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Criminalistics l Criminology Board Exam Reviewer 2023

 



Criminalistics Review Questions 

1. Any stroke which goes back over another writing stroke.
          A.    natural variation
          B.    rhythm
          C.    retracing
          A.    shading                                       

2. The name of a person written by him/her in a document as a sign
      of acknowledgement.
          A.    Opinion
          B.    Document
          C.    Signature
          D.    Handwriting                                      

3.  A kind of document  which is executed by a private person
      without the intervention of a notary public, or of
      competent public   official, by which some disposition of
      agreement is proved.
          A.    commercial document
          B.    official document
          C.    public document
          D.    private document                            

4. An instrument that can be legally used in comparison with a
     questioned document, its origin is known and can be proven.  
          A.    simulated document
          B.    forged document
          C.    standard document
          D.    compared document                        

5.  The process of making out what is illegible or what has been   
     effaced. 
          A.    Comparison
          B.    Collation
          C.    Obliteration
          D.    Decipherment                                  

6. A document which contains some changes either as an
     addition or deletion.  
          A.    inserted document
          B.    altered document
          C.    disputed document
          D.    obliterated document                       

7. A kind of erasure by using a rubber eraser, sharp knife, razor  
     blade or picking instrument.
          A.    mechanical erasure
          B.    electronic erasure
          C.    magnetic erasure
          D.    chemical erasure                              

8.  It is the periodic increase in pressure, characterized by 
      widening of the ink stroke.
          A.    Shading
          B.    pen lift
          C.    pen emphasis
          D.    pen pressure                                    

9. A kind of document executed by a person in authority and by  
     private parties but notarized by competent officials.
          A.    private document
          B.    commercial document
          C.    public document
          D.    official document                             

10.  The detection and identification of poisons.
          A.    Bacteriology
          B.    Posology
          C.    Toxicology
          D.    Chemistry                                          

11. The specimen that is preferably used in the determination of
      abused drugs in the body.
          A.    blood
          B.    saliva
          C.    body fluid
          D.    urine                                                 

 

12. A forensic chemist is tasked  to examine the chemical nature
      and composition of the following except one: 
          A.    Fingerprint
          B.    Explosives
          C.    Blood
          D.    Body fluids                                       

13.  Who qualifies a forensic chemist as expert?
          A.    defense  lawyer   
          B.    judge
          C.    prosecutor
          D.    the chemist himself/herself              

14. \Methamphetamine hydrochloride is commonly known as 
          A.    Coke
          B.    LSD
          C.    Heroin
          D.    “shabu”                                            

15. An area surrounding the place where the crime occurred.
          A.    crime scene
          B.    police line
          C.    area of operation
          D.    area of responsibility                         

16.  The body of the crime.
          A.    Evidence
          B.    body of the victim
          C.    criminology
          D.    corpus delicti                                   

17. One of the following is a derivative of the opium poppy.
          A.    Demerol
          B.    Caffeine
          C.    Morphine
          D.    nicotine                                              

18.  Number restoration is necessary in determining whether there is tampering of serial number in 
          A.    Typewriter
          B.    Firearm
          C.    Prisoners
          D.    Bank notes                                       

19. In forensic examination, a tip of the hair is examined to determine  if it was
          A.    Bend
          B.    Folded
          C.    Stretched
          D.    Cut                                                    

20. All of the following are accurate tests for the presence of alcohol in the human body except one: 
          A.    Saliva test
          B.    Harger Breath Test
          C.    Fecal test
          D.    Blood test                                        

21. The application of chemical principles and processes in the examination of evidence.
          A.    Forensic Medicine
          B.    Forensic Evidence
          C.    Criminalistics
          D.    Forensic Chemistry                            

22.  Volatile poisons may be isolated by means of this process.
          A.    Dialysis
          B.    Dilution
          C.    Distillation
          D.    Extraction                                         

23.  The process in reproducing physical evidence by plaster moulds.
          A.    Casting
          B.    Cementing
          C.    Moulage
          D.    Sticking                                            

24.  The test used to determine the presence of semen particularly
      in  stained clothing.
          A.    Florence Test
          B.    Barberio’s Test
          C.    Microscopic Test
          D.    Ultra-Violet Test                                 

25.  The test used to determine the presence of blood in stained material.
          A.    Florence Test
          B.    Barberio’s Test
          C.    Takayama Test
          D.    Phenomenological  Test                           

26.  It is the major component of a glass.
          A.    Lime
          B.    Soda
          C.    Silica
          D.    Gel                                                                     

27. Poisons which produce stupor and less feeling.
          A.    Narcotics
          B.    Irritants
          C.    Depressants
          D.    Stimulants                                        

28.  A supercooled liquid which possess high viscosity and rigidity.
          A.    dry ice
          B.    cartridge case
          C.    gel
          D.    glass                                                  

29.  The study and identification of body fluids.
          A.    Pharmacology
          B.    Serology
          C.    Posology
          D.    Immunology                                     

30.  The test to determine whether blood is of human origin or not.
          A.    Blood typing
          B.    Precipitin Test
          C.    Confirmatory Test
          D.    Preliminary Test                               

31.  The circulating tissue of the body.
          A.    Blood
          B.    Cells
          C.    Muscles
          D.    Liver                                                

32.  The complete, continuous, persistent cessation of respiration, circulation and almost all brain function of an organism. 
          A.    Apparent death
          B.    Molecular death
          C.    Cellular Death
          D.    Somatic death                                  

33.  The approximate time for the completion of one case for DNA  Testing. 
          A.    minimum of eight weeks
          B.    minimum of six weeks
          C.    minimum of four weeks
          D.    minimum of two weeks                     

34. DNA stands for
          A.    Deonatural Acid
          B.    Deoxyribonucleic  Acid
          C.    Denaturalized  Acid
          D.    Deoxy Nucleic Acid                           

35.  The Geneticist from Great Britain who pioneered DNA testing and fingerprinting. 
          A.    Alec Jeffries
          B.    Lowell C. Van Berkom
          C.    William  Reynolds
          D.    Henry Van Dyke                               

36.  The cause of death of a person who immediately died because of lack of oxygen for around 3 to five minutes.
          A.    Stroke
          B.    Asphyxia
          C.    Stupor
          D.    Exhaustion                                       

37. The most serious burn involving skin, nerves, muscles and bones, causing death due to loss of fluids and electrolytes in  the body and massive infection.  
          A.    First Degree Burn
          B.    Second Degree Burn
          C.    Third Degree Burn
          D.    Sunburn                                           

38.  A discoloration of the body after death when the blood tends  to  pool in the blood vessels of the most  dependent portions Of the body and starts 20 to 30 minutes after death and is completed by 12 hours.
          A.    livor mortis
          B.    primary flaccidity
          C.    maceration
          D.    rigor mortis                                       

39.  A wound which if inflicted in the body so serious that it will endanger one’s life.
          A.    mortal wound
          B.    trauma
          C.    coup injury
          D.    superficial wound                            

40.  A wound produced by a blunt instrument such as club and stone.
          A.    incised wound
          B.    hack wound
          C.    lacerated wound
          D.    punctured wound                              

41.  A displacement of the articular surface of the bone without external wounds.
          A.    Hematoma
          B.    Fracture
          C.    Sprain
          D.    Dislocation                                       

42.  A condition of exposure to cold temperature of certain parts of the body which produces mechanical disruption of cell structure characterized by cold stiffening and diminished body.   
          A.    immersion foot
          B.    trench foot
          C.    frostbite
          D.    gangrene                                         

43.  A condition of women who have had one or more sexual experience but not had conceived a child.
          A.    virgo-intacts
          B.    demi-virginity
          C.    moral virginity
          D.    physical virginity                              

44.  Fixed discoloration of the blood clothed inside the blood vessels or  has diffused to different parts of the body.
          A.    hypostatic lividity
          B.    diffusion lividity
          C.    hyper lividity
          D.    rigor mortis                                           

45.  Things used by a person in the commission of a crime, or objects left in a crime scene which are the subjects of criminalistics. 
          A.    testimonial evidence
          B.    hearsay evidence
          C.    circumstantial evidence
          D.    physical evidence     

               

46. The science dealing with the motion of a projectile and the conditions governing that motion.  
          A.    Ballistics
          B.    Forensic Ballistics
          C.    Terminal Ballistics
          D.    External Ballistics                           

47. The application of medical knowledge in the solution of crimes.
          A.    Forensic Science
          B.    Forensic Chemistry
          C.    Forensic Ballistics
          D.    Forensic Medicine                          

 

48. The science or art of obtaining images in scientific materials by the  action of electro magnetic radiation rays.
          A.    Polygraphy
          B.    Dactyloscopy
          C.    Photography
          D.    Chemistry                                         
    

49.  Instrument used in the measurement of temperature.
          A.    Endometer
          B.    Barometer
          C.    Thermometer
          D.    ananometer                                     
 

50. The scientific detection of deception.
          A.    Polygraph
          B.    Dactyloscopy
          C.    Toxicology
          D.    Chemistry                                        
 

51.  The test conducted to determine the presence of gunpowder residue in the hands of a suspect.     
          A.    diphenylamine test
          B.    ultra violet test
          C.    paraffin test
          D.    Simon’s Test   

52.  There is freehand invitation and is considered as the most  skilful class of forgery
          A.    simulated or copied forgery
          B.    simple forgery
          C.    traced forgery
          D.    carbon tracing   

                            

53.  Condensed and compact set of authentic specimen which is adequate and proper, should contain a cross section of the material from known sources. 
          A.    disguised document   
          B.    questioned document
          C.    standard document
          D.    requested document                        

 

54. Specimens of hand writing or of typescript which is of known origin.
          A.    Letters
          B.    Samples
          C.    Exemplars
          D.    Documents                                       

 

55. A document which is being questioned because of its origin, its  contents or the circumstances or the stories of its production. 
          A.    disputed document
          B.    standard document
          C.    requested document
          D.    questioned document                     

56. The art of beautiful writing is known as
          A.    Drafting
          B.    Calligraphy
          C.    Art appreciation
          D.    Gothic                                              

 

57. Any written instrument by which a right or obligation is established.
          A.    Certificate
          B.    Subpoena
          C.    Warrant
          D.    Document                                        
       

58.  A type of fingerprint pattern in which the slope or downward  flow  of the innermost sufficient re curve is towards the  thumb of radius   bone of the hand of origin.
          A.    ulnar loop
          B.    tented arch
          C.    accidental whorl
          D.    radial loop                                        

59.  The forking or dividing of one line to two or more branches.
          A.    Ridge
          B.    Island
          C.    Delta
          D.    Bifurcation                                      

60. The point on a ridge at or in front of and nearest the center  of the divergence of the type lines.
          A.    Divergence
          B.    Island
          C.    Delta
          D.    Bifurcation                                       
 

61. The following are considerations used for the identification of a  loop except one:
          A.    Delta
          B.    Core
          C.    a sufficient re curve
          D.    a ridge count across a looping bridge    
 

62. The process of recording fingerprint through the use of fingerprint ink. 
          A.    Pathology
          B.    Fingerprinting
          C.    Dactyloscopy
          D.    Printing press                                 

63. The fingerprint method of identification.
          A.    Pathology
          B.    Fingerprinting
          C.    Dactyloscopy
          D.    Printing press                                   

64. Two lines that run parallel or nearly parallel, diverge and surround  the pattern area. 
          A.    Ridges
          B.    Delta
          C.    Type line
          D.    Bifurcation                                       

65. A part of the whorl or loop in which appear the cores, deltas and ridges.
          A.    type line
          B.    bifurcation
          C.    pattern area
          D.    furrow                                              

66. Fingerprints left on various surfaces at the crime scene which are not clearly visible.
          A.    plane impressions
          B.    visible fingerprints
          C.    rolled impressions
          D.    latent fingerprints                          

67. The impressions left by the patterns of ridges and depressions on various surfaces.  
          A.    kiss marks
          B.    finger rolls
          C.    thumb marks
          D.    fingerprints                                     
 

68. Which among the following is not considered as a basic fingerprint pattern? 
          A.    Arch
          B.    Accidental
          C.    Loop
          D.    Whorl                                              

69. The minimum identical characteristics to justify the identity between two points.  
          A.    Eighteen
          B.    Fifteen
          C.    Twelve
          D.    Nine                                                

70. A fingerprint pattern in which the ridges form a sequence ofspirals around core axes.
          A.    whorl
          B.    double loop
          C.    central pocket loop
          D.    accidental                                         

71. A fingerprint pattern which one or more ridges enter on either sideof the impression by a recurve, and terminate on the same side where the ridge has entered.  
          A.    Loop
          B.    radial loop
          C.    ulnar loop
          D.    tented arch                                      

72. A person allowed who gives his/her opinion or conclusion on agiven scientific evidence is considered
          A.    interrogator
          B.    expert witness
          C.    prosecutor
          D.    judge                                               

73. The application of scientific knowledge and techniques in the  detection of crime and apprehension of criminals. 
          A.    Law Enforcement Administration
          B.    Forensic Administration
          C.    Criminal Psychology
          D.    Criminalistics                                    
 

74. Lens that is characterized by a thicker center and thinner sides.
          A.    concave lens
          B.    convex lens
          C.    negative lens
          D.    positive lens                                   

75. The normal developing time of a paper or film.
          A.    30-60 minutes
          B.    20-30  minutes
          C.    5-10 minutes
          D.    1- 2 minutes                                   

76. This part of a camera is used to allow light to enter  the lens for a  predetermined time interval.
          A.    holder of sensitized material
          B.    view finder
          C.    shutter
          D.    view finder                                       

77. A lens with a focal length of less than the diagonal of its negative material.
          A.    telephoto lens
          B.    long lens
          C.    normal lens
          D.    wide angle lens                                

78. Chemical used as an accelerator in a developer solution.
          A.    Potassium Bromide
          B.    Sodium Carbonate   
          C.    Sodium Sulfite
          D.    Hydroquinone                                 

79. A part of a camera used in focusing the light from the subject
          A.    view finder
          B.    lens
          C.    shutter
          D.    light tight box                             

 

 

 

80. A component of the polygraph instrument which records the breathing of the subject.
          A.    Cardiosphygmograph
          B.    Pneumograph
          C.    Galvanograph
          D.    Kymograph                                    

81. A component of the polygraph instrument which records the blood  pressure and the pulse rate of the subject.
          A.    Cardiosphygmograph
          B.    Pneumograph
          C.    Galvanograph
          D.    Kymograph                                     
 

82. A component of the polygraph instrument which is a motor that drives or pulls the chart paper under the recording pen simultaneously at the rate of 6 or 12 inches per minute.  
          A.    Cardiosphygmograph
          B.    Pneumograph
          C.    Galvanograph
          D.    Kymograph                                     

83. The following are specific rules to be followed in the formulation of the questions in a polygraph test except one.
          A.    Questions must be clear and phrased in a language the subject can easily understand.             
          B.    Questions must be answerable by yes or no.
          C.    Questions must be as short as possible.
          D.    Questions must all be in the form of accusations
                                                                         
 

84. In “ polygraph examination”, the term “ examination” means a  detection of
          A.    Forgery
          B.    Emotion
          C.    the mind
          D.    deception                                        

 

85. It refers to an emotional response to a specific danger, which   appears to go beyond a person’s defensive power.
          A.    Fear
          B.    Stimuli
          C.    Response
          D.    Reaction                                        
 

86. The primary purpose of pre-test interview.
          A.    Prepare subject for polygraph test
          B.    Obtain confession
          C.    Make the subject calm
          D.    Explain the polygraph test procedures  
 

87. The deviation from normal tracing of the subject in the relevant  question.
          A.    positive response
          B.    specific response
          C.    normal response
          D.    reaction                                          

88.  The study of the effect of the impact of a projectile on the target.   
          A.    Terminal Ballistics
          B.    Internal Ballistics
          C.    External Ballistics
          D.    Forensic Ballistics                             
 

89. The unstable rotating motion of the bullet is called
          A.    Trajectory
          B.    Yaw
          C.    Velocity
          D.    Gyroscopic action                             
 

90. The part of the mechanism of a firearm that withdraws the shell or cartridge from the chamber.
          A.    Extractor
          B.    Ejector
          C.    Striker
          D.    Trigger                                           

91.  The pattern or curved path of the bullet in flight.
          A.    Yaw
          B.    Range
          C.    Velocity
          D.    Trajectory                                      

92. This refers to the deflection of the bullet from its normal path  after striking a resistant surface.
          A.    Misfire
          B.    Mushroom
          C.    Ricochet
          D.    Key hole shot                                

93.  A type of primer with two vents or flash holes.
          A.    Bordan primer
          B.    Berdan Primer
          C.    Baterry Primer
          D.    Boxer Primer                                   

94.  This refers to the helical grooves cut in the interior surface of the   bore.
          A.    swaging 
          B.    ogive
          C.    rifling
          D.    breaching                                       

95.  It refers to the unstable rotating motion of the bullet.
          A.    Trajectory
          B.    Yaw
          C.    Velocity
          D.    Gyroscopic action                         

96.  It is the measurement of the bore diameter from land to land.
          A.    Calibre
          B.    Mean diameter
          C.    Gauge               
          D.    Rifling                                           

97.  He is known as the Father of Ballistics.
          A.    Hans Gross
          B.    Charles Waite
          C.    Albert Osborne
          D.    Calvin Goddard                             

98. A document in which some issues have been raised or is under scrutiny.
          A.    Void Document
          B.    Illegal Document
          C.    Forged Document
          D.    Questioned Document                

99. The following are characteristics of   forgery  except one:
          A.    Presence of Natural Variation
          B.    Multiple Pen Lifts
          C.    Show bad quality  of ink lines
          D.    Patchwork Appearance                

100.  Standards which are prepared upon the request of the investigator and for the purpose of comparison with the questioned document.  
          A.    relative standards
          B.    collected standards
          C.    extended standards
          D.    requested standards      

 

101.  The following are types of medical evidence, except:
          A.    Photographic evidence
          B.    Experimental evidence
          C.    Testimonial evidence
          D.    Autoptic evidence                            

102.  The art of identification by comparison of fingerprint is called:
          A.    Dactylography
          B.    All of the these
          C.    Dactyloscopy
          D.    Palmistry                                          

103.  Some scientific methods of identification are the following, except:
          A.    Fingerprinting
          B.    Handwriting
          C.    Dental identification
          D.    Identification by close friends and relatives

104.  The greater the number of points of similarities and dissimilarities of  two persons compared, the greater the probability for the conclusion to be correct is found in the
          A.    Law of Municipality of Evidence in Identification   
          B.    All of the these
          C.    Identification by Comparison and Exclusion
          D.    Law of Super Imposition                   

105.  In the strict sense of the word, Forensic Medicine means
          A.    application of medicine to legal cases
          B.    application of medical science to elucidate legal problems
          C.    knowledge of law in relation to practice of medicine
          D.    none of the above
          E.    all of the above                                 

106.  The different test to determine peripheral circulation are the following, except 
          A.    Magnus test
          B.    Diaphanous test
          C.    I card’s test
          D.    Winslow’s test                                 
   

107. The following officials of the Philippine Government are authorized to conduct death investigation, except -
          A.    Public Prosecutor
          B.    Judges of the regional trial court
          C.    Director PNP
          D.    SOCO team                                      
  

108. The following statements are important in death determination.Which is not valid?.
          A.    Civil personality of a natural person is extinguished by  death
          B.    Civil property of a person is transmitted to the heirs, if not, to  the government      
         C.    The death of the partner is one of the causes of dissolution of partnership agreement             
         D.    The criminal liability of a person is extinguished by death 
                                                                          

109. The following are kinds of death, which one is not?
          A.    Somatic or Clinical Death
          B.    State of Suspended Animation
          C.    Cellular or Molecular Death
          D.    Regulated Death                             

110. Of the following kinds of death, which one is relevant to Organ  Transportation?
          A.    Somatic or clinical Death
          B.    State of Suspended Animation
          C.    Molecular Death
          D.    Cellular Death                                

111.  To find out the truth is an essential requirement for the administration of Justice. Which of the following is the commonly used method of deception detection?
          A.    Lie detection method
          B.    Hypnotism
          C.    Use of drugs
          D.    Confession                                       
 

112. In molecular or cellular death, death of individual cells is with in
          A.    3-6 minutes
          B.    3-6 hours
          C.    20-30 minutes
          D.    20-30 hours                                    
 

113.  Post-mortem lividity has the following mechanisms:
          A.    Hypostatic pressure
          B.    Diffusion
          C.    Gravitational pressure
          D.    All of the above                           

114.  Hanging is asphyxia due to the constriction of the neck as a result of suspension in which the weight of the body pulls upon the ligature.What differentiates it from strangulation by a ligature therefore is: 
          A.    The factor of suspension
          B.    Hanging raises a presumption of suicide
          C.    Strangulation is usually homicidal
          D.    All of the above
          E.    None of the above                        

115.  Distinctions between ante-mortem from post-mortem clot are the following. Which one is not valid?
          A.    Ante-mortem clot is firm in consistency
          B.    Clot is homogenous in construction so it cannot be
                 stripped into layers          
          C.    Clot with varied colors
          D.    Surface of the blood vessels are raw after the clots are
                  removed                                      
                                                    

116.  Post-mortem lividity maybe due to any of the following, except:
          A.    Hypostasis       
          B.    Autolysis
          C.    Diffusion
          D.    Suggillation                                       
   

117. Comprehensive study of dead body, performed by a trained Physician, to determine the cause of death:
          A.    Autopsy
          B.    Biophsis
          C.    Dissection   
          D.    Physicians                                       

118.  Articles and materials found in the crime scene:
          A.    Physical evidence
          B.    Associative evidence
          C.    Evidence
          D.    Tracing evidence                               

119.  Circumscribed extravation of blood or subcutaneous tissue or underneath the mucous membrane.
          A.    Contusion
          B.    Petechia
          C.    Abrasion
          D.    All of them                                        

120.  Among the following, which has the greatest value in scientific examination/identification?
          A.    Dental examination
          B.    Fingerprinting
          C.    Photography
          D.    Pictures Parle                                  

121.  One is a condition that can approximate the time of death.
          A.    Cadaver   
          B.    Magnus test
          C.    Rigor mortis
          D.    None of these                             

122.  The means sanctioned by the law, of ascertaining the judicial power/proceeding, the truth respecting the matter of fact.
          A.    Polygraph
          B.    Evidence
          C.    Lie detector
          D.    All of these                                      
 

123.  Determination of individuality of a person or thing:
          A.    Description   
          B.    Perception
          C.    Identification
          D.    All of these                                      
        

124. Types of fingerprint patters, except:
         A.    Arches
         B.    Ordinary
         C.    Loop
         D.    Whorl                                            

 

125.  It is any unusual pattern of sexual behavior including habitual, preference and completing need for sexual gratification by any means except sexual intercourse which results to bodily  excitement
          A.    Virginity
          B.    Sexual intercourse
          C.    Prostitution
          D.    Sexual deviation                              

 

126. An open wound produced by a sharp-pointed instrument and ischaracterized by a small opening of the wound.
          A.    Gunshot wound
          B.    Stab wound
          C.    Shrapnel wound
          D.    Punctured wound                             

127.  A physical injury wherein the offended victim is incapacitated for work or requires medical assistance for 10 days or more but not
          A.    Slight physical injury   
          B.    Mutilation
          C.    Serious physical injury
          D.    less serious physical injury               
 

128.  It is the type of burn due to gamma rays and which is difficult to  remedy:
          A.    Thermal burn   
          B.    Electric burn
          C.    Chemical burn
          D.    Radiation burn                                 

 

 

 

 

 

 


129.  The metal tube through which the bullet is fired is called
          A.    Bore
          B.    Barrel
          C.    Baretta
          D.    Bromet                                             
                    

130.  The old form of gunpowder invented over a thousand years ago and consisting of nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur.
          A.    Chinese Powder
          B.    Black Powder
          C.    Gray Powder
          D.    All of these                                       

131. The inside of the barrel is generally termed as
          A.    Bore
          B.    Barrel
          C.    Rifling
          D.    Primer                                               

132.  The portion of the gun which is held or shouldered is called
          A.    Buckle
          B.    Buttstock
          C.    Handle
          D.    End joint                                           
 

133.  In a gun, the portion of the "action" that holds the cartridge ready  for firing is called
          A.    Gas tube
          B.    Chamber
          C.    Double-action
          D.    Trigger                                              

134.  A metal rod or plate that strikes the cartridge primer to detonate
     the powder.  
          A.    Spring
          B.    Trigger guard
          C.    Hammer
          D.    Revolver                                         

135. . This is a device for storing cartridges in a repeating firearm for loading into the chamber. Also referred to as a "clip".
          A.    Clipper
          B.    Holder
          C.    Pin or pinhead
          D.    None of these                                  

136.  A device that fits over the muzzle of the barrel to muffle the sound of a gunshot. Most work by baffling the escape of gases. 
          A.    Buffer
          B.    Silencer
          C.    Magazine
          D.    Hanger                                           

137.  Under the management of Lt. Darby during the American occupation in the Philippines, a modern and complete fingerprint  file has been established for the Philippine commonwealth. In 1937, the first Filipino fingerprint technician employed by the Phil.Constabulary was       
          A.    Mr. Generoso Reyes
          B.    Mr. Amado Delos Santos
          C.    Mr. Calixto Solis
          D.    None of these                                   

138.  The first leading judicial decision in the Philippine jurisprudence on  the  science of fingerprinting was the case of
          A.    People vs Medina
          B.    People vs Pineda
          C.    People vs Amador
          D.    People vs. Rosas                              

139.  What is the intermediate and the thickest layer of the hair and is composed of elongated, spindle-shaped fibrils which cohere? They contain pigment granules in varying proportion depending on the type of hair.
          A.    Medulla
          B.    Cortex
          C.    Core
          D.    Cuticle                                           

140.  Who was the noted British Examiner of questioned documents said that an intelligent police investigator can detect almost 75% of all forgeries by careful inspection of a document with simple magnifiers and measuring tools?
          A.    Dr. Arthur Stoll
          B.    Dr. Aristotle Curt
          C.    Dr. William Harrison
          D.    Dr. Benjamin Jones                           

141.  In police photography studies, what are called the thin, gelatinous, light-sensitive coatings on film that react chemically to capture the color and shadings of a scene?
          A.    Films
          B.    Emulsions
          C.    Chemical Coatings
          D.    None of these                                  

142.  A medium that divert or absorb light, but does not allow lights to pass though, they absorb most of the light while reflecting some of it is called
          A.    Opaque object
          B.    Convection
          C.    Visible light
          D.    Prisms                                               

 

 

 

 

 

 

143.  In the practice of polygraphy, what do you call questionsunrelated to the matter under investigation but are of similar nature although less serious as compared to those relevant questions under investigation?
          A.    Irrelevant questions
          B.    Relevant questions
          C.    Control questions
          D.    Interrogative questions                   

144. What test is given if a subject of interrogation is not yet informedof the details of the offense for which he is being interrogated bythe investigation, or by other persons or from other sources like the print media?
          A.    Peak of Tension test
          B.    Control test
          C.    IQ Test
          D.    Guilt Complex Test                            
  

145. . In fingerprinting, the space between shoulders of a loop, free of  any appendage, and a butting at right angle.   
          A.    Complete curve
          B.    Sufficient Recurve
          C.    Straight arrow
          D.    Core                                             

 

146. The term use to refer to a single recurving ridge enclosing one or     more rods or bars of a fingerprint.
          A.    None of these
          B.    Envelope
          C.    Furrows
          D.    Bifurcation                                        

 

147.  These are depressions or canals between the ridges of afingerprint which maybe compared with the low area in a tire tread.   
          A.    None of these
          B.    Envelope
          C.    Furrows
          D.    Bifurcation                                        
 

148.  In the study of questioned documents, what do you call the quality of paper that does not allow light to pass through or which prevents dark objects from being seen through the paper?
          A.    Opacity
          B.    Watermarks
          C.    Skid marks
          D.    Invisibility                                         

149. What is the oldest ink material known?
          A.    Ball point pen ink
          B.    Chinese Ink
          C.    Aniline Ink
          D.    White Ink                                     

150. It is the art of extracting and working on metals by the application  of chemical and physical knowledge.
          A.    Cryptography
          B.    Metallurgy
          C.    Casting
          D.    Matalisky                                          

151.  The branch of geology that deals with the systematic classification and identification of rocks, rock forming minerals and soil.Also includes study of dust, dirt, safe insulation, ceramics and
 other such materials, both natural and artificial.
          A.    Petrography
          B.    Serology
          C.    Anthropology
          D.    Ecology                                             

152.  In a fire, the presence of reddish brown smoke indicates
          A.    Nitrocellulose
          B.    Sulfuric acid
          C.    Nitric acid
          D.    All of these                                      

153.  The bending of light around an object gives rise to the phenomenon called
          A.    attraction
          B.    diffraction
          C.    light curve
          D.    light fingerprint                              

 

154.  Under the law of reflection, The angle of reflection depends upon the angle of the light striking the material, which is referred to as the
          A.    angle of incidence
          B.    angle of biometry
          C.    angle of light
          D.    none of these                                   
 

155.  In ballistics, what is the pressure generated within the chamber erroneously called breeched pressure?
          A.    Chamber Pressure
          B.    Barrel Pressure
          C.    Gunpowder
          D.    None of these                                  

156.  The ratio of the weight of the powder charge to the weight of the projectile is called
          A.    Power to speed ratio
          B.    Charge weight to bullet weight ratio
          C.    Firing pin stroke ratio
          D.    All of these                                       

 

 

 


 

157.  Chemical rearrangement of molecules into gas instead of solids to cause the high explosives to exert full power of shock. The speed varies in different explosive but in some it is as high as 7000 yards  in a second. This refers to
          A.    Energy
          B.    Gas
          C.    Detonation
          D.    Gun powder                                     

158. What occurs when a cartridge fails to explode on time or delayed in firing?
          A.    Knocking Power
          B.    Hang fire
          C.    Recoil
          D.    None of these                                 

159.  In China, fingerprint is called ___. It was valued for purposes of identification since time immemorial as found on a Chinese clay seal made not later than the 3rd Century B.C.   
          A.    Hua Chi
          B.    Mah Whang
          C.    Wong Cho
          D.    Tiang Hin                                          

160.  Who has given the fame title as “Father of Dactyloscopy”?
          A.    Johannes Purkinje
          B.    Leonard Keeler
          C.    Charles Darwin
          D.    Sir Francis Galton                              

161.  In Hoogly, district of Bengal, India, he used fingerprints to prevent fraudulent collection of army pay account and for identification of other documents. He was known as the Father of Chiroscopy.
          A.    William Herschel
          B.    Francis Galton
          C.    Gilbert Thompson
          D.    Alphonse Bertillon                             

162.  A noted British anthropologist who began observation which led to the publication in 1882 of his book “Fingerprints.”  That established the individuality of classifying fingerprint patterns.
          A.    Francis Galton
          B.    Gilbert Thompson
          C.    Wayne Kate
          D.    Alphonse Bertillon                             

163.  The notorious gangster and a police character, who attempted to erase his fingerprints by burning them with acid but as time went by the ridges were again restored to their “natural” feature. 
          A.    John Fielding
          B.    Johanes Curie
          C.    John Dellinger
          D.    Billy the Kid                                       

 

164.  What is the science of palm print identification?
          A.    Chiroscopy
          B.    Poroscopy
          C.    Podoscopy
          D.    Astrology                                         

165. A single ridge which splits into two ridges forming a “Y” shape  formation or structure is commonly known as
          A.    Diverging ridges
          B.    Bifurcating ridges
          C.    Loop
          D.    Delta                                                  

166.  Symbolized by letter W in the fingerprint classification. It is fingerprint pattern which there are two deltas and in which at least one ridge makes a turn through one complete circuit.
          A.    Plain whorl
          B.    Central pocket loop whorl
          C.    Accidental loop
          D.    Ulnar loop                                         

167.  Father of Criminalistics.
          A.    Dr. Hans Gross
          B.    Dr. Cesare Lombroso
          C.    Dr. John Reid
          D.    Dr. John Larson                                  

168.  Which evidence offers least resistance to decomposition?
          A.    Semen
          B.    Urine
          C.    Hair
          D.    Blood                                                 

169.  One in which the facts appearing therein may not be true, and are contested either in whole or part with respect to its authenti city, identity, or origin.
          A.    Questioned document
          B.    Illegal document
          C.    Falsified document
          D.    Disputed facts                                  

170.  Are condensed and  compact  set  of authentic specimens which,  if adequate and proper, should contain  a  cross  section  of  the material from a known source for questioned document examination.
          A.    Basis products
          B.    Standards
          C.    Handwriting
          D.    Signatures                                        
 

171.  A term used by some document examiners and attorneys to characterize known material. 
          A.    Basis
          B.    Exemplar
          C.    Xerox copies
          D.    Reproduced                                     

172. When a document is issued and notarized by a notary  public or competent public official with solemnities required  by law, it is called
          A.    Official document
          B.    Public document
          C.    Commercial document
          D.    Private Document                          
 

173.  What is known as the blotting out or shearing over the writing to make the original invisible to as an addition?
          A.    Obliteration
          B.    Obscuration
          C.    Forged
          D.    None of these                                

174.  In legal language, it refers to the document examiner's conclusion.In Court, he may not only express it but demonstrates the reasons for arriving at his conclusion.
          A.    Remarks
          B.    Testimony
          C.    Opinion
          D.    Reasoning                                        
 

175.  In this kind of document examination, the document is viewed with the source of illumination behind it and the light passing through the paper.Documents are subjected to this type of examination to  determine the presence of erasures, matching of serrations and some other types of alterations.
          A.    Microscopic examination
          B.    Ultra violet examination
          C.    Photographic examination
          D.    Transmitted light examination          

176. Ultraviolet radiation is invisible and occurs in the wave lengths just below the visible blue-violet end of the spectrum (rainbow). These visible rays react on some substances so that visible light is reflected, a phenomenon known as
          A.    Prism
          B.    Fluorescence
          C.    Infrared
          D.    Radiation                                          

177.  It is the result of a very complicated series of facts, being used as whole, combination of certain forms of visible mental and muscular habits acquired by long, continued painstaking effort.Some defined it as “visible speech.”
          A.    Typewriting
          B.    Money Bills
          C.    Handwriting
          D.    All of these                                       
 

178. In document examination, what is the relation of parts of the whole of writing or line of individual letters in words to the baseline?
          A.    Proportion
          B.    Alignment
          C.    Lining
          D.    Letter forms                                      

 

179.  Any property or mark which distinguishes and in document examination commonly called to as the identifying details si called
          A.    Standard
          B.    Characteristics
          C.    Attribute
          D.    Form                                                 

180. The act of setting two or more items side by side to weigh their
      identifying qualities; it refers not only a visual but also the mental 
      act in which the element of one item are related to the
      counterparts of the other.
          A.    Collation
          B.    Analysis
          C.    Comparison
          D.    Recording                                         

181.  In the study handwriting, the movement of the pen toward the writer is called
          A.    Down stroke
          B.    Backstroke
          C.    Sidestroke
          D.    None of these                                  

182.  It is a signature, signed at a particular time  and place, under particular conditions, while the signer was at particular age, in a particular physical and mental condition, using particular implements, and with a particular reason and purpose for recording  his name.
          A.    Fraudulent Signature
          B.    Freehand forged signature
          C.    Guided Signature
          D.    Evidential Signature                          

183.  It is the crime of making, circulating or uttering false coins and banknotes.  Literally, it means to make a copy of; or imitate; tomake a spurious semblance of, as money or stamps, with the intent to deceive or defraud.
          A.    Counterfeiting
          B.    Falsification
          C.    Forgery
          D.    Fake money bills                               

184.  A fluid or viscous marking material used for writing or printing.
          A.    Pen
          B.    Ink
          C.    Coal
          D.    Chalk                                                

185.  In 1884, who was this insurance agent in New York who patented the first practical fountain pen containing its own ink reservoir
          A.    Lewis Water man
          B.    John Loud
          C.    Peter Reynolds
          D.    Henry Ball                                         
  

186. What do you calle the type of instrument used in measuring pitch of rifling firearms
          A.    Pinometer
          B.    Helixometer
          C.    Thermometer
          D.    Caliper                                                

187.  This valuable instrument is specially designed to permit the firearms examiner to determine the similarity and dissimilarity between two fired bullets or two fired shells, by simultaneously observing their magnified image in a single microscopic field.
          A.    Magnetic field device
          B.    Compound microscope
          C.    Bullet comparison microscope
          D.    Photographic microscope                  
   

188.  Consist of a wooden box, 12 “x”12”x 96, with a hinged to cover and with one end open. This long box is filled with ordinary cotton and separated into sections by cardboard petitions use in ballistics.
          A.    Firing point box
          B.    Bullet recovery box
          C.    Slug collection box
          D.    All of these                                     

189.  Photographic films maybe classified according to their forms and types. What are the films that are sensitive to radiation?
          A.    Chrome Films
          B.    X-Ray Films
          C.    B&W Films
          D.    Colored Films                                    

190.  Which film is suitable for general use in the preparation of black and white photography because it produces the most naturalrecording of colors?
           A.    Panchromatic film
          B.    Chrome Films
          C.    X-Ray Films
          D.    Color Films                                        
     

191.  One film maybe rated ISO – 100, and another film ISO  200. This means that the 200 films are twice as fast (twice more sensitive to light) than the ISO-100 film. This statement is
          A.    true
          B.    false
          C.    partly true
          D.    partly false                                     

192.  Among the following speed of film, which has the fastest speed?
          A.    ISO – 25
          B.    ISO – 100 to ISO – 200
          C.    ISO – 400
          D.    ISO – 1000 and up                          


193.  Chromatic aberration is the failure of different colored light rays to focus after passing through a lens, focusing of light of different colors at different points resulting in a blurred image.
          A.    Astigmatism
          B.    Bended light
          C.    Chromatic aberration
          D.    Pragmatic rays                                  
 

194.  What is the defect in which the light coming from an off-axis object point is spread along the direction of the optic axis? If the object is a vertical line, the cross section of the refracted beam at      successively greater distances from the lens is an ellipse that collapses first into a horizontal line, spreads out again, and later becomes a vertical line.   
          A.    Astigmatism
          B.    Bended light
          C.    Chromatic aberration
          D.    Pragmatic rays                                 

195.  Depth of field is the range in front of and behind a sharply focused subject in which details also look sharp in the final photographic image.
          A.    Focus
          B.    Depth of field
          C.    Camera trick
          D.    Aperture                                           

196.  In photography, what determines how effectively a moving object can be stopped, that is, how sharply it can be reproduced without blurring, or streaking in the final image?
          A.    Focus
          B.    Shutter speed
          C.    Aperture
          D.    Lens                                                 

197.  What makes a bullet spin? Without spin, a bullet would not stay pointed forward in flight, but would tumble over and over. The spinning motion increases the accuracy of a bullet.
          A.    Bore
          B.    Gunpowder
          C.    Rifling
          D.    Shell                                                  

198.  What component of the polygraph machine records the changes in the breathing of the subject?
          A.    Pneumograph
          B.    Cardiograph
          C.    Galvanograph
          D.    Kymograph                   

199.  In fingerprinting, it refers to the process of counting the intervening ridges that touch or cross an imaginary line drawn between the core and the delta.
          A.    Ridge counting
          B.    Ridge tracing
          C.    Delta tracing
          D.    All of these                                       

200. For many years the most commonly used preliminary test for blood
          A.    Plasma count
          B.    Serum test
          C.    Benzidine test
          D.    Barberio’s test       

 


 ANSWERS:

  1. C
  2. C
  3. D
  4. C
  5. D
  6. B
  7. A

  8. C
  9. C
  10. D
  11. A
  12. B
  13. D
  14. A
  15. D
  16. C
  17. B
  18. D
  19. C
  20. D
  21. C
  22. C
  23. A
  24. C
  25. C
  26. A
  27. C
  28. B
  29. B
  30. A
  31. D
  32. C
  33. B
  34. A
  35. B
  36. C
  37. A
  38. A
  39. C
  40. D
  41. C
  42. A
  43. B
  44. D
  45. A
  46. D
  47. C
  48. C
  49. C
  50. A
  51. C
  52. C
  53. D
  54. B
  55. D
  56. D
  57. D
  58. C
  59. B
  60. B
  61. C
  62. C
  63. C
  64. D
  65. D
  66. B
  67. D
  68. A
  69. C
  70. B
  71. D
  72. A
  73. C
  74. C
  75. A
  76. B
  77. B
  78. B
  79. A
  80. D
  81. D
  82. D
  83. A
  84. A
  85. A
  86. A
  87. B
  88. B
  89. D
  90. C
  91. D
  92. D
  93. B
  94. A
  95. D
  96. D
  97. A
  98. B
  99. C
  100. D
  101. A
  102. B
  103. C
  104. B
  105. B
  106. D
  107. A
  108. A
  109. A
  110. D
  111. E
  112. C
  113. B
  114. A
  115. A
  116. A
  117. B
  118. C
  119. B
  120. C
  121. B
  122. D
  123. D
  124. B
  125. D
  126. B
  127. B
  128. A
  129. B
  130. B
  131. C
  132. D
  133. B
  134. A
  135. A
  136. B
  137. C
  138. B
  139. A
  140. C
  141. A
  142. B
  143. B
  144. C
  145. A
  146. B
  147. B
  148. A
  149. D
  150. B
  151. A
  152. A
  153. B
  154. C
  155. B
  156. A
  157. A
  158. A
  159. A
  160. C
  161. B
  162. B
  163. A
  164. A
  165. C
  166. A
  167. B
  168. B
  169. B
  170. A
  171. C
  172. D
  173. B
  174. C
  175. B
  176. B
  177. C
  178. A
  179. D
  180. A
  181. B
  182. A
  183. B
  184. C
  185. B
  186. B
  187. A
  188. A
  189. D
  190. C
  191. A
  192. B
  193. B
  194. C
  195. A
  196. A
  197. C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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