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QUESTION 1

According to the textbook, this process aims to determine the guilt or innocence of persons suspected of involvement in criminal activities by obtaining statements against interest.

	1.	Interview
	2.	Consultation
	3.	Intervention
	4.	Interrogation

2 points

QUESTION 2

Crime scene photography is also known as:

	1.	Forensicphotography
	2.	Scientificphotography
	3.	Technicalphotography
	4.	Macrophotography

2 points

QUESTION 3

The first legal requirement that must be satisfied in order for a criminal investigation to proceed is determining:

	1.	mens rea.
	2.	actus reus.
	3.	corpus delicti.
	4.	modus operandi.

2 points

QUESTION 4

A whorl is recognized by:

	1.	A series of straight lines leading to a circular center.
	2.	A series of round friction ridges resembling a target, graduating from small to large.
	3.	Well-defined center or core formed by friction ridges of tightly wound loops
	4.	Friction ridges that resemble rolling hills or waves,without a defining center.

2 points

QUESTION 5

Which of the following investigators/criminalists was a fictional character?

	1.	Mathieu Orfila who defined the study of toxicology in his book on the effects of various poisons as a cause of death.
	2.	Sherlock Holmes who introduces logic to the world of criminal investigation.
	3.	Alphonse Bertillon who developed a method of anthropometry as a means of identifying people. Bertillon had nothing but contempt for Sherlock Holmes who he called a bumbling amateur.
	4.	Sir Francis Galton who demonstrated the value of fingerprints as a form of personal identification.

2 points

QUESTION 6

The London Metropolitan Police was founded by:

	1.	Arthur Conan Doyle
	2.	Robert Peel
	3.	John Fielding
	4.	J. Edgar Hoover

2 points

QUESTION 7

Blood, fingerprints, soil, and fluids are examples of:

	1.	Tactileevidence
	2.	Physical evidence
	3.	Documentary evidence
	4.	Testimonial evidence

2 points

QUESTION 8

Elements of the crime are outlined by:

	1.	Policies
	2.	Civil law
	3.	Criminal law
	4.	Bylaws

2 points

QUESTION 9

In a criminal case, the state is technically the injured party.

True

False

1 points

QUESTION 10

The second period of investigative history in the United States was:

	1.	the Investigative Period
	2.	the Pre-scientific Period.
	3.	the Scientific Period
	4.	the Technological Period

2 points

QUESTION 11

To what does the term modus operandi refer?

	1.	The method of operation by which an offender carries out a crime.
	2.	The methods used by police investigators.
	3.	The methods used by forensic technicians.
	4.	The methods used by criminalists.

2 points

QUESTION 12

Seizing property as evidence is an example of:

	1.	Substantive law
	2.	Processing law
	3.	Criminal procedural law
	4.	Civil law

2 points

QUESTION 13

Friction ridges are the raised portions of skin on the palm side of the fingertip. Friction ridges arenotfound on which of the following:

	1.	foot soles.
	2.	palms.
	3.	toes.
	4.	lips.

2 points

QUESTION 14

The Bow Street Runners were a gang of eight members, each armed with a truncheon, cutlass, pistol, and known for being the worst offenders in England.

True

False

1 points

QUESTION 15

Which of the following isnotafingerprint pattern?

	1.	Tented Arch
	2.	Radial loop
	3.	Plain Whorl
	4.	Tinted Arch
	5.	Ulnar Loop

2 points

QUESTION 16

Which of the following isnotpart of the preliminary investigation?

	1.	Determining whether a crime has been committed.
	2.	Identifying offenders
	3.	Identifying, collecting and packaging evidence.
	4.	Briefing the prosecutor on the facts of the case.
	5.	Locating available witnesses

2 points

QUESTION 17

Evidence can be described in a variety of ways.Which of the following statements is true?

	1.	Class characteristic evidence leads investigators to a group. A new set fingerprints is an example of class characteristic evidence.
	2.	Documentary evidence is anything that exists in written, printed, reported or recorded form. A suicide note where fingerprints are observed may serve as documentary evidence as well as physical evidence.
	3.	Individual characteristic evidence takes investigators to a "common source." A new tire is an example of individual characteristic evidence.
	4.	Class characteristic evidence can never become individual characteristic evidence.

2 points

QUESTION 18

Identification of items such as handguns, rifles, and ammunition are considered:

	1.	Trace evidence
	2.	Firearms and weapons evidence
	3.	Ballistics evidence
	4.	Biological evidence

2 points

QUESTION 19

This group is believed by many to be the first organized non-municipal detectives:

	1.	Henry Fielding's Runners
	2.	Bow Street Runners
	3.	London's Runners
	4.	Bowery Runners

2 points

QUESTION 20

Which of the following isnota pre-interview activity?

	1.	Selecting an interview location
	2.	Gathering background information
	3.	Selecting the crime scene
	4.	Separating witnesses
	5.	Identifying witnesses

2 points

QUESTION 21

The purpose of crime scene photography, or forensic photography as it is sometimes called, is to permanent visual documentation of the crime scene.

True

False

1 points

QUESTION 22

The beginning of the scientific expert era in criminal investigation matters is marked by the toxicologist:

	1.	Allan Pinkerton
	2.	Eugene Vidocq
	3.	Lord Voldemort
	4.	Mathieu Orfila
	5.	Sir Robert Peel

2 points

QUESTION 23

Henry and John Fielding create what is believed to be the first organized non-municipal detectives known as the Bow Street Runners. Which of the followings statements about the Bow Street Runners isnottrue?

	1.	The Bow Street Runners had a sketchy history of professionalism, including allegations of cooperating with criminals to steal property and staging its recovery to gain rewards from their victim clients.
	2.	The Bow Street Runners confined their investigations to crimes that occurred in and around the Bow Street neighborhood because travel across England was so difficult in the mid-1700s.
	3.	Many police historians regard the Bow Street Runners as the first paid plainclothes investigators.
	4.	Members of the group were each armed with a truncheon, cutlass and pistol.

2 points

QUESTION 24

The judge's role in trial proceedings is to ensure that the law is properly applied during the trial.

True

False

1 points

QUESTION 25

Corpus delicti means:

	1.	Mentalmindset.
	2.	Weapon of thecrime.
	3.	Intent.
	4.	Body of the investigation.
	5.	Body of the crime.

2 points

QUESTION 26

The location where the criminal activity actually transpired is referred to and mapped as the primary crime scene.

True

False

1 points

QUESTION 27

Chain of custody is a written record documenting the handling of any physical evidence from the time it is collected at the crime scene. The purpose of chain of custody is to ensure:

	1.	None of the listed reasons.
	2.	All of the listed reasons.
	3.	The evidence presented in court is the evidence discovered at the crime scene.
	4.	The evidence has not been subject to cross-contamination by coming into contact with other evidence or physical materials.
	5.	The evidence has not been intentionally altered to suggest the guilt of the suspect.

2 points

QUESTION 28

Maps, notes, and sketches are examples of this type of evidence:

	1.	Tangible evidence
	2.	Documentary evidence
	3.	Tactileevidence
	4.	Testimonialevidence

2 points

QUESTION 29

The general goal of an interview is to obtain insights and observations from persons who may have personally witnessed or otherwise gained knowledge about criminal matters under investigation. Often, witness accounts can be used for reconstructing a crime, identifying suspects and other witnesses, or perhaps proving a suspect's guilt. In addition, during an interview, it may be determined that a witness is actually involved in the crime under investigation and should be treated as a suspect.

True

False

1 points

QUESTION 30

J. Edgar Hoover can be credited with perpetuating the greatest expansion of scientific applications within the field of criminal investigation. Hoover produced a new mission and goals statement for the agency that included " the instruction and practice" of scientific investigation principles to solve crime.

True

False

1 points

QUESTION 31

Housed within the Department of Treasury, the Secret Service initially was commissioned to prevent acts of counterfeiting.

True

False

1 points

QUESTION 32

Detectives are usually the first to interview the victim(s).

True

False

1 points

QUESTION 33

Individual characteristicsdo not allowa specific piece of physical evidence to be identified as originating from a specific person, place, or thing also described as a common source.

True

False

1 points

QUESTION 34

These are verbal and/or written statements in which a person states that they are guilty of a particular criminal act:

	1.	Acknowledgments
	2.	Confessions
	3.	Admissions
	4.	Utterances

2 points

QUESTION 35

This person was credited for the creation of detective methods such as working undercover

	1.	Henry Fielding
	2.	Eugene Vidocq
	3.	Cesare Lombroso
	4.	Tom MarvoloRiddle
	5.	Arthur Conan Doyle

2 points

QUESTION 36

The main purpose of a preliminary walk-through is for investigators to learn the nature and quality of evidence to be collected and to develop a plan for searching the crime scene in as effective and expeditious a manner as possible.

True

False

1 points

QUESTION 37

Which of the following is an example of a misdemeanor?

	1.	Comic Book Guy using a pistol to rob the Springfield National Bank.
	2.	A conviction that results inKrusty the Clown being sentenced tomore than a year in prison.
	3.	Bart Simpson stealing candy bar from Apu'sQuickie Mart.
	4.	Murdering Ned Flanders.

2 points

QUESTION 38

In 1842 London's Scotland Yard Detective Branch was established. The detectives assigned to Scotland Yard were in plain clothes, that is did not wear a uniform. There was a great deal of opposition to detectives dressed like common citizens because the public feared that the police would overstep their authority by invading people's privacy. Which of the following crimes caused the public to realize there was a need for plainclothes detectives?

	1.	The case involving Professor James Moriarty a brilliant man who assembled and led a violent gang. Moriarty and or his gang are believed responsible for numerous homicides, assaults and burglaries. He was the first criminal to employ counter-surveillance techniques against the police. Once it was realized what Moriarty was doing police went to plainclothes to neutralize his efforts. Despite thisinnovative police workMoriarty was never caught. It is believed he perished at Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland.
	2.	The case involving the serial offender known as "Jack-the-Ripper." The Ripper was killing prostitutes in London's East End. Uniformed officers were ineffective because they were easy to spot at night when the Ripper was active.
	3.	The case of Daniel Good who was observed stealing a pair of pantsfrom a tailor's shop. The crime was reported. During the ensuing investigation the public came to realize there was a real need for police trained specifically to investigate and a benefit to having investigators dressed in plain clothes.
	4.	The case involving Colin Pitchfork. Pitchfork was a serial offender. He killed two teenagers in separate incidents three years apart. Pitchfork resided in a "tight neighborhood" and uniformed officers would have stood out.

2 points

QUESTION 39

Although no hard-and-fast rule defines how large the boundaries of crime scene must be it is always best to err on the side of too large. Which of the following statements about crime scenes is/are true?

	1.	The subject's avenue of exit from a crime scene should be included as part of the crime scene.
	2.	The crime scene includes the last place the victim was seen.
	3.	The crime scene includes anywhere the victim or suspect moved during the crime.
	4.	All of the listed may be part of the crime scene.
	5.	The subject's avenue of access to a crime scene should be included as part of the crime scene.

2 points

QUESTION 40

Locard'sexchange principle states that every contact leaves a trace.

True

False

1 points

QUESTION 41

Detectives are usually the first to respond to crime calls.

True

False

1 points

QUESTION 42

This type of evidence includes items such as bodily fluids and tissue:

	1.	Biological evidence
	2.	Trace evidence
	3.	Impression evidence
	4.	Tangible evidence

2 points

QUESTION 43

Select the best answer.The Acme Anvil Bank is robbed.You are the lead investigator. You recover a fingerprint from the victim teller's counter.The forensics lab matches the fingerprint to Prof.Goble.What can you conclude based upon the lab's finding?

	1.	Knowing that fingerprints are class characteristic evidence you can include Professor Goblein a group of suspects, especially because witnesses have told you that he often complained that the college pay was so bad.
	2.	Knowing that fingerprints are class characteristic evidence you can conclude that Professor Goblewas present in the bank.
	3.	Knowing that fingerprints are individual characteristic evidence you can conclude Professor Goblewas in the bank but you need additional evidence to prove he robbed the bank.
	4.	Knowing that fingerprints are individual characteristic evidence you can conclude Professor Goblerobbed the bank.

2 points

QUESTION 44

According to the textbook, Locard's exchange principle that every contact leaves a trace is deceptively simple. In reality the proposition makes several important points regarding physical evidence and the criminal investigation process. Which of the following statements is/are true:

	1.	Anyone present before,during or after the criminal event may have left evidence of their presence at the crime scene and or taken evidence of their presence at the crime scene with them.
	2.	If it can be established that offenders or their instruments of crime have made contact with anything or anyone, there is physical evidence to be discovered in the crime scene.
	3.	A piece of evidence can become tainted by allowing it to make contact with some other physical material
	4.	The manner in which two objects make contact will leave distinct patterns or markings that enable a physical match between materials that have been transferred to each object.
	5.	All of the listed answers.

2 points

QUESTION 45

Crime scene photography and crime scene mapping capture the same information.

True

False

1 points

QUESTION 46

Shoe prints, tire tracks, and bite marks are considered:

	1.	Biological evidence
	2.	Tangible Evidence
	3.	Trace evidence
	4.	Impression evidence

2 points

QUESTION 47

Some argue that Eugene Vidocq (1775-1857) should be regarded as the father of criminal investigation. Which of the following statements isnottrue about Vidocq?

	1.	Vidocq used disguises to infiltrate criminal gangs. He impersonated craftsmen, soldiers and businessmen. However, because of the age he lived in he never impersonated women. This was because in the late 1700s early 1800sit was believed that women would not be involved in criminal activities.
	2.	Vidocq had a criminal past. He used his knowledge of criminal activity to "beat the criminals at their own game."
	3.	Vidocq began his career with La Surete, the French Undercover Police, rising to the rank of chief and supervising a small group of detectives.
	4.	Vidocq left public service in 1827 and founded France's first private investigation agency known as Le Bureau de Reassignments or Office of Intelligence.

2 points

QUESTION 48

The Bureau of Investigation was later renamed as:

	1.	U.S. Marshal Service
	2.	Federal Bureau of Investigation
	3.	Drug Enforcement Agency
	4.	U.S. Secret Service

2 points

QUESTION 49

An arch is recognized by:

	1.	A series of straight lines leading to a circular center.
	2.	A series of round friction ridges, graduating from small to large.
	3.	Well-defined center or core formed by friction ridges of tightly wound loops.
	4.	Friction ridges that resemble rolling hills, without defining the center.

2 points

QUESTION 50

The three general fingerprint patterns are arches,loops and whorls.A loop pattern has one delta.

True

False

1 points

QUESTION 51

Forensic science is the application of any science to only criminal law.

True

False

1 points

QUESTION 52

The first recognized application of DNA to a criminal matter was by in England in an effort to help solve the famous 1986 Colin Pitchfork case.

True

False

1 points

QUESTION 53

SirArthur Conan Doyle organized a small group of unpaid citizen volunteers, referred to as "thief takers."

True

False

1 points

QUESTION 54

Historically speaking, the most influential move toward creating a permanent criminal investigation function within municipal law enforcement agencies was the establishment in 1842 of London's Scotland Yard Detective Branch.

True

False

1 points

QUESTION 55

Select the best answer.Locard's Exchange Principle is the foundation of forensic science and holds that:

	1.	both the offender and victim interact with the environment leaving evidence of their presence at the scene and taking evidence of their presence at the scene away with them.
	2.	only the offender interacts with the environment leaving evidence of his/her presence at the scene and taking evidence of their presence at the scene away with them.
	3.	only the victim interactswith the environment leaving evidence of his/her presence at the scene and taking evidence of their presence at the scene away with them.
	4.	the offender, victim and witnesses interact with the environment leaving evidence of their presence at the scene and taking evidence of their presence at the scene away with them.

2 points

QUESTION 56

This is thenewestbranch of federalinvestigative organizations, established in 2002:

	1.	Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
	2.	Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
	3.	Forensic Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
	4.	Criminalistics Services Investigation (CSI)

2 points

QUESTION 57

This case has either been reported a year or more after it occurred or has been investigated for at least a year with no leads:

	1.	a closed case because of the passage of time.
	2.	a circumstantial case because of the passage of time.
	3.	a priority case because of the passage of time.
	4.	a cold case because of the passage of time.

2 points

QUESTION 58

____________ is the scientific study of fingerprints as a means of identification.

	1.	Dendrochronology
	2.	Dactylography
	3.	Denistry
	4.	Dactylology

2 points

QUESTION 59

Miranda warnings are to protect a person's rights under which amendment:

	1.	Fifth
	2.	Fourth
	3.	Sixth
	4.	Eighth

2 points

QUESTION 60

The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) is the oldest federal law enforcement agency in the United States.

True

False

1 points

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