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    1. The document contains a 35 question preliminary examination on forensic ballistics. It tests knowledge of topics like firearm components, ballistics branches, and historical figures. 2. The questions are multiple choice and cover topics such as what device reduces recoil, the purpose of rifling inside gun barrels, and the branches of ballistics different scenarios fall under. 3. It concludes with an essay question asking to explain the four branches of ballistics.

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    1. The document contains a 35 question preliminary examination on forensic ballistics. It tests knowledge of topics like firearm components, ballistics branches, and historical figures. 2. The questions are multiple choice and cover topics such as what device reduces recoil, the purpose of rifling inside gun barrels, and the branches of ballistics different scenarios fall under. 3. It concludes with an essay question asking to explain the four branches of ballistics.

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    1. The document contains a 35 question preliminary examination on forensic ballistics. It tests knowledge of topics like firearm components, ballistics branches, and historical figures. 2. The questions are multiple choice and cover topics such as what device reduces recoil, the purpose of rifling inside gun barrels, and the branches of ballistics different scenarios fall under. 3. It concludes with an essay question asking to explain the four branches of ballistics.

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    FOUNDATION UNIVERSITY

    (FU)
    PRELIM EXAMINATION
    FORENSIC BALLISTICS (CRIMTICS 3A)

    Name:_________________________________ Course & year Level: ____________


    Date: ______________ Score: ______________

    Multiple Choices: Below are questions accompanied with different options. One of the
    options is the correct answer. Select and encircle the letter that best corresponds the
    correct answer.

    1. Allan bought a firearm and instantly tested it in a firing range. Upon firing the gun
    he noticed its intense recoil. What gadget should Allan buy in order to reduce the
    recoil of his firearm in every firing?

    a. Muzzle Brake or Compensator


    b. Silencer
    c. Metal Fowling
    d. Gyroscopic Stabilizer

    2. To impart a motion or rotation of a bullet during its passage inside the barrel, to
    insure gyroscopic stability in its flight, the firearm manufacturer should engrave ___
    inside the barrel.

    a. Rifling
    b. Metal Fowling
    c. Silencer
    d. Lands

    3. The person who invented the gun powder in 1248.

    a. Roger Bacon
    b. James Forsyth
    c. Van Amverg
    d. Philip O. Gravelle

    4. The rifling that is located inside the barrel of a gun is a combination of:

    a. Lands and grooves


    b. Lands and lower lands
    c. Twist and pitch
    d. Grooves and twist
    5. This refers to the investigation and identification of firearms by means of
    ammunitions fired from the submitted suspected firearms.
    a. Forensic ballistics
    b. Interior Ballistics
    c. External Ballistics
    d. Terminal Ballistics

    For questions on numbers 6 to 10, determine in which branch of ballistics do the following
    scenarios belong. Select your answer below and write it on a given space after the number.
    a. Interior/Internal Ballistics
    b. Exterior/External Ballistics
    c. Terminal Ballistics
    d. Forensic Ballistics

    6. The firing pin strikes the primer. ______


    7. The bullet leaves from the muzzle of the firearm.______
    8. The bullet experiences a downward reaction towards earth center due to its
    weight.___
    9. The bullet enters at the body of the target.____
    10. The investigator collects evidences at the crime scene._____
    11. The forensic firearms examiner prepares a Ballistic Report for Court
    Presentation.____
    12. The investigator collects shells and fired bullets at the crime scene._____
    13. Ignition of priming mixture._____
    14. The engraving of the cylindrical surface of the bullet inside the barrel.______
    15. The bullet hits the target._______

    16. Shotgun and Musket are two examples of a:


    a. Rifled Bore Firearm
    b. Smooth Bore Firearm
    c. Artillery
    d. Repeating Firearm

    17. These are those types of firearms wherein the bore is cut longitudinally with a
    number of spiral grooves, from the breech end to the muzzle end of the barrel.

    a. Rifled Bore Firearm


    b. Smooth Bore Firearm
    c. Artillery
    d. Repeating Firearm

    18. These firearms propel projectile more than one inch in diameter. Best examples of
    this are, cannon, mortar, and bazooka.
    a. Artillery
    b. Small Arms
    c. Smooth Bore Firearm
    d. None of the above

    19. Are those firearms designed to fire only one shot for every loading which have to be
    reloaded for each shot.

    a. Single shot firearm


    b. Repeating firearm
    c. Automatic firearm
    d. Bolt Action Type Firearm

    20. Firearms designed to fire several rounds of cartridges in one loading. It is divided
    into two parts mainly; automatic and hand operated firearm.

    a. Single shot firearm


    b. Repeating firearm
    c. Automatic firearms
    d. Bolt Action Type
    21. It is the study of the motion and traits of the projectile while still inside the gun
    barrel, this covers from the time the firearm is loaded with the cartridge, the
    explosion and the movement of the bullet towards the muzzle end of the gun.

    a. Interior/Internal Ballistics
    b. Exterior/External Ballistics
    c. Terminal Ballistics
    d. Forensic Ballistics

    22. It is the study of the motion and traits of the projectile after it has left from the
    muzzle of the gun, which includes the condition of the bullets movement, and flight
    up to the target.

    a. Interior/ Internal Ballistics


    b. External/Exterior Ballistics
    c. Terminal Ballistics
    d. Forensic Ballistics

    23. It is a very sensitive chemical compound located inside the primer cup. It is
    composed of different ingredients which served as initiator and fuel.

    a. Priming mixture
    b. Anvil
    c. Bullet
    d. Primer Cup

    24. The failure of the cartridge to explode after the firing pin strikes the primer is called:

    a. Misfire
    b. Hang fire
    c. Unfire
    d. No fire

    25. It is a delayed explosion in seconds after the firing pin blow or hits the primer.
    a. Misfire
    b. Hang fire
    c. No fire
    d. Ceasefire

    26. A sound or noise created at the muzzle end of the gun. This is caused by the sudden
    exit of the heated gas coming in contact with air in the surrounding atmosphere at
    the muzzle end.
    a. Muzzle energy
    b. Muzzle Velocity
    c. Muzzle Blast
    d. Trajectory

    27. The curved path in the horizontal flight of the bullet, which usually occurred a few
    meters away from the muzzle of the firearm.
    a. Muzzle energy
    b. Muzzle Velocity
    c. Trajectory
    d. Muzzle Blast
    28. The resistance encountered by the bullet in flight, which is early experienced by the
    bullet few meters away from the muzzle of the gun. It is also called as aerodynamic
    drag.
    a. Velocity
    b. Terminal Energy
    c. Penetration
    d. Air resistance

    29. This refers to the speed of the bullet upon striking or hitting the target, which is
    expressed in foot per second or meters per second.
    a. Terminal energy
    b. Terminal Velocity
    c. Terminal penetration
    d. Terminal Ballistics
    30. This includes rifles, muskets, carbines, shotguns, pistols, revolvers, and all other
    deadly weapons from which bullets, ball shots, shells, or other missiles may be
    discharge by means of gunpowder or other explosives.
    a. Firarm
    b. Firearm
    c. Ferearm
    d. Fiream
    31. Any of various powder used in firearms as propellant:
    a. Primer
    b. Priming mixture
    c. Gunpowder
    d. Bullet
    32. He designed the submachine gun in 1920 which was named after him.
    a. John Thompson.
    b. Carl Walter
    c. Col. Calvin Goddard
    d. Smith
    33. Designed the machinery for making colt firearms.
    a. Elisha King Root.
    b. Smith
    c. John Thompson
    d. Col. Calvin H. Goddard
    34. He was the one who developed the pinfire cartridge
    a. Le Faucheux.
    b. Elisha King Root.
    c. Col. Calvin H. Goddard
    d. John Thompson
    35. He discovered the percussion system.
    a. Alexander John Forsyth
    b. Col Calvin H. Goddard
    c. Elisha King Root
    d. John Thompson

    IV. Essay. Write your answer in any vacant spaces below the questions.

    1. Explain the four branches of ballistics. (15 points)


    “The distance between studying and passing is the same distance between your knees and the ground”
    (B. Cueno)

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