Db Ch 15
- 1.Which is true regarding the crime of arson in the United States?
- A.
The number of arsons per year has decreased somewhat since the late 1970's
- B.
Arson is a low priority crime for many police departments and usually has low clearance rates
- C.
In most states arson is classified as a property crime
- D.
The average annual cost of arson in the U.S. is estimated at $1 billion and approximately 300 lives
- 2.Which reasons explain why arsonists are so difficult to convict?
- A.
Lack of public concern about arson as a crime
- B.
Slow payments by insurance companies for losses
- C.
Lack of adequate training in fire investigation
- D.
Reluctance by prosecutors to file arson cases
- 3.Which are considered to be appropriate roles for fire fighters who put out a suspicious fire? I. Investigate the fire's origin II. Detect the possibility of arson III. Investigate the crime of arson
- A.
I, II
- B.
II, III
- C.
I, III
- D.
I, II, III
- 4.The first step in an arson investigation should be to:
- A.
Uncover possible motives of likely suspects
- B.
Question witnesses for possible suspects
- C.
Interview the owner's insurance representative
- D.
Locate the point of origin for the fire
- 5.Which physical evidence in a fire indicates burning alcohol?
- A.
Black smoke
- B.
Blue-orange flames
- C.
Green-purple flames
- D.
White smoke
- 6.Which are examples of "trailers"?
- A.
Gasoline
- B.
Gunpowder
- C.
Alcohol
- 7.Which motive for arson accounts for 50 percent of all arsons?
- A.
Revenge
- B.
Pyromania
- C.
Insurance fraud
- D.
Crime concealment
- 8.Which characteristics describe the typical pyromaniac?
- A.
White male
- B.
Late teens
- C.
High intelligence
- D.
Middle to high income level
- 9.Which are recommendations for bomb searchers to follow?
- A.
Only one person should search the premesis
- B.
Listen with eyes closed when entering the room
- C.
Cut any visible electric wires attached to a probable bomb
- D.
Search first around room walls and then move to the cventer of the room
- 10.The longer a fire burns, the pattern of alligatoring will become larger and less shallow
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.Circumstantial evidence in an arson case includes an establishment of both motive and opportunity
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.Pyromaniacs are associated with sexual perversion and tend to have difficulty in sustaining good relationships with the opposite sex
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.Few arson cases lead to arrests, and fewer than 20 percent of arrests result in convictions
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.Only fires determined through investigation to have been willfully or maliciously set are classified as arsons. Fires of suspicious or unknown origins and excluded from this category.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.Each year, fire kills more Americans than all natural disasters combined
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.When measured on a cost per incident basis, arson is the most expensive crime committed
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.Propertly losses related to arson are estimated at $ ___________ annually
- A.
5 billion
- B.
50 billion
- C.
100 billion
- D.
10 billion
- E.
25 billion
- 18.___________ arson is the deliberate burning of property while creating an imminent danger to human life or risking great bodily harm
- A.
Aggravated
- B.
Simple
- C.
Lethal
- D.
Intentional
- E.
Revenge
- 19.___________ arson is the deliberate burning of property that does not create a risk to human life
- A.
Aggravated
- B.
Simple
- C.
Typical
- D.
Intentional
- E.
Misdemeanor
- 20.Why is the investigation of fire difficult?
- A.
80 percent of fire protection in the United States are volunteer departments trained to put fires out but not investigate
- B.
The point of origin in a fire is usually destroyed suring the extinguishment of the fire
- C.
The increased use of untracebale accelerants being used to ignite and sustain fires
- D.
The proving of motive is extremely difficult in most cases
- 21.Few fire departments have the legal authority to investigate arson fires
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 22.When the question of _________ is addressed, the matter becomes a law enforcement concern
- A.
Why the fire was started
- B.
Who started the fire
- C.
How the fire started
- D.
Where the fire began
- 23.Arson does not have an immediate corpus delecti. It is therefore the responsibility of the investigator to prove that a specific fire did occur and that it was ignited deliberately.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 24.The most commonly used accelerants are gasoline, kerosene, turpentine, and diesel fuel. These are all organic compounds containing mixtures of _________
- A.
Hydrocarbon molecules
- B.
Alkaline acids
- C.
Petroleum bases
- D.
Fossil fuels
- 25.One of the most advanced techniques for detecting accelerants in fire debris is called _________
- A.
Headspace gas chromatography
- B.
Alligatoring
- C.
"sniffer" dogs
- D.
Hydrochloric mastsensory
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