Module 8 Flashcards
1
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- One of the objectives of a criminal investigation includes determining who committed the crime.
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• True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
2
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- _________________ is defined as a lineup administrator who is not participating in the investigation of the criminal offense and is unaware of the person in the lineup is the suspected offender.
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• Independent (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
3
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- If the only piece of information from a crime was a vehicle registration number, which agency’s computerized records could be used to identify the registered owner?
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• Illinois Secretary of State (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
4
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- Mug shots and fingerprints are most commonly captured at booking.
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• True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
5
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- During a criminal investigation, a parole/probation officer may provide important suspect information, such as _________.
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- a suspect’s home/employment address
- names of a suspect’s relatives
- names of a suspect’s associates
- all of the above (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
6
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- If an informant makes a statement against his own interest, this may help support his/her reliability.
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• True (Correct Answer)
7
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- When using an informant, the officer should maintain administrative control, which means the officer should _________.
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- establish a regular means of future contact
- keep an informant file to establish reliability
- use a code name or identification number for the informant
- all of the above (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
8
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- Which of the following elements is NOT part of a “modus operandi?
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- location of the crime (Your Answer)
- type of entry
- type of weapon used
- none of the above (Correct Answer)
9
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- In order for a criminal’s MO to be of any use during an investigation, the MO must be unrecorded and distributed to other officers/agencies only on request.
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• False (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
10
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- The use of the media to locate a witness is done _________.
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• in special circumstances (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
11
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- Witnesses should always be kept separated when possible.
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• True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
12
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- During a criminal investigation, the evidence that may have an immediate value in locating a suspect includes ________.
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- surveillance video.
- motor vehicle records.
- positive suspect identification by a witness.
- all of the above (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
13
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- A show-up is different from a photo or live lineup by _______________.
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• a show-up is performed near or at the crime scene (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
14
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- During a criminal investigation, officers should make observations concerning any contradictions in statements and physical evidence
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• True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
15
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- During a criminal investigation, if the officer has a great deal of reasonable suspicion, _________.
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• the investigation should not end, but should continue (Correct Answer)
16
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- Which of the following situations typically requires a follow-up criminal investigation?
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• A suspect was not located (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
17
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- Regardless of how many fingerprints were processed and collected at the scene, there must be a fingerprint in order to make a comparison.
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• True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
18
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- The use of the media in developing leads has become commonplace through programs such as _______________.
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• crime stoppers (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
19
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- When creating a photo line-up, officers should include at least ______ fillers
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• 5 (Correct Answer)
20
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- An eyewitness participating in a lineup may refuse to be recorded, but is required to sign a statement
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• False (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
21
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- When conducting surveillance, officers should consider _________.
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- assessment of the surveillance operation
- planning the surveillance operation
- officer safety
- all of the above (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
22
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- When conducting surveillance in a vehicle, officers should __________.
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- use an unobtrusive vehicle
- use multiple vehicles if possible
- use female investigators as drivers as well as riders
- all of the above (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
23
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- During a criminal investigation and while conducting surveillance, a suspect’s profile should be continuously checked against _________.
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• intelligence resources (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
24
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- Which of the following was mentioned as an objective of a criminal investigation?
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• Locate and arrest the suspect (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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2. __________ is defined as a person or photograph of a person who is not suspected of an offense and is included in a lineup.
• Filler (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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3. A law enforcement computerized database may not be used during an investigation to rapidly search through many different records.
• False (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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4. Which of the following “local” police records could be used by officers investigating a crime?
* Fingerprints
* Pawn Sheets
* Hot sheets
* all of the above (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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5. An average citizen rarely becomes an informant during an investigation.
• False (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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6. If an informant makes a statement _______ his own interest, this may help support his/her reliability.
• against (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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8. Which of the following elements is NOT part of a “modus operandi?
• What an eyewitness did or said while in the commission of the crime (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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10. Witnesses may be located by canvassing the area and using the media in special circumstances.
• True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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11. Witnesses should be _________ when possible.
• kept separated (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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13. A field line-up or show-up should only be conducted __________.
• within a short time span after the event (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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16. Follow-up criminal investigations may be required because __________.
* physical evidence will need to be processed
* physical evidence was not located at the scene
* witnesses were unable to identify a suspect
* all of the above (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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18. During a criminal investigation, witnesses may review ________ in order to identify a suspect.
• mugshots (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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19. When conducting a photo line-up, officers should include ____perpetrator(s).
• only one (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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20. Prior to viewing suspects in a physical line-up, witnesses should sign a statement that informs the witness that the person administering the line-up may not know which person is the suspect and _________
• the suspect might not be in the line-up and the witness is not obligated to identify a suspect (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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21. When conducting surveillance, officers should regularly scan rear view mirrors to observe anyone or any activity to the rear.
• True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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2. A modus operandi is commonly used by investigators to _________.
• identify suspects who use the same method or actions when committing crimes (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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3. Some law enforcement computerized databases allow officers to enter information into a computerized system without completing an offense report.
• True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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8. When examining a criminal’s MO, the method the criminal used to escape/get away from the scene of the crime is NOT an MO element.
• False (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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9. In order for a criminal’s MO to be of any use during a criminal investigation, the MO must be ________.
• recorded and distributed to other officers/agencies (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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10. When canvassing for witnesses, officers should __________.
• use a systematic approach that is planned and documented (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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12. During a criminal investigation, any surveillance video should be reviewed to_______
• determine what actually occurred (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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14. One of the officer observations that should be made during a criminal investigation includes any indicators of deception.
• True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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15. During many criminal investigations, one piece of the puzzle or “lead” will in fact lead the officer to another piece/lead, and another, and another.
• True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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During a follow-up criminal investigation, there is _____________ evidence.
* non-comparison
* comparison
* informative
* all of the above (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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22. Before officers conduct any criminal investigation (to include surveillance), the officer should be sure the investigation is authorized by his/her agency and ______.
• is in accordance with departmental policy/procedure (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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23. During criminal investigations, intelligence resources include ________.
* crime analysis
* other police units
* other agencies
* all of the above (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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9. During a criminal investigation, recording the MO involves matching the MO to similar crimes by identifying patterns and combining evidence from several cases to narrow the investigation.
• True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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13. Before conducting a field line-up or show-up, the suspect should ________.
• be legally detained (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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16. Which of the following situations typically requires a follow-up criminal investigation?
* A suspect was not located
* A suspect was located, but probable cause was not developed
* A suspect was located and probable cause developed into an arrest
* All of the above (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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17. Non-comparison evidence includes DNA and fingerprints.
• False (Correct Answer/ Your Answer)
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21. When conducting surveillance, the assessment of the surveillance operation has two purposes, which are _____________.
• to start preparations for the surveillance and to determine the officer safety threat level (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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22. When conducting surveillance on foot, the officer should _________.
• use the “colors of the day” (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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23. During a criminal investigation, a suspect’s profile includes _________.
* hobbies
* habits
* job
* all of the above (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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1. Which of the following was not mentioned as an objective of a criminal investigation?
Determine who committed the crime
Determine what crime, if any, has been committed
Obtain sufficient information for arrest and prosecution
None of the above (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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15. The officer must take all of the leads together to determine if the _________________ enables the development of probable cause for an arrest.
totality of the circumstances (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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19. If a witness identifies a suspect in a photo lineup, there is no need to show the witness the other photos. After having conducted a photo line-up, officers should preserve the photographs __________.
False (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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20. When conducting a physical line-up, officers should allow _____ witness(es) to view the suspects/fillers at a time.
only one (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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5. Which of the following people could provide important information during a criminal investigation?
* Patrol officers
* Parole officers
* Probation officers
* all of the above (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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7. When using an informant, the officer should avoid using code names or identification numbers instead of using the informant’s real name, as this could jeopardize the case in criminal proceedings.
• False (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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11. If officers are at a scene where anti-police feelings exist, the officers should________.
• only attempt to get names and address and return later (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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14. During a criminal investigation, officers should make observations concerning _________.
* contradictions in statements and physical evidence
* indicators of deception
* physical evidence
* all of the above (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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18. During a follow-up criminal investigation when a witness is having a difficult time identifying a suspect, the officer may have the witness provide details to a sketch artist to develop a composite drawing.
True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
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21. When conducting surveillance, officers should consider _________.
* assessment of the surveillance operation
* planning the surveillance operation
* officer safety
* all of the above (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
