WorksheetsForensics Unit 1 Review Game
Total questions: 72
Worksheet time: 55mins
Mark looks at his banking app and notices several Amazon purchases he did not make. When he reports this to the police, the investigators on this case will most likely use what type of forensic science?
Forensic Geology
Forensic Psychology
Digital Forensics
Forensic Botany
Two families with the last name Smith have delivered babies in the same hospital. Unfortunately, the nurses think they may have mixed up the babies and given them to the wrong family. If they take blood samples from the mothers and compare them to the babies, which branch of forensic science are they using?
Digital Forensics
Forensic Entomology
Forensic Anthropology
Forensic Geneology
Mark looks at his banking app and notices several Amazon purchases he did not make. When he reports this to the police, the investigators on this case will most likely use what type of forensic science?
Forensic Geology
Forensic Psychology
Digital Forensics
Forensic Botany
Two families with the last name Smith have delivered babies in the same hospital. Unfortunately, the nurses think they may have mixed up the babies and given them to the wrong family. If they take blood samples from the mothers and compare them to the babies, which branch of forensic science are they using?
Digital Forensics
Forensic Entomology
Forensic Anthropology
Forensic Geneology
Match the following evidence to the type of forensic science it relates to
A bullet casing that belongs to an old, rare rifle is found at the scene of a robbery
Forensic Ballistics
A found car has pollen in the filter from an area far from its recovery spot.
Forensic Botany
A get-away car hit it's headlight on the way out and left broken glass behind
Trace Evidence Analysis
A family has been diagnosed with the same poisoning symptoms after drinking from the same water source
Forensic Toxicology
Most crime labs are (a) and funded by (b) . They provide services to law enforcement.
Which Federal Agency hosts the largest Forensic Crime Lab?
The USPS
The FBI
The DHS
The DEA
The ATF
Select all of the standard departments involved in a typical Forensic Crime Lab
A Physical Science Unit
A Firearms Unit
A Document Analysis Unit
A Biology Unit
A DNA Analysis Unit
Which Federal Agency Deals with crimes that involve the mail?
The USPS
The FBI
The DHS
The DEA
The ATF
Which type of forensic science would look at evidence to determine the time and cause of victim?
Forensic Psychology
Forensic Pathology
Forensic Geology
Forensic Entomology
One of the many crimes the FBI investigates is (a) , which is the sale of stolen property.
Which type of law is written by judges as court decisions
Common Law
Civil Law
Criminal Law
Statutory Law
Two neighbors are in court arguing over a fence that is crossing over the two properties. What type of law is this?
Criminal Law
Civil Law
Common Law
Statutory Laf
Which of the following Rights are guaranteed by the Bill of Rights?
The right of Presumption of innocent until proven guilty
The right to know what charges are against you
The right to an attorney
The right to not be discussed until after a trial
The right to see all aspects of an investigation against yourself
What is the final authority of laws and individual rights in The United States?
The Supreme Court
The Constitution
Congress
The President
Which types of law may involve forensic science
Civil Law
Criminal Law
Statutory Law
Common Law
The specific factors or parts of a crime are called
evidience
forensics
elements
criminalistics
True or false: Most criminal cases end in conviction
True
False
When a suspect is questioned, what must be done by the police?
They must have a bail amount set
They must be in the presence of a judge
They must have their Miranda Rights read to them
Nothing, the police can just question people whenever they want
What is the least severe type of crime?
Felony
Misdemeanor
Infraction
All crimes are equal in severity
When does a suspect enter a plea?
During their Arrest
During Booking
During arraignment
When Paying Bail
When may Hearsay be allowed in trials?
During all trials
During criminal trials only
During Civil trials
Never
Select all the requirements for evidence in a trial.
Probative
Material
Reliable
Definitive
(a) studies the effects of chemicals inside the human body
True or false: The use of Fingerprints for identifying a person is a relatively new idea
True
False
The (a) effect posits that sometimes a jury may be swayed away from a conviction due to a lack of "sufficient" DNA Evidence.
What is the interpretation of information received by the senses?
Analyzing
Perception
Interpretation
Observation
True or False: The fine details involved in events during strong emotional times are easy to commit to our long-term memory.
True
False
True or False: An eyewitness testimony should be accepted no matter what any other evidence says
True
False
In the bunny effect, participants who were shown an advertisement for Disneyland with (a) told stories of meeting the character while on vacation, even though this is impossible. This shows how the human memory is (b) accurate.
True or False: The word Forensic refers to the application of scientific knowledge to legal questions.
True
False
Which type of forensic science deals with insects found at a crime scene?
Forensic Botany
Forensic Geology
Forensic Psychology
Forensic Entomology
The Innocence Project found that most faulty convictions were based on
Out-of-date investigating equipment
Poor DNA Sampling
Inaccurate eyewitness accounts
Officers not thoroughly investigating a crime scene
Which of the following is an example of direct evidence?
A security camera showing a suspect shoplifting
A suspect's fingerprints on a weapon
A drop of the suspect's blood found at the crime scene
The suspects car is parked in a suspicious place
(a) evidence is any small but measurable amounts of physical or biological material found at a crime scene.
True or False: Circumstantial Evidence proves a fact of the case.
True
False
Eye witness account
Video Recording of the crime
Confession
DNA Sample
Fingerprint
A suspects driver's license found at the scene
hair color
height
shoe size
blood type
Car type
True or False: A police officer is generally in charge of collecting forensic evidence at a crime scene.
True
False
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.
Which of the following steps of the investigation can be handled by a first responder? Select all that apply
Securing the scene
Separating Witnesses
Scanning the scene
A store is robbed. One of the witnesses texted her mother, who was shopping on the other side of the store asking if she saw anything. This causes a problem with which step of the investigation?
Securing the scene
Separating Witnesses
Scanning the scene
There is no problem
A store is robbed. The officer who arrives locked down every exit except one that the clerk forgot to tell him about. This causes a problem with which step of the investigation?
Securing the scene
Separating Witnesses
Scanning the scene
There is no problem
A store is robbed. The crime scene investigation crew arrived before the forensic investigator and began searching for evidence. This causes a problem with which step of the investigation?
Securing the scene
Separating Witnesses
Scanning the scene
There is no problem
A store is robbed. The forensic Investigator sees that the perpetrator walked into the main body of the store and committed the robbery there, so they declare that the primary crime scene. This causes a problem with which step of the investigation?
Securing the scene
Separating Witnesses
Scanning the scene
There is no problem
A crime scene investigator takes pictures of a piece of evidence but has the ruler upside down so you can't see the scale. This causes a problem with which step of the investigation?
Seeing the Scene
Sketching the Scene
Searching for Evidence
Scanning the Scene
A crime scene investigator needs to scan the area of a crime, but the other people on their team are busy doing other tasks. Since they are working alone, which method of searching would they not use?
Grid
Linear
Quadrant/Zone
Spiral
Which of the following steps of the investigation can be handled by a first responder? Select all that apply
Securing the scene
Separating Witnesses
Scanning the scene
A store is robbed. One of the witnesses texted her mother, who was shopping on the other side of the store asking if she saw anything. This causes a problem with which step of the investigation?
Securing the scene
Separating Witnesses
Scanning the scene
There is no problem
A store is robbed. The officer who arrives locked down every exit except one that the clerk forgot to tell him about. This causes a problem with which step of the investigation?
Securing the scene
Separating Witnesses
Scanning the scene
There is no problem
A store is robbed. The crime scene investigation crew arrived before the forensic investigator and began searching for evidence. This causes a problem with which step of the investigation?
Securing the scene
Separating Witnesses
Scanning the scene
There is no problem
A store is robbed. The forensic Investigator sees that the perpetrator walked into the main body of the store and committed the robbery there, so they declare that the primary crime scene. This causes a problem with which step of the investigation?
Securing the scene
Separating Witnesses
Scanning the scene
There is no problem
A crime scene investigator takes pictures of a piece of evidence but has the ruler upside down so you can't see the scale. This causes a problem with which step of the investigation?
Seeing the Scene
Sketching the Scene
Searching for Evidence
Scanning the Scene
Which of the following does not need to be shown in a crime scene sketch?
A distance scale
The date and location of the crime
A directional arrow pointing north
The search pattern used by the forensic investigators
(a) evidence can prove a fact of a case, whereas (b) evidence can only imply a fact.
When a Forensic Investigator arrives on the scene of a crime, the first thing they do is (a) and rank the locations interms of priority. After that is done, photographers take pictures in the step referred to as (b)
True or False: Any lab technician can preform any test on evidence
True
False
Select all of the things needed for the proper collection of evidence
Documenting the location where the evidence was found
Packaging the evidence properly
Maintaining a proper chain of custody
Recording the time of day when the evidence was collected
Placing a reference picture in the bag for the analyzer to compare the evidence with
The reason it is important to separate the witnesses at the crime scene is to
prevent contamination of the evidence
prevent fighting among the witnesses
prevent the witnesses from talking to each other
protect them from the perpetrator
Correct collection of evidence requires which of the following?
documenting the location where the evidence was found
correct packaging of evidence
maintaining proper chain of custody
all of these are required
A forensic scientist is called to a court of law to provide
Fact
Judgement
Opinion
Reflection
The forensic scientist has many duties. Which of these is not a job for a forensic scientist?
Give Evidence in Court
Question a suspect
Analyze Evidence
Search for Evidence
A killer is captured using DNA evidence from an ancestry database. This is an example of
Forensic Toxicology
Forensic Ballistics
Forensic Genealogy
Forensic Entomology
What is the first step in the 7 S' of investigating a crime scene?
scanning a crime scene
seeing a crime scene
separating witnesses
securing a crime scene
The evidence seal (red tape) on an evidence bag must never be broken.
True
False
Which type(s) of evidence is circumstantial? (There may be more than one answer)
signed ransom note
glass fragments
paint transfer
video surveillance
(a) (Direct or Circumstantial) evidence must still be tested further because it does not yet give us enough information to declare a suspect. We have to do more tests to see who or what it belongs to.
Which piece of evidence is direct evidence?
Glass fragments
Tool marks
Tire prints
Police dashboard cam footage
_________________ evidence narrows a suspect to a group of people or things.
Individual
Class
Physical
Circumstantial
A burglary caught on a Ring camera would be considered what kind of evidence?
Direct
Circumstantial
True or false: the techniques used in forensic science can ONLY be used to solve crimes.
True
False
Locard's Exchange Principle is
Dr. Locard's secret steps to solve a crime
Dr. Locard's famous restaurant
When two persons or objects come in contact they will exchange materials
A microscope can give you the evidence to solve a crime.
An eye witness' testimony can be affected by...
All of these
Who else is around.
How they felt that day.
Religious views
