Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
a) Shape
b) Grouping
c) Distribution of blood stains
d) All of the above
2. Which of the following is not a classification of bloodstains?
a) Passive
b) Active
c) Spatter
d) Altered
3. A professional association for those who routinely evaluate blood pattern evidence
a) The International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts
b) The International Union for Bloodstain Pattern Analysts
c) The International Association for Blood Pattern Analysis
d) The International Committee of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts
4. The stains resulting from contact with a bloody surface
a) Deciphered stain
b) Median stain
c) Transfer stain
d) Low impact stain
5. What do Bloodstain pattern analysts consider to determine blood stain pattern origin and the amount of force behind it?
a) angle of impact
b) angle of incidence
c) angle of convergence
d) angle of inclination
6. In which type of blood spatter patterns blood is often circular and not elongated?
a) Impact spatter
b) Expiated spatter
c) Projection spatter
d) All of the above
7. Gunshot blood spatter has
a) Low impact
b) Medium impact
c) High impact
d) Large impact
8. Forward spatter from a gunshot wound will typically form
a) larger drops and be more concentrated
b) large volume blood stain
c) smaller droplets spread over a wide area
d) None of the above
9. Tools used to determine area of convergence and area of origin include:
a) Elastic strings and protractors
b) Mathematical equations
c) Computer software programs
d) All of the above
10. A rougher surface, such as carpet or concrete, disrupts the surface tension and causes
a) the drops to break apart
b) little distortion of spherical shaped drop
c) a near-perfect spherical shape
d) no useful information
11. In the case of multiple victims, analysts will often use DNA profiling to determine
a) whose blood is included in a given pattern
b) locations of the victims in relation to each other
c) locations of the victims in relation to the perpetrator
d) All of the above
12. To help reconstruct events that caused bloodshed what do analysts use to establish the areas of convergence?
a) starting point of the bloodshed
b) the estimation of where the victim and suspect were
c) direction
d) origin
13. The direction of travel of blood stain is indicated by
a) head of the blood stain
b) tail end of the blood stain
c) blood stain spatter
d) none of them
14. Which type of injury produces smaller, more linear pattern of blood stains?
a) Gunshot injury
b) Sharp force injuries
c) Blunt force injuries
d) Hitting or beating
15. Void patterns are important because they give the information about
a) If objects are missing from the scene
b) Where a person was at the time of the incident
c) If a body was moved
d) All of the above
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Written By:
By Shivani Kumari
Volunteer at Applied Forensic Research Sciences
