UF PHA6936 ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE
●● Which crimes do we place more investigative emphasis on?
Answer: Crimes against people
●● Which of the following is a search pattern?
Answer: grid
●● photographs of crime secenes must include overall views, close ups,
and _______?
Answer: midrange
●● crime scene documentation methods do not include:
Answer: cell phone records
●● what can affect how you prepare to conduct a crime scene
investigation?
Answer: location, weather, time of day
,●● according to lecture, what is the first thing a first responder should
do at a major crime scene?
Answer: search for and detain the suspect
●● types of crime sketches include
Answer: preliminary, cross projection, smooth
●● the rough sketch that is usually prepared at a crime scene is used to
Answer: precisely locate evidence
●● you should only document what you see
Answer: false
●● a blood spatter pattern consisting of a large number of very fine,
mist-like droplets indicates that the blood probably came from a
Answer: gunshot wound
●● a swipe bloodstain pattern is the result of
Answer: a bloody object in motion contacting another clean surface
●● blood spatter patterns can indicate
Answer: how many sources of blood there were, what type of weapon
was used, the number of times a weapon was used
,●● the ______ the droplet, the ______the force that was used to create
the spatter
Answer: smaller, the greater
●● when a fracture line in glass hits a pre-existing fracture line it....
Answer: stops
●● which is NOT a variable to cinsider when examining blood patterns?
Answer: blood alcohol level when blood is shed
●● gunshot residue:
Answer: does not travel a great distance
●● most reconstruction patterns are easily transported to the lab for
further analysis
Answer: false
●● this is not a fundamental principle of fingerprinting
Answer: fingerprints are formed when someone is about five years old
●● this type of fingerprint is a three dimensional impression
Answer: plastic
, ●● the basic fingerprint class patterns are:
Answer: arches, loops, and whorls
●● fingerprints change over the course of a person's lifetime
Answer: false
●● common fingerprint minutiae include
Answer: dots, bifurcations, islands
●● the fingerprint database is called:
Answer: AFIS
●● chemical methods for the development of latent fingerprints include
Answer: iodine fuming
●● the ACE-V method of print identification involves
Answer: analysis, comparison, evaluation, and verification
●● unknown fingerprints are entered into the data base as:
Answer: forensic files
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE
●● Which crimes do we place more investigative emphasis on?
Answer: Crimes against people
●● Which of the following is a search pattern?
Answer: grid
●● photographs of crime secenes must include overall views, close ups,
and _______?
Answer: midrange
●● crime scene documentation methods do not include:
Answer: cell phone records
●● what can affect how you prepare to conduct a crime scene
investigation?
Answer: location, weather, time of day
,●● according to lecture, what is the first thing a first responder should
do at a major crime scene?
Answer: search for and detain the suspect
●● types of crime sketches include
Answer: preliminary, cross projection, smooth
●● the rough sketch that is usually prepared at a crime scene is used to
Answer: precisely locate evidence
●● you should only document what you see
Answer: false
●● a blood spatter pattern consisting of a large number of very fine,
mist-like droplets indicates that the blood probably came from a
Answer: gunshot wound
●● a swipe bloodstain pattern is the result of
Answer: a bloody object in motion contacting another clean surface
●● blood spatter patterns can indicate
Answer: how many sources of blood there were, what type of weapon
was used, the number of times a weapon was used
,●● the ______ the droplet, the ______the force that was used to create
the spatter
Answer: smaller, the greater
●● when a fracture line in glass hits a pre-existing fracture line it....
Answer: stops
●● which is NOT a variable to cinsider when examining blood patterns?
Answer: blood alcohol level when blood is shed
●● gunshot residue:
Answer: does not travel a great distance
●● most reconstruction patterns are easily transported to the lab for
further analysis
Answer: false
●● this is not a fundamental principle of fingerprinting
Answer: fingerprints are formed when someone is about five years old
●● this type of fingerprint is a three dimensional impression
Answer: plastic
, ●● the basic fingerprint class patterns are:
Answer: arches, loops, and whorls
●● fingerprints change over the course of a person's lifetime
Answer: false
●● common fingerprint minutiae include
Answer: dots, bifurcations, islands
●● the fingerprint database is called:
Answer: AFIS
●● chemical methods for the development of latent fingerprints include
Answer: iodine fuming
●● the ACE-V method of print identification involves
Answer: analysis, comparison, evaluation, and verification
●● unknown fingerprints are entered into the data base as:
Answer: forensic files
