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• \ sign for left hand radial and right hand ulnar* 23. Mr. A applies for a job, and as a requirement he was
advised to present his NBI Clearance. On the way to the
office of the NBI, he was apprehensive that he will not be
11. Is the principle in the study of fingerprint which states accommodated by the personnel because of his two excess
that fingerprint is a reliable and positive means of fingers in his right hand. The appearance of his extra fingers
Identification? is anatomically known as .
a. Principle of Individuality A. Polydactylism B. Extra ordinary fingers
b. Principle of Constancy C. Excess Finger D.Deformities
c. Principle of Infallibility
d. Principle of Permanency 24. The following are the requisites of a loop except one,
A. It must have a core
12. The fingerprint card used in recording the subject print B. It must have a complete circuit
has a size of: C. It must have a delta
a. 8 1/2” x 8 ½” c. 8” x 8” D. It must have a ridge count of at least one
b. 9” x 9” d. 10” x 10”
25. A Loop with ridge count of 16 in the right is interpreted
13. One of the cardinal rule in taking of fingerprints of the as ____ , if the left thumb has 17 ridge count.
subject is that fingers must be: a. Small c. Medium
a. Healthy c. Dry b. Large d. Exceptional
b. Moisten d. Oily
26. In case of double thumb of the same size what should be
14. The identification of two impression can be established the course of action in classifying them.
primarily through: a. Take both pattern and classify.
a. formation of different types of pattern b. Classify only the outer thumb
b. formation of the two terminus c. Classify only the inner thumb
c. unexplained similarity of ridges d. Print them together on the block and classify.
d. similarity of ridge characteristics in their relative positions
27. An instrument used to hold or secure fingerprint cards in
15. In taking the fingerprints of the subject the technician taking fingerprint of a dead person
must advice the subject to: a. Card holder b. Spatula
A. Help him C. Relax c. Strip holder d. Forceps
B. Close his eyes D. Stand straight
16. In major division, what should be the interpretation of a 28. A system of classification used in the Philippines:
whorl pattern having a tracing ridge that goes above the right a. Galton System
delta, and with an intervening ridge of one? b. Vucetich System
A. Inner C. Meeting c. Henry System
B. Outer D. Exceptional d. Galton-Henry System with FBI Modification and Extension
17. In recording the fingerprints of the subject, the 29. What division will be left blank in the classification formula
technician must see to it that subject’s fingers if all fingers are missing.
are: a. Major and Final Division
A. Wet and clean C. Clean and huge b. Major and sub-secondary
B. Clean and dry D. Amputated c. Key and Major Division
d. key and final Division
18. That part of the friction skin between the epidermis and PLAIN WHORL-MEETING
dermis layer which responsible for the ridge formation WWWW
a. Generating layer c. Dermal papillae MMMM
b. Sweat glands d. Dermis Papillary WWWW
MMMM
19. Is a point along the recurving ridge in which the ridge
curves inward? 30. The person who used the system of identification which
a. sufficient recurve c. appendage was accepted by Spanish countries.
b. obstruction ridge d. shoulder of loop a. Juan Vucetich
b. Sir Edward Richard Henry
20. What is the rule where there are two or more possible c. Henry Faulds
bifurcation deltas which conform to the definition of delta? d. William Herschel
a. the one nearest the core should be chosen
b. the one away from the core should be counted 31. It refers to all fingerprints left at the crime scene including
c. the one which does not open towards the core is those left accidentally or unconsciously.
counted A. Chance Impressions B. Latent Prints
d. the one towards the core should be counted C. Smudge Prints D. Fragmentary Prints
LATENT – INVISIBLE PRINTR
21. What is the tiny openings on the skin from where sweat is CHANCE
excreted? SMUDGE
a. duct b. furrows FRAGMENTEARY
41. . In primary division, denominators are fingers with 3. Which of the following statements that can best
______ numbers. describe loop pattern?
A. Odd C. Positive a. One (1) core at the point of divergence
B .Even D. Negative b. It has bifurcation as the delta
c. Presence of one (1) sufficient recurving ridge
42. In primary division, what should be the numerical value of d. No bifurcation is found
a whorl pattern appearing at finger number 3?
A. 16 C. 8 4. In fingerprint classification, what symbolizes the
B.4 D. 1 letter “W” consisting of one or more ridges that tend to make
a complete circuit?
43. The scientific study of the prints of the soles of the feet? a. Loops
A. Poroscopy b. Plain whorl
B. Chiroscopy c. Double loop whorl
C. Podoscopy d. Ridges
7. Who was the French criminologist that invented the 16. Most of the time, a suspect will leave behind
first scientific approach to identify criminals? evidence known as latent print which are made up of what
a. Alphonse Bertillon substance?
b. Edward Galton a. Furrows of the skin
c. Edmond Locard b. Sweat and oil of the skin’s surface
d. James Herschel c. Ridge formation
d. Ridges of the skin
Bertillon system/bertillonage
1-name 17. What classification SYSTEM in fingerprint that
2-mug shot face assigns each finger according to the order of location starting
3-antropometry with the right thumb as to number one (1) to the left little
=mensurements man mesurements finger as number ten (10)?
a. Henry
8. Which of the following is the point in a loop pattern b. Edward
that is composed of two (2) separate and distinct sets of c. Stewart
shoulders and with two (2) deltas? d. Galton
a. Double loop whorl
b. Accidental whorl 18. What is the point in fingerprint where a ridge divides
c. Double loop delta and form two ridges?
d. Double loop ridges a. Ridge ending
b. Minutiae
9. What is the tiny portion with a hill-like structure in c. Ridge counting
the epidermis of friction skin that contains sweat with pores d. Bifurcation
appearing as black lines in fingerprint image?
a. Cores 19. What is a single ridge that curves back to the
b. Furrows direction from where it started?
c. Delta a. Ending
d. Ridges b. Diverging
c. Recurving
10. What pattern is considered when a loop is NOT d. Appendage
available for key classification?
a. Tented arch 20. In 1882, who was the American typographer and the
b. Whorl first known to use his fingerprints in order to prevent forgery
c. Ridges in the United States?
d. Delta a. Robert James Pitts
b. Gilbert Thompson
11. What type of bifurcation with one short ridge and c. Alphonse Bertillon
branching iff a longer ridge? d. Calvin Goddard
a. Whirl
b. Delta 21. What is the SYSTEM in assigning number and letters
c. Spurs non specific general pattern, shape, limited ridge flow and
d. Loop some limited ridge counts between common and landmarks?
a. Classification Pointers
12. What helps investigators to track criminal records of b. Natural classification output
previous crimes committed, arrests and convictions and c. Fingerprint classification formula
admissible to court to prove that the defendant is guilty? d. Fingerprint boarder lines
a. Police report
b. Fingerprint 22. What is used in an investigation of crimes and
c. Witness presentation in court in order to connect a suspect to the
d. Items used in crime crime to show that the evidence cannot be questioned?
a. Witness
13. What kind of FINGERPRINT is found in soft and b. Clothes
sticky objects such as wax that be presented in court? c. Fingerprint
a. Visible d. Gun
b. Abstract
c. Semi-visible 23. __________ are tiny portions or is a hill-like
d. Invisible structure found on the epidermis of friction skin containing
sweat, with pores appearing as black lines in a fingerprint
plastic prints visible-patent impression.
HOLOGRAM-LASER 26. What are useful in supplying significant view with exact
LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF measurement of crime scene and location where crime
RADIATION occurred?
a. Police exhibits
17. How will the police photographer fix a captured image in b. Printed material
order for preservation? c. Photographs
a. Permanently d. Photographs
b. Carefully
c. Beautifully SAVE LIFE
d. Beautifully ARREST PERPETRATOR
CORDON THE C.S
18. What part of a digital-single-lens reflex (DSLR) that
converts the light into electrical signal at the start of forming 27. While taking picture of a victim, location, and injuries,
digital image? what MUST an investigator do with the images taken?
a. Charged-coupled device a. To keep
b. Digital signal processor b. To highlight
c. Analogue-to-digital converter c. To protect
d. Central processor d. To bring to the station
47. It has a slow speed and it is suited for contact printing. REFLECTION BOUNCE BACK
a. Chloride Paper
b. Bromide Paper 7. It is a type of light in which their wavelength are either too
c. Chloro-Bromide paper short or too long to excite the retina of the human eye.
d. Exposure Latitude A. Black Light B. Visible Light
C. Invisible Light D. Bright
CHLORIDE – CONTACT
BROMIDE-PROJECTION PRINTING 8. It is a lighting condition where object in open space cast a
CONTACT&PROJECTION deep and uniform or distinct shadow.
A. Bright sunlight B. Hazy sunlight
48. It consists of crystals of light-sensitive compounds (silver C. Dull sunlight D. Cloudy dull
nitrate) evenly distributed throughout plastic base material.
a. Base CLOUD BRIGHT
b. Anti-halation Backing -CLEARLY SEE THE SUBJECT NO SHADOW
c. Emulsion
d. Spectral Sensitivity 9. What will be the lighting condition if you are going to take
a photograph using a film speed of ISO 200 and a shutter
49. A lens defect which is the inability to focus both horizontal speed of 1/250 with an aperture of f8?
and vertical plane at the same time lines running different A. bright B. hazy
directions. C. dull D. open light
a. Chromatic Aberration
b. Astigmatism 10. A black and white films possess several characteristics
c. Coma such as speed, spectral and granularity. The speed will be
d. Curvature of Field referring to the sensitivity of the film to light and the spectral
is the sensitivity to
50. It has a fast speed and is recommended for projection A. Film Speed
printing and enlarging. B. Wavelength
a. Chloride Paper C. Electromagnetic Energy
b. Bromide Paper D. all of these
c. Chloro-bromide Paper
d. Exposure Latitude 11. It is a type of film according to spectral sensitivity wherein
the film is sensitive to UV light up to the green light only.
PART 2: FORENSIC PHOTOGRAPHY A. Blue-Sensitive Film
B. Orthochromatic Film
1. In 1947 Edwin H. Land introduced the one step C. Panchromatic Film
photography also known as polaroid. What will be produce by D. Infra-red Film
LASER?
A. Polaroid B. Holograms
C. Digital Camera D. DSLR 12. Refers to the range of illumination or the light allowed to
affect the sensitized material at a given time.
2. The science of obtaining photographic magnification of A. Exposure B. Aperture
minute objects by using a camera attached to a compound C. Shutter D. Shutter speed
microscope. The camera lens is removed because the
microscope will serve as the lens for the camera. 13. It is a part of the camera which defines as the ratio
A. macrophotography B. between the diameter of the whole lens in relation to the
microphotography focal length of the lens is referred to as,
C. photomicrography D. A. Lens Aperture B. Lens Opening
photomicrography C. Focal Distance D. Both A and B
3. It is considered as the “Forerunner of Modern Camera” 14. Pedro was taking a snapshot and expecting it to be sharp
which was first invented by the Iraqi scientist Ibn al Haytham. but an alteration happened to the expected image because it
A. Daguerreotypes B. Camera Obscura can be seen in two viewpoints. What is that phenomenon?
C. Calotype D. Talbotype A. out of focus B. coincidence
C. parallax D.split image
4. The combination of Blue and Green color of light which
produced what secondary color of light? 15. It is an inherent lens aberration wherein the lens has an
A.Magenta B. Yellow inability to focus light passing through it and producing an
C. Cyan D. Orange image that is sharp in the center and blurred at the side.
A. Spherical Aberration B. Coma
26. What lens system of the camera reflects the light passing 36. In Photographing the scene of the crime, what view
the lens and mirror making the image possible to be viewed should be used in order to show the best feature of the
from the viewfinder? nature of the crime scene?
A. pentaprism a. medium c. close-up
B. shutter b. general d. extreme
37. How much light will the combination of 1/125, f-4 has 49. Is the gradual fading of image towards the side through a
compared to 1/250, f-5.6. skillful adjustment of dodging board?
A. equal a. dodging
B. 2 times b. vignetting
C. four times c. burning-in
D. 6 times d. cropping
38. It refers to the unit of light wavelength expressed in 50. Which of the following film is considered to be the fastest
millionth part of a millimeter. in terms of their exposure:
a. millimicron A. ASA 100 C. ASA 200
b. angstrom B. ASA 50 D. ASA 400
c. nanometer
d. a and c ASA – ARITHMETIC
AMERICAN STANDARD
39. Is that part of the camera which controls the degree of ASA-50/ASA-100
sharpness of an object. DEUTCHE INDUSTRE NORMEN
a. lens opening c. focusing 12 15 18 21 24 3
b. shutter d. condenser SO-INTERNATIONAL SATANDARD
40. How many parts does a camera generally has, with all III. LIE DETECTION TECHNIQUES
other parts treated as accessories?
a. five 1. What can an examiner detects during the process of
b. four polygraph examination?
c. six a. Competency
d. three b. Deception
c. Psychological
41. What is the range of distance from the nearest object to d. Mental disorder
the farthest object that is sharp when the lens is set or
focused at a particular distance? 2. When should a polygraph examiner perform chart
a. focal length c. depth of field probing and determine the truthfulness of the subject?
b. hyperfocal distance d. focusing a. At the end of each polygraph test
b. During the onset of the polygraph examination
42. What is considered as the utmost used of photography in c. When the subject is relaxed
police work? d. While questioning is on-going
a. for identification c. for preservation
b. for record purpose d. for court presentation 3. What would be the most helpful to crime
investigation using the polygraph examination?
43. Specifically, the camera is needed in photography a. The subject is willing to undergo test
to_________. b. Several direct pieces of evidence are available
A. record the image against the suspect but not enough to establish the guilt
B. Exclude all unwanted and unnecessary lights c. The investigations need to know the truth
c. makes the image visible d. The investigators must connect the suspect to the
d. makes the image permanent crime
44. It the time of developing in using D-76 solution? 4. What is the normal emotional response induced by
a. five to six minutes specific threat or danger which is most of the time beyond
b. ten to fifteen twelve one’s defensive power?
c. one to one and half minutes a. Panic
d. twenty to thirty minutes b. Confidence
c. Response
45. Which prefix indicates a reversal type of colored film? d. Fear
a. color c. pan
b. ortho d. chrome 5. What is an unpleasant often strong emotion caused
by anticipation or awareness of danger when a subject
46. . What photo paper according to contrast is best subjected to polygraph examination?
use in over exposed film? a. Fear
a. # 1 b. Panic
b. # 3 c. Irritation
c. # 2 d. Nervousness
d. # 4
6. When the subject keeps on rocking his chair, what
47. Zoom lens is a type of lens with an adjustable focus. This will be in the mind of the investigator on the subject’s
is due to the fact that it is made up of_____: reaction?
A. Convex lens a. Fear
B. Both concave and convex lens b. Irritation
C. Concave lens c. Nervousness
D. Diverging lens and concave lens d. Panic
48. A. colored film has in its emulsion surface three layer 7. What part or component of a polygraph machine
of color emulsion. What are these colors (in sequence) that records the speed and force of the chest when breathing
a. Blue, Red and Green while the subject is questioned?
b. Blue, Green and Red a. Galvanometer
c. Red, Green and Blue b. Pneumograph
47. The term polygraph was first used in 1906 by James 6. “Between the ages of 20-28, have you ever taken anything
MacKenzie in his invention the “ink polygraph”, which was not yours?” is an example of _______ question.
used for medical purposes. A. Comparison question
a. William Marston B. Probable lie
b. John Larson C. Exclusive
c. Cesare Lombroso D. Inclusive
d. James Mackenzie
48. The following are methods of detection of deception 7. This question introduces the relevant question to the
except: subject.
a. Devices which record the psycho-physiological A. Relevant question
responses B. Introductory question
b. Use of drugs that try to inhibit the inhibitor C. Sacrifice relevant question
c. Hypnotism D. Symptomatic question
d. Torture
8. This is designed to ensure that the examiner will not
49. It primarily controls the motor and sensory functions ask un-reviewed questions or that the examinee is not afraid
that occur at or above the threshold. that the examiner will ask un-reviewed questions.
a. Central Nervous System A. Relevant question
b. Autonomic Nervous System B. Introductory question
c. Muscular System C. Sacrifice relevant question
d. Reproductive System D. Symptomatic question
50. The parasympathetic nervous system works to 9. In the peak of tension, _________ questions asked
restore things to normal when the condition of stress has before and after the relevant
been removed. It is dominant branch when the condition is A. Irrelevant
normal and the subject is calm, contented and relaxed. B. Padding
a. True C. Neutral
b. Partially True D. Silent
c. False
d. Partially False 10. It is used to determine details of a crime that are not
known to officials, such as the location of an unrecovered
body, but would be known to a participant in the crime.
PART 2: LIE DETECTION TECHNIQUES A. Peak of Tension Test
B. Known Peak of Tension Test
1. ”Did you participate in taking the missing money?” is an C. Searching Peak of Tension test
example of _________. D. Collected Peak of Tension test
A. Primary relevant question
B. Secondary relevant question 11. In this test, the examiner will shuffle the cards and
C. Evidence connecting question each card will be shown to him, with the instruction that he
D. Knowledge question will answer “NO” to all cards , even if the one being shown to
him is the one he has seen earlier.
19. Were you in the place of the Mr. Kenji on the night 29. An attachment of the cardiosphygmograph which
of April 27, 2020?” is an example of what question? placed above the brachial artery.
A. Relevant question A. arm cuff
B. Irrelevant question B. infant cuff
C. Weak relevant question C. Wrist cuff
D. Strong relevant question D. hand cuff
20. In a polygraph test, what test technique does the 30. Generally speaking, all persons subjected to lie
examiner used if he utilized padding questions? detector examination are all _ and this creates a set of
A. Peak of tension test B. Stimulation distortion.
test A. Terrified
C. General question test D. Zone B. nervous
comparison test C. convenient
D. confident
32. What should be the mark placed on a chart paper at 44. A type of question designed to obtain a response from an
the start of the test? innocent subject.
A. X/60/1.5 A a. irrelevant question c. control question
B. X/50/2.5 A b. relevant question d. none of the above
C. XX/60/1.5 A
D. XXX/60/2.5 A 45. A type of lie intended to mislead justice:
a. white lie
33. A type of test designed to overly responsive subject, b. red lie
consisting of questions that are purely fictitious incident of a c. black lie
similar nature to the one that is under investigation? d. malicious lie
A. General question test
B. Symptomatic questions 46. A type of liar who tells a lie due to mental disorder:
C. guilt complex test a. amateur liar c. professional liar
D. silent answer test b. pathological liar d. situational liar
34. The first man noted for the use of the word “Polygraph” 47. Who determines the guilt of the subject in a polygraph
a. Thomas Jefferson test?
b. F. Galton (word assoiciation test) a. Examiner c. Judge
c. G. Gallilleo (Pulselogium) b. Prosecutor d. Investigator
d. Sir James Mackenzie
48. Among the several other lie-detectors somewhat similar to
35. Of the following which is a kind of polygraph machine? keeler's is the Berkeley __________, a blood pressure-pulse-
a. Stoelting polygraph respiration recorder developed by C.D. Lee in 1936:
b. Laffayette polygraph a. photograph c. kymograph
c. keeler's polygraph b. polygraph d. psychograph
d. all of these
49. What is the first step to be done in a pre-test interview?
36. Sets of electrodes are attached to the : A. ask the subject regarding all information the
a. palmar or tips of fingers of convenience circumstances surrounding the commission of the crime
b. toes B. examiner tells the nature and characteristics of the
c. ankles polygraph examination to the subject
d. neck C. you are informed of your rights against self-
incrimination and your right to a counsel
37. What is the normal cyclic rate of respiration of a normal D. facts of the case must be prepared prior to the
built person in a polygraph test: questioning of the subject to monitor response
a. 60 –65 b. 70 – 75
c. 6- 12 d. 13- 15 50. Cold damp perspiration is a manifestation of shock, fear
and anxiety. Perspiration means?
38. The investigator should avoid asking witnesses long A. Breathing
complicated questions because this will: B. Pulse beat
a. Give the witness a chance to formulate desired answer. C. Sweating
b. Enable him to ascertain the purpose of the interviewer. D. Heart rate
c. Renders difficulty in obtaining the facts for conviction
d. Embraces him and cause him to answer he does not know
IV. FORENSIC BALLISTICS
39. The best way to conduct a thorough interview is for the
investigator to: 1. It is the science of mobility of the projectile and the
a. allow himself sufficient time for adjustment condition that affects their motion.
b. permit the interviewee to give narrative statement A. Forensic Ballistics B. Applied Physics
c. be guided by a pre-arranged checklist C. Ballistics D. Applied Science
d. Devote adequate time for an interviewee’s evaluation
2. It refers to the mobility or the movement of the projectile
40. For male subjects, what is the amount of air pressure is to once it leaves the muzzle and until it reaches the target or fall
be utilized in the system on cardio: in the ground.
A. 30 mm C. 90 mm A. Motion B. Ballistics
B. 60 mm D. 120 mm C. Ballista D. Trajectory
43. Is that type of questions given to determine information 3.This is the actual curved path of the bullet during its flight
known or the subject possess regarding the crime or the from the gun muzzle and target.
criminal or his whereabouts? A. Air Resistance B. Velocity
a. evidence connecting question C. Trajectory D. Pull of Gravity
5. It is a type of firearm designed to fire several loads 17. What do you call the type of instrument used in
(shot) in one loading. measuring pitch of rifling firearms?
A. Single Shot Firearms A. Torsion Balance
B. Repeating Firearms B. Helixometer
C. Double Action C. Thermometer
D. AUTOMATIC FIRE ARMS D. Caliper
18. A shaving marks on a bullet is due to:
SINGLE A. Oversized barrel
-NEED MANUAL B. Poor alignment of the cylinder to the bore of the
COCKING barrel
C. Oily barrel
6. What should be the classification of a shell when the D. Delayed combustion
diameter of the rim is larger than the diameter of the shell’s
body? 19. It is a mark found at the base portion of the mouth
A. Belted type B. Rimless case of the shell caused by backward movement to the breech face
C. Rebated type D. Rimmed case of the block of the firearm.
A. Firing Pin Mark
7 It refers to the measure of the twisting of the lands B. Breech Face Mark
and grooves or one complete turn. C. Extractor Mark
A. Pitch of rifling D. Magazine Lip Mark
B. Bore diameter
C. Lands and grooves 20. A part of a firearm which houses all the other parts.
D. Bullet twisting a. Receiver
b. Barrel
8. Is the term applied to denote a firearm designed for extra c. Frame
power? d. Chamber
a. Double Action c. Automatic
b. Magnum d. Dum-dum 21. Is the tumbling of the bullet in its flight and hitting the
target sideways as a result of not spinning on its axis is
9. Is a type of a bullet which when fired emits a bright flame known?
from their base, thereby showing the gunner the path as well a. Ricochet c. Hang fire
as the striking point of the bullet? b. Misfire d. key-hole shot
a. Armour piercing bullet c. Tracer bullet
b. Jacketed bullet d. Incendiary bullet 22. Is the farthest distance in which a bullet when fired can
still be consider lethal?
10. It is the sound generated at the muzzle point due to a. Maximum range c. Maximum effective range
sudden escape of burned gun powder and its contact with air: b. Accurate range d. Effective range
a. Muzzle noise c. muzzle blast
b. muzzle energy d. muzzle velocity 23. Is a condition in which two bullets or shells are examined
and compared under the comparison microscope at the same
11 Instrument used in obtaining test bullet: time, level and direction and magnification and same image?
a. caliper c. bullet recovery box a. Pseudo match c. Juxtaposition
b. bullet comparison microscope d. water tank b. false match d. Sodo match
12. When the “draws” of the revolver is completed, the index 24. Is a complete unfired unit consisting of bullet, primer, gun
finger should? powder and shell:
a. touch the outside of the trigger guard A. ammunition
b. grasp the stock B. cartridge
c. be straighten along the barrel C. shotgun cartridge
d. be inside the trigger guard D. missile
13. Are small grooves, channels or ridges on the surface of 25. A fired bullet with six lands and grooves twisted to the
the bullet due to the tool marks or other irregularities in the right is fired from the barrel of a firearm with identical class
interior surface of the bore? characteristics as that of:
a. Land marks c. Groove marks A. Browning
b. Striation d. Accidental marks B. Colt
C. Smith and Wesson
14. A fired bullet extracted from the body of the victim is D. Steyr
marked at the: 26. It is that mixture of chemicals of various compositions
a. Base c. Nose designed to propel the projectile by means of expansive force
b. ogive d. all of these of gases when burned.
A. Propellant
15. The stillness or the steadiness of the bullet in flight? B. Gun Powder
A. key hole shot C. Potassium Nitrate
MICROMETER
49. A type of a bullet made in order to inflict greater damage ONOSCOPE-BARREL
used by India. (expanding bullet) CHRONOGRAPH
a. Dum-Dum c. incendiary
b. armor piercing d. explosive 59. Which of the following is a complete unfired round of
ammunition which contains a bullet, case, primer, and gun
powder which can be used by investigators for examining a
50. The importance of individual marks left on a bullet by a gun?
gun barrel is that it is useful in directly identifying the: a. Muzzle
a. bullet which caused the fatal wound b. Cartridge
b. person who fired the particular firearm c. Rifling
c. gun from which a bullet was fired d. Casing
d. possible direction of shot
60. What is a blasting explosive that is based in
PART 2: FORENSIC BALLISTICS nitroglycerine?
a. Black powder
51. Which of the following is the science that deals with b. Ammonium nitrate
the launching, flight behavior and impact effects of projectile? c. Dynamite
a. Internal ballistics d. Low explosives
b. Ballistics
c. Terminal ballistics 61. What branch of BALLISTICS that deals with the
d. Eternal ballistics movement or behavior of a projectile in flight or the moment
it goes out from the muzzle of a firearm?
52. What is the motion or curve path of the bullet during a. Initial
in flight from the gun muzzle to the target? b. External
a. Rifling c. Internal
b. Swaging d. Final
c. Ricochet
d. Trajectory 62. What is the chemical reaction caused by powder
gases and combustion residue, heat from burning propellant
53. In order to ascertain the real shooter, Forensic or pressure of powder gases combustion?
Ballistics has the potential to assist investigation, what can be a. Erosion
determined after thorough investigation in connection to the b. Corrosion
suspect? c. Decomposition
a. Identity d. Disintegration
b. Gender
c. Nationality 63. What consist spiral grooves inside the barrel of a gun
d. Age causing the bullet to spin during its flight to the target?
a. Drift
54. How should police investigator pick up a firearm left b. Muzzle
by the suspect of a crime? c. Trajectory
a. Picking up through the handle d. Rifling
b. Picking up through the barrel
c. Picking up with bare hands and put in his bag 64. In order for the investigators to prove that a suspect
d. Inserting a straw in the trigger guard of the gun who was reported that he fired a gun during the New Year’s
eve, which is not allowed, what TEST must be applied to
55. What is a short barreled firearm, having a magazine determine if the reported case is positive?
enclosed in its grip? a. Faraffin
a. Rifle b. Paraffin
b. Revolver c. Takayama
c. Machine gun d. Luminescence
d. Pistol
DIPHENYLAMINE
56. What is an unexpected delay in the triggering of a TEST
firearm and the ignition of the propellant that is due to poor CUBA
quality of gun powder? -DR.GONZALO
a. Hang fire ITURRIOS
72. It refers to any weapon designed to be operated 82. In this firearm a pressure is applied on the trigger
from the shoulder. and will both cock and fire the firearm by release of the
hammer.
a. Revolver
b. Rifle a. Single Action Firearm
c. Pistol b. Double Action Firearm
d. Machine Guns c. Single Shot Firearm
d. Automatic Firearm
73. This is an instrument used for making measurement 83. It is an ancient smooth-bore and muzzle loading
such as bullet diameter, bore diameter, and barrel length. military shoulder arm designed to fire a single round lead ball.
a. Micrometer a. Musket
84. The term ballistic is derived from the Greek word a. Priming Mixture
__________ which literally means to throw. b. Gunpowder
c. Propellant
a. Ballista d. Powder Charge
b. Ballo
c. Ballein 94. These are generally found on bullets fired through
d. B or C “loose fit” barrels wherein the rifling is already worn out.
88. It describes the ability of the bullet to maintain its a. Black Powder
velocity against air resistance. b. Pink powder
c. Yellow Green powder
a. Trajectory d. Smokeless
b. Air Resistance
c. Pull of Gravity 98. It contains a compound at the base usually similar to
d. Ballistic Coefficient barium nitrates, which is set on fire when the bullet is
projected. The flash of the smoke from the burning permits
89. It is generally used in the preliminary examination the light of the bullet to be seen especially at night time.
of fired bullets and shells for the purpose of determining the
relative distribution of the class characteristics. a. Incendiary Bullets
b. Tracer Bullets
a. Bullet Comparison Microscope c. Explosive Bullets
b. Stereoscopic Microscope d. Armor Piercing Bullets
c. Shadowgraph
d. Caliper 99. The rifling inside the gun barrel may twist
_________.
90. This instrument is use to measure the angle of twist
in a rifled pistol and revolver. a. To the right only
b. To the left only
a. Magnifying Glass c. To the right & left
b. Gunsmith tools d. All of these
c. Micrometer
d. Helixometer 100. It refers to the actual curved path of the bullet
during its flight from the gun muzzle to the target.
91. The resistance encountered by the bullet whiles its a. Velocity
flight. b. Trajectory
c. Muzzle energy
a. Velocity Resistance d. Penetration
b. Air Resistance
c. Pull of Gravity V. QUESTIONED DOCUMENT EXAMINATION
d. Penetration
1. Which if the following is the major concern when a
92. Bore diameter is an example of class characteristic. document is being questioned?
a. Ownership
a. True b. Quality of the paper
b. False c. Authenticity
c. Partially True d. Age
d. Maybe
5. What is the device that is used to reveal indentations 15. A PNP applicant tried to manipulate his birth
or impressions in a document that is unnoticed? certificate to qualify him for acceptance in the service, on his
a. Electro-microscope application from discrepancies in a form of some deletion and
b. Microscope addition of numbers. What will be the findings of this
c. Video spectral comparator document?
d. Electrostatic detector apparatus a. Obliterated
b. Forged
6. What is one of the most valuable tools of the c. Altered
question document examiner which supplements any visual d. Disputed
examination of a document?
a. Microscopy 16. What are widely used in business in our present time
b. Electrostatic detection apparatus because of their ability to create fast and the same
c. Hand magnifying documents?
d. Video spectral comparator a. Computers
b. Printers
7. What are abnormal or maladjustment in a typewriter c. Scanners
which is reflected in its work and lead to its identification? d. Photocopiers
a. Deficiency
b. Defects 17. What is NOT included when an examiner needs to
c. Flaw identify a particular typewriter used in questioned document?
d. Weakness a. Relation of the characters and the vertical and
horizontal alignment
8. What FONT has short cross-strokes that project from b. Size and design
the top and bottom of the main stroke of a letter? c. Vertical position of the characters in relation to the
a. Rebound line of writing
b. San-serif d. Brand and make
c. Serif
d. Off its feet 18. What is an identifying typewriter characteristics that
can be eliminated by cleaning and replacing the ribbon?
9. What do you call the cylinder that serves as the a. Rebound
bucking of the paper which absorbs the blow from the b. Transitory
typeface? c. Serif
a. Off its feet d. Off its feet
b. Platen
c. Serif 19. What is the RATIO of height to width consistent in
d. Rebound each letter?
a. Connecting
10. Which of the following is a manner in which the b. Size
writer stops writing to form new letters or words? c. Baseline
a. Shading d. Line
b. Connecting strokes
c. Baseline habits 20. What is the interruption or gap in writing stroke in
d. Pen lifts forming a letter when a writing instrument leaves the paper?
a. Pen lifts
11. Which of the following refers to legally admissible b. Patching
21. What is retouching of defective portion of a writing 31. It is a fraudulent signature which was executed
stroke which is common defect in questioned documents purely by simulation rather than by tracing the outline of a
examination? genuine signature.
a. Patching a. Traced Forgery
b. Shading b. Simulated Forgery
c. Altering c. Spurious Signature
d. Retracing d. Forgery by Computer Scanning
22. What TYPE of document when an examiner finds a 32. It is a connected writing in which one letter is joined
change whether deleted or added to the question document? to the next.
a. Obliterated a. Script
b. Disputed b. Cursive
c. Altered c. Block
d. Counterfeit d. Hand lettering
23. In questioned documents, what kind of SIGNATURE 33. It is a document which is completely written and
is used by a forger tried to reproduce without the knowledge signed by one person.
of the owner of the signature for financial gain? a. Signature
a. Model b. Holographic document
b. Real c. Hand Lettering
c. Actual d. Cursive Writing
d. Evidential
34. It refers to one’s name written by him on a
24. are known or genuine handwriting which indicates document as a sign of acknowledgement.
how a person writes. These are authenticated handwriting a. Writing Habit
a. Exemplars b. Name
b. Standards c. Signature
c. Post Litem d. Handwriting
d. Specimen
35. In QDE, it refers to identifying details.
25. It refers to a signature or handwriting written by a. Signature
individual upon request for the purpose of comparison with b. Handwriting
other handwriting or for specimen purposes. c. Characteristics
a. Post Litem Standards d. None of the Foregoing
b. Requested Standards
c. Collected Standards 36. It refers to the shape or design of the individual
d. Exemplars letters.
a. Slope
26. If the questioned writings are hand printed, then get b. Slant
a cursive standard. c. Form
a. True d. Size
b. False
c. Partially True 37. It refers to the angle of inclination of the axis of
d. Partially False letters relative to the baseline.
a. Size
27. In order to be sufficient, there must be at least ten b. Connecting Stroke
(10) to twenty-five (25) standard signatures for examination. c. Proportion
a. True d. Slope
b. False
c. Partially True 38. It is the relation between the tall and small letters.
d. Partially false a. Ratio
b. Proportion
28. It refers to a complete correct signature for an c. Stroke
important document such as will. d. Size
a. Formal
b. Informal 39. It is the interruption in a stroke caused by removing
c. Careless Scribble the pen from the paper.
d. None of the foregoing a. Hiatus
b. Pen Lift
29. It is the combination of basic design of letters and c. Rhythm
writing movements as taught in school. d. Pen Pressure
a. Natural Writing
b. System of Writing 40. It is a balance quality of movements of the
c. Disguised Writing harmonious recurrence of stress or impulse. It is the flowing
d. Cursive Writing succession of motion that is recorded in a written record.
a. Tremor
30. It is a result of a very complicated series of acts, b. Rhythm
being used as a whole combination of certain forms of visible c. Pen Pressure
mental and muscular habits acquired by long, continued d. Shading
painstaking effort.
a. Cursive 41. It is the average force in which the pen makes
b. Signature contact with the paper or the usual force involve in writing.
42. This refers to additional unnecessary strokes to 2. In the history of questioned document examination, who
legibility of letterforms or writing. was the British examiner of questioned document who said
a. Rubric that an intelligent police investigator can detect almost 75%
b. Embellishment of all forgeries by careful inspection of a document with
c. Tremor simple magnifiers and measuring tools was;
d. A or B A. Alphonse Bertillion B. Detective
Allan Pinkerton
43. It is a stroke that goes back over another writing C. Dr. Wilson Harrison D. Richard Henry
stroke.
a. Retracing 3. Contemporary handwriting standards means that the age
b. Blunt of the standards should be within?
c. Retouching A. 8 years from the date of the question document
d. Patching B. 10 years prior to the date of the questioned
document
44. It refers to any material containing marks, symbols, C. 5 years prior to the date of the questioned document
or signs either visible, partially visible that may present or D. 15 years prior to the date of the questioned
ultimately convey a meaning to someone. document
a. Document
b. Writing 4. What is the Latin word for “paper”
c. Signature A. cartouche
d. None of these B. penna
C. charta
45. It refers to any material which some issue has been D. papyrus
raised or which is under scrutiny.
a. Disputed Document 5. The rounded inner part of an upper curve, bend or crook of
b. Questioned Document a letter.
c. Holographic Document A. Humps B. Blunt
d. Reference Collection C. Arc D. Beard
46. It refers to any document notarized by a notary 6. It is term as “the backbone of the letter”. Characterized by
public or competent public official with solemnities required a long downward stroke.
by law. A. Stem
a. Official Document B. Initial/terminal Spur
b. Public Document C. Through
c. Private Document D. Whirl
d. Commercial Document
7. It is an additional stroke that serves as an ornament or
47. It refers to any matter made a part of the document artistic design to a letter which is not relevant to a writing.
after its original preparation. A. Embellishment
a. Erasure B. Rubrics
b. Addition C. Diacritics
c. Obliteration D. A or B
d. Insertion
8. It is a type of writing movement which is usually found on
48. This includes the addition of writing and other a child who starts to learn how to write or draw.
material between lines or paragraphs or the addition of whole A. Hand Movement B. Finger Movement
page to a document. C. Forearm Movement D. Whole Arm Movement
a. Insertion
b. Erasure 9. It is the stroke which goes back over the previous writing
c. Obliteration strokes.
d. None of these A. Retracing
B. Retouching
49. The following are the scientific method in QDE C. Patching
except D. Shading
a. Analysis
b. Comparison 10. If ballpoint was patented by John Loud, who patented the
c. Evaluation first practical fountain pen containing its own ink reservoir?
d. Conclusion A. William Mitchel B. Lewis Waterman
C. Swamp Reed D. Harrison Ford
50. This is usually used for the detection of counterfeited
bills but can actually be used to detect security features of 11. A kind of erasure by using a rubber eraser, sharp knife,
qualified document. razor blade or picking instrument.
a. Infra-red viewer A. mechanical erasure B. electronic erasure
b. Ultra-violet lamp C. magnetic erasure D. chemical erasure
c. Shadowgraph
d. Transmitted Light Gadget 12. It is a typeface defect in which the print provides a double
or overlapping impression.
PART 2: QUESTIONED DOCUMENT EXAMINATION A. Actual Breakage B. Rebound
C. Actual Breakage D. Clogged Typeface
1. The art of beautiful writing is known as
18. A specimen of writing prepared with deliberate intent of 30. A type of light examination in which the source of light is
altering the usual writing habits in the hope of hiding his coming from one side hitting the surface of the paper/object
identity? at a very low angle. It is best used in examination of indented
A. disguised writing writing as well as erasure.
B. cursive a. direct light examination c. side light examination
C. hand lettering b. oblique light examination d. transmitted light
D. block capital examination
19. A type of forgery which involves fraudulent signature 31. It is a critical side by side examination of two or more
executed by actually following the outline of a genuine specimen.
signature with a writing instrument? a. examination c. comparison
A. carbon outline process b. collation d. evaluation
B. indention process 32. A form of a typeface defects in which the characters are
C. Projection or transmitted light process printed heavier in one side than the remainder of its
D. traced character. It is the unbalanced quality of prints.
a. Actual breakage c. clogged
20. An illegible form of a writing which is characterized by typeface
partially visible depression appearing underneath the original b. off-its feet d. twisted letters
writing.
A. invisible writing 33. A form of a typeface defects where the characters are
B. indented writing leans to the left or to the right of their proper position.
C. Charred document a. Horizontal mal alignment c. vertical mal-
D. contact writing alignment
b. off-its feet d.
21. The following are public documents, EXCEPT twisted letters
a. Written official acts, or records of the official acts of the
sovereign authority, official bodies and tribunals and public 34. Which of the following is the best means of developing
officers, whether of the Philippines, or of a foreign country. and photographing obliterated and charred document?
b. Documents acknowledged before a notary public. a. Photography with panchromatic film c. photography
c. Last will and testaments. by transmitted light
d. Public records, kept in the Philippines, of private b. photography by ultraviolet light d. photography
documents required by law to be entered therein. by infra-red light
22. Mr. X is a construction worker who usually drink during 35. Substance used for blotting or smearing over an original
payday. One time while under the influence of liquor Mr. X writing to make illegible or undecipherable.
6. It is type of witness that needs the basis and logic of his 18. This preliminary blood test will result to a blue color.
conclusions. a. Precipitin Test
a. Ordinary witness c. Special witness b. Guaiacum Test
b. Expert witness d. All of the above c. Takayama Test
d. Teichman Test
7. This - is a kind of evidence which seeks to establish a
conclusion by inferences from the facts proven. 19. Test to determine if blood is of human origin or not.
c. Documentary evidence c. real evidence a. Benzidine Test
d. Direct evidence d. indirect evidence b. Precipitin Test
c. Takayama Test
8. A person allowed who gives his/her opinion or conclusion d. Acid Phosphate Test
on a given scientific evidence is considered
A. interrogator B. expert 20. It - is that evidence which is addressed to the senses of
witness the court.
C. prosecutor D. judge a. Scientific evidence c. autoptic evidence
b. Hearsay evidence D. testimonial evidence
9. The medical dissection and examination of a body in order
to determine the cause of death is? 21. Barberio’s test if positive will give what color?
A. Autopsy B. Post-Mortem a. Dark Brown
Examination b. Blue
C. Exhumation D. Saponification c. Red Orange
d. Yellow
10. The ABO system divides the human race into four blood
types. Which of the following types has the lowest 22. Gun powder residue maybe determined by?
percentage? a. Takayama test
A. O type B. B type b. Diphenylamine test
C. A type D. AB type c. Autopsy
d. Florence test
11. Deals with poison, their origin, physical and chemical 23. Is a poisonous gas which smells like a rotten egg?
properties, effects, treatment and methods of detection a. H2S c. CO2
usually on sudden and unexplained deaths: b. CO d. H2O
A. Chemistry B. Forensic
Chemistry 24. A supercooled liquid which possess high viscosity and
C. Toxicology D. Poisonous rigidity.
Investigation A. dry ice B. cartridge case
C. gel D. glass
12. What substance is capable of producing noxious effect or
destroy life once introduce into the body, absorbed through 25. Father of Modern Toxicology
the blood stream and acts chemically? a. Edmond Locard
A. Protein B. Poisons b. Antoine Laviosier
C. Enzymes D. none of these c. Mathieu Orfila
d. Hippocrates
13. Earliest known forensic pathologist or police surgeon, who
performed the autopsy of Julius Caesar, reporting that out of 26. Kind of protein found in blood
the 23 stab wounds, only one penetrated the chest cavity a. Leukocytes
between the first and second rib which was Caesar’s b. Thrombocytes
proximate cause of death. c. Globin
a. Antistius c. Paulus Zacchias d. Hemo
b. Imhotep d. San Juan de Bautista
27. they serve as the fighting mechanism of the body against
14. It has for its characteristics as, bright scarlet in color, with unwanted foreign microorganisms.
high oxygen content and leaves the blood vessel with a. Leukocytes
pressure. b. Thrombocytes
a. Arterial blood c. Menstrual blood c. Erythrocytes
b. Venous blood d. Human blood d. Serology
28. the joining of the clumping of antigen-bearing red blood
15. In blood grouping, should there be no agglutination with cells and the anti-bodies specific to that antigen
either group A or B what would be the particular blood group a. agglutination
of the sample? b. antigen
a. Group A c. Group AB c. heat test
b. Group B d. Group O d. solubility test
16. Rate of growth of human hair. 29. consists of longitudinal fibers bearing the pigment.
a. 0.4 to 0.5 mm./day c. 0.6 to 0.6 a. Cuticle
mm./day b. Cortex
b. 0.5 to 0.6 mm./day d. 0.7 to 0.8 c. Medulla
mm./day d. Shaft
17. Approximate average amount of semen per ejaculation 30. How is tool mark found at the crime scene may be
under normal conditions. laboratory examined?
a. 2 to 2.5 cubic centimeters c. 5 to 10 cubic a. by extracting c. by
centimeters casting
b. 2.5 to 5 cubic centimeters d. 10 to 15 cubic b. by photograph d. by