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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 of 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
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 loop is characterized in which the downward slope or 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

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 the kind of ridge formation that curves back in the direction from which it started?
a. Looping c. Eyelet
b. Converging d. Bifurcation

10. Who coined the word PHOTOGRAPHY?

a. Herschel c. Daguerre
b. Petzval d. Neipce

11. What is the first practical photographic process given to the world?
a. Polaroid c. Calbotype
b. Talbotype d. Daguerreotype

12. Who advocated the electromagnetic theory of light?

a. Maxwell c. Aristotle
b. Einstein d. Huygens
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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. 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

16. A system of identification best used in case of burned body called:

a. Photography c. Forensic odontology
b. Fingerprint d. Skeletal identification

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

18. A system of classification used in the Philippines called:

a. Vucetich system c. Galton System
b. Henry system d. Henry-Galton w/ FBI modification

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

24. It is a part of firearm that initiates the path of the bullet.

a. Yoke c. Muzzle
b. Bolt d. Barrel

25. It is a short barrel handgun designed to fire a single projectile through a rifle-bore for every press of
the trigger.
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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 the time expressed in feet per second:
a. Velocity c. Pressure
b. Trajectory d. Air resistance

28. The terms muzzle velocity refers most accurately to the:

a. Rate of expansion of the grooves in the muzzle
b. Speed at which the bullets leaves the barrel
c. Acceleration of the projectile in flight
d. Average speed of the bullet in flight

29. A shaving marks on a bullet is due to:

a. Oily barrel c. Poor alignment of the cylinder
b. Oversized barrel d. Delayed combustion

30. The basis of cartridge case identification as to have been discharged to a particular forearm is:
a. Firing pin marks and breech c. Extractor & ejector mark face marks
b. Lands and grooves marking d. Magazine and chambers marks

31. A revolver to be tested and used in evidence should be picked up by:

a. Inserting a wire or straw through the trigger guard
b. Inserting a rod or a bar at the bore of the fire arm
c. Grasping the handle with a handkerchief
d. Grasping the barrel with a clean cloth

32. The caliber of a bullet is measured through?

a. Using a caliper c. Measuring the base diameter
b. Using a micrometer d. Two opposite lands

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. 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 he 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. Veraguth

37. What was added in the Larson’s polygraph machine by Leonarde Keeler:
a. Pneumograph c. Cardiosphymograph
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b. Kymograph d. Galvanograph

38. Is an ancient method of detecting deception practice in Bengal, India where accused to proved 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 component 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 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 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. Either-extracted d. Alkaline solution

47. It is the biological test for blood?

a. Precipitin test c. Microscopic test
b. Benzendrine test d. Stereoscopic test

48. Which of the following substance is most likely to be used in committing murder?
a. Belladona c. Strychnine
b. Alcohol d. Antimony

49. To confirm the presence of blood we look for?

a. White cloudy precipitate c. Salmon pink, haemochromogen
b. White crystalline d. Dark brown rhomboid crystal

50. The first Chief of the Medico-legal Division of the Bureau of Investigation
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a. Paulus Zacchias c. Dr. Enrique V. delos Santos

b. Antistius d. Dr. Sixto delos Angeles

51. The following are signs of death EXCEPT:

a. Cooling of the body c. Cessation of respiration
b. Heating of the body d.Cessation of heart function & circulation

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

53. Molecular death is a kind of death where:

a. It occurs immediately after death
b. It is usually pronounced by the physician
c. There is a transient loss of vital functions of the body
d. There is loss of life of the individual cells of the body

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

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 ballistics 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. Rotary
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 braches of ballistic which treats of the effect of the projectile on impact on the target?
a. Terminal ballistic c. Forensic ballistic
b. Intrenal ballistic d. External ballistic

61. A type of weapon in which the mechanism is so arranged that it can fired continuously when the
trigger is pressed?
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:
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a. Smooth bore c. Choke type

b. Paradox d. Cylinder type

63. In the United Sates, 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

66. What type of photographic paper is used in enlarging or projecting printing?

a. Oxide c. Bromide
b. Nitride d. Chloride

67. Who invented the Zoopraxiscope to project continuous movement from photographic images?
a. Petzval c. Muybridge
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

69. Who advocated the wave theory of light?

a. Newton c. Maxwell
b. Aristotle d. Einstein

70. What is the source of all colors in the visible spectrum?

a. Ultraviolet c. Golden yellow
b. White d. Infrared

71. What kind of ridge formation that curves back in the direction from which is started?
a. Loooping 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. Moisten
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 panillae
b. Friction skin d. Furrows

75. Who was the first American Instructress of Dactyloscopy?

a. Clara del Valle c. Bernadette Fuentabella
b. Asa Darby d. Mary Holland
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76. Who topped the first government examination in fingerprints given in 1937?
a. Thomas Dugan c. John Ferrier
b. Agustin Patricio d. Flaviano Guerrero

77. In China, fingerprint is called:

a. Wung Shu c. Ching Hua
b. Tsek Chai d. Hua Chi

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

81. Who is considered as the father of modern ballistics?

a. John Browning c. Horace Smith
b. Daniel Wesson d. Calvin Goddard

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 tool.
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

86. What is regarded as the world’s first self-loading riffle?

a. Garand c. Machine gun
b. Carbine d. Armalite

87. Those types of bullet which contain highly charged explosive.

a. Tracer c. Fragmentary
b. Armor piercing d. Explosive
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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 riffling from end to end?
a. Scuff bore c. Smooth bore
b. Rough bore d. Rifled bore

90. Type of primer consisting of two flash hole or vent.

a.Boxer c. Battery
b.Berdan d. none of the above

91. The identification of two impression can be established primarily thought:

a. Formation of the two terminus
b. Unexplained similarity of ridges
c. Formation of different types of pat
d. Similarity of ridge characteristics in their relative positions

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 Galton
b. John Herschel d. Marcelo Malpighe

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
fingerprint?
a. Roscoe Pitts c. John Dillenger
b. John Augustus d. Robert James Pitts

95. What patterns 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

96. Which of the following are the basic ridges characteristics?

a. Short ridge, ending ridge, ridge dot
b. Ridge dot, short ridge and bifurcation
c. Island ridge, bifurcation and short ridge
d. Ridge dot, ending ridge and bifurcation

97. How many standard fingerprints pattern are there? (types)

a. Two c. Three
b. Eight d. Nine

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
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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