Forensics Chp 4

The amount of spatter from a blood droplet falling on a hard, non-porous surface is _______ that of a drop of blood of equal size, falling from the same distance, onto a softer, porous surface.

The pointed end of a bloodstain always faces

A blood droplet deposited at an angle of impact of about 90º (directly vertical to the surface) will:

The most common type of bloodstain pattern found at a crime scene is:

The velocity classification of an impact spatter pattern

The intersection of straight lines through the long axis of several individual bloodstains in an impact spatter pattern illustrates the ______ of the pattern

At the crime scene, the string method is used to find the ______ of an impact spatter pattern

The deposition of backward spatter produced by a gunshot wound is determined be:

If a murder victim's blood is found in the muzzle of a firearm:

Which weapon would create cast-off patterns consisting of small droplets in a linear pattern?

The pressure of the pumping of oxygenated blood out of an injury causes bright red-colored blood to spurt out and form a(n):

The removal of an object or surface that was located between the origin of blood and the target surface during the blodstain deposition leaves behind:

When an object with blood on it touches one that does not have blood on it, this produces a(n):

Widely spaced bloody shoe prints with satellite spatter between the shoe prints were likely deposited by an individual who was:

The direction of a _______ may show movement of objects or bodies while the pattern was still forming or after the blood has dried

The approximate drying time of a pool of blood can be used to estimate timing of events at a crime scene and is dependent upon:

The skeletonized perimeter of a bloodstain can be used to interpret: