged fact, such as an eyewitness account of a crime
individual evidence
trace evidence
direct evidence
class evidence
The first officer arriving at a crime scene, after providing or obtaining medical assistance for the injured and effecting an arrest of suspects (if possible), should immediately:
photograph the scene.
search for evidence.
make a rough sketch of the scene.
secure the scene.
A crime scene sketch is a required part of an investigation.
True
False
All evidence must be collected in glass test tubes.
True
False
All evidence gathered at a crime scene must be
labeled and documented
analyzed in a scientific manner
handled carefully so not to contaminate the specimen
all of the above
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
The purpose of a crime scene sketch is to give the courts a ___________ depiction of the crime scene.
rough
made up
accurate
lovely
Who can enter a crime scene?
Anyone as long as they sign the log sheet
only crime scene investigators and authorized personnel
Suspects
witnesses
Which of the following is a type of individual physical evidence?
fingerprint
blood
glass
fibers
The first step in investigating a crime scene is to
examine possible evidence
interview the first officer at the scene or the victim
document what happened
process the crime scene evidence
A crime log should be taken
at the beginning
at the end
during the entire time of the crime scene
in the middle
How should the detectives have stored the original ransom note from JBR's crime scene?
paper envelope in a
paper bag
plastic envelope in a manila envelope
digital copy/ picture
Glass jar in a paper bag
How should fibers that are found at a crime scene be collected and stored
Druggist Fold / paper bindle, sealed edges
In a plastic envelope inside of a manila envelope
In a glass tube in a paper bag
Sandwiched between 2 pieces of cardboard
If a syringe was found at a crime scene, how should it be packaged?
Inside a box which has been padded to prevent the syringe from shifting.
In a plastic bag inside of a manila envelope
In a sealed glass container
In a sealed plastic container
Unrealistic expectations portrayed by TV shows that assume every crime scene will yield forensic evidence that will aid in solving a crime
Forensics
NCIS Effect
CSI Effect
Deduction
Which of the following is completed during “seeing the scene?”
Evidence is marked
Evidence is collected
Evidence is analyzed
Evidence is photographed
The Innocence Project found that mostly faulty convictions were based on ______
Out of date investigation equipment
Untrained C.S.I
Inaccurate eyewitness accounts
Officers not following the 7 S's of C.S.I
Which of the following is NOT one of the seven S's of Crime Scene Investigation
Securing the Scene
See the Scene
Search for Evidence
Secure the Witnesses
The ability to establish the exact whereabouts of an item of evidence and under whose control it was from its collection at the crime scene to its presentation in the courtroom and everywhere in between is called
chain of command
chain of custody
record of evidence
The purpose of a crime scene sketch is to give the courts a ___________ depiction of the crime scene.
rough
made up
accurate
lovely
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
ALL evidence must be measured from _ reference points. (Write the #, do not spell it)
(a)
You are by yourself at a crime scene and need to search the scene for evidence. What are possible search patterns you may choose?
linear
grid
quadrant or zone
spiral
