Chapter 14

Question 1

Subjects who operate illicit drug labs have a vested interest in maintaining their livelihoods as creators and distributors of illegal drugs or chemical, biological, radiological, and explosive materials.

Answer 1

explosive

Question 2

The release/attack site should be cleared or rendered safe of wmd hazards before beginning evidence collection tasks.

Answer 2

evidence collection

Question 3

Responders assigned to perform evidence preservation and public safety sampling tasks must be able to identify the investigative authority at hazardous materials/wmd crimes

Answer 3

investigative authority

Question 4

Most letter or package incidents involve white powders.

Answer 4

white powders

Question 5

Local emergency response plans should detail appropriate procedures for requesting assistance from other agencies such as the bomb squad.

Answer 5

requesting assistance

Question 6

Local investigative guidelines are complex and dynamic, and local responders must be familiar with their jurisdictional procedures.

Answer 6

complex and dynamic

Question 7

Establishing unified command early at suspected crimes is critical for ensuring that the incident is managed in a fashion that will maximize the goals of all agencies invovled.

Answer 7

unified command

Question 8

Tactical phase - Law enforcement removes hostile threats.

Answer 8

Tactical phase

Question 9

Operational phase - Life safety objectives are met and the scene is stabilized and secured.

Answer 9

Operational phase

Question 10

Crime scene phase - During this phase, evidence is recovered and packaged for transport, and the crime scene is processed forensically.

Answer 10

Crime scene phase

Question 11

Limited public safety sampling may be conducted during the operational phase.

Answer 11

operational phase

Question 12

Remediation phase - In this phase, operations to mitigate any remaining hazards are conducted in order to bring the scene back to a safe condition.

Answer 12

Remediation phase

Question 13

In the U.S., if you suspect the incident involves wmd or terrorism, contact the FBI WMD Coordinator.

Answer 13

WMD Coordinator

Question 14

Law enforcement personnel will identify relevant items of evidence through investigation, gathering of data, and developing and testing a hypothesis.

Answer 14

hypothesis

Question 15

Broadly speaking, evidence is any data that may be used to prove or disprove a certain hypothesis.

Answer 15

hypothesis

Question 16

Direct - Facts found through the five physical senses to which a person can attest without further support.

Answer 16

Direct

Question 17

Circumstantial - Facts which support presumptions or inferences formed from direct or physical evidence.

Answer 17

Circumstantial

Question 18

Physical - Material objects evaluated during an investigation which tend to prove or disprove facts.

Answer 18

Physical

Question 19

The three evidence classifications are direct, circumstantial, and physical.

Answer 19

circumstantial

Question 20

securing the scene is an important step in protecting evidence.

Answer 20

securing the scene

Question 21

All scene documentation is discoverable in court.

Answer 21

discoverable

Question 22

Emergency responders must coordinate with the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction in order to avoid problems with inadmissible evidence.

Answer 22

inadmissible

Question 23

Operations level responders may be required to collect public safety samples to determine contaminants or suspected contaminants in support of medical treatment, to determine how to best mitigate the situation, or to determine the type of decontamination required.

Answer 23

public safety samples

Question 24

In fact, at criminal hazardous materials/WMD incidents, evidence preservation and public safety sampling is the top priority after life preservation and hazard mitigation.

Answer 24

public safety sampling

Question 25

Hazard characterization is not identification of unknowns.

Answer 25

characterization

Question 26

Initial monitoring and detection should be performed to characterize the site and the possible threats.

Answer 26

characterize the site

Question 27

Site characterization - Size up and evaluation of hazards, problems, and potential solutions of a site.

Answer 27

Site characterization

Question 28

Before samples are collected, responders must field screen them to identify specific hazards prior to transportation to a lab.

Answer 28

field screen

Question 29

If possible, field screen samples before they are collected.

Answer 29

field screen

Question 30

Responders should also check for crystalized materials around caps and containers as these are indicators of potentially shock sensitive explosives and reactive chemicals.

Answer 30

shock sensitive

Question 31

Initial monitoring should classify the general characteristics of the potential threat and type of contaminant that is present.

Answer 31

general characteristics

Question 32

Collect evidence in accordance with the agency’s sampling plan while wearing appropriate PPE.

Answer 32

sampling plan

Question 33

Prepare evidence containers before entering the exclusion zone, using the system agreed upon by the AHJ and the receiving lab.

Answer 33

exclusion zone

Question 34

Wrap the sample container in absorbent material.

Answer 34

absorbent

Question 35

Place the sample in an overpack container and seal it with tamper proof tape.

Answer 35

tamper proof tape

Question 36

Any container or tool that comes in contact with potential evidence should have a control taken.

Answer 36

control

Question 37

A control is an unused example from each lot of collection containers or tools used.

Answer 37

control

Question 38

If using a certified clean container, the statement of certification must accompany the control.

Answer 38

statement of certification

Question 39

in the U.S., the Laboratory Response Network was established by the department of health and human services, centers for disease control and prevention in accordance with Presidential Decision Directive 39, which outlined national antiterrorism policies and assigned specific missions to federal departments and agencies.

Answer 39

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