BRC 104 - Traffic Crash Investigations Part 2 (428-448)
This quiz covers all material from page 428 (POINT OF OCCURENCE/TAKING MEASUREMENTS) to page 448 (RETURNING THE SCENE TO NORMAL. It is 30 questions. 80% is a passing score. Good luck!
- 1.There are 3 types of evidence at a crash site. Which of the answer choices correctly names all of them?
- A.
Skid mark, squeege mark, scuff mark
- B.
Debris, skid marks, trace evidence
- C.
Temporary, short-lived, permanent
- D.
Natural, artificial, excavated.
- 2.The AOC is known as...
- A.
Area of Circumference
- B.
Area of Collision
- C.
Area of Crime Scene
- D.
Area of Correction
- 3.____ is damage to a vehicle resulting rom the direct pressure of any object in a collision or rollover.
- A.
Contact damage
- B.
Pressure damage
- C.
Damage
- D.
Crash damage
- 4.A vehicle is involved in a head-on collision. Upon impact, the frame of the vehicle buckles in the center. The buckling frame is an example of_____
- A.
Pressure damage
- B.
Contact damage
- C.
Induced damage
- D.
Pre-existing damage
- 5.A _____ is a cut into the surface of the roadway where the road surface material has been removed by a metal part from the vehicle
- A.
Gouge
- B.
Scrape
- C.
Runoff
- D.
Debris
- 6.A ____ is a broad area of a hard surface covered with many scratches, striations, or streak marks made without great pressure by a sliding metal part.
- A.
Gouge
- B.
Scrape
- C.
Cut
- D.
Debris
- 7.During an accident, a vehicle's oil pan breaks and begins to leak. The oil leak that results from the breaking of the oil pan is called a......
- A.
Flow
- B.
Debris stripe
- C.
Totaling damage result
- D.
Runoff
- 8.____ is loose material strewn about the road as the result of a traffic collision.
- A.
Debris
- B.
Carnage
- C.
Runoff
- D.
Vehicle spatter
- 9.Pieces of glass that have been on the roadway for a long time tend to be....
- A.
Dissolved into particles of sand
- B.
Jagged in shape
- C.
Rounded in shape
- D.
Rectangular in shape
- 10.The movement of vehicles during and after a collision is known as.....
- A.
Vehicle dynamics
- B.
Photonomics
- C.
Ergonomics
- D.
Vehicle optronics
- 11.____ is a black mark left by a tire that is sliding and not free to rotate. They tend to be straight, but can be asymmetrical due to uneven braking pressure.
- A.
Skid marks
- B.
Squeege marks
- C.
Vehicle marks
- D.
Braking marks
- 12.Marks that are made during hard acceleration are....
- A.
Light to dark
- B.
Dark to light
- C.
A constant color
- D.
Have no distinct marking
- 13.Skid marks that are caused by braking are.....
- A.
Light to dark
- B.
Dark to light
- C.
A constant color
- D.
Have no distinct marking
- 14.Some skid marks have long distances between them. These are known as....
- A.
Squeege marks
- B.
Intermittent skid marks
- C.
Skip skid marks
- D.
Yaw marks
- 15.ABS scuff marks are visible......
- A.
Up to 5 minutes after the crash
- B.
Up to 10 minutes after the crash
- C.
Up to 20 minutes after the crash
- D.
Up to 30 minutes after the crash
- 16.Braking hard on a loosely packed dirt road will leave this type of mark.
- A.
Trench mark
- B.
Incipient skid mark
- C.
Scuff mark
- D.
Furrow mark
- 17.The _____ is defined as where the first injury element or driving action which describes the main or primary cause of the crash.
- A.
Crash factor
- B.
Collision factor
- C.
Primary collision factor
- D.
Incipient factor
- 18.The mark left by the most effective braking of the wheel is known as....
- A.
A furrow mark
- B.
An incipient skid mark
- C.
A skid mark
- D.
A transitory skid mark
- 19.____ is defined as the slowest speed the vehicle could have been traveling to leave the skid marks on the roadway surface
- A.
Minimum speed
- B.
Minimum velocity
- C.
Maximum speed
- D.
Maximum velocity
- 20.____ is the friction between a vehicle tire and the road surface.
- A.
Drag mark
- B.
Skid mark
- C.
Drag factor
- D.
Coefficient of spin
- 21.Another name for incipient or impending skid is.....
- A.
Runoff
- B.
Spin down
- C.
Mechanical delay
- D.
Coefficient of friction
- 22.When you press on the brake pedal, the time it takes from that depression to the point where the braking wheels begin to slow is known as....
- A.
Spin down
- B.
Drag factor
- C.
Minimum speed
- D.
Mechanical delay
- 23.There are 2 types of forms involved in a traffic crash investigation. They are the...
- A.
Criminal and Non-criminal forms
- B.
Short and Long forms
- C.
Arrest and No arrest forms
- D.
Misdemeanor and Felony forms
- 24.When driver's choose to exchange information ONLY, the form required is a.....
- A.
Traffic collision incident form
- B.
Short form
- C.
Long form
- D.
No arrest form
- 25.There are 3 different uses for the Short Form. Which of the following is missing?1. Florida Traffic Crash Report2. Driver Exchange of Information3. ____________
- A.
Florida Uniform Traffic Crash Citation
- B.
Driver Report of Traffic Crash form
- C.
Reckless driving citation
- D.
Supplemental Traffic Crash Addendum form
Back to top