Criminalistics Review Questions 2

1. The following are types of medical evidence, except:

A. Photographic evidence
B. Experimental evidence
C. Testimonial evidence
D. Autoptic evidence Answer: B

2. The art of identification by comparison of fingerprint is

called:
A. Dactylography
B. All of the these
C. Dactyloscopy
D. Palmistry Answer: C

3. Some scientific methods of identification are the following,

except:
A. Fingerprinting
B. Handwriting
C. Dental identification
D. Identification by close friends and relatives Answer:
D

4. The greater the number of points of similarities and

dissimilarities of
two persons compared, the greater the probability for the
conclusion
to be correct is found in the
A. Law of Municipality of Evidence in Identification
B. All of the these
C. Identification by Comparison and Exclusion
D. Law of Super Imposition Answer: A

5. In the strict sense of the word, Forensic Medicine means

A. application of medicine to legal cases
B. application of medical science to elucidate legal
problems
C. knowledge of law in relation to practice of medicine
D. none of the above
E. all of the above Answer: B

6. The different test to determine peripheral circulation are the

following,
except
A. Magnus test
B. Diaphanous test
 C. I card’s test
D. Winslow’s test Answer: C

7. The following officials of the Philippine Government are

authorized to
conduct death investigation, except -
A. Public Prosecutor
B. Judges of the regional trial court
C. Director PNP
D. SOCO team Answer: B

8. The following statements are important in death

determination. Which
is not valid?.
A. Civil personality of a natural person is extinguished
by death
B. Civil property of a person is transmitted to the heirs,
if not, to
the government
C. The death of the partner is one of the causes of
dissolution of
partnership agreement
D. The criminal liability of a person is extinguished by
death
Answer: B

9. The following are kinds of death, which one is not?

A. Somatic or Clinical Death
B. State of Suspended Animation
C. Cellular or Molecular Death
D. Regulated Death Answer: D

10. Of the following kinds of death, which one is relevant to

Organ
Transportation?
A. Somatic or clinical Death
B. State of Suspended Animation
C. Molecular Death
D. Cellular Death Answer: A

11. To find out the truth is an essential requirement for the

administration
of Justice. Which of the following is the commonly used
method of
deception detection?
A. Lie detection method
 B. Hypnotism
C. Use of drugs
D. Confession Answer: A

12. In molecular or cellular death, death of individual cells is

with in
A. 3-6 minutes
B. 3-6 hours
C. 20-30 minutes
D. 20-30 hours Answer: A

13. Post-mortem lividity has the following mechanisms:

A. Hypostatic pressure
B. Diffusion
C. Gravitational pressure
D. All of the above Answer: D

14. Hanging is asphyxia due to the constriction of the neck as a

result of
suspension in which the weight of the body pulls upon the
ligature.
What differentiates it from strangulation by a ligature
therefore is:
A. The factor of suspension
B. Hanging raises a presumption of suicide
C. Strangulation is usually homicidal
D. All of the above
E. None of the above Answer: E

15. Distinctions between ante-mortem from post-mortem clot

are the
following. Which one is not valid?
A. Ante-mortem clot is firm in consistency
B. Clot is homogenous in construction so it cannot be
stripped
into layers
C. Clot with varied colors
D. Surface of the blood vessels are raw after the clots
are
removed Answer: C

16. Post-mortem lividity maybe due to any of the following,

except:
A. Hypostasis
B. Autolysis
C. Diffusion
 D. Suggillation Answer: B

17. Comprehensive study of dead body, performed by a trained

Physician, to determine the cause of death:
A. Autopsy
B. Biophsis
C. Dissection
D. Physicians Answer: A

18. Articles and materials found in the crime scene:

A. Physical evidence
B. Associative evidence
C. Evidence
D. Tracing evidence Answer: A

19. Circumscribed extravation of blood or subcutaneous tissue

or
underneath the mucous membrane.
A. Contusion
B. Petechia
C. Abrasion
D. All of them Answer: A

20. Among the following, which has the greatest value in

scientific
examination/identification?
A. Dental examination
B. Fingerprinting
C. Photography
D. Pictures Parle Answer: B

21. One is a condition that can approximate the time of death.

A. Cadaver
B. Magnus test
C. Rigor mortis
D. None of these Answer: C

22. The means sanctioned by the law, of ascertaining the

judicial
power/proceeding, the truth respecting the matter of fact.
A. Polygraph
B. Evidence
C. Lie detector
D. All of these Answer: B

23. Determination of individuality of a person or thing:

 A. Description
B. Perception
C. Identification
D. All of these Answer: C

24. Types of fingerprint patters, except:

A. Arches
B. Ordinary
C. Loop
D. Whorl Answer: B

25. It is any unusual pattern of sexual behavior including

habitual,
preference and completing need for sexual gratification by
any
means except sexual intercourse which results to bodily
excitement
A. Virginity
B. Sexual intercourse
C. Prostitution
D. Sexual deviation Answer: D

26. An open wound produced by a sharp-pointed instrument

and is
characterized by a small opening of the wound.
A. Gunshot wound
B. Stab wound
C. Shrapnel wound
D. Punctured wound Answer: D

27. A physical injury wherein the offended victim is

incapacitated for
work or requires medical assistance for 10 days or more but
not more
than 30 days.
A. Slight physical injury
B. Mutilation
C. Serious physical injury
D. less serious physical injury Answer: D

28. It is the type of burn due to gamma rays and which is

difficult to
remedy:
A. Thermal burn
B. Electric burn
C. Chemical burn
 D. Radiation burn Answer: D

29. The metal tube through which the bullet is fired is called
A. Bore
B. Barrel
C. Baretta
D. Bromet Answer: B

30. The old form of gunpowder invented over a thousand years

ago and
consisting of nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur.
A. Chinese Powder
B. Black Powder
C. Gray Powder
D. All of these Answer: B

31. The inside of the barrel is generally termed as

A. Bore
B. Barrel
C. Rifling
D. Primer Answer: A

32. The portion of the gun which is held or shouldered is called

A. Buckle
B. Buttstock
C. Handle
D. End joint Answer: B

33. In a gun, the portion of the "action" that holds the cartridge
ready
for firing is called
A. Gas tube
B. Chamber
C. Double-action
D. Trigger Answer: B

34. A metal rod or plate that strikes the cartridge primer to

detonate the
powder.
A. Spring
B. Trigger guard
C. Hammer
D. Revolver Answer: C

35. This is a device for storing cartridges in a repeating firearm

for
 loading into the chamber. Also referred to as a "clip".
A. Clipper
B. Holder
C. Pin or pinhead
D. None of these Answer: D

36. A device that fits over the muzzle of the barrel to muffle
the sound
of a gunshot. Most work by baffling the escape of gases.
A. Buffer
B. Silencer
C. Magazine
D. Hanger Answer: B

37. Under the management of Lt. Darby during the American

occupation
in the Philippines, a modern and complete fingerprint file
has been
established for the Philippine commonwealth. In 1937, the
first
Filipino fingerprint technician employed by the Phil.
Constabulary was
A. Mr. Generoso Reyes
B. Mr. Amado Delos Santos
C. Mr. Calixto Solis
D. None of these Answer: A

38. The first leading judicial decision in the Philippine

jurisprudence on the
science of fingerprinting was the case of
A. People vs Medina
B. People vs Pineda
C. People vs Amador
D. People vs. Rosas Answer: A

39. What is the intermediate and the thickest layer of the hair
and is
composed of elongated, spindle-shaped fibrils which
cohere? They
contain pigment granules in varying proportion depending
on the
type of hair.
A. Medulla
B. Cortex
C. Core
D. Cuticle Answer: B
40. Who was the noted British Examiner of questioned
documents said
that an intelligent police investigator can detect almost 75%
of all
forgeries by careful inspection of a document with simple
magnifiers
and measuring tools?
A. Dr. Arthur Stoll
B. Dr. Aristotle Curt
C. Dr. William Harrison
D. Dr. Benjamin Jones Answer: C

41. In police photography studies, what are called the thin,

gelatinous,
light-sensitive coatings on film that react chemically to
capture the
color and shadings of a scene?
A. Films
B. Emulsions
C. Chemical Coatings
D. None of these Answer: B

42. A medium that divert or absorb light, but does not allow
lights to pass
though, they absorb most of the light while reflecting some
of
it is called
A. Opaque object
B. Convection
C. Visible light
D. Prisms Answer: A

43. In the practice of polygraphy, what do you call questions

unrelated
to the matter under investigation but are of similar nature
although
less serious as compared to those relevant questions under
investigation?
A. Irrelevant questions
B. Relevant questions
C. Control questions
D. Interrogative questions Answer: C

44. What test is given if a subject of interrogation is not yet

informed of
 the details of the offense for which he is being interrogated
by the
investigation, or by other persons or from other sources like
the print
media?
A. Peak of Tension test
B. Control test
C. IQ Test
D. Guilt Complex Test Answer: A

45. In fingerprinting, the space between shoulders of a loop,

free of any
appendage, and a butting at right angle.
A. Complete curve
B. Sufficient Recurve
C. Straight arrow
D. Core Answer: B

46. The term use to refer to a single recurving ridge enclosing

one or
more rods or bars of a fingerprint.
A. None of these
B. Envelope
C. Furrows
D. Bifurcation Answer: B

47. These are depressions or canals between the ridges of a

fingerprint
which maybe compared with the low area in a tire tread.
A. None of these
B. Envelope
C. Furrows
D. Bifurcation Answer: C

48. In the study of questioned documents, what do you call the

quality
of paper that does not allow light to pass through or which
prevents
dark objects from being seen through the paper?
A. Opacity
B. Watermarks
C. Skid marks
D. Invisibility Answer: A

49. What is the oldest ink material known?

A. Ball point pen ink
 B. Chinese Ink
C. Aniline Ink
D. White Ink Answer: B

50. It is the art of extracting and working on metals by the

application of
chemical and physical knowledge.
A. Cryptography
B. Metallurgy
C. Casting
D. Matalisky Answer: B

51. The branch of geology that deals with the systematic

classification
and identification of rocks, rock forming minerals and soil.
Also
includes study of dust, dirt, safe insulation, ceramics and
other such
materials, both natural and artificial.
A. Petrography
B. Serology
C. Anthropology
D. Ecology Answer: A

52. In a fire, the presence of reddish brown smoke indicates

A. Nitrocellulose
B. Sulfuric acid
C. Nitric acid
D. All of these Answer: D

53. The bending of light around an object gives rise to the

phenomenon
called
A. attraction
B. diffraction
C. light curve
D. light fingerprint Answer: B

54. Under the law of reflection, The angle of reflection depends

upon the
angle of the light striking the material, which is referred to
as the
A. angle of incidence
B. angle of biometry
C. angle of light
D. none of these Answer: A
55. In ballistics, what is the pressure generated within the
chamber
erroneously called breeched pressure?
A. Chamber Pressure
B. Barrel Pressure
C. Gunpowder
D. None of these Answer: A

56. The ratio of the weight of the powder charge to the weight
of the
projectile is called
A. Power to speed ratio
B. Charge weight to bullet weight ratio
C. Firing pin stroke ratio
D. All of these Answer: B

57. Chemical rearrangement of molecules into gas instead of

solids to
cause the high explosives to exert full power of shock. The
speed
varies in different explosive but in some it is as high as
7000 yards in
a second. This refers to
A. Energy
B. Gas
C. Detonation
D. Gun powder Answer: C

58. What occurs when a cartridge fails to explode on time or

delayed in
firing?
A. Knocking Power
B. Hang fire
C. Recoil
D. None of these Answer: B

59. In China, fingerprint is called ___. It was valued for

purposes of
identification since time immemorial as found on a Chinese
clay seal
made not later than the 3rd Century B.C.
A. Hua Chi
B. Mah Whang
C. Wong Cho
D. Tiang Hin Answer: A
60. Who has given the fame title as “Father of Dactyloscopy”?
A. Johannes Purkinje
B. Leonard Keeler
C. Charles Darwin
D. Sir Francis Galton Answer: A

61. In Hoogly, district of Bengal, India, he used fingerprints to

prevent
fraudulent collection of army pay account and for
identification of
other documents. He was known as the Father of
Chiroscopy.
A. William Herschel
B. Francis Galton
C. Gilbert Thompson
D. Alphonse Bertillon Answer: A

62. A noted British anthropologist who began observation

which led to
the publication in 1882 of his book “Fingerprints.” That
established
the individuality of classifying fingerprint patterns.
A. Francis Galton
B. Gilbert Thompson
C. Wayne Kate
D. Alphonse Bertillon Answer: A

63. The notorious gangster and a police character, who

attempted to
erase his fingerprints by burning them with acid but as time
went by
the ridges were again restored to their “natural” feature.
A. John Fielding
B. Johanes Curie
C. John Dellinger
D. Billy the Kid Answer: C

64. What is the science of palm print identification?

A. Chiroscopy
B. Poroscopy
C. Podoscopy
D. Astrology Answer: B

65. A single ridge which splits into two ridges forming a “Y”
shape
 formation or structure is commonly known as
A. Diverging ridges
B. Bifurcating ridges
C. Loop
D. Delta Answer: B

66. Symbolized by letter W in the fingerprint classification. It

is a
fingerprint pattern which there are two deltas and in which
at least
one ridge makes a turn through one complete circuit.
A. Plain whorl
B. Central pocket loop whorl
C. Accidental loop
D. Ulnar loop Answer: A

67. Father of Criminalistics.

A. Dr. Hans Gross
B. Dr. Cesare Lombroso
C. Dr. John Reid
D. Dr. John Larson Answer: A

68. Which evidence offers least resistance to decomposition?

A. Semen
B. Urine
C. Hair
D. Blood Answer: C

69. One in which the facts appearing therein may not be true,
and are
contested either in whole or part with respect to its authen-
ticity,
identity, or origin.
A. Questioned document
B. Illegal document
C. Falsified document
D. Disputed facts Answer: A

70. Are condensed and compact set of authentic specimens

which, if
adequate and proper, should contain a cross section of
the
material from a known source for questioned document
examination.
A. Basis products
B. Standards
 C. Handwriting
D. Signatures Answer: B

71. A term used by some document examiners and attorneys to

characterize known material.
A. Basis
B. Exemplar
C. Xerox copies
D. Reproduced Answer: B

72. When a document is issued and notarized by a notary

public or
competent public official with solemnities required by law,
it is called
A. Official document
B. Public document
C. Commercial document
D. Private Document Answer: B

73. What is known as the blotting out or shearing over

the writing to
make the original invisible to as an addition?
A. Obliteration
B. Obscuration
C. Forged
D. None of these Answer: A

74. In legal language, it refers to the document examiner's

conclusion. In
Court, he may not only express it but demonstrates the
reasons for
arriving at his conclusion.
A. Remarks
B. Testimony
C. Opinion
D. Reasoning Answer: C

75. In this kind of document examination, the document is

viewed with
the source of illumination behind it and the light passing
through the
paper. Documents are subjected to this type of examination
to
determine the presence of erasures, matching of serrations
and
some other types of alterations.
 A. Microscopic examination
B. Ultra violet examination
C. Photographic examination
D. Transmitted light examination Answer: D

76. Ultraviolet radiation is invisible and occurs in the wave

lengths just
below the visible blue-violet end of the spectrum
(rainbow). These
visible rays react on some substances so that visible light is
reflected,
a phenomenon known as
A. Prism
B. Fluorescence
C. Infrared
D. Radiation Answer: B

77. It is the result of a very complicated series of facts, being

used as
whole, combination of certain forms of visible mental and
muscular
habits acquired by long, continued painstaking effort.
Some defined
it as “visible speech.”
A. Typewriting
B. Money Bills
C. Handwriting
D. All of these Answer: C

78. In document examination, what is the relation of parts of

the whole
of writing or line of individual letters in words to the
baseline?
A. Proportion
B. Alignment
C. Lining
D. Letter forms Answer: B

79. Any property or mark which distinguishes and in document

examination commonly called to as the identifying details
si called
A. Standard
B. Characteristics
C. Attribute
D. Form Answer: B
80. The act of setting two or more items side by side to weigh
their
identifying qualities; it refers not only a visual but also the
mental act
in which the element of one item are related to the
counterparts of
the other.
A. Collation
B. Analysis
C. Comparison
D. Recording Answer: C

81. In the study handwriting, the movement of the pen toward

the
writer is called
A. Downstroke
B. Backstroke
C. Sidestroke
D. None of these Answer: A

82. It is a signature, signed at a particular time and place,

under
particular conditions, while the signer was at particular age,
in a
particular physical and mental condition, using particular
implements,
and with a particular reason and purpose for recording his
name.
A. Fraudulent Signature
B. Freehand forged signature
C. Guided Signature
D. Evidential Signature Answer: D

83. It is the crime of making, circulating or uttering false coins

and
banknotes. Literally, it means to make a copy of; or
imitate; to make
a spurious semblance of, as money or stamps, with the
intent to
deceive or defraud.
A. Counterfeiting
B. Falsification
C. Forgery
D. Fake money bills Answer: A

84. A fluid or viscous marking material used for writing or

printing.
A. Pen
B. Ink
C. Coal
D. Chalk Answer: B

85. In 1884, who was this insurance agent in New York who
patented
the first practical fountain pen containing its own ink
reservoir
A. Lewis Waterman
B. John Loud
C. Peter Reynolds
D. Henry Ball Answer: A

86. What do you calle the type of instrument used in measuring

pitch of
rifling firearms?
A. Pinometer
B. Helixometer
C. Thermometer
D. Caliper Answer: B

87. This valuable instrument is specially designed to permit the

firearms
examiner to determine the similarity and dissimilarity
between two
fired bullets or two fired shells, by simultaneously
observing their
magnified image in a single microscopic field.
A. Magnetic field device
B. Compound microscope
C. Bullet comparison microscope
D. Photographic microscope Answer:C

88. Consist of a wooden box, 12 “x”12”x 96, with a hinged to

cover and
with one end open. This long box is filled with ordinary
cotton and
separated into sections by cardboard petitions use in
ballistics.
A. Firing point box
B. Bullet recovery box
C. Slug collection box
D. All of these Answer: B
89. Photographic films maybe classified according to their
forms and
types. What are the films that are sensitive to radiation?
A. Chrome Films
B. X-Ray Films
C. B&W Films
D. Colored Films Answer: B

90. Which film is suitable for general use in the preparation of

black and
white photography because it produces the most natural
recording of
colors?
A. Panchromatic film
B. Chrome Films
C. X-Ray Films
D. Color Films Answer: A

91. One film maybe rated ISO – 100, and another film ISO-
200. This
means that the 200 films are twice as fast (twice more
sensitive to
light) than the ISO-100 film. This statement is
A. true
B. false
C. partly true
D. partly false Answer: A

92. Among the following speed of film, which has the fastest
speed?
A. ISO – 25
B. ISO – 100 to ISO – 200
C. ISO – 400
D. ISO – 1000 and up Answer: D

93. Chromatic aberration is the failure of different colored light

rays to
focus after passing through a lens, focusing of light of
different
colors at different points resulting in a blurred image.
A. Astigmatism
B. Bended light
C. Chromatic aberration
D. Pragmatic rays Answer: C

94. What is the defect in which the light coming from an off-
axis object
point is spread along the direction of the optic axis? If the
object is a
vertical line, the cross section of the refracted beam at
successively
greater distances from the lens is an ellipse that collapses
first into a
horizontal line, spreads out again, and later becomes a
vertical line
A. Astigmatism
B. Bended light
C. Chromatic aberration
D. Pragmatic rays Answer: A

95. Depth of field is the range in front of and behind a sharply

focused
subject in which details also look sharp in the final
photographic
image.
A. Focus
B. Depth of field
C. Camera trick
D. Aperture Answer: B

96. In photography, what determines how effectively a moving

object
can be stopped, that is, how sharply it can be reproduced
without
blurring, or streaking in the final image?
A. Focus
B. Shutter speed
C. Aperture
D. Lens Answer: B

97. What makes a bullet spin? Without spin, a bullet would not
stay
pointed forward in flight, but would tumble over and over.
The
spinning motion increases the accuracy of a bullet.
A. Bore
B. Gunpowder
C. Rifling
D. Shell Answer: C

98. What component of the polygraph machine records the

changes in
 the breathing of the subject?
A. Pneumograph
B. Cardiograph
C. Galvanograph
D. Kymograph Answer: A

99. In fingerprinting, it refers to the process of counting the

intervening
ridges that touch or cross an imaginary line drawn between
the core
and the delta.
A. Ridge counting
B. Ridge tracing
C. Delta tracing
D. All of these Answer: A

100.For many years the most commonly used preliminary test

for blood is
A. Plasma count
B. Serum test
C. Benzidine test
D. Barberio’s test Answer: C