Trained bloodstain pattern analysts can examine the blood evidence left behind and
draw conclusions as to how the blood may have been shed - Answer True
Bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA) is the interpretation of bloodstains at a crime scene in
order to recreate the actions that caused the bloods...
Trained bloodstain pattern analysts can examine the blood evidence left behind and
draw conclusions as to how the blood may have been shed - Answer True
Bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA) is the interpretation of bloodstains at a crime scene in
order to recreate the actions that caused the bloodshed - Answer True
BPA uses principles of biology, physics, and mathematics in answering questions about
the crime scene - Answer True
To understand how analysts interpret ___________, one must first understand the basic
properties of blood - Answer bloodstains
Blood can leave the body in many different ways, some include A) Flowing B) Dripping C)
Spurting D) All of the above - Answer D.) all of the above
The average adult has about 5 liters of blood in their body - Answer True
Blood clots and precipitates within minutes of leaving the body - Answer True
As long as it is a liquid, it moves and flows with a pull of inertia - Answer False
_______ is the most prevalent bodily fluid left at a crime scene - Answer Blood
The most abundant cells in our blood
,a. erythrocytes (RBCs)
b. leukocytes
c. pathogens
d. none of the above - Answer A.) erythrocytes
Impact spatter is the force applied to liquid blood - Answer True
Cast-off is the result of a bloody object in motion - Answer True
A transfer stain is when a non-bloody object comes into contact with a bloody surface -
Answer False
The idea of ________ is to try to see what kind of fit there is between the stains created,
the spatter created, and the facts of the account that have been presented - Answer
experiments
Which of the following are types of blood stains?
A.) Transfer
B.) Cast-off
C.) Impact
D.) All of the above - Answer D.) all of the above
, Bloodstain pattern analysts can examine the blood evidence left behind and draw
conclusions as to how the blood was shed - Answer True
Blood Pattern Analysis uses to type of mathematical or science based reasoning to get
their answers - Answer False
Blood contains both solid and liquid parts - Answer True
Blood can leave the body in many _____ ways - Answer different
Which of the following is a basic type of stain used to classify blood?
A- passive stains
B- transfer stains
C- projected/impact stains
D- All are correct - Answer D.) All are correct
Diseases do not affect the clotting time - Answer False
Bloodstain pattern analysis is used in murder investigations - Answer True
The _____ the blood hits can change the size and shape of the spatter - Answer surface
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