PRE-TEST Crime Scene Search

What is the purpose of a crime scene search?

• To gather evidence from the area in which a crime occurred

• To process evidence from the area in which the crime occurred

• Both are correct

• None are correct

Which is not a method for developing a sketch?

• Triangulation

• Rectangular Coordinates

• Transecting Base Line

• All are methods for developing a sketch

The main reasons for photographing a scene area...

• Photographs set forth a visual record and chronology of the crime scene investigation

• Crime scene photography is one of the major integral facets of the entire investigation

• Both answers are main reasons

• None are the reasons

How do you document evidence at a crime scene?

• Sketching

• Photographs

• Verbally into a tape recroder

• Sketching and photographs

• All answers are correct

A crime scene search is a planned and coordinated legal search of crime scene to locate physical evidence...

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which is not a type of crime scene sketch?

• Rough sketch

• Finished sketch

• Projection sketch

• All are types of crime scene sketches

Latent prints area hidden or unseen and require some form of development...

• TRUE

• FALSE

The purpose of proper packaging is to prevent all of the following except...

• Breaking

• Spoiling

• Loss

• Contamination

• All are reasons to properly package

All are considered fixed points except...

• Door frame

• wall

• desk

• window frame

What is the unwanted transfer of material from another source to a piece of physical evidence?

• Contamination

• Latent Print

• Impression

• Trace Evidence