Science Test

Front 1

The obligation to maintain the integrity of evidence belongs to?

Back 1

The evidence clerk

Front 2

The relative evidential value of laboratory test results is almost always dependent on:

Back 2

The way the evidence is collected and presented for examination

Front 3

The manner of collecting and preserving physical evidence at a crime scene is determined by:

Back 3

The nature of evidence

Front 4

Physical evidence may be obtained from:

Back 4

The crime scene, victim, and the suspect

Front 5

What can't be placed in an airtight container?

Back 5

Bloodstained clothing

Front 6

The evidence collector is not concerned with:

Back 6

Determining the natural variations that exist in physical evidence

Front 7

In cooperative with the medical examiner or coroner, what type of evidence is to be retrieved from a deceased victim for examination in the crime laboratory?

Back 7

Clothing, fingernail scrapings, head and pubic hairs, bullets, blood, vaginal, anal and oral swabs, and hand swabs

Front 8

What term encompasses all objects that can establish whether a crime has been committed or can link a crime and its victim or its perpetrator?

Back 8

Physical evidence

Front 9

True or False: Scientific evaluation of crime-scene evidence can usually overcome the results of a poorly conducted criminal investigation.

Back 9

False

Front 10

True or False: The techniques of physical evidence collection require a highly skilled individual who must specialize in this area of investigation.

Back 10

False

Front 11

All unauthorized personnel must be _________ from crime scenes

Back 11

Removed

Front 12

What three methods are used for recording a crime scene?

Back 12

Photography, sketching, and notes

Front 13

Whats the most important prerequisite for photographing a crime scene?

Back 13

To have it in an unaltered condition

Front 14

Photographs of physical evidence must include overviews as well as ___________ to record the details of objects

Back 14

Close-ups