Criminal Investigations Exam
CDROM CRM225 Midterm Exam 50 Questions 1 hour and 30 min. to complete
1. A crime laboratory can help in answering which of the following questions? D
a. whether a crime has been committed b. who committed the crime c. who could not have committed the crime d. all of the choices are correct
2. A handgun used in a murder is recovered by a diver. Which of the following should be used to develop any latent prints? C
a. SPR b. Amido Black c. SuperGlue d. Basic Yellow 40
3. After interviewing the victim of a crime and two witnesses, and examining the crime scene and the physical evidence, you use all of this information as a basis for developing a unifying and internally consistent explanation of the event. You have: C
a. used inductive reasoning. b. committed Locard's Fallacy. c. used deductive reasoning. d. proceeded in an un-objective manner.
4. Autoerotic death (sexual asphyxiation) is: C
a. a murder committed by hanging the victim naked. b. a murder committed during a rape. c. an accidental death, usually from hanging. d. a suicide preceded by masturbating.
5. By roughly 1850, it was clear that American cities needed reliable detectives because: D
a. graft and corruption were common in big city police departments. b. police jurisdictions were limited. c. there was little information sharing between departments in different cities. d. all of the choices are correct.
6. Establishing the existence of a violation, obtaining probable cause for a search warrant, and preventing crime are all considered effective uses of: C
a. informants. b. grid maps. c. crime analysis. d. surveillance.
7. Field notes represent the information which forms the content of the: D
a. statements. b. follow-up investigation.
1. A crime laboratory can help in answering which of the following questions? D
a. whether a crime has been committed b. who committed the crime c. who could not have committed the crime d. all of the choices are correct
2. A handgun used in a murder is recovered by a diver. Which of the following should be used to develop any latent prints? C
a. SPR b. Amido Black c. SuperGlue d. Basic Yellow 40
3. After interviewing the victim of a crime and two witnesses, and examining the crime scene and the physical evidence, you use all of this information as a basis for developing a unifying and internally consistent explanation of the event. You have: C
a. used inductive reasoning. b. committed Locard's Fallacy. c. used deductive reasoning. d. proceeded in an un-objective manner.
4. Autoerotic death (sexual asphyxiation) is: C
a. a murder committed by hanging the victim naked. b. a murder committed during a rape. c. an accidental death, usually from hanging. d. a suicide preceded by masturbating.
5. By roughly 1850, it was clear that American cities needed reliable detectives because: D
a. graft and corruption were common in big city police departments. b. police jurisdictions were limited. c. there was little information sharing between departments in different cities. d. all of the choices are correct.
6. Establishing the existence of a violation, obtaining probable cause for a search warrant, and preventing crime are all considered effective uses of: C
a. informants. b. grid maps. c. crime analysis. d. surveillance.
7. Field notes represent the information which forms the content of the: D
a. statements. b. follow-up investigation.