FRSC 1011H CSI Final Exam Review
Questions with complete solution
2025
Audio notes are... - correct answer faster than written notes, leaves hands
free
Video notes are... - correct answer a way of combining note-taking and
photography, but they must be transcribed
Digital photography - correct answer the exposure of a light-sensitive
microchip in a digital camera to light
Resolution - correct answer the minimum distance that must separate two
objects for them to be two distinct objects (shorter distance = greater
resolution)
Lossless compression - correct answer condenses files without discarding
any information
Normal lens - correct answer 50-55mm focal length
Telephoto lens - correct answer For long-distance photos, 100mm focal
range
Galton - correct answer Discovered the uniqueness of fingerprints
,Locard's Exchange Principle - correct answer when a criminal comes in
contact with an object or person, a cross-transfer of evidence occurs
Bertillon - correct answer Anthropometry => first system of personal
identification based on body measurements
Lattes - correct answer Discovered a simple method for determining blood
typesfrom dried bloodstains, immediate forensic applications
Goddard - correct answer Refined firearms examination using comparative
microscopic analysis of crime scene bullets versus test fired bullets to see if
the bullets could have been fired from the same gun
Osborn - correct answer Developed the fundamental principles of document
examination -
Gross - correct answer Discusses how microscopy, chemistry, physics,
mineralogy, zoology, botany, anthropometry and fingerprinting could be used
to assist forensic investigators
Locard - correct answer demonstrated Gross' principles in a working crime
laboratory
Crime labs in Canada - correct answer 3 RCMP labs (Ottawa, Edmonton,
Vanc), Center of Forensic Sciences (Toronto), Institute of Legal Medicine and
Police Science (Montreal), and 13 OPP labs (Ontario)
Services in Canadian labs - correct answer Biology, Chemistry, Physical
Sciences, Toxicology
,Frye v USA - correct answer Rejected scientific validity of polygraph
technique => technique or principle must be generally accepted by scientific
community to be admissible
Expert witness - correct answer Testimony based on facts and data, product
of reliable methods, may give expert opinions
Daubert V Merrell Dow Pharma - correct answer Benedectin rumoured to
cause birth defects, lower courts went with Pharma, supreme court went with
Daubert => general acceptance is not the absolute standard
Lay witness - correct answer testimony must be factual and may not contain
opinion
Arriving at the scene - correct answer 1. acquire medical assistance
2. detain witnesses/suspects
3. secure or seal off the crime scene
4. call any additional personnel needed -> crime specific
Performing a walkthrough - correct answer 1. locate the points of entry/exit
2. take indirect path to center of the scene
3. locate and document evidence
observe and record conditions of the scene
Primary Crime Scene - correct answer the location at which the initial crime
occurred
Secondary Crime Scene - correct answer the location at which other events
occur after the initial crime
, Events at the Command Center - correct answer 1. receive assigned tasks
2. store equipment
3. meet to discuss scene
4. meet with law personnel
Physical evidence - correct answer real evidence, generated as a result of a
crime committed =? large objects to microscopic traces, can be latent as well
Line/strip search pattern - correct answer possible with one person
Spiral search pattern - correct answer possible with one person
Quadrant search pattern - correct answer breaks up search into zones;
multiple people required
Grid search pattern - correct answer double line search, effective but time
consuming, requires multiple people
Wheel/ray search pattern - correct answer out from center of the room,
requires multiple people
At vehicle searches - correct answer search the interior and exterior of the
vehicle, done at the scene or the lab garage
At night searches... - correct answer avoid carrying out investigations
outdoors or at dark indoor scenes at night, guard the scene until the morning.
can paint the scene if it's necessary to search at night
Questions with complete solution
2025
Audio notes are... - correct answer faster than written notes, leaves hands
free
Video notes are... - correct answer a way of combining note-taking and
photography, but they must be transcribed
Digital photography - correct answer the exposure of a light-sensitive
microchip in a digital camera to light
Resolution - correct answer the minimum distance that must separate two
objects for them to be two distinct objects (shorter distance = greater
resolution)
Lossless compression - correct answer condenses files without discarding
any information
Normal lens - correct answer 50-55mm focal length
Telephoto lens - correct answer For long-distance photos, 100mm focal
range
Galton - correct answer Discovered the uniqueness of fingerprints
,Locard's Exchange Principle - correct answer when a criminal comes in
contact with an object or person, a cross-transfer of evidence occurs
Bertillon - correct answer Anthropometry => first system of personal
identification based on body measurements
Lattes - correct answer Discovered a simple method for determining blood
typesfrom dried bloodstains, immediate forensic applications
Goddard - correct answer Refined firearms examination using comparative
microscopic analysis of crime scene bullets versus test fired bullets to see if
the bullets could have been fired from the same gun
Osborn - correct answer Developed the fundamental principles of document
examination -
Gross - correct answer Discusses how microscopy, chemistry, physics,
mineralogy, zoology, botany, anthropometry and fingerprinting could be used
to assist forensic investigators
Locard - correct answer demonstrated Gross' principles in a working crime
laboratory
Crime labs in Canada - correct answer 3 RCMP labs (Ottawa, Edmonton,
Vanc), Center of Forensic Sciences (Toronto), Institute of Legal Medicine and
Police Science (Montreal), and 13 OPP labs (Ontario)
Services in Canadian labs - correct answer Biology, Chemistry, Physical
Sciences, Toxicology
,Frye v USA - correct answer Rejected scientific validity of polygraph
technique => technique or principle must be generally accepted by scientific
community to be admissible
Expert witness - correct answer Testimony based on facts and data, product
of reliable methods, may give expert opinions
Daubert V Merrell Dow Pharma - correct answer Benedectin rumoured to
cause birth defects, lower courts went with Pharma, supreme court went with
Daubert => general acceptance is not the absolute standard
Lay witness - correct answer testimony must be factual and may not contain
opinion
Arriving at the scene - correct answer 1. acquire medical assistance
2. detain witnesses/suspects
3. secure or seal off the crime scene
4. call any additional personnel needed -> crime specific
Performing a walkthrough - correct answer 1. locate the points of entry/exit
2. take indirect path to center of the scene
3. locate and document evidence
observe and record conditions of the scene
Primary Crime Scene - correct answer the location at which the initial crime
occurred
Secondary Crime Scene - correct answer the location at which other events
occur after the initial crime
, Events at the Command Center - correct answer 1. receive assigned tasks
2. store equipment
3. meet to discuss scene
4. meet with law personnel
Physical evidence - correct answer real evidence, generated as a result of a
crime committed =? large objects to microscopic traces, can be latent as well
Line/strip search pattern - correct answer possible with one person
Spiral search pattern - correct answer possible with one person
Quadrant search pattern - correct answer breaks up search into zones;
multiple people required
Grid search pattern - correct answer double line search, effective but time
consuming, requires multiple people
Wheel/ray search pattern - correct answer out from center of the room,
requires multiple people
At vehicle searches - correct answer search the interior and exterior of the
vehicle, done at the scene or the lab garage
At night searches... - correct answer avoid carrying out investigations
outdoors or at dark indoor scenes at night, guard the scene until the morning.
can paint the scene if it's necessary to search at night
