"Criminal investigation is a lawful search for people and things useful in ____?"

a.     reconstructing circumstances of an illegal act

b.     reconstructing circumstances of an illegal omission 

c.     reconstructing the mental state accompanying the act or omission

d.     all of the above  

d. all of the above

"The knowledge the criminal investigator gathers from other people."

a.     facts

b.     information

c.     evidence

d.     interview

b. information

"The application of instruments and methods of the physical sciences to the detection of crime"

a.     investigation 

b.     instrumentation

c.     interrogation

d.     interviewing

b. instrumentation

Which of these is not a goal of the criminal investigation?

a.     identify a suspect

b.     effect a legal arrest

c.     determine if a crime was committed

d.     prepare the best case possible for defense

d. prepare the best case possible for defense

Which of the below is done in the follow-up investigation, not the preliminary?

a.     arrest the perpetrator

b.     protect the crime scene and collect evidence

c.     conduct surveillance

d.     locate and interview witness

c. conduct surveillance

"Corpus Delicti" literally means...

a.     body of the deceased

b.     body of the offense

c.     body of the crime

d.     body delicate

c. body of the crime

Corpus Delicti includes...

a.     the criminal agency of the act

b.     the act

c.     the curtilage

d.     d. a and b

e.     all of the above

d. a and b

In order to bring the case to court, the criminal investigation must prove...

a.     the Corpus Delicti

b.     the elements of the offense

c.     the guilt of the accused

d.     a and b 

d. a and b

"_____ is all means by which an alleged fact, the truth of which is submitted to scrutiny, is established or disproved."

a.     evidence

b.     Corpus Delicti

c.     investigation

d.     proof of guilt

a. evidence

The legal significance of evidence is in its influence on the ____.

a.     judge

b.     jury

c.     prosecutor

d.     court in general

e.     a or b

e. a or b

The standard used to determine guilt or innocence of a person, is ____.

a.     probable cause

b.     reasonable doubt

c.     reasonable suspicion

d.     preponderance of the evidence 

b. reasonable doubt

"Which of the below has a tendency to use violence on a stranger"?

a.     burglar

b.     thief

c.     robber

d.     forger

c. robber

Considered the least violent of all offenders.

a.     unskilled thief

b.     forger

c.     professional thief

d.     white collar criminal

b. forger

Which of the below are encountered more by uniformed officers, and are considered more dangerous?

a.     professional auto thief

b.     auto stripper

c.     street thief

d.     all of the above

c. street thief

Which of the below would be an indicator that a vehicle may be stolen?

a.     vehicle being driven on space-saver spare

b.     dirty license plate on a clean vehicle

c.     mvi sticker from a different state than the license plate

d.     any of the above

d. any of the above 

All suspicious death cases should be treated as ____, during the investigation.

a.     suicides

b.     homicides

c.     suspicious deaths

d.     dead-person only

b. homicides

Which of the below is true of homicides?

a.     in most cases the victim never knew the assailant 

b.     in most cases the murder is related to the assailant

c.     in most cases the victim knew their attacker

d.     none of the above

c.     in most cases the victim knew their attacker

Which homicide is the most difficult to solve?

a.     serial killings

b.     triangle killing

c.     random killing

d.     killing for profit

c. random killing

The The first thing an officer should do at the scene of a reported homicide is...

a.     protect the scene

b.     care for injured

c.     seal the scene

d.     interview witnesses

b. care for the injured

Which of these is the worst indicator of time and death?

a.     body temperature

b.     post-mortem lividity

c.     rigor mortis

d.     a and c

b.     post-mortem lividity

Which of these is the best indicator of position of body at death?

a.     rigor mortis

b.     lividity marks

c.     body temperature

d.     position the body is in upon arrival 

d. position the body is in upon arrival

Indicators of a stolen vehicle after it has been stopped...

a.     left side of steering column on GM vehicle broken

b.     VIN plate secured by roset rivets

c.     VIN number on MVI sticker matches the VIN plate on the vehicle 

d.     All of the above

Which of these may help in determining time of death?

a.     putrefaction

b.     body temperature

c.     rigor mortis

d.     all of the above

d. all of the above

Rigor Mortis first begins in the ____ are of the body, after death.

a.     abdominal

b.     upper

c.     lower

d.     neck and jaw

d. neck and jaw

Convicted Sex Offenders are required to register with local law enforcement within ____ days of arrival in town.

a.     10

b.     10 working days

c.     7

d.     30

c.     7

Sexual assaults are acts of?

a.     sexual desire

b.     aggression 

c.     violence

d.     all of the above

c. violence

The perpetrators' purpose in sexual assault is...

a.     exercise power over the victim

b.     hurt the victim

c.     have sex with the victim 

d.     a sexual climax for himself 

a. exercise power over the victum

Which Adult Sexual Offender (Rapist) is "verbally commanding and degrading"?

a.     anger rapist

b.     sadistic rapist

c.     power rapist

d.     opportunistic rapist

b. sadistic rapist

Primary sexual exploiter of children is the...

a.     necrophiliac

b.     pedophiliac

c.     homophiliac

d.     none of these

b. pedophiliac

Aggravated assaults are often...

a.     failed murder attempts

b.     motivated by greed

c.     failed robbery attempts

d.     b and c 

a. failed murder attempts

Elder abuse involves...

a.     neglect

b.     abuse

c.     exploitation
d.    all of the above 

d. all of the above

Elder abuse cases are difficult to investigate because of...

a.     family embarrassment

b.     diminished capacity of the victim

c.     fear of the victim

d.     lack of prosecution

d. diminished capacity of the victim

Over half of the elderly abuse cases involve...

a.     care taker neglect

b.     family member physical abuse

c.     self-neglect

d.     intimidation and abuse by family members

c. self-neglect

"A criminal offense against a person or property which is motivated in whole or part by the offenders' bias against race, religion, ethnicity, or sexual orientation", defines ____ crimes.

a.     bias

b.     hate

c.     prejudiced

d.     a or b

d. a or b

Which process is useful in identifying mineral and inorganic compounds?

a.     chromatography 

b.     spectrographic analysis

c.     trace metal detention

d.     laser examination

b. spectrographic analysis

Which technique is best used to identify drugs and various complex compounds?

a.     chromatography 

b.     spectrographic analysis

c.     trace metal detection

d.     laser examination

a. chromatography

Which of these is useful in examining blood stains, hair roots, semen and vaginal fluids?

a.     chromatography

b.     DNA fingerprinting

c.     spectrographic analysis

d.     laser examination

b. DNA fingerprinting

Which chemical method is used to detect latent blood?

a. chromatography

b. DNA fingerprinting

c. luminal

d. laser examination

Which of these is used to detect latent fingerprints and examining of questioned documents?

a. laser examination

b. luminal

c. chromatography

d. none of these

The analysis of ciphers and codes.

a. chromatography

b. cryptography

c. luminal

d. laser examination

b. cryptography

"Determines the quantitative and and proportional concentrations of specific elements in materials through the analysis of vaporized samples."

a. luminal

b. spectographic analysis

c. laser examination

d. atomic absorption test

A ____ is "the process legally gathering evidence of a crime that has been or is being committed".

a. criminal offense

b. criminal investigation

c. crime scene search

d. crime

"A highly personal and unreasoned distortion of judgement."

a. bias

b. prejudice

c. fact

d. complaint 

"An act or omission forbidden by law and punishable by fine, imprisonment or even death."

a. misdemeanor

b. crime

c. complaint

d. offense 

"A fact or event that tends to incriminate a person in a crime."

a. fact

b. suspicion

c. circumstantial evidence

d. crime 

"A person requesting an investigation or that action is taken, is often the victim of a crime."

a. victim

b. witness

c. complainant

d. suspect

c. complainant

"The body or substance of a crime."

a. crime 

b. corpus delicti

c. modus operandi

d. loco parenties

"Conditions that must occur for an act to be called a specific kind of crime."

a. elements of a crime

b. evidence 

c. fact

d. complaint

"Anything that helps establish the facts related to a crime."

a. fact 

b. evidence

c. probable cause

d. corpus delicti

b. evidence

"Something known to be true."

a. fact 

b. proof

c. probable cause 

d. statement

"One who receives and disposes of stolen property on a regular basis."

a. pawn broker

b. fence

c. barrister

d. panderer

"On the scene identification of a suspect by the victim of, or a witness to a crime, conducted within minutes of commission of a crime."

a. field notes

b. field interrogation

c. field identification

d. criminal investigation

c. field identification

"An opinion or learning adverse to anything, without just grounds or before obtaining sufficient knowledge."

a. prejudice

b. bias

c. suspicion

d. probable cause

a. prejudice

"A criminal's characteristics method of operation."

a. corpus delicti

b. modus operandi

c. reasonable suspicion

d. rapport 

"Proof of such a conceiving character that you would be able to rely and act upon it without hesitation in the most important of your own affairs."

a. proof

b. proof beyond a reasonable doubt

c. proof beyond all doubt

d. absolute proof 

"Evidence that warrants a person of reasonable caution in the belief, that a crime has been committed."

a. reasonable suspicion

b. probable cause

c. evidentiary proof 

d. reasonable doubt

"A feeling and harmony in a contact or relationship between people."

a. rapport

b. communication

c. interpersonal dynamics

d. relationship

"A real doubt, based upon reason and common sense after careful and impartial consideration of all the evidence , or lack of evidence, in a crime."

a. doubt

b. suspicion

c. reasonable suspicion

d. reasonable doubt

"A legal narrative description of events related to a crime." 

a. confession 

b. statement

c. field interview

d. complaint

"A person considered to be directly or indirectly connected with a crime, either by overt act or by planning and/or directing it."

a. victim

b. suspect

c. actor

d. complainant

"A person who saw a crime or some part of it being committed or who has relevant information."

a. complainant

b. victim

c. witness

d. suspect 

"The person injured by a crime."

a. victim

b. complainant

c. suspect

d. reportee

"____ is the necessary elements that constitutes a crime."

a. corpus delicti

b. probable cause 

c. probable cause affidavit

d. none of the above

____ is a lawful search for people, land and things useful in reconstructing the circumstances of an illegal act or omission and the mental state accompanying it.

a. criminal investigator

b. criminal prosecution

c. criminal investigation

d. criminal interrogation 

c. criminal investigation

Which is not a goal of criminal investigation?

a. to recover stolen property

b. to determine if a crime has been committed

c. to effect an illegal arrest

d. to  gather suspect that identifies a suspect

When conducting the preliminary investigation the officer should do what?

a. arrest the perpetrator

b. locate and interview the victim and witness

c. record stories and take statements

d. all of the above

An investigator should interrogate a witness.

True

False 

False

Do not interrogate a witness  

The legal significance of the evidence rests in the influence on the ____.

a. investigator

b. judge

c. witness

d. district attorney 

The "body of the crime" is referred to as the what?

a. corpus christi

b. corpus delta

c. corpus delicti

d. corpus dictums 

The first responsibility of the officer arriving at a crime scene is?

a. establish boundaries

b. secure the scene

c. collect temporary evidence

d. take witnesses statements

b. secure the scene

refer to question 20 

To a criminal investigator "M.O." means?

a. motive and opportunity

b. misdemeanor offense

c. modus operandi

d. none of the above

Which is not a character of the professional thief?

a. profit motivated

b. minimize chances of observation

c. more likely to resort to violence

d. lack of eyewitness 

Which character in the VIN denotes the year?

a. 4

b. 7

c. 10

d. 8

Which would be an indicator of a stolen vehicle after the vehicle is stopped?

a. no key in the ignition

b. pry marks on the door locks

c. VIN plate shows signs of prying

d. all of the above

Which would be an indicator that the vehicle "could be stolen"?

a. VIN and license plate data do not match

b. 2 different license plates on vehicle

c. clean vehicle with dirty license plates

d. all of the above

On a G.M. product, the right side of the steering column is broken indicating a stolen vehicle.

True

False

False

The left side broken indicates stolen vehicle

Which of the following does not constitute "securing the scene"?

a. establish the scene boundaries

b. restrict entry to only investigators

c .allow TV crew in to film key areas before the scene is moved

d. establish witnesses and isolate them from each other

e. all of the above constitute "securing the scene" 

"Elements of an Offense" mean:

a. the forbidden conduct

b. the required culpability and the required result

c. the negation of any exceptions to the offense

d. all of the above

e. a and b only

A person who intentionally, or knowingly, enters a habitation or building not then open to the public with intent to commit a felony of theft, is the case elements required for the prosecution of:

a. burglary

b. robbery

c. aggravated sexual assault

d. none of the above

d. none of the above

Does not state he entered the habitation or building without effective consent.

A person who intentionally, or knowingly, enters a habitation or building without effective consent not then open to the public with intent to commit a felony of theft, is the case elements required for the prosecution of:

a. burglary

b. robbery 

c. aggravated sexual assault

d. none of the above

a. burglary

without effective consent

In showing a witness a "photo line-up", you should...

a. use all color photos or all black and white

b. all subjects should be the same sex, age, height, weight, and appearance

c. if subject wore a hat, all photos should have a hat

d. all of the above

A reported suicide should be investigated as?

a. homicide

b. suicide

c. death

d. an unknown death until more data is obtained

One who will have sex only with a member of the opposite sex is a ___

a. homosexual

b. heterosexual

c. bisexual

d. none of the above

b. heterosexual

____ is the condition wherein sexual satisfaction is derived through being tortured, humiliated, and through experiencing pain and suffering.

a. sadism

b. masochism

c. voyeurism 

d. a police patrol sergeant

b. masochism

The ____ is the "Officer in Charge" at a crime scene until relieved by a supervisor.

a. detective

b. lab technician

c. first officer on the scene

d. sergeant

"Is not typically a repeat offender" is the characteristics of which rapist?

a. power rapist

b. anger rapist

c. opportunistic rapist

d. sadistic rapist 

Which category of rapist will often apologize after the assault?

a. sadistic rapist

b. anger rapist

c. power rapist

d. opportunistic rapist 

Which category of rapist will use abusive and obscene language towards the victim?

a. anger rapist

b. opportunistic rapist

c. power rapist

d. sadistic rapist 

A person that has sexual fantasies focusing on children is a ____

a. homosexual

b. pedophile

c. con artist

d. heterosexual

b. pedophile

Which is a primary type of pedophilia?

a. fixated

b. concerned

c. repressed

d. exploited

In child abuse cases, which age group is most affected?

a. 6-11

b. 3-6

c. newborns

d. adolescents/teens

Which are characteristics of abusive parents?

a. seems unconcerned about the child

b. sees the child as evil, bad, or monster

c. attempts to conceal injury

d. all of the above

Which is not one of the 3 types of elder abuse?

a. neglect

b. abuse

c. forgotten

d. exploitation

c. forgotten

____ is a criminal offense against a person or property which is motivated, in whole or in part, by the offenders' bias against race, religion, ethnic/national origin group, or sexual orientation group defines?

a. slander

b. hate crimes

c. exploitation

d. not listed

b. hate crimes

____ is the direction of a dead body for the purpose of inquiry into the cause of death.

a. rigor mortis

b. autopsy

c. putrefaction

d. cadaver

b. autopsy

The dark discoloration on the parts of the body which are nearest the ground is called ____

a. rigor mortis

b. post mortem lividity

c. putrefaction

d. cadaveric spasm

Rigor mortis is the stiffening of the body which usually starts from the feet and goes up.

True

False 

In an autopsy, the content of the stomach can tell where the person last ate.

True

False 

The entire body is in a rigor mortis condition within 36 hours.

True

False 

Cryptography is the analysis of putrefied remains.

True

False 

Trace metal detection technique is used for examination of questionable documents.

True

False 

Sexual assaults are acts of passion.

True

False 

A pocket knife can be used to take fingernail scrappings.

True

False