Observation Week #1

A person who has seen someone or something and can communicate these facts is:

• an eyewitness.

• a witness.

• a personal observer.

• a court reporter.

Which branch of forensics did Paul Ekman pioneer ?

• deductive reasoning

• Ballistics

• Psychology

• Toxicology

When evaluating eyewitness testimony, the investigator must discriminate between fact and

• observation.

• perception

• opinion

• none of these choices

To ensure all evidence is found, a crime scene is often laid out in a

• map

• grid

• timeline of factual evidence.

• purposeful topographic survey.

An interesting aspect of our perception is that we:

• believe what we see, even though our ability to be accurate is flawed.

• believe what we hear, even though our ability to be accurate is flawed.

• believe what we see and hear, even though our ability to be accurate is flawed

• None of these choices.

Eyewitness accounts of crime-scene events vary considerably from one person to another. What you observe depends on your level of:

• interest

• stress

• concentration and the amount and kind of distraction that may be present.

• all of the above

In the case of Carlo Ferrier, what observation and or evidence proved these men guilty?

• body looked fresh

• organs were healthy, (no natural causes)

• blood pooled in the spinal chord

• all of these answers

In the Florida case, death row inmate Frank Lee Smith was proven innocent; what led to this conclusion?

• DNA test

• Hair found at the crime scene

• eyewitnesses

• ballistic tests

Which of the following are good observation skills ?

• observe systematically

• turn off filters

• avoid jumping to conclusions

• all of these

Forensic Scientists goals are to

• solve the crime

• examine evidence

• jump to conclusions

• avoid the evidence