SCCJA CUMULATIVE ACADEMY FINAL
PAPER 2026 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
AND ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
◉ Omnibus protection act refers to ?
Answer: Title 43 Chapter 35
◉ Omnibus means?
Answer: Group of collected works
◉ Use of a box to store evidence can reduce fingerprints or DNA
possibilities by ?
Answer: 50%
◉ The innocence project estimates that approximately 77% of
wrongful conviction cases are due to ?
Answer: Eyewitness misidentification
◉ What is the most common type of plotting method used?
Answer: Triangulation
,◉ All of the following are the basic principles of crime scene
investigation EXCEPT?
Answer: 1. Crime scene searches
2. Drawing an overview of scene
3. Documentation
4. Evidence Recovery
Answer - Drawing an overview of scene
This is done much later for the court hearing.
◉ A vulnerable adult means a person ______ years of age or older who
has a physical or mental condition which substantially impairs the
person from adequately caring for himself ?
Answer: 18 years of age or older
◉ Intergenerational violence is one which occurs across 2 or more
generations?
Answer: 1. True
2. False
Answer - False
,◉ Evidence which can be positively identified with an individual or
source, Whenever sufficient quantities or identifiable markings are
present, to the exclusion of all other sources defines ?
Answer: Identifiable characteristics
◉ Which type of crime scene is as follows....The perpetrator did not
plan well and was also an opportunist. Was uncomfortable with the
location or surroundings?
Answer: Disorganized crime scene
◉ Which type of crime scene is as follows....The perpetrator was
methodical, well-organized who leaves little physical evidence.
Answer: Organized crime scene
◉ Which type of crime scene may require officers to be posted at
specific points along the barrier to protect the scene?
Answer: Large crime scene
◉ What is the simple and most common sketch of a crime scene?
Answer: Birds eye
◉ Every crime scene sketch should contain all of the following
EXCEPT?
Answer: 1.Legend
, 2. Evidence attached with the numbers or letters
3. Drawn to scale indicator
4. Directional north indicator
Answer - Drawn to scale indicator
◉ 2 parallel searches offset by 90 degrees performed one after
another. Used to accommodate most any size scene describes ?
Answer: Grid search
◉ The theory that states that no one can enter a location without
bringing something into the area and leaving some trace evidence
behind and no one can exit a location without taking some evidence
away is known as ?
Answer: Locard's Theory of Exchange
◉ Crime scene is divided into a series of lanes in which personnel
search up and down the lanes until the search is done is called ?
Answer: Strip /line search
◉ What is the order of the following steps of drawing a crime scene?
Answer: 1. Lay out the perimeter
2. Set forth fixed objects; i.e. furniture
3. Insert evidence as it is recovered
PAPER 2026 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
AND ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
◉ Omnibus protection act refers to ?
Answer: Title 43 Chapter 35
◉ Omnibus means?
Answer: Group of collected works
◉ Use of a box to store evidence can reduce fingerprints or DNA
possibilities by ?
Answer: 50%
◉ The innocence project estimates that approximately 77% of
wrongful conviction cases are due to ?
Answer: Eyewitness misidentification
◉ What is the most common type of plotting method used?
Answer: Triangulation
,◉ All of the following are the basic principles of crime scene
investigation EXCEPT?
Answer: 1. Crime scene searches
2. Drawing an overview of scene
3. Documentation
4. Evidence Recovery
Answer - Drawing an overview of scene
This is done much later for the court hearing.
◉ A vulnerable adult means a person ______ years of age or older who
has a physical or mental condition which substantially impairs the
person from adequately caring for himself ?
Answer: 18 years of age or older
◉ Intergenerational violence is one which occurs across 2 or more
generations?
Answer: 1. True
2. False
Answer - False
,◉ Evidence which can be positively identified with an individual or
source, Whenever sufficient quantities or identifiable markings are
present, to the exclusion of all other sources defines ?
Answer: Identifiable characteristics
◉ Which type of crime scene is as follows....The perpetrator did not
plan well and was also an opportunist. Was uncomfortable with the
location or surroundings?
Answer: Disorganized crime scene
◉ Which type of crime scene is as follows....The perpetrator was
methodical, well-organized who leaves little physical evidence.
Answer: Organized crime scene
◉ Which type of crime scene may require officers to be posted at
specific points along the barrier to protect the scene?
Answer: Large crime scene
◉ What is the simple and most common sketch of a crime scene?
Answer: Birds eye
◉ Every crime scene sketch should contain all of the following
EXCEPT?
Answer: 1.Legend
, 2. Evidence attached with the numbers or letters
3. Drawn to scale indicator
4. Directional north indicator
Answer - Drawn to scale indicator
◉ 2 parallel searches offset by 90 degrees performed one after
another. Used to accommodate most any size scene describes ?
Answer: Grid search
◉ The theory that states that no one can enter a location without
bringing something into the area and leaving some trace evidence
behind and no one can exit a location without taking some evidence
away is known as ?
Answer: Locard's Theory of Exchange
◉ Crime scene is divided into a series of lanes in which personnel
search up and down the lanes until the search is done is called ?
Answer: Strip /line search
◉ What is the order of the following steps of drawing a crime scene?
Answer: 1. Lay out the perimeter
2. Set forth fixed objects; i.e. furniture
3. Insert evidence as it is recovered
