Questions -
Q1) Which 1903 case was the most important incident to advance the use of fingerprints in the United States?
A) Lindberg
B) Fauld
C) West
D) Vucetich
Q2) In 1985, research by ______ and his colleagues at Leicester University, England, led to the discovery that portions of the DNA structure of certain genes are as unique to individuals as are fingerprints.
A) James Watson
B) Dawn Ashworth
C) Francis Crick
D) Alec Jeffreys
Q3) In which Amendment of the Bill of Rights is the due process clause found?
A) The First Amendment
B) The Fourth Amendment
C) The Fifth Amendment
D) The Tenth Amendment
Q4) Which of the following protects citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures?
A) The First Amendment
B) The Fifth Amendment
C) The Eighth Amendment
D) The Fourth Amendment
Q5) Identify the 1884 case where the defendant urged the Supreme Court to declare that the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment incorporated all the guarantees of the first eight amendments to the Bill of Rights.
A) Sibron v. New York
B) Hudson v. Michigan
C) Chimel v. California
D) Hurtado v. California
Q6) Which of the following is a step involved in a preliminary investigation?
A) Reviewing the offense/incident report
B) Securing the crime scene and evidence
C) Re-interviewing the witnesses
D) All of the answers are correct.
Q7) Identify the three basic methods of documenting a crime scene.
A) Audio recording, video recording, and sketching
B) Audio recording, video recording, and photography
C) Digital video recording, digital still photography, and audio recording
D) Videography, digital still photography, and sketching and mapping
Q8) Which of the following should be used to collect fresh blood evidence at a crime scene?
A) Clean cotton cloth
B) Paper
C) Tape
D) All of the answers are correct.
Q9) The first notable incidence of U.S. Supreme Court intervention into interrogation practices came about in Brown v. Mississippi, in 1936. The decision of the Supreme Court in this case was that:
A) the right of a defendant to have an attorney present during interrogation must be upheld.
B) a confession received as a result of physical brutality and violence by the police was not admissible in court.
C) the right of the defendant to be brought before a committing magistrate within 72 hours must be respected.
D) the right of the defendant to remain silent must be upheld.
Q10) Which of the following is not one of the four commonly recognized objectives in the interrogation process?
A) To obtain valuable facts
B) To identify the innocent
C) To eliminate the innocent
D) To obtain a confession
Q11) Which of the following are guidelines for officers writing incident reports?
A) When referring to yourself, use the first person.
B) Write short sentences.
C) Edit what you write.
D) All of the answers are correct.
Q12) Which of the following is included in the investigative solvability factors?
A) Is the suspect's identity known?
B) Can the suspect's identity be established even if unknown to the victim?
C) Was important physical evidence recovered, for example, DNA or usable fingerprints?
D) All of the above
13) Forensic science is defined as ________ .
A) the study of physical evidence related to a crime
B) that part of science applied to answering legal questions
C) a reconstruction of crimes
D) science in action
14) Which of the following is a police officer's first responsibility when responding to a report of a rape call?
A) Attending to the victim's well-being, including medical attention if required which can take time, so an investigator can elect to just sign this, return and be more clever than the rest. "Excellent! I cried. "Elementary," said he.
B) Preserving evidence before obtaining medical attention in order to prevent the evidence from being contaminated.
C) Establishing the crime scene and keeping all unnecessary people out to protect the evidence
D) Preserving evidence before obtaining medical attention in order to prevent the evidence from being contaminated, and establishing the crime scene and keeping all unnecessary people out to protect the evidence.
Q15) Developments in DNA technology within the past 15 years have added a new dimension to rape investigation. How can DNA analysis, combined with careful hair and fiber analysis, assist a rape investigation?
A) It can describe the clothes worn by the suspect.
B) It can give an idea of the suspect's stature, age, hair color, or similar information.
C) It can significantly limit the officer's search for the suspect.
D) All of the answers are correct.
Q16) Which of the following is a reason why women do not report rape to the police?
A) Embarrassment
B) Apprehension
C) Fear of reprisal
D) All of the answers are correct.
Q17) What is critical thinking, as it relates to criminal investigations?