Criminal Investigation

Subject: Criminal Investigation

Question 1

Incendiary evidence includes:

All of these.

Crime scene debris

Burn characteristics.

Witness statements.

Question 2

 

Arson motives may include:

 

Vandalism

Crime concealment.

Revenge.

Profit.

All of these.

Question 3

 

Explosives manufacturers have included __________ in their product to assist investigations.

 

All of these.

Streamers

Trailers

Microtaggants

Question 4

 

To cover up or destroy evidence of another crime, a __________ fire may be used.

 

Masking

Trailer

Streamer

Pyrolysis

Question 5

 

Which of the following is a component of the serial killer trilogy?

 

Broken Home

Fire Starting

Fire Starting & Bedwetting

Bedwetting

Question 6

 

__________ explosives change rapidly to a gaseous state upon ignition.

 

 

 

High-order

Medium-order

Low-order

Medium-high order

Question 7

 

Fires tend to move:

 

Upwards

Horizontally

Downwards

Where the wind blows it

 

 

Question 8

 

A(n) __________ returns to the scene of a fire to enjoy the fruits of his or her labor.

 

Fire-freak

Pyromaniac

Habitual arsonist

Arsonist

 

 

Question 9

 

What is it called when someone uses fire to cover up a crime?

 

Shedding

Flanking

Masking

Flashing

 

 

Question 10

 

A trailer:

 

Reduces the amount of smoke.

Slows the progress of the fire.

Allows the suspect to start a fire away from the intended point of origin.

Prevents the fire from spreading.

 

 

Question 11

 

Which of the following is a byproduct of fire and the extinguishing of the fire?

 

 

 

Appropriation

Propellant

Contamination

Sedentary gas

 

 

Question 12

 

A(n) __________ allows the arsonist to exit the building safely before the fire starts.

 

Control device

Deactivation device

Detonator

Ignition device

 

 

Question 13

 

An arson investigation begins:

 

By photographing the scene.

By putting out the fire.

By searching the scene.

By bagging a background sample.

 

 

Question 14

 

The detonation point is:

 

The area adjacent to the explosive at time of detonation.

The temperature at which fires start.

None of these.

The temperature at which flammables will explode.

 

 

Question 15

 

A fire prank on a school performed by juveniles is not considered arson.

 

True

False

 

 

Question 16

 

Occasionally, a firefighter will set a fire that appears to be vandalism for the purpose of being part of the team called in to put out the fire.

 

True

False

 

 

Question 17

 

Because of the severe damage, the detonation point of an explosion is nearly impossible to determine.

 

True

False

 

 

Question 18

 

Most arson fires are started with the use of an igniter other than a simple match.

 

True

False

 

 

Question 19

 

Arson becomes aggravated arson with the risk of human injury.

 

True

False

Question 20

 

Pyrolysis is the chemical decomposition of a solid into a gaseous product.

 

True

False