Observations/Inferences
Crime Scene Investigation
Evidence
Hair/ Fibers
Fingerprints
100
Information gathered using one or more of the five senses or through measurements using tools.
What is...Observations?
100
Who secures the scene, and for what purpose?
What is...First officer on scene (or investigator). The purpose is to ensure the security of evidence, the management of people on scene, and medical help
100
Unique evidence (can be linked) to a single person or source is
What is...Individual Evidence?
100
The type of protein that makes up hair.
What is... Keratin?
100
Bifurcation, ending ridge, short ridge, island, core, delta.
What are... Minutiae Patterns?
200
The study and application of science to help resolve legal matters.
What is... Forensic Science?
200
The last step of the seven S's process of crime scene investigation.
What is... Secure and Collect Evidence?
200
Indirect evidence that implies a fact but does not prove it
What is...Circumstantial evidence?
200
The parts of the hair shaft.
What are... Cuticle, cortex, and medulla?
200
Identify the fingerprint pattern. Assume print is from the right-hand.
What is... Whorl?
300
Type of observation based on the statement:
There are 35 cabinets in the classroom?
What is... Quantitative Observation?
300
Crime scene sketches most have the following things:
100 points each
What are: North direction, scaling, evidence key, address, date, and case number?
300
"Every contract leaves a trace," is the principle created by.
Who is... Edmond Locard?
300
Classification of evidence: hair without a follicle present.
What is... circumstantial, biological, class?
300
These print patterns have no deltas.
What are...Arches?
400
The type of evidence used by the Innocence Project to exonerate individuals.
What is... DNA?
400
Types of patterns to search a crime scene.
100 points per pattern.
What are... Quadrant, Line, Grid, Whorl?
400
A police body cam is classified as this type of evidence.
What is...Direct, individual, and physical evidence?
400
Examples of natural fibers.
100 points for each.
What are... Wool, Silk, Cashmere, Mohair, Angora, Cotton, Coir, Flax, Jute, Hemp, Fiberglass, Asbestos?
400
Identify the fingerprint pattern. Assume print is from the right-hand.
What is... Radial Loop?
500
Eyewitness testimonies are not always reliable for these reasons. (200 points for each reason)
What is... Lighting, time seeing suspect, race, under influence (alcohol or drugs), visibility (mask, glasses etc.)
500
When photographing a crime scene, why do we have landmarks?
What is... to have a reference point of a non-movable object?
500
This type of evidence is in the form of verbal or written statements.
What is... Testimonial evidence?
500
Identify the medulla pattern and explain if it belongs to an animal or a human.
What is... Continuous and belongs to a human (less than a third of the cortex thickness)?
500
The type of minutiae pattern visible.
What is... an Enclosure?