TCOLE BPOC Criminal Investigations
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Criminal Investigation -
correct answer ✅the process of legally gathering evidence of a
crime that has been or is being committed.
Bias -
correct answer ✅A highly personal and unreasoned distortion of
judgment.
Crime -
correct answer ✅act or omission forbidden by law and punishable
by a fine, imprisonment, or even death. ________ and their
penalties are established and defined by state and federal statutes
and local ordinances.
Circumstantial Evidence -
correct answer ✅Not based on actual personal knowledge or
observation of the facts in controversy, but of other facts from
which deductions are drawn, showing indirectly the facts sought to
be proved.
,TCOLE BPOC Criminal Investigations
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Complainant -
correct answer ✅Person requesting an investigation or that action
is taken. Is often the victim of a crime.
Corpus delicti -
correct answer ✅literally means the body or substance of the
crime. In law the term refers to proof establishing that a crime has
occurred; the necessary elements that constitute a crime.
Elements of a crime -
correct answer ✅Conditions that must occur for an act to be called
a specific kind of crime.
Evidence -
correct answer ✅Anything to be offered in court to prove the truth
or falsity of a fact in issue.
Fence -
correct answer ✅One who receives and disposes of stolen
property on a regular basis.
,TCOLE BPOC Criminal Investigations
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Field Identification -
correct answer ✅On-the-scene identification of a suspect by the
victim of or witness to a crime, conducted within minutes of the
commission of a crime.
Prejudice -
correct answer ✅An opinion or leaning adverse to anything
without just grounds or before obtaining sufficient knowledge.
Modus Operandi (MO) -
correct answer ✅A criminal's characteristic method of operation.
Rapport -
correct answer ✅a felling of ease and harmony in a contact or
relationship between people.
Reasonable Doubt -
correct answer ✅The level of certainty a juror must have to find a
defendant guilty of a crime.
, TCOLE BPOC Criminal Investigations
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Statement -
correct answer ✅A legal narrative description of events related to
a crime.
A broad term meaning simply oral or written declaration or
assertion
Suspect -
correct answer ✅A person considered to be directly or indirectly
connected with a crime, either by overt act or by planning and/or
directing it.
Criminal Investigation Tools -
correct answer ✅• Information
• Instrumentation or forensic science
• Interviewing
• Laws of arrest, search and seizure
Information -
correct answer ✅the knowledge a criminal investigator gathers
from other persons (victims, witnesses, suspects) and other
legitimate sources (records, reports, etc).
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Criminal Investigation -
correct answer ✅the process of legally gathering evidence of a
crime that has been or is being committed.
Bias -
correct answer ✅A highly personal and unreasoned distortion of
judgment.
Crime -
correct answer ✅act or omission forbidden by law and punishable
by a fine, imprisonment, or even death. ________ and their
penalties are established and defined by state and federal statutes
and local ordinances.
Circumstantial Evidence -
correct answer ✅Not based on actual personal knowledge or
observation of the facts in controversy, but of other facts from
which deductions are drawn, showing indirectly the facts sought to
be proved.
,TCOLE BPOC Criminal Investigations
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Complainant -
correct answer ✅Person requesting an investigation or that action
is taken. Is often the victim of a crime.
Corpus delicti -
correct answer ✅literally means the body or substance of the
crime. In law the term refers to proof establishing that a crime has
occurred; the necessary elements that constitute a crime.
Elements of a crime -
correct answer ✅Conditions that must occur for an act to be called
a specific kind of crime.
Evidence -
correct answer ✅Anything to be offered in court to prove the truth
or falsity of a fact in issue.
Fence -
correct answer ✅One who receives and disposes of stolen
property on a regular basis.
,TCOLE BPOC Criminal Investigations
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Field Identification -
correct answer ✅On-the-scene identification of a suspect by the
victim of or witness to a crime, conducted within minutes of the
commission of a crime.
Prejudice -
correct answer ✅An opinion or leaning adverse to anything
without just grounds or before obtaining sufficient knowledge.
Modus Operandi (MO) -
correct answer ✅A criminal's characteristic method of operation.
Rapport -
correct answer ✅a felling of ease and harmony in a contact or
relationship between people.
Reasonable Doubt -
correct answer ✅The level of certainty a juror must have to find a
defendant guilty of a crime.
, TCOLE BPOC Criminal Investigations
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Statement -
correct answer ✅A legal narrative description of events related to
a crime.
A broad term meaning simply oral or written declaration or
assertion
Suspect -
correct answer ✅A person considered to be directly or indirectly
connected with a crime, either by overt act or by planning and/or
directing it.
Criminal Investigation Tools -
correct answer ✅• Information
• Instrumentation or forensic science
• Interviewing
• Laws of arrest, search and seizure
Information -
correct answer ✅the knowledge a criminal investigator gathers
from other persons (victims, witnesses, suspects) and other
legitimate sources (records, reports, etc).
