forenz chap 2

To formulate a successful strategy for recovering relevant physical evidence at crime scenes, what must the investigator ultimately rely on?

Experience

Which of the following acts is permissible for officers at the scene?

No eating drinking or smoking

After providing medical assistance for the injured and arresting any suspects on the scene, thefirst officer should immediately:

Secure the scene.

The size and location of the crime scene as well as the events that occurred there will determine

The kind of search pattern that will be used to located evidence.

What is the name of the search pattern in which one or two investigators start at the boundary at one end of the scene and walk straight across to the other side?

Line

Which crime-scene search pattern does not require more than one investigator?

Line

Which search pattern is most reliant on the boundaries established?

Line

What search pattern employs two people performing line searches that originate fromadjacent corners?

grid

the conditions at a crime scene can be compromised by all of the following actions except:

taking photos

which search pattern employs several people moving from the boundary straight toward the center of the scene (inward) or from the center straight to the boundary (outward)?

wheel

Officers should attempt to locate tool marks at the point of entry during the investigation ofwhat type of crime?

Burglary

the purpose of the crime-scene search is to locate what?

Physical evidence

Police barricades and the strategic positioning of guards are used prohibit access to the crimescene by whom?

All unauthorized personnel

. Which of the following is a disadvantage of the spiral search pattern?

Evidence could be missed

Which of the following may give clues about the timing of an incident?

Position of the days newspaper

The types of evidence commonly found during a vehicle search include all of the following\except which?

Questioned documents

The center of the crime scene, which is always included within the crime scene's boundary, is:

The area where the crime occurred.

Once the lead investigator determines that all pertinent evidence at the crime scene has beenlocated, the investigators must perform what?

The final survey

What is the initial survey of the crime scene that is carried out by the lead investigator called?

Walk through

he first responding officer at the crime scene must make attempts to detain and questionwhom?

Witness and Suspects

Which search pattern would be best for a crime scene where many investigators are availableto search a large area?

Zone