Forensic Ballistics Reviewer 1

1. The science of mechanics that deals with the flight, behavior and
effects of projectiles.
A. Ballistics
B. Forensic Ballistics
C. Ballistic missile
D. Ballistic Fingerprinting

2. It involves the analysis of bullet impacts to determine information of

use to a court or other part of the legal system.
A. Ballistics
B. Forensic Ballistics
C. Ballistic missile
D. Ballistic Fingerprinting

3. It involves analysing firearm, ammunition, and tool mark evidence in

order to establish whether a certain firearm or tool was used in the
commission of crime.
A. Ballistics
B. Forensic Ballistics
C. Ballistic Missile
D. Ballistic Fingerprinting

4. It is a missile guided only during the relative brief initial powered phase
of flight whose course is subsequently governed by the laws of
classical mechanics.
A. Ballistics
B. Forensic Ballistics
C. Ballistic Missile
D. Ballistic Fingerprinting

5. The study of the processes originally accelerating the projectile.

A. Internal Ballistic
B. Transition Ballistic
C. External Ballistic
D. Terminal Ballistic

6. The study of the passage of the projectile through a medium.

A. Internal Ballistic
B. Transition Ballistic
C. External Ballistic
D. Terminal ballistic
7. The study of the projectiles behavior when it leaves the barrel and
the pressure behind the projectile is equalized.
A. Internal Ballistics
B. Transition Ballistics
C. External Ballistics
D. Terminal Ballistics

8. It is also called a round.

A. Bullet
B. Shell
C. Primer
D. Cartridge

9. Employed a burning wick on a spring that was locked back and

released into a pan of powder upon pulling a trigger.
A. Matchlock
B. Wheellock
C. Flintlock
D. Percussion

10.Consists of a hammer that was locked and when released, struck a

cup containing a volatile primer that ignited on impact sending a flame
through a small tube into the barrel chamber.
A. Matchlock
B. Wheellock
C. Flintlock
D. Percussion

Forensic Ballistics Reviewer 2

1. Developed in the early 11th century, flint is released by the trigger
mechanism that strikes a steel plate to shower sparks into the pan
filled with powder.
A. Matchlock
B. Wheellock
C. Flintlock
D. Percussion

2. In the early 16th century, improvement included the wheellock

mechanism in which a spinning wheel against a metal plate showered
sparks into the pan holding priming powder.
 A. Matchlock
B. Wheellock
C. Flintlock
D. Percussion

3. One of the following is not a characteristics of a muzzle loader gun.

A. Spiral grooves in the bore
B. Powder and bullet loaded from top of the barrel
C. Smooth bore with a round lead ball
D. Limited range and accuracy

4. A German gunsmith who developed a reliable small caliber

automatic pistol in 1866.
A. Carl Walther
B. Hiram Maxim
C. Georg Luger
D. Richard Gatling

5. He designed the 9 mm cartridge introduced in 1902 for the Luger

semi-automatic pistol.
A. Carl Walther
B. Hiram Maxim
C. Georg Luger
D. Richard Gatling

6. An American born inventor of the Maxim machine gun.

A. Carl Walther
B. Hiram Maxim
C. Georg Luger
D. Richard Gatling

7. An American inventor of the first successful machine gun, named

after him.
A. Carl Walther
B. Hiram Maxim
C. Georg Luger
D. Richard Gatling

8. He invented the Johnson model 1941 rifle, one of the most

innovative rifle during its period.
A. Robert Johnson
B. Albert Johnson
C. Melvin M. Johnson Jr.
D. Calvin M. Johnson
9. He pioneered the making of the first handheld machine gun.
A. Oliver Fischer Winchester
B. John T. Thompson
C. Daniel "Carbine" Williams
D. Daniel B. Wesson.

10.He manufactured the Winchester repeating rifle which was a much

re-designed descendant of the Volcanic rifle of some years earlier.
A. Oliver Fischer Winchester
B. Daniel Williams
C. John Fischer Winchester
D. Daniel B. Wesson

Forensic Ballistics Reviewer 3

1. The Father of modern ballistics. He invented the comparison
microscope and helixometer.
A. Col. Calvin Goddard
B. Col. Alvin Goddard
C. Col. Kevin Goddard
D. Col. Darwin Goddard

2. He pioneered the breech loading single shot rifle.

A. John Browning
B. Henry Derringer
C. Samuel Colt
D. Patrick Ferguson

3. A Famous 19th century maker of pocket pistol.

A. Patrick Ferguson
B. John Browning
C. Samuel Colt
D. Henry Derringer

4. He designed his own rifle which was one of the first breech loading
rifles to be widely tested by the British military.
A. John Browning
B. Samuel Colt
C. Patrick Ferguson
D. Henry Derringer

5. He was a Scottish Presbyterian clergyman who invented the

percussion ignition.
A. John Marlin
B. Daniel Williams
C. Alexander Forsyth
D. Henry Derringer
6. He invented the Uzi sub-machine gun.
A. John Marlin
B. Daniel Williams
C. Uziel Gamal
D. Uziel Gal

7. He is the father of the semi automatic US rifle cal. 30 M1.

A. John Garand
B. Eliphalet Remington
C. James Garand
D. Daniel Williams

8. Russian designer of the the AK-47 assault rifle.

A. Mike Kalashnikov
B. John Marlin
C. Mikhail Kalashnikov
D. Patrick Ferguson

9. Founder of Marlin Firearms Co.Famous for the Marlin cal. 22 carbine.

A. James Mahon Marlin
B. John Mahon Marlin
C. Jack Marlin
D. Jones Marlin

10.He is one of the first rifle makers.He is a blacksmith who made a

revolutionary sporting rifle using a firing mechanism bought from a
dealer producing the barrel himself.
A. Benjamin Robins
B. Elisha King Root
C. Eliphalet Remington
D. Roger Bacon

Forensic Ballistics Reviewer 4

1. One of the first to state a sound ballistic theories.
A. Elisha King Root
B. Berthold Schwartz
C. Roger Bacon
D. Benjamin Robins

2. Helped Samuel colt synthesize the manufacturing of firearms.

A. Elisha King Root
B. Berthold Schwartz
C. Roger Bacon
D. Benjamin Robins
3. He is considered as the first European to describe a mixture
containing the essential ingredient of gun powder.
A. Elisha King Root
B. Berthold Schwartz
C. Roger Bacon
D. Benjamin Robins

4. Partner of Horace Smith in making revolver.

A. Daniel Wesson
B. Benjamin Wesson
C. Craig Wesson
D. Samuel Wesson

5. He is the maker of the first known carbine firearms.

A. Daniel "Carbine" Williams
B. Darwin "Carbine" Williams
C. John "Carbine" Williams
D. Mike "Carbine" Williams.

6.The large ring surrounding the breech end of the barrel which
provides a connection between the barrel and the recoil system.
A. Trigger guard
B. Anvil
C. Trigger spring
D. Yoke

7. Form on the bearing surface of bullets as they enter the rifling of

the barrel before the bullet engages the rifling.
A. Shearing
B. Proof marks
C. Provisional proof
D. Slippage mark

8. It is the examination and testing of firearms by a recognized

authority according to certain rules and stamped with a mark to
indicate that they are safe for sale and used by the public.
A. Shearing
B. Provisional proof
C. Proof marks
D. Slippage mark

9. An internal metal component in a boxer primer assembly against

which the priming mixture is crushed by the firing pin blow.
A. Shearing
B. Trigger guard
C. Anvil
 D. Trigger spring

10.A flanged metallic cup used in shot-shell primer assemblies that

provides a rigid support for the primer cup and anvil.
A. Paper disc
B. Battery cup
C. Primer mixture
D. Primer cup

Forensic Ballistics Reviewer 5

1. The controlled expansion of a bullet upon impact with a
target.
A. Palm Swell
B. Mushrooming
C. Pedestalled
D.Parkerizing

2.The cutting of metal from the surface of a bullet due

to cylinder misalignment in a revolver.
A. Abrasion marks
B. Shaving
C. Abrasive machining
D.Rolling block

3.Form on the bearing surface of bullets as they enter the rifling of

the barrel before the bullet engages the rifling.
A. Skidmarks
B. Action marks
C. Slide *
D. Anvil marks

4.The escaping of gases past a fired bullet while the bullet is still in
the barrel.
A. Backspatter
B. Bearing surface
C. Barrel extention
D. Blowby

5. The accumulation of lead or bullet jacket material in the bore of

a firearm due to the passage of bullets.
A. Leading
B. Ballistite
C. Blowback
D.Frizzen

6. A piece of cloth used with a rod to clean the bore of a firearm.

 A. Fulminate of mercury
B. Nitro wad
C. Patch
D. Press forging

7. An action requiring the manual cocking of the hammer before

sufficient pressure on the trigger releases the firing mechanism.
A. Single-Action
B. Automatic
C. Double-action
D. Semi-automatic

8. An inert cartridge which cannot be fired.

A. Dummy ammunition
B. Disintegrating bullet
C. Conoidal bullet
D.Mushroom bullet

9. The air that is compressed and moves out spherically from a

firearm’s muzzle after firing a projectile.
A. Bullet splash
B. Muzzle wave
C. Choke
D.Bunter

10.A device at or in the muzzle end of a barrel that uses the

emerging gas behind the projectile to reduce recoil.
A. Climb
B. Muzzle Brake
C. Latch
D.Lock plate

Forensic Ballistics Reviewer 6

1. When the first chamber of a jacketed bullet expands and the rear
chamber holds together for penetration.
A. Convex
B. Correlations
C. Cordite
D. Controlled expansion

2.A plastic,paper,or fiber disk used to keep ammunition components

in place or separated.
A. Card Wad
 B. Vent
C. Tumble
D. Wad

3.Marks produced by the random imperfections or irregularities of tool

surfaces.
A. Inter-comparison
B. Individual characteristics
C. Impressions
D. Head stamp

4.A thin card-like disc used in shot-shells as overshot wad,

undershot wad and over-powder wad.
A. Card wad
B. Filler wad
C. Wad
D.Cup wad

5. A plastic or paper insert surrounding the shot charge in a

shot-shell to reduce distortion.
A. Card wad
B. Filler wad
C. Shot collar
D. Cup wad

6.Circular disc of various thicknesses used to adjust the volume of

the contents of a shot-shell.
A. Card wad
B. Filler wad
C. Vent
D. Cup wad

7. A powder and shot separator of very shallow cup design, which

when loaded with lips down acts to help seal powder gases and
so protect the rear of the shot column.
A. Card wad
B. Filler wad
C. Wad
D. Cup wad

8. Various designs of shot cups made of plastic and designed to

reduce pellet deformation during barrel travel
A. Shot protector wad
B. Filler wad
C. Combination Wad
D. Cup wad
9.One piece of multi-piece plastic wad which may combine the
following items: shot protector, filler wad, and over-powder wad.
A. Shot protector wad
B. Filler wad
C. Combination Wad
D. Cup wad

10. A bullet with a deep base cavity.

A. Hollow base bullet
B. Incendiary bullet
C. Hollow point bullet
D. Jacketed bullet

Forensic Ballistics Reviewer 7

1.A collection and cataloging of test-fired bullets and cartridge cases
from known firearms.
A. Classifying
B. Bullet comparison
C. Known standards N
D. Collected standards

2.The number, width, and direction of twist of the rifling grooves

in a barrel of a given caliber firearm.
A. General Rifling Characteristics
B. Gross forming
C. Groove diameter
D.Intercomparison

3.A discipline of forensic science which has as its primary concern to

determine if a bullet, cartridge case, or other ammunition component
was fired by a particular firearm.
A. Ballistic examination
B. Firearms identification
C. Ballistics
D. Toolmark identification

4.A discipline of forensic science which has as its primary concern

to determine if a toolmark was produced by a particular tool.
A. Ballistic examination
B. Firearms identification
C. Forensic Ballistics
 D. Toolmark identification

5. Contour variations, generally microscopic, on the surface of an

object caused by a combination of force and motion where the
motion is approximately parallel to the plane being marked.
A. Striations
B. Class characteristics
C. Sub-class characteristics
D. toolmarks

6. Discernible surface features of an object which are more restrictive

than class characteristics.
A. Striations
B. Class characteristics
C. Sub-class characteristics
D. Toolmarks

7. Measurable features of a specimen which indicate a restricted group

source. They result from design factors, and are therefore
determined prior to manufacture.
A. Striations B. Class characteristics
C. Sub-class charateristics
D. Toolmarks

8. Marks produced by the random imperfections or irregularities of tool

surfaces. These random imperfections or irregularities are produced
incidental to manufacture and/or caused by use, corrosion, or
damage.
A. Individual characteristics B. Class characteristics
C. Sub-class characteristics
D. Toolmarks

9.Striae or patterns of minute lines or grooves in an object. In firearm

and toolmark identification these marks are characteristic of the
object which produced them and are the basis for identification.
A. Individual characteristics
B. Toolmarks
C. Microscopic marks
D. Class characteristics

10.The process of determining whether or not the details of striated

marks or impressions on two objects correspond, such as fired and
unfired cartridge cases and shot-shell cases.
 A. Pattern matching
B. Land and Groove identification
C. Pattern Identification
D. Toolmark identification

Forensic Ballistics Reviewer 8

1.The earliest known toolmark comparison case involving firearms
occurred in London in
A. 1835
B. 1837
C. 1836
D. 1838

2. Published the first work describing wounds resulting from small

caliber firearms.
A. Henry Goddard
B. John Sedgwick
C. Monsieur Noilles
D. Stonewall Jackson

3. A firearm with long barrel and for-end or forearm extending nearly to

the muzzle.
A. Rifle
B. Remington rifle
C. Whitwoth rifles
D. Musket

4. A portion of a firearm's mechanism which ejects or expels cartridges

or cartridge cases from a firearm.
A. Ejector
B. breech face
C. Extractor
D. Firing pin

5. The negative impressions on the bearing surface of a bullet caused

by the rifling in the barrel from which is was fired.
A. Lapping
B. Land and Groove impressions
C. Obturation
D. Parkerizing
6. The ignition component of a cartridge.
A. Priming mixture
B. Priming powder
C. Priming Charge
D. Primer

7. The locking and cartridge head support mechanism of a firearm

that does not operate in line with the axis of the bore.
A. Frame
B. Breechblock
C. Mandrel
D. Box lock

8. Developed the helixometer, a magnifier probe used to examine

the interior of firearm barrels and accurately measure the
pitch of rifling.
A. Goddard and Waite
B. Goddard and Gravelle
C. Doddard and Fisher
D. Waite and Fisher

9. Essentially two microscopes connected to an optical bridge

which allows the viewer to observe two objects simultaneously
with the same degree of magnification.
A. Compound microscope
B. Comparison microscope
C. Dual microscope
D. Complex microscope

10.He is considered by many firearm examiners to be the "father" of

firearm and toolmark identification.
A. Calvin H. Goddard
B. John H. Fisher
C. Colonel H. W. Todhunter
D.Philip O. Gravelle

Forensic Ballistics Reviewer 9

1. The curve taken by the bullet while in flight is called
A. rifling curves
B. effective range
 C. drift
D. maximum distance

2. A mechanism in a revolver that connects pivot between the frame

and cylinder.
A. trigger spring
B. trigger guard
C. yoke
D. anvil

3. Proof Marks - It is the examination and testing of firearms by a

recognized authority according to certain rules and stamped with
a mark to indicate that they are safe for sale and used by the
public.
A. Provisional Proof
B. Proof Marks
C. Skid Marks
D. Slippage Marks

4. Among the following, which is a long smooth bored firearm that

is designed to prepare a single shot?
A. Shotgun
B. Musket
C. Carbine
D. Caliber

5. It is the soft guiding metal which serves as the container of

priming mixture, paper disc and anvil.
A. Primer cup
B. Primer mixture
C. Paper disc
D. Battery cup

6. An automatic weapon that can fire from 400 to 1,600 rounds of

ammunition each minute.
A. Armalite
B. Uzi
C. Machine gun
D. Glock

7. Historians considered that the age of gunpowder began with its

first use as a propellant for a projectile on
A. 1313
 B. 1413
C. 1280
D. 1350

8. One from Hartford, Connecticut, who produced the first practical

revolver and became famous for its .45 caliber.
A. Samuel Colt
B. Carl Walther
C. Oliver Winchester
D. John C. Garand

9. It includes rocket launchers and such mounted guns as howitzers,

mortars, antiaircraft guns, and naval guns.
A. Gunnery
B. Artillery
C. Musketry
D. Ballistics

10. That part of the handgun designed in a metal tube through which
the bullet is fired.
A. Grip
B. Frame
C. Barrel
D. Rifling

Forensic Ballistics Reviewer 10

1. The shape metal while hot and plastic by hammering or by a
forging process,either by hand or by machine.
A. Forging
B. Casting
C. Blanking
D. Shearing

2. To cut sheet or bar metal between two blades which pass

immediately to each other.
A. Forging
B. Casting
C. Blanking
D. Shearing

3. Cutting or pressing a piece of metal from a sheet.In ammunition

 manufacture,the usable part of a blanking operation is the
material removed from the hole,usually a disk.
A. Forging
B. Casting
C. Blanking
D. Shearing

4. An object at or near finished shape which is produced by

solidification of a substance in a mold.Pouring molten metal into
a mold to produce an object of desired shape.
A. Forging
B. Casting
C. Blanking
D. Shearing

5. To cut out,bend or form with a stamp or die.

A. Extrusion
B. Hammer Forging
C. Drawing
D. Stamping

6.A process using dies and punches to simultaneously reduce the

diameter and extend the length of a cup-shaped metal part.
Used for both cartridge cases and bullet jackets.
A. Extrusion
B. Hammer Forging
C. Drawing
D. Stamping

7. The process of forming the interior and/or exterior shape of the

barrel of a firearm by hammering.
A. Extrusion
B. Swagging
C. Drawing
D. Stamping

8. The slow forcing of material under high pressure through a die

reduce its diameter.This process is generally performed in a
hydraulic press.Lead wire used in bullet making is extruded.
Impact extrusion can be used to make bullet jackets and
cartridge cases.
A. Extrusion
B. Swagging
 C. Drawing
D. Stamping

9. Cutting holes in metal with a twist drill.

A. Abrasive machining
B. Broaching
C. Reaming
D. Drilling

10.To widen the opening of a hole, Countersink: to enlarge

or dress out a hole with a reamer, to enlarge the bore of a gun.
A. Abrasive machining
B. Broaching
C. Reaming
D. Drilling

11.Finishing surfaces by drawing or pushing a cutter

called a broach entirely over and past the surface. A broach
has a series of cutting teeth arranged in a row or rows, graduated
in height from the teeth that cut first to those that cut last.
A. Abrasive machining
B. Broaching
C. Reaming
D. Drilling

12.The use o abrasives rather than high-speed

steel or tungsten carbide cutting tools.
A. Abrasive machining
B. Broaching
C. Reaming
D. Drilling

13. Metal-cutting machining in which the work piece is firmly

attached to a horizontal table that moves back and forth under a
single-point cutting tool. The tool-holding device is mounted on a
cross-rail so that the tool can be fed (moved) across the table in
small, discrete, side-ward movements at the end of each pass
of the table.
A. Planing
B. Boring
C. Milling
D. Turning
14. Producing smooth and accurate holes in a work piece by
enlarging existing holes with a bore, which may bear a single
cutting tip of steel, cemented carbide, or diamond or may be a
small grinding wheel.
A. Planing
B. Boring
C. Milling
D. Turning

15. Cutting metal by feeding against a rotating cutting tool

called a milling cutter; milling machines cut flat surfaces, grooves,
shoulders, inclined surfaces, dovetails, and T-slots. Various
form-tooth cutters are used for cutting concave forms and convex
grooves, for rounding corners, and for cutting gear teeth.
A. Planing
B. Boring
C. Milling
D. Turning

16.Turning operations involve cutting excess metal, in the

form of chips, from the external diameter of a work piece and
include turning straight or tapered cylindrical shapes, grooves,
shoulders, and screw threads, and facing flat surfaces on the
ends of cylindrical parts.
A. Planing
B. Boring
C. Milling
D. Turning

17.Shaping and planing operations involve the machining

of flat surfaces, grooves, shoulders, T-slots, and angular surfaces
with single-point tools.
A. Planing
B. Boring
C. Milling
D. Shaping