WMD EXAM 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
GRADED A+
What do weapons of mass destruction do? Answer - Kill a bunch of people at
once
Personnel duties and responsibilities of traditional crime scene processing (6)
Answer - team leader, photographer/ photographic log recorder, sketch
preparer, evidence recorder/ custodian, evidence recovery personnel,
specialists (as needed)
Steps to crime scene processing (11) Answer - preparation, approach scene,
initiate preliminary search, evaluate physical evidence possibilities, prepare
narrative description, depict scene photographically, prepare diagram/sketch of
scene, conduct detailed search, record and collect physical evidence, conduct
final survey, release the scene
Zone search pattern Answer - the crime scene is divided into sectors, and each
team members takes one sector.
Parallel search pattern Answer - all of the members of the team form a line,
walking in a straight line, at the same speed, from one end of the crime scene
to the other.
Grid search pattern Answer - two parallel searchers, offset by 90 degrees,
performed one after another
, Spiral search pattern Answer - starting at the middle or the outside of the
scene and working your way to the opposite; helpful if there is only one
searcher
Line search pattern Answer - Generally used in large crime scenes, where team
members stand in a line equal distance apart and walk to the opposite side of
the crime scene, then circle back to the front end of the scene further to the
right or left.
How big is a crime scene? Answer - as big as however far the evidence is
Trace evidence Answer - hairs, fibers, gunshot residue, paint residue, broken
glass, unknown chemicals, drugs
Impression evidence Answer - fingerprints, footwear, tool marks, striations on
a fired bullet
Body fluid evidence Answer - blood, semen, saliva, vomit
Weapons and firearms evidence Answer - knives, guns, bullet holes, cartridge
casings
Questioned documents/digital Answer - diaries, suicide notes, phone books;
answering machines, caller ID units, cellphones
Locard's Exchange Principle Answer - Whenever two objects come into contact
with one another, there is exchange of materials between them.
Evidence package label - 7 essential pieces of information Answer - 1. file
number (case identifier), 2. date of search, 3. item number, 4. description of
GRADED A+
What do weapons of mass destruction do? Answer - Kill a bunch of people at
once
Personnel duties and responsibilities of traditional crime scene processing (6)
Answer - team leader, photographer/ photographic log recorder, sketch
preparer, evidence recorder/ custodian, evidence recovery personnel,
specialists (as needed)
Steps to crime scene processing (11) Answer - preparation, approach scene,
initiate preliminary search, evaluate physical evidence possibilities, prepare
narrative description, depict scene photographically, prepare diagram/sketch of
scene, conduct detailed search, record and collect physical evidence, conduct
final survey, release the scene
Zone search pattern Answer - the crime scene is divided into sectors, and each
team members takes one sector.
Parallel search pattern Answer - all of the members of the team form a line,
walking in a straight line, at the same speed, from one end of the crime scene
to the other.
Grid search pattern Answer - two parallel searchers, offset by 90 degrees,
performed one after another
, Spiral search pattern Answer - starting at the middle or the outside of the
scene and working your way to the opposite; helpful if there is only one
searcher
Line search pattern Answer - Generally used in large crime scenes, where team
members stand in a line equal distance apart and walk to the opposite side of
the crime scene, then circle back to the front end of the scene further to the
right or left.
How big is a crime scene? Answer - as big as however far the evidence is
Trace evidence Answer - hairs, fibers, gunshot residue, paint residue, broken
glass, unknown chemicals, drugs
Impression evidence Answer - fingerprints, footwear, tool marks, striations on
a fired bullet
Body fluid evidence Answer - blood, semen, saliva, vomit
Weapons and firearms evidence Answer - knives, guns, bullet holes, cartridge
casings
Questioned documents/digital Answer - diaries, suicide notes, phone books;
answering machines, caller ID units, cellphones
Locard's Exchange Principle Answer - Whenever two objects come into contact
with one another, there is exchange of materials between them.
Evidence package label - 7 essential pieces of information Answer - 1. file
number (case identifier), 2. date of search, 3. item number, 4. description of
