F.E Forensic PDF

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CLE DEC 2022 FORMATIVE EXAM FORENSIC SCIENCE
SET A
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
1. The test questionnaire contains 100 test questions. Examinees shall manage to use two (2) hours.
2. Read INSTRUCTIONS printed on your answer sheet.
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4. AVOID ERASURES.
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1. It is a pattern in which one or more ridges enter upon either side recurve , touch or pass an imaginary line between
delta and core and pass out or tend to pass out upon the side ridge entered.
a. Finger print
b. Loop
c. Arch
d. Whorl
2. A fingerprint pattern in which there are two deltas and in which at least one ridge makes a turn through one complete
circuit. Imaginary line draw between the two deltas must touch or cross at least one of the circuiting whorl ridges
within the pattern area.
a. Central pocket loop whorl
b. Plain whorl
c. Accidental whorl
d. Double loop whorl
3. A fingerprint pattern in which the ridges enter on one side of the pattern and flow towards the other side with a rise in
the center with no more than of the four requisites for a loop and with no recurving ridge , no angular formation , and
no upwards trust.
a. Plain arch
b. Tented arch
c. Double arch
d. Arch
4. Select among the following evidence that Cyanoacrylate method is applicable
a. Plastic bottle of mineral water
b. Caned corned beef
c. Suicidal notes
d. Smooth surface table
5. Determine among the following statement below that give a best application of silver nitrate method
a. Applicable to paper evidence
b. It can detect latent prints found in the skin of the subject even if the latent prints is older
c. Applicable if the method in developing to paper evidence is failure
d. Best applied to the latent print developing if found in any plastic evidence
6. Solve the primary classification if, the thumb of the right hand and index of the left hand is C, index finger of the right
and little finger of the left hand is plain whorl, middle finger of the right R, ring finger of the right is central pocket, little
finger of the right is plain whorl, thumb of the left hand is D and both middle finger and ring finger of the left hand is
FMB.
a. 30 over 20
b. 27 over 24
c. 29 over 19
d. 30 over 24
7. Based on the above problem determine the secondary classification
a. cWr- -
- Wr - -
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8. JASON an investigator and also a dactyloscopy expert , he recover to the crime scene a latent print but the said print
was not fully observe, the area cover is at the lower portion of the little finger
a. Hypothenar zone
b. Thenar zone
c. Plantar zone
d. Palmar zone
9. Aside from the value of whorl pattern in the primary classification, select below the other important topics in the said
classification
a. It also focus on the capital letter of the index finger
b. It has also a numerical value
c. Focus also on the counting of loops and tracing of whorl patterns
d. It involves all fingers and the value of small letters
10. One of the important topics in the history of fingerprint that is also undergone the process of facial surgery to hide his
identity
a. John Dillinger
b. Roescoe Pitts
c. Alejandro Dola
d. Kenneth Ferrier
11. Select among the following characteristics of patterns, that is not TRUE.
a. This type of pattern has 2 deltas
b. If you draw imaginary line between 2 deltas, at least 1 circuiting ridge that cross the imaginary line
c. The ridge starts on the other side and goes upward and it turns back to the direction where the ridge started
d. There are 3 or more intervening ridge that passed inside or above the right delta, that in this case it indicates an
inner tracing.
12. The characteristics of ridges that it is considered as the focal center of the pattern
a. Delta – second of the 2 focal points
b. Core – the mouth of the river
c. second of the 2 focal points – the shoulder of the loop must be equal or same high as the sufficient recurve
d. Core – the center of the ridge that formed an upthrust , angle and incomplete of the fingerprint impression
13. Based on the Galton and Henry system, all patterns has its own corresponding symbol, determine the symbol if the
characteristics of the pattern stated that if you draw imaginary line between the 2 deltas 3 circuiting ridges will cross
the line.
a. C
b. W
c. Plain whorl
d. Double loop whorl
14. The following statement below are not FALSE regarding the characteristics of a loop pattern EXCEPT
a. A ridge count of at least 9 in the index finger indicate an outer counting
b. The flow of the ridge starts on the other side and end on the side with an incomplete loop
c. Ridge start to curved on the other direction with corresponding shoulder indicates and end on the side where
the ridge starts to raise upward
d. Having a delta and a core
15. Select below that best explain the case of State vs. Conners (1915)
a. Which involved the discovery of fingerprints on the door of an automobile, the court was of the opinion that it
was not necessary to produce the door as evidence
b. It was held competent to show by a photograph the fingerprints upon the balcony post of a house entered
c. The court stated, “it is completely settled law that fingerprints are the strongest evidence of the identity of a
person
d. Held that the introduction into evidence of fingerprint impressions taken without consent of the defendant was
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16. It is a type of lens speed used during daytime, or when the lighting condition is very bright, or in taking pictures of
fast moving objects
a. Motion speed lens
b. Slow lens
c. Fast lens
d. Moving lens
17. Below are not TRUE in the process of photomicrography EXCEPT
a. A process of taking picture of latent prints that use to enlarge image
b. Recording small detail od an evidence
c. Taking picture of questioned documents examination
d. Use in the film making photo to reduce the original image smaller
18. It is a king of lens that has a shorter focal length than the normal lens and as a result, it covers a picture angle 60
wider than normal lens.
a. long focus lens
b. Rapid rectilinear lens
c. Wide angle
d. Achromatic lens
19. A device that use to take or capture image of a far distance object just like what have been used in the conduct of
surveillance activity
a. Telephotography
b. Telephoto camera
c. Telephoto lens
d. All of the above
20. . Film is a very sensitive to light. What is called the accidental exposure of the film to light?
a. Bracket
b. Fogging
c. Dogging
d. Exposing
21. The characteristics of a convex lens is always thicker at the center and thinner at the side. What kind of image does
it produces?
a. Sharp image
b. Over exposed image
c. Virtual image
d. Principle of individuality
22. More light yield a transparent or white shade on the sensitized material after development while too little light will
produce opaque or black shade. This statement is-
a. Correct
b. False
c. Not true
d. True
23. It refers to the inability of the lens to bring horizontal and vertical lines in the subject to the same plane of focus in the
image.
a. Chromatic aberration
b. Astigmatism
c. Spherical aberration
d. Curvature of field
24. Photography came from the two Greek words: phos (light) and graphos (draw/chart/sketch). Who coined the word
photography?
a. Frederick scott archer
b. John F.W. Hershel
c. Maddaox
d. George Eastman
25. This type of filter is used to cut down light transmission and reduced reflection in the photograph.
a. Ultra violet filter
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c. Special 18 A Deep purple filter

d. Yellow filter
26. A types of film that is sensitive to green colors but not on red and other colors in the spectrum of lights
a. Blue sensitive film
b. Panchromatic film
c. Orthochromatic film
d. Infra- red film
27. The most ideal photo papers used for police photography. Will give a black tone when properly developed
a. Silver Chloride paper
b. Silver Bromide paper
c. Silver Chloro-bromide paper
d. Chloro- bromide paper
28. Statement 1 – the first use of photography is for record purposes for police works
Statement 2 – the utmost use of photography in police works is for personal identification
Statement 3 – microphotography is making image bigger than the original
a. 1 and 2 is correct
b. Only 3 is correct
c. Only 1 is correct
d. None of the above
29. In__________, the sun is covered by cloud and the shadow appears to be uniform because of the intensity of light
falling on the subject in open space.
a. Hazy sunlight
b. dull sunlight
c. Cloudy dull sunlight
d. Cloudy bright sunlight
30. It is a Chemical use in the process of photography were the latent image become visible and the process will take up
to ______
a. Sodium thiosulfate – 30-50 mins
b. Ellon hydroquinone – 5 – 6 mins
c. Sodium thiosulfate – 20-30 mins
d. Ellon hydroquinone – 10 -20 mins
31. Select among the following statement below is so called Police Photography
a. The science of preserving image at the crime scene or any evidence at the crime scene an all image is
presented to the court as a matter of evidence
b. The application in the science of photography that is preservation of image at the crime scene in relation to
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c. Apply the process of photography in capturing image of suspects and victims
d. All of the above
32. Known as the parts of the camera that use to control the time exposure of the image preserver to light
a. Shutter speed
b. Shutter opening
c. Shutter release button
d. shutter
33. It refers to the art of producing an accurate reproduction of crime scene or an accident scene using photography for
the benefits of a court or to aid in an investigation.
a. Forensic imaging
b. Crime scene photography
c. Forensic photography
d. All of the above
34. The stage of film development that involves the process of converting the exposed image on the film into actual
image is known as-
a. Predevelopment
b. Developing
c. Stop bath
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35. Photography plays a very important role in both criminal and civil cases. The following are the importance of forensic
photography; EXCEPT one,
a. It will improve the police community relation of the police organization
b. Used as an aid by investigator to describe in court some of the details of the crime scene they have
investigated several months ago
c. To assist the investigators in using photographic equipment and techniques in their effort to solve crime
d. It can be used in place of physical evidence to supplement the case report
36. Determine below that is considered as the specific irritants poison
a. Alkaline poison
b. Metallic irritants
c. Arsenic
d. Elaterium
37. This poison is considered as one of the best known poison and very deadly
a. Nitric poison
b. Lead antimony
c. Prussic
d. Pesticide
38. Select below are the 2 main types of beer
a. Ethanol and methanol
b. Lager and ale
c. Pilsen and luger
d. Pale and Pilsen
39. The first chemist who study the poison
a. Hippocrates
b. Mathieu Orfila
c. Democritus
d. Dr. Valentine Rose
40. The most important elements of gunpowder in terms of rapid combustion process
a. Potassium Nitrate
b. Sulfuric acid
c. Charcoal acid
d. Sodium Nitrate
41. Select among the following statement that best describe the correct process of gunshot residue examination
I. Modified griess test is first to be conducted to determine the presence of gun powder residue
II. Visual and microscopic examination is conducted on the subject evidence
III. Chemical process must be conducted first in determination of gunpowder residue
IV. Conduct of second chemical test known as Sodium Rhodizonate
a. I, III, II and IV
b. II, I, III and IV
c. II, III, I and IV
d. I , II, III and IV
42. The main raw materials of glass
a. Sodium carbonate
b. Silica
c. Calcium oxide
d. Magnesium oxide
43. The ballistics glass is constructed with the chemical name ______
a. Polyvinyl butyral
b. Polycarbonate thermoplastic
c. Ethylene vinyl acetate
d. Bulletproof glass
44. The human hair has a grows process or cycle , it refers to the specific growth process
a. Catagen cycle
b. Anagen process
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d. Estrogen process
45. The following are samples use in drug testing EXCEPT
a. Saliva
b. Blood
c. Semen
d. Sweat
46. It refers to the study of the identification and characterization of body fluids as semen, blood, and saliva
a. Spermatozology
b. Serology
c. Entomology
d. Spermatozoa
47. A test use to determine the presence of cocaine drug
a. Cobalt thiocyanate
b. Dile-Kopanyi
c. Marquis
d. Duquenois-Levine
48. The following are the Branches of Toxicology EXCEPT
a. Forensic
b. Clinical
c. Environmental
d. Biological
49. Toxicology is derived from ______ word
a. Latin
b. Roman
c. French
d. Greek
50. Considered as having the characteristic of producing an undesirable or adverse health effect
a. Poison
b. Toxic
c. Toxicity
d. Hazard
51. It is a metallic or non-metallic cylindrical projectile propelled from a firearm by means of the expansive force of gases
coming from the burning gunpowder.
a. Cartridge
b. Bullet
c. Slug
d. Projectile
52. The science of action of projectiles.
a. Firearm Examination
b. Ballistic
c. Ballistics Examination
d. Forensic Ballistics
53. This consists of unburned, burning and partially burned powder together with graphite which came out from the
muzzle. It is responsible for the tattooing around the gunshot wound of entrance.
a. Powder smoke
b. Powder Grains
c. Powder Burns
d. Gun powder residue
54. How many seconds that the hand grenade will explode
a. 2-3 seconds
b. 4-5 seconds
c. 3-5 seconds
d. 5-6 seconds
55. The ideal kill radius of a hand grenade
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b. 15 ft
c. 15 kilometers
d. 15 inches
56. It refers to any weapon designed to be operated from the shoulder.
a. Revolver
b. Rifle
c. Pistol
d. Machine Guns
57. Ignition of the propellant will cause the production of flame. The flame does not usually go beyond a distance of
___inches in pistols.
a. 6 inches
b. 3 inches
c. 5 inches
d. 2 inches
58. This is an instrument used for making measurement such as bullet diameter, bore diameter, and barrel length.
a. Micrometer
b. Taper Gauge
c. Caliper
d. Onoscope
59. In this firearm a pressure is applied on the trigger and will both cock and fire the firearm by release of the hammer.
a. Single Action Firearm
b. Double Action Firearm
c. Single Shot Firearm
d. Automatic Firearm
60. It is the amount of force on the trigger necessary to fire a gun.
a. Hair Trigger
b. Trigger Force
c. Trigger Pressure
d. Trigger release
61. He is the maker of the first known carbine.
a. David Williams
b. Alexander Forsyth
c. John M.Browning
d. Eliphalet Remington
62. It is generally found on the primer cup.
a. Shearing Mark
b. Firing Pin mark
c. Extractor Mark
d. Magazine lip Mark
63. The trigger pressure of a shotgun is______.
a. 3-4lbs.
b. 4 lbs
c. 3-5 lbs
d. 6-7 lbs
64. It describes the ability of the bullet to maintain its velocity against air resistance.
a. Trajectory
b. Air Resistance
c. Pull of Gravity
d. Ballistic Coefficient
65. It refers to a “Loaded Shell” for rifles, carbines, shotguns, revolvers and pistols from which a ball, bullet, shot or
other missile may be fired by means of a gun powder or other explosives..
a. Bullet
b. Ammunition
c. cartridge
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66. The first reference to rifled barrels happened around this year.
a. 1575
b. 1498
c. 1807
d. 1853
67. The oldest type’s propellant.
a. Black Powder
b. White powder
c. Green powder
d. Smokeless
68. It refers to serrated grooves that are sometimes found rolled into the necks and bodied of the cases at the location
of the bases of the bullet to prevent the bullet from being pushed back or loosened.
a. Neck
b. Base
c. Crimp
d. Cannelures
69. When percussion ignition started?
a. 1853
b. 1807
c. 1575
d. 1498
70. If the shape of the nose is round, the shape of the base is______.
a. Boat-tailed
b. Flat base
c. Square-Base
d. Hollow-base
71. It is the ability of the gunner to control the target
a. Terminal accuracy
b. Accurate
c. Range
d. Effectivity
72. When the bullet lost its capacity of rotation and the impact on the target is edgewise
a. Trajectory
b. Gyroscopy
c. Yaw
d. Notation
73. Iodine fumes is useful in questioned document examination because:
a. It can be used to developed secret writings
b. It can be used to determine whether erasures have been made
c. It can determine the kind of ink used in writing
d. Both A and B
74. Which among the foregoing may be utilized as a means to carry out mechanical erasures?
a. Rubber eraser
b. Blade
c. Sharp knife
d. All of these
75. An erasure with the use of ink eradicators.
a. Mechanical erasure
b. Electronic erasure
c. Chemical erasure
d. All of the foregoing
76. What do you call the type of wiring that when you observe the letters are connected to each other?
a. hand lettering
b. cursive writing
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d. connective writing
77. In writing letter “ n “ what is that part of letter that located at the summit of the curve in the outer part
a. Humps
b. Loop
c. Eyelet
d. whirl
78. It is also known as the beautification of letters
a. Embellishments
b. Diacritic
c. line quality
d. pen emphasis
79. A total force applied by the writer into the process of writing
a. pen emphasis
b. pen lift
c. pen pressure
d. pen scope
80. A writing that needs to check back the letters stroke for possible mistake
a. Retracing
b. Retouching
c. patching
d. interlineation
81. Usual changes found in a repeated specimen of an individual’s handwriting or in the product of typewriter
a. natural variation
b. tremor
c. transitory change
d. line quality
82. A Hungarian journalist invented the first ballpoint pen in 1938
a. Lazlo Biro
b. Conrad Gessner
c. john Loud
d. Lewis Waterman
83. the letters are printed not in its original placement on the baseline the letter A is above the letter B
a. vertical mal alignment
b. off its feet
c. twisted letters
d. rebound
84. Also known as a biro or ball pen, is a pen that dispenses ink (usually in paste form) over a metal ball at its point, over
a "ball point".
a. Pilot pen
b. Ball pen
c. Ball point pen
d. Pilot Ball point pen
85. This kind of document is being issued by a public officer, that the process will be undergone some authentication by
means of notarized and the person can make a request any copy of the document.
a. Official document
b. Public document
c. Commercial document
d. Government issued document
86. A typeface defect in which characters are designed to be printed at a certain angle to the baseline. Once leans to
the left, or right of its proper position
a. TWISTED LETTER
b. CLOGGED TYPEFACE
c. Off-its-feet
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87. Prehistoric pictorial representation done on rock drawing or painting on rock, especially one made by a member of a
prehistoric people
a. Paleography
b. Petrograms
c. Phelography
d. Graphology
88. The self-proclaimed father of polygraph examination.
a. William Marston
b. Leonarde Keeler
c. John Larson
d. Vittorio Benussi
89. An instrument that graphically measures an examinee’s inhalation and exhalation.
a. Galvanograph
b. Sphygmomanometer
c. Hydro Sphygmomanometer
d. Pneumograph
90. The _________ works to restore things to normal when the conditions of stress have been removed. It is dominant
branch when the condition is normal and the subject is calm, contented and relaxed.
a. Parasympathetic Nervous System
b. Sympathetic Nervous System
c. CNS
d. ANS
91. When the person is under the influence of physical (exertion) or emotional (anger, excitement, fear, lie detection,
etc) stimuli, the sympathetic will dominate and over-ride the parasympathetic, thus there will be changes n the heart
rate, pulse rate, blood pressure, respiratory tracing, galvanic reflexes, time of response too question, etc.
a. True
b. False
c. Partially True
d. Partially false
92. This test is not concerned with the answer, be it a “yes” or a “no”. The important factor is the time of response in
relation to stimulus or non-stimulus words.
a. Psychological Stress Evaluator
b. Narcoanalysis
c. Word Association Test
d. Truth Serum
93. Blood pressure and heart rate are measured by_________.
a. Pneumograph Component
b. Cardio-sphygmograph Component
c. Galvanograph
d. Kymograph
94. The component of the polygraph machine that records the amount of perspiration produced.
a. Pneumograph Component
b. Cardio-sphygmograph Component
c. Galvanograph
d. Kymograph
95. Questions in the polygraph examination are short, simple and direct answerable by ‘yes’ or ‘no’ only, phrased in the
language easily understood by the subject.
a. True
b. False
c. Partially True
d. Partially False
96. A declaration which was endorsed by the World Medical Associations in 1975 containing guidelines to be observed
by physicians concerning torture and other cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment or punishment in relation to
detention and imprisonment.
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b. Tokyo Declaration
c. United Nation Declaration
d. US Declaration
97. These are questions which are unrelated to the matter under investigation but are similar nature although less
serious as compared to those relevant questions under investigation.
a. Relevant Question
b. Irrelevant Question
c. Ordinary Question
d. Control Question
98. This test consists of a series of relevant and irrelevant questioned asked in a planned order.
a. General Peak Tension Test
b. Peak of tension Test
c. Post-test Interrogation
d. Pre-test
99. The following are physiological and Psychological Signs and Symptoms of Guilt EXCEPT
a. Sweating
b. Fidgeting
c. Peculiar Feeling inside
d. Relaxing
100. Voice as a means of identification is introduced in
a. 1953
b. 1952
c. 1954
d. 1955

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Prepared By:
Armand Viola Jr, Rcrim, MSCJ, CIC, PIC, CSP, CSMS, CCS, CCD, JURIS DOCTOR (ON-GOING)
Criminology Program Head/Review Director
SET B
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
1. The test questionnaire contains 100 test questions. Examinees shall manage to use two (2) hours.
2. Read INSTRUCTIONS printed on your answer sheet.
3. Shade only one (1) box for each question on your answer sheets. Two or more boxes shaded will invalidate your answer.
4. AVOID ERASURES.
5. WARNING: This material is protected by Copyright Laws. Unauthorized used shall be prosecuted in the full extent of the
Philippine Laws. For exclusive use of CBRC reviewees only.
1. The general term that is used for a foreign substance taken into the body
a. Xenobiotic
b. Poison
c. Toxic
d. Antibodies
2. Spanish physician, is often referred to as the founder of toxicology. Also the one who first prepared a systematic
correlation between the chemical and biological properties of poisons of the time
a. Hippocrates
b. Mathieu Orfila
c. Democritus
d. Dr.Valentine Rose
3. Is one that affects the entire body or many organs rather than a specific site
a. Systemic toxin
b. organic toxin
c. chemical toxin
d. bio chemical toxin
4. the following are the types of dose in toxicology EXCEPT
a. exposure dose
b. absorbed dose
c. total dose
d. lethal dose
5. Systemic Toxic Effects that occurs almost immediately (hours/days) after an exposure
a. Chronic
b. Sub chronic
c. Acute
d. Overdose
6. Is a types of toxicity to the liver, bile duct, and gall bladder
a. Genetic Toxicity
b. Hepatotoxicity
c. Immunotoxicity
d. Nephrotoxicity
7. The types of test use to determine the presence of semen in the evidence
a. Takayama test
b. Barberios test
c. Aceto-haemin
d. Wagenhaar Test
8. The following are not false in Importance of the Study of Blood EXCEPT
I. For disputed parentage.
II. Determination of the cause of death and the length of time the victim survived the attack.
III. Determination of the direction of escape of the victim or the assailant.
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V. Determination of the approximate time the crime was committed

a. None of the above
b. All of the above
c. None of the above
d. Only I
9. The founders of modern toxicology. His best known quote: All substances are poisons; it is the dose that makes the
poison.
a. Democritus
b. Dr.Valentine Rose
c. Paracelsus
d. Spartacus
10. Parts of Spermatozoa or Sperm Cell that has a present of proteins or made up of
a. Tail
b. Head
c. Neck
d. Body
11. A straw-yellow colored liquid that suspends the blood cells and the liquid portion of the blood
a. Platelets
b. Plasma
c. WBC
d. RBC
12. To pick up oxygen from the lungs and deliver it to tissues elsewhere and also to pick up carbon dioxide from other
tissues and unload it in the lungs
a. Platelets
b. Plasma
c. WBC
d. RBC
13. It determines if blood is of human or animal origin and if human blood, there appears a white ring in the tube
a. Benzedine test for blood
b. Precipitin test
c. Teichmann test
d. Phenolphthalein Test
14. It refers to an instrument used to aide in the identification of compound.
a. Spectrophotometer
b. Chromatograph
c. Chronograph
d. Heliometer
15. If CURRY has a blood type of O and his wife KENDAL has a blood type of AB, the following are not false EXCEPT
in the blood type of there possible children
a. A
b. B
c. O
d. None of the choices
16. The following blood types has an anti-bodies in plasma EXCEPT
a. A
b. B
c. AB
d. O
17. The following are not TRUE in the golden rule in the practice of forensic chemistry EXCEPT
I. Go slowly
II. Be thorough
III. Take note consult others
IV. Use imagination
V. Avoid complicated theories
a. All of the above
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c. I only
d. IV only
18. Term used to denote the expression of the inherited characteristic as found in the individual. Actually the blood
group
a. Phenotypes
b. Genotypes
c. Genes
d. Prototypes
19. The intermediate and the THICKEST layer of the and is composed of elongated, spindle-shaped fibrils which
cohere
a. Cortex
b. Medulla
c. Core
d. Cuticle
20. in secondary classification a slant ( \ ) is located at the denominator of the set of patterns
a. radial loop
b. ulnar loop
c. lateral loop
d. double loop
21. Under the classification formula it is located at the extreme right of the fingerprint card
a. Focus on the little finger of both hands
b. It is divided into 2 table
c. It involves all fingers and the value of small letters
d. Considered as the first loop appearing in the set of patterns
22. If you are the police and fingerprint technician what will be your process in taking up impression if the subject has
an extra little finger and having not same size
a. the bigger one will be printed at the box and the smaller is printed at the back with proper notation
b. the inner one is printed in front of the fingerprint card and the outer is printed at the back of the card
c. the outer one will be printed in front and the inner at the back
d. both of them will be printed in front under the classification formula
23. in taking up fingerprint impression on the subject, an instances that the hand of the subject is dry what will be the
process
a. just let the subject rest and be back after his hand will be ready to be printed
b. wash with cold water and let it dry for while
c. wash the hand of the subject with running water and let it dry
d. massage the hand of the subject
24. What if you are the fingerprint technician and during the taking of fingerprint impression of the suspect, one of the
finger of the latter has a fresh wound, what will be the proper action by the former?
a. Advice the suspect to go back after the wound may heal
b. Proceed to fingerprinting but do not take a fingerprint impression on the specific finger that has a wound
c. Just proceed to proper fingerprinting on the suspect and the subject finger must be inked in small amount
only to prevent infection
d. All of the following must be considered
25. What are those that are sometimes referred to as papillary or epidermal ridges?
a. Latent ridges
b. Friction Ridges
c. Dermal Ridges
d. Fingerprints
26. When the innermost sufficient recurve contains no ending ridge or rod rising as high as the shoulder of the loop, the
Core is placed on the shoulder of the loop farther from the Delta.
a. True
b. False
c. Partially True
d. Partially false
27. Complete this adage, “The neighboring fingers of the same person have never been found to
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a. Similar in all respects

b. Different in some respects
c. Different in every respects
d. Exactly identical in all respects
28. Which of the following is a type of secondary classification?
a. By slant line to the left
b. All of these
c. By slant line to the right
d. By small letter
29. He published a 41-pages book entitled “The Origin of Fingerprint” which describes his research starting in 1858
when he practiced actual recording of the finger and palm prints of India.
a. Govard Bidloo
b. Sir William Herschel
c. J.C.A. Mayer
d. Francis Galton
30. What patterns do not have numerical value for purposes of primary classification?
a. Plain whorl loops
b. Accidental Whorl and arches
c. Double loop whorl and arches
d. Loops and Arches
31. When the innermost sufficient recurve contains an uneven number of rods rising as high as the shoulders of the
loop, the core is placed upon the end of the center rod whether it touches the looping ridge or not.
a. True
b. False
c. Partially True
d. Partially False
32. Fingerprint pattern are ______, as all fingerprint experts agree.
a. Always inherited
b. Sometimes inherited
c. Inherited as mendelian characteristics
d. Never Inherited
33. According to the primary classification, the rule clearly stated that first is you are going to number all fingers to
include thumb. What specific number indicated if there are 6 blocks away finger number 4?
a. Finger number 8
b. Left middle finger
c. None of the choices
d. Finger nine, left ring
34. Determined the primary classification PI14CM65dOTT63XMAA62, based on the National Crime Information Center
(NCIC) Classification System Computerized database used in U.S.
a. 2 over 29
b. 3 over 32
c. 4 over 20
d. 3 over 29
35. What is the symbol of plain arch in the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) Classification System
Computerized database used in U.S.?
a. A
b. AA
c. PP
d. PA
36. Govard Biloo presented the appearance and arrangement of the ridges on a thumb in his thesis entitled-
a. De externo Tactus Organo
b. Philosophical Transaction
c. Anatomia Humanis Corporis
d. None of these
37. He described the ridges found on the palmar surface of the hand and the pores which served as the mouth of the
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a. J.C.A. Mayer
b. Herman Welcker
c. Dr. Marcelo Malpighi
d. Govard Bidloo
38. Raised portion between the grooves found inside the barrel
a. Land
b. Caliber
c. Gauge
d. Rifling
39. It refers to the placement of the right and left specimen in side by side position
a. Drag marks
b. Positively matched
c. Juxtaposition
d. Pseudomatch
40. What is that range of distance from the nearest object to the farthest object that is sharp when the lens is set or
focused at a particular distance?
a. Focal length
b. Depth of field
c. Focal distance
d. Hyper-focal distance
41. Films have a variety of ranges of sensitivity. Which of the following film is sensitive from ultraviolet color to all colors
of white light?
a. Orthochromatic film
b. Panchromatic film
c. Blue sensitive film
d. X-ray film
42. Mediums that merely slow down the speed of light but allow to pass freely in other respects, it absorve 10% of the
incident light
a. Transparent
b. Translucent
c. Opaque
d. Transmitted
43. Attitude of light that when light strike in to the object or an edge object it bends
a. Reflection
b. Refraction
c. Transmitted
d. Diffraction
44. He introduced Polaroid, one-step photography
a. Edwin H. Land
b. Victor Balthazard
c. Dr. R.A. Reis
d. Abel Niepce de Saint-Victor
45. Create permanent (negative) images using paper soaked in silver chloride and fix with a salt solution
a. Henry Fox Talbot
b. Joseph Nicephore Niepce
c. Johann Heinrich Schulze
d. Alhazen
46. The ________ were the first people that we know to write about the basic idea of the pinhole camera
a. American
b. French
c. Chinese
d. Roman
47. There is a mechanical device that use to process the production of image, that compose of lens, shutter and film
and it is originated in _________ that the meaning is
a. roman – camera obscura
b. latin – dark room

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c. Greek – camera obscura

d. French – Dark room
48. They behave much like visible light. But they can pass through things such as wood, cardboard, and flesh, which
light cannot penetrate having a wavelength between .01 to .30 nanometer or milli-microns
a. Isaac Newton
b. x-ray photography
c. infra-red photo
d. John Frederick William Herschel
49. The art or process of photographing or recording unseen objects and a radiation having a wavelength from 30 to
400 milli-microns
a. ultra violate photography
b. x-ray photography
c. infra-red photo
d. visible lights
50. Is defined as the nearest distance, in which a lens is focused at infinity with a given particular diaphragm opening
which will give the maximum depth of field.
a. Focal length
b. Hyper focal distance
c. Depth of field
d. Diaphragm
51. Through the eyepiece, a single image is seen doubled indicating that the subject is out of focused. Do the
necessary adjustments to make the image coincide, for the lens to be focused.
a. Scale bed
b. Co-incidence
c. Split image
d. Ground glass
52. They are often referred to as “brass” in a non-forensic context
a. Unfired cartridge
b. Fired cartridge cases
c. Fired shotshells
d. Unfired shotshells
53. Shot shell cases that no longer contain propellant, pellets, buckshot, wadding, buffer, or a shotgun slug
a. Unfired cartridge
b. Fired cartridge cases
c. Fired shotshells
d. Unfired shotshells
54. Fired cartridge cases are more useful than fired bullets when linking shooting incidents because they are;
a. Usually found in greater quantities at crime scenes
b. Easier to identify than fired bullets
c. Marked with GRC
d. Marked with manufacturers trade mark
55. Cartridge cases and shotshell cases are identified as having been fired in a particular firearm, based on the ff:
except,
a. firing pin impression
b. skid marks
c. breech face marks
d. chamber marks
56. Extractor marks and ejector marks are found in ballistic evidence such as the
a. cartridge case
b. propellant
c. bullet
d. primer cup
57. Firearms identification is simply a firearms-related specialized division of the broader field of
a. interior ballistics
b. toolmark identification
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d. forensic chemistry
58. He was able to determine that the changes in respiration were of less value in the detection of deception than the
changes in blood pressure
a. Harold Burtt
b. Francis Galton
c. Cleve Backster
d. Vittorio Benussi
59. Use in hospital to determine if the person is still breathing
a. Pneumograph
b. Marypneumograph
c. Plethysmograph
d. hydrosphygmograph
60. Consist of only one relevant and a series of irrelevant questions and padding questions before and after the
relevant questions.
a. Peak of tension test
b. Guilt complex test
c. word association test
d. General question test
61. The art of determining character disposition and amplitude of a person from the study of handwriting
a. Graphometry
b. Graphglogy
c. Graphoanalysis
d. Graph analysis
62. All but one are the basic importance of crime scene photography:
a. Refresh memory
b. Preserve time and event
c. Allow the investigator to re-position the evidence /victim
d. Save money and effort
63. The polygraph examiner conducts post- test interrogation to the subject ______.
a. After taking each chart
b. if the suspect refuses to answer questions
c. If the examiner is in doubt
d. Anytime the examiner wants
64. It is a type of abnormality/defect in type writer that can easily be corrected by simply cleaning the machine or
replacing the ribbon
a. Temporary defect
b. Clogged typeface
c. Permanent defect
d. Actual breakage
65. It is the science which deals with the study of skin patterns.
a. Dermatoglyphics
b. Dermatology
c. Dactyloscopy
d. Palmistry
66. He defines search for truth as the basis and goal of many form of investigation.
a. Henry Goddard
b. Hans gross
c. Robert peel
d. William henry fox Talbot
67. This is a condensed and compact set of authentic specimen which is adequate and proper. It is also contains a
cross section of the material from known sources.
a. Disguised document
b. Questioned document
c. Standard documents
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68. It involves the examination of biopsy samples taken by surgeons to determine whether or not a growth is cancerous
to examining the bodies of victims which could be used in the investigation and prosecution.
a. Clinical pathology
b. Forensic anthropology
c. Anatomic pathology
d. Forensic biochemistry
69. It has a slow speed and it is suited for contact printing.
a. Chloride Paper
b. Bromide Paper
c. Chloro-Bromide paper
d. Exposure Latitude
70. It consists of crystals of light-sensitive compounds (silver nitrate) evenly distributed throughout plastic base
material.
a. Base
b. Anti-halation Backing
c. Emulsion
d. Spectral Sensitivity
71. This refers to the size of the metallic silver grains that formed after development of an exposed film.
a. Spectral Sensitivity
b. Granularity
c. Emulsion Speed
d. Reversal Film
72. It refers to the sensitivity of the film to wavelength or color.
a. Speed
b. Spectral Sensitivity
c. Granularity
d. Graininess
73. It refers to silver halides which are light sensitive and impregnated in the emulsion exists as small crystals and
upon development are converted to pure silver granules.
a. Grain Size
b. Emulsion
c. Film
d. None of these
74. It refers to the Potassium Alum that solidifies the gelatin of the sensitized materials which was soften in the
developing solution.
a. Developing agent
b. Fixing Agent
c. Hardening Agent
d. None of these
75. It refers to the sensitivity of the film to light.
a. Film Speed
b. Base
c. Film Graininess
d. Color Films
76. If pen lift is the interruption of strokes by sudden removal of the writing instrument from the paper, what is the gap
between strokes w/o lifting the pen?
a. Tremor
b. Tremor of fraud
c. Genuine tremor
d. Hiatus
77. The following indicates genuineness of handwriting except?
a. Flying or flourishing strokes
b. Consistency of refined line quality
c. Tremors
d. Continuity and smoothness
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a. Lewis Waterman
b. John Loud
c. George Lazlo Biro
d. Yukio Horie
79. What do you call the stability and rotating motion of the bullet during its flight from the muzzle towards the target?
a. Trajectory
b. Trajectory flight
c. Gyroscopy
d. External ballistics
80. The wobbling motion of the bullet due to the uneven pressure applied to one side to the other side
a. Trajectory
b. Gyroscopy
c. Yaw
d. Ricochet
81. U.S. government made smooth bore gun used in Europe during war designed to fire an automatic colt pistol
cartridge caliber
a. Gas gun
b. Liberator
c. Multi –Barreled gun
d. Freakish gun
82. It was invented by Benjamin Robins (1740) used to determine the velocity of striking bullet through the known
masses of bullet and pendulum bob, and the amplitude of swing using the basic law of physics
a. Speedometer
b. Ballistics pendulum
c. Plumb bob
d. Spectrometer
83. Scientific study of motion of projectile frequently associated with firearms, and deals with the unpowered free-flight
phase of the bullet after it exits the barrel and before it hits the target
a. Interior ballistics
b. Transitional ballistics
c. Terminal ballistics
d. External ballistics
84. An external force factor that imparts a downward acceleration on the projectile, causing it to drop from the line of
sight
a. Vertical drop
b. Parabolic flight
c. Gravity
d. Magnetism
85. Also known as air resistance that decelerates the projectile with a force proportional to the square of the velocity
a. Yaw
b. Drift
c. Drag
d. Cushion
86. The effect of gravity on a projectile in flight is often referred to as
a. Bullet drag
b. Bullet drop
c. Bullet drift
d. Bullet trajectory
87. Below are not false under the process of external ballistics except.
a. Engraving of the cylindrical surface of the bullet
b. A noise was created at the end of the muzzle of the gun
c. Imaginary distance from the muzzle point into the target
d. It refers to the maximum and total distance the bullet can travel and the bullet is capable of inflicting fatal
injury
88. Statement 1 – Vent / flash hole – the passage way of primary explosives found at the base of the cartridge
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Statement 3 – Berdan – a types of a primer that has 2 vent / flash hole that was designed and was made in Europe
a. Only 3 is correct
b. 1 , 2 are correct
c. 1 , 2 and 3 are false
d. Only 2 and 1 are correct
89. The following are the marks found in the bullet except
a. Skid mark
b. Pivotal marks
c. Slippage marking
d. Riffling mark
90. The who discover the smokeless powder known as POUDRE Blanched
a. Paule Veille
b. Alfred Nobel
c. Ancient China
d. Roger Bacon
91. What is that substance present in the emulsion which actually strikes by light and image is formed
a. Gelatin
b. Base
c. Silver halides
d. Sodium thiosulfate
92. Below are not false in relation to the function of the lens EXCEPT
a. The light gathering power of the camera
b. Control the length of time exposure
c. It Use to capture light
d. The one that will focus on the image
93. In year 1945 what important event that happen in the Crime Laboratory of the Military Police
a. Forensic ballistics was introduced
b. Polygraph machine was first introduced
c. DNA was used
d. AFIS was introduced
94. The following are the basic type of ridge characteristic except?
a. Ridge ending
b. Appendage
c. Dot
d. Bifurcation
95. First conviction based on fingerprint in the history of Philippine Jurisprudence?
a. People vs. Jennings
b. Hiss Case
c. People vs. Vera
d. People vs. Alejandro Dula
96. Mark found at the base portion of the shell cause by the backward movement to the breech face of the block of the
firearm.
a. Chamber mark
b. Shearing mark
c. Breech face mark
d. Firing pin mark
97. What type of license which allows a citizen, who is a certified gun collector, to own and possess more than fifteen
(15) registered firearms?
a. 5
b. 4
c. 1
d. 3
98. Who shall issue license to deal in firearms and firearms parts, ammunition and gun repair?
a. DILG Secretary
b. Chief PNP
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d. SEC
99. The following is considered an antique firearm, except?
a. Firearm manufactured at least 75 years prior to the current date but not including replicas;
b. Firearm certified by the National Museum to be curio or relic of museum interest.
c. Any other firearm which derives a substantial part of its monetary value from the fact that it is novel, rare,
bizarre or because of its association with some historical figure, period or event.
d. None of the above
100. In document examination when referring to contemporary documents this refers to______?
a. Document which are more than 30 years
b. Document which are not more than 20 years
c. Document which is more than 5 years before and after
d. Document which are not more than 5 years before and after
-End-
Prepared By:
Armand Viola Jr, Rcrim, MSCJ, CIC, PIC, CSP, CSMS, CCS, CCD, JURIS DOCTOR (ON-GOING)
Criminology Program Head/Review Director

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