FSC100 Test 1 Exam 100% Verified!!
Hot Zone - ANSWERThe immediate area in which the crime took place
Warm Zones - ANSWERAdjacent areas, around the hot zone, the larger perimeter
LOSER - ANSWERListen Observe Search Evaluate Record
Systematic - ANSWERstudy of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through
observation and experimentation
Evidence - ANSWERRefers to anything that can give or substantiate information in a legal
investigation
Associative Evidence - ANSWERAny evidence that places an individual at a scene and/or with a victim
Class Evidence - ANSWEREvidence that requires classification into a more narrow range (hair, blood,
urine, things human and nonhuman)
Three Tier Response - ANSWERdispatching all three branches of emergency response, including
police departments, EMS, and fire departments
Substantiates - ANSWERprovides evidence for or proves truth
Forensic - ANSWERrelating to or dealing with the application of scientific knowledge to legal
problems especially relating to criminal evidence
Trace - ANSWERPhysical evidence that has been extracted from another substance and is in small
amounts (fibres, dirt...etc)
, Latent Evidence - ANSWERDNA, fingerprints, footprints, tire tracks...etc often not visible without
some means such as electronics (can not be collected like trace evidence)
Electronic Evidence - ANSWERAny information transmitted by or stored in an electronic device.
Indirect Witness - ANSWERa person who did not witness the crime but knows the people or objects
involved (E.X. bus driver that can identify a regular passenger)
Direct Witness - ANSWERa witness who saw the crime (aka an eyewitness who brings testimonial
evidence or observational testimony)
Expert Witness - ANSWERspecialist who processes physical evidence for a legal investigation
Character witness - ANSWERVouches under oath to good reputation of another person often in the
community where that person lives (Usually to say defendant is a good person)
Warrant - ANSWERdocument from the court signed by a judge or magistrate that outlines:
specifically what offense has been committed, the place to be searched, and what people or things
are to be seized. To be executed immediately as there is an expiration date
Indicative Evidence - ANSWERPhysical evidence that proves that a certain period of time has elapsed
(rate of body decomposing)
Circumstantial - ANSWERCollection of facts and observations that infer the culpability of an
individual but MAY ALSO BE coincidental — does not establish guilt or that crime has been
committed. (fingerprint on bag, blood at scene, suspect being in area of crime...etc)
Witnesses - ANSWERa person who sees a crime take place
Plain view doctrine - ANSWERItems observed in plain view can also be seized. Investigators can not
be invasive or intrusive (if drawers or closets need to be opened unauthorized by the warrant, the
seizure would be deemed unlawful)
Hot Zone - ANSWERThe immediate area in which the crime took place
Warm Zones - ANSWERAdjacent areas, around the hot zone, the larger perimeter
LOSER - ANSWERListen Observe Search Evaluate Record
Systematic - ANSWERstudy of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through
observation and experimentation
Evidence - ANSWERRefers to anything that can give or substantiate information in a legal
investigation
Associative Evidence - ANSWERAny evidence that places an individual at a scene and/or with a victim
Class Evidence - ANSWEREvidence that requires classification into a more narrow range (hair, blood,
urine, things human and nonhuman)
Three Tier Response - ANSWERdispatching all three branches of emergency response, including
police departments, EMS, and fire departments
Substantiates - ANSWERprovides evidence for or proves truth
Forensic - ANSWERrelating to or dealing with the application of scientific knowledge to legal
problems especially relating to criminal evidence
Trace - ANSWERPhysical evidence that has been extracted from another substance and is in small
amounts (fibres, dirt...etc)
, Latent Evidence - ANSWERDNA, fingerprints, footprints, tire tracks...etc often not visible without
some means such as electronics (can not be collected like trace evidence)
Electronic Evidence - ANSWERAny information transmitted by or stored in an electronic device.
Indirect Witness - ANSWERa person who did not witness the crime but knows the people or objects
involved (E.X. bus driver that can identify a regular passenger)
Direct Witness - ANSWERa witness who saw the crime (aka an eyewitness who brings testimonial
evidence or observational testimony)
Expert Witness - ANSWERspecialist who processes physical evidence for a legal investigation
Character witness - ANSWERVouches under oath to good reputation of another person often in the
community where that person lives (Usually to say defendant is a good person)
Warrant - ANSWERdocument from the court signed by a judge or magistrate that outlines:
specifically what offense has been committed, the place to be searched, and what people or things
are to be seized. To be executed immediately as there is an expiration date
Indicative Evidence - ANSWERPhysical evidence that proves that a certain period of time has elapsed
(rate of body decomposing)
Circumstantial - ANSWERCollection of facts and observations that infer the culpability of an
individual but MAY ALSO BE coincidental — does not establish guilt or that crime has been
committed. (fingerprint on bag, blood at scene, suspect being in area of crime...etc)
Witnesses - ANSWERa person who sees a crime take place
Plain view doctrine - ANSWERItems observed in plain view can also be seized. Investigators can not
be invasive or intrusive (if drawers or closets need to be opened unauthorized by the warrant, the
seizure would be deemed unlawful)
