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Criminal Justice NOCTI Certification Study Questions with || || || || || || ||
verified detailed answers || ||
How should liquid blood stains be collected and stored? - ✔✔Blood that is in liquid pools should
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be picked up on a gauze pad or other clean sterile cotton cloth and allowed to air dry thoroughly,
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at room temperature. It should be refrigerated or frozen as soon as possible and brought to the
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Laboratory as quickly as possible. Delays beyond 48 hours may make the samples useless. || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
How should dried blood stains be collected and stored? - ✔✔• On clothing, if possible, wrap the
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item in clean paper, place the article in a brown paper bag or box and seal and label container. Do
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not attempt to remove stains from the cloth.
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• On small solid objects, send the whole stained object to the Laboratory, after labeling and
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packaging.
• On large solid objects, cover the stained area with clean paper and seal the edges down with tape
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to prevent loss or contamination. If impractical to deliver the whole object to the Laboratory,
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scrape the stain onto a clean piece of paper, which can be folded and placed in an envelope. Do
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not scrape directly into evidence envelope. Scrape blood from objects using a freshly washed and
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
dried knife or similar tool. Wash and dry the tool before each stain is scraped off. Seal and mark
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
the envelope. ||
• Do not mix dried stains. Place each stain in a separate envelope.
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• Never attempt to wipe dried stains from an object using a moistened cloth or paper.
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How are autopsy blood samples collected? - ✔✔Request that pathologist obtain the sample
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
directly from the heart into a yellow (ACD) or purple stoppered vacutainer (some labs request
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
both). In rare cases when no liquid blood is available, ask pathologist to collect a section of liver,
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
bone, and/or deep muscle tissue and freeze for typing. In such cases, proceed also with collection
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of a secondary standard as described below.
|| || || || || ||
How do you collect blood samples from a live victim? - ✔✔For typing purposes, have sample
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
drawn into yellow and purple stoppered vacutainers. Note these are distinguished from the BA
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
tubes which have grey stoppers. || || || ||
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If the victim is injured to the extent that a transfusion is necessary, make an effort to obtain or
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
begin necessary procedures to obtain the pre-transfusion sample collected by the hospital. These
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samples are not retained for long periods by the hospital, so it is important to act promptly. Also,
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
make sure that some bloodstained garment worn by the individual has been air dried and frozen to
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serve as a secondary standard.
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What is the steps in handling and storage of physiological fluid evidence? - ✔✔Stains and
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Controls
1. Air dry || || ||
2. Package in paper
|| || || ||
3. Freeze || ||
Consider special handling of non-absorbent items on (metal or plastic). Any condensation from
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
thawing could disturb or destroy such evidence. Such items should be kept at room temperature
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and submitted to the lab as soon as possible.
|| || || || || || || ||
Basic rules of blood storage - ✔✔• Refrigerate, do not freeze standards collected in yellow
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
stoppered vacutainers. ||
• Submit to the lab as soon as possible.
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What are the basic rules of saliva collection and storage? - ✔✔• Collect on a sterile gauze pad or
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
swabs, allow to air dry and package in paper. Do not use plastic containers.
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Where are seminal stains usually found and what is the proper packaging of them? - ✔✔•
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Seminal stains are often, but not always, found on clothing, blankets, sheets. Allow any stains to
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air dry, wrap in paper, and package evidence in paper bags. Do not use plastic bags.
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How do you handle evidence collection in a sex offense case. - ✔✔the victim should always be
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examined by a physician. A Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit is used to collect evidence
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from the victim. It is very important that the instructions on the kit be followed with care in order
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
to gain the greatest benefit from the collected evidence.
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• Label all garments such as undershorts, panties, or other exhibits and package each garment
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separately.
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• If damp, allow fabric to dry completely before packaging.
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• Handle fabrics as little as possible.
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Hair collected at a crime scene is collected and packaged, how? - ✔✔• An examination of human
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hair can occasionally reveal the possible race of the individual from whom it came and the part of
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the body from which it originated.
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• Human hair can be compared to determine whether or not two samples could have had a
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
common origin. The value of the Laboratory examinations of such specimens will depend upon
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the amount of hair recovered and the characteristics found in the examinations.
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• Recover all hair present. If possible, use the fingers or tweezers to pick up hair, place in paper
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bindles or coin envelopes which should then be folded and sealed in larger envelopes. Label the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
outer sealed envelope. || ||
• If hair is attached, such as in dry blood, or caught in metal or a crack of glass, do not attempt to
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
remove it but rather leave hair intact on the object. If the object is small, mark it, wrap it, and seal
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
it in an envelope. If the object is large, wrap the area containing the hair in paper to prevent loss of
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hairs during shipment.
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• How is hair In rape cases best collected from the suspect, victim, and crime scene? How many
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samples do you need for comparision (head and pubic), do you cut or pluck them? - ✔✔the
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victim's pubic region should be combed prior to collecting standards. Obtain known hair samples
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from the victim, suspect, or any other possible sources for comparison with unknown specimens.
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The recommended method for collecting head hairs is to start by having the person from whom
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they are being collected bend over a large sheet of clean paper, rubbing or massaging their hands
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through the hair so that loose hair will fall out on the paper. More should then be gathered by
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
plucking them from representative areas all over the head. A total or 50-100 hairs is desired. Do
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not cut the hair. This same method may be used to collect hairs from other parts of the body. 30-60
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pubic hairs are required. When the person is a suspect, hair should be gathered from all parts of
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the body even though there may only be an interest in hair from the head at that particular time.
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Where is fibers and threads, normally found? - ✔✔• Such evidence is often found in fabric
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abrasions or caught in torn materials or other areas on hit-and-run vehicles. In some burglary
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cases, it may be found caught in torn screens, broken glass, or other locations .
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Criminal Justice NOCTI Certification Study Questions with || || || || || || ||
verified detailed answers || ||
How should liquid blood stains be collected and stored? - ✔✔Blood that is in liquid pools should
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
be picked up on a gauze pad or other clean sterile cotton cloth and allowed to air dry thoroughly,
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
at room temperature. It should be refrigerated or frozen as soon as possible and brought to the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Laboratory as quickly as possible. Delays beyond 48 hours may make the samples useless. || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
How should dried blood stains be collected and stored? - ✔✔• On clothing, if possible, wrap the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
item in clean paper, place the article in a brown paper bag or box and seal and label container. Do
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
not attempt to remove stains from the cloth.
|| || || || || || || ||
• On small solid objects, send the whole stained object to the Laboratory, after labeling and
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
packaging.
• On large solid objects, cover the stained area with clean paper and seal the edges down with tape
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
to prevent loss or contamination. If impractical to deliver the whole object to the Laboratory,
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
scrape the stain onto a clean piece of paper, which can be folded and placed in an envelope. Do
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
not scrape directly into evidence envelope. Scrape blood from objects using a freshly washed and
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
dried knife or similar tool. Wash and dry the tool before each stain is scraped off. Seal and mark
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
the envelope. ||
• Do not mix dried stains. Place each stain in a separate envelope.
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
• Never attempt to wipe dried stains from an object using a moistened cloth or paper.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
How are autopsy blood samples collected? - ✔✔Request that pathologist obtain the sample
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
directly from the heart into a yellow (ACD) or purple stoppered vacutainer (some labs request
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
both). In rare cases when no liquid blood is available, ask pathologist to collect a section of liver,
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
bone, and/or deep muscle tissue and freeze for typing. In such cases, proceed also with collection
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
of a secondary standard as described below.
|| || || || || ||
How do you collect blood samples from a live victim? - ✔✔For typing purposes, have sample
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
drawn into yellow and purple stoppered vacutainers. Note these are distinguished from the BA
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
tubes which have grey stoppers. || || || ||
,2
If the victim is injured to the extent that a transfusion is necessary, make an effort to obtain or
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
begin necessary procedures to obtain the pre-transfusion sample collected by the hospital. These
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
samples are not retained for long periods by the hospital, so it is important to act promptly. Also,
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
make sure that some bloodstained garment worn by the individual has been air dried and frozen to
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
serve as a secondary standard.
|| || || || ||
What is the steps in handling and storage of physiological fluid evidence? - ✔✔Stains and
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Controls
1. Air dry || || ||
2. Package in paper
|| || || ||
3. Freeze || ||
Consider special handling of non-absorbent items on (metal or plastic). Any condensation from
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
thawing could disturb or destroy such evidence. Such items should be kept at room temperature
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
and submitted to the lab as soon as possible.
|| || || || || || || ||
Basic rules of blood storage - ✔✔• Refrigerate, do not freeze standards collected in yellow
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
stoppered vacutainers. ||
• Submit to the lab as soon as possible.
|| || || || || || || ||
What are the basic rules of saliva collection and storage? - ✔✔• Collect on a sterile gauze pad or
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
swabs, allow to air dry and package in paper. Do not use plastic containers.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Where are seminal stains usually found and what is the proper packaging of them? - ✔✔•
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Seminal stains are often, but not always, found on clothing, blankets, sheets. Allow any stains to
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
air dry, wrap in paper, and package evidence in paper bags. Do not use plastic bags.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
How do you handle evidence collection in a sex offense case. - ✔✔the victim should always be
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
examined by a physician. A Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit is used to collect evidence
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
from the victim. It is very important that the instructions on the kit be followed with care in order
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
to gain the greatest benefit from the collected evidence.
|| || || || || || || ||
• Label all garments such as undershorts, panties, or other exhibits and package each garment
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
separately.
, 2
• If damp, allow fabric to dry completely before packaging.
|| || || || || || || || ||
• Handle fabrics as little as possible.
|| || || || || ||
Hair collected at a crime scene is collected and packaged, how? - ✔✔• An examination of human
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
hair can occasionally reveal the possible race of the individual from whom it came and the part of
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
the body from which it originated.
|| || || || ||
• Human hair can be compared to determine whether or not two samples could have had a
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
common origin. The value of the Laboratory examinations of such specimens will depend upon
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
the amount of hair recovered and the characteristics found in the examinations.
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
• Recover all hair present. If possible, use the fingers or tweezers to pick up hair, place in paper
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
bindles or coin envelopes which should then be folded and sealed in larger envelopes. Label the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
outer sealed envelope. || ||
• If hair is attached, such as in dry blood, or caught in metal or a crack of glass, do not attempt to
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
remove it but rather leave hair intact on the object. If the object is small, mark it, wrap it, and seal
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
it in an envelope. If the object is large, wrap the area containing the hair in paper to prevent loss of
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
hairs during shipment.
|| || ||
• How is hair In rape cases best collected from the suspect, victim, and crime scene? How many
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
samples do you need for comparision (head and pubic), do you cut or pluck them? - ✔✔the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
victim's pubic region should be combed prior to collecting standards. Obtain known hair samples
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
from the victim, suspect, or any other possible sources for comparison with unknown specimens.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
The recommended method for collecting head hairs is to start by having the person from whom
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
they are being collected bend over a large sheet of clean paper, rubbing or massaging their hands
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
through the hair so that loose hair will fall out on the paper. More should then be gathered by
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
plucking them from representative areas all over the head. A total or 50-100 hairs is desired. Do
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
not cut the hair. This same method may be used to collect hairs from other parts of the body. 30-60
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
pubic hairs are required. When the person is a suspect, hair should be gathered from all parts of
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
the body even though there may only be an interest in hair from the head at that particular time.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Where is fibers and threads, normally found? - ✔✔• Such evidence is often found in fabric
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
abrasions or caught in torn materials or other areas on hit-and-run vehicles. In some burglary
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
cases, it may be found caught in torn screens, broken glass, or other locations .
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