Colorado POST study, and final Exam
Questions And Answers
What a person can testify to, under oath, about their personal
experience related to the investigation at hand, is what type of
evidence -
correct answer ✅Testimonial
Written material, audio and video recordings, photographs and
sketches, are what type of evidence -
correct answer ✅Documentary
Mockups and scale models of objects or places related to the crime
scene and helps juries visualize more clearly what they are unable
to view personally, is what type of evidence -
correct answer ✅Demonstrative
Evidence that is real, which has substance, that helps to establish
the facts of the case, can be seen, touched, smelled or tasted, is
what type of evidence -
correct answer ✅Physical
The classification for the extremely small pieces of evidence, i.e.,
hairs, fibers and fingerprints, is what type of evidence -
correct answer ✅Trace
,Colorado POST study, and final Exam
Questions And Answers
Circumstantial evidence is broken down into two characteristic
types. These are ___ and ___ -
correct answer ✅Class and Identifying
If an officer is able to testify that he or she took control of the item
of physical evidence, identified it, placed it in a locked or protected
area and retrieved the item being offered on the day of trial, that
officer has maintained the -
correct answer ✅Chain of Custody
When evidence relates to a fact at issue in the trial, the evidence is
deemed to be -
correct answer ✅Relevant
When evidence has enough substantial importance to affect a point
at issue at trial, the evidence is deemed to be -
correct answer ✅Material
Evidence that has been properly collected, identified, filed and
continuously secured is deemed to be -
correct answer ✅Competent
,Colorado POST study, and final Exam
Questions And Answers
Before evidence is collected, you should photograph and sketch it. -
correct answer ✅True
The minimum marking that should be placed on collected evidence
is: -
correct answer ✅Initial and Date
If the object cannot be marked because it is a liquid, is too small to
mark adequately, or any marking what so ever will destroy evidence
on the surface of the object, then no marking is required. -
correct answer ✅False
A pair of blue jeans that has been soaked with blood may be placed
in a heat sealed plastic bag to prevent leakage. -
correct answer ✅false
As long as the items were taken from the same person, a shirt and a
pair of pants can be placed in the same bag and sealed. -
correct answer ✅False
, Colorado POST study, and final Exam
Questions And Answers
All collected firearms should be rendered safe. After removing the
magazine and any chambered bullet from a semi-automatic
weapon, they can all be placed in separate bags and then all may
be placed in a gun box. -
correct answer ✅False
A gunshot residue test may be collected from a subject whether
they object to the test or not. -
correct answer ✅True
The three elements sought after in the Scanning Electron
Microscope Gun Shot Residue Test are: -
correct answer ✅Lead, Antimony, Barium
Blood was once classified as Class Characteristic Circumstantial
Evidence. What one innovation has changed blood to an Identifying
Characteristic Circumstantial Evidence? -
correct answer ✅DNA
Hair and fiber evidence can be picked up with the fingers, tape, or a
specialized vacuum system with a filter. -
correct answer ✅True
Questions And Answers
What a person can testify to, under oath, about their personal
experience related to the investigation at hand, is what type of
evidence -
correct answer ✅Testimonial
Written material, audio and video recordings, photographs and
sketches, are what type of evidence -
correct answer ✅Documentary
Mockups and scale models of objects or places related to the crime
scene and helps juries visualize more clearly what they are unable
to view personally, is what type of evidence -
correct answer ✅Demonstrative
Evidence that is real, which has substance, that helps to establish
the facts of the case, can be seen, touched, smelled or tasted, is
what type of evidence -
correct answer ✅Physical
The classification for the extremely small pieces of evidence, i.e.,
hairs, fibers and fingerprints, is what type of evidence -
correct answer ✅Trace
,Colorado POST study, and final Exam
Questions And Answers
Circumstantial evidence is broken down into two characteristic
types. These are ___ and ___ -
correct answer ✅Class and Identifying
If an officer is able to testify that he or she took control of the item
of physical evidence, identified it, placed it in a locked or protected
area and retrieved the item being offered on the day of trial, that
officer has maintained the -
correct answer ✅Chain of Custody
When evidence relates to a fact at issue in the trial, the evidence is
deemed to be -
correct answer ✅Relevant
When evidence has enough substantial importance to affect a point
at issue at trial, the evidence is deemed to be -
correct answer ✅Material
Evidence that has been properly collected, identified, filed and
continuously secured is deemed to be -
correct answer ✅Competent
,Colorado POST study, and final Exam
Questions And Answers
Before evidence is collected, you should photograph and sketch it. -
correct answer ✅True
The minimum marking that should be placed on collected evidence
is: -
correct answer ✅Initial and Date
If the object cannot be marked because it is a liquid, is too small to
mark adequately, or any marking what so ever will destroy evidence
on the surface of the object, then no marking is required. -
correct answer ✅False
A pair of blue jeans that has been soaked with blood may be placed
in a heat sealed plastic bag to prevent leakage. -
correct answer ✅false
As long as the items were taken from the same person, a shirt and a
pair of pants can be placed in the same bag and sealed. -
correct answer ✅False
, Colorado POST study, and final Exam
Questions And Answers
All collected firearms should be rendered safe. After removing the
magazine and any chambered bullet from a semi-automatic
weapon, they can all be placed in separate bags and then all may
be placed in a gun box. -
correct answer ✅False
A gunshot residue test may be collected from a subject whether
they object to the test or not. -
correct answer ✅True
The three elements sought after in the Scanning Electron
Microscope Gun Shot Residue Test are: -
correct answer ✅Lead, Antimony, Barium
Blood was once classified as Class Characteristic Circumstantial
Evidence. What one innovation has changed blood to an Identifying
Characteristic Circumstantial Evidence? -
correct answer ✅DNA
Hair and fiber evidence can be picked up with the fingers, tape, or a
specialized vacuum system with a filter. -
correct answer ✅True
