Types of Evidence

This type of evidence is based on suggestion rather than observation or facts.

• Transient

• Individual

• Testimonial

• Circumstantial

Dirt, pollen, hair, skin cells, and carpet fibers are all ______.

• DNA

• forensic science

• tool marks

• trace evidence

(indirect evidence) evidence used to imply a fact but not prove it directly is known as _______________ evidence.

• Direct

• Circumstantial

• Physical

• Biological

A fingerprint could be an example of

• common evidence

• biological evidence

• individual evidence

• class evidence

Match the following term to definition.

• written or oral 1st hand eye-witness

• Physical evidence

• eye witness, video, or voice recording

• Circumstantial evidence

• physical and biological

• Locard's exchange principle

• tangible evidence

• Testimonial evidence

• Every contact leaves a trace

• Direct evidence

Which type of evidence (if true) involves stating a suspect committed the crime?

• Direct Evidence

• Circumstantial Evidence

• Individual Evidence

• Class Evidence

Forensic scientists examine a loose hair, and are able to determine its color and thickness, but are not able to extract DNA. Which type of evidence is this?

• Individual

• Class

Evidence that (if true) proves an alleged fact, such as an eyewitness account of a crime

• circumstantial

• direct

• class evidence

• trace evidence

Blood types ( Type A, B, AB, or O), is this consider class or individual evidence?

• Class Evidence

• Individual Evidence

evidence used to imply a fact bust not prove it directly.

• individual evidence

• circumstantial evidence

• trace evidence

• direct evidence