Who should certify that a body is “dead” at a crime scene?

The key to taking notes is what?

All of the following would be considered "fixed points" for skething a crime scene, except

The window of opportunity to collect time-sensitive information or evidence is known as

When packaging the evidence, you should

What is the FIRST step at a crime scene (investigation)?

What is the SECOND step of a crime scene (investigation)?

What is the FIRST responsibility of the first officer on the scene? (ADAPT)

What is the SECOND responsibility of the first officer on the scene? (ADAPT)

What is the THIRD responsibility of the first officer on the scene? (ADAPT)

A crime scene sketch should be to scale and have measurements to known "fixed points" for location reference

For each piece of ​ _____ being recorded, use two ​____ objects as ​___ points that are not likely to be move.

Each object needs two ​ ____ points plus the piece of ​____ to form a ​ ____ , hence the term "triangulation" when pinpointing location.

Which search pattern is most appropriate for large outdoor settings?

Which search pattern is most appropriate for evidence that may be on the walls or ceiling?

When photographing evidence, which would be the LEAST important.

Time and weather can alter evidence.

______ is any object that can establish that a crime has been committed or links a crime and the victim or suspect

The most _______ evidence is collected and packaged first

Most items should be placed in a primary container and then in a secondary container

Trace evidence may be placed on a piece of paper which is then folded in a “druggist fold” called a ________ and placed in a secondary container

Each package needs to be folded over to seal .

There must be a ​ ____ of all of the people who have ​ ____ of an item of evidence, beginning at the ​____

Every person who has handled or examined the evidence must be accounted for in a _____________.

Which of the following is a national database of fingerprints?

The most common natural fiber -

Wrinkle resistant synthetic fiber -

Wool-like synthetic fiber -

What is birefringence?

All of the following characteristics are examined in fiber comparisons EXCEPT

– is typically used for bulletproof vests, military applications, racing tires, etc.

– typically used for firemen’s uniforms, disaster response, etc.

Trace evidence almost always considered "certain" as evidence in court.

Hair is a slender, threadlike outgrowth from _____ of the skin of ______.

______ is a protein that makes up most of the hair shaft and gives it strength.

______ is a pigment that gives hair its color.

Redheads have ____ to give color to their hair.

1.        The ____ is the main body of a hair (compared to the wooden portion of a pencil)

The ____ is the central cell of the cortex (compared to the lead of a pencil).

The _____ is a layer of scales covering the hair shaft (compared to a layer of yellow paint on a pencil).

The medulla ___ present in every hair.

The ____ may be suitable for nuclear DNA analysis for individual identification.

A postmortem root band (_______) is a dark band that may appear near the root of the hair originating from a decomposing body.

Finding a _____________in the trunk of a suspected vehicle strongly indicates that a dead body was once there (perhaps during the transportation of the body to another location).

_______ pigments remain consistent in their color and pigmentation throughout the length of the hair shaft.

_____ pigments often exhibit rapid and radical color changes.

______ medullae are thin and take up no more than 1/3 of the hair shaft diameter.

____ medullae are very wide and take up almost the entire shaft diameter.

_____ medullae appear very regular and well-defined, with different patterns indicating different species.

__________ have overlapping imbricate scales with narrow margins.

__________ may have imbricate scales, coronal (crown-shaped) scales, or spinous (petal-shaped) scales.

_______ hairs exhibit moderate shaft diameter with very little variation.

_______ hairs exhibit coarse shaft diameter and streaky pigments with heavy density.

_______ hairs exhibit fine to moderate shaft diameter with prominent twists and curls.

_____ are distinguished by their isodiametric scales and wineglass-shaped roots.

_____ are distinguished by their banded, serial ladders or vacuolated medulla structures.

_____ are distinguished by their amorphous medullae and characteristic root shapes.

_____ exhibits conspicuous nodes due to immunodeficiency or small bowel disorder.

_____ like head lice plant egg sacks on can be found amongst hairs.

Hair evidence ____ provide information such as age and gender without a nuclear DNA analysis on its follicular tag.

Hair evidence ___ provide important investigative leads in many cases by determining the racial and somatic origin, as well as comparisons with known standards.

Hair evidence ___be one of the most important evidence in cases involving identical twins

Identical twins ___ be distinguished by DNA analysis.

Fraternal twins ___ be distinguished by DNA analysis.

________ is used with fiber to determine birefringence (the difference between two refractive indices).