Forensics Chapter 2 Test

Front 1

How do you pursue a career in Crime Scene Investigation

Back 1

Go to college and get a degree in Forensic Investigation

Front 2

What is an evidence log and what are the rules for the evidence log?

Back 2

Evidence logs are to keep track of who and when evidence was touched. The rule is that everyone must sign their name who came in contact with it

Front 3

What is indirect evidence?

Back 3

Also called circumstantial evidence is evidence used to imply a fact but not prove it directly like a weapon found at the scene

Front 4

What is the goal of the crime scene?

Back 4

to isolate the evidence and made sure that no evidence is tampered with

Front 5

What is trace evidence

Back 5

small but measurable amounts of evidence

Front 6

What is class evidence?

Back 6

material that narrows an identity to a group of persons or things

Front 7

What makes up the CSI team?

Back 7

First responders, sketch artists, photographers, investigators

Police officer

Crime scene investigator

Medical examiner

Specialists

Front 8

What are medical examiners also called?

Back 8

Coroners

Front 9

Who secures the crime scene

Back 9

First responders

Front 10

A folded paper used to hold trace evidence is a?

Back 10

bindle

Front 11

The location where the crime took place?

Back 11

Crime sceme

Front 12

The documented and unbroken transfer of evidence is a?

Back 12

Chain of custody

Front 13

A location other than the primary crime scene, but in some ways related to the crime, where evidence is found?

Back 13

Secondary crime scene

Front 14

What are different way to look for evidence in a crime scene area?

Back 14

grid, liner, quadrant, zone, spiral?

Front 15

crime scene investigation is to...?

Back 15

reorganize, document and collect eveidence at the scene of the crime

Front 16

Locards exchange principle states

Back 16

when a person comes into contact with an object or another person a cross-transfer of physical evidence can occur

Front 17

The second part of Locards principle state that

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the intensity, duration, and nature of the materials in contact determine the extent of the transfer.

Front 18

Evidence can be classifed into two types what are they?

Back 18

Direct evidence and circumstantial evidence

Front 19

Circumstantial evidence can be either _________________ or __________________ in nature

Back 19

physical or biological

Front 20

Some examples of physical evidence include

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fingerprints, footprints, tire marks, bullets, and shell casings

Front 21

Some examples of biological evidence

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body fluids, hair, plant parts and natural fibers

Front 22

Trace evidence is a type of this kind of evidence?

Back 22

circumstantial

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Individual evidence

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narrows down an identity to a single person or thing

Front 24

Who's responsibility is it to secure the scene?

Back 24

FIrst responders

Front 25

List the steps for packaging evidence

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a. placement of evidence

b. allow evidence to dry

c. place dried evidence on bindle paper

d. fold bindle tuck the top flap into the bottom

e. secure bindle in labeled evidence bag using stick on label

f. place evidence in a plastic bag with an inserted evidence label

g. seal and tape and edge of the baggie

h. write the collectors signature across the baggie's taped edge

Front 26

What should you not do with wet evidence and why?

Back 26

You should never place it in a plastic container while wet because the DNA will degenerate and may become moldy and useless

Front 27

What does a forensic lab do?

Back 27

Processes all of the evidence the crime scene investigators collected to try to determine the facts of the case.

Front 28

Crime scene reconstruction involves what?

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forming a hypothesis of the sequence of events from before the crime was committed through it;s commission. The evidence is examined and compared with witness statements to determine the reliability of their accounts.

Front 29

Evidence must be properly____________, _________________ and _______________ so that the chain of

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handled, collected and labeled

Front 30

A crime scene investigation consists of _____________, __________________, and _________________ evidence from a crime scene.

Back 30

reorganizing, documenting and collecting

Front 31

First responders do what 3 things

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1. identify the extent of the crime scene including primary and secondary scenes

2. secure the scene

3. segregate the witnesses

Front 32

After walking through the crime scene and identifying evidence the crime scene investigators document the scene by_____________________ and __________________

Back 32

taking photographs and preparing sketches of the scene

Front 33

A crime scene sketch should include

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a scale of distance

date and location of the crime scene

a north heading direction on the diagram

Front 34

Blood type is considered to be class evidence. Although it may not specifically identify the suspect, explain how it still could be useful in helping to investigate in a crime.

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Class evidence narrows an identity to a group of persons or things. Knowing ABO blood type of a sample of blood from a crime scene tells the investigators that one of many persons with that blood type may have been there. It also allows them to exclude everyone with a different blood type.

Front 35

The recorder at the crime scene needs to work with all of the police personnel at the crime scene. What type of information would the recorder need to obtain from each of the following persons?

first responder officer

Back 35

The recorder would need to get the following information

date

time

location

and name of collector for all evidence that was found by completing an Evidence Summary Sheet for each piece of evidence recovered

Weather conditions

available light

unusual odors

and other environmental conditions at the crime scene.

The security log of all those who visit the crime scene

A description of how the crime scene was secured

Front 36

The recorder at the crime scene needs to work with all of the police personnel at the crime scene. What type of information would the recorder need to obtain from each of the following persons?

Photographer

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Names and descriptiopns of photographs taken of any victims and suspects

Photos of the crime scene noting the four points of the compass, the entrance and exit points, any damage, etc

Photographs of evidence taken with and without a ruler

Front 37

The recorder at the crime scene needs to work with all of the police personnel at the crime scene. What type of information would the recorder need to obtain from each of the following persons?

Sketch Artist

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Both the rough sketch that was made at the scene and the computer generated sketch that is made later

Front 38

The recorder at the crime scene needs to work with all of the police personnel at the crime scene. What type of information would the recorder need to obtain from each of the following persons?

Evidence collection team

Back 38

Search pattern in the crime scene

All properly handled, bindled and packaged items that are considered evidence