Professional Documents
Culture Documents
College of Criminology
INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark
only one answer for each item by marking the box corresponding to the letter of your
choice on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil
no. 1 only.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
4. A document which is being questioned because of its origin, its contents or the
circumstances or the stories of its production.
A. disputed document
B. standard document
C. requested document
D. questioned document
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8. The forking or dividing of one line to two or more branches.
A. Ridge
B. Island
C. Delta
D. Bifurcation
9. The point on a ridge at or in front of and nearest the center of the divergence of
the type lines.
A. Divergence
B. Island
C. Delta
D. Bifurcation
10. The following are considerations used for the identification of a loop except one:
A. Delta
B. Core
C. a sufficient recurve
D. a ridge count across a looping bridge
11. The process of recording fingerprint through the use of fingerprint ink.
A. Pathology
B. Fingerprinting
C. Dactyloscopy
D. Printing press
13. Two lines that run parallel or nearly parallel, diverge and surround the pattern
area.
A. Ridges
B. Delta
C. Type line
D. Bifurcation
14. A part of the whorl or loop in which appear the cores, deltas and ridges.
A. type line
B. bifurcation
C. pattern area
D. furrow
15. Fingerprints left on various surfaces at the crime scene which are not clearly
visible.
A. plane impressions
B. visible fingerprints
C. rolled impressions
D. latent fingerprints
16. The impressions left by the patterns of ridges and depressions on various
surfaces.
A. kiss marks
B. finger rolls
C. thumb marks
D. fingerprints
17. Which among the following is not considered as a basic fingerprint pattern?
A. Arch
B. Accidental
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C. Loop
D. Whorl
18. The minimum identical characteristics to justify the identity between two
points.
A. Eighteen
B. Fifteen
C. Twelve
D. Nine
19. A fingerprint pattern in which the ridges form a sequence of spirals around core
axes.
A. whorl
B. double loop
C. central pocket loop
D. accidental
20. A fingerprint pattern which one or more ridges enter on either side of the
impression by a recurve, and terminate on the same side where the ridge has
entered.
A. Loop
B. radial loop
C. ulnar loop
D. tented arch
21. A person allowed who gives his/her opinion or conclusion on a given scientific
evidence is considered
A. interrogator
B. expert witness
C. prosecutor
D. judge
22. The application of scientific knowledge and techniques in the detection of crime
and apprehension of criminals.
A. Law Enforcement Administration
B. Forensic Administration
C. Criminal Psychology
D. Criminalistics
25. This part of a camera is used to allow light to enter through the lens for a
predetermined time interval.
A. holder of sensitised material
B. view finder
C. shutter
D. view finder
26. A lens with a focal length of less than the diagonal of its negative material.
A. telephoto lens
B. long lens
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C. normal lens
D. wide angle lens
28. A part of a camera used in focusing the light from the subject
A. view finder
B. lens
C. shutter
D. light tight box
29. A component of the polygraph instrument which records the breathing of the
subject.
A. Cardiosphygmograph
B. Pneumograph
C. Galvanograph
D. Kymograph
30. A component of the polygraph instrument which records the blood pressure
and the pulse rate of the subject.
A. Cardiosphygmograph
B. Pneumograph
C. Galvanograph
D. Kymograph
31. A component of the polygraph instrument which is a motor that drives or pulls
the chart paper under the recording pen simultaneously at the rate of 6 or 12
inches per minute.
A. Cardiosphygmograph
B. Pneumograph
C. Galvanograph
D. Kymograph
32. The following are specific rules to be followed in the formulation of the
questions in a polygraph test except one.
A. Questions must be clear and phrased in a language the subject can
easily understand.
B. Questions must be answerable by yes or no.
C. Questions must be as short as possible.
D. Questions must all be in the form of accusations
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C. Make the subject calm
D. Explain the polygraph test procedures
36. The deviation from normal tracing of the subject in the relevant question.
A. positive response
B. specific response
C. normal response
D. reaction
37. The study of the effect of the impact of a projectile on the target.
A. Terminal Ballistics
B. Internal Ballistics
C. External Ballistics
D. Forensic Ballistics
39. The part of the mechanism of a firearm that withdraws the shell or cartridge
from the chamber.
A. Extractor
B. Ejector
C. Striker
D. Trigger
41. This refers to the deflection of the bullet from its normal path after striking a
resistant surface.
A. Misfire
B. Mushroom
C. Ricochet
D. Key hole shot
43. This refers to the helical grooves cut in the interior surface of the bore.
A. swaging
B. ogive
C. rifling
D. breaching
E.
44. It refers to the unstable rotating motion of the bullet.
A. Trajectory
B. Yaw
C. Velocity
D. Gyproscopic action
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B. Mean diameter
C. Gauge
D. Rifling
47. A document in which some issues have been raised or is under scrutiny.
A. Void Document
B. Illegal Document
C. Forged Document
D. Questioned Document
49. Standards which are prepared upon the request of the investigator and for the
purpose of comparison with the questioned document.
A. relative standards
B. collected standards
C. extended standards
D. requested standards
50. Any stroke which goes back over another writing stroke.
A. natural variation
B. rhythm
C. retracing
D. shading
54. The process of making out what is illegible or what has been effaced.
A. Comparison
B. Collation
C. Obliteration
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D. Decipherment
56. A kind of erasure by using a rubber eraser, sharp knife, razor blade or picking
instrument.
A. mechanical erasure
B. electronic erasure
C. magnetic erasure
D. chemical erasure
60. The specimen that is preferably used in the determination of abused drugs in
the body.
A. blood
B. saliva
C. body fluid
D. urine
61. A forensic chemist is tasked to examine the chemical nature and composition
of the following except one:
A. Fingerprint
B. Explosives
C. Blood
D. Body fluids
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64. An area surrounding the place where the crime occurred.
A. crime scene
B. police line
C. area of operation
D. area of responsibility
69. All of the following are accurate tests for the presence of alcohol in the human
body except one:
A. Saliva test
B. Harger Breath Test
C. Fecal test
D. Blood test
73. The test used to determine the presence of semen particularly in stained
clothing.
A. Florence Test
B. Barberio’s Test
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C. Microscopic Test
D. Ultra-Violet Test
74. The test used to determine the presence of blood in stained material.
A. Florence Test
B. Barberio’s Test
C. Takayama Test
D. Phenolphtalein Test
82. The approximate time for the completion of one case for DNA Testing.
A. minimum of eight weeks
B. minimum of six weeks
C. minimum of four weeks
D. minimum of two weeks
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C. Denaturalized Acid
D. Deoxy Nucleic Acid
84. The Geneticist from Great Britain who pioneered DNE testing and
fingerprinting.
A. Alec Jeffries
B. Lowell C. Van Berkom
C. William Reynolds
D. Henry Van Dyke
85. The cause of death of a person who immediately died because of lack of oxygen
for around 3 to five minutes.
A. Stroke
B. Asphyxia
C. Stupor
D. Exhaustion
86. The most serious burn involving skin, nerves, muscles and bones, causing
death due to loss of fluids and electrolytes in the body and massive infection.
A. First Degree Burn
B. Second Degree Burn
C. Third Degree Burn
D. Sunburn
87. A discoloration of the body after death when the blood tends to pool in the blood
vessels of the most dependent portions of the body and starts 20 to 30 minutes
after death and is completed by 12 hours.
A. livor mortis
B. primary flaccidity
C. maceration
D. rigor mortis
88. A wound which if inflicted in the body so serious that it will endanger one’s life.
A. mortal wound
B. trauma
C. coup injury
D. superficial wound
90. A displacement of the articular surface of the bone without external wounds.
A. Hematoma
B. Fracture
C. Sprain
D. Dislocation
91. A condition of exposure to cold temperature of certain parts of the body which
produces mechanical disruption of cell structure characterized by cold
stiffening and diminished body.
A. immersion foot
B. trench foot
C. frostbite
D. gangrene
92. A condition of women who have had one or more sexual experience but not had
conceived a child.
A. virgo-intacts
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B. demi-virginity
C. moral virginity
D. physical virginity
93. Fixed discoloration of the blood clothed inside the blood vessels or has diffused
to different parts of the body.
A. hypostatic lividity
B. diffusion lividity
C. hyper lividity
D. rigor mortis
94. Things used by a person in the commission of a crime, or objects left in a crime
scene which are the subjects of criminalistics.
A. testimonial evidence
B. hearsay evidence
C. circumstantial evidence
D. physical evidence
95. The science dealing with the motion of a projectile and the conditions governing
that motion.
A. Ballistics
B. Forensic Ballistics
C. Terminal Ballistics
D. External Ballistics
97. The science or art of obtaining images in scientific materials by the action of
electro magnetic radiation rays.
A. Polygraphy
B. Dactyloscopy
C. Photography
D. Chemistry
100. The test conducted to determine the presence of gunpowder residue in the
hands of a suspect.
A. diphenylamine test
B. ultra violet test
C. paraffin test
D. Simon’s Test
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