Chapter 2 - Evidence

Question 1

An open window or door is an example of __________ evidence.

Accepted Answer

Conditional

Question 2

Which case is ruled “general acceptance”?

Accepted Answer

Frye

Question 3

The type of evidence that is based on suggestion rather than personal knowledge or observation.

Accepted Answer

circumstantial

Question 4

Which type of evidence is a tangible item that tends to prove some material fact?

Accepted Answer

Physical

Question 5

The lab safety shower is used when a person has chemicals spilled on them.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

Goggles must be worn for the following situations in the science lab.

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 7

Physical evidence has higher probative value than eye witness testimony.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

A broken car window is:

Accepted Answer

Both

Question 9

A bloody fingerprint found at the crime scene is considered evidence with

Accepted Answer

High probative value.

Question 10

If the probability that a suspect is wearing glasses is .98, there is a

Accepted Answer

high probability

Question 11

Which factors affect the memory of an eyewitness in recounting a crime?

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 12

If 10 out of 20 students are wearing something red, what is the percent?

Accepted Answer

50%

Question 13

Handwriting is an example of class evidence.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

The hood of a car still being warm after a resent excursion.

Accepted Answer

Both A & B

Question 15

Finger prints are all class evidence because people can have the same prints.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

Miranda rights must be read to you at the time of the arrest.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

Blood spatter on the wall is

Accepted Answer

Pattern evidence.

Question 18

The smell of perfume is

Accepted Answer

Transient evidence.

Question 19

If 5 out of 20 students are wearing something yellow, what is the probability?

Accepted Answer

.25

Question 20

Miranda rights must be read to you before questioning can occur.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

Statistics are meaningless in forensic science because they can’t prove anything.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 22

Eyewitness testimony is more reliable than physical evidence.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 23

DNA found at the crime scene on a murder weapon.

Accepted Answer

Individual evidence

Question 24

______________ evidence is when a person gives a statement under oath in court.

Accepted Answer

Testimonial

Question 25

This type of evidence CANNOT be used in court.

Accepted Answer

Inadmissible

Question 26

Tire tracks found at the crime scene are _________ evidence.

Accepted Answer

class

Question 27

Which of the following is used to put a fire out on a person in the science lab?

Accepted Answer

Fire blanket

Question 28

Voice prints are individualized to each person.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

The famous quote, “every contact leaves a trace” originated from

Accepted Answer

Locard

Question 30

It is always possible to individualize a ripped piece of paper to its matching half.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 31

A Converse shoe print at the crime scene found in the garden is class evidence.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 32

DNA extracted from the root of a hair is

Accepted Answer

Individual evidence.

Question 33

The following describes the admissibility of evidence in terms of the Daubert ruling EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

No guidelines for admissibility

Chapter 2 - Evidence

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Chapter 2 - Evidence

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