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Questions
1. Which of the following is one of the best practices to be followed when interviewing individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing?
A. Facing the person and not turning away while speaking to him or her
B. Assuming that a person can hear you well if he or she is wearing a hearing aid
C. Refraining from using gestures such as a tap on the shoulder to gain attention before speaking
D. Refraining from conversing in a well-lit area
2. The 1992 palo verde seedpod case is significant because it:
A. established the scientific basis for identifying suspects from their fingerprints on flora.
B. excluded case evidence because of police misuse of plant pathology procedures.
C. involved the use of plant DNA in a criminal case.
D. None of the above.
3. What was the original mission of the Secret Service when created by Congress in 1865?
A. providing protection for the President
B. preventing drug importation into the country
C. combat counterfeiting
D. All of the above
4. What is the significance of the Enderby cases?
A. Those trials were the first use of "voice prints" to convict a criminal.
B. They questioned the scientific validity of fingerprint evidence.
C. The precedent of using DNA in a criminal case was established.
D. None of the above.
5. Which of the following is a good characteristic of a traditional interrogation room?
A. A two-way mirror should be included.
B. A working telephone should be included.
C. The room should be sparsely furnished.
D. A large, physically imposing room should be used.
6. The first major book describing the application of scientific disciplines to criminal investigation was written in 1893 by Hans Gross. Translated into English in 1906, it remains highly respected today as a seminal work in the field. What is the book's title?
A. TheScientific Method of Criminal Inquiry
B. Scienceand Criminals
C. ForensicScience and Crime
D. CriminalInvestigation
7. Which of the following statements about a rogues' gallery is true?
A. It consists of photographs of known criminals arranged by criminal specialty and height.
B. Its use was abandoned because of the cost of maintaining it.
C. It is only practical in cities with populations of 100,000 or more.
D. All of the above.
8. In 1892, who published the first definitive book on dactylography, Finger Prints?
A. Calvin Goddard
B. Sir Francis Galton
C. Henry Balthazard
D. Henri Lacassagne
9. Which of the following factors influences a person's ability to give a complete account of an event or to identify people accurately?
A. The significance or insignificance of the event
B. Lack of ideal conditions
C. The length of the period of observation
D. All of the answers are correct.
10. What are the possible responses when a suspect is asked if they wish to talk to the police?
A. To request for an attorney
B. To remain silent
C. To waive their rights against self-incrimination
D. All of the answers are correct.
11. Lattes developed a procedure that:
A. established when DNA was left on an object recovered from a crime scene.
B. allowed evidence gathered from touch DNA to be preserved for over a span of 10 years.
C. suggested an eye iris might have characteristics for individual identification.
D. permitted blood typing from a dried bloodstain.
12. The father of criminal identification is:
A. William Herschel.
B. Alphonse Bertillon.
C. Hans Gross.
D. Edward Henry.
13. The London Metropolitan Police was established in 1829. At first, the British public was suspicious of, and at times even hostile toward, it because:
A. French citizens had experienced oppression under centralized police.
B. Rowan and Mayne had intimate ties to the royal family.
C. social reformers such as Jeremy Bentham had long argued that it was a danger to personal liberty.
D. King Edward II had supported its creation.
14. The first modern detective force was:
A. the London Metropolitan Police.
B. established by the Metropolitan Police Act of 1829.
C. created by Patrick Colquhoun.
D. the Bow Street Runners.
15. Which of the following is a reason for the absence of reliable detectives in America during the 1800's?
A. Police jurisdictions were limited.
B. There was little information sharing by law enforcement agencies.
C. Graft and corruption were common among America's big city police officers.
D. All of the above.
16. After the Civil War, Pinkerton's National Detective Agency engaged in the two broad areas of:
A. following up on initial reports of interstate crimes and locating offenders who fled to a foreign country.
B. controlling a discontented working class and pursuing bank and railroad robbers.
C. protecting members of Congress and the Supreme Court.
D. locating war criminals and investigating the KKK.
17. Which of the following provides a genomic-based, probabilistic estimation of the image of a person of interest?
A. Biometrics.
B. Touch DNA.
C. DNA phenotyping.
D. None of the above.
18. Identify a true statement about touch DNA. It:
A. analysis of it is only successful in 5 percent of all cases.
B. cannot be accumulated.
C. does not leave a visible residue.
D. helps determine how an object was used.
19. The term ________ refers to a witness's personal qualifications for testifying in court.
A. intelligence
B. credibility
C. trustworthiness
D. competency
20. The Harrison Act of 1914 made the distribution of nonmedical drugs a crime. The agency currently charged with enforcing its provisions is the ________.
A. Narcotics Bureau
B. Federal Bureau of Investigations
C. Drug Enforcement Administration
D. Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
21. Prior to 1936, the test for the validity and admissibility of a confession or admission was its:
A. compliance with the fruits of the poisonous tree doctrine.
B. compliance with the Miranda requirements.
C. voluntariness.
D. compliance with the Escobedo case
22. Which of the following is not one of the four commonly recognized objectives in the interrogation process?
A. To obtain a confession
B. To eliminate the innocent
C. To identify the innocent
D. To obtain valuable facts
23. Which agency was the prototype for modern state police organizations?
A. New York State Police
B. Pinkerton International Detective Agency
C. Georgia State Police
D. Pennsylvania State Police