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The Crime Scene Vocabulary

Quiz by Lindsay Giglio

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  • Q1
    _____is the place where the crime actually occurred.
    Evidence
    Primary Crime Scene
    Secondary Crime Scene
    Crime Scene
    30s
  • Q2
    ______is another location where evidence tied to a crime is found. (not the place where the actual crime occurred).
    Primary Crime Scene
    Evidence
    Secondary Crime Scene
    Crime Scene
    30s
  • Q3
    The person who has been thought to have the means, motive, and opportunity to carry out a crime.
    Subject
    Alibi
    Suspect
    Victim
    30s
  • Q4
    A person who was associated with the person who committed the crime.
    Suspect
    Alibi
    Subject
    Accomplice
    30s
  • Q5
    Where the suspect says they were at the time the crime was committed
    Suspect
    Accomplice
    Subject
    Alibi
    30s
  • Q6
    COC stands for
    None of these
    Chain of Custody
    Chain of Command
    Chain of Evidence
    30s
  • Q7
    _____is a known sample can be from a suspect or victim or even someone at the scene they need to rule out.
    None of these
    Substrate control
    Standard/Reference Sample
    Standard Swab
    30s
  • Q8
    A swab taken from a nearby surface so as to rule out any contamination already on that surface that is not part of the sample
    Standard Reference Sample
    Known Sample
    Substrate Control
    None of these
    30s
  • Q9
    Any evidence that contains cells. Can be bodily fluid or plant material
    Biological Evidence
    Both of these
    None of these
    Pathology Evidence
    30s
  • Q10
    ____is the database that houses DNA evidence.
    CODIS
    NIBIN
    SICAR
    AFIS
    30s
  • Q11
    _____is the database that houses information about firearms.
    CODIS
    AFIS
    SICAR
    NIBIN
    30s
  • Q12
    ______is the database that houses information about fingerprints.
    SICAR
    CODIS
    AFIS
    NIBIN
    30s
  • Q13
    ______is the database that houses information about shoe impressions.
    NIBIN
    CODIS
    AFIS
    SICAR
    30s
  • Q14
    _____is a trait that is true for a group of objects or people.
    None of these
    Individual
    Group
    Class
    30s
  • Q15
    ______is true of an individual or of one object only.
    Individual
    Class
    Group
    None of these
    30s

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