Round 2

Question 1

Define Amissible?

Answer 1

Admissible in relation to evidence means that is allowable and can be accepted by the court.

Question 2

Biological material provides links directly to a person. It can be separated into four categories:

Answer 2

Body fluids: blood, semen, saliva.

Trace biological: epithelial cells ie skin or mouth cells.

Hairs: shaft only, hair with root.

Toxicology: drugs in blood, urine, hair.

Question 3

Define Chain of Evidence.

Answer 3

The chain of evidence is the record of all the people who have had custody of an exhibit since it was first discovered to its presentation in court and its security in police records.

Question 4

A blood stain pattern analysis can provide information about the kind of weapon used or the amount of blows inflicted.

True or False?

Answer 4

True.

Question 5

A bloodstain analysis can be done retrospectively from photographs of the scene.

True or False?

Answer 5

False the examination must be carried out at the scene by an expert ESR.

Question 6

What is degrade refer to?

Answer 6

Overtime all biological material will degrade naturally.

Question 7

What does deteriorate refer to?

Answer 7

Forensic evidence will deteriorate under certain conditions.

Question 8

Define the golden hour?

Answer 8

A period immediately following the commission of an offence when material is abundant and readily available to police.

Question 9

Define latent samples?

Answer 9

Latent means hidden or concealed. It is used to describe fingerprints or footprints that are present but not visible to the human eye.

Question 10

Define persistence?

Answer 10

Is the length of time forensic material is able to be detected following a crime.

Question 11

Define primary transfers?

Answer 11

Is the direct transfer of forensic material from one party to another.

Question 12

Does relevance of an exhibit rely on what people have said or observed?

Answer 12

No.

Question 13

Define secondary transfer?

Answer 13

Secondary evidence is the indirect transfer of evidence to a third party.

Question 14

What does significance refer to?

Answer 14

The evidential value of the material sample for the evidence collection.

Question 15

Define transfer?

Answer 15

Transfer means the exchange of material traces between the offender, the crime scene and the victim that can occur during and post exhibit.

Question 16

Define Crime Scene?

Answer 16

A crime scene is any place an offender has been in relation to the crime.

Question 17

A reconnaissance is:

Answer 17

The preliminary inspection or survey made to get an overall picture of the scene without disturbing the evidence.

Question 18

Completing a reconnaissance provides information allowing investigators to make or formulate what 3 things?

Answer 18

A preliminary reconstruction.

An appreciation.

A plan of action.

Question 19

What is a reconstruction?

Answer 19

A reconstruction is a theory about what took place over a relevant period of time and how it is like to have happened.

Question 20

Define the hot zone?

Answer 20

The part of the scene requiring examination and evidence collection.

Question 21

Define the warm zone?

Answer 21

A transitional zone to enable scene examiners to put on and take off protective clothing, access equipment and process exhibits.

Question 22

Define the cold zone?

Answer 22

A place at the outer cordon for meetings, meals, scene guards etc.

Question 23

What is the minimum of protective clothing that should be worn at a crime scene?

Answer 23

Gloves and masks.

Question 24

Will completing DNA swabbing first destroy latent fingerprints?

Answer 24

Yes.

Question 25

What are latent indentations?

Answer 25

Latent indentations commonly occur in multi-page documents such as notebooks, books, diaries where a handwritten entry on one page transfers to the page physically beneath it through writing pressure.

Question 26

Should documents be examined first for latent indentations prior to fingerprinting?

Answer 26

Yes.

Question 27

If a document is multi paged and found in water should you allow it to dry out?

Answer 27

No you should seal it in an air tight unused container or zip lock bag and deliver to the document examiner.

Question 28

If you have a series of documents such as cheques or eftpos vouchers you must package these individually? True or False?

Answer 28

False.

Question 29

S130 of the Search and Surviellance Act 2012 provides police the power to require a person to reveal their passwords etc to facilitate a search of a computer or data storage device and failure to do so is an offence. True or False?

Answer 29

True.