SERGEANT EXAM NFLST ACTUAL EXAM
200 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED
A+ LATEST VERSION
"Evidence in "open view" - CORRECT ANSWER=> processed before other items/bodies to make
sure no undue damage is done to families by media or common talk."
"3 kinds of evidence - CORRECT ANSWER=> Corpus delicti evidence - evidence that is needed to
prove the commission of the crime
Associative - connects the suspect to the scene or victim/ or connects the scene or victim to the
suspect
Tracing - identification and location of the suspect such as a discarded ID at the scene."
"Crime scene patterns (patterns or techniques used to search an area after the boundary has
been determined - CORRECT ANSWER=> Spiral, Grid, Strip/line, Quadrant/ or Zone, Pie/wheel"
"Digital photography (far/medium/close) - CORRECT ANSWER=> Orientation - far, Relationship -
medium, Identification - close, Comparison - close of evidence"
"Class characteristics - CORRECT ANSWER=> not completely original, like the print of a Nike shoe"
"Individual characteristics - CORRECT ANSWER=> fingerprints/footprints, etc."
"Residue prints - CORRECT ANSWER=> prints left on a hard surface from a foot, shoe, or tire."
"Impressions - CORRECT ANSWER=> prints left in something moldable like clay, dirt, snow, etc."
"Plastic prints - CORRECT ANSWER=> prints left in something "tacky" like silly putty, fatty foods,
caulking"
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,"Patent/contaminated/visible - CORRECT ANSWER=> fingers contaminated with an oily substance
touch a clean surface"
"Latent/invisible - CORRECT ANSWER=> unseen or hidden prints that are developed to expose
them"
"Forensic ondontology - CORRECT ANSWER=> intersection of dentistry and criminal law, i.e. bite
mark analysis and identification."
"Signature - CORRECT ANSWER=> The striations on a bullet after passing through the bore of the
barrel of a rifle or pistol"
"Touch DNA - CORRECT ANSWER=> small amounts of DNA evidence left from suspect skin
shavings after touching something."
"Handwriting samples - CORRECT ANSWER=> 15 to 20 samples should be collected from
suspects"
"Objective of interrogation: (importance goes up as the difficulty goes up) - CORRECT ANSWER=>
Obtain valuable facts, Eliminate the innocent, Identify the guilty, Obtain a confession"
"Proximity - CORRECT ANSWER=> distance between you and subject during interview (optimal
proximity 27 in. for middle class white males)"
"Expectancy - CORRECT ANSWER=> Bias when witness is not completely positive of an answer.
They'll give an answer they would expect, or assume."
"Coerced - internalized confession - CORRECT ANSWER=> False confession where innocent
suspect made to believe they committed the crime where people develop a distrust of their
own memory."
"Voluntary confession - CORRECT ANSWER=> Give false confession without provocation"
"Coerced compliant confession - CORRECT ANSWER=> Confess after lengthy interrogation process
and think the short term outweighs long term (being released on bail and getting high vs. having
to go to prison later)"
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, "Free and voluntary rule - CORRECT ANSWER=> can't beat a suspect into a confession, or threaten
violence"
"McNabb v. United States - CORRECT ANSWER=> Must not be "unnecessary delay" in the
production of the suspect before a magistrate. Confession was gained during this delay, and the
subsequent confession was inadmissible despite it being given freely and voluntarily. From this
case came the "delay in arraignment" rule."
"Berghuis v. Thomkins - CORRECT ANSWER=> 5th amendment case involving Miranda v. Arizona.
Suspect was advised of rights, didn't sign the form, but agreed to speak with detectives.
Confession given, and was later admissible by Supreme Court."
"Algor mortis - CORRECT ANSWER=> body cooling - inaccurate way of determining time of death"
"Ocular change - CORRECT ANSWER=> cornea becomes cloudy within 2 hours of less if eyes are
open"
"Ocular change (closed) - CORRECT ANSWER=> if eyes closed, 12-24 hours, 3rd postmortem day,
eyes become opaque"
"Rigor mortis - CORRECT ANSWER=> rigidity occurs within 1-3 hours. Complete rigor in 10-15
hours after jaw and knee locked. After 24-36 hours the muscles begin to relax in the same order
they stiffened."
"Livor mortis - CORRECT ANSWER=> pooling of blood inside the skin, can look like bruising,
evident within 30 minutes to 2 hours, "fixed" after 8-12 hours, Before it being fixed, the livor
mortis may move around the body."
"Decomposition - CORRECT ANSWER=> A body decomposing above ground for a week looks
similar to a body that has been under water for 2 weeks or has been buried for six weeks."
"Forensic entomologist - CORRECT ANSWER=> test bugs on"
"Entrance wound - CORRECT ANSWER=> sinks temporarily then regains elasticity"
"Contusion ring - CORRECT ANSWER=> forms around the entrance of a bullet hole in a human"
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200 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED
A+ LATEST VERSION
"Evidence in "open view" - CORRECT ANSWER=> processed before other items/bodies to make
sure no undue damage is done to families by media or common talk."
"3 kinds of evidence - CORRECT ANSWER=> Corpus delicti evidence - evidence that is needed to
prove the commission of the crime
Associative - connects the suspect to the scene or victim/ or connects the scene or victim to the
suspect
Tracing - identification and location of the suspect such as a discarded ID at the scene."
"Crime scene patterns (patterns or techniques used to search an area after the boundary has
been determined - CORRECT ANSWER=> Spiral, Grid, Strip/line, Quadrant/ or Zone, Pie/wheel"
"Digital photography (far/medium/close) - CORRECT ANSWER=> Orientation - far, Relationship -
medium, Identification - close, Comparison - close of evidence"
"Class characteristics - CORRECT ANSWER=> not completely original, like the print of a Nike shoe"
"Individual characteristics - CORRECT ANSWER=> fingerprints/footprints, etc."
"Residue prints - CORRECT ANSWER=> prints left on a hard surface from a foot, shoe, or tire."
"Impressions - CORRECT ANSWER=> prints left in something moldable like clay, dirt, snow, etc."
"Plastic prints - CORRECT ANSWER=> prints left in something "tacky" like silly putty, fatty foods,
caulking"
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,"Patent/contaminated/visible - CORRECT ANSWER=> fingers contaminated with an oily substance
touch a clean surface"
"Latent/invisible - CORRECT ANSWER=> unseen or hidden prints that are developed to expose
them"
"Forensic ondontology - CORRECT ANSWER=> intersection of dentistry and criminal law, i.e. bite
mark analysis and identification."
"Signature - CORRECT ANSWER=> The striations on a bullet after passing through the bore of the
barrel of a rifle or pistol"
"Touch DNA - CORRECT ANSWER=> small amounts of DNA evidence left from suspect skin
shavings after touching something."
"Handwriting samples - CORRECT ANSWER=> 15 to 20 samples should be collected from
suspects"
"Objective of interrogation: (importance goes up as the difficulty goes up) - CORRECT ANSWER=>
Obtain valuable facts, Eliminate the innocent, Identify the guilty, Obtain a confession"
"Proximity - CORRECT ANSWER=> distance between you and subject during interview (optimal
proximity 27 in. for middle class white males)"
"Expectancy - CORRECT ANSWER=> Bias when witness is not completely positive of an answer.
They'll give an answer they would expect, or assume."
"Coerced - internalized confession - CORRECT ANSWER=> False confession where innocent
suspect made to believe they committed the crime where people develop a distrust of their
own memory."
"Voluntary confession - CORRECT ANSWER=> Give false confession without provocation"
"Coerced compliant confession - CORRECT ANSWER=> Confess after lengthy interrogation process
and think the short term outweighs long term (being released on bail and getting high vs. having
to go to prison later)"
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, "Free and voluntary rule - CORRECT ANSWER=> can't beat a suspect into a confession, or threaten
violence"
"McNabb v. United States - CORRECT ANSWER=> Must not be "unnecessary delay" in the
production of the suspect before a magistrate. Confession was gained during this delay, and the
subsequent confession was inadmissible despite it being given freely and voluntarily. From this
case came the "delay in arraignment" rule."
"Berghuis v. Thomkins - CORRECT ANSWER=> 5th amendment case involving Miranda v. Arizona.
Suspect was advised of rights, didn't sign the form, but agreed to speak with detectives.
Confession given, and was later admissible by Supreme Court."
"Algor mortis - CORRECT ANSWER=> body cooling - inaccurate way of determining time of death"
"Ocular change - CORRECT ANSWER=> cornea becomes cloudy within 2 hours of less if eyes are
open"
"Ocular change (closed) - CORRECT ANSWER=> if eyes closed, 12-24 hours, 3rd postmortem day,
eyes become opaque"
"Rigor mortis - CORRECT ANSWER=> rigidity occurs within 1-3 hours. Complete rigor in 10-15
hours after jaw and knee locked. After 24-36 hours the muscles begin to relax in the same order
they stiffened."
"Livor mortis - CORRECT ANSWER=> pooling of blood inside the skin, can look like bruising,
evident within 30 minutes to 2 hours, "fixed" after 8-12 hours, Before it being fixed, the livor
mortis may move around the body."
"Decomposition - CORRECT ANSWER=> A body decomposing above ground for a week looks
similar to a body that has been under water for 2 weeks or has been buried for six weeks."
"Forensic entomologist - CORRECT ANSWER=> test bugs on"
"Entrance wound - CORRECT ANSWER=> sinks temporarily then regains elasticity"
"Contusion ring - CORRECT ANSWER=> forms around the entrance of a bullet hole in a human"
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