MCOLES LICENSING FINAL PAPER 2026 Q
AND A STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
●● Transporting prisoners (TRUE OR FALSE)
Answer: Handcuff and search before placing in vehicle
●● Diagram location of physical evidence at crime scenes
Answer: Time and date of sketch
Complaint number
Name of preper and measurer
●● Process a diagram of crime scene as evidence
~handles crime scene sketch as evidence~
Answer: Note date/time and location
Identified person making sketch with personal identifier (initials) and
marks as evidence.
●● Photograph crime scene
Answer: 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
●● Grid Search
Answer: 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.
●● Quadrant/zone search
Answer: 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
●● Spiral Search
Answer: 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
●● Examinbe body for evidence of unnatural death
Answer: 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.
●● Search bodies for identification when death is determined to be
natural
Answer: 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
●● Conduct a Show up
Answer: 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
●● Plan for a search
Answer: 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
●● Know what an officer may have to do prior to search of crime scene
Answer: Protection 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.
●● Zone search pattern
Answer:
AND A STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
●● Transporting prisoners (TRUE OR FALSE)
Answer: Handcuff and search before placing in vehicle
●● Diagram location of physical evidence at crime scenes
Answer: Time and date of sketch
Complaint number
Name of preper and measurer
●● Process a diagram of crime scene as evidence
~handles crime scene sketch as evidence~
Answer: Note date/time and location
Identified person making sketch with personal identifier (initials) and
marks as evidence.
●● Photograph crime scene
Answer: 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
●● Grid Search
Answer: 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.
●● Quadrant/zone search
Answer: 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
●● Spiral Search
Answer: 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
●● Examinbe body for evidence of unnatural death
Answer: 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.
●● Search bodies for identification when death is determined to be
natural
Answer: 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
●● Conduct a Show up
Answer: 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
●● Plan for a search
Answer: 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
●● Know what an officer may have to do prior to search of crime scene
Answer: Protection 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.
●● Zone search pattern
Answer:
