CRIMINALISTICS

1. An arbitrary index of the quickness that burning propellant changes intogas.it is

controlled by the chemical composition, the size and ship of the propellant rains,
and the pressure at which the burning takes place. This is referred to as
a. Velocity
b. Fire power
c. Burning rate
d. Gauge

2. What is called the ratio of the weight of a given volume of powder vs. the weight of
the same volume of water?
a. Bulk Density
b. Gauge
c. Volume
d. Proof

3. The pressure generated within the chamber erroneously called breeched pressure is
called
a. Hammer power
b. Chamber pressure
c. Chamber weight
d. Breech face

4. What Occurs when a cartridge fails explode on time or delayed in firing?

a. Hang fire
b. Misfire
c. Hammer lock
d. Load lock
5. The chemical rearrangement of molecules into gas instead of solids to cause the
high explosives to exert full power of shocks the speed varies in different explosive
but in some it is as high as 7000 yards in a second.What is being described?
a. Ventilation
b. Velocity
c. Detonation
d. Action

6. The power of the bullet which delivers a very heavy paralyzing blow that put the
victim down and may then recover if the wound inflicted upon is not fatal is called
a. Knocking power
b. Power kick
c. Firepower
d. Double action

7. The total failure of a cartridge to discharge, even to start combustion is known as

a. Hang fire
b. Misfire
c. Hammer lock
d. Load lock

8. When there is an outward push of gasses from powder combustion against cartridge
cases chamber and bore, then there is
a. Power
b. Pressure
c. Load
d. Action
9. The equal and opposite reaction of the gun against the forward movement of the
bullet during the explosions.
a. Explosive action
b. Recoil
c. Chamber pressure
d. Hand movement

10. The noise created on the muzzle point of the gun due to the sudden escape of the
expanding gas coming in contact with the air in the surrounding atmosphere at the
muzzle point is called
a. Muzzle Blast
b. Bang effect
c. Fire power
d. Atmospheric pressure

11. The actual curved path of the bullet during its flight from the gun muzzle to the
target is known as
a. Straight horizontal line
b. Parabola- like flight
c. Vertical drop
d. Trajectory

12. If you are going to measure the straight distance between the muzzle point and the
target, then what are you actually trying to solve?
a. Velocity
b. Range
c. Accuracy
d. Bore size

13. Our eyes are sensitive to light, which give us information about the shapes, colors
and movements of objects around us. Light travels in the form of waves and light
itself is a form of
a. Electromagnetic radiation
b. Ultra violate
c. Synthetic energy
d. Magnetic wave

14. The light in spaces and not within the gravitational field of any object travels in
straight line. The bending of light around an objects gives rise to the phenomenon
called
a. Diffraction
b. Ultraviolet
c. Detraction
d. Reflection

15. When the material in the path of the light is transparent a change in the direction of
the light occurs, there is
a. Refraction
b. Reflection
c. Diffraction
d. Detraction

16. Among the following, which is not one of the primary colors in the light?
a. Green
b. Blue
c. Red
d. Yellow
17. Colors made by combining two primary colors are called secondarycolors. One is
called magenta and it is the product of combining
a. Blue and green
b. Blue and red
c. Red and yellow
d. Red and green

18. What color has the longer wavelength?

a. Red
b. Blue
c. Green
d. Cyan

19. Concave lens or negative lens spreads the light depends on the amount of curve on
the faces of the lens. The distance between the lens and the image it produces is
called the .
a. Focal Length
b. Depth of Field
c. Image Size
d. Film type

20. It is known as the simplest camera, which consists of a box with a small hole in one
of its sides. To produce a sharp image, the hole must be very small and this restricts
the amount of light entering the camera. Which one among the following?
a. Camera
b. Electric Camera
c. Pinhole Camera
d. Fixed Focus Camera

21. What part of the camera is consisted of one or more glass or plastic disk with flat,
concave, or convex surfaces, each disk is called element and the purpose of it is to
focus light on the film?
a. Diaphragm
b. Lens
c. Shutter
d. Film

22. What part of the camera can be adjusted to different speeds, the speeds means the
length of time it is open?
a. Diaphragm
b. Lens
c. Shutter
d. Film

23. What kind of camera change the size of the aperture of the lens and valuable in
regulating the am0unt of light reaching the film
a. Diaphragm
b. Lens
c. Shutter
d. Film

24. The lens aperture not only controls the amounts of light entering the camera, it is
also affects another fundamental aspects of the photograph which is the
a. Focus
b. Depth of Field
c. Image
d. Film
25. Concave lens spread the light depends on the amount of curved on the faces of the
lens. The distance between the lens and the image it produces is called the .
a. Focal Length
b. Depth of Field
c. Image Size
d. Film type

26. In the United States, some courts allow police officers to testify as to impairment on
the standards of .05 (judgement), .08 (coordination),and .10 (reflexes), based on
breathalyser type instruments, various field sobriety tests, and Horizontal Gaze
Nystagmus which measure the inability of the eyes (involuntary jerking) to maintain
visual fixation as they are turned to the side. What is being describe?
a. Alcoholism
b. Alcohol detection
c. Alcohol intoxication
d. Alcoholic anonymous

27. Policeofficer with extensive experience in accident investigation and refresher

course maybe called by the court to testify as to speed, point of impact and other
relate issues. Airplane expertise usually requires an engineering degree and
experience. It is common for this kind of expert to demonstrate exhibits showing
reconstruction of the accident. What is being talk about?
a. Automobile accidents
b. Automobile and airplane crashes
c. Traffic investigation
d. Terrorism

28. Testimony as to breech face and / or firing pin markings, striation patterns, and
gunpowder residue is commonly accepted. There are a variety of different of these
techniques, but they all usually have to do with science of motion for projectile.
Which one is describe?
a. Ballistic
b. Guns and ammo
c. Firearm identification
d. Laboratory services
29. This normally would require credentials in forensic dentistry, and special training in
forensic odontology and other pathologist skills, such as saliva extraction.it requires
blue lighting techniques and interpretation methods. Which one of the following?
a. Tooth Extraction
b. Dental Clinic
c. Dentistry
d. Bite mark analysis

30. Competent analysis can testify to admit results of field test on blood
sample,especially when it comes todetermining secretors. Based on the laws
ofphysics, the tail of the blood drop always points to the origin, the size estimates
eight, and shape determines angel of impact. Which one is describe?
a. Blood grouping test
b. Serologist
c. Hemoglobinist
d. Leukocytes
31. It is generally considered most reliable personal identification, but challenge
continue to occur at the laboratory protocol level and the extent to interpretation.
Which one among the following?
a. Alkaloid synthesis
b. Laboratory SOP
c. Evidence custodian
d. DNA Testing

32. This kind of examination ascertains the authenticity or source of handwriting or

typewriting. Experts are involved in the analysis of paper and ink, obliterations, ad
erasures. Some insurance fraud and arson investigators have a specialty with burned
of charred documents. Which one is described?
a. Graphology
b. Questioned Document Examination
c. Forensic accounting
d. Forgery Case Analysis

33. Usually a social psychologist that augments or impeaches the witness cognitive
perceptual abilities at a show up, line up, or recollection of facts. Memory experts
tend to bring a lot of books to the courtroom, demonstrations. What is described in
this statement?
a. Portrait Parle
b. Interrogations
c. Police Line up
d. Eye witness identification

34. A very well established area where an average officer testifies they obtained a set of
latent prints from the crime scene, but to connect them to a known suspect usually
requires an AFIS certified expert. Under some circumstances ,the courts will allow
average officers to testify. Usually, enlarged photographs or other exhibits
demonstrate the points of comparison upon which the conclusion was reached.
Which one is described?
a. Dactylography
b. Fingerprint Examination
c. Fingerprints Exhibit
d. Finger Printer

35. This can refers to the work of a crime lab unit or a free-lance gun, expert who is
capable of examining cartridge cases, shells, and ammunition of all types. Garments
and other objects are also sometimes examined in terms of discharge residue.
Firearms identifiers rely upon some of the same participles as tool mark experts.
What is described?
a. External Ballistics
b. Internal Ballistics
c. Firearms Examinations
d. Terminal Ballistics

36. An area involve in things as time of death, age, race, and sex of victim, and
reconstruction official appearance from skeletal remains. It might also be involve in
counting the size of the largest maggot to give estimate of the time of death. Often a
high-tech field using computer reconstruction of the skin around skeletal remains or
age progression on missing persons.what is being described?
a. Anthropology
b. Exhumation
c. Somatotyping
d. Dental analysis
37. This most commonly described biologists and serologist who work in a crime lab
who identify and type dried bloodstains, other body fluids, and DNA. Others work
with hairs and fibres as well as identity and compare botanical specimens such wood
and a plants. Which one is described?
a. Botany
b. Forensic Biology
c. Forensic remains Analysis
d. Fossil Analysis

38. Which of the following is a broad field most of them involving the study of accident
scene, structural failure analysis, and sometimes explosions or fires? The expertise
usually consist of opinion on the ultimate issue, that is, which party was responsible
and /or negligent.
a. Industrial Security Management
b. Risk analysis
c. Forensic Engineering
d. Security Hazard

39. The study of insect and their relation to a criminal investigation, such as the analysis
of larvae and maggots but also sometimes involving a particular knowledge of
insects, their habits, life cycles, and habits. Which one of the following.
a. Insecticide
b. Insectomology
c. Forensic Entomology
d. Microscopy

40. The study of the hardest substance in the human body, teeth enamel. With the use of
dental records, X-ray, casts, or even a photography of a persons smile, experts can
often make identifications and comparisons. A related subspecialty is bite mark
analysis. What is it?
a. Forensic Odontology
b. General Dentistry
c. Tooth and Gum examination
d. All of the above

41. A title for corners of medical examiners that work closely with police. Numerous
techniques used here, depending upon financial resources of a community, but still
based around the autopsy. The expertise involves the medico legal investigation of
sudden, unnatural, unexplained, or violent deaths. What is being described?
a. Forensic Medicine
b. Forensic Pathology
c. Forensic Odontology
d. Medico legal examination

42. A broad term for a diverse field that covers everything fro evaluations of
competency to stand trial, insanity, and particular relationships between certain
psychological conditions and human behaviours. Which one of the following?
a. Forensic Science
b. Forensic Psychology
c. Human Behaviour unit
d. Behavioural Studies
43. This relies upon laboratory devices involving the techniques of Spectrography and
Chromatography to produce findings such as what you had ate three years ago in
hair samples. Fiber analysis tends to use the simple means of 10 microscope (or
higher). What is being described?
a. Chromatographic Examination
b. Hair and Fiber Analysis
c. AnalysisofMedulla
d. chemistry

44. this technique has generally not acceptable in most courts of law because of
unreliability and a lack of recognized training programs. however,may be admitted
if both parties consent.an alternative to it, called the Psychological Stress Evaluator,
has come out in resent years, but it also has yet to gain acceptance. This technique is
better thought of as a tool for the investigator and not the forensic scientist. Which
of the following?
a. Polygraph examination
b. Lie detection
c. Truth Serum
d. Interrogation Technique

45. The area of forensic art has remained in a state of infancy, but has included such
craft techniques as suspect composites and crime scene sketching. The trend is to
use computer software, mapping programs, and high tech projection devices for
courtroom use. What being described?
a. Sketch artist
b. Police Line
c. Photoshop Adobe
d. Crime mapping

46. This requires education and experience with agricultural science, geology, and / or
chemistry. Techniques such as the density gradience test (comparing two sample to
within 50 feet of one another) are easily doable in any laboratory. More refined tests
to exact a locations unlike anywhere else on each require a more sophisticated
laboratory. Which one is of the following described?
a. Hydraulics
b. Meteorology
c. Sol Sample Analysis
d. Geography

47. A detective craft involving casting impressions (marks left behind on hard surfaces).
Also involves some specialized knowledge in the manufacture and use of hammers,
pry bars, etc. usually the cast or imprints is as mitted into physical evidence with the
witness testifying as to chain of custody rather than as an expert. Which one of the
following.
a. Impression analysis
b. Item Matching
c. Tool Marks Analysis
d. Micro etching

48. This involve tests for poisons, narcotics, blood, or other bodily fluids. This units
also has responsibility for drug and alcohol identification as well as training others
in alcohol intoxication testing. this activity is under-
a. Poisonology
b. Toxicology
c. Substance abuse
d. Tobacology
49. An expert can tell if a certain person typed the document based upon personal style
characteristics in manner of punctuation, length of lines, depth of indentation, etc.
more recently computer and computer printer expertise is a new development. What
is being referred to?
a. Graphology
b. Handwriting comparison
c. Typewriter analysis

50. Spectrographic voice analysis has not gained the degree of general acceptance to
make it admissible in most cases, the curt is allowed to hear the samples itself. It is
most often used in cases involving telephoned threats or tape recorded message by
investigators and not forensic scientist. What is being described?
a. Voice print analysis
b. Breathe analyser
c. Phone call analysis
d. Voice Scan

51. Who was an English naturalist who used engraving of his own fingerprints to
identify books he published?
a. Andrew Keys
b. Thomas Bewick
c. Alphonse Bertillion
d. Edgar Moore

52. Considered as the father of modern toxicology who also made significant
contributions to the development of tests for the presence of blood in a forensic
contextand his credited as the first to attempt the use of a microscope in the
assessment of blood and semen stains. His name is
a. Alec Jeffreys
b. MathiewOrfila
c. Francis Galton
d. Cesare Lombroso

53. A professor who published the first paper on the nurture of fingerprints and
suggested a classification system based on nine major types.
a. John evangelist Purkihji
b. Jonathan Wild
c. Evans Hughes
d. MathiewOrfila

54. Who invested the polarizing light microscope in 1828?

a. Stanley Grapes
b. William Nichol
c. Samuel Reynolds
d. Antoin Levine

55. He was a Belgian Statistician who provided the foundation for Bertillons work the
foundation for Bertillons work by stating his belief that no two human bodies were
exactly alike.
a. William Will
b. AdolpheQuetelet
c. Wiliam Nichol
d. Nicolas Cage
56. One of Scotland Yards original Bow Street Runners who first used bullet
comparison to catch a murderer. His comparison was based on a visible flaw in the
bullet, which was traced back to a mold. Who was he?
a. Henry Goddard
b. Francis Galton
c. John Fielding
d. Henry Fielding

57. He developed the first microscopic crystal test for haemoglobin using hemin crystals
in 1853. Who was he?
a. George Baltimore
b. Ludwig Teichmann
c. John Ewick
d. Loyd Ohlin

58. Who among the following was a German pathologist who was one of the first to
both study hair and recognized its limitations?
a. LavostskiEnotski
b. Hackman Vogn
c. Rudloph Virchow
d. WorkvassGeneron

59. An examining magistrate and professor of criminal law at the University of Graz,
Austria, who published Criminal Investigation, the first comprehensive description
of uses of physical evidence in solving crime. He was credited of coining the word
criminalistics. Who was he?
a. Hans Gross
b. AlphonesBertillion
c. Voltaire
d. Adolf Eichman

60. He published Fingerprints, the first comprehensive book on the nature of

fingerprints and their use in solving crime and was credited as one among the great
pioneers of fingerprinting.
a. Francis Galton
b. Roger Boar
c. Nigel Boar
d. Nigel Blundell
e. John Evangelism Purkinji

61. He developed the print classification system that would come to be used in Europe
and North America. He published Classification and Uses of Fingerprints.
a. Francis Galton
b. Edward Richard Henry
c. Robert Peel
d. Albert Hoofman

62. A forensic chemist who worked in Berlin, Germany, and took photomicrographs of
two bullets to compare, and subsequently individualize, the minutiae.
a. Paul Jestich
b. Alec Jeffreys
c. Harris Ulrich
d. Jacob Styll
63. He was the first to discovered human blood groups and was awarded the Nobel
prizefor his work in 1930. He continued his works on the detection of blood, its
species, and its type formed the basis of practically all subsequent works.
a. Edmond Lopez
b. Orlando Wilson
c. Dr. E. Sckulmeister
d. Karl Landsteiner

64. One among the following developed a microscopic crystal test for
haemoglobinusing hemochromogen crystals.
a. Andrew Masso
b. MasaeoTakayama
c. Yamamoto Zenigata
d. Elizabeth Clement

65. A professor of forensic medicine who published the first article on individualizing
bullet markings. Who was he?
a. Victor Balthazard
b. Victor Hugo
c. VonnHentig
d. Peter Norman

66. He was the first to suggested 12 matching points as a positive fingerprints

identification. He was known for his Exchange Principle.
a. Benjamin Mandelson
b. Edmond Locard
c. Joseph Petrosino
d. Karl Marx

67. The first portable polygraph instrument was credited to the works of .
a. John Larson
b. Angelo Mosso
c. Leonard Keeler
d. Mr. Lafayette

68. He was Chief of Police in Los Angeles, California, who implemented the first U.S.
police crime laboratory.
a. Orlando Wilson
b. August Vollmer
c. Jonathan Wild
d. General Hamilton

69. His work on the St. Valentines day massacre led to the founding of the Scientific
Crime Detection Laboratory on the campus of Northwestern University, Evanston,
Illinois. Who was he?
a. Henry Goddard
b. Henry Ford
c. Calvin Goddard
d. Leonard Keeler

70. When the injuries inflicted will incapacitated an individual to do his usual activities
or medical attendance of from ten to thirty days, the law says it is considered as
a. Less serious physical injury
b. Slight physical injury
c. Serious physical injury
d. Physical deformation
71. If the number of gunshot wounds of entrance and exit found in the body of the
victim is even, the presumption is that no bullet is lodge in the body; if odd, the
presumption is that one or more bullets have lodge in the body. This refers to -
a. Law of Multiplicity
b. Law on Duplicity
c. Odd and Even Rule
d. Law on Numbers

72. A young man was stabbed in the abdomen, developed generalized peritonitis is the
a. Manner of death
b. Immediate cause of death
c. Proximate cause of death
d. Underlying cause of death

73. A person lost the power of speech after being physically assaulted. The offender is
liable for:
a. Mutilation
b. Less serious physical injury
c. Slight physical injury
d. Serious physical injury

74. Which of the following is a characteristic of a gunshot wound of exit?

a. Contusion collar
b. Wound larger than the bullet
c. Tattooing or smudging
d. Edges of the wound are inverted

75. What is the medical evidence made known or addressed to the senses ofthecourt not
limited to the sense of vision, but is intended to that of hearing, taste, smell and
touch?
a. Experimental evidence
b. Autoptic evidence
c. Documentary evidence
d. Corpus delicti evidence

76. Which of the following physical evidence is found in the point of entry in gunshot
wounds that could determine the relative position of the assailant to the victim?
a. Tattooing
b. Contusion collar
c. Singeing
d. Smudging

77. The characteristics of the point of entry of gunshot wound are the following, except

a. Ovaloid
b. Contusion collar
c. Singeing
d. Bigger

78. A dead person was found with a contact gunshot wound in the right temple and the
fatal gun tightly grip by the right hand, such condition is called
a. Rigor mortis
b. Post-mortem rigidity
c. Cadaveric spasm
d. Death stiffening
79. Which of the following stimulus can cause physical injury?
a. Gonorrhoea
b. Syphilis
c. Closed wound
d. Headache

80. The following wounds are produced by a sharp instrument, except

a. Lacerated wound
b. Stab wound
c. Incised wound
d. Hacked wound

81. The duration of death can be determine by the following factors, except
a. Presence of rigor mortis
b. Onset of decomposition
c. Presence of post-mortem lividity
d. Stage of digestion of food in the stomach

82. Which of the following statements is NOT valid?

a. A woman may have an enraptured hymen and yet may no longer be a virgin.
b. A woman may have a lacerated hymen and yet be a virgin.
c. A woman is still a virgin as long as she has not given birth.
d. There are no conclusive medical findings to show that a woman is physically
virgin.

83. What kind of evidence necessary for conviction which proves the fact in dispute
without the aid of any inference or presumption and which correspond to the precise
or actual point at issue?
a. Circumstances evidence
b. Preponderance of evidence
c. Direct evidence
d. Documentary evidence

84. What are the reasons for the inadmissibility to the court of the result of Lie Detector
examination?
a. Polygraph techniques are still in the experimental stage
b. There is no way to assure that a qualified examiner administered the test
c. The test cannot relied upon because of many errors
d. All of the Above

85. Virginity is an element in the following sexual crimes, except

a. Act of lasciviousness with consent of the offended party
b. Qualified seduction
c. Consented Abduction
d. Rape

86. The victim is 17 years old, single and was sexually abused because she was sexually
abused because she was promised marriage, no force or intimidation, or appropriate
charge to the suspect is
a. Simple seduction
b. Rape
c. Qualified
d. Abduction with consent
87. Virginity is not synonymous with chastity. From this, which of the following is
correct? A woman may
a. Resort to many forms of homosexual and heterosexual practices without losing
her virginity and yet maybe unchaste.
b. Have a ruptured and other signs of loss of physical virginity and yet she is
chaste.
c. Resort to masturbation with rapture of the hymen and yet she may still be a
virgin
d. Become a virgin lifetime if unmarried

88. The kind of virginity where the woman does not know the nature of sexual life an
has not experienced sexual relations is called
a. Moral virginity
b. Mental virginity
c. Physical virginity
d. Pseudo virginity

89. In legal medicine, the term Defloration is the laceration of the hymen due to
a. Fingering
b. Sexual intercourse
c. Masturbation
d. Auto sexual

90. A man had sexual intercourse with a female with her consent. Under what
circumstances this would be considered as rape?
a. The man promised to marry her
b. The female is his wife from he is separated
c. The female is under 12 years old
d. The female is under the influence of alcohol

91. For the crime of rape to be considered as having been committed, it is requiredthat
a. The woman is virgin
b. Force or intimidation is used
c. The force is not a prostitute
d. The woman is under 18years

92. He develop the first DNA profiling test. It involved detection of a multi locus
RFLP pattern. He published his findings in 1985.
a. Armando Lopez
b. Alec Jeffreys
c. Edmond Locard
d. Diane Asmold

93. What do we call the property of matters that depends both on the mass of a
substance and the effects of gravity on that mass?
a. Weight
b. Scale
c. Density
d. Intensive property

94. Some type of evidence are accompanied by the collection of substrate controls.
Substrate controls refers to
a. Evidence submitted to the crime laboratory for examination
b. Uncontaminated surface material close to the area where physical evidence has
been deposited
c. Collected samples for DNA testing
d. Proper packaging of collected items at the crime scene
95. The examination of physical evidence by forensic scientist is usually undertaken for
identification or comparison. Identification means .
a. The process of ascertaining whether two or more objectives have common
origins
b. The process of eliminating unrelated items from the groups of identified
associated substance
c. The process of determining a substances physical or chemical identity.
d. The process of determining the components of known substances collected from
the scene

96. The properties of evidence that can be attributed to a common source with an
extremely high degree of certainty is known as .
a. Individual Characteristic
b. Common Origin
c. Probability of frequency of occurrence
d. Class Characteristics

97. Reconstructing he circumstances of a crime scene entails collaborative efforts that

included the experience of law enforcement personnel, medical examiners and
criminalists. Crime scene reconstruction means .
a. At the method used to support a likely sequence of events by the observation of
physical evidence and the statement of witnesses.
b. The information of an overview of what transpired prior to the commission of
the crime
c. An imaginative crime scene made by the investigation based on fictional stories
made by witnesses of a crime.
d. The discussion through brainstorming about how the crime was committed.

98. What is called the properties ofevidence that can only be associated with a group
and never be a single source?
a. Classification
b. Class Characteristics
c. Common origin
d. Individual characteristics

99. The forensic scientist must constantly determine those properties that impart
distinguishing characteristic of matte, giving it a unique identity. The two broad
categories are physical and chemical properties. Which of the following describes
chemical properties.
a. The behaviour of substance when it reacts or combine with another substance
b. Describe a substance without reference to any other substance
c. The outer and inner characteristics of a substance
d. Atom

100. Glass that is broken and shattered into fragments and minute particles during
the commission of a crime can be used to place a suspect at the crime scene.in the
analysis of glass fractures, what do we call the crack in a glass that extends outward
like the spoke of a wheel from the point at which the glass was truck?
a. Concentric fracture
b. Crater shaped hole
c. Radial fracture
d. Refractive index

101. In the strict sense of the word, forensic medicinemeans

a. Application of medicine under legal jurisdiction
b. Applications of medical science to elucidate legalproblems
c. Knowledge of laws in relation to the practice of medicine
d. Law and medicine combine
102. In medico legal practice, experts considered that brains death occurs when
there is
a. Deep irreversible coma
b. Absence of electrical brain activity
c. Both A and B correct
d. Blood clot in the head

103. The accepted criteria used in determining death are the following, except
a. Brain death
b. Cellular death
c. Cardio respiratory
d. None of the above

104. Study shows that in molecular or cellular death, there is death of individual
cells within
a. 3-6 minutes
b. 20-30 minutes
c. 3-6 hours
d. 20-24 hours

105. What is the kind of death characterized by a condition where there is

atransient loss of consciousness or temporary cessation of the vital function of the
body?
a. Clinical death
b. Molecular death
c. Somatic death
d. Apparent death

106. What is the doctrine which states that the greater the number of points of
similarities and dissimilarities of two persons compared, the greater is the
probability for the conclusion to be correct is found?
a. Law of Multiplicity of Evidence in Identification
b. Identification by Comparison and Exclusion
c. Probability versus vulnerability
d. Doctrine of parallelism

107. In its strict sense, which of the following is not a scientific method of
identification of person?
a. Fingerprinting and handwriting
b. Dental Identification
c. Acute angular approach of the bullet
d. Fragmentation of the bullet

108. In the duty of wounds, the following are considered instance when the size of
the entrance wound is bigger than the calibre of the firearm use. One is not included.
a. Contract Fire
b. Deformity of the bullet
c. Acute angular approach of the bullet
d. Fragmentation of the bullet

109. In personal identification, study shows that is a characteristic of an

individual that may not easily be changed as compared to other characteristics.
a. Structure
b. Speech
c. Mental Memory
d. Gait
110. In medico legal practice, post-mortem lividity may be due to any of the
following, except
a. Sugilation
b. Hypostasis
c. Diffusion
d. Autolysis

111. The solution of the natural continuity of any issues of the living body is
known as
a. Wound
b. Vital reaction
c. Physical injury
d. All of the above

112. Appropriately,the identification of the natural continuity of any tissues of

theliving body is known as
a. Differentiation between entrance and exit of gunshot wounds
b. Determination of the distance from assailant to the victim
c. Determination of the relatives position of the victim from the assailant.
d. Identification of the weapon

113. In the study of forensic ballistics, the following are products of combustion
produce by firearms, except
a. Smudging
b. Tattooing
c. Singeing
d. Confusion collar

114. In the Philippines, the following government officials are authorized to make
death investigation, except
a. Provincial or City prosecutors
b. Direct of the National Bureau of Investigation
c. Judges of the regional trial Court
d. Justice of the supreme Court

115. When a person dies, what are the different changes that take place in the
body after death?
a. Stage of primary flaccidity
b. Stage of post-mortem flaccidity
c. Stage of secondary flaccidity
d. All of the above

116. In death investigation, which of the following has the medico legal
importance ofgiving the approximate time of death?
a. Rigor mortis
b. Cadaveric spasm
c. Muscular Contraction
d. Dilation of the pupil

117. Expert noted that the unburned or partially burned power grains embedded in
the skin surrounding of entry in gunshot wound usually produce
a. Tattooing
b. Peppering
c. Stippling
d. All of these
118. Which of the following is the kind of alcohol obtained from the destructive
distillation of wood which, according to studies, can cause blindness?
a. Isoprophly alcohol
b. Ethyl alcohol
c. Methyl alcohol
d. Butanol

119. Among the following specimen, which one is given the highest level of
importance and considered the best evidentiary specimen that can be used for DNA
analysis?
a. Saliva
b. Semen
c. Urine
d. Blood

120. The presence of invisible substance to the naked eye, like fluorescent powder
and invisible crayon, can be best seen in
a. X ray machine
b. Visible light
c. Ultraviolet light
d. Infrared rays

121. In forensic investigation, when the kind of soil found on suspects clothing is
consistent with the soil found at the crime scene, this would indicate that the
a. Suspect was in the crime scene
b. Suspect has committed the alleged crime
c. Suspect was in the area at the time of the crime
d. Area where the suspect could not be ascertained

122. Which of the following techniques is used to compare trace elements to

compare trace elements found in soil?
a. Macroscopic examination
b. Spectrographic analysis
c. Dentist analysis
d. Enzyme analysis

123. What non destructive instrumental test used to determine the crystalline
structure of chemical compound in paints?
a. X- ray diffraction
b. Infra red spectrograph
c. Emission spectrography
d. Phyrolysis gas chromatography

124. The instrument that criminalists use most often in mental detection and
identification is the -
a. Mass Spectrometer
b. Newton activation analysis
c. Spectrograph
d. Infra red spectrograph

125. Chemist suggested that the most suitable material for making foot mark cast
in soil is
a. Plaster of paris
b. Paraffin wax
c. Shellac
d. Candle wax
126. What is called the scientist of drugs that deals with their preparatory, used
and effects?
a. Pharmacology
b. Therapeutics
c. Drug therapy
d. Toxicology

127. In narcotics investigation, the test used to distinguish heroin found in

morphine is
a. Marquist test
b. Froedes test
c. Ferric Chloride test
d. Simons test

128. The prescription of drugs is commonly shown by the symbol

a. RX
b. PH
c. TM
d. TX

129. In the study of metals, experts suggested that all types of serial number on
metal can be restored by acid through -
a. Acid etching
b. Density gradient method
c. Benzidine test
d. Metal polish

130. Shabu is the street name of chemical compound belonging to the

amphetamine group of drugs specifically known as
a. Mephoridne
b. Methaqualome
c. Methamphetamine
d. All of the above

131. The botanical name of marijuana plant which is a source of narcotic drug is
a. Bhang ganja
b. Hashish
c. Cannabis sativa
d. Lima fingeria

132. When comparing samples by microscopic examination, the number one

consideration should be
a. Observed the color and granularity
b. Determine the density
c. Sampling method
d. Specification of microscope

133. The instrumental analysis that is most useful for identification of synthetic
fiber found at the crime scene is
a. X- ray diffraction and gas chromatograph
b. Mass spectrometry and emission spectrography
c. Pyrolysis and atomic absorption spectrophotometry
d. Infra red spectrophotometry & gas chromatography
134. I the study of blood, the ABO system divides the human race into four blood
types, the lowest percentage is
a. O type
b. A type
c. B type
d. AB type

135. Among the following blood cells, which one is the white blood cell?
a. Thrombocytes
b. Leukocytes
c. Erythrocytes
d. None of these

136. The study of the identification and characterization of body fluids such as
semen, blood and saliva is called
a. Semenology
b. Serology
c. Posology
d. Biology

137. In questioned document examination, what is referred to the degree of

writing inclinations? It is also sometimes known as the slope of writing.
a. Slant
b. Baseline
c. Proportion
d. Alignment

138. It is an illustration of the basic letter design which is the fundamentals of the
writing system. Which one of the following is referred to?
a. Writing system
b. Copybook form
c. Writing movement
d. Line quality

139. The study of writing specimen in which the letters are joined together is
called cursive writing. What a specimen of writing is illustrated in a disconnected
style?
a. Pen lift
b. Hiatus
c. Hand lettering
d. Broken lines

140. Which of the following refers to the factors relative to the execution of the
writing or the circumstances under which writing was prepared?
a. Writing conditions
b. Line quality
c. Writing forms
d. Natural variation

141. Photographers suggested that is the type of examination designed to

show minute details of a small objects.
a. Microscope examination
b. Oblique Light examination
c. Photomicrography
d. Transmitted light examination
142. What kind of paper, in document examination, which has been treated in such a way
as to minimize the change of successful forgery by erasures, whether mechanical of
chemical?
a. Chemical paper
b. Tested Paper
c. Polyethylene Coated paper
d. Safety paper

143. In the study forgery cases, the forged signature which resembled the genuine
signature made by free hand movement and constant practice is known as
a. Traced forgery
b. Simple forgery
c. Simulated forgery
d. Spurious signature

144. Which of the following type of pen is a modern pen which contains areserviorofink
in a specially designed chamber?
a. Fountain pen
b. Ball point pen
c. Ink master pen
d. Reynolds pen

145. In dealing with handwriting, what is called that interruption I a stroke, caused by
sudden removal of the writing instrument from the paper surface?
a. Tremor
b. Pen lift
c. Retouching
d. Hiatus

146. What do you call that introductory backward stroke found in some small letters?
a. Hitch
b. Humps
c. Beard
d. Buckle knot

147. According to experts in questioned document examination the first step in the
procurement of typewriting exemplars should be
a. Procurement of the suspected typewriter
b. Acquisition of typewriting exemplar
c. Study of the questioned typewriting
d. Checking the price of typewriters in the market

148. A stroke which goes back over another writing strokes in which is slightly to occur
due to lack of movement control is termed as-
a. Retouching
b. Shading
c. Retracing
d. Patching

149. As a rule in QD examination, it is easier to determine whether or not a signature is

forged, but it is difficult on the other hand to established who committed the forgery
because
a. The forger might be a left handed
b. Imitations one of the most effective means to disguise ones handwriting
c. Study of the questioned typewriting
d. There should be no sufficient standard available.

150. Among the following, when the hammer pushes the firing pin, what initiates the
combustion of the gunpowder in a shell?
a. Bullet
b. Primer
c. Trigger
d. Push over