Republic of the Philippines

PROFESSIONAL REGULATIONS COMMISSION

Manila

BOARD OF CRIMINOLOGY

CRIMINOLIGISTS Licensure Examination

Saturday, October 3, 1998 01:30 p.m. – 04:00 p.m.
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LAW ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION SET B

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following

question. Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box
corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet
provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURE ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 1 only.

MULTIPLE CHOICE:

1. He exercises the power to revoke for cause, licenses issued

to security guards.

A. Chief, PNP
B. Undersecretary for Peace and Order
C. Secretary, DILG
D. Chairman, NAPOLCOM

2. In counterintelligence, surveillance is categorized

according to intensity and sensitivity. When there is
intermittent observation, varying in occasions, then this
surveillance is called.

A. loose C. discreet
B. open D. close

3. The amount and nature of the demands of the police service

are not the same on all of the three (3) shifts. It is therefore
necessary to make available maximum manpower at the time the
police service is of greatest demand. This organization is by:

A. clientele C. time
B. purpose D. process

4. The PNP has a program which ensures the deployment of

policemen in busy and crime prone areas. This is called.

A. patrol deployment program

B. roving patrol program
C. patrol and visibility program
D. police visibility program

5. Planning is the formal process of choosing the following,

EXCEPT.

A. purposes in which the organization performs

B. an organizational mission in overall objectives for
both the short run and the long run
C. strategies to achieve the objectives
D. divisional, departmental and individual objectives
based on organizational objectives
6. All original appointments of commissioned officers commence
with the rank of:

A. Senior Police Officer I C. Police Officer III

B. Inspector D. Senior Inspector

7. In busy thickly populated commercial streets like those in

Divisoria, police patrol is very necessary. Since there are
several types of patrol, which of the following will you
recommend?

A. horse patrol C. foot patrol

B. mobile patrol D. helicopter patrol

8. It is the product resulting from the collection, evaluation,

analysis, integration and interpretation of all available
information which concerns one or more aspects of criminal
activity and which is immediately or potentially from significant
to police planning.

A. investigation B. operational plan

C. military intelligence D. police intelligence

9. These are work programs line divisions which related to the

nature and extent of the workload and the availability of
resources.

A. administrative plan C. strategic plan

B. operational plan D. tactical plan

10. It is the premier educational institution for the police,

fire and jail personnel.

A. Philippine Military Academy (PMA)

B. Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP)
C. Philippine College of Criminology (PCCr)
D. Philippine Public Safety College (PPSC)

11. A crew which is assigned to a mobile car usually consists of

____________.

A. a driver and intelligence agent

B. a driver and traffic man
C. a driver and a recorder
D. a driver, recorder and supervisor

12. Police officers must develop the __________ of recording the

facts as they are learned and as the evidence is obtained.

A. obligation C. respective
B. habit D. duty

13. An industrial complex must establish its first line of

physical defense. It must have.

A. the building itself C. communication barriers

B. perimeter barriers D. window barriers

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14. It is the circumspect inspection of a place to determine its
suitability for a particular operational purposes.

A. Inspection C. Survey
B. Surveillance D. Casing

15. In the civil service system, merit and fitness are the
primary considerations in the __________.

A. two-party system C. promotional system

B. evaluation system D. rating system

16. All of the following are members of the People’s law

Enforcement Board (PLEB), EXCEPT:

A. three (3) members are chosen by the Peace and Order

Council from among the respected members of the
community
B. any Barangay Captain of the city/municipality concerned
chosen by the association of the Barangay Captains
C. any member of the Sangguniang Panglungsod/Pambayan
D. a bar member chosen by Integrated Bar of the
Philippines

17. The minimum requirement for Security Manager or Operator of

a security agency is:

A. 40 yrs old C. 25 yrs old

B. 30 yrs old D. 35 yrs old

18. Which of these statements is CORRECT?

A. Conduction is heat transfer through combustion

B. Conduction is heat transfer through solid materials
C. Conduction is heat transfer through air motion
D. Conduction is heat transfer through electromagnetic
waves

19. In de-briefing, the intelligence agent is asked to discuss

which of the following:

A. his educational profile and schools attended

B. his personal circumstances such as his age, religious
affiliation, address, etc.
C. his political inclination and/or party affiliation
D. his observations and experiences in the intelligence
function

20. Private security agencies has to be registered with the

_______.

A. Security and Exchange Commission

B. Department of Interior and Local Government
C. National Police Commission
D. National Bureau of Investigation

21. It is natural or man-made structure or physical device which

is capable of restricting, deterring or delaying illegal access
to an installation.

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 A. fence C. barrier
B. wall D. hazard

22. It provides means and ways by which all personnel and

employees are trained to make them security conscious and
discipline.

A. security check C. security investigation

B. security education D. security information

23. A single uninterrupted line of authority often presented by

boxes and lines in organizational chart which should run in order
by rank to command to the lowest level of organization.

A. organizational control C. scalar chain

B. administrative control D. span of control

24. What form of intelligence is involved when information is

obtained without the knowledge of the person against whom the
information or documents may be used, or if the information is
clandestinely acquired.

A. covert C. active
B. overt D. underground

25. The Provincial Governor shall choose the Provincial Director

from a list of __________ eligible recommended by the Regional
Director, preferably from the same province, city or
municipality.

A. six (6) C. five (5)

B. three (3) D. four (4)

26. Which of the following is the most important characteristic

of a good operation plan.

A. only one officer is responsible for its execution

B. need for on-the-operation modification or amplification
is minimized
C. presents objectives and allocation of resources but not
the methodology
D. all the details of the plan are properly identified and
evaluated and such details are known by implementers

27. Your fire station received a call that Department Store “A”
is burning. Considering the huge facility and merchandise of the
said department store, there is a need to:

A. study the problem in advance and formulate methods of

controlling the fire
B. wait for further information about progress of
incident
C. proceed to the area and start putting off the fire
D. organize a committee to direct firefighting
28. Republic Act 6975 provides that on the average nationwide,
the manning levels of the PNP shall be approximately in
accordance with a police-to-population ratio of:

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 A. one policeman for every seven hundred inhabitants
B. one policeman for every one thousand five hundred
inhabitants
C. one policeman for every five hundred inhabitants
D. one policeman for every one thousand inhabitants

29. In disaster control operations, there is a need to establish

a __________ where telephones or any means of communication shall
ensure open lines of communication.

A. command post C. field room

B. operations center D. safe house

30. Registration of a security agency must be done at the

_________.

A. Securities and Exchange Commission

B. National Police Commission
C. Department of National Defense
D. PNP Criminal Investigation Group

31. Bicycle patrol have the combined advantage of _____________

since they can be operated very quietly and without attracting
attention.

A. reduced speed and greater area covered

B. mobility and wide area coverage
C. shorter travel time and faster response
D. mobility and stealth

32. The budget is a __________ in terms of expenditure

requirements.

A. tactical plan C. work plan

B. financial plan D. control plan

33. The term used for the object of surveillance is subject

while the investigator conducting the surveillance is:

A. rabbit C. decoy
B. surveillant D. target

34. It is a police function which serves as the backbone of the

police service. In all types of police stations, there is a
specific unit assigned to undertake this function in view of its
importance.

A. vice control C. traffic enforcement

B. criminal investigation D. patrol

35. Two or more persons forming an organization must identify

first the reason for establishing such organization. They must
identify the organization’s ____________.

A. strategy C. mission
B. vision D. objective

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36. It is an evaluated material of every description including
those derived from observation, reports, rumors, imagery and
other sources from which intelligence is derived.

A. intelligence C. police intelligence

B. military intelligence D. information

37. Intelligence activity that is concerned principally with the

defending of the police organization against penetration by
individual and various groups.

A. strategic intelligence C. counter intelligence

B. line intelligence D. information

38. Individuals who are simultaneously employed by two opposing

intelligence agencies with one of the agencies aware of his dual
role.

A. dual agents C. double agents

B. undercover agents D. informants

39. It is a mechanical means depicting by an arrangement of

symbols the relationship which exist between individuals, groups
and functions.

A. organizational structure C. organization

B. structure D. staffing pattern

40. What particular provision of the Philippine Constitution

which provides for the establishment of a police which is
civilian in character and national in scope.

A. Sec 6, Art XVI C. Sec 16, Art VI

B. Sec 9, Art VI D. Sec 61, Art XVI

41. This is the Police Act of 1966, by virtue of which National

Police Commission was created.

A. RA 8464 C. RA 4864
B. RA 4846 D. RA 8446

42. An alternative patrol system which means the fielding of the

field units in their respective area of responsibility with
prescribed objectives and verifiable tasks schedule of the day to
augment the calls and other on sight activities that makes up the
patrol officers day.

A. reactive C. proactive
B. traditional patrol D. visibility patrol

43. It is defined as the process of directing and controlling

people and things so that organizational objectives can be
accomplished.

A. police management C. management function

B. police supervision D. police leadership

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44. Are those serious crimes that are readily reported and that
occur with sufficient regularity and frequency so as to be used
as an index of the actual level of criminality.

A. index crimes C. non-index crimes

B. indictable crimes D. non-indictable crimes

45. Direction that is provided on a one-to-one basis is called

__________.

A. Administration C. Supervision
B. Management D. Organization

46. You are the patrol supervisor for the morning shift. You
don’t have enough men to cover all the patrol beats. Which of the
following will you implement?

A. assign roving mobile patrol with no foot patrol

B. assign mobile patrol only in strategic places
C. maintain your patrolmen at the station and just wait
for calls for police assistance
D. assign foot patrol in congested and busy patrol beats
but assign a roving mobile patrol to cover beats which
are not covered by foot patrol

47. A ____________ plan relates to the problems of equipping,

staffing and preparing the police station to do the job rather
than the actual operation of the organization.

A. management plan C. procedural plan

B. tactical plan D. operational plan

48. It is the importance of the firm or installation in relation

to national security.

A. relative necessity C. relative vulnerability

B. relative security D. relative criticality

49. In undertaking program directed towards simplification of

the police records, the first step should be the study of:

A. mechanics in which the current records systems operated

B. utilization of existing record system
C. administrative structure of the organization
D. records system of similar organization

50. These procedures relate to the assignment and method of

performance of police tasks away from headquarters.

A. field procedures C. staff procedures

B. headquarters procedures D. systems procedures
51. The father of organized military espionage was:

A. Akbar C. Genghis Khan

B. Alexander the Great D. Fredrick the Great

52. It is the degree of difference that exists among the

structures, tasks and managerial orientations of various
departments.

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 A. decentralization C. centralization
B. integration D. differentiation

53. If a high wind has an extinguishing effect on a fire, the

most probable extinguishing method is ___________.

A. smothering C. fuel removal

B. cooling D. dilution

54. Listed below are all types of patrol, EXCEPT:

A. horse patrol C. t.v. patrol

B. foot patrol D. motorcycle patrol

55. Upon arrival at his assigned beat, the patrol officer must
immediately report to the __________.

A. Desk officer C. Commander

B. Unit supervisor D. Sector Supervisor

56. Which of the following is the most common reason why an

informer gives information to the police?

A. wants to be known to the police

B. monetary reward
C. as a good citizen
D. revenge

57. In surveillance, the following are done, to alter the

appearance of the surveillance vehicle.

A. changing license plates of surveillance vehicle

B. putting on and removing hats, coats and sunglasses
C. change of seating arrangement within the vehicle
D. keep three cars behind the subject’s car

58. To improve delegation, the following must be done, EXCEPT:

A. establish objectives and standards

B. count the number of supervisors
C. require completed work
D. define authority and responsibility

59. Frederick the great is known as the __________.

A. Father of Military Espionage

B. Intelligence Father
C. Great Intelligence Officer
D. Father of Criminology

60. Police personnel may be effectively distributed according to

any of the following classification, EXCEPT:

A. by time C. by function
B. by area D. by supervision

61. Protective lightning, perimeter barriers and __________

systems are known in industrial security as physical security.

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 A. relieving C. reporting
B. accounting D. guarding

62. What administrative support unit of the PNP that conducts

identification and evaluation of physical evidences related to
crimes, with emphasis on their medical, chemical, biological and
physical nature.

A. Logistic Service
B. Crime Laboratory
C. Communication and Electronic Service
D. Finance Center

63. Those who are charged with the actual fulfillment of the
agency’s mission are __________ personnel.

A. staff C. management
B. supervision D. line

64. Which of the following is contained in the heading of an

intelligence report.

A. reporting unit
B. conclusion
C. signature of the director of operation
D. assessment of the operation

65. Licenses of private security guards are processed and issued

by the __________.

A. Philippine National Police

B. National Police Commission
C. Department of Interior and Local Government
D. Securities and Exchange Commission

66. When the subject identifies or obtains knowledge that the

investigator is conducting a surveillance on him, the latter is:

A. cut out C. burn out

B. sold out D. get out

67. A fire hydrant should be carefully opened when in use in

order to:

A. prevent water runner

B. to ensure that the drip valve is all the way close
C. close the coupling
D. reduce vibration of the hydrant

68. Small alleys like those in squatter’s area of Tondo can be

best penetrated by the police through:

A. foot patrol C. highway patrol

B. mobile patrol D. helicopter patrol

69. Some of the instructions in foot surveillance are the

following, EXCEPT:

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 A. stop quickly, look behind
B. drop paper, never minds what happens to the paper
C. window shop, watch reflection
D. retrace steps

70. On many occasions, the bulk of the most valuable information

comes from:

A. business world C. an underworld informant

B. newspaper clippings D. communications media

71. Highly qualified police applicants such as engineers, nurses

and graduates of forensic sciences can enter the police service
by ways of:

A. regular promotion C. lateral entry

B. commissionship D. attrition

72. The first step a dispatcher must take when a felony-in-

progress call has been receive-either by telephone or by alarm
signal-is to:

A. assign an investigator to investigate witnesses

B. clear the air for emergency broadcast
C. call for investigators to report to crime scene
D. send augmentation force

73. The number of subordinates that can be supervised directly

by one person tends to:

A. increase as the physical distance between supervisor

and subordinates, as well as between individual
subordinate increases
B. decrease the supervisor with an increase in the
knowledge and experience of the subordinate
C. decrease as the duties of the subordinates increase in
difficulty and complexity
D. increase as the level of supervision progresses for the
first-line supervisory level to the management level

74. Police Inspector Juan dela Cruz is the Chief of Police of a

municipality. He wants his subordinates to be more closer to the
people, he should adopt which of the following projects?

A. COPS of the Blocks C. Oplan Sandugo

B. Oplan Bakal D. Complan Pagbabago

75. A plan with a time horizon of 5 to 10 years is called:

A. annual plan C. long-term plan

B. strategic plan D. mid-term plan

76. What should be undertaken by a security officer before he

can prepare a comprehensive security program for industrial
plant?

A. Security Conference C. Security Survey

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 B. Security Check D. Security Education

77. This patrol method utilizes disguise, deception and lying in

wait, rather than upon high-visibility patrol techniques.

A. low-visibility patrol
B. directed deterrent patrol
C. decoy patrol
D. high-visibility patrol

78. It enforces all traffic laws and regulations to ensure the

safety of motorists and pedestrians and attain an orderly
traffic.

A. Civil Relations Unit

B. Traffic Operations Center
C. Traffic Management Command
D. Aviation Security Command

79. A method of collecting information wherein the investigator

mere uses his different sense.

A. observation C. research
B. casing D. interrogation

80. In cutting a roof to ventilate, the firefighter should avoid

__________.

A. cutting a very large hole

B. cutting several holes
C. cutting roof board near the beam
D. making openings over the fire

81. Plans can be changed to meet future requirements which were

not considered during the planning stages. This indicates
__________ in planning.

A. responsiveness C. efficiency
B. flexibility D. effectiveness

82. In stationary surveillance, the following must be observed,

EXCEPT:

A. never meet subject face to face

B. avoid eye contact
C. recognize fellow agent
D. if burn out, drop subject

83. Pedro is a thief who is eyeing at the handbag of Maria. PO1

Reyes is standing a few meters, the thief’s desire to steal is
not diminished, but the __________ for successful theft is.

A. ambition C. intention
B. feeling D. opportunity

84. In intelligence evaluation, the evaluation rating of A-4

means:

A. highly reliable source-doubtfully true information

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 B. usually reliable source-probably true information
C. fairly reliable source-probably true information
D. usually reliable source-probably true information

85. In cases of a special anti-crime squad, it should be used

during normal times to intensify patrol in crime-prone areas and
it should be restricted to __________ and be given missions to
accomplish.

A. an area corresponding to two (2) beats

B. any area in the barangay
C. specific areas
D. general patrol areas

86. It includes every procedure that has been outlined an

officially adopted as the standard method of action to be
followed by members of the police organization.

A. progress plan C. operational plan

B. procedural plan D. tactical plan

87. A Peace and Order Council is organized in every

city/municipality by virtue of:

A. Executive Order 386 C. Executive Order 1012

B. Executive Order 309 D. Presidential Decree 118

88. Graduates of the Philippine National Police Academy are

automatically appointed to the rank of:

A. Senior Superintendent C. Senior Police Officer I

B. Inspector D. Superintendent

89. PNP in-service training programs are under the

responsibility of the:

A. PNP Directorate for Plans

B. PNP Directorate for Human Resource and Doctrine Dev’t.
C. PNP Directorate for Personnel and Record Management
D. PNP Directorate for Comptrollership

90. A plan of coping up an attack against a building equipped

with alarm system is an example of:

A. extra-departmental plan C. procedural plan

B. management plan D. tactical plan

91. The random and unpredictable character of patrol, cultivation

of the feeling of omni-presence, high hazard areas, adequacy of
the number of men to meet the needs, likelihood of criminal
apprehension, and safety of patrol officers determine:

A. patrol coverage and deployment

B. degree of police-community relations
C. types of weapons to be used
D. deployment of intelligence agents

92. Before the objectives of a plan can be formulated, the

following must be recognized:

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 A. what resources are necessary to carry out the plan
B. who will implement the plan
C. when will the plan be implemented
D. the need to plan

93. One way of extending the power of police observation is to

get information from persons within the vicinity. In police work,
this is called:

A. data gathering C. interrogation

B. field inquiry D. interview

94. The presence of a uniformed patrol officer, alert and

observant of the persons and things, deters the desire and
destroys the __________ for one to commit crime.

A. opportunity C. need
B. intention D. ambition

95. Dogs have an accurate sense of __________, thus their

utilization is very useful in tracking down lost persons or
illegal drugs.

A. smell C. eating
B. hearing D. drinking

96. Which of these statements is TRUE:

A. Radiation is heat transfer through combustion

B. Radiation is heat transfer through solid materials
C. Radiation is heat transfer through air motion
D. Radiation is heat transfer through a gas or vacuum

97. Which causes the greatest number of fires?

A. spontaneous ignition C. electrical wiring

B. leaking gas pipe D. smoking and matches

98. Intelligence on __________ makes heavy use of geographic

information because law enforcement officials must know exact
locations to interdict the flow of drugs.

A. logistics C. narcotics trafficking

B. human cargo trafficking D. economic resources

99. Which of the following is most ideally suited to evacuations

and search-and-rescue duties?

A. motorcycle C. patrol car

B. helicopter D. bicycle

100. A method of collection of information wherein the

investigators tails or follow the person on vehicle.

A. research C. casing
B. undercover operation D. tail gaiting

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