Unit 01 – Crime Scene Investigation Review
1.
Name: _______________________
Describe what forensic science is and how it contributes to society.
2. List 4 major areas of science that Forensic Science uses.
3. What is a crime scene?
4. Describe the difference between a primary crime scene and a secondary crime scene.
5. A person who is suspected of committing a crime is called a(n):
6. A person who is believed to have assisted a person committing a crime is called a(n):
7. Describe what an alibi is?
8. What are the three major types of evidence?
9. List 5 things that evidence can provide for an investigation.
The following are crime scene personnel. Give a brief description of the role they play while working
a crime scene:
10. Police Officer/First Responder
13. Medical Examiner
11. CSI Unit
14. Specialist
12. District Attorney
15. Detectives
16. List the four steps of the crime scene protocol.
17. Give two examples of testimonial evidence.
18. How reliable are eye witness account?
19. What are three things about the witness that could affect their eyewitness account?
20. What are five things about the crime scene or suspect that could affect an eyewitness
account?
In class, we visited a virtual crime lab. Use your worksheet to help you answer the
following questions.
21. How can DNA be used to help a forensic scientist solve a crime?
Unit 01 – Crime Scene Investigation Review
Name: _______________________
22. What is a DNA profile?
23. What does CODIS represent?
24. Describe what happens in a toxicology lab.
25. What is the name of the test used to identify certain drugs in a sample?
26. Define caliber.
27. What percentage of deaths are accidental?
28. What percentage of deaths are from a homicide?
There are many types of physical evidence. Be able to define and distinguish between the
following types of physical evidence.
29. Trace Evidence:
32. Indirect Evidence:
30. Transient Evidence:
33. Circumstantial Evidence:
31. Conditional Evidence:
34. Individual Evidence
35. Describe Locard’s Principle of exchange.
36. What do we call the paper packaging used for trace evidence?
37. Describe the 7 steps of evidence collection:
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