PRE-BOARD EXAMINATION

CRIME DETECTION AND INVESTIGATION

1. One of the following is a vital investigative tool 8. What is the term used to describe the intoxicating
that has helped in the reconstruction of crime effect of a drug in the lingo of the drug users?
and the identity of suspects as well as victims A. Stoned
because it is a factual and accurate record of the B. Rush
crime. C. High
A. Police works D. Trip
B. Photography
C. Crime Scene Investigation 9. The drug heroin was a chemically synthesized of
D. All of these A. Morphine
B. Opium Juice
2. It refers to the collection of photographs of known C. Codeine
criminals and their identities that is placed D. Coca paste
together in one file. This is known as ___.
A. Police File 10. What group of countries where the first important
B. Mug File drug traffic route was organized from drug
C. Individual File discovery up to marketing?
D. Album A. Peru-Uruguay-Panama-Columbia
B. The Golden Triangle
3. The criminal activity by an enduring structure or C. Middle East- Europe-U.S
organization developed and devoted primarily to D. The Golden Crescent
the pursuit of profits through illegal means
commonly known as ___. 11. What part of the globe is the principal source of all
A. Organized crime forms of cocaine?
B. Professional Organization A. South East Asia
C. White collar crime B. South America
D. Blue collar crime C. Middle East
D. South West Asia
4. What is the literal meaning of the term Cosa
Nostra? 12. The Golden Triangle is for the Chinese Triad,
A. One thing Columbia and Peru is for:
B. Omerta A. La Cosa Nostra
C. Two Things B. Cammora
D. 5th estate C. Medellin Cartel
Correct Ans. Our Thing D. YAKUZA

5. The strict code of conduct that governs the 13. The drug addict who shows many “tracks” from
behavior of the Mafia members is called ___. injection of hypodermic needles is mostly
A. Omerta addicted to:
B. Triad A. liquid amphetamine
C. Silencer B. heroin
D. Mafioso C. shabu
D. freebase cocaine
6. The knowledge acquired by the investigator from
various sources. 14. The drug addict or user generally acquires the
A. Intelligence drug habit because of being:
B. Information A. powerless and less self control
C. Surveillance B. emotionally unstable
D. all of these C. socially maladjusted
D. all of these
7. From among the following, which is correct?
A. RA 6975, Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 15. In knowing the history of drug taking of a person,
2002 which took effect on June 7, 2002 the best information is taken from:
B. RA 9165, Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs A. trained psychologist
Act of 2002 which took effect on July 4, B. doctors or physicians
2002 C. laboratory results
C. RA 6975, Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972, took D. patient himself
effect on March 2, 1972
D. RA 6425, Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 which took
effect on July 4, 2002 16. When the drug dependent develops changes in
the normal functioning of the brain that can be

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 manifested in undesirable conditions, he suffers 25. A word or group of words that express a complete
from mental invalid. Mental invalid in the context thought.
of drug abuse means: A. adverb
A. mental deterioration due to drug addiction B. verb
B. loss of will power to quit from drug use C. subject
C. loss of contact with reality D. sentence
D. distortion of sensory perception
26. When an investigator finds a tool a the crime
17. A drug abuser, because of his use of unsterilized scene, he should first of all:
paraphernalia, tends to develop low resistance A. pick it up for closer examine taking care not to jar
and becomes susceptible to various infections it.
such as: B. Compare the cutting edge of the tool with the
A. stomach cancer impressions to determine if this was the tool
B. head aches and body pains used in the crime.
C. communicable diseases C. immediately collect it and always send it to the
D. loss of appetite crime laboratory for scientific examination
D. wait until the crime scene has been
18. The use of one or more electrical appliances or sketched or photographed and
devices which draw or consume electrical measurements taken before he collects
current beyond the designed capacity of the the evidence
existing electrical system
A. self-closing door 27. A wall designated to prevent the spread of fire
B. jumper having a fire resistance rating of not less than
C. overloading four hours with sufficient structural stability to
D. oxidizing material remain standing even if construction on either
side collapses under the fire conditions.
19. The method of determining and finding the best A. Wood rack
way to remedy the specific cause or causes of B. fire wall
the complaint or grievance refers to _____. C. post wall
A. investigation procedure D. fire trap
B. cross examination
C. grievance procedure 28. The presence of the symptom of alcohol
D. criminal procedure intoxication without smell of alcoholic breath is
a sign that the suspected person is under the
20. When people are considered as source of influence of:
information, the experienced police officer A. Amphetamine drug
A. recognizes that persons from all walks of B. Barbiturates
life represent potential investigative C. Hallucinogens
resources D. Narcotics
B. develops his contracts only with law abiding
citizens 29. In a state of agitation and dullness of the mind as
C. restricts his efforts to members of the a result of drug, the dependent becomes
departments careless and losses concentration on his job.
D. concentrates all his efforts to acquire informants This may cause to:
only from criminal types A. accident in the home
B. accident at work
21. Macho means C. dependence to family resources
A. assertive D. Withdrawn forgetfulness
B. angry
C. heroic 30. Drugs that are categorized as uppers or speeds
d. stubborn can give the following symptoms of abuse,
except:
22. A clandestine operation in a police parlance A. dilation of pupils
means: B. sudden burst of laughter
A. covert intelligence C. increasingly inactive
B. surveillance D. wakefulness
C. secret activity
D. overt intelligence 31. The burning of a small quantity of the suspected
substance and determining the odor or smell
23. Any motor vehicle accident that result in injuries having similar to burnt banana leaves or has a
other than fatal to one or more persons. sweetish odor is a field test that can reveal the
A. non-fatal injury accident drug ___.
B. fatal accident A. Marijuana
C. traffic law enforcer B. Opium
D. property damage accident C. Coca leaves
D. Peyote Cactus
24. An enclosed vertical space of passage that
extends from the floor to floor, as well as for the 32. The drug that is obtained from the alkaloid of the
base to the top of the building is called leaves of the Erythorxylon coca and the other
A. sprinkle evidence species of Erthroxlon Linne, or by synthesis from
B. vertical shaft ecgoine and its derivatives is called:
C. flash point A. Heroin
D. standpipe system B. Sodium Carbonate
C. Codeine
D. Cocaine

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33. “Bennies” and “dexies” are for amphetamines; 43. What opium preparation is combined with
“red devils” and “double trouble are for ___. camphor to produce a household remedy for
A. Demerol diarrhea and abdominal pain?
B. Sulfates A. Tincture of opium
C. Barbiturates B. Raw opium
D. Deliriants C. Paregoric
D. Granulated opium
34. What kind of drug examination is made during the
initial investigation conducted by the first 44. The group of drugs that when introduced into the
responding officers? system of the body can produce mental
A. Field Testing alertness and wakefulness
B. Laboratory Analysis A. Stimulants
C. Color Reaction Testing B. Uppers
D. all of these C. Speeds
D. All of these
35. Duquenois-Levine test is for marijuana; Symone’s
test is for: 45. The hallucinogenic alkaloid from a small Mexican
A. Shabu mushroom used by Mexican Indians to induce
B. Cocaine nausea and muscular relaxation is called:
C. Opium derivatives A. Psilocybin
D. Amphetamine B. STP
C. DMT
36. The presence of drug paraphernalia at the drug D. Ibogaine
scene in the form of syringe and needle,
tourniquet, spoon or bottle top “cookies” and 46. What do you call the most powerful natural
tinfoil packet reveals that the drug being stimulant?
administered are: A. Erythroxylon coca
A. tablet drugs B. Heroin
B. capsule drugs C. Beta Eucaine
C. liquid drugs D. Cocaine Hydrochloride
D. marijuana leaves
47. What is the most important constituent of opium?
37. The body sign, in narcotic death investigation, of A. Morphine
bluish discoloration of the face and or fingernails B. Heroin
due to insufficient oxygenation of the blood C. Codeine
caused by increase in carbon dioxide in the body D. Cocaine
is called:
A. Petechial hemorrhage 48. What drug is known as the “assassins of the
B. Cyanosis youth”?
C. Asphyxia A. Heroin
D. Hematoma B. Cocaine
C. Marijuana
38. What is called the “visual evidence” in drug D. Shabu
related cases?
A. Needle marks/tracks 49. Which of the following is a drug known in the
B. Asphyxiation street as “angel dust”
C. Skin diseases A. Mescaline
D. Internal body signs B. Diethyltryptamine
C. Phencyclidine
39. What kind of alcohol is used in alcoholic drinks? D. Psilocybin
A. Methyl Alcohol
B. Ethyl Alcohol 50. In acute cases withdrawal of drugs causes serious
C. Brewery physical illness also called abstinence syndrome.
D. Ethylene It is also otherwise known as:
A. Psychological dependence
40. The group of drugs that are considered to be mind B. Physical dependence
altering and gives the general effect of mood C. Drug Addiction
distortion are generally called D. “Cold Turkey”
A. Sedatives
B. Hypnotic 51. Intoxication when considered under the law is
C. Hallucinogens considered
D. Tranquillizers A. Alternative Circumstance
B. Maladaptive Behavior
41. Drugs like glue, gasoline, kerosene, ether, paint, C. Delinquent act
thinner, etc. are called: D. Anti social Behavior
A. Solvents
B. Deliriants 52. In substance abuse, what is the scientific name of
C. Inhalants the tobacco plant?
D. All of these A. Nicotino Tabakumo
B. Nicotiana Tabacum
42. Cocaine is a stimulant drug; LSD is a C. Nikotiano Tabaku
A. Hallucinogen D. Tabaku Nicotino
B. Narcotic
C. Solvent
D. Depressant 53. What is the addictive substance or chemical
contained in tobacco cigarettes?

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 A. Tar A. warning signs
B. Carbon Monoxide B. traffic management
C. Carbon Dioxide C. traffic engineering
D. Nicotine D. pavement marking

62. Amphetamine is representative of good class of

54. A certain intersection, for several reasons, has stimulant known as
more traffic accidents than any other part in the A. sticks
area. The Police unit assignment to the area B. knocks– out drops
should. C. reefers
A. Park near the intersection, in plain view, and wait D. pop pills
for violators.
B. Park your motorcycle at the center of intersection 63. The primary purpose of bail is
to caution motorist A. to protect the accused rights
C. Park near the intersection, more or less hidden B. to keep the accused in jail until trial
from view C. to punish the accused for the crime
D. Cruise all the assigned area but give extra D. to release the accused
attention to the intersection
64. Prohibitive traffic signs and restrictive traffic signs
shall have
55. Every device which is self-propelled and every A. blue background and white symbols
vehicle which is propelled by electric power B. a red background and white symbols and black
obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not border
operated upon rails. C. white background with black symbols and
A. Skating red border
B. Bicycle D. green background with white and black symbols
C. Tricycle
D. Motor vehicles
65. The ____ shall be conducted as a pre-requisite to
56. Hypothetical means grant permits and/or license by local
A. Temporary governments or other government agencies.
B. Exaggerated A. Fire safety inspection
C. Provable B. Fire protection assembly
D. Assumed C. Fire alerting system
D. Fire service
57. Any act that would remove or naturalized a fire
hazard 66. Motor vehicle propelled by an internal combustion
A. Allotment engine shall be equipped with a ____ and said
B. Combustion motor vehicle passes through a street of any
C. Distillation city, municipality or thickly populated district or
D. Abatement barrio.
A. wiper
58. It is the investigator’s responsibility to insure that B. light
every precaution is exercised to preserve the C. muffler
evidence. D. windshield
A. Tagging of evidence
B. Evaluation of evidence 67. Investigator must be patient to obtain accurate
C. Preservation of evidence and complete information especially with
D. Releasing evidence uncooperative subjects.
A. logical mind
59. The fundamental responsibility of the officer in B. power of self-control
charge of protecting the crime scene is to: C. perseverance
A. interrogate the witnesses d. integrity
B. engage in the search for traces left by the search
for traces left by the criminal 68. One in which all the ingredients of the offense are
C. remove of evidence which may prove importance committed in one place.
to the case A. local action
D. preserving the site of the crime in the same B. local crimes
physical condition as it was left by the C. none of these
perpetrator D. transitory action

60. The main reason why both traffic officers and
signal lights are used on some intersection is
that
A. motorist are discourage from “jumping signals”
B. traffic can be kept moving at a faster rate
C. greater safety to pedestrians and motorist is
effected
D. an officer can stop and start as necessity
demands
61. All lines, patterns, words, colors or other gadgets
EXCEPT signs set into the surface or applied
upon or attached to the pavement or curbing
officially place for the purpose of regulating
traffic is called _____
69. A traffic police officer stationed the route of a
parade has been ordered by his superior to allow
no cars to cross the route. While the parade is in
progress, an ambulance driver on an emergency
run attempts to drive his ambulance across the
route while the parade is passing. Under these
circumstances the traffic police officer should.
A. ask the driver to wait until the traffic police officer
contact his superior and obtains decisions
B. stop the parade long enough to permit the
ambulance to cross the street
C. hold up the ambulance in accordance with the
superior’s order
D. direct the ambulance driver to the shortest detour
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70. An instance that may cause fires from the heat
accumulated from the rolling, sliding or friction
in machinery or between two hard surfaces, at
least one of which is usually a metal is called.
A. static electricity
B. overheating of machine
C. friction heat
D. heat from arching
71. Method of heat transfer by direct contact
A. nuclear fission
B. conduction
C. convection
D. Radiation
72. The desire to give information as an excuse to talk
to the police in order to get more information
from them than he gives.
A. double crosser informants
B. false informants
C. self aggrandizing
D. mercenary informants
73. Assume that a dead body has been discovered on
the street and being the only police officer
around, you have been called upon by a
passersby to proceed to the scene upon arriving
at the scene, several onlookers are gathered. As
a rule, it essential that a police office should
refrain from expressing his opinion as to the
probable cause of death because.
A. his opinion may influence the investigator
assigned to the case
B. no useful purpose will be served
C. the killer may overhead your conclusion
D. he do not know the cause of the death
74. The first action taken by a traffic unit to escape
from collision course or otherwise avoid a hazard
A. state of evasive action
B. point of possible perception
C. point of no escape
D. final position
75. An informant who gives information to the
police/investigator, and his purpose of informing
the police is to eliminate rival or competition.
A. rival-elimination informant
B. self aggrandizing informant
C. mercenary informants
D. anonymous informant
76. A number representing the resistance to sliding of
two surfaces in contract is known as:
A. coefficient of friction
B. traffic jam
C. attribute
D. contract damage
77. The primary job of an investigator is to determine
whether a crime has been committed in order to
determine such he must have knowledge of the
so called cardinal question of investigation and
there are ____ cardinals of investigation.
A. six
B. three
C. vocabulary
D. diction
78. The correct choice of word selecting the exact
precise objective words to convey as meaning
A. exclamation point
B. punctuation
C. vocabulary
D. diction
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79. Instrument used to open and close a fire hydrant
A. hydrant key
B. kilowatts
C. key board
D. bunch of key
80. With respect to minor traffic violations, the traffic
police officers should be guided foremost by the
consideration that
A. some traffic violation are intended
B. the aim is to discourage violations
C. some traffic violations are caused by
negligence
d. violations must be punished
81. In arresting the traffic violator or when it involved
arrest due to traffic violation, the following
procedures are followed except:
A. bring the suspended person before the court
B. detention of the arrested person may take place
C. arrest can be effected even without a warrant
D. impose the probable penalty that might be
imposed
82. This statement is incorrect, except
A. A police report that carries lies or half truth
statements is still a police report.
B. A police report can be submitted as time
allows.
C. Accurateness of a police report can be based
partly on the use of our senses.
D. Adverbs are modifiers.
83. It explains best what a police report is.
A. daily operational occurrences
B. exact narrations of facts
C. police records
D. reaffirming what took place
84. These statements are correct, except
A. Police reports can serve as raw materials from
which record systems can be adopted.
B. Police reports likewise serve as a gauge for good
police performance.
C. Police reports make police investigators
efficient in their jobs.
D. Police reports can be used for future reference.
85. Among the following was the German pharmacist
who discovered the morphine drug.
A) Allan Heithfield
B) Troy Mcweigh
C) Freidrich Serturner
D) Alder Wright
86. The part of the investigation report that gives a
brief summary of the major investigative steps
accomplished is the -
A. details
B. underdeveloped
C. synopsis
D. conclusions and recommendation
87. This may be applicable to a crime scene which is
approximately circular or oval. The searchers
gather at the center and proceed outward along
radii or spokes.
A. strip method
B. wheel method
C. spiral method
D. zone method
88. A kind of evidence which may link the suspect to
the crime scene or offense. Examples are
fingerprints, impressions, blood etc.
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B. associative evidence 96. It is defined as the “chemical decomposition of
C. tracing evidence matter through the action of heat”. In this case,
D. factual evidence the decomposition causes a change from a solid
state to vapor state.
a. Pyrolysis c. Cytolysis
89. Most malicious fires are set by individuals b. Putrefaction d. Homeostasis
secretly; it is either set for revenge or self
aggrandizing; or set by psychotic fire setter, or 97. Chiang Kai Shek who authorized by law, imports
for sexual gratification. or brings into the Philippines a dangerous drug
A. group fire setter shall be liable of:
B. arson for profit a. Importation of dangerous drug
C. fire starter b. No liability
D. solitary fire setter c. Importation of controlled precursor
d. All of these

90. A method of locating a spot in the area by 98. A vice is any type of immoral and illegal activity,
measurements from two or more reference such as prostitution, the sale of drugs, alcoholic
points. beverages, and gambling, therefore vice is:
A. traffic report
B. spot report a. Atrocity (very cruel) c. all of these
C . triangulation b. Bad habit d. transgression
D. accident investigation
99. Any person who shall kill his father, mother, or
child, whether legitimate or illegitimate, or any
91. A pattern or network of fine, irregular lines in of his legitimate other ascendants or
glass and wood. descendants, or legitimate spouse, shall be
A. Crazing guilty of:
B. Spalling a. Murder c. Parricide
C. Light bulbs b. Homicide d. Infanticide
D. Charring
100. Glaiza attends the birthday party of her friend
92. Famous test conducted in order to determine Bea; while the party is ongoing a task force from
whether or not the suspect is under the PDEA organized by Lacsamana surprisingly
influence of alcohol by instructing him to stand conducted a raid, and it was found out that
for at least one (1) minute, heels together and Glaiza was caught to have in her bag, drug
with eyes closed. If the body will sway, then he paraphernalia such as aluminum foil and lighter.
is drunk. What should be the penalty if there is any?
a. Walker’s test
b. Sodium Rhodizonate test a. 6 months and 1 day
c. Florence test b. 6 months and 1 day to 6 years
d. Romberg’s test c. 6 months and 1 day to 4 years
d. None of these
93. This refers to the number of persons who
handled evidences at the time of its collection
from the crime scene up to court presentation.
a. Chain of custody
b. Chain of evidence
c. Transfer evidence
d. Transient evidence

94. Articles and materials, which are found in

connection with an investigation and which aid
in establishing the identity of the perpetrator or
the circumstances under which the crime was
committed.

a. Transfer evidence
b. Transient evidence
c. Physical evidence
d. Associative evidence

95. PEDRO lost his watch. One day, Pedro saw Juan
using the watch. Pedro, recognizing the watch,
asked Juan to give it to him because it was his
property. Because Juan refused, Pedro,
withdrawn his pistol, told him that if he would
not give him the watch, he would kill him.
Because of fear for his life, Juan gave the watch
to Pedro which is against his will. What crime
has been committed by Pedro, if there is any?

a. Grave Coercion
b. Grave Threat
c. Robbery
d. Theft

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