FSC100 MIDTERM VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
◉ Type of evidence that links a suspect to a particular location:
a) Organized
b) Associative
c) Circumstantial
d) Toxicology
Answer: b) Associative
◉ What is Locard's exchange principle?
a) Every contact leaves a trace
b) Every contact has a pattern
c) Every crime scene is different
,d) Every crime scene is the same
Answer: a) Every contact leaves a trace
◉ TRUE OR FALSE: Personal Protective Equipment can prevent
contamination of a crime scene.
Answer: TRUE
◉ TRUE OR FALSE: The failure to protect a crime scene properly can
result in the destruction or altering of evidence.
Answer: TRUE
◉ TRUE OR FALSE: The interior of a vehicle is always searched prior
to the exterior of a vehicle.
Answer: FALSE
◉ Which of the following is NOT a method of scene searching?
a) Wheel Method
b) Zigzag method
c) Spiral method
,d) Zone method
Answer: b) zigzag method
◉ TRUE OR FALSE: Obtaining a search warrant allows investigators
to conduct a search without any restrictions.
Answer: FALSE
◉ Triangulation is defined as:
a) The perspective grid method
b) Measuring the distance of an object from a baseline at a right
angle
c) The distance and cardinal direction from the investigator to the
exhibit
d) Measuring the distance from two fixed points to a location of
evidence
Answer: d) Measuring the distance from two fixed points to a
location of evidence
, ◉ TRUE OR FALSE: It is important to represent people and objects to
scale in crime scene photography.
Answer: TRUE
◉ TRUE OR FALSE: In photography of any crime scene, it is always
best to begin by photographing specific pieces of evidence close-up,
and then working outward to photograph the crime scene overall.
Answer: FALSE
◉ TRUE OR FALSE: Transient evidence is an exception to the
"general to specific" rule.
Answer: TRUE
◉ TRUE OR FALSE: Only close up photographs need to be taken with
and without an evidence marker.
Answer: False
◉ TRUE OR FALSE: Both law and science work within the criminal
justice system; differ in goals and methods
Answer: TRUE: Science shows fact and doing thing correctly and law
uses the scientific fact toa rogue things which is outcome based
◉ Law's Goal
SOLUTIONS
◉ Type of evidence that links a suspect to a particular location:
a) Organized
b) Associative
c) Circumstantial
d) Toxicology
Answer: b) Associative
◉ What is Locard's exchange principle?
a) Every contact leaves a trace
b) Every contact has a pattern
c) Every crime scene is different
,d) Every crime scene is the same
Answer: a) Every contact leaves a trace
◉ TRUE OR FALSE: Personal Protective Equipment can prevent
contamination of a crime scene.
Answer: TRUE
◉ TRUE OR FALSE: The failure to protect a crime scene properly can
result in the destruction or altering of evidence.
Answer: TRUE
◉ TRUE OR FALSE: The interior of a vehicle is always searched prior
to the exterior of a vehicle.
Answer: FALSE
◉ Which of the following is NOT a method of scene searching?
a) Wheel Method
b) Zigzag method
c) Spiral method
,d) Zone method
Answer: b) zigzag method
◉ TRUE OR FALSE: Obtaining a search warrant allows investigators
to conduct a search without any restrictions.
Answer: FALSE
◉ Triangulation is defined as:
a) The perspective grid method
b) Measuring the distance of an object from a baseline at a right
angle
c) The distance and cardinal direction from the investigator to the
exhibit
d) Measuring the distance from two fixed points to a location of
evidence
Answer: d) Measuring the distance from two fixed points to a
location of evidence
, ◉ TRUE OR FALSE: It is important to represent people and objects to
scale in crime scene photography.
Answer: TRUE
◉ TRUE OR FALSE: In photography of any crime scene, it is always
best to begin by photographing specific pieces of evidence close-up,
and then working outward to photograph the crime scene overall.
Answer: FALSE
◉ TRUE OR FALSE: Transient evidence is an exception to the
"general to specific" rule.
Answer: TRUE
◉ TRUE OR FALSE: Only close up photographs need to be taken with
and without an evidence marker.
Answer: False
◉ TRUE OR FALSE: Both law and science work within the criminal
justice system; differ in goals and methods
Answer: TRUE: Science shows fact and doing thing correctly and law
uses the scientific fact toa rogue things which is outcome based
◉ Law's Goal
