• Describe the proper procedures for collecting and preserving impression and pattern evidence at a crime scene.
• Describe the general features of bloodstain formation and patterns and how to interpret them.
• Discuss the types of firearms and describe the importance of barrel rifling.
• Identify the laboratory tests for determining whether a individual has fired a weapon.
• Explain the forensic significance of class and individual characteristics to the comparison of tool mark, footwear, ballistic, and tire impressions.