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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. a. Saplro c. Alonzo
b. b. Dela Cruz d. Medina
3. Who was the first Filipino Fingerprint Technician employed at the Philippine Constabulary?
a. Tomas Medina c. Ricardo David
b. Generoso Reyes d. Dominador Santos
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 iOO 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. Comeum
b. Dermis d. Mucosum
Prepared by: JOHNNY REY DAGASUHAN CAILING, RC, MSCRIM (CAR) CRMNLSTCS
8. It is an Impression made or placed in the fingerprint card taken individually by rolling the ten fingers
of subject, ‘180 degrees from the tip to the second joint and from one side of the nail to the other, nail
to nail.
a. Plain c. Rolled
b. Flat d. Complex
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. Polaroid c. Calbotype
b. Talbotype d. Daguerreotype
13. Who invented the first truly practical dry plate negative process, using gelatin in place of collodion
to bind sliver halides to glass plates?
a. Vogel c. Maddox
b. Dancer d. Huygens
14. What is the process of obtaining photographic magnification of minute objects by using a camera
attached to a compound microscope?
a. Microscopy c. Photomacrography
b. Macroscopy d. Photomicrography
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 Bertilllon c. John F. W. Herschel
b. Cesare Lambroso 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. Marcel Bonifaclo d. Isabela Bernales
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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 stiff 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
30. The basis of cartridge case identification as to have been discharged to a particular firearm is:
a. Firing pin marks and breech marks
b. Lands and grooves marking
c. Extractor & ejector mark face
d. Magazine and chambers marks
33. An optical instrument used or designed to make simultaneous comparison of two specimens?
a. Shadowgraph c. Comparison microscope
b. Chronograph d. Micrometer
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. Heart specialist who described in two British journals the polygraph machine as Ink Polygraph?
a. Dr. Hans Gross c. William Moulton 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 Burn c. Victoria Bennussi
b. Sticker d. Veraguth
37. What was added in the Larson’s polygraph machine by Leonarde Keeler:
a. Pneumograph c. Cardiosphymograph
b. Kymograph d. Galvanograph
38. Is an ancient method of detecting deception practice in Bengal, India where accused to prove his
innocent would touch his tongue to an extremely hot metal:
a. Ordeal of balance c. Ordeal of heat and fire
b. Boiling water ordeal d. Red hot iron ordeal
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
41. Is the part of the galvanograph compotient which converts electrical to mechanical current:
a. Sensitivity knob c. Resonance control
b. Amplifier unit d. Finger electrode assembly
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 plate
b. Beaded chain d. Rubber convoluted 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
c.
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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
50. The first Chief of the Medico-legal Division of the Bureau of Investigation
a. Paulus Zacchias c. Dr. Enrique V. delos Santos
b. Antistius d. Dr. Sixto delos Angeles
52. What is known as the reproduction of an impression made on soft surface by utilizing casting
materials?
a. Moulage c. Metallic aides
b. Dry fusion d. Plaster of paris
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
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56. If post-mortem rigidly would suggest approximate time of death, Cadaveric spasm will
suggest______
a. Age of the victim c. Duration of death
b. Cause of death d. None of the above
57. The word forensic as used in conjunction with the word ballistic means?
a. Market place c. Public discussion
b. Legal d. Forum
58. it refers to the motion of the projectile once it enters a rifled barrel of the gun:
a. Twist c. Rotatory
b. Direct d. Translational
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
67. Who invented the Zoopraxiscope to project continuous movement from photographic images?
a. Petzval c. Muybsidge
b. Maxwell d. Daguerre
68. It is considered as the most popular photo shop in the history of photography:
a. Kodak c. Daguerreotype
b. Polaroid d. Fuji
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69. Who advocated the wave theory of light?
a. Newton c. Maxwell
b. Aristotle d. Einstein
71. What kind of ridge formation that curves back in the direction from which is 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 like 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 Maiphigi
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
December21, 1911?
a. People vs. Parke c. People vs. Medina
b. People vs. Clements d. People vs. Jennings
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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
84. It is a discipline of forensic science which has, as its primary concern to determine if a tool mark
was produced by a particular toot.
a. Personal Identification c. Tool mark identification
b. Firearm identification d. Cartridge identification
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
88. What branch of ballistic deals with the attributes and movements of the bullets after it has left the
gun muzzle?
a. Interior c. Terminal
b. Exterior d. Forensic
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.
a. Edmond Locard c. Francis Gatton
b. John Herschel d. Marcelo Malpighe
93. Is the outer layer of the epidermis layer which covers the skin?
a. Stratum Sangurn c. Stratum Corneum
b. Epidermis d. Stratum Musocum
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94. The person who attempt to destroy his fingerprint through surgery. Also known as the man
without fingerprint?
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 prints 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
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