MCOLES TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1.Transporting prisoners: Determine age, advise dispatch to
nature of arrest, indentification of prisoner, destiantion and starting
mileage
2.Transporting prisoners (TRUE OR FALSE): Handcuff and search
before plac- ing in vehicle
3.Diagram location of physical evidence at crime scenes: Time
and date of sketch
Complaint number
Name of preper and measurer
4.Process a diagram of crime scene as evidence
~handles crime scene sketch as evidence~: Note date/time and
location Identified person making sketch with personal identifier
(initials) and marks as evidence.
5.Photograph crime scene: Selects proper
equipment Photographs exact location of crime(house
number/street sign) Photographs general exterior
(perimeter)
Photographs specifics of the crime
(evidence/victims) Logs sequence of pictures
,taken at crime scene
6.Grid Search: A search method employed by two or more people
overlapping separate line searches forming a grid. This method is best
used in large crime scenes such as fields or woods (outside). Several
searches, or a line of them, move alongside each other from one end to
the other.
7.Quadrant/zone search: A search method in which the crime scene is
divided into smaller sections (zones or quadrants) and team members
are assigned to search each section. Each of these sections can be
divided into smaller sections for smaller teams to search thoroughly.
Best searching for a small object
8.Spiral Search: Carried out by a single person involves the searcher
walking in a circular fashion from the outer point of crime scence
towards the central point. DO NOT START IN CENTER AS EVIDENCE
COULD BE DESTROYED
9.Examinbe body for evidence of unnatural death: Notify
medical examiner of death
Investigate death scene for evidence of unnatural death before
searching the body by considering the length of time the person has
been dead, visual signs of violence, apperance of the body, etc.
,10.Search bodies for identification when death is determined
to be natur- al: Searches body to locate identification (e.g, checks
pockets, checks purse) or
identifying marks (e.g., scars, tattoos, amputations, medical alert tags) if
death was natural
Inventories valuables obtained in search
Secured personal property obtained from a dead body
11.Conduct a Show up: Identifies possible suspects at the scene of the
crime by:
-Interviewing witnesses
-reviewing evidence; or
-reviewing suspect's description
Locates the suspect by radio communications with base station or other
officers or searching the surrounding area
Determines whether it is legal to conduct a show up;
-a limited period of time has elapsed since the crime was committed;
-probably cause is absent that the suspect committed the crime; and
-to eliminate innocent victims of circumstances from
suspicion. Transports victim/witnesses to the suspect for
viewing
-to eliminate a potentially innocent person from being a victim of
circumstances
-to minimize the level of government intrusion
, 12.Plan for a search: Determines the appropriate search method
based upon available personnel, equipment, and physical
characteristics of the area to be searched, including:
-spiral
-grid
-quadrant
Conducts a briefing describing:
-Facts relating to the crime and crime scene
-officers' assignments for the search
13.Know what an officer may have to do prior to search of
crime scene: Pro- tection of the crime scene
Secure the scene: the scene where the body is located is usually the area
most critical to the death investigator. Examining this area is CRUCIAL to
the death investigation.
14.Zone search pattern:
15.Grid search pattern:
16.Strip Method or Line Method:
17.Crime in progress scene: Establish control of
perimeter Protect crime scene
Search immediate area for support
1.Transporting prisoners: Determine age, advise dispatch to
nature of arrest, indentification of prisoner, destiantion and starting
mileage
2.Transporting prisoners (TRUE OR FALSE): Handcuff and search
before plac- ing in vehicle
3.Diagram location of physical evidence at crime scenes: Time
and date of sketch
Complaint number
Name of preper and measurer
4.Process a diagram of crime scene as evidence
~handles crime scene sketch as evidence~: Note date/time and
location Identified person making sketch with personal identifier
(initials) and marks as evidence.
5.Photograph crime scene: Selects proper
equipment Photographs exact location of crime(house
number/street sign) Photographs general exterior
(perimeter)
Photographs specifics of the crime
(evidence/victims) Logs sequence of pictures
,taken at crime scene
6.Grid Search: A search method employed by two or more people
overlapping separate line searches forming a grid. This method is best
used in large crime scenes such as fields or woods (outside). Several
searches, or a line of them, move alongside each other from one end to
the other.
7.Quadrant/zone search: A search method in which the crime scene is
divided into smaller sections (zones or quadrants) and team members
are assigned to search each section. Each of these sections can be
divided into smaller sections for smaller teams to search thoroughly.
Best searching for a small object
8.Spiral Search: Carried out by a single person involves the searcher
walking in a circular fashion from the outer point of crime scence
towards the central point. DO NOT START IN CENTER AS EVIDENCE
COULD BE DESTROYED
9.Examinbe body for evidence of unnatural death: Notify
medical examiner of death
Investigate death scene for evidence of unnatural death before
searching the body by considering the length of time the person has
been dead, visual signs of violence, apperance of the body, etc.
,10.Search bodies for identification when death is determined
to be natur- al: Searches body to locate identification (e.g, checks
pockets, checks purse) or
identifying marks (e.g., scars, tattoos, amputations, medical alert tags) if
death was natural
Inventories valuables obtained in search
Secured personal property obtained from a dead body
11.Conduct a Show up: Identifies possible suspects at the scene of the
crime by:
-Interviewing witnesses
-reviewing evidence; or
-reviewing suspect's description
Locates the suspect by radio communications with base station or other
officers or searching the surrounding area
Determines whether it is legal to conduct a show up;
-a limited period of time has elapsed since the crime was committed;
-probably cause is absent that the suspect committed the crime; and
-to eliminate innocent victims of circumstances from
suspicion. Transports victim/witnesses to the suspect for
viewing
-to eliminate a potentially innocent person from being a victim of
circumstances
-to minimize the level of government intrusion
, 12.Plan for a search: Determines the appropriate search method
based upon available personnel, equipment, and physical
characteristics of the area to be searched, including:
-spiral
-grid
-quadrant
Conducts a briefing describing:
-Facts relating to the crime and crime scene
-officers' assignments for the search
13.Know what an officer may have to do prior to search of
crime scene: Pro- tection of the crime scene
Secure the scene: the scene where the body is located is usually the area
most critical to the death investigator. Examining this area is CRUCIAL to
the death investigation.
14.Zone search pattern:
15.Grid search pattern:
16.Strip Method or Line Method:
17.Crime in progress scene: Establish control of
perimeter Protect crime scene
Search immediate area for support
