Chapter 3
If there is a chance the victim may die, the investigator should always get
Dying declaration
The media has the right to unrestricted information about the crime as long as there are no victims named by law enforcement.
False
Which of the following are steps in a preliminary investigation?
Securing the crime scene and witnesses
After interviewing the victim of a crime and two witnesses, and examining the crime scene and the physical evidence, you use all of this information as a basis for developing a unifying and internally consistent explanation of the event. You have
Used inductive reasoning
________ a crime scene offers several advantages: cameras are relatively inexpensive, incorporate audio, use can be quickly learned, and images can be played back immediately.
Videotapping
A misdemeanor is a lesser offense that may be punishable by
a fine, ordinarily not to exceed $500. imprisonment for no more than a year.
A basic diagram of the scene showing important points is the
crime scene sketch
A felony is an act usually punishable by incarceration for
more than one year and/or death
Which crime scene search pattern is usually employed in outdoor scenes and is normally executed by a single person?
spiral
Often ________ evidence is located using alternate light systems.
Trace
Portable ________ are quite useful in locating very small items of evidence. These units are particularly effective in gathering hairs, fibers, and certain types of drug evidence.
Trace evidence vacuum
At a crime scene, if there are no satisfactory options in causing or allowing the contamination or destruction of evidence, the victim's well being takes precedence over destruction of evidence.
True
Human behavior is rich in its variety; in reconstructing the crime, investigators must be alert to the danger of imparting their own probable motives or actions to the perpetrator unless there are solid grounds for doing so.
True
Misdemeanors are lesser offenses that may be punishable by a fine, ordinarily not to exceed $500, and/or imprisonment for no more than one year.
True
The chain of custody is the witnessed, unbroken, written chronological history of who had the evidence and when they had the evidence.
True
The identification and location of the suspect are the goals of tracing evidence; corpus delicti and associative evidence may also serve these purposes.
True
The primary crime scene is the location where the initial offense was committed whereas the locations of all subsequent connected events are secondary scenes.
True
When defining the crime scene, officers must make sure that they also identify possible or actual lines of approach to, and flight from, the scene and protect them as they would a crime scene.
True
________ is a chronic bacterial infection that is spread by air and is accountable for more deaths worldwide than any other infectious disease.
Tuberculosis
Hepatitis B and C are the most common serious diseases in the world and are the leading cause of
cirrhosis of the liver
Which search pattern has the searchers doubling back perpendicularly across the area being examined?
grid
Which type of evidence serves to substantiate the distinct set of elements whose commission or omission must be demonstrated to have occurred in order to prove a criminal offense?
Corpus delicti evidence
A basic diagram of the scene showing important points, such as the locations where various pieces of physical evidence were located is the ________.
Crime scene sketch
___________allows for the display of multiple points of interests in several walls and/or the ceiling on the same sketch at the same time.
Cross projection
The three basic methods for documenting the crime scene are
Digital video recording, digital still photography and sketching
A list of each item of evidence, the names of the collector, and witnesses; the location, date, and time of the collection and documentation such as photos or diagrams are contained in the ________ log and in the lifted prints log.
Evidence recovery
Crime scene coordination includes interviewing witnesses, conducting and documenting the neighborhood canvass, and a field interrogation of the suspect if he/she is in custody.
False
The investigator assigned to the call must prepare an incident/offense report so the district attorney will have all the facts of the case.
False
What type of trace evidence may react (fluoresce) from an alternate light system?
Fingerprints and bodily fluids, hairs, fibers, and drugs, bite marks, bruises, and human bone fragments.
During a preliminary investigation, if an arrest is not made at the crime scene, the officer must issue a(n)
Follow up
The ________ is a blood borne pathogen that is also present in many other body fluids and most commonly spread through vaginal and anal intercourse.
Human immunodeficiency virus
With respect to rules for crime scene investigators, which rule requires that standard samples and elimination prints always be obtained whenever appropriate?
Inclusiveness
What connects the perpetrator to the crime scene or victim, or connects the scene or victim to the suspect?
Associative evidence
During a preliminary investigation, if an arrest is not made at the crime scene, the officer must issue a(n)
BOLO
The textbook refers to 5 major forensic mapping methods. These include: rectangular coordinates, triangulation, ________, polar coordinates, and grid system.
Baseline coordinates
Which of the following statements is true?
Most crime scenes can be recorded on 30 minute videotape
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a bloodborne pathogen that is spread by
No choices are correct
Possibly the most important function of the senior investigator is
Overall coordination
The three major functions to be executed at the scene of a crime are
Overall coordination, forensic services, and investigative services.
Which of the following is not of the four views as listed in the textbook?
Overhead or birds-eye view. B) Elevation view. C) Forensic mapping view. D) Cross projection view. Is listed
The ________ search entails dividing the area into a number of pie-shaped sections that are then searched, usually though a variation of the strip method.
Pie/wheel
The actions taken at the crime scene immediately following the detection and reporting of the crime constitute the
Preliminary investigation
_____________________ are the sketches that are made in the field and/or at the crime scene.
Rough sketches
Which of the following is a benefit of photography in documenting crime scenes?
Showing points of interest and their position relative to other evidence in a broad area
Which of the following would constitute a basis for assigning an "cleared by exceptional means" classification to a case?
The suspect is known to the police, but the complainant refuses to testify in the case.