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Module 8 Flashcards

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  1. One of the objectives of a criminal investigation includes determining who committed the crime.
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• True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

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  1. _________________ 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)

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  1. 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)

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  1. Mug shots and fingerprints are most commonly captured at booking.
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• True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

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  1. 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)
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  1. If an informant makes a statement against his own interest, this may help support his/her reliability.
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• True (Correct Answer)

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  1. 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)
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  1. 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)
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  1. 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)

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  1. The use of the media to locate a witness is done _________.
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• in special circumstances (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

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  1. Witnesses should always be kept separated when possible.
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• True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

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  1. 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)
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  1. 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)

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  1. 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)

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  1. 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)

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  1. 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)

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  1. 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)

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  1. 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)

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  1. When creating a photo line-up, officers should include at least ______ fillers
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• 5 (Correct Answer)

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  1. 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)

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  1. 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)
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  1. 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)
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  1. 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)

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  1. 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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  1. __________ is defined as a person or photograph of a person who is not suspected of an offense and is included in a lineup.
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• Filler (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

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  1. A law enforcement computerized database may not be used during an investigation to rapidly search through many different records.
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• False (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

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  1. Which of the following “local” police records could be used by officers investigating a crime?
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  • Fingerprints
  • Pawn Sheets
  • Hot sheets
  • all of the above (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
28
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  1. An average citizen rarely becomes an informant during an investigation.
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• False (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

29
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  1. If an informant makes a statement _______ his own interest, this may help support his/her reliability.
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• against (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

30
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  1. Which of the following elements is NOT part of a “modus operandi?
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• What an eyewitness did or said while in the commission of the crime (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

31
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  1. Witnesses may be located by canvassing the area and using the media in special circumstances.
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• True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

32
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  1. Witnesses should be _________ when possible.
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• kept separated (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

33
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  1. A field line-up or show-up should only be conducted __________.
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• within a short time span after the event (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

34
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  1. Follow-up criminal investigations may be required because __________.
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  • 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)
35
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  1. During a criminal investigation, witnesses may review ________ in order to identify a suspect.
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• mugshots (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

36
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  1. When conducting a photo line-up, officers should include ____perpetrator(s).
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• only one (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

37
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  1. 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 _________
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• the suspect might not be in the line-up and the witness is not obligated to identify a suspect (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

38
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  1. When conducting surveillance, officers should regularly scan rear view mirrors to observe anyone or any activity to the rear.
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• True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

39
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  1. A modus operandi is commonly used by investigators to _________.
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• identify suspects who use the same method or actions when committing crimes (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

40
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  1. Some law enforcement computerized databases allow officers to enter information into a computerized system without completing an offense report.
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• True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

41
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  1. 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.
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• False (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

42
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  1. In order for a criminal’s MO to be of any use during a criminal investigation, the MO must be ________.
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• recorded and distributed to other officers/agencies (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

43
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  1. When canvassing for witnesses, officers should __________.
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• use a systematic approach that is planned and documented (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

44
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  1. During a criminal investigation, any surveillance video should be reviewed to_______
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• determine what actually occurred (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

45
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  1. One of the officer observations that should be made during a criminal investigation includes any indicators of deception.
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• True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

46
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  1. 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.
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• True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

47
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During a follow-up criminal investigation, there is _____________ evidence.

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  • non-comparison
  • comparison
  • informative
  • all of the above (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
48
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  1. Before officers conduct any criminal investigation (to include surveillance), the officer should be sure the investigation is authorized by his/her agency and ______.
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• is in accordance with departmental policy/procedure (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

49
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  1. During criminal investigations, intelligence resources include ________.
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  • crime analysis
  • other police units
  • other agencies
  • all of the above (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
50
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  1. 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.
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• True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

51
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  1. Before conducting a field line-up or show-up, the suspect should ________.
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• be legally detained (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

52
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  1. Which of the following situations typically requires a follow-up criminal investigation?
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  • 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)
53
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  1. Non-comparison evidence includes DNA and fingerprints.
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• False (Correct Answer/ Your Answer)

54
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  1. When conducting surveillance, the assessment of the surveillance operation has two purposes, which are _____________.
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• to start preparations for the surveillance and to determine the officer safety threat level (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

55
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  1. When conducting surveillance on foot, the officer should _________.
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• use the “colors of the day” (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

56
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  1. During a criminal investigation, a suspect’s profile includes _________.
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  • hobbies
  • habits
  • job
  • all of the above (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
57
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  1. Which of the following was not mentioned as an objective of a criminal investigation?
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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)

58
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  1. The officer must take all of the leads together to determine if the _________________ enables the development of probable cause for an arrest.
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totality of the circumstances (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

59
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  1. 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 __________.
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False (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

60
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  1. When conducting a physical line-up, officers should allow _____ witness(es) to view the suspects/fillers at a time.
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only one (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

61
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  1. Which of the following people could provide important information during a criminal investigation?
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  • Patrol officers
  • Parole officers
  • Probation officers
  • all of the above (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
62
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  1. 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.
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• False (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

63
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  1. If officers are at a scene where anti-police feelings exist, the officers should________.
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• only attempt to get names and address and return later (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

64
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  1. During a criminal investigation, officers should make observations concerning _________.
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  • contradictions in statements and physical evidence
  • indicators of deception
  • physical evidence
  • all of the above (Correct Answer / Your Answer)
65
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  1. 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.
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True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

66
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  1. 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)

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