Review Evaluation in Forensic Chemistry

and Toxicology

Mark Joshua C. Atencio, RCrim., LPT

Review Lecturer
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1. A branch of science that deals with identification of the substance of which matter is composed.
a. Toxicology
b. Physic
c. Chemistry
d. None of these

2. The branch of chemistry which deals with the application of chemical principles in the solution of
problems that arise in connection with the administration of justice.

a. Forensic Toxicology
b. Forensic Chemistry
c. Physics
d. Ecology

3. The following are branches of Forensic Chemistry, except;

a. Dangerous Drugs
b. Gunshot Residues
c. Micro Etching
d. Arson Investigation

4. The following are the scope of Forensic Chemistry, which is not included?

a. It does not include the chemical side of the investigation.

b. It includes the analysis of any material the quality of which may give rise to legal proceeding.
c. It is not limited to purely chemical questions involved in legal proceedings.
d. It has invaded other branches of forensic sciences notably legal medicine, ballistics,
questioned documents, dactyloscopy, and photography.

5. They were known to be the early civilizations who used poisons for murder and executions.

a. Greeks
b. Romans
c. Egyptians
d. All of the above

6. He was probably the first chemist to study poisons, and he communicated some of his findings to
Hippocrates.

a. Robert Boyle
b. Democritus
c. Joseph Priestley
d. Antoine Lavoisier

7. A Scottish chemist, who first use toxicology (arsenic detection) in a jury trial.

a. James Marsh (1836)

b. Thomas Stevenson (1908)
c. Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila (1853)
d. Thomas Stevenson (1908)

8. A chemistry professor from Brussels, Belgium who first to successfully identify vegetable poisons
in body tissue.
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 a. Amedeo Avogadro (1856)
b. Jacob Berzelius (1848)
c. Lawrence Bragg (1971)
d. Jean Servais Stas (1851)

9. He described the application of gas chromatography to the identification of petroleum products.

a. Mikhail Tswett
b. John Porter Martin
c. Richard Laurence Millington Synge
d. Douglas M. Lucas

10. He was forced to drink hemlock for corrupting the youth of Athens.

a. Julius Caesar
b. Socrates
c. Solon
d. Pericles

11. He testified in court as expert witness against Madam Marie Lafarge, after poisoning her husband,
Charles Lafarge with arsenic using Marsh Test.

a. Mathieu Joseph Bonaventura Orfila

b. Alfred Swaine Taylor
c. Douglas M. Lucas
d. None of these

12. The first public recognition of the value of science was made when the position of “Medicos
Titulares” was created in the Philippines by virtue of this law?

a. Royal Decree No. 881

b. Royal Decree No. 188
c. R.A 6975
d. R.A 8551

13. The one who analyze evidence from the crime scene and derives a conclusion based on the test
undertaken.

a. Forensic Toxicologist
b. Forensic Chemist
c. Physician
d. Examiner

14. The following are the roles of forensic chemist in scientific criminal investigation, except;

a. Perform analytical examination of different controlled substances such as dangerous drugs

and explosive ingredients.
b. Apply the three I’s of investigation.
c. Conduct gunshot residue examinations.
d. Identifies different peculiarities from trace evidence.

15. This golden rule in the practice of chemistry implies that the forensic chemist must use laboratory
notebook, photograph, voice recorder or other means to record all your observations. What golden
is this?
a. Go Slowly c. Take Notes
b. Be thorough d. Use imagination

16. This process used to determine and identify the chemical properties of an unknown substance.
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 a. Quantitative Examination
b. Qualitative Examination
c. Wet Method
d. High-Precision Method

17. This refers to the utilization of UV and IR Spectrometry.

a. Quantitative Examination
b. Qualitative Examination
c. Wet Method
d. High-Precision Method

18. This method of analysis in forensic science requires much time and effort.

a. Quantitative Examination
b. Qualitative Examination
c. Wet Method
d. High-Precision Method

19. This process used to determine the amount of specific substance such as measuring the size,
weight, mass and length of a specimen.

a. Quantitative Examination
b. Qualitative Examination
c. Wet Method
d. High-Precision Method

20. This refers to the technical field of using microscopes to view samples and objects that is not
visible to the naked eye.

a. Microscopy
b. Microbiology
c. Electrophoresis
d. Photography

21. This refers to the of duplicating the image of an evidence for its preservation.

a. Photography
b. Polygraphy
c. Poroscopy
d. Forensic Ballistics

22. This biophysical technique that enables the separation, identification, and purification of the
components of a mixture for qualitive and quantitative analysis.

a. Invisible Rays
b. Spectrography
c. Electrophoresis
d. Chromatography

23. It refers to the laboratory technique used to separate DNA, RNA, or protein molecules based on
their and electrical charge.

a. Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS)

b. DNA Typing or DNA Profiling
c. Neutron Activation Analysis
d. Electrophoresis

24. This refers to the technique of using spectrograph, an optical device for breaking light down into
the spectrum.
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 a. Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS)
b. Spectrography
c. Microscopy
d. Neutron Activation Analysis

25. This refers to the nuclear process used to determine the concentrations of elements in a vast
amount of materials.

a. Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS)

b. DNA Typing or DNA Profiling
c. Neutron Activation Analysis
d. Electrophoresis

26. An analytical technique primarily used for phase identification of a crystalline material and can
provide information on unit cell dimension. The material is finely ground and homogenized.

a. Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS)

b. Neutron Activation Analysis
c. X-ray Diffraction (XRD)
d. None of these

27. It refers to an analytical technique that measures the concentrations of elements. Makes use of
the wavelengths of light specifically absorbed by an element.

a. Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS)

b. DNA Typing or DNA Profiling
c. Neutron Activation Analysis
d. Electrophoresis

28. This is used to establish identity, percentage, family relationships and appropriate matches.

a. Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS)

b. DNA Typing or DNA Profiling
c. Neutron Activation Analysis
d. Electrophoresis

29. One of the principles used in forensic chemistry states that every object, natural or man-made has
unique characteristics and not duplicated in any other object. What principle is this?

a. Law of Progressive Change

b. Law of Individuality
c. Principle of Comparison
d. Principle of Analysis

30. What is this principle of forensic chemistry that implies everything changes with the passage of
time.

a. Principle of Analysis
b. Law of Probability
c. Law of Progressive Change
d. Principle of Comparison

31. It has been called the circulating tissue of the body.

a. Blood c. Liver
b. Lungs d. Kidney

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32. The most abundant cells in our blood; they are produced in the bone marrow and contain a protein
called hemoglobin that carries oxygen to our cells.

a. White blood cells (Leukocytes)

b. Pathogens
c. Red blood cells (Erythrocytes)
d. Plasma

33. They are part of the immune system and destroy infectious agents called pathogens.

a. Red blood cells (Erythrocytes)

b. Platelets (Thrombocytes
c. White blood cells (Leukocytes)
d. Fibrinogen

34. The clotting factors that are carried in the plasma; they clot together in the process called
coagulation to seal a wound and prevent loss of blood.

a. Platelets
b. Skin
c. Fibrinogen
d. Serum

35. A poison that act on the spinal cord producing spasmodic or continuous contractions of muscles
resulting in stiffness of the parts to which they are attached such as strychnine.

a. Cerebral Neurotics
b. Spiral Neurotics
c. Cerebrospinal Neurotics
d. Narcotics

36. These are poisons that act on the brain causing disorder of mental functions resulting to confusion
of will.

a. Deliriants
b. Depressants
c. Aesthetics
d. Exhaustive

37. This poison inflames the mucous membrane or the parts it comes in contact resulting to nausea,
vomiting, pain, and diarrhea.

a. Neurotics
b. Irritants
c. Corrosives
d. Cumulative Poison

38. What are the toxins that destroy red blood cells?

a. Exotoxins
b. Biotoxins
c. Endotoxins
d. Hemotoxins

39. A toxin that enters the bloodstream through injection or an injury.

a. Venom
b. Saliva
c. Poison
d. None of these

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40. This type of glass fracture creates primary fracture that resembles the spokes of a wheel where
the radiating rod originates at a common point.

a. Radial Fracture
b. Concentric Fracture
c. Cone Fracture
d. None of these

41. The test that determines whether fiber is mineral, animal or vegetable fibers.

a. Fluorescence Test
b. Microscopic Examination
c. Burning or Ignition Test
d. Chemical Analysis of Fibers

42. This part of the shaft tells whether the hair belongs to animal or human.

a. Cuticle
b. Cortex
c. Medulla or Core
d. None of these

43. The specialized outgrowth of the skin which occur everywhere on the human body except on the
palm of the hand and sole of the foot.

a. Ridges
b. Furrows
c. Skin
d. Hair

44. The hair grows at the rate of _________ per day?

a. 0.3 to 0.5 mm
b. 0.2 to 0.3 mm
c. 0.4 to 0.5 mm
d. 0.3 to 0.6 mm

45. It is the secretion of the mouth that is important in digestion and comprise of cells and secretions
from the salivary and parotid glands.

a. Saliva
b. Venom
c. Poison
d. None of these

46. Humans produce 1-1.5L of saliva a day.

a. True
b. Partly True
c. False
d. Partly False

47. This is the only specific test for semen.

a. Microscopic Examination
b. Ultraviolet Light Examination
c. Florence Test
d. Acid Phosphatase Enzyme Test

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48. This is a condition wherein males have no spermatozoa at all.

a. Oligospermia
b. Aspermia
c. Flavins
d. None of these

49. A viscid whitish fluid of the male reproductive tract consisting of spermatozoa suspended in
secretion of accessory glands.

a. Urine
b. Semen
c. Egg cell
d. None of these

50. The pattern of this bloodstain is created from the force of gravity.

a. Transfer Bloodstain
b. Passive Bloodstain
c. Projected Bloodstain
d. Impact Spatter

51. The bloodstain patterns resulting from blood exiting the body under pressure from a compromised
artery.

a. Arterial Spurt/Gush
b. Cast Off Stains
c. Elliptical
d. None of these

52. The application of the study of blood, semen, saliva, and other body fluids to legal matters.

a. Forensic Serology
b. Forensic Chemistry
c. Forensic Toxicology
d. None of these

53. The pointed edges of a stain that radiate out from the spatter, can help determine direction from
which the blood travelled.

a. Spines
b. Satellite Spatters
c. Parent Drop
d. Angle of impact

54. The bloodstains created from the application of force to the area where the blood originated.

a. Origin/Source
b. Angle of impact
c. Spatter
d. None of these

55. The most delicate and reliable test for the determination of the presence of blood in both old and
recent stains.

a. Microscopic Test
b. Spectroscopic Examination
c. Microcrystalline Test
d. None of these

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56. A glycoprotein complex, made in the liver, that circulates in the blood of all vertebrates. Fibrin clots
function primarily to occlude blood vessels to stop bleeding.

a. Plasma
b. Platelets
c. Fibrinogen
d. Thrombocytes

57. This is the yellowish liquid portion of blood that contains electrolytes, nutrients and vitamins,
hormones, clotting factors, and proteins such as antibodies to fight infection.

a. Serum
b. Plasma
c. Fibrinogen
d. None of these

58. A straw yellow colored liquid formed when clotted blood is allowed to stand for sometime and the
clot contracts.

a. Plasma
b. Fibrinogen
c. Serum
d. None of these

59. For every 600 red blood cells, how many platelets and white cell are required?

a. 40 platelets and 1 white cell

b. 30 platelets and 2 white cells
c. 20 platelets and 1 white cell
d. No platelets and white cell required

60. How many quarts or liters of blood an average sized man has?

a. About 5 quarts
b. About 6 quarts
c. About 3 quarts
d. About 10 quarts

61. When the submitted specimen is in pure form, the poison must be first isolated. The statement
depicts what method of examination?

a. Isolation
b. Identification
c. Simulation
d. None of these

62. A poison that cause marked loss of vital and muscular power or general weakness.

a. Depressants
b. Deliriants
c. Aesthetics/Exhaustive
d. None of these

63. The substance that retards the physiological action of an organ.

a. Aesthetics/Exhaustive
b. Deliriants
c. Depressants
d. None of these

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64. The poison that easily changed into gas, poisonous compounds that be isolated using steam
distillation and analyzed using Gas Chromatography.

a. Volatile Poison
b. Non-Volatile Substance
c. Anion
d. Metallic

65. The toxins which are excreted by organisms.

a. Endotoxins
b. Phototoxin
c. Hemotoxin
d. Exotoxins

66. This golden rule in the practice of chemistry implies that it is imperative to make careful
observation and conduct all sufficient analysis before releasing a result to prevent mistakes. What
golden in the practice of chemistry is this?

a. Avoid Complicated Theories

b. Consult Others
c. Be thorough
d. Use imagination

67. The following are the factors contributing to the loss of physical evidence, which is not belong?

a. Failure in collecting the physical evidence

b. Failure in identifying specimen
c. Improper packing of specimen
d. Lack of precautions preventing tampering of specimen

68. This test is designed as a urine dipstick test for blood. It will result to green color.

a. Hemastix Test
b. Tetramethylbenzidine (TMB)
c. Luminol Test
d. Leucomalachite Test

69. This is the most common test for blood.

a. Benzidine Test
b. Phenolphthalein Test
c. Guaiacum Test
d. Tetramethylbenzidine

70. A test that will determine the presence of blood based on the production of a blue color upon
contact with a solution of benzidine and hydrogen peroxide.

a. Phenolphthalein Test
b. Benzidine Test
c. Schoinbein Test
d. Kastle-Meyer Test

71. A presumptive test that reacts with the heme molecule present in blood. A positive reaction gives
a pink-red color. What test is this?

a. Phenolphthalein Test
b. Van Deen Test
c. Leucomalachite Test
d. None of these
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72. This is the presumptive tests for blood that results to blue color when exposed to guaiac and
hydrogen peroxide.

a. Hemastix Test
b. Leucomalachite Test
c. Guaiacum Test
d. Tetramethylbenzidine

73. What are those poisons that do not easily turn into gas?

a. Volatile Poisons
b. Non-Volatile Substances
c. Anion
d. Metallic

74. A poison produced by living organism stimulating antibodies.

a. Animal/Toxin
b. Vegetable
c. Mineral
d. Microbial

75. These toxins are biological in nature.

a. Hemotoxin
b. Endotoxins
c. Phototoxin
d. Biotoxins

76. A kind of poisoning in which there is gradual deterioration of functions of tissues and may or may
not result in death.

a. Chronic Poisoning
b. Subacute Poisoning
c. Acute Poisoning
d. Hyperacute Poisoning

77. A type of poisoning in which there is prompt and marked disturbance of function or death within a
shorter period.

a. Acute Poisoning
b. Hyperacute Poisoning
c. Chronic Poisoning
d. Subacute Poisoning

78. This is produced by a single massive dose. Death occurs very rapidly without showing any signs
and symptoms.

a. Subacute Poisoning
b. Hyperacute Poisoning
c. Chronic Poisoning
d. Subacute Poisoning

79. These are synthesized chemical substances that impact biological functions in other organisms.

a. Toxicant c. Poisons
b. Toxin d. None of these

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80. Indicated below are the importance of toxicology, which is not included?

a. To verify if the cause of death is poisoning

b. To be able to treat as the occasion demands
c. To forward justice
d. None of these

81. The reaction of this test with blood results in the production of light rather than color. What test is
this?

a. Tetramethylbenzidine
b. Luminol Test
c. Hemastix Test
d. None of these

82. It carries oxygen and nutrients to all parts of the body, and cares carbon dioxide and other waste
products back to the lungs, kidneys and liver for disposal.

a. Kidneys
b. Liver
c. Lungs
d. Blood

83. One of the principles used in forensic chemistry implies identifications, definite or indefinite, are
made consciously or unconsciously. What principle is this?

a. Principle of Analysis
b. Law of Progressive Change
c. Principle of Comparison
d. Law of Probability

84. This golden rule in the practice of chemistry requires consulting others who already handles
similar case who could help speed up the investigation. Among the goldens below, identify the
best rule that relates to the statement.

a. Go Slowly
b. Consult Others
c. Be thorough
d. Use imagination

85. Take all the time to make the test complete depicts what golden rule in the practice of chemistry?

a. Avoid Complicated Theories

b. Be thorough
c. Go Slowly
d. None of these

86. It centers on the determination of toxic substances in the human tissues, organs and bodily fluids
such as urine and blood and the subsequent determination of the cause of death due to toxins.

a. Forensic Chemistry
b. Organic Chemistry
c. Forensic Toxicology
d. None of these

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87. Which of the following principles in the collection and transportation of physical evidence is not
included?

a. Sufficiency of the specimen

b. Standard for comparison
c. Maintenance for individuality
d. Labelling and Sealing
e. None of these

88. The one who analyze evidence from the crime scene and derives a conclusion based on the test
undertaken.

a. Investigator
b. Forensic Chemist
c. Physician
d. None of these

89. One of the roles of forensic chemist in scientific criminal investigation is to perform analytical
examination of different controlled substances such as dangerous drugs and explosive
ingredients.

a. True
b. Partly True
c. False
d. Partly False

90. His book, A Treatise of General Toxicology (loosely translated from the longer French title), was
the first successful attempt to classify poisons as corrosives, astringents, acrids, stupefying or
narcotics, narcotic-acrids, or putrefacients.

a. Mathieu Joseph Bonaventura Orfila (1787-1853)

b. Socrates
c. Douglas M. Lucas
d. Jean Servais Stas (1851)

91. It centers on the determination of toxic substances in the human tissues, organs and bodily fluids
such as urine and blood and the subsequent determination of the cause of death due to toxins.

a. Forensic Toxicology
b. Forensic Chemistry
c. Forensic odontology
d. Forensic entomology

92. If one of your parents is blood type A and the other is type O, which of the following blood types
would you likely be?

a. AO
b. AB
c. BO
d. O

93. How about if your mother is blood type A and your father is type B, what is your possible blood
type?

a. B, O
b. A, B
c. O, A, B, AB
d. A, B, AB

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94. The place from where the blood spatter came from or originated.

a. Origin/Source c. Spatter
b. Angle of impact d. None of these

95. The angle at which blood droplet strikes a surface.

a. Spines
b. Satellite Spatters
c. Parent Drop
d. None of these

96. Droplet from which a satellite spatter originates.

a. Angle of impact
b. Satellite Spatters
c. Parent Drop
d. None of these

97. Small drops of blood that break of from the parent spatter when the blood droplet hits the surface.

a. Parent Drop
b. Angle of impact
c. Satellite Spatter
d. None of these

98. It is the examination of the shapes, locations and distribution patterns of bloodstains, in order to
provide an interpretation of the physical events which gave rise to their origin.

a. Theory
b. Pattern
c. Tips
d. Bloodstain pattern analysis

99. This refers to the utilization of UV and IR Spectrometry.

a. High-Precision Method
b. Wet Method
c. DNA Analysis
d. Hair and fiber analysis

100. This used to test for the presence of starch. The amylase in starch reacts strongly with iodine
and form a dark blue complex, while amylopectin develops a reddish-purple color.

a. Starch-Iodine Test
b. DNA in saliva
c. Hair and fiber analysis
d. None of these

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 Answers Key in
Questioned Documents Examination

1. C 51. A
2. B 52. A
3. C 53. A
4. A 54. C
5. D 55. B
6. B 56. C
7. A 57. B
8. D 58. C
9. D 59. A
10. B 60. B
11. A 61. A
12. B 62. C
13. B 63. C
14. B 64. A
15. C 65. D
16. B 66. C
17. D 67. A
18. C 68. A
19. A 69. D
20. A 70. B
21. A 71. A
22. D 72. C
23. D 73. B
24. B 74. A
25. C 75. D
26. C 76. A
27. A 77. A
28. B 78. B
29. B 79. A
30. C 80. D
31. A 81. D
32. C 82. D
33. C 83. D
34. A 84. B
35. B 85. C
36. A 86. C
37. B 87. E
38. D 88. B
39. A 89. A
40. A 90. A
41. C 91. B
42. C 92. B
43. D 93. C
44. A 94. A
45. A 95. D
46. A 96. C
47. A 97. C
48. B 98. D
49. B 99. A
50. B 100. A

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