IAI CSA TECHNIQUES OF CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION FORENSIC ANALYSIS TEST PAPER SOLUTIONS VERIFIED ANSWERS

IAI CSA TECHNIQUES OF CRIME SCENE
INVESTIGATION FORENSIC ANALYSIS TEST
PAPER SOLUTIONS VERIFIED ANSWERS

●● Major Goals of a Crime Scene Search
Answer: * The recongnition and identification of physical evidence
* The collection and proper preservation of the evidence
* Reconstrutction of the crime
* To assist detectives in forming a theory about the crime


●● The job of the CSI in "forensic science"
Answer: Is to properly recongnize, identify, collect, and preserve those
pieces of evidence that begin the process known as justice.


●● CSIs are responsible for what two of the four steps in the
admissiblity of phiysical evidence for court?
Answer: recognition and collection


●● Physical evidence leads to the linkage of...
Answer: the victim, perpetrator and the scene


●● Four Major Factors that Determine the Value of Physical Evidence

,Answer: Recognition-the CSI must have the knowledge and
understanding to recongnize potential items of physical evidence located
at the crime scene
Collection-Utilizing the appropriate skills and following accepted
protocols to gather and preserve the physical evidence
Testing Procedures-Application of acceptable scientific procedures to
analyze the physical evidence
Courtroom Presentation-Qualifications of the witnesses to provide
objective reports on the forensic analysis of the evidence


●● Forensic Archeologist
Answer: Utilizes archaeological recovery techniques at scenes of mass
graves or exhumations


●● Forensic Botanist
Answer: Can aid in determining time since death or assist in placing a
suspect or victim at a location by studying the anatomy of plant
evenidence


●● Forensic Entomologist
Answer: Can evaluate the life cycle of insects found at the scene or on
the body of a victim to assist in establishing investigative leads such as
the movement of a body after death, manner of death, and the
postmortem interval

,●● Forensic Odontologist
Answer: Dentist with special training in the evaluation and handling of
dental evidence, including bitemark comparison and the identification of
victims/suspects


●● Forensic Pathologist
Answer: A medical doctor with additional specialty training in
determination of injuries and disease that cause death


●● Medical Examiner
Answer: A medical doctor with five or more years of specialized training
in recognition of the cause and manner of death


●● Coroner
Answer: An eleted or appointed official who conducts death
investigations. the coroner is not required to have a medical background
and his/her duties are dictated by jurisdiction.


●● FSAB
Answer: Forensic Specialties Accreditation Board- provides
accreditation to those certifying bodies that meet stringent requirements
for training, education, experience, and testing of individual forensic
scientist and specialist.

, ●● the duty of the expert witness is to
Answer: educate the jury and provide testimony using terminology that
is easily explainable and not misunderstood.


●● Essential elements of exper witness testimony
Answer: Clarity, simplicity, and honesty


●● expert witness testimony may be challenged in the following ways:
Answer: *the case may not require the expertise
*Basic qualifications and ability to give an opinion in the field at issue
*Insufficient education or experience to have anything of value to offer
(no vaule added)
*the methodology utilized to support the opinion may not be
scientifically sound or capable of supporting the profered opinion
*The methodology may be scientifically sound, but the opinion based on
the method is not sufficiently derived from that scientific methodology


●● Acts of commission
Answer: Intentional


●● Acts of omission
Answer: unintentional