Chp 1: Intro to Forensic Science
Chp 2: Types of Evidence
Chp 3: Crime Scene Documentation
Chp 4: Fingerprints
Chp 5: Hair
100
List the steps of the scientific method in correct order.
What is: Observe, Hypothesis, Analyze/Test, Determine Significance, Conclusion
100
Officers go to investigate a crime and the first officer on scene notices the back door is wide open. This type of evidence would best be described as _____
What is Conditional evidence
100
8. What is the term for a written record of people who have had possession of evidence
What is: Chain of Custody
100
6. A fingerprint that isn't visible until officers dust for it would best be described as what type?
What is Latent
100
5. What stage is hair in when it is ready to fall out?
What is Telogen phase
200
When are officers required to read your Miranda Rights to you?
What is: Not until you are questioned.
200
Ice in a drink at a crime scene would best be categorized as what type of evidence?
What is Transient
200
9. What principle is crime scene investigation based on?
What is Locard Exchange Principle
200
What is the least common type of fingerprint?
What is Arches
200
7. Which part of the hair is responsible for shape?
What is the Cortex
300
What are the rights guaranteed to you by the Bill of Rights?
What is: Innocent until proven guilty, Right not to be searched unreasonably, Right to not be arrested without probable cause, Right against unreasonable search and seizure, Right against self incrimination, Right to fair questioning, Right to an attorney, Right to trial by jury, Right to know charges against oneself, Right to present witnesses, Double jeopardy, & Right to speedy trial.
300
Individual blood drops found at a crime scene would best be characterized as what type of physical evidence?
What is Trace
300
7. What is the purpose of a sketch if photographs are so much better quality?
What is: Sketches provide better perspective (overall layout of the crime scene)
300
All whorl patterns have _____ deltas.
What is: At least 2
300
10. what type of DNA is found in the shaft of a hair?
What is Mitochondrial
400
What are the 7 types of laws in the United States?
What is: Statutory, Common (Case), Civil, Criminal, Misdemeanor, Infraction, Felony.
400
What all types of evidence could footprints found in the mud outside of a house be considered?
What is Physical, Transient, Conditional, Circumstantial, Class, Individual
400
11. What search method would be best suited in a large, round silo?
What is Wheel/Ray/Spiral method
400
7. Knowing the main & sub category of a fingerprint would best be described as what type of evidence
What is Class
400
8. drugs taken a year ago will be located where in the hair?
What is 12 cm from the root
500
What type of law are Miranda Rights considered?
What is Common (Case) Law
500
Physical evidence that has been individualized can link a person to ______ with certainty.
What is The crime scene
500
12. What search method would be best suited for a large, outdoor crime scene?
What is Line or Strip method
500
While searching a crime scene, investigators find a bloody fingerprint on the wall. This type of fingerprint would best be described as _____
What is Visible
500
11. what characteristics make hair a useful forensic tool?
What is: Body constantly losing hair, it catches/clings to things, absorbs chemicals, resistant to chemical & biological degredation
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