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FORENSIC SCIENCE

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer for each
item by shading 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

1. Trajectory refers to the actual pattern or curve path of the ______ in flight.
A. Ammunition C. Gun
B. Projectile D. Cartridge case

2. What is the basis of cartridge case identification as to have been discharged to a particular
firearm?
A. Lands and grooves marking C. Magazine and chamber marks
B. Firing pin marks and breech face marks D. Extractor and ejector mark

3. Fired cartridges extracted from the body of the gunshot victim are marked at its –
1. Base
2. Ogive
3. Nose
4. Body
5. Striations
A. 1, 3 and 5 C. 1, 2 and 3
B. 2 and 4 D. 3, 4 and 5
4. Fired shells used in the shooting incident collected from the crime scene are marked on any
part of the shell for the purpose of identification?
1. Inside near mouth
2. Head of the shell
3. Body
4. Base
5. Outside near the mouth
A. 1, 3 and 5 C. 1, 2 and 3
B. 2 and 4 D. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

5. In the examination of questioned documents, one of the suggested requirements for the
validity and reliability findings is contemporaneousness which means the standard document
must:
A. Be more than 5 years before and after
B. Not be more than 5 years before and after
C. Be more than 30 years
D. Be not more than 20 years

6. Among the following which is NOT a public documents?

A. Written official acts, or records of the official acts of the sovereign authority, official
bodies and tribunals and public officers, whether of the Philippines, or of a foreign
country.
B. Documents acknowledged before a notary public.
C. Last will and testaments.
D. Public records, kept in the Philippines, of private documents required by law to be
entered therein.

7. Before any private document can be offered in evidence, its authenticity and due execution
must be proved first. How?
A. By anyone who saw the document executed or written
B. By evidence of the genuineness of the signature or handwriting of the maker.
C. Ancient document
D. By expert opinion of a questioned document examiner whose expertise must be duly
proved first

A. 1 and 4 C. 1 and 2
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B. 1, 2 and 4 D. 4 only

8. Juana Galvez is a Registrar in one of the biggest University in Metro Manila. Due to countless
documents she signs everyday you will notice usual or normal deviations of her handwriting.
Which of the following statements is true about the facts?
A. Galvez handwriting may undergo transitory change
B. Galvez signature may sustain temporary defect
C. Natural variation may be observed on Galvez’s handwriting
D. Tremor may be noticed on Galvez, s handwriting

9. You gather documentary evidence at the scene of the crime. How will you best preserve such
document for evidentiary purposes?
A. By placing it in a paper envelope
B. By placing it in a plastic envelope
C. By placing it in a plastic transparent envelope
D. By placing it in a sealed folder

10. What is the action of light when it passed through a transparent object?
A. Light is absorbed by the object
B. Light is transmitted through the transmitted
C. Light is reflected on the object
D. Light is refracted from the object

11. Once light hits a certain medium, its action can be characterized as either :
1. light is transmitted
2. light is reflected
3. light is absorbed
4. light is produced
5. light is exterminated

A. 1, 2, 3 C. 2, 4
B. 1, 3, 5 D. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

12. Which part of the camera that controls the passage of light reaching the sensitized material?
A. lens C. shutter
B. lens opening D. film plane

13. Depressed portions or canal structure of the friction skin found between ridges are ____.
A. pores C. indentions
B. furrows D. duct

14. When a ridge bifurcates, sending two ridges across the imaginary line, it is counted___.
A. one C. two
B. three D. six

15. Ridge that divides into two ridges and resembles a fork structure is____
A. divergence C. convergence
B. bifurcation D. enclosure

16. One of the cardinal rule in taking fingerprints from subject is that____.
A. fingers must be healthy C. fingers must be dry
B. fingers must be moisten D. fingers must be oily

17. Which test that may determine gunpowder residue?

A. Takayama test C. Paraffin test
B. Diphenylamine D. Florence test

18. The polygraph machine has ____ major components?

A. three C. four
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B. five C. six

19. The best way to conduct a thorough interview is for the investigator to –
A. allow himself sufficient time for adjustment
B. permit the interviewee to give narrative statement
C. be guided by a pre-arranged checklist
D. Devote adequate time for an interviewee’s evaluation

20. What should be the attitude of a polygraph examiner in confronting subject in a polygraph test?
A. Arrogant C. Authoritative
B. Cordial but firm D. Antagonistic

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