Chapter 1
TEST BANK for Forensic Biology, 3rd Edition by
Crime Scene Investigation of Biological Evidence
Richard Li
(a single correct answer for each question)
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1Dried blood evidence should be packed in a:
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(a) Paper bag
All Answers are at the End of the Chapters (b) Plastic bag
(c) Glass jar
(d) Tin can
2A wet bloody shirt should be:
(a) Packed as soon as possible
(b) Air dried prior to packing
(c) Air dried and not packed
(d) Dried with heat
3 An example of crime-scene reconstruction is:
(a) Re-enactment
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(b) Re-creation
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(c) Criminal profiling
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(d) None of the above
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4 In the FTA method:
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(a) The DNA stays on the paper
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(b) The DNA does not stay on the paper
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5 Which of following is true? 10 Which of the following is not a commonly encountered pathogen?
(a) The crime scene search patterns are only used for outdoor scenes (a) HIV
(b) The crime scene search patterns are only used for indoor scenes (b) Hepatitis virus
(c) The systematic search patterns could be substituted by experience (c) Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(d) None of the above (d) Diabetes mellitus
6 Which of the following is true? 11 Dried bloodstains may be collected by:
(a) To prevent immediate loss of potential evidence, a warrantless search is justified (a) Cutting out a stain
(b) To prevent immediate loss of potential evidence, a warrantless search can be conducted but the (b) Scraping a stain
evidence is not admissible in court.
(c) Tape lifting a stain
(d) All of the above
7 A chain of custody record includes:
(a) Every individual who handled the evidence
12 What is the most proper definition of corpus delicti in forensic science?
(b) Every individual from law enforcement agencies who handled the evidence
(a) Body in a death investigation
(b) Physical evidence demonstrated that a crime has occurred
8 Which of following is true for crime-scene reconstructions:
(c) Criminal motive
(a) The event prior to a crime
(d) Criminal behavior
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(b) The event during a crime
(c) The event subsequent of a crime
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13 A forensic examination process including examination of biological evidence follows a basic sequence
(d) All of the above of steps. Which of the following lists the correct sequence?
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(a) Recognition, identification, individualization, and reconstruction
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9 Which of the following is true for fingernail scrapings? (b) Recognition, individualization, identification, and reconstruction
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(a) Separating left and right nails (c) Identification, recognition, individualization, and reconstruction
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(b) Combining left and right nails, if no defense wound is observed (d) Individualization, recognition, identification, and reconstruction
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(c) All of above
(d) None of above 14 A photo log should include:
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(a) Date of incident
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(b) Date and time photo taken 2 As the distance falling increases, the diameter of a bloodstain usually:
(c) Roll number of film (a) Stays the same
(d) All of the above (b) Increases
(c) Decreases
15 What is modus operandi? (d) None of the above
(a) Method of operation
(b) Death investigation 3 What would commonly produce a flow pattern?
(c) Estimation time of death (a) Postmortem disturbance
(d) Criminal motive (b) Movement of the body
(c) A and B
16 Locard’s theory of exchange best collaborates with which type of evidence?
(a) Transfer evidence 4 Forward spatter patterns from shootings are:
(b) Conditional evidence (a) Originated from perforating wounds
(c) Associative evidence (b) Originated from entrance wounds
(d) None of the above
5 Which of the following affects blood spatter patterns
Chapter 2 (a) Surface texture
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Crime Scene Bloodstain Pattern Analysis (b) Surface resilience
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(a single correct answer for each question) (c) Surface porosity
(d) All of above
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1 A blood stain pattern where the majority of drops of blood are not broken into smaller droplets is likely
caused by:
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(a) High velocity impact spatters
6 A weapon striking pooled blood causes it to fly out in
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(b) Medium velocity impact spatters
(a) A trail pattern
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(c) Low velocity impact spatters
(b) A contact-transfer pattern
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(d) All of above
(c) A radial spatter pattern
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(d) An arc pattern (cast-off)
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7 A pattern formed by swinging a blood-covered weapon is (c) All of the above
(a) A trail pattern
(b) A contact-transfer pattern 12 Blood stain pattern reconstruction could provide information of
(c) A radial spatter pattern (a) Direction of the blood stain
(d) An arc pattern (cast-off) (b) Dropping distance
(c) Angle of impact of blood drop
8 A pattern formed by movement of victim or perpetrator is (d) All of the above
(a) A trail pattern
(b) A contact-transfer pattern Chapter 3
(c) A radial spatter pattern Forensic Biology: A Subdiscipline of Forensic Science
(d) An arc pattern (cast-off) (a single correct answer for each question)
1A blood sample collected from a drug-overdose case should be submitted to:
9 A pattern generated by touching a bloody object with a surface is (a) A forensic toxicology section of a laboratory
(a) A trail pattern (b) A controlled substances section of a laboratory
(b) A contact-transfer pattern
(c) A radial spatter pattern 2 Blood group typing can be useful to:
(d) An arc pattern (cast-off) (a) Exclude a suspect
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(b) Identify a suspect with a high degree of certainty
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10 Small stains formed when droplets detach from the parent drop are
(a) Parent stains
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3 Which of the following was the first forensic DNA technique developed?
(b) Satellite stains
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(a) STR
(c) Spines (b) VNTR
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(c) AFLP
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11 The trajectory of blood droplet could be reconstructed from: (d) SNP
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(a) The width of the stain alone
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(b) The length of the stain alone
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