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Forensics Chp 4
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1The amount of spatter from a blood droplet falling on a hard, non-porous surface is _______ that of a drop of blood of equal size, falling from the same distance, onto a softer, porous surface.
- AThe same as
- BLess then
- CGreater than
2The pointed end of a bloodstain always faces
- AOpposite its direction of travel
- BToward the direction from which the force came
- CIts direction of travel
- DToward the position of the blood source
3A blood droplet deposited at an angle of impact of about 90º (directly vertical to the surface) will:
- AShow acute elongation
- BFeature a tail showing the directionality
- CBe elliptical in shape
- DBe approximately circular in shape
4The most common type of bloodstain pattern found at a crime scene is:
- ACast-off spatter
- BVoid spatter
- CImpact spatter
- DArterial spray
5The velocity classification of an impact spatter pattern
- ACannot illuminate the specific events that produced the pattern
- BCan determined the kind of action that produced the patter
- CIs never used for descriptive purpose
- DCan only be determined by a trained bloodstain pattern analyst
6The intersection of straight lines through the long axis of several individual bloodstains in an impact spatter pattern illustrates the ______ of the pattern
- AArea of origin
- BVoid patter
- CArea of convergence
- DVelocity classification
7At the crime scene, the string method is used to find the ______ of an impact spatter pattern
- AArea of origin
- BVoid pattern
- CArea of convergence
- DVelocity classification
8The deposition of backward spatter produced by a gunshot wound is determined be:
- AThe location of the injury
- BThe size of the wound created
- CThe distance between the victim and the muzzle
- DAll of the above
9If a murder victim's blood is found in the muzzle of a firearm:
- ANo conclusion can be made
- BIt can be concluded that the firearm is the murder weapon
- CIt can be concluded that the firearm was present during the injury to the victim
- DIt can be concluded that the owner of the firearm is the prepetrator
10Which weapon would create cast-off patterns consisting of small droplets in a linear pattern?
- ABaseball bat
- BKnife
- CWooden plank
- DAll of the above
11The pressure of the pumping of oxygenated blood out of an injury causes bright red-colored blood to spurt out and form a(n):
- AVoid pattern
- BExpirated pattern
- CArterial spray pattern
- DBoth b and c
12The removal of an object or surface that was located between the origin of blood and the target surface during the blodstain deposition leaves behind:
- AExpirated blood
- BA void
- CBlowback spatter
- DAn undentifiable pattern
13When an object with blood on it touches one that does not have blood on it, this produces a(n):
- AFlow
- BIndistinguishable pattern
- CContact pattern
- DTrail pattern
14Widely spaced bloody shoe prints with satellite spatter between the shoe prints were likely deposited by an individual who was:
- AStanding in place
- BWalking slowly
- CRunning
- DCarrying a bloody weapon
15The direction of a _______ may show movement of objects or bodies while the pattern was still forming or after the blood has dried
- AFlow pattern
- BCast-off pattern
- CBloodstain tail
- DTrail pattern
16The approximate drying time of a pool of blood can be used to estimate timing of events at a crime scene and is dependent upon:
- AThe clotting ability of the blood
- BThe blood type of the blood
- CThe environmental condition of the scene
- DThe method of deposition
17The skeletonized perimeter of a bloodstain can be used to interpret:
- AThe kind of force that produced the bloodstain
- BThe time that elapsed between deposition of the stain and alteration of the stain
- CThe source of the bloodstain
- DBoth b and c
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