CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATOR IAI CERTIFICATION EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 60
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Final analysis is done where? - (answer) In the courtroom
Major Goals of a Crime Scene Search - (answer) * The recongnition and identification of physical
evidence
* The collection and proper preservation of the evidence
* Reconstrutction of the crime
* To assist detectives in forming a theory about the crime
The job of the CSI in "forensic science" - (answer) Is to properly recongnize, identify, collect, and
preserve those pieces of evidence that begin the process known as justice.
CSIs are responsible for what two of the four steps in the admissiblity of phiysical evidence for court? -
(answer) recognition and collection
Physical evidence leads to the linkage of... - (answer) the victim, perpetrator and the scene
Four Major Factors that Determine the Value of Physical Evidence - (answer) Recognition-the CSI must
have the knowledge and understanding to recongnize potential items of physical evidence located at the
crime scene
Collection-Utilizing the appropriate skills and following accepted protocols to gather and preserve the
physical evidence
Testing Procedures-Application of acceptable scientific procedures to analyze the physical evidence
Courtroom Presentation-Qualifications of the witnesses to provide objective reports on the forensic
analysis of the evidence
Forensic Archeologist - (answer) Utilizes archaeological recovery techniques at scenes of mass graves
or exhumations
Forensic Botanist - (answer) Can aid in determining time since death or assist in placing a suspect or
victim at a location by studying the anatomy of plant evenidence
,CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATOR IAI CERTIFICATION EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 60
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Forensic Entomologist - (answer) Can evaluate the life cycle of insects found at the scene or on the
body of a victim to assist in establishing investigative leads such as the movement of a body after death,
manner of death, and the postmortem interval
Forensic Odontologist - (answer) Dentist with special training in the evaluation and handling of dental
evidence, including bitemark comparison and the identification of victims/suspects
Forensic Pathologist - (answer) A medical doctor with additional specialty training in determination of
injuries and disease that cause death
Medical Examiner - (answer) A medical doctor with five or more years of specialized training in
recognition of the cause and manner of death
Coroner - (answer) An eleted or appointed official who conducts death investigations. the coroner is
not required to have a medical background and his/her duties are dictated by jurisdiction.
FSAB - (answer) Forensic Specialties Accreditation Board- provides accreditation to those certifying
bodies that meet stringent requirements for training, education, experience, and testing of individual
forensic scientist and specialist.
the duty of the expert witness is to - (answer) educate the jury and provide testimony using
terminology that is easily explainable and not misunderstood.
Essential elements of exper witness testimony - (answer) Clarity, simplicity, and honesty
expert witness testimony may be challenged in the following ways: - (answer) *the case may not
require the expertise
*Basic qualifications and ability to give an opinion in the field at issue
*Insufficient education or experience to have anything of value to offer (no vaule added)
*the methodology utilized to support the opinion may not be scientifically sound or capable of
supporting the profered opinion
,CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATOR IAI CERTIFICATION EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 60
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
*The methodology may be scientifically sound, but the opinion based on the method is not sufficiently
derived from that scientific methodology
Acts of commission - (answer) Intentional
Acts of omission - (answer) unintentional
O.J. effect - (answer) discrediting the chain of evidence, the scientists, or the science is known as the OJ
effect and has become a key defense technique
Physical evidence is valuable in many aspects and can reveal data that will aid the investigation by: -
(answer) *Providing essential information on the facts of the case-corpus delicti
*Revealing the modus operandi (MO)-the preferred method of operation
*Demonstrating linkages between the vicitm, suspects, locations, and objects
*Proving or disproving witeness statements
*Identifying a suspect through DNA or other individualization
*Classifying unknown substances
*Reconstructing the crime scene-how a crime was committed
*Developing investigative leads
Corpus delicti - (answer) facts of the case
MO-Modus Operandi - (answer) the preferred method of operation
Class characteristics - (answer) physical evidence that cannot be related to a common origin with a high
degree of certainty, therefore it can only be associated with a group and never a single source
Indivdual characteristics - (answer) are distinct differences in the physical evidence that allow it to be
associated with a single source and allow the examiner to determine the uniqueness of any single object
or piece of evidence
, CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATOR IAI CERTIFICATION EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 60
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Associative evidence - (answer) items of physical evidence located during a crime scene search can be
used to demonstrate linkage or to "associate" the victim to the suspect or to a particular location
What ammendment protects against unreasonable search and seizure - (answer) Fourth amedment
Mincey v. Arizona - (answer) dictated what actions law enforcement personnel are authorized to take
without first obtaining a warrant
Items that can be obtained without obtaining a warrant - (answer) 1. Seach the scene for rictims and
render aid in areas where a victim could resonably be found
2. Enter the scene to search for perpetrators (only in areas where a suspect could be located)
3.While officers are legally in a location performing either of the two aforementioned actions, they may
swize items of evidentiary nature that are in plain view-however, this should only occur in exigent
circumstances, such as an unsecured weapon
Transient evidence - (answer) is defined as physical evidence that may be lost forever if not
immediately preserved
Fruit of the poisonous tree - (answer) If the physical evidence is tainted then any subsequent
information derived from that evidence would also be tainted
Frye v. United States - (answer) rejected the admission of a polygraph test on the basis that the
reliability of the intrument had not been proven.
Frye test - (answer) established the criteria that define judicial acceptance of scientific advances.
Basically, the ruling requires expert testimony to be based on scientific principles or procedues that have
already been generally accepted winthin the scientific community. Courts will hear testimony from
experts in the field as well as consider scientific papers before determining the acceptability of a
technique
Rule 702 - (answer) Federal court system guideline when dealing with the admissibility of expert
tesimony relating to scientific analysis of physical evidence. The judge is responsible for the
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Final analysis is done where? - (answer) In the courtroom
Major Goals of a Crime Scene Search - (answer) * The recongnition and identification of physical
evidence
* The collection and proper preservation of the evidence
* Reconstrutction of the crime
* To assist detectives in forming a theory about the crime
The job of the CSI in "forensic science" - (answer) Is to properly recongnize, identify, collect, and
preserve those pieces of evidence that begin the process known as justice.
CSIs are responsible for what two of the four steps in the admissiblity of phiysical evidence for court? -
(answer) recognition and collection
Physical evidence leads to the linkage of... - (answer) the victim, perpetrator and the scene
Four Major Factors that Determine the Value of Physical Evidence - (answer) Recognition-the CSI must
have the knowledge and understanding to recongnize potential items of physical evidence located at the
crime scene
Collection-Utilizing the appropriate skills and following accepted protocols to gather and preserve the
physical evidence
Testing Procedures-Application of acceptable scientific procedures to analyze the physical evidence
Courtroom Presentation-Qualifications of the witnesses to provide objective reports on the forensic
analysis of the evidence
Forensic Archeologist - (answer) Utilizes archaeological recovery techniques at scenes of mass graves
or exhumations
Forensic Botanist - (answer) Can aid in determining time since death or assist in placing a suspect or
victim at a location by studying the anatomy of plant evenidence
,CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATOR IAI CERTIFICATION EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 60
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Forensic Entomologist - (answer) Can evaluate the life cycle of insects found at the scene or on the
body of a victim to assist in establishing investigative leads such as the movement of a body after death,
manner of death, and the postmortem interval
Forensic Odontologist - (answer) Dentist with special training in the evaluation and handling of dental
evidence, including bitemark comparison and the identification of victims/suspects
Forensic Pathologist - (answer) A medical doctor with additional specialty training in determination of
injuries and disease that cause death
Medical Examiner - (answer) A medical doctor with five or more years of specialized training in
recognition of the cause and manner of death
Coroner - (answer) An eleted or appointed official who conducts death investigations. the coroner is
not required to have a medical background and his/her duties are dictated by jurisdiction.
FSAB - (answer) Forensic Specialties Accreditation Board- provides accreditation to those certifying
bodies that meet stringent requirements for training, education, experience, and testing of individual
forensic scientist and specialist.
the duty of the expert witness is to - (answer) educate the jury and provide testimony using
terminology that is easily explainable and not misunderstood.
Essential elements of exper witness testimony - (answer) Clarity, simplicity, and honesty
expert witness testimony may be challenged in the following ways: - (answer) *the case may not
require the expertise
*Basic qualifications and ability to give an opinion in the field at issue
*Insufficient education or experience to have anything of value to offer (no vaule added)
*the methodology utilized to support the opinion may not be scientifically sound or capable of
supporting the profered opinion
,CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATOR IAI CERTIFICATION EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 60
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
*The methodology may be scientifically sound, but the opinion based on the method is not sufficiently
derived from that scientific methodology
Acts of commission - (answer) Intentional
Acts of omission - (answer) unintentional
O.J. effect - (answer) discrediting the chain of evidence, the scientists, or the science is known as the OJ
effect and has become a key defense technique
Physical evidence is valuable in many aspects and can reveal data that will aid the investigation by: -
(answer) *Providing essential information on the facts of the case-corpus delicti
*Revealing the modus operandi (MO)-the preferred method of operation
*Demonstrating linkages between the vicitm, suspects, locations, and objects
*Proving or disproving witeness statements
*Identifying a suspect through DNA or other individualization
*Classifying unknown substances
*Reconstructing the crime scene-how a crime was committed
*Developing investigative leads
Corpus delicti - (answer) facts of the case
MO-Modus Operandi - (answer) the preferred method of operation
Class characteristics - (answer) physical evidence that cannot be related to a common origin with a high
degree of certainty, therefore it can only be associated with a group and never a single source
Indivdual characteristics - (answer) are distinct differences in the physical evidence that allow it to be
associated with a single source and allow the examiner to determine the uniqueness of any single object
or piece of evidence
, CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATOR IAI CERTIFICATION EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 60
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Associative evidence - (answer) items of physical evidence located during a crime scene search can be
used to demonstrate linkage or to "associate" the victim to the suspect or to a particular location
What ammendment protects against unreasonable search and seizure - (answer) Fourth amedment
Mincey v. Arizona - (answer) dictated what actions law enforcement personnel are authorized to take
without first obtaining a warrant
Items that can be obtained without obtaining a warrant - (answer) 1. Seach the scene for rictims and
render aid in areas where a victim could resonably be found
2. Enter the scene to search for perpetrators (only in areas where a suspect could be located)
3.While officers are legally in a location performing either of the two aforementioned actions, they may
swize items of evidentiary nature that are in plain view-however, this should only occur in exigent
circumstances, such as an unsecured weapon
Transient evidence - (answer) is defined as physical evidence that may be lost forever if not
immediately preserved
Fruit of the poisonous tree - (answer) If the physical evidence is tainted then any subsequent
information derived from that evidence would also be tainted
Frye v. United States - (answer) rejected the admission of a polygraph test on the basis that the
reliability of the intrument had not been proven.
Frye test - (answer) established the criteria that define judicial acceptance of scientific advances.
Basically, the ruling requires expert testimony to be based on scientific principles or procedues that have
already been generally accepted winthin the scientific community. Courts will hear testimony from
experts in the field as well as consider scientific papers before determining the acceptability of a
technique
Rule 702 - (answer) Federal court system guideline when dealing with the admissibility of expert
tesimony relating to scientific analysis of physical evidence. The judge is responsible for the
