Crime Scene Quiz

Match the following

• DNA

• Person thought to have committed a crime

• Trace

• An alternate location where additional evidence may be found

• Secondary Crime Scene

• The original location of a crime

• Primary Crime Scene

• Physical evidence in small but measurable amounts

• Suspect

• Type of evidence found in blood, contains genetic information

Match the following

• Fingerprints

• Intentionally setting a fire to cause damage or destroy evidence

• Arson

• Statement of where a suspect was at the time of a crime

• Alibi

• Can be classified as arches, loops, or whorls

• Testimonial

• Combined DNA Index System used to compare DNA samples to known suspects

• CODIS

• Evidence that includes eyewitness accounts of an accident or crime scene

Any evidence found at a crime scene in the form of a physical object.

• Fingerprints

• Physical

• DNA

• Testimonial

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A second person associated with committing a crime

• Alibi

• Suspect

• Accomplice

• Eye Witness

What are the four steps used to analyze a crime scene?

• Process

• Examine

• Document

• Interview

What type of evidence does the FBI consider to be the most valuable?

• DNA

• Eye Witness Testimony

• Fingerprints

• Crime Scene Sketches

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Interviews witnesses and works with the CSI unit to investigate a crime ​ (a)   ​

• detectives
• police officers

Documents a crime scene in detail and collects any physical evidence​ (a)  

• CSI Unit
• police officers

Usually the first to arrive on a crime scene: responsible for securing the scene and detaining persons of interest. ​ (a)  

• police officers
• CSI Unit

Helps to determine if any search warrants are required to proceed and obtains those warrants from a judge. ​ (a)  

• district attorney
• detectives