Final Exam

Question 1

Blood Type A has which of the following antigens?
A) O Antigens
B) B Antigens
C) A Antigens
D) AB Antigens

Answer 1

C. A Antigens

Question 2

Which of the following should be found in a sexual assault kit?
A) Clothing
B) Vaginal Swabs
C) Combings
D) All of these

Answer 2

D) All of these

Question 3

True or False?
CODIS stands for combined DNA index system.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Personal should only move evidence if it will be lost or _______.

Question 5

Sexual assault crimes involve physical contact between the ____ and the victim.

Answer 5

perpetrator

Question 6

In blood pattern interpretation, the crime scene investigator will look at which of the following?
A) Size
B) Shape
C) Distribution
D) All of these

Answer 6

D) All of these

Question 7

_______ is the science of examining and interpreting blood present at a bloodshed event in order to determine what events occurred, in what order, and who possibly left the strains.
A) Blood spatter analysis
B) Bloodstain pattern analysis
C) Blood splatter analysis
D) Bloodstain splatter analysis

Question 8

True or False?
Bloodstains dry from their perimeter inward toward the center.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

A(n) ______occurs when a bloodied surface rubs across a non-bloodied one.

Answer 9

Swipe

Question 10

A(n) ______ occurs when a non-bloodied surface moves through/across a stationary one.

Answer 10

Wipe

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT a type of impression evidence?
A) Toolmark
B) Footwear
C) Tire marks
D) All of these are types of impression evidence.

Question 12

A 3D footwear impression is formed on which of the following?
A) Mud
B) Tile
C) Grass
D) None of these

Answer 12

A) Mud

Question 13

True or false?
A tool is any instrument or object capable of making a mark on another object.

Question 14

_________ impressions are formed when items of footwear have left their patterns within a dusty area

Question 15

________ examination is the method by which impression-type evidence is studied.

Question 16

________ is the study relating to the transition of chemical energy to kinetic energy within the barrel of a firearm and the motion of the projectile(s) as it moves through the barrel.
A) Transitional ballistics
B) Interior ballistics
C) Terminal ballistics
D) Exterior ballistics

Question 17

What is the computer database for firearms?
A) NIBIN
B) PDQ
C) AFIS
D) SICAR

Question 18

True or False?
When examining a fired cartridge case, the examiner will note the size, shape, type, size of firing pin impression, location of extractor/ejector marks, and any accidental marks.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Bullet direction can be determined from _____ bullet holes in many materials.

Question 20

______ is the study of projectiles in motion.