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Investigations Final

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Criminal Intent is

a)

Purposely performing an unlawful act and knowing the act to be illegal

b)

Potential responsibility for payment of damages, but not jail time

c)

An act or violation of the law

d)

Having ill will or thinking criminal thoughts

2.

A crime is

a)

An act or violation of penal law and and punishable by fine, imprisonment or even death

b)

Fun unless you get caught

c)

A violation of the written law under "Ex Post Facto" conditions

d)

Used by analysts to show patterns of where illegal activity will occur

3.

Crime Mapping

a)

An act or violation of penal law that can be pinchable by fine, jail, or even up to death

b)

Potential responsibility for jail time, but not a fine

c)

Used by analysts to show patterns of where crime occurs

d)

Using an Atlas map and pinpointed where a particular crime has occured

4.

A criminal investigation is

a)

     Perpetrating a fraud.

b)

A.      A person who searches for, collects, and preserves physical evidence in the investigation of a crime and suspected criminals. Also called a crime scene technician, examiner, or investigator.

c)

     Located, investigated, processed, and prepared by the initial arriving officer on major cases

d)

A.      The process of discovering, collecting, preparing, identifying, and presenting evidence to determine what happened and who is responsible

5.

A criminal statute is

a)

A statue that depicts any evil doer

b)

A statue that is used to hide stolen items

c)

A code section that explains what is illegal

d)

Develops juris prudence in the legal organ of law books

6.

Criminalistics is

a)

The study of forensic psychology

b)

A smooth criminal

c)

A branch of forensic science involved with the recording, identification and interpretation of the minutiae (minute details) of physical evidence.

d)

A.      A person who searches for, collects, and preserves physical evidence in the investigation of a crime and suspected criminals. Also called a crime scene technician, examiner, or investigator.

7.

The investigative process is?

a)

The responsibility of all who work within the field of criminal justice, both public and private

b)

Reserved for the Detective division of a police department

c)

A bit tiresome and not really worth the effort

d)

Likely started once the scene is cleared and the person(s) are taken into custody

8.

The first goal of the investigation should be?

a)

Document and dance moves that your partner may be trying at the scene

b)

Determine if a crime was committed

c)

Meet with the suspect at the scene

d)

Leave no stone unturned

9.

Who will generally be responsible for securing the crime scene?

a)

The Chief

b)

The Crime Scene Tech

c)

The responding officer

d)

Detectives

10.

Criminal investigations are considered both what?

a)

A science and an art

b)

An honor and a privilege

c)

Costly and time consuming

d)

Minutia and grueling

11.

Tools for the investigator include all of the following EXCEPT

a)

Information

b)

Telepathy

c)

Instrumentations

d)

Interviews and interrogations

12.

Civil Liability is?

a)

Acting like a lady or gentleman in court

b)

Potential responsibility of payment of damages, but not jail time

c)

Purposely performing an unlawful act and knowing the act to be illegal

d)

Minor criminal charges where a fine is imposed

13.

An exploded view of a room lookin down over the top of the sketch would be an example of

a)

Retracting molar method

b)

Baseline method

c)

Triangulation method

d)

Cross projection method

14.

Finding two adjacent walls and measuring from those walls would be

a)

Rectangular coordinate method

b)

Baseline method

c)

Musical triangle method

d)

Cordotomy method

15.

Utilizing two fixed objects and measuring to the center or ends of a piece of evidence

a)

Rectangular coordinate method

b)

Baseline method

c)

Triangulation method

d)

Cross projection method

16.

Finding two known fixed points and measuring from a straight line to items

a)

Rectangular coordinate method

b)

Baseline method

c)

Triangulation method

d)

Cross projection method

17.

Investigative notes are

a)

A temporary record of the facts to be later used in court

b)

A permanent record of the facts of a case to be used in investigations, reports, and court

c)

Written in hieroglyphics for court purposes

d)

All of the above

18.

A marker at a crime scene is

a)

Used to show accurate location of items

b)

Used to draw attention to an item in photographs

c)

Used to show relative size of an item in photographs

d)

All of the above

19.

Effective notes are complete, _________, specific, factual, clear, well or

a)

Accurate

b)

Recordings

c)

Scribbled

d)

Legitimate

20.

The three minimum types of photographs to be take at a scene

a)

Frontal, egress, and establishing

b)

Front, back and side

c)

Long range, medium range, and close range

d)

Far, intermittent, and full frame

21.

A spiral search pattern

a)

Zigzags back and forth from the center of the room to the walls

b)

Starts in one corner and crosses to the opposite corner

c)

Starts at one wall and moves towards the far wall in a circular pattern

d)

Starts in the center of the room and moves in a circular pattern toward the outer edges

22.

A line search

a)

Moves in a side by side line, all together moving forward

b)

Moves in a single line sideways to the edge of the search

c)

Moves in a circular pattern over the search area

d)

Moves in a front to back straight line moving forward

23.

A grid search

a)

Moves from left to right in a single line

b)

Moves in a spiral motion from inside to out

c)

Moves in a line across one direction of the room and then shifts and changes directions back across the room

d)

Involves many officers moving back and forth continiously

24.

A zone search

a)

Moves from left to right in a single line

b)

Moves in a spiral motion for inside to out.

c)

Moves with investigators getting in the mental zone prior to searching

d)

Involves each person in a quadrant of the room searching their own areas

25.

Some advantages of photographs are

a)

Immediate, accurate representation, create interest, increases attention of the jurry

b)

Show's your artistic and caring side

c)

Instant, can be altered easily, represents the investigators point of view

d)

All of the above

26.

For a photograph to be admitted into court it must be

a)

A true and accurate representation of the scene

b)

Fair and non-inflammatory

c)

Relevant

d)

All answers are correct

27.

A crime scene is

a)

Any bathroom after eating at Taco Bell

b)

A dynamic environment which begins to change immediately after the criminal action occurs

c)

Usually messy and requires a multitude of people to meander about to complete

d)

The secondary location of a crime that is located after the initial scene

28.

An investigator at the scene

a)

Immediately becomes part of the scene and will alter it

b)

Will be properly equipped to leave everything at the scene unchanged

c)

Will remain outside of the caution tape to take final measurements

d)

All answers are correct

29.

Testimonial evidence is

a)

Evidence that supports statements made by witnesses on the stand

b)

Evidence of oral and written statements given to police as well as court testimony

c)

Evidence that can be described as opposed to being seen

d)

All answers are correct

30.

Effective notes are

a)

Complete, accurate, specific, clear, well organized and legible

b)

Legitimate, thought provoking, suggestive, neat, and organized

c)

Complete, factual, actual, non-inflammatory, eager, and helpful

d)

Non-inflammatory, helpful, used in lieu of photographs, and legible

31.

A primary scene

a)

Is the specific and most important scene

b)

Has crime scene tape around it and will lead investigators to the secondary scene

c)

The original location of a crime or accident

d)

The first scene in which investigators are called to during an investigation

32.

Latent prints

a)

Are visible prints developed with film

b)

Fingerprints in mud and blood

c)

Prints that must be processed in order to see and collect

d)

Shoe and tire impressions that contain trace evidence

33.

An Alibi is

a)

A statement of where a suspect was during the crime if they were not at the crime

b)

A statement to the court to prove who was not at the scene when the police arrived

c)

A tumultuous act that identifies one person at the scene but not another

d)

All of the above

34.

Physical evidence

a)

Evidence that refers to any items of evidence that may be in motion at some point

b)

Any material items that would be present at the crime scene, on victims, or in the suspect's possession

c)

Evidence that tends to prove innocence or guilt

d)

All answers are correct

35.

Ballistics

a)

The study of bullets and ammunition through the comparison of fired bullets, cartridges, guns and gunpowder patterns on people and objects.

b)

The study of ammunition and cartridges fired from muskets and compared to handguns.

c)

The study of forensic velocity as it relates to shell casings fired from guns and gun powder patterns that they leave on people and objects

d)

All answers are correct

36.

Trace evidence

a)

Physical evidence that is found in small but measurable amounts such as skin, hair, or fibers

b)

Small amounts of intangible glass, hairs, or fibers that are often not at the scene

c)

Physical and immeasurable amounts of evidence that are found at the scene

d)

All answers are correct

37.

Toxicology

a)

Refers to the drunken activities that the victim had prior to being involved in a crime

b)

Tests bodily fluids and tissues for last meal eaten by the officer

c)

Tests bodily fluids and tissues to determine the presence of drugs, alcohol and/or poison.

d)

Tests the cavities and fluids of the deceased for poisons and chemical vapors.

38.

An Arch fingerprint

a)

Type of print with a pattern that comes in from the side and loops to the same side

b)

Type of print where the pattern originates from one side and leaves from the other.

c)

Type of print that represents 90% of the population. 

d)

Type of print that has a pattern that envelops the print in a circular pattern.

39.

Fingerprint core

a)

The center of a fingerprint

b)

The center of a delta in the print

c)

The outer edge of a delta

d)

The circular center of an arch

40.

The Delta of a print

a)

The minutia of the center of the print

b)

Pattern that goes in one side and out the other on a print

c)

The continuous ridge line that occurs on the outer edge of the print

d)

Triangular ridge pattern that is often used as a starting point for comparison

41.

Patent Print

a)

Is a visible print that happens through the transfer of blood, ink, dirt or another medium.

b)

Is a visible print that can be seen in a 3 dimensional impression such as butter or clay.

c)

Is a hidden paste man made visible through the use of powders or other techniques.

d)

Is a hidden fingerprint that has been cleaned by blood, ink, dirt or other medium.

42.

Fingerprint

a)

The ridges and minutiae that are present on the friction ridges of your fingers and feet.

b)

Hidden print that is made visible through the use of powders of other techniques.

c)

The transfer of dirt, oils, and DNA from your fingers

d)

All answers are correct

43.

Plastic Print

a)

.  visible fingerprint that happens when fingers with blood, ink, or mud

b)

Three-dimensional fingerprint made in soft material such as clay, soap, or putty.

c)

A print that must be treated with superglue to become 3-dimensionally visible.

d)

A casting made of a suspect's fingers; usually with silicone

44.

Loop fingerprint

a)

Type of print that the pattern flows inward and returns in the direction of the origin.

b)

Type of print where the pattern originates from one side and leaves from the other.

c)

Type of print that represents 30% of the population.

d)

Type of print that has a pattern that envelops the print in a circular pattern.

45.

Minutiae

a)

Small invisible details that must be observed through microscopy.

b)

Details in the shapes and position of ridges in fingerprints that are each unique.

c)

Invisible ridge lines that become shapes as you are not looking.

d)

All answers are correct

46.

The reliability of eye witness accounts can be affected by

a)

The type of crime

b)

Interviewing technique used by the investigator

c)

The time between the crime and the interview

d)

All of the above

47.

Which of the following is NOT considered physical evidence

a)

Fiber

b)

Testimony

c)

Tool marks

d)

Soil

48.

If evidence has class characteristics, it

a)

Can link a suspect to a crime with certainty

b)

Has basic manufacturer details

c)

Can exonerate either the suspect or the victim

d)

All answers are correct

49.

Which of the following would be considered individual evidence

a)

DNA

b)

Soil

c)

Paint

d)

Tire

50.

Nuclear DNA can be identified from

a)

the hair shaft

b)

the hair root or follicle

c)

both

d)

neither

51.

Who was the person convicted on the basis of fiber evidence

a)

Ronald Cotton

b)

Colonel Mustard

c)

Wayne Williams

d)

Richard Vorder Bruegge'

52.

Trace evidence at the crime scene may include

a)

Sand and Soil

b)

Physical evidence found in small amounts

c)

Powders, explosive residue, metal or glass particles

d)

All answers are correct

53.

A piece of flass has a bullet hole that is larger on one side of the glass than the other. This indicates

a)

a high powered shotgun made the hole

b)

the larger side is the entrance

c)

the larger side is the exit

d)

the bullet was traveling at a low velocity

54.

The amount of light transmitted through a sample can be measured as a function of wavelength through which procedure

a)

Light Bright peg procedure

b)

Spectroscopy

c)

Electrophoresis

d)

Electromagnetic