TSA Forensic Science Prep questions with correct answers
The most important single consideration in collecting and preserving a loaded or potentially loaded weapon as evidence - Correct Answer-Safety Algor Mortis - Correct Answer-The cooling of the body after death, cools at a rate of around 1-1.5 degree Fahrenheit per hour depending on size, clothing, and environment appropriate primary container for the collection and preservation of dried blood collected from the surface of an object - Correct Answer-Folded paper called a bindle Gunshot Splatter - Correct Answer-Includes forward splatter from exit wound and back splatter from entrance wound. Typically: Forward is a fine mist and the back is larger, fewer drops. Cast-Off - Correct Answer-blood that is thrown from an object in motion Arterial Spray - Correct Answer-Spurt of blood when a major artery is severed with new pattern created each time the heart pumps Expired Splatter - Correct Answer-blood from an internal injury mixing with air from lungs being expelled through the nose, mouth, or an injury to airways or lungs, forms a very fine mist and some blood stains are latent. Sharp Force Injuries (Stabbing) - Correct Answer-Less blood being deposited on the instrument, smaller more linear patterns of stains
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