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- 1. Multiple Choice
What does Locard's exchange principle state?
Every crime will be solved
Every contact leaves trace evidence
All physical evidence provides information
Crimes cannot be solved without physical evidence
- 2. Multiple Choice
What type of evidence cannot prove 100% that a person was at the crime scene during the crime?
Direct
Circumstantial
- 3. Multiple Choice
What type of evidence would a fingerprint be considered?
Physical
Biological
- 4. Multiple Choice
True or False: Blood would be considered both biological and class evidence
True
False
- 5. Multiple Choice
True or False: Individual evidence would be more beneficial to an investigation than class evidence
True
False
- 6. Multiple Choice
True or False: Direct evidence narrows an identity to a single person or thing
True
False
- 7. Multiple Choice
Eyewitness testimony would be considered:
Direct evidence
Circumstantial evidence
- 8. Multiple Choice
A shoe print (if unique) would be considered both:
Physical
Biological
Class
Individual
- 9. Multiple Choice
When arriving to a crime scene the officer has a duty to ensure the scene is safe and
secured
scanned
photographed
sketched
- 10. Multiple Choice
In order for an officer to figure out what actually happened, it is common practice to
speak with the witnesses in a group setting
speak with the witnesses individually
only speak with the witnesses who have pertinent information
- 11. Multiple Choice
While scanning the scene it is important that officers
take photographs
collect evidence
hurry up before asked to get a search warrant
determine if there is a secondary crime scene
- 12. Multiple Choice
It is best practice to take photographs from
90 degree angles
every angle possible
45 degree angles
- 13. Multiple Choice
True or False: Evidence markers should be placed before taking pictures so each piece of evidence can be seen clearly in the photos
True
False
- 14. Multiple Choice
True or False: Sketching should be done before pictures of the scene are taken
True
False
- 15. Multiple Choice
True or False: A rough sketch is almost never drawn to scale
True
False
- 16. Multiple Choice
What should be included in a rough sketch of a crime scene?
North Labeled
Measured distances of all evidence
Only the evidence and not any surrounding items
Write "to scale"
- 17. Multiple Choice
What type of sketch uses two fixed objects to measure the distance to the pieces of evidence?
Baseline method
Coordinate method
Triangulation method
- 18. Multiple Choice
What type of sketch uses a reference point and line to measure the distance to the pieces of evidence?
Baseline method
Coordinate method
Triangulation method
- 19. Multiple Choice
What type of sketch method is used here?
Baseline
Coordinate
Triangulation
- 20. Multiple Choice
What type of sketch method is used here?
Baseline
Coordinate
Triangulation
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