Physical Evidence Analysis
Physical Evidence Analysis Quiz Crafted By-
Silki Setia
Team Member
Sherlock Institute of Forensic Science India Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi
Introduction to Physical Evidence Analysis
Physical evidences are any objects that can establish that a crime has been committed or can establish a link between a suspect and the victim of the crime with each other and with the scene of crime. As all the crime scenes are unique in nature so almost anything can be treated as physical evidence depending upon the type of crime and the circumstances under which the crime was committed. It may not be possible to enlist a type of objects to be recovered as physical evidences in a particular type of case. Several different types of physical evidences like pieces of glass, paint, soil, semen, saliva, hair, nail clippings, finger and foot prints are very commonly found at a crime scenes related to different types of cases. However, the weight given to each piece of evidence is ultimately decided by the jury. After recognizing the physical evidences at the scene needs to be collected and packaged properly. While handling the evidence care must be exercised to avoid contamination as for as possible.
Let's look at the questions and their answer.
Ques 1. The CSI incharge divides the crime scene into sectors and each team member takes one sectors
a) GridSearch
b) Parallel Search
c) Zone Search
d) Spiral Search
Answer-c) Zone Search
Ques 2.Trace Evidences includes
a) Gun-Shot Residue (GSR)
b) Point Residue
c) Illicit drugs
d) All of these
Answer-d)All of these
Ques 3.When something like a baseball bat contacts a blood source and then swings back which type of blood spatter pattern form
a) Cast-off Pattern
b) Tear-Drop Pattern
c) High-Energy Pattern
d) None of These
Answer-a) Cast-off Pattern
Ques 4.Cyanoacrylate (Super Glue) Fuming method is used for
a) Documents
b) Fingerprints
c) Firearms
d) Footprints
Answer-b) Fingerprints
Ques 5.Which of them are porous Surfaces
a) Glass
b) Plastic
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of These
Answer-d) None of These
Ques 6.A footwear impression in mud is an example of
a) two- dimensional
b) three- dimensional
c) four - dimensional
d) None of these
Answer-b) three- dimensional
Ques 7.Which of them have higher density
a) Paraffins
b) olefins
c) Aromatics
d) Cycloparaffins
Answer-c) Aromatics
Ques 8.Test for identification of inorganic ions
a) Capillary Electrophoresis
b) Wet Test
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of These
Answer-c) Both (a) and (b)
Ques 9.The instruments used by police officer in the case of alcohol includes
a) Alcometer
b) Intoxilyser
c) Intoximeter
d) All of These
Answer-d) All of These
Ques 10.For the detection of volatile poison which of the test is used
a) Fujiwara Test
b) Reinsch’s Test
c) Gutzeit Test
d) All of These
Answer-a) Fujiwara Test