LATEST ABMDI Evidence Section TEST SOLUTIONS(A+ GUARANTEE)

Floor Plan View - ANSWER Depicts the location looking down from a bird's eye view When packaging items for the laboratory, you should - ANSWER Place items in seperate packages Partial cremains were recovered from a local funeral home. Which of the following would be the best evidence for testing to establish identification? - ANSWER Partial femur bone Regarding chain of custody of evidence, which is not correct - ANSWER The chain is unbroken even when evidence is lost After you completed an investigation at a private residence, the family calls your office to report the theft of personal property from their residence. How should you handle the situation? - ANSWER Refer the caller to your supervisor immediatly All of the following are considered common errors investigators make when collecting evidece, except which one? - ANSWER Collecting too much evidence What to do with GSW cases - ANSWER Place paper bags over hands, label with date, time, initials. Document in report Issues with evidence collection - ANSWER 1. recognition 2. collected properly 3. packaging 4. storage Evidence - ANSWER Any materials contributed to the manner or cause of death Property form should include - ANSWER date, case #, signed witness, investigator Types of evidence - ANSWER Ligatures, suicide notes, bullets casings, guns, medications, etc. Chain of custody - ANSWER Document in which is created to exchange item or person from one location to another Property should be generally described and not - ANSWER Classified Physical evidence - ANSWER Evidence recovered from the body and scene or during an autopsy When transferring evidence, you should transfer evidence... - ANSWER In person Transference of evidence - ANSWER Substances such as plant materials, pollen grains, and plant seeds transferred from crime scenes to victim/perpetrator Blood samples obtained from scene should be preserved in - ANSWER Paper bag or envelope Flammable liquids should be stored in - ANSWER Clean glass w/ air tight seal Samples of wood/cloth/paper/soil from fires should be stored in - ANSWER Small, clean metal can and sealed immediatly Large pieces of wood, upholstery, wallboard, and smaller exhibits from fires that will not fit into a can should be stored in - ANSWER Heat sealed KAPAK plastic Place weapons in - ANSWER Cardboard or wooden boxes Place spent cartirdge casings in - ANSWER Separate pill bottles or paper envelopes after wrapping in paper Drugs and illegal substances are to be stored in - ANSWER KAPAK plastic bags The recovery team at a mass disaster should include 3 people. 1 photographer to take overall photos of scene and bodies, and 2 are team members. What is not a job of the 2 team members? - ANSWER Determine agency in charge One of the first things you should do to manage the collection of evidence at a homicide scene is - ANSWER Establish a safe and clean area from which you can coordinate the scene In a court of law, handling evidence in a "legally acceptable manner" refers to - ANSWER Documenting the chain of custody Loose bones should be placed in - ANSWER Paper bags or boxes In scenes illuminated by bright light, there will usually be a dark shadow area. Details in the deep shadow areas will be lost when the exposure is based on the overall brightness of the scene. The brightness level in the shadow areas can raised to the overall brightness of the theme by using - ANSWER Flash-fill photograhy Using an alternate light source, you can identify stains that may contain samples of - ANSWER Serum, semen, saliva, urine Which of the following methods is the least sensitive chromatographic technique - ANSWER Thin layer chromatography Forensic scientist may use forensic entomology for all the following except - ANSWER Detect volatile hydrocarbons in fire deaths Adult flies caught at the scene need to be properly stored to send to the lab. This involves - ANSWER Placing the flies in a glass vile containing 70% isopropyl alcohol When submitting tool mark evidence for examination, you should always - ANSWER Submit a cast of the tool With regards to investigating a scene where firearms were used, which one of the following statements is false - ANSWER A spent cartridge at the scene is most suggestive of a revolver typing Which one of the following is not a bullet fired by a handgun - ANSWER Buckshot High velocity blood splatter is most frequently associated with injuries due to - ANSWER A gunshot wound, power tool, or machinery The "post mortem examination "phase of a thorough death investigation should include all the following except - ANSWER Submitting a normal kidney to research lab upon lab request