COLORADO POST TEST 1 COMPREHENSIVE
EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ Blood stain pattern analysis is dependent on what it hits. Answer:
TRUE
◉ Are you as a patrol officer, skilled enough to know if a latent print is
of any value or not? Answer: NO
◉ What is the legal rule that you submit the original evidence? Answer:
Best evidence rule
◉ What are the three sources of evidence? Answer: Victim, Suspect,
Crime Scene (Evidence Triangle)
◉ Who is in charge of the crime scene? Answer: The first officer on
scene until relieved
◉ What are the three cardinal rules of protecting and preserving the
evidence at a crime scene? Answer: Don't touch anything, Control
Access, Document items that have been disturbed
, ◉ How would you find the choke and barrel length of a shotgun?
Answer: Shot Pattern
◉ Blood stain pattern analysis depends on what two things? Answer:
Surface, Plane surface exists
◉ What does a bullet hole through a window look like? Answer: Cone
shaped. Small on entry, large on exit
◉ What is a standard of comparison? Answer: Something that you know
where it came from. You know the source to compare your evidence to
◉ How are you going to mark items on evidence? Answer: Some kind of
personal mark. Name/Date/Case Number
◉ How do you package items of evidence? Answer: Individually
◉ What does maintaining the chain of evidence mean? Answer:
Accounting for the evidence from time of discovery to time of
presentation in court
◉ Evidence that establishes the fact that a crime has been committed is
what? Answer: Corpus Delecti
EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ Blood stain pattern analysis is dependent on what it hits. Answer:
TRUE
◉ Are you as a patrol officer, skilled enough to know if a latent print is
of any value or not? Answer: NO
◉ What is the legal rule that you submit the original evidence? Answer:
Best evidence rule
◉ What are the three sources of evidence? Answer: Victim, Suspect,
Crime Scene (Evidence Triangle)
◉ Who is in charge of the crime scene? Answer: The first officer on
scene until relieved
◉ What are the three cardinal rules of protecting and preserving the
evidence at a crime scene? Answer: Don't touch anything, Control
Access, Document items that have been disturbed
, ◉ How would you find the choke and barrel length of a shotgun?
Answer: Shot Pattern
◉ Blood stain pattern analysis depends on what two things? Answer:
Surface, Plane surface exists
◉ What does a bullet hole through a window look like? Answer: Cone
shaped. Small on entry, large on exit
◉ What is a standard of comparison? Answer: Something that you know
where it came from. You know the source to compare your evidence to
◉ How are you going to mark items on evidence? Answer: Some kind of
personal mark. Name/Date/Case Number
◉ How do you package items of evidence? Answer: Individually
◉ What does maintaining the chain of evidence mean? Answer:
Accounting for the evidence from time of discovery to time of
presentation in court
◉ Evidence that establishes the fact that a crime has been committed is
what? Answer: Corpus Delecti
