IAI CSI CERTIFICATION TEST PREP
QUESTIONS 2025
IAI CSI CERTIFICATION TEST PREP QUESTIONS 2025 WITH GUARANTEED
ACCURATE ANSWERS
What are the two goals of the police in a free society? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ 1. Prevention of crime and disorder, preservation of
peace. 2. Protection of life, property, and personal liberty.
What are the five basic objectives of the police? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ 1. Crime prevention. 2. Crime repression. 3. Regulating
noncriminal conduct. 4. Provision of services. 5. Protection of personal
liberty.
What is evidence? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Anything that proves
or disproves a fact in contention.
,What is testimonial evidence? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Evidence
obtained from interviews and interrogations, subjective and can be
influenced by lies.
What is physical evidence? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Specific
items found at the scene that can be documented, objective and does not
lie.
According to Chisum and Rynearson, what is the interpretive value of
evidence? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ The value of evidence is more
dependent on context than its content.
What did Chisum and Rynearson say about the full meaning of
evidence? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ The full meaning of evidence
is influenced by time and the items' surroundings.
What are the five ways in which the context of evidence can manifest
itself? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Predictable effects, Unpredictable
effects, Transitory effects, Relational detail, Functional detail
What are predictable effects? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Changes
that occur with regularity and provide a factual reference to the actual
time of the crime
What are unpredictable effects? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Changes
that occur in an unexpected or random fashion, altering the original
scene
, What are transitory effects? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Effects that
are destroyed over time and by the environment
What are relational details? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Details that
allow investigators to physically place items in the scene
What are functional details? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Details
related to the operating conditions of evidence
What is the evidence linkage triangle? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
Scene, Victim, Subject
What are the five basic ingredients to good processing methodology? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Knowledge, Skills and tools, Methodical
approach, Flexibility, Coordinated approach
What are the three basic scene integrity concerns? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Addition of material to the scene, Destruction of
material in the scene, Movement of material in the scene
What is the difference between class and individual characteristics? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Class characteristics allow items to be
compared to a group, while individual characteristics are unique and can
be compared to a specific object or person
QUESTIONS 2025
IAI CSI CERTIFICATION TEST PREP QUESTIONS 2025 WITH GUARANTEED
ACCURATE ANSWERS
What are the two goals of the police in a free society? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ 1. Prevention of crime and disorder, preservation of
peace. 2. Protection of life, property, and personal liberty.
What are the five basic objectives of the police? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ 1. Crime prevention. 2. Crime repression. 3. Regulating
noncriminal conduct. 4. Provision of services. 5. Protection of personal
liberty.
What is evidence? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Anything that proves
or disproves a fact in contention.
,What is testimonial evidence? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Evidence
obtained from interviews and interrogations, subjective and can be
influenced by lies.
What is physical evidence? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Specific
items found at the scene that can be documented, objective and does not
lie.
According to Chisum and Rynearson, what is the interpretive value of
evidence? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ The value of evidence is more
dependent on context than its content.
What did Chisum and Rynearson say about the full meaning of
evidence? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ The full meaning of evidence
is influenced by time and the items' surroundings.
What are the five ways in which the context of evidence can manifest
itself? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Predictable effects, Unpredictable
effects, Transitory effects, Relational detail, Functional detail
What are predictable effects? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Changes
that occur with regularity and provide a factual reference to the actual
time of the crime
What are unpredictable effects? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Changes
that occur in an unexpected or random fashion, altering the original
scene
, What are transitory effects? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Effects that
are destroyed over time and by the environment
What are relational details? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Details that
allow investigators to physically place items in the scene
What are functional details? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Details
related to the operating conditions of evidence
What is the evidence linkage triangle? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
Scene, Victim, Subject
What are the five basic ingredients to good processing methodology? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Knowledge, Skills and tools, Methodical
approach, Flexibility, Coordinated approach
What are the three basic scene integrity concerns? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Addition of material to the scene, Destruction of
material in the scene, Movement of material in the scene
What is the difference between class and individual characteristics? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Class characteristics allow items to be
compared to a group, while individual characteristics are unique and can
be compared to a specific object or person
