1. Law enforcement officers may stay in a crime scene ________ to perform whatever tasks they are obligated to do. a. for several hours b. for several days c. for a reasonable period of time d. indefinitely 2. According to the Supreme Court, police may ________ in premises where they are conducting a warrantless search where a serious crime has occurred. a. search for any and all evidence b. only seize evidence that is in plain view c. perform an exhaustive and intrusive search d. not seize any evidence 3. The Fourth Amendment ________ police officers to delay in the course of an investigation if to do so would gravely endanger their lives or the lives of others. a. requires b. stipulates c. does not require d. often requires 4. ________ exists if law officers have no time to obtain a search warrant and have probable cause to believe that evidence will be destroyed or moved to an unknown place. a. An exigency b. An impropriety c. An exclusion d. An exception 5. Evidence found when police are responding to an emergency ________. a. is not admissible in court b. may be used in criminal trials c. may not be used in criminal trials d. must be left undisturbed. 6. To have standing and challenge the manner in which police obtained evidence from a crime scene, a defendant must show that he or she had ________ in the crime scene. a. an unreasonable belief in privacy b. an illegitimate belief in privacy c. a legitimate expectation of privacy d. a legitimate interest in privacy 7. To use physical evidence in a criminal or civil trial, the party offering the evidence has the burden of proving that the evidence is ________. a. believable b. reasonable c. sufficient d. genuine and authentic 8. When evidence could be subject to alteration by tampering, substitution, or contamination, ________ must be shown. a. a chain of custody b. a valid warrant c. a surveillance tape d. effort to recreate it 9. To use evidence that could be subject to tampering, substitution, or contamination, the state must abide by the use of ________, establish a chain of custody to "show a reasonable probability that the evidence was not tampered with". a. hidden cameras b. informants c. witnesses d. surveillance 10. A chain of custody ________ if the object to be used as evidence is not subject to alteration by tampering, substitution or contamination. a. is not required b. is required c. can occasionally be required d. rarely is needed 11. Criminals who carelessly leave fingerprints at the scene of a crime leaves what are called ________ fingerprints. a. covert b. remaining c. recovered d. latent 12. Fingerprints are ________ from which inferences must be drawn. a. direct evidence b. circumstantial evidence c. not considered evidence d. unreliable evidence 13. Materials transferred by coming into contact with other materials can leave behind ________. a. unclear evidence b. trace evidence c. tampered evidence d. unusable evidence 14. Palm prints ________ fingerprinting and, in some cases, are found at crime scenes or on victims of crimes. a. are not considered part of b. do not relate to c. are considered part of d. are less reliable than 15. ________ evidence is primarily used in criminal homicide cases in which police need to establish the identity of the defendant. a. Fingerprint b. Shoe-print c. Tire-track d. Bite-mark 16. According to the U.S. Supreme Court, there is no "murder scene exception" to the Fourth Amendment. True False 17. Evidence found when police are responding to an emergency may not be used in criminal trials. True False 18. In Fourth Amendment cases, "standing" is shorthand for the expectation-of-privacy analysis. True False 19. A chain of custody is not required if the object to be used as evidence is subject to alteration by tampering, substitution, or contamination. True False 20. To use fingerprints as evidence the government must show that the fingerprints "could only have been impressed at the time when the crime was committed". True False