Question 1

Summary A
You have been trained in fingerprinting and collect the fingerprints yourself as it may save time. Although you know how to do it, if the fingerprints are difficult to capture, technicians may need to come out and Live Scan the fingerprints to get a better quality sample. If this is the case, you will have wasted time doing them yourself. 
To learn more about fingerprinting, see "Fingerprint Technology."
Summary B
You have been trained in fingerprinting so you could collect the fingerprints yourself as it may save time. However, although you know how to do it, if the fingerprints are difficult to capture, technicians may need to come out and Live Scan the fingerprints to get a better quality sample. Having crime scene technicians use Live Scan is a good idea because they will get a faster response from AFIS. 
To learn more about fingerprinting, see "Fingerprint Technology."
Your investigative skills have paid off: your dispatchers have located the suspect vehicle on camera. However, as you close in on the vehicle, it flees the area, and you lose sight of it. A few minutes later you come upon the vehicle and see it has crashed into a pylon in an abandoned parking lot. The suspect has fled on foot. You call in crime scene investigators to assist you in processing the crime scene.
-What is the name of the advanced technology that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) employed, starting in 2011?

Accepted Answer

A)   Advanced Fingerprint Identification Technology (AFIT) 
B)   Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) 
C)   Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) 
D)   Repository for Individuals of Special Concern (RIS
C)   A

Question 2

Summary A
You have been trained in fingerprinting and collect the fingerprints yourself as it may save time. Although you know how to do it, if the fingerprints are difficult to capture, technicians may need to come out and Live Scan the fingerprints to get a better quality sample. If this is the case, you will have wasted time doing them yourself. 
To learn more about fingerprinting, see "Fingerprint Technology."
Summary B
You have been trained in fingerprinting so you could collect the fingerprints yourself as it may save time. However, although you know how to do it, if the fingerprints are difficult to capture, technicians may need to come out and Live Scan the fingerprints to get a better quality sample. Having crime scene technicians use Live Scan is a good idea because they will get a faster response from AFIS. 
To learn more about fingerprinting, see "Fingerprint Technology."
Your investigative skills have paid off: your dispatchers have located the suspect vehicle on camera. However, as you close in on the vehicle, it flees the area, and you lose sight of it. A few minutes later you come upon the vehicle and see it has crashed into a pylon in an abandoned parking lot. The suspect has fled on foot. You call in crime scene investigators to assist you in processing the crime scene.
-What is the name given to fingerprint impressions left on evidence at a crime scene?

Accepted Answer

A)   latent prints
B)   inked prints
C)   ten-prints
D)   Live Scan A

Question 3

Choosing a likely escape route for the suspect with your license plate reader on seems like a good idea. You have increased the likelihood that the suspect will be captured quickly. However, it is a good idea to have dispatchers inform other officers involved that they should use their LPRs while heading to the scene from other directions.
You locate the vehicle and, after a brief car chase, the suspect crashes the car and runs into nearby woods. You contact all other officers in the area and begin a grid search of the woods to find the suspect.
-What is the name of the advanced technology that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) employed, starting in 2011?

Accepted Answer

A)   Advanced Fingerprint Identification Technology (AFIT) 
B)   Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) 
C)   Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) 
D)   Repository for Individuals of Special Concern (RIS
C)   A

Question 4

After a 911 operator takes a call from a citizen, the operator codes the information into the computer, and the information immediately flashes on the dispatcher's screen using which typical type of system?

Accepted Answer

A)   computer-aided dispatch (CA
D)  
B)   mobile digital terminals
C)   VoIP
D)   IP

Question 5

What is DNA profiling?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is DNA profiling?...

Question 6

What can be used against unarmed suspects with only short-term damage to the suspect?

Accepted Answer

A)   legal firearms
B)   chokeholds
C)   less-than-lethal weapons
D)   traditional weapons

Question 7

Recent studies have shown that less-than-lethal weapons result in fewer officer and suspect injuries. Which of the following statements about Tasers is also correct?

Accepted Answer

A)   They emit a 500-volt charge that temporarily incapacitates subjects.
B)   They have been linked to deaths nationwide.
C)   They are less effective than the other forms of nonlethal force in subduing a subject.
D)   They may be used without warning the suspect.

Question 8

What percentage of the American public supports the police wearing body cameras according to a 2016 CATO Institute survey?

Accepted Answer

A)   65 percent
B)   71 percent
C)   92 percent
D)   81 percent

Question 9

Which Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) system can be used to match stored fingerprint data for millions of individuals against latent prints taken from a crime scene?

Accepted Answer

A)   NCIC
B)   RCAGIS
C)   VoIP
D)   IAFIS

Question 10

What Would You Do?
You are unable to locate the suspect on foot. You decide to investigate the car for clues to the identity of the suspect and where he might live.
-What would you do?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What Would You Do?
You are unable to...

Question 11

What capability does the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI's) age-progression software have that enables it to create more accurate images of how a missing child may have aged?

Accepted Answer

A)   It draws on statistical probabilities.
B)   It can incorporate pictures of family members.
C)   It uses hand-drawn sketches to incorporate more subtleties.
D)   It ensures that privacy rights are not violated.

Question 12

How has the computer revolutionized policing?

Accepted Answer

The answer of How has the computer revolutionized policing?...

Question 13

What are less-than-lethal weapons?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What are less-than-lethal weapons?...

Question 14

The advantage of in-car police video recorders is that ____________.

Accepted Answer

A)   they provided reliable, unbiased evidence of wrongdoing by both suspects and officers
B)   the officer can turn them off at any point during a traffic stop
C)   many officers turn off their body cameras, but the in-car recorders continue to function
D)   they stream in real time to police headquarters

Question 15

What is the other term for inked fingerprints?

Accepted Answer

A)   latent prints
B)   plastic prints
C)   10-prints
D)   visible

Question 16

Why can cold cases benefit from the use of mitochondrial DNA (MtDNA)?

Accepted Answer

A)   MtDNA is only inherited on the maternal side, making identification more specific.
B)   MtDNA analysis can derive evidence from very small or degraded quantities of DNA.
C)   MtDNA has passed the Frye test, which PCR-STR and RFLP have not yet done.
D)   MtDNA is the only form of DNA accepted into the National DNA Index System (NDIS) .

Question 17

What type of technology can take X-rays, photograph packages, search suspect locations, and place explosive devices into a transport vessel, thus keeping personnel safely away from the immediate area?

Accepted Answer

A)   bomb robots
B)   drones
C)   cell phones
D)   computer forensics devices

Question 18

Carol Roses of the Massachusetts American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has said, "We don't know all the potential uses of DNA, but once the state has your sample and there are no limits on how it can be used." These vast uses could result in __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   peacekeeping advantages
B)   crime prevention benefits
C)   health benefits for American citizens
D)   civil liberty violations

Question 19

How has crime lab accreditation helped enhance the credibility of crime labs?

Accepted Answer

The answer of How has crime lab accreditation helped enhance...

Question 20

What can locate a person's location from a cell phone call, NOT just a landline call?

Accepted Answer

A)   R911
B)   E911
C)   FATS
D)   LPR

Exam 14: Computers, Technology, and Criminalistics in Policing