Forensic Science Quiz

What is the process used to track the movement and control of an asset through its lifecycle by documenting each person and organization who handles the asset?

• First responder

• Chain of custody

• Circumstantial evidence

• Crime-scene investigation

Which type of evidence consists of substances such as blood and hair, which can be used to place an individual in a general class but cannot be used to identify an individual?

• Class evidence

• Individual evidence

• Trace evidence

• Direct evidence

What is the process of determining the sequence of events about what occurred during and after a crime?

• Crime-scene reconstruction

• Crime-scene investigation

• Triangulation

• Datum point

What is the principal reference point from which all horizontal and vertical measurements are taken?

• Paper bindle

• First responder

• Direct evidence

• Datum point

What is evidence that, if believed, directly proves a fact?

• Circumstantial evidence

• Direct evidence

• Class evidence

• Individual evidence

What is used for trace evidence such as fibers, hair, paint chips, or other tiny particles?

• Secondary crime scene

• Paper bindle

• Primary crime scene

• Triangulation

What is the location that holds evidence of the crime, but it is not the location where the crime was originally committed?

• Secondary crime scene

• Chain of custody

• Circumstantial evidence

• Crime-scene reconstruction