UF PHA6936 UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE FULL
SOLUTION
●● List three important aspects of crime scene investigation.
Answer: Securing the scene, preventing contamination, and preserving
physical evidence.
●● True or False: Video recording is an acceptable method of recording
a crime scene.
Answer: True
●● List the five types of search patterns.
Answer: Grid, Zone, Strip, Spiral, and Quadrant
●● Which search pattern is typically used underwater?
Answer: Spiral search
●● In what part of the body does livor mortis occur?
Answer: The lowest extremities
,●● True or False: Hydrolyzed body fat can help preserve a body and
prevent putrefaction.
Answer: True
●● What are the fundamental mechanisms considered necessary to
maintain the BBP standard and are the primary mechanisms for infection
control?
Answer: Universal precautions
●● List three forms of standard PPE.
Answer: Eye, hand, and foot protection
●● When processing a crime scene, which evidence is collected first?
Answer: All fragile evidence
●● True or False: When processing a crime scene, contamination is
limited
by controlling access and wearing PPE.
Answer: True
●● True or False: Luminol is the agent of choice for detecting the
presence of blood stains
Answer: False
,●● True or False: When using an alternative light source to search for
biological fluids, the wavelength of light used must be opposite that of
the color of the stain.
Answer: True
●● When using an orange filter on an alternative light source, which
biological fluid will fluoresce white?
Answer: Vaginal secretions, urine, and semen
●● True or False: Luminol is considered a presumptive test for blood.
Answer: True
●● Which presumptive test for blood reacts with blood proteins to give a
light to medium blue color?
Answer: Amido Black
●● Which types of biological samples should never be stored in plastic
containers for more than two hours?
Answer: Heavily soaked blood stained items
●● What types of swabs are most common in sexual assault kits?
Answer: Vaginal, anal, and oral swabs
, ●● True or False: Chain of custody is required for any evidence
submitted to court and can be used to establish the integrity of evidence.
Answer: True
●● For short term storage, liquid blood samples should be kept at what
temperature (room temperature, refrigerated, or frozen)?
Answer: Refrigerated
●● The cellulose based paper, used for the storage of whole blood, that
prevents DNA degradation and microbial breakdown is known as what?
Answer: FTA paper
●● Erythrocytes are also known as what component of blood?
Answer: Red blood cells
●● What is the most abundant protein in serum?
Answer: Albumin
●● What is the function of red blood cells?
Answer: Tissue oxygenation
●● What is the function of albumin?
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE FULL
SOLUTION
●● List three important aspects of crime scene investigation.
Answer: Securing the scene, preventing contamination, and preserving
physical evidence.
●● True or False: Video recording is an acceptable method of recording
a crime scene.
Answer: True
●● List the five types of search patterns.
Answer: Grid, Zone, Strip, Spiral, and Quadrant
●● Which search pattern is typically used underwater?
Answer: Spiral search
●● In what part of the body does livor mortis occur?
Answer: The lowest extremities
,●● True or False: Hydrolyzed body fat can help preserve a body and
prevent putrefaction.
Answer: True
●● What are the fundamental mechanisms considered necessary to
maintain the BBP standard and are the primary mechanisms for infection
control?
Answer: Universal precautions
●● List three forms of standard PPE.
Answer: Eye, hand, and foot protection
●● When processing a crime scene, which evidence is collected first?
Answer: All fragile evidence
●● True or False: When processing a crime scene, contamination is
limited
by controlling access and wearing PPE.
Answer: True
●● True or False: Luminol is the agent of choice for detecting the
presence of blood stains
Answer: False
,●● True or False: When using an alternative light source to search for
biological fluids, the wavelength of light used must be opposite that of
the color of the stain.
Answer: True
●● When using an orange filter on an alternative light source, which
biological fluid will fluoresce white?
Answer: Vaginal secretions, urine, and semen
●● True or False: Luminol is considered a presumptive test for blood.
Answer: True
●● Which presumptive test for blood reacts with blood proteins to give a
light to medium blue color?
Answer: Amido Black
●● Which types of biological samples should never be stored in plastic
containers for more than two hours?
Answer: Heavily soaked blood stained items
●● What types of swabs are most common in sexual assault kits?
Answer: Vaginal, anal, and oral swabs
, ●● True or False: Chain of custody is required for any evidence
submitted to court and can be used to establish the integrity of evidence.
Answer: True
●● For short term storage, liquid blood samples should be kept at what
temperature (room temperature, refrigerated, or frozen)?
Answer: Refrigerated
●● The cellulose based paper, used for the storage of whole blood, that
prevents DNA degradation and microbial breakdown is known as what?
Answer: FTA paper
●● Erythrocytes are also known as what component of blood?
Answer: Red blood cells
●● What is the most abundant protein in serum?
Answer: Albumin
●● What is the function of red blood cells?
Answer: Tissue oxygenation
●● What is the function of albumin?
