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Multiple Choice

This activity contains 10 questions.

	All of the following are items to be collected from a deceased’s body and sent to the forensic laboratory except:   head and pubic hairs. blood. fingernail scrapings. ocular fluid.

	Guidelines to protect investigators at crime scenes containing potentially infectious materials were proposed by the:   Academy of Forensic Science Experts. Occupational Health and Safety Administration. International Association for Identification Safety Committee. American Academy of Criminalistics.

	Which of the following is not an allowance made to justify a warrantless search?   A search made incident to a lawful arrest. The existence of emergency circumstances. A search made by consent of the parties involved. The need to prevent the eventual loss of evidence over time.

	The most important prerequisite for photographing a crime scene is for:   the photographer to start with close-ups of any important object and back up to get the full scale. the crime scene to be in an unaltered condition. rulers or other items to be placed into the photographs to show scale. items to be placed into indirect light so that nuances can be picked up in the photograph.

	The search for physical evidence at a crime scene:   must be started immediately so as not to lose any evidence. necessitates that only those individuals with specific training in forensic evidence collection be present. begins with the police chief, who maintains ultimate responsibility for the crime scene. must be thorough and systematic.

	Items discovered at a crime scene must be:   packaged in one container to keep everything together. initially tested for evidentiary value. handled only by representatives from the crime laboratory’s evidence unit. marked for identification with the collector’s initials and date of collection.

	Uncontaminated surface material close to an area where physical evidence has been deposited is a(n):   substrate control. standard sample. reference sample. ground material.

	The International Association for Identification Safety Committee has stated that:   notetaking should be done while wearing uncontaminated gloves to avoid contamination of pens, pencils, notebook, paper, etc. forensic and crime scene personnel may not encounter a crime scene with potentially infectious materials. when using a red biohazard plastic bag for the disposal of contaminated gloves, etc., that the biohazard bag be taken back to the laboratory for forensic examination. when individual protective equipment becomes soiled or torn, it must be removed and placed into an industrial washing machine.

	The removal of any evidence from a person or from the scene of a crime must be done in conformity with the:   Ninth Amendment. Fourth Amendment. Second Amendment. Eight Amendment.

	The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires that all officers who may have contact with body fluids while on the job be offered the inoculations against:   tuberculosis. heptatitis B. STDs. AIDS.

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