Chapter 14 Flashcards
Which statement about criminal hazardous materials/WMD incidents,
environmental crimes, and illicit labs is MOST accurate? (651)
A. Response actions are the same at each type of incident.
B. Only environmental crimes require the use of the Incident
Management System.
C. These types of incidents differ greatly in their characterization,
location, and associated hazards.
D. The Incident Management System is not used at criminal or
potentially criminal hazmat incidents
C
Some of the hazards unique to crime scenes include: (652) A. explosions. B. booby traps. C. confined spaces. D. reactive substances
B
Which of the following BEST describes forensic evidence? (652)
A. Evidence obtained by scientific methods that is usable in court
B. Evidence collected at crime scenes and processed at forensic
labs
C. Material objects evaluated during an investigation which tend to
prove or disprove facts
D. Material objects that support presumptions or inferences formed
from direct or physical evidence
A
Who is generally responsible for securing human threats and
rendering explosive hazards safe at illicit laboratory incidents? (653)
A. Hazardous device technicians
B. Operations Level responders
C. Property owners or caretakers
D. Fire marshal or chief of jurisdiction
A
Improvised nuclear devices are an example of what type of incident? (654) A. Illicit drug laboratory B. Environmental crimes C. Suspicious letters and packages D. Release or attack with a WMD agent
D
Environmental crimes that involve the illegal use and disposal of
hazardous substances and waste: (654)
A. are handled solely by local law enforcement.
B. are never considered emergency operations.
C. pollute the air, water, or soil, but are not hazardous.
D. may include additional hazards in the form of armed
owners/operators or explosive devices
D
What should responders do if a package or letter is thought to be
suspicious? (654)
A. Process the incident as a crime scene.
B. Begin monitoring and detection operations.
C. Assume that it contains a biological toxin or pathogen.
D. Contact law enforcement personnel to investigate further
D
Typically, hazardous materials crime scenes will: (654)
A. eventually shift to the jurisdiction of the local fire department.
B. initially fall under the jurisdiction of the local law enforcement
agency.
C. eventually shift to the jurisdiction of the local law enforcement
agency.
D. initially fall under the jurisdiction of state/provincial or federal
authorities
B
In the U.S., if a crime is determined to be a terrorist attack,
investigative authority shifts to: (654)
A. the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
B. local law enforcement agencies.
C. military explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) personnel.
D. the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
A
Which of the following statements about investigative authority in
the U.S. is MOST accurate? (655)
A. Multiple agencies may work together in a Task Force setting.
B. Only one agency may be involved in an investigation at a time.
C. Environmental crimes fall under the jurisdiction of U.S. Marshals
Service.
D. Public health departments have jurisdiction over suspicious
letters or packages
A
What is MOST likely to lead to samples or items becoming
inadmissible during criminal proceedings? (655)
A. Multiple agencies working together in a Task Force setting
B. Shifting investigative authority from one agency to another
C. Involving non-law enforcement responders in sample or item
collection
D. Collection of samples or items without the direct guidance or
supervision from law enforcement
D
What type of command is critical for ensuring that a criminal
hazardous materials/WMD incident is managed in a fashion that will
maximize the goals of all agencies involved? (657)
A. Unified command
B. Tactical command
C. Remote command
D. Controlled command
A
During which response phase does law enforcement remove hostile threats? (657) A. Tactical B. Operational C. Crime scene D. Remediation
A
The tactical phase is the \_\_\_\_\_ of the response phases at criminal hazardous materials/WMD incidents. (657) A. first B. second C. third D. fourth
A
Life safety objectives are met and the scene is stabilized and secured in which response phase? (657) A. Tactical B. Operational C. Crime scene D. Remediation
B
What takes place during the remediation phase of a criminal
hazardous materials/WMD incident? (658)
A. The crime scene is processed forensically.
B. Evidence is recovered and packaged for transport.
C. Operations to mitigate any remaining hazards are conducted.
D. Booby traps are neutralized, and explosive devices are removed
C
To maintain the safety of personnel, the PPE for a criminal hazardous
materials/WMD incident will be determined by: (658)
A. the first arriving officer.
B. the direct and circumstantial evidence.
C. hazards at the scene and the tactical requirements.
D. a Hazardous Materials Technician or Allied Professional
C
Material that will lose its evidentiary value if it is unpreserved or
unprotected is called _____ evidence. (658)
A. direct
B. forensic
C. transient
D. circumstantial
C
Why do law enforcement responders establish a security perimeter
with an access control point at a criminal hazardous materials/WMD
incident? (659)
A. To document initial observations
B. To determine if bystanders are witnesses
C. To determine the hazards at the scene and its tactical
requirements
D. To provide internal checks to ensure that full identification is in
place for all personnel in the crime scene
D
What should responders do in order to aid in securing and protecting
the scene? (659)
A. Exclude unauthorized and nonessential personnel from the
scene.
B. Identify all potential witnesses at the scene, excluding first
responders.
C. Avoid documenting the entry and exit of first responders from
the scene.
D. Determine which bystanders are witnesses and remove them
from the scene
A
Which statement about taking photos at a criminal hazardous
materials/WMD incident is MOST accurate? (659)
A. Any photos taken at the scene may become evidence.
B. Only law enforcement may take photos at a crime scene.
C. Any photos taken by first responders at the scene are
inadmissible in court proceedings.
D. Photo documentation should only take place after the
remediation phase of the incident
A
Where is the “discovery of evidence” step in the procedure for
identifying, protecting, and preserving potential evidence? (659)
A. Near the end
B. Towards the beginning
C. Before securing the scene
D. After laboratory examination
B
What is the final step in the procedure for identifying, protecting, and preserving potential evidence? (659) A. Exhibition in court B. Laboratory examination C. Discovery of the evidence D. Documentation of the evidence
A
Chain of custody is the _____ changes of possession of physical
evidence that must be established in court to admit such material
into evidence. (660)
A. first
B. final
C. continuous
D. interrupted
C
Which person in the chain of custody is a candidate for subpoena in court? (660) A. Each person B. The final person C. The person who found the evidence D. The person who collected the evidence
A
What type of information will MOST likely be required from
emergency responders when establishing or maintaining the chain of
custody? (660-661)
A. Time arrived on scene
B. Names of all agencies involved
C. Specific location from which the sample was taken
D. Type of evidence (direct, physical, or circumstantial
C
What type of evidence includes facts that support presumptions or
inferences formed from direct or physical evidence? (661)
A. Direct
B. Physical
C. Transient
D. Circumstantial
D
What is the definition of physical evidence? (661)
A. Any data that may be used to prove or disprove a certain
hypothesis
B. Facts that support presumptions or inferences formed from
direct evidence
C. Material objects evaluated during an investigation which tend to
prove or disprove facts
D. Facts found through the five physical senses to which a person
can attest without further support
C
In order to protect suspected pieces of evidence, responders should:
(662)
A. keep the evidence on their person at all times.
B. move the evidence as quickly as possible from the scene.
C. remove all personnel, including themselves, from the scene.
D. use items such as barricades to alert personnel that potential
evidence is present
D
If a first responder handles or collects evidence, he or she then:
(662)
A. becomes a link in the custody chain.
B. breaks the link in the chain of custody.
C. will likely be charged with evidence tampering.
D. has failed in protecting and preserving evidence
A
Which statement about documentation and observations from
possible criminal hazmat/WMD incidents is MOST accurate? (663)
A. Individual responders may be called to testify about their
observations.
B. Emergency medical personnel documents cannot be part of a
crime scene case file.
C. It is the Incident Commander’s responsibility to compile reports
and other documentation of the crime scene into a case file.
D. Handing over all documentation and observations about the
incident will be the extent of any responder’s involvement with
criminal proceedings
A
Emergency responders should coordinate with _____ in order to
avoid problems of inadmissible evidence. (663)
A. local judicial offices
B. local law enforcement
C. insurance investigators and adjustors
D. the National Fire Protection Association
B
What is MOST likely to be the reason why Operations Level
responders collect public safety samples? (664)
A. To discover the location of illicit laboratories
B. To determine the type of decontamination required
C. To monitor changing levels of pollutants in public spaces
D. To demonstrate compliance with environmental protection
regulations
B
What is the relationship between public safety sampling and
evidence preservation? (664)
A. Public safety samples may be used as evidence.
B. Public safety sampling is a military term for evidence
preservation at hazmat incidents.
C. Public safety sampling is not a priority at criminal hazmat/WMD
incidents; evidence preservation is.
D. Evidence preservation is done at WMD incidents, while public
safety sampling occurs at hazmat incidents
A
Public safety sampling is performed to \_\_\_\_\_ potentially hazardous materials at suspicious incidents. (664) A. classify B. control C. transport D. decontaminate
A
What is the elimination of the knowns, and is generally determined
through field screening techniques using common field screening
equipment? (665)
A. Risk assessment
B. Public safety sampling
C. Hazard characterization
D. Evidence laboratory processing
C
As a part of characterizing the scene during public safety sampling,
what BEST describes what hazmat teams should be prepared to
monitor for? (665)
A. Sulfuric acid
B. Flammables
C. Neutron radiation
D. Auto-refrigerated containers
B
What action should responders take in order to identify specific
hazards of a sample prior to transportation so that the safety of all
individuals involved is ensured? (666)
A. Field screening
B. Sample packaging
C. Laboratory processing
D. Emergency decontamination
A
When performing field screening and public safety sampling, what
does crystallized material around caps and containers indicate?
(666)
A. The presence of a strong alkali
B. Recent opening and closing of the container
C. A violent endothermic reaction within the container
D. Potentially shock sensitive explosives and reactive chemicals
D
If sampling equipment touches a non-sterile surface other than the
sample itself: (666)
A. it should be discarded.
B. it should become potential evidence.
C. begin additional field screening procedures.
D. label each sample carefully with a sample and seal number
A
Which step in the sample collection process comes before recording
the sample location, conditions, and other information? (667)
A. Compile the chain of custody form
B. Prepare evidence containers before entering the exclusion zone
C. Place the sample in an overpack container and seal it with
tamper-proof tape
D. Place the sample and chain of custody form in an approved
transport container
B
Of the two individuals that are recommended for a sampling team,
the assistant will generally: (667)
A. perform emergency decontamination.
B. oversee and monitor the documentation process.
C. take the samples and handle all sample equipment.
D. handle only clean equipment and provide it to the sampler when
needed
D
Which statement BEST describes the process of decontaminating
samples and evidence? (668)
A. Any sample taken must be fully decontaminated before
packaging.
B. Exterior evidence packaging should not be opened for
decontamination.
C. Decontamination of exterior evidence packaging is possible, but
not recommended.
D. Samples and evidence should only be decontaminated after
processing in a laboratory
B
At a minimum, all samples must be labeled with: (668)
A. date and time.
B. locations of sample site.
C. sample number, sample, and EPA classification.
D. date, time, sample number, sample, and locations of sample
site
D
Where are samples and evidence typically sent for definitive identification? (670) A. Evidence holding B. Evidence laboratories C. Local law enforcement offices D. State public health departments
B
