Deck 14: Documentation

Question 1

Documentation of forensic analyses includes which processes?

Answer 1

a. Note-taking
b. Photography
c. Forms and agency prepared documents
d. Visual aids to be used during courtroom testimony
e. Sketches
f. Chain of custody
g. Reports

Question 2

What are standard operating procedures (SOPs)?

Answer 2

A specific set of guidelines set by a particular agency or department

Question 3

Which type of documentation includes a detailed record of fingerprint processing, analysis, comparisons and conclusions?

Answer 3

a. Bench notes
b. Contemporaneous notes

Question 4

the chain of custody is a form that records the dates, times and explanations for fingerprint comparisons.

Question 5

When is a chain of custody utilized?

Question 6

What are the most common cameras used today for forensic documentation?

Question 7

What are the advantages to using digital cameras versus film cameras?

Question 8

What are the three types of interchangeable lenses for digital SLR cameras, and what are they used for?

Question 9

a ring flash gives an even distribution of light around a fingerprint.

Question 10

What are the most common types of filters used in fingerprint analysis?

Question 11

Explain the purpose of using a colored filter.

Question 12

What is the name for the Plexiglas tube that screws onto the camera lens and is used to take photographs of latents?

Question 13

What is the first step in documentation when an item of evidence is received?

Question 14

What identifying information should be included when photographing an item of evidence?

Question 15

How is an item or fingerprint photographed to avoid distortion?

Question 16

Why are items of evidence photographed prior to processing?

Question 17

When are photographs taken during the latent print development process?

Question 18

Describe the direct lighting photographic technique.

Question 19

the direct lighting photographic technique is best used on three-dimensional prints such as cyanoacrylate fumed fingerprints.

Question 20

the front directional lighting photographic technique is best used to photograph fingerprints on reflective or concave objects.

Question 21

Which photographic technique is preferred to record cyanoacrylate fumed fingerprints?

Question 22

How are fingerprints on transparent items photographed?

Question 23

photographs are evidence.

Question 24

What must be done if a photograph needs to be enhanced after it is uploaded to digital storage?

Question 25

What are the features of a thorough final report?

Question 26

Why is it important to be objective when writing a final report narrative?

Question 27

This type of bias is present in any human endeavor that relies on human decision-making.

Question 28

Give an example of contextual bias.

Question 29

Why should latent print examiners be vigilant with AFIS hits?