2. Crime Scene Investigation

Scene Reconstruction — Quiz

Test your understanding of scene reconstruction with 5 practice questions.

Practice Questions

Question 1

Which principle in forensic scene reconstruction guides investigators to prefer the simplest explanation that accounts for all observed evidence?

Question 2

Which interview technique is specifically designed to enhance a witness's memory recall by reinstating the original context of an event?

Question 3

In the polar coordinate method for scene mapping, an evidence item is located at a bearing of 045° from north and a distance of 10 m from the reference point. What are its approximate rectangular coordinates (X east, Y north) in meters?

Question 4

Which field mapping method uses measurements of two fixed reference points and the angles from those points to locate an evidence item in the horizontal plane?

Question 5

What is the primary purpose of placing calibration markers in photogrammetric scene reconstruction?