CDI MIDTERM EXAM

SET B

1. A rule of court that refers to the Judicial admission that is made by the party in the
pleadings, or in the course of the trial or other proceedings do not require proof and
cannot be contradicted unless previously shown to have been made through palpable
mistake.
a. Sec. 3, Rule 133
b. Sec. 3, Rule 129
c. Sec. 2, Rule 129
d. Sec. 2, Rule 133
2. The following are the signs of deception, except?
a. Dry mouth
b. Increase of Pulse beat
c. Increase of breathing
d. Excessive sweating
3. A person who performs skilful questioning of hostile witness and suspects for purposes
of obtaining confession or admission.
a. Interviewee
b. Interviewer
c. Interrogator
d. Interrogee
4. This person may also refer to any person whose guilt is considered on reasonable ground
to be a practical possibility.
a. Witness
b. Suspect
c. Witness and suspect
d. Victim
5. Is the subject of the interrogation whether a suspect or a victim.
a. Witness
b. Victim
c. Interrogee
d. Interrogator
6. It pertains to the beliefs regarding the basis on the evidence, patterns, leads, tips and other
information developed and uncover in the case.
a. Leads
b. Patterns
c. Theories
d. Tips
7. It refers to the genesis of criminal investigation in the Manila Police Department,
presently known as the Western Police District took place in what year?
a. 1912
b. 1913
 c. 1914
d. 1915
8. This was the first case in which the admissibility of DNA was seriously challenged.
a. Miranda v. Arizona
b. New York v. Castro
c. Gideon v. Wainwright
d. Escobedo v. Illinois
9. In what year that the Scotland Yard employed the first undercover officer?
a. 1831
b. 1832
c. 1833
d. 1834
10. It was guided by the concept of crime prevention as a primary police objective.
a. LMPF
b. FBI
c. AFIS
d. NBI
11. It embodied the belief that such a force depended on the consent and cooperation of the
public, and the idea that police constables were to be civil and courteous to the people.
a. LMPF
b. FBI
c. AFIS
d. NBI
12. The _____________ established procedural guidelines for taking criminal confessions.
a. Canada Supreme Court
b. England Supreme Court
c. France Supreme Court
d. US Supreme Court
13. It refers to the act of gathering those identified data or facts, or physical things that are
significant to the case under investigation.
a. Collection
b. Preservation
c. Recognition
d. Evaluation
14. It refers to the process of determining the probative value of the evidence.
a. Collection
b. Preservation
c. Recognition
d. Evaluation
15. This is done through investigator’s careful selection of the kind of approach to use, which
maybe a single kind, a combination of two or the application of all techniques.
a. Approach
b. Warming up
 c. Preparation
d. Cognitive interview
16. It refers to the evidence that warrants a person of reasonable caution in the belief that a
crime was committed.
a. Warrant of Arrest
b. Probable Cause
c. Arrest
d. Cause
17. A warrant of arrest is enforceable only within the territory of the government or state
issuing the warrant.
a. YES
b. NO
c. Not all the time
d. Situation will tell
18. As a general rule, it is a requisite that warrant should be issued in the name of the person
to be arrested.
a. YES
b. NO
c. Not all the time
d. Situation will tell
19. Any peace officer who arrest a person with warrant may be liable under Article 125 of
the Revised Penal Code.
a. YES
b. NO
c. Not all the time
d. Situation will tell
20. Although illegal arrest will not immunize defendants against criminal prosecution, it may
lead to the inadmissibility of crucial evidence of?
a. Crime
b. Circumstance
c. Guilt
d. None of these
21. Probable cause exist in connection with or without one specific offense.
a. YES
b. NO
c. Not all the time
d. Situation will tell
22. A warrant shall be issued only for one specific purpose.
a. YES
b. NO
c. Not all the time
d. Situation will tell
23. This rule was derived from the case of Weeks v. United States in 1914.
 a. The Exclusive Rule
b. The Exclusionary Law
c. The Exclusionary Rule
d. The Exclusive Law
24. If the article are illicit or contraband, the same must be seized.
a. True
b. False
c. Never
d. Always
25. Raiding officer should sign their name on the center part of the envelope.
a. True
b. False
c. If given chance
d. Situation will tell
26. Roxas (2008) asserts that a raid team shall not be composed of the following, except?
a. Team leader
b. Assistant photographer
c. Area leader
d. Raid commander
27. The initial purpose of this search is to put the suspect in an off-balanced position.
a. Wall search
b. Standing search
c. Kneeling search
d. Prone search
28. The suspect in this search lies on his stomach with arms and legs outstretched.
a. Wall search
b. Standing search
c. Kneeling search
d. Prone search
29. Investigation is considered as an art because it depends on the skills of the investigator,
including interpersonal communication and creativity. This is according to who?
a. Garcia, 2004
b. Dempsey, 2007
c. Garcia, 2007
d. Dempsey, 2004
30. Reactive mode of investigation addresses crimes that already happened or occurred.
a. YES
b. NO
c. Never
d. Always
31. It is referred as the moving power or force which compels a person to commit acts
towards a definite result.
a. Instrumentality
 b. Opportunity
c. Capability
d. Motive
32. The state establishes and maintains one police force, which shall be national and scope
and civilian in character, to be administered and controlled by the National Police
Comission.
a. 1987 Phil. Constitution (Sec. 6, art 16)
b. 1987 Phil. Constitution (Sec. 6, art 18)
c. 1987 Phil. Constitution (Sec. 8, art 16)
d. 1987 Phil. Constitution (Sec. 8, art 18)
33. These are questions that endeavour to ascertain the motives, causes, antecedents, previous
incidents, related facts, background occurences that might help explain the commission
of the offense.
a. When Questions
b. Where Questions
c. What Questions
d. Why Questions

The golden rule in criminal investigaton is “never touch, alter, move, or transfer any object at the
crime scene unless it is properly 34. _____________, 35. ______________, 36. _____________,
37. _____________”.
a. Seen
b. Marked 34
c. Sketched 36
d. Opened
e. Cleaned
f. Photographed 37
g. Kept
h. Measured 35
i. Stored
j. Disposed
38. These are the examples of the uses of the Police laboratory in the examination of the pieces
of physical evidences, except?
a. Psychology
b. Biology
c. Polygraphy
d. Physics
39. What quality of a good interviewer that must possess the qualities of an actor, salesman and
psychologist and know how to use the power of persuasion?
a. Conversational tone of voice
b. acting qualities
c. humility
 d. rapport
40. One of the goal of interrogation is that to obtain an admission or confession of guilt from the
_____________?
a. witness
b. suspect
c. a and b
d. none of these
41. It refers to the warrant of arrest issued by a judge to the peace officer after returning the
original warrant of arrest after the lapse of the ______ day validity period.
a. 7
b. 8
c. 9
d. 10
42. This must be used only as much as force as necessary to overcome resistance.
a. Resistance
b. No resistance
c. Arrest
d. No arrest

The constitutional provision on “Search”

“The right of the 43. ______________ to be secured in their persons, houses, papers and affects
against _________________ searches and ______________ of whatever nature and for whatever
______________ shall be _________________, and no search warrant or warrant of arrest
maybe issued except upon ________________________ to be personally determined by the
______________ after oath or examination of the complainant or the ________________ he
may produce and particularly describing therein the places to be searched and the persons or
things to be seized”.

a. Judge 7
b. unreasonable
c. Except
d. Police
e. Purpose 4
f. Witnesses 8
g. Interviewer
h. Unreasonable2
i. People 1
j. Victim
k. Seizures3
l. NBI
m. Inviolable 5
n. Probable cause 6