Forensics Ch 2 Test questions with verified
answers
- could do it for insurance fraud money $
- efforts to try and cover a murder
> medical examiners can tell by smoke in the lungs if someone was
killed before/during the fire
-----> no smoke in lungs- killed b4 fire
-----> smoke in lungs- killed in the fire Ans✓✓✓ Why would someone
stage a crime scene to look like ARSON?
- evidence that is wet or contains bodily fluids must be air dried
completely!!!!
- once in a secure location & completely air dried, that evidence can be
repackaged in a new, dry paper container Ans✓✓✓ How to package
wet/bodily fluids evidence:
- forming a hypothesis of the sequence of events from before the crime
was committed through its commission
- comparing the evidence to witneses statements
> investigators must keep an open mind as they examine all possibilities
Ans✓✓✓ what does crime scene reconstruction involve?
1. distance scale
2. date and location of the crime scene
3. a north heading
, - important in marking & measuring evidence positions Ans✓✓✓ crime
scene sketches must have:
1) Securing the Scene
2) Separating the Witnesses
3) Scanning the Scene
4) Seeing the Scene
5) Sketching the Scene
6) Searching for Evidence
7) Securing and Collecting Evidence Ans✓✓✓ What are the 7 S's of
Crime Scene Investigation?
11. This evidence found is not sufficient enough to convict the suspect
because it is circumstantial evidence. The hair follicle and fingerprint
found could be leftover particles that prove that someone was at the
crime scene, but does not directly link them to committing the crime
itself. The hair follicle can be used as class evidence to narrow down the
suspect list. Although the fingerprint and follicle are individual
evidence, the possible suspect could have been a friend of the victim and
wrongly accused for this crime. There was no direct evidence found at
the scene that links this specific suspect to the crime, therefore the hair
follicle and fingerprint found is not sufficient enough. Ans✓✓✓ (11.) A
suspect is linked to a murder by the presence of hair found on a chair at
the victims' house and a fingerprint found on the coffee table. Crime-
scene inves-tigators found a fingerprint consistent with a suspect's
fingerprint, and they found the hair to be similar to the hair from the
head of the same suspect. Provide arguments that this evidence is not
sufficient to prove the suspect was the murderer. Include the following
answers
- could do it for insurance fraud money $
- efforts to try and cover a murder
> medical examiners can tell by smoke in the lungs if someone was
killed before/during the fire
-----> no smoke in lungs- killed b4 fire
-----> smoke in lungs- killed in the fire Ans✓✓✓ Why would someone
stage a crime scene to look like ARSON?
- evidence that is wet or contains bodily fluids must be air dried
completely!!!!
- once in a secure location & completely air dried, that evidence can be
repackaged in a new, dry paper container Ans✓✓✓ How to package
wet/bodily fluids evidence:
- forming a hypothesis of the sequence of events from before the crime
was committed through its commission
- comparing the evidence to witneses statements
> investigators must keep an open mind as they examine all possibilities
Ans✓✓✓ what does crime scene reconstruction involve?
1. distance scale
2. date and location of the crime scene
3. a north heading
, - important in marking & measuring evidence positions Ans✓✓✓ crime
scene sketches must have:
1) Securing the Scene
2) Separating the Witnesses
3) Scanning the Scene
4) Seeing the Scene
5) Sketching the Scene
6) Searching for Evidence
7) Securing and Collecting Evidence Ans✓✓✓ What are the 7 S's of
Crime Scene Investigation?
11. This evidence found is not sufficient enough to convict the suspect
because it is circumstantial evidence. The hair follicle and fingerprint
found could be leftover particles that prove that someone was at the
crime scene, but does not directly link them to committing the crime
itself. The hair follicle can be used as class evidence to narrow down the
suspect list. Although the fingerprint and follicle are individual
evidence, the possible suspect could have been a friend of the victim and
wrongly accused for this crime. There was no direct evidence found at
the scene that links this specific suspect to the crime, therefore the hair
follicle and fingerprint found is not sufficient enough. Ans✓✓✓ (11.) A
suspect is linked to a murder by the presence of hair found on a chair at
the victims' house and a fingerprint found on the coffee table. Crime-
scene inves-tigators found a fingerprint consistent with a suspect's
fingerprint, and they found the hair to be similar to the hair from the
head of the same suspect. Provide arguments that this evidence is not
sufficient to prove the suspect was the murderer. Include the following
