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Answered Criminalistics
Answered Criminalistics
INSTRUCTIONS:
Analyze the questions very well.
MULTIPLE CHOICE:
1. who’s the father of Dactyloscopy and professor of Anatomy, Theology and
Physiology at the University of Breslau, Prussia in 1823 that described the
different patterns of the fingers and classified them into nine groups?
a. Johannes Purkenjie c. Alphonse Bertillion
b. Henry Faulds d. Edmund Locard
2. The first conviction based on fingerprints last December 20, 1933 and the leading
judicial decision in Philippine Jurisprudence is People versus:
a. Sapiro c. Alonzo
b. Dela Cruz d. Medina
3. Who was the first Filipino Fingerprint Technician employed at the Philippine
Constabulary?
a. Tomas Medina c. Ricardo David
4. What refers to an epidermal hairless skin found on the ventral or lower surface of
the hands and feet covered with minute ridges and furrows and without pigment
or coloring matters?
a. Furrows c. Friction Skin
b. Ridge d. Dermal Papillae
5. What branch of science deals with the scientific study of the palm of the hand
which can be a means of identification?
a. Podoscopy c. Chiroscopy
b. Poroscopy d. Dactyloscopy
6. What type of loop is characterized in which the downward slope or the slanting
ridges run towards the direction of the thumb?
a. Radial c. Central Pocket
b. Ulnar d. Double
7. What do you call the inner layer of the skin containing blood vessels, various
glands and nerves where the dermal papillae can be found?
a. Epidermis c. Corneum
b. Dermis d. Mucosum
9. What is kind of ridge formation that curves back in the direction from which it
started?
a. Looping c. Eyelet
b. Converging d. Bifurcation
11. What is the first practical photographic process given to the world?
a. Polariod c. Calbotype
b. Talbotyoe d. Daguerreotype
13. Who invented the first truly practical dry plate negative process, using gelatin in
place of collodion to bind silver halides to glass plates?
a. Vogel c. Madox
b. Dancer d. Huygens
15. It is the distance between the nearest object to a camera and the object between
them.
a. Wavelength c. Focal length
b. Crest d. Depth of field
17. He is known to be the father of personal identification having devised the first
scientific method of personal identification. Also known as the father of Mug-shot
photography.
a. Alphonse Bertillion c. John F.W. Herschel
b. Cesare Lombroso d. John Dellinger
19. The Filipino who top the first comprehensive examination in fingerprint which
was initiated by New York Police Dept and FBI.
a. Patricio Agustin c. Generoso Reyes
b. Marcelo Bonifacio d. Isabela Bernales
20. This refers to the actual path of the bullet during its flight from the gun muzzle to
the target called:
a. Trajectory c. Boulevard
b. Way d. Avenue
21. The branch of ballistics which treats of the motion of the projectile while it is still
inside the gun barrel?
a. Forensic ballistic c. Terminal ballistic
b. External ballistic d. Internal ballistic
22. It is a type of firearms that propel projectiles which is more than one inch in
diameter.
a. Yoke c. Artillery
b. Small d. Hand Arm
23. Who started in 1855 the production of a single shot rifle that was adopted by
Winchester?
a. Gatling c. Derringer
b. Colt d. Browning
25. It is a short barrel handgun designed to fire a single projectile through a rifle-bore
for every press of the trigger.
a. Pistol c. Caliber 22
b. Musket d. Revolver
26. Pioneered in the making of a breech loading firearms and founded the great firm
Smith and Wesson.
a. Samuel Colt c. John Browning
b. Horace Smith d. Daniel Wesson
27. It is the speed of the bullet per unit of time expressed in feet per second:
a. Velocity c. Pressure
b. Trajectory d. Air resistance
34. The importance of individual marks on a bullet by a gun barrel is that it is useful
in directly identifying the:
a. Possible direction of shot left
b. Gun from which a bullet was fired
c. Bullet which caused the fatal wound
d. Person who fired the particular firearm
35. Is a heart specialist who described in two British journals the polygraph machine
as Ink Polygraph?
a. Dr. Hans Gross c. William Mouiton Marston
b. Sir James Makenzie d. Leonarde Keeler
36. The person who made the first suggestion for using the Psycho Galvanic reaction
for detecting deception and we stated that galvanic skin phenomenon is under
the influence of exciting mental impressions and the will has no effect upon it:
a. Harold Burtt c. Victorio Bennussi
b. Sticker d. Varaguth
37. What was added in the Larson’s polygraph machine by Leonarde Keeler:
a. Pneumograph c. Cardiosphymograph
b. Kymograph d. Galvanograph
39. Which of the following notions about polygraph, machine is wrong (fancies)?
a. It flashes a light c. It has a dial indicator
b. It rings a bell d. All of the above
40. Which of the following is one among the major components of the polygraph?
a. Blood pressure cuff c. Cardiospymograph
b. Kymograph d. Sphygmomanograph
42. Is that part of the galvanograph component which was attached to the body of
the subject with the length of ten inches?
a. Blood pressure cuff c. Finger electrode assembly
b. Beaded chain d. Rubber convulated tube
43. Is the sum total of the dissimulation which the child acquires from his
surroundings once he learned to go out and socialized with his neighborhood.
a. Education c. Personality
b. Heredity d. Environment
44. Is the normal rate of pulse beat of an adult subject in polygraph test?
a. 70-75 b. 60-65 c. 6-12 d. 13-
15
45. The investigator should avoid asking witnesses long complicated questions
because this will:
a. Renders difficulty in obtaining the facts for conviction
b. Enable him to ascertain the purpose of the interviewer
c. Give the witness a chance to formulate desired answer
d. Embraces him and cause him to answer he does not know
46. In the schematic outline on the isolation and identification of some common
poisons, the specimen should first be:
a. Distilled with or without stem c. mixed with chemical antidotes
b. Ether-extracted d. Alkaline solution
48. Which of the following substance is most likely to be used in committing murder?
a. Belladonna c. Strychnine
b. Alcohol d. Antimony
54. The following judicial executions were exercised in the Philippines except:
a. Musketry c. Electrocution
b. Lethal injection d. Judicial hanging
55. The sum total of all reaction of tissues or organs for which the activities of the
living cells are necessary:
a. Inflammation c. Physical reaction
b. Vital reaction d. Chemical reaction
59. It is the stillness or steadiness of the bullet in its flight until it finally reaches the
target?
a. Ricochet c. Gyroscopic action
b. Rifling d. Trajectory
60. The branches of ballistics which treats of the effect of the projectile on impact on
the target?
a. Terminal Ballistic c. Forensic Ballistic
b. Internal Ballistic d. External Ballistic
61. A type of weapon in which the mechanism is so arranged that it can fired
continuously will trigger is press?
a. Single shots c. Breech action weapon
b. Automatic weapon d. repeating arms
62. A type of shotgun based on interior barrel construction which has a reducing bore
diameter to limit the spread of pallets called:
a. Smooth bore c. Choke type
b. Paradox d. Cylinder type
63. In the United States, crimes are committed by juvenile using a homemade
firearm known as:
a. Flare gun c. Matchlock
b. Zip gun d. Freakish Gun
64. The mechanism of firearm which withdraws the empty shells from the chamber?
a. Firing pin c. Extractor pin
b. Extractor d. Ejector
65. What is the final step in making a photograph in which the image on the negative
is transferred to the photographic paper by the action of light with the aid of the
printer?
a. Printmaking c. chemical processing
b. Fixing d. Stop bathing
68. It is considered as the most popular photo shop in the history of photography:
a. Kodak c. Daguerreotype
b. Polariod d. Fuji
71. What kind of ridge formation that curves back in the direction from which it
started?
a. Looping c. Bifurcation
b. Converging d. Eyelet
72. Which of the following refers to a ridge which looks like a period, dot or a
fragment?
a. Island c. Enclosure
b. Rod d. Lake
73. One of the cardinal rule in taking fingerprints of the subject is that fingers must
be:
a. Oily c. Moisen
b. Healthy d. Dry
74. What is the tiny elevation or hill structure found on the epidermis layer of the skin
containing sweat pores?
a. Ridge c. Dermal papillae
b. Friction Skin d. Furrows
76. Who topped the first government examination in fingerprints given in 1937?
a. Thomas Dugan c. John Ferrier
b. Agustin Patricio d. Flaviano Guerrero
78. Who devised a system of classifying and filling of fingerprint cards and was used
in most Spanish and Latin countries?
a. Juan Vucetich c. Edward Henry
b. Francis Galton d. Marcelo Malphigi
79. Who are considered as the first users of fingerprints as part of their rituals?
a. Chinese c. Romans
b. British d. Americans
80. What is the first US leading case conviction which was based on fingerprints
decided last December 21, 1911?
a. People vs. Parke c. People vs. Medina
b. People vs. Clements d. People vs. Jennings
82. It is tubular metallic or non-metallic container which holds together the bullet,
gunpowder and primer called:
a. Breech case c. Cartridge case
b. Bolt case d. Ammo case
83. What branch of ballistic focuses on the effects of the impact of the projectile on
the target?
a. Terminal c. exterior
b. Interior d. Forensic
85. This valuable instrument is specially designed to permit the firearms examiner to
determine the similarity and dissimilarity between fired bullets or to fire cartridge
cases by simultaneously observing their magnified image.
a. Telescope c. Stereoscope
b. Onoscope d. Microscope
89. What type of firearm does not contain rifling from end to end?
a. Scuff bore c. Smooth bore
b. Rough bore d. rifled bore
92. Considered to be the Father of Poroscopy. Known for his principle In every crime
scene there leaves traces, traces that would lead to the identity of its author.
93. Is the outer layer of the epidermis layer which covers the skin?
a. Stratum Sangum c. Stratum Corneum
b. Epidermis d. Stratum Musocum
94. The person who attempt to destroy his fingerprint through surgery. Also known
as the man without fingerprints?
a. Roscoe Pitts c. John Dillenger
b. John Augustus d. Robert James Pitts
95. What pattern type has the ridges that enter on one side of the pattern and flow to
the other side with a rise in the center?
a. Plain arc c. Tented arc
b. Loop d. Exceptional arc
98. Is the term applied to a person whose fingers are more than the usual number in
both hands?
a. Polydactyl c. Deformities
b. Bidactyl d. Polyfinger
99. Before classifying any given fingerprint card it is necessary to check first the
rolled prints to determine proper placement of the print using ______ as the
guide.
a. The record c. The plain impression
b. The hand of the subject d. The ink slab
100. Makes a publication of a report describing the ridges and pores of the
hand and feet which was read before the Royal Society of London.
a. Hintze c. Nehemiah Grew
b. G. Bidloo d. Albinus