The number one mistake officers make in processing fingerprints with powders is
a. over-processing fingerprints.
b. misidentifying fingerprints.
c. sneezing and destroying the print.
d. selecting the wrong powder.
Wiretaps are legal when there is probable cause and they are
a. ordered by the chief of police or sheriff.
b. authorized by the district attorney.
c. reviewed by a grand jury.
d. authorized by a court.
Many agencies fail to do this with those tasked with videotaping a crime scene:
a. provide enough videotape.
b. provide adequate training.
c. provide adequate supervision.
d. provide enough portable power sources.
Barbiturates are classified as
a. narcotics.
b. depressants.
c. hallucinogens.
d. stimulants.
This type of fingerprint, which is not readily visible, consists of impressions of the
ridges of the fingers, transferred to other surfaces by sweat on the ridges of the fingers
or because the fingers carry residue of oil, blood, dirt or another substance. These prints
are referred to as
a. ten-print fingerprints.
b. latent prints.
c. ID-match prints.
d. comparison prints.
Healed injuries not visible to the naked eye may be revealed through
a. microphotography.
b. limited or restricted wavelength photography.
c. specific, refined wavelength photography.
d. reflective ultraviolet photography.
The most important rule for eradicating fear of testifying in court is to always
a. assist with the conviction of the suspect.
b. inform the prosecutor of your plans during testimony.
c. understand what the problems are with the case.
d. tell the truth.
Psychological profiling
a. is no longer used in police work.
b. is used only in conjunction with a psychic.
c. is 95 percent accurate in all cases.
d. can help eliminate and develop suspects.
Babysitters should
a. never believe children when they talk about abuse in their home.
b. avoid taking care of children when a questionable relative is staying in the house.
c. always request and check references of families that they don”t know.
d. be selected carefully by parents.
Which of the following statements is not true?
a. More than one point of origin indicates arson.
b. Fires normally burn outward.
c. The point of origin is established by finding the area with the deepest char.
d. Fires are drawn toward ventilation and follow fuel paths.
Showing the relationship between evidence on the walls and the floors of a room, by
flattening out the walls on the sketch, allowing the viewer to look straight down into the
sketch, is best done using which of the following methods?
a. compass-point
b. cross-projection
c. rectangular-coordination
d. doll-house
A gang’s graffiti can provide all of the following pieces of information about the gang
except one. Which one does it not reveal?
a. territory
b. members
c. leadership
d. arrest records
Which of the following statements is true?
a. A static IP address does not fluctuate and is thus more secure
b. A dynamic IP address fluctuates and is thus more secure.
c. An ISP is a unique number, analogous to a phone number.
d. An IP address is directly linked to the location of the building where the computer
can be found.
Which term refers to the spiral pattern cut down the length of a firearm’s barrel?
a. rifling
b. bore
c. lands
d. caliber markings
AFIS stands for
a. Automated Fingerprint Issuing Society.
b. automatic fingerprint intake system.
c. automatic fiber identification system.
d. automated fingerprint identification system.
Photographs and videotapes reproduce the crime scene in detail primarily for
presentation to the media.
The group HAMAS is
a. literally the Party of God, a militia group or a political party that first emerged as a
faction in Lebanon following the Israeli invasion in 1982.
b. a militant Palestinian Islamic movement in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
c. a broad-based Islamic militant organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the late
1980s.
d. a group formed in the refugee camps in the West Bank of Israel.
NW3C stands for
a. North West Computer Crime Center.
b. National White Collar Crime Center.
c. New West Crime Center Corporation.
d. none of these choices.
Which 2007 case established the use of “ramming” in pursuit as a use-of-force doctrine
that the police use today?
a. Mapp v. Ohio
b. Kim Wong Ark v. United States
c. Scott v. Harris
d. United States v. Weeks
Which of the following statements is not true with regard to death investigations?
a. Body temperature drops 2 to 3 degrees in the first hour after death.
b. Rigor mortis appears first in the smaller muscles, such as those of the face.
c. After about 36 hours, rigor mortis usually disappears in the same sequence as it
appeared.
d. Maximum lividity occurs within 15″20 hours after death.
Acknowledging the severe and dangerous nature of drug-assisted sexual assaults, the
Drug-Induced Rape Prevention and Punishment Act, signed in 1996, allows courts to
impose prison sentences up to __________ on anyone who distributes an illicit drug to
someone intending to commit sexual assault.
a. 5 years
b. 10 years
c. 20 years
d. Life
If a public threat exists, questioning to reduce that threat may occur before the reading
of the Miranda warning. Which case highlighted this issue?
a. New York v. Quarles
b. Mapp v. Ohio
c. Lawson v. Kolender
d. Arizona v. Mincey
Crack
a. is substantially more expensive than cocaine.
b. has 10 times less impact than cocaine.
c. has 10 times more impact than cocaine.
d. is less addictive than cocaine.
Which of the following is a type of physical evidence that officers should search for in a
vehicle theft case?
a. latent prints
b. accident damage
c. evidence that rake and pick guns were used
d. all of these choices
A fact is
a. an action, an event, a circumstance or an actual thing done.
b. a process of reasoning.
c. an action based on the known facts.
d. something that is known to all.
Which of the following is true of writing completed in the active voice?
a. The subject does not take any action.
b. The subject of the sentence performs the actions.
c. The sentences are active in terms of the reader.
d. Exact quotations are always used.
Which of the following crimes is not normally associated with funding terrorism?
a. contract killing
b. money laundering
c. extortion and protection rackets
d. document forging
Which of the following is not a critical step in interviewing children in a sexual abuse
case?
a. talking in terms of good touch, bad touch
b. asking the child to promise to testify in court
c. building rapport with the child
d. discussing anatomical identification
Drugs found on a person during a legally conducted search
a. may be seized.
b. may not be seized under the exclusionary rule.
c. may not be seized under the plain feel exception.
d. may not be seized under the “fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree” doctrine.
The fundamental distinction between the Fifth and Sixth Amendment right to counsel
hinges on the issue of
a. exigency.
b. guilt.
c. privacy.
d. custody.
What act did the federal government pass in 1914 that made the sale or use of certain
drugs illegal?
a. the Sullivan Act
b. the Mann Act
c. the Harrison Narcotics Act
d. the Little Lindbergh Law
When taking notes, the investigator should
a. ignore unimportant items.
b. write only the important items.
c. learn to select key facts and record them in abbreviated form.
d. never take notes but always memorize things verbatim and record them later.
Typewritten materials are untraceable and, therefore, impossible to link with a suspect.
Compare the key difference between murder and involuntary manslaughter or criminal
negligence. What are two key elements that are missing from the latter two items?
What were the lessons learned by the Miami-Dade homicide unit in their investigation
of the “Moonberry Pond Murder”?
Detective Richard Gautsch emphasizes three major areas to focus on when giving
courtroom testimony. What are these three areas, and which do you think would be
most challenging for you?
Officers may use heat-sensing (thermal-scanning) devices without a warrant.
The Dyer Act made vehicle theft a federal crime.
Black smoke results from the burning of petroleum.
The Supreme Court has ruled that probable cause should be based on a
totality-of-the-___________________ test.
Fixed surveillance is used when you know or suspect that a person is at or will come to
a known location.
Children who are afflicted with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) may display some of the
telltale symptoms of child abuse.
Federal officials are the most important resource for combating terrorism.
The search team leader is primarily responsible for which tasks?
After emergencies are dealt with, what are the first and most important functions of a
first responder?
Describe the difference between a hate crime and a hate incident.
During a stop of a moving vehicle, officers may search the vehicle and any closed
containers in it without probable cause or consent.
Evidence not discernible to the naked eye can be detected by laser-beam photography.