PROFESSIONAL CERTIFIED INVESTIGATOR (PCI) REVIEW (ASIS INTL. UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFIED INVESTIGATOR (PCI)
REVIEW (ASIS INTL. UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS

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1. Henry Fielding
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Created the Bow Street Runners

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2. Robert Peel
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Created the first organized police department in the world

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3. Clive Popay
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First undercover police officer

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4. Francis Gaulton
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The first person to notice a systematic pattern on the palms, hands, fingers, and feet on human beings

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5. Edward Henry
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Developed a system for classifying fingerprints that is still in use today

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6. Juan Vucetich
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Was the very first to get a conviction using fingerprints

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7. Allan Pinkerton
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First detective in the US

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8. Alec Jeffreys
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Developed and invented DNA fingerprinting

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9. Exculpatory
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Evidence that tends to show a defendant is NOT guilty

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10. Inculpatory
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Evidence that tends to show a defendant IS guilty

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11. Modus operandi
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The way a criminal conducts his act

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12. Prima facie
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Different acts of a felony that make it a particular felony

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13. Corpus delicti
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Shows that a crime has been committed and that the person charged, has probably done it

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14. Aggravating
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Supports giving a harsher punishment

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15. Mitigating
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Support not giving a harsher punishment

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16. Habeas corpus
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The written transcript of a court case

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17. In camera
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When the jury is dismissed during testimony of information by the investigator

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18. Res gestae
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This legal term (in Latin), means "what is said and done during a crime tends to indicate that state of mind
the suspect and shows what happened"

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19. Pro bono
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Represent someone for free

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20. Pro se
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Represent yourself

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21. Affirmative defense
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Defendant says yes to committing the crime, but legal reason as to why and lets the jury decide

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22. Allocution
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When a person pleads guilty to get a deal

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23. Direct examination
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Example: When the defense attorney questions the defendant.

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24. Cross examination
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Example: When the prosecutor questions the defendant.

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25. Rebuttal
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When a witness is called back in to rebut what another witness says

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26. Arch
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Third most common type of fingerprint classification