CRIME DETECTION AND INVESTIGATION

NAME: ________________________________________________ SCORE: ____________________

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Encircle the letter of
your choice. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED.

1. Summary of the habits, techniques and peculiarities of behavior characterizing the operational
procedure employed by certain criminals.
A. Criminal tactics C. Planning
B. Modus operandi D. Modus vivendi
2. Most likely place to look for fingerprints of theft in an automobile, which has been stolen and
abandoned.
A. Dashboard C. Door handles
B. Steering wheel D. Rear view mirror
3. The interrogation of the suspect to be constitutional must adhere to what doctrine?
A. Escobedo doctrine C. Marcos doctrine
B. Aquino doctrine D. Miranda doctrine
4. Usually a motive in arson is –
A. Economic gain C. Revenge
B. Pyromania D. Prankter’s act
5. Special crime investigation is more concerned on:
A. Physical evidence C. Tracing evidence
B. Testimonial evidence D. Associative evidence
6. In introducing physical evidence at a trial, three important factors must be constructed: First, the
evidence must be material and relevant, second the article must be properly identified and ____.
A. It must be part of the modus operandi
B. There must be knowledge of laboratory procedures
C. The object must have been used in the commission of the crime
D. The chain of custody must be established
7. The Bureau of Fire Protection is under what department?
A. Department of National Defense B. Department of Social Welfare and Development
C. Department of the Interior and Local Government D. Department of Justice
8. The team leader will mark an area in the form of a rectangle. At the end of the rectangle, the
searchers begin by turning and proceeding back along new lanes but parallel to the first movement.
This search method is known as:
A. Strip method C. Spoke method
B. Grid method D. Spiral method
9. One kind of writ issued to bring someone before a court or judge is called a ____.
A. Corpus striatum C. Corpus delicti
B. Habeas corpus D. Modus operandi
10. The best known criminal organization in the United States is the “Mafia”, now called as:
A. Omerta C. Cosa Nostra
B. Patriarca D. Costa Rica
11. Considered as the “Father of criminal investigation.
A. Robert Peel C. Alphonse Bertillon
B. Edgar Hoover D. Cesare Beccaria
12. This is the gravitation of blood in the most dependent portion of the body thus producing
reddish discoloration of the area affected. It appears usually from three to six hours following death.
A. Rigor mortis C. Postmortem lividity
B. Cadaveric spasm D. State of shock
13. The system of searching a crime scene that is generally most effective is the ____.
A. Zone method C. Double-strip method
 B. Wheel method D. Spiral method
14. A systematic examination of all facts relating to conditions, actions and physical features
associated with motor collision is called:
A. Traffic engineering B. Hit and run investigation
C. Traffic collision D. Traffic accident investigation
15. Bottles, envelopes, test tubes, pins, thumb tacks, carton boxes, paper bags, plastic zip bags,
plastic bag containers, etc. are used for:
A. Collection of evidence C. Preservation of evidence
B. Searching tools D. None of them
16. This is the national policy-making and coordinating body in the Philippines on matter pertaining
to drugs abuse.
A. Department of Health C. Dangerous Drug Board
B. Department of Justice D. PNP Narcotics Command
17. This refers to the controlled questioning of suspects and hostile witnesses in order to obtain
useful information.
A. Interrogation C. Interview
B. Third degree D. Duress
18. Each person who handles an item of evidence from the time of its discovery until presentation in
court must take certain safeguards. This safeguarding of the evidence from person to person is most
accurately termed as:
A. Standards of comparison C. Chain of custody
B. Control of evidence D. Integrity of evidence
19. Any drug which sedates the central nervous system is referred to as:
A. Narcotic C. Medicine
B. Depressant D. Stimulant
20. The profession and scientific discipline directed to the recognition, identification,
individualization and evaluation of physical science by application of natural sciences in matters of
law and science.
A. Chemist C. Scientist
B. Criminalist D. Toxicologist
21. Principle of science applied to law enforcement.
A. Instrumentation C. Forensics
B. Legal medicine D. Criminology
22. Uses his seeming desire to give information to talk to the law enforcers in order to get more
information from them than he gives.
A. Double-crosser informant’s C. Mercenary informants
B. False informant’s D. Self-aggrandizing informants
23. Clandestine operation in police parlance
A. Covert intelligence C. Secret activity
B. Overt intelligence D. Surveillance
24. What government agency shall take charge in the custody of all confiscated dangerous drugs,
plant sources, essential chemicals, controlled precursors, and the like?
A. Philippine National Police C. Dangerous Drug Board
B. Phil. Drug Enforcement Agency D. Bureau of Foods and Drugs
25. The discreet observation of places, persons and vehicles for the purpose of obtaining information
concerning the identities or activities of suspects.
A. Close observation C. Espionage
B. Tailing D. Surveillance
26. Articles and materials which are found in connection with the investigation and which aid in
establishing the identity of the perpetrator or the circumstances which the crime was committed or
which, in general assist in the prosecution of the criminal.
 A. Tracing evidence C. Corpus delicti
B. Associative evidnce D. Physical or material evidence
27. Kind of dismissal whereby the description and characteristics maybe vague that identification is
difficult.
A. Known fugitives C. Professional criminals
B. Ordinary criminals D. Unknown fugitives
28. A declaration made under consciousness of an impending death is known as ____.
A. Part of res gestae C. Confession
B. Admission D. Dying declaration
29. In the hierarchy of the Mafia, the lowest members are known as:
A. Privates C. Hitmen
B. Soldiers D. Strikers
30. A compilation of photographs of known criminals utilized in investigation for identifying suspects
in a crime.
A. Photographic file C. Album for criminals
B. Rogue’s gallery D. Cartographic sketch
31. Rigor mortis is a post- mortem body changes occurring in the ___.
A. Color C. Blood
B. Eye D. Muscle
32. Questioning technique of a person who is suspected of having committed a crime thereby
eliciting information the suspect may have known is called ____.
A. Interrogation C. Investigation
B. Interview D. Convection
33. Self-incriminatory statement falling short of an acknowledgment of guilt.
A. Confession C. Acceptance
B. Admission D. Torture
34. If blood is in fluid condition, what is added to avoid contamination of the specimen?
A. Formaldehyde C. Saline solution
B. Alcohol D. Distilled water
35. In this method, the area to be searched is divided into quadrant and each searcher is assigned in
each quadrant.
A. Zone method C. Strip method
B. Spiral method D. Wheel method
36. The explanation of any symbols to identify objects in a sketch.
A. Compass direction C. Title
B. Legend D. Scale
37. Heat transferred by direct contact from one body to another is known as:
A. Nuclear fission C. Convection
B. Conduction D. Radiation
38. Mechanical device strategically located in an installation or street where fire hose is connected
so that water with pressure will be available to extinguish fire.
A. Fire hose box C. Fire truck
B. Hose reel D. Fire hydrant
39. An art which deals with the identity and location of the offender and provides evidence of his
guilt through criminal proceeding.
A. Information C. Interrogation
B. Instrumentation D. Investigation
40. A person who provides an investigator with confidential information concerning a past or
projected crime and does not wish to be known as a source of information.
A. Informant C. Witness
B. Informer D. Confidential informant
41. What drugs are commonly referred as “downers” because they relax, create a feeling of
wellbeing and produce sleep to the user?
A. Opium C. LSD
B. Barbiturates D. Marijuana
42. In a police line-up, in which the purpose is to eliminate the power of suggestion as a factor in
identification as a procedure how many persons is needed in such a line-up?
A. 3 to 5 C. 5 to 7
B. 7 to 10 D. 10 to 15
43. These business-like enterprises are most likely engaged in selling “Protection” and are supplying
illegal goods and services, including but not limited to gambling, prostitution, drug trafficking,
racketeering and other unlawful activities.
A. Terrorists groups C. Subversive groups
B. Mercenaries D. Organized crime groups
44. What is referred to as the “Green Triangle Area”?
A. Mindoro-Palawan-Masbate B. Benguet-Kalinga Apayao-Mt. Province
C. Ilocos Sur-Benguet-Mt. Province D. Zamboanga-Cotabato-Davao
45. What is known as the Fire Code of the Philippines?
A. PD 448 C. PD 1184
B. PD 421 D. PD 1185
46. Which among the following evidence is referred to as the “body of the crime”?
A. Associative C. Circumstancial
B. Corpus delicti D. Habeas corpus
47. It is the physical possibility that the suspect could have committed the crime.
A. Motive C. Intent
B. Opportunity D. Deceit
48. ____ is heat transfer through air motion.
A. Convection C. Conduction
B. Radiation D. Combustion
49. It is an explanation offered by a person who is the suspect in the commission of crime purposely
to demonstrate that he or she was in some other place other than where the crime took place and at
the time the crime happened.
A. Alibi C. Defense
B. Excuse D. Justification
50. Employed where a general impression of the subject’s habit and associate are required.
A. Surveillance C. Loose tail shadowing
B. Rough shadowing D. Close tail shadowing