Deck 4: Circumstantial Evidence

Question 1

Bloody footprints or handprints are known as imprints rather than impressions.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Fingerprints left on smooth slippery surfaces such as plastic bags can be developed using which process?

A) dusting with powder
B) iodine fuming
C) ninhydrin
D) cyanoacrylate fuming

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The identification of firearms, bullets, cartridges, and shotgun shells is known as ballistics.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

What is the term for fingerprints that usually cannot be seen with the naked eye and must be developed to be seen?

A) contaminated fingerprints
B) plastic fingerprints
C) fingerprint impressions
D) latent fingerprints

Question 5

Blood drop size increases drop size increases with the _____of the fall.

A) direction
B) speed
C) distance
D) None of these.

Question 6

These are markings left on a surface by protruding parts of a person or vehicle.

A) imprints
B) impressions
C) scratches
D) bruises

Question 7

The FBI's fingerprint database contains in excess of 40 million sets of prints.

Question 8

The cyanoacrylate fuming process is used to develop latent prints on porous surfaces such as paper.

Question 9

Blood divulges little information about the criminal, the victim, and what happened during a crime.

Question 10

The direction at which a bullet struck a glass surface can be determined by the exothermic reaction of the glass.

Question 11

The question of whether a suicide victim or a homicide suspect recently fired a handgun can be answered through which laboratory examination?

A) ballistics examination
B) hydrodynamics
C) gun shot residue examination
D) forensic reaction

Question 12

What are tire tracks or footprints left in snow or soft dirt called?

A) impressions
B) imprints
C) trace evidence
D) plastic prints

Question 13

Bloody fingerprints left on weapons or at the scene of a crime are called plastic prints.

Question 14

The location of ejected cartridges cases can by used to indicate the location of the person firing the weapon.

Question 15

The determination of whether or not the stain is blood is made by means of a preliminary color test known as the _____ color test.

A) Hemastix
B) Bluestar
C) Kastle-Meyer
D) White-Kastle

Question 16

The study and analysis of the functioning of firearms through the firing cycle is known as: _____.

A) lands and grooves analysis
B) interior ballistics
C) exterior ballistics
D) study of projectiles in flight

Question 17

The marks of tools are likely to be found at the scene of burglaries or other crimes in which the offender forced entry into the premises or forced open locked containers at the crime scene.

Question 18

Approximately how many sets of fingerprints are on file with the Federal Bureau of Investigation?

A) 40 million
B) 80 million
C) 100 million
D) 55 million

Question 19

Radial glass fractures start at the center or the point of impact and run outward in a star- shaped pattern.

Question 20

These marks on the inside of a gun barrel spin the bullet so it flies straight.

A) riflings
B) breech marks
C) land marks
D) calibers

Question 21

The first step in the analysis of fibers is the microscopic examination with a _____ microscope.

Question 22

_____ ballistics refers to the study of firearm projectiles in flight.

Question 23

Bloody fingerprints left on weapons or at the scene of a crime are called _____ prints.

Question 24

Fingerprints that cannot be seen with the naked eye are known as _____ prints.

Question 25

_____ ballistics refers to the functioning of firearms through the firing cycle.

Question 26

In cases involving forged checks the check itself is known as a _____ document.

Question 27

Items, such as physical evidence from which an inference can be drawn, are known as _____ evidence.

Question 28

The question of whether or not a person has fired a weapon can be answered through a gunshot ________________ examination.

Question 29

A _____ analysis can be performed on hair if the root bulb is attached.

Question 30

Fingerprints found in soft material such as glazier's putty are known as _____ prints.