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INSTRUCTION: The following test items follows a multiple-choice test type. Encircle only one letter that corresponds to your
choice.
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED.

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the modes of identifying the suspect?
a. Taking of confession or admission
b. Through the existence of circumstantial evidence
c. Interviewing the witness
d. Evidence establishing the corpus delicti

2. Which of the following make the sketch wrong?

a. The use of KEY-capital letter of the alphabet for listing down items of evidence
b. Failure of the investigator to have the sketch verified for admissibility
c. Lack of indication of the North Direction with an arrow
d. Filling all the details on the rough sketch of the scene

3. As the investigator on the case, the physical evidence found in the crime scene are those describe as
___________________.
a. should be of interest to the scene of crime operatives
b. can have perceived by senses
c. is composed of matters
d. can explain what actually have happened in a crime

4. The investigation technique is effective, but also risky because the operative conceal true identity, adopt and
assume a role to obtain information is ______________.
a. work and social assignment b. acting assignment
c. replacement assignment d. undercover assignment

5. In evidentiary analysis, the lower the probability, the greater the _______________.
a. evidentiary value b. recognition
c. percentage value d. cost of evidence

6.. In conducting interrogation, which of the following should NOT be adopted as questioning techniques?
a. General to specific b. Chronological
c. Going Backward d. Going Upward

7. You observed in the suspect the following; sweating, color change, dry mouth, pulse and breathing, in your
analysis what does this manifest?
a. It manifest sufficient strong and convincing evidence of guilt
b. It can be an expression of embarrassment
c. It manifest psychological symptoms of guilt
d. It can be considered as circumstantial evidence of guilt

8. What is this place where the suspect either commits an illegal act of leave a trace after the commission of the
crime?
a. Corpus Delicti b. Body of the victim
c. Crime Scene d. Body of evidence
9. The US Supreme Court decision wherein confession made by the accused without the assistance of a counsel is
not admissible in evidence is _____________.
a. Willis vs State of Texas b. Frennan Vs US
c. Miranda Vs Arizona d. Crooker vs California

10. A crime may generate evidence in the form of physical objects, to make effective use of them, articles found in
the scene the investigator should _______________.
a. preserves its physical and legal integrity
b. all of them
c. recognizes and collect them
d. evaluates its worth in the investigation

11. In conducting field operations, what is this function that the individual police perform essential to the
administrative operation of the police?
a. police report writing b. conduct of investigation
c. traffic function d. patrolling functions

12. What is this place where the suspect either commit an illegal act or leave commission of the crime?
a. Corpus Delicti c. body of the victim
b. Crime scene d. body of the evidence

13. Which of the following is NOT one of the modes of identifying the suspect?
a. Taking of a confession or admission
b. Through the existence of circumstantial evidence
c. Interviewing the witnesses
d. Evidence establishing the corpus delicti

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14. The physical tool in criminal investigation which is useful in detecting, identifying physical evidence in
accomplishing the objective of criminal investigation is ______________.
a. Interrogation b. criminalistics
c. instrumentation d. interview

15. Which of the following is the best illustration of eaves dropping the crime scene?
a. Playing the role of curious spectator and mix with the crowd to listen to the conversation
b. Search physical evidence at the scene
c. none of these
d. extent the estimate of the scene

16. The search pattern generally used to cover large area is ___________.
a. Strip b. Spiral
c. zone d. grid

17. In conducting an interrogation, what are the legal matters that you should inform he suspect before the
interrogation
a. All of these
b. That he has the right to remain silent and anything he says can be used in the court
c. That he has the right not to answer questions that may be incriminatory
d. That he has the right to have a competent and independent counsel of his own choice, presence during
questioning

18. The following are some of the elements of investigative process EXCEPT_____.

A. Collection
B. Recognition
C. Preservation
D. Presentation

19. The following are the three-fold aim of criminal investigation EXCEPT to _________.

a. Prosecute the suspect b. Gather evidence of guilt of the suspect

c. Locate the suspect d. Identify the suspect

20. Which of the following is not a part of cardinal point in criminal investigation?
a. what is the marital status of the offender?
b. How was the crime committed?
c. Where was the crime committed?
d. Why was the crime committed?

21. Consider the following statements regarding marking of evidence in illegal drug crimes: (1) marking of evidence
should be done in the presence of the suspect, (2) marking of evidence done immediately upon arrival, (3) marking of
evidence should be made immediately upon seizure. Which of the forgoing statements strictly comply with RA 9165?
a. 1,2 b. 1,3
c. 2,3 d. 1,2,3

22. What is the APPROPRIATE term to describe the vitiation of freewill by threats and coerce methods of instilling
fear?
a. duress- condition of the mind b. coercion – actual force
c. Threats- actual d. Intimidation

23. In determining whether or not the witness is credible and testimony is accurate, what are the factors that should
be considered?
a. The prevailing conditions of visibility and observation when the crime was committed
b. The lapse of time between the incident and the time when the identification was made
c. The state of mind of the witness at the time of the commission of the crime
d. The ability of the witness to observe and remember the distinct appearance of the suspect

24. What kind of evidence are personal effects like latent prints, shoe impressions and the like which discovered
during the processing of the crime scene linking the suspect thereto?
a. circumstantial evidence b. real evidence
c. associative evidence d. persona evidence

25. In interrogating hostile witness, it is necessary that the investigator should not feel disadvantages due to the place
of interrogation. What will you do you are the investigator?
a. I will choose the home of the suspect
b. I will choose crowded place like restaurants
c. My choice of place of interrogation will be inside the police headquarters
d. My choice will be the house of any of the relative of the suspect

26. What is this process of describing police character wherein witness may look in the photos in police station into
the purpose of references
a. Rouges gallery b. line
c. observation d. Mugshots

27. Screw driver use to force a lock will leave what kind of marks;
a. Scratch b. Trademarks
c. Tool marks d. Minute scrap metals

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28. Consider the following steps in the conduct of traffic accident investigation (1) care for injured (2) get to the scene
quickly and safety, (3) interview the drivers and witnesses, and (4) take photographs and measurement. Arrange in
chronological order the foregoing steps.
a. 2,3,4,1 b. 2,4,3,1
c. 2,1,4,3 d. 1,2,3,4

29. What is this method of shadowing where the operatives are stationed at a fixed point and assumption that the
subject follows the same general route every day.
a. ABC method - reduces the risk of losing the subject b. Combined foot and car surveillance
c. Leap frog method d. Fixed surveillance

30. The successful outcome of a criminal investigation is almost always directly related to ______________.
a. the number and professional competence of laboratory people
b. the complexity of the crime and its crime scene
c. the number of physical evidence collected from the crime scene
d. the manner of collection and preservation of evidence

31. What is this photographing of arrested suspects both full face and side profile?

a. Line up b. Portrait parle – verbal description

c. Selfie d. Mugshot

33. What kind of search method wherein the crime scene is subdivided into areas, a building into rooms or floors then
each of the fire officer or officers are then assigned accordingly?

a. Concentric search b. Sector search

c. Strip search d. Double strip

34. The suggested method when the crime scene is approximately circular or oval is ___________method.
a. strip b. zone
c. double strip d. wheel

35. What would be the consequence if investigators at a crime scene improperly search and preserve physical
evidence?
a. they can be sued under existing law, criminally or administratively
b. Sensitive laboratory procedures can still extract the needed information
c. The damage is permanent and irreversible, thus harming the conduct of investigation
d. They can always return to the scene and perform crime scene search again

36. How would you classify the Type “O’ blood found at the crime scene as physical evidence?
a. class characteristics b. individual characteristics
c. Mixed characteristics d. independent characteristics

37. Which of the following is NOT a form of relevant and material information taken from regular cultivated or
grapevine sources?
a. Physical forms b. sensory
c. materials d. written

38. The mere invitation of a suspect under RA 7438 is already considered as the beginning of ____________.
a. informing of rights b. detention
c. arrest d. custody

39. Spiral, strip/line grid, one/quadrant/pie/wheel are varieties of ___________crime scene.

a. analysis patterns b. search patterns
c. recording patterns d. collection patterns

40. Aware that you did not follow the legal requirements in your conduct of custodial interrogation, therefore you are
aware that the legal consequence of which is that the evidence you obtained is _______.
a. not valid b. inadmissible
c. still valid d. admissible

41. Which of the following is NOT one of the elements of investigative process?
a. preservation b. evaluation
c. recognition d. dissemination

42. What documentation shows that the evidence collected have always been under the supervision or accountability
of a person?
a. inventory receipt b. chain of custody
c. chain of receipt d. evidence list

43. The examination of the qualitative and quantitative analysis of the unknown substance is the primary
responsibility of ___________.
a. instrumentation b. criminalistics
c. forensic science d. crime laboratory

44. The process in surveillance wherein the subject or suspect is being guarded by one who usually stays at the rear
of the subject.
a. one-man shadow b. two-man shadow
c. convoy d. envoy

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45. During an interview, planning is important and must follow the order of time and bring out facts orderly as they
happened, this technique is called –
A. chronological questioning B. psychological questioning
C. physical questioning D. None of these

46. The following are some elements of investigation process EXCEPT?

a. Identify the offender b. arrest the criminal
c. Convict the criminal d. locates the offender

47. You found evidence at the crime scene. As a member of the scene of the crime operatives the evidence should
be labelled _____________.
a. after the turn-over of evidence to the custodian
b. during the trial in court
c. at the crime scene upon collection
d. after the evidence has been tagged

48. The search warrant that the police officer needs must be obtained from the ___________.
a. prosecutor’s office b. judge
c. chief of police d. any of these

49. What do we refer to the summary of the habits techniques and peculiarities of being characterizing the
operational procedure employed by certain offenders?
a. coercion b. means
c. modus operandi d. criminal tactics

50. The following are the most important reasons why police report should be given attention, EXCEPT __________
a. police report will serve as personal written records of the police
b. police report follows the suspect through judicial proceedings
c. police report will be scrutinized by the judges up to the appellate courts
d. police report will likely be reviewed by prosecutors and defense lawyers

51. Which of the following must be done to maintain the physical integrity of evidence?
a. Evidence must be photographed and packaged
b. Evidence must be properly documented
c. Maintain its chain of custody
d. Identify, tag and seal the evidence

52. The interview of a witness can be described by the acronym IRONIC, which stands for:
a. Inquiry, Recognition, Organization, Novelty, Identity, Continuity
b. Identity, Rapport, Omnipresent, Narration, Inquiry, Conclusion
c. Identity, Recognition, Opening statement, Narration, Inquiry, Conclusion
d. Identity, Rapport, Opening statement, Narration, Inquiry, Conclusion

53. Interrogation is dynamic. It involves human beings whose conduct is under the watchful eyes of the law, which of
the following is NOT true concerning interrogation?
a. The purpose of interrogation is to test information already obtained
b. The nature of interrogation is adversarial or hostile relationship
c. Interrogation has minimal, without or no pre-interview legal requirements nor rights warning
d. Strict pre-interrogation legal requirements and information of rights warning are required

54. When investigating a crime with so many suspects, which of the following can help the investigator in identifying
the specific suspect to the crime?
a. circumstantial evidence b. associative evidence
c. confession d. motive

55. To obtain a search warrant, the police officers must show to the court that they have _____________.
a. preponderance of evidence b. substantial evidence
c. proof beyond reasonable doubt d. probable cause

56. What should be established first before or during the conduct of interview or interrogation?
a. motive that implies the offender
b. intent in the commission of the crime
c. rapport with the subject
d. guilt of the subject

57. Which of the following is NOT physical evidence?

a. Documentary evidence b. associative evidence
c. trace evidence d. corpus delicti

58. The search method or pattern that breaks the area into smaller one is ______.
a. grid b. quadrant
c. strip d. spiral

59. Why is it needed to question the witness?

a. Witness will provide information b. Witness knows what happen
c. Witness is in the scene of the crime d. Witness is intelligent person

60. What is the first thing oi do after or visualizing a fingerprint?

a. none of them
b. To lift the visualized fingerprint
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c. to cut off the portion wherein the fingerprint is located
d. to photograph the visualized fingerprint

61. If there is only one searcher, what pattern is advisable to be used?

a. zone b. strip
c. spiral d. grid

62. A shabbily crafted police report submitted by the police officers and part of the record in court proceedings, at its
WORST, makes the __________.

A. Police report has a basis of scrutiny?

B. Police officer just another contributor to the state of criminal justice?
C. Police officer practically a witness for the defense
D. Police report just another court record
63. The following are agreed reasons why many contemporary investigators argue that the success of most criminal
investigations begin at the crime scene EXCEPT _______.

a. It is at the crime scene where vital physical evidence can be discovered

b. It is at the crime scene where the modus operandi of the criminal can be discovered and establish
c. It is at the crime scene where vital information can be learned
d. It is at the crime scene where vital witnesses can be located, or sometimes the suspect arrested

64. What kind of evidence that can be associated with the group?

a. Individual characteristics b. Testimonial evidence

c. Class characteristics d. Physical evidence

65. Forensic specialist has the duty to train investigators and crime searchers in the ______ of evidence.

a. Interpretation b. Recognition
c. Cataloguing d. Analysis
66. The search pattern generally used up cover large area is_______.

a. Strip b. Zone
c. Spiral d. Grid

67. The process whereby the witness describes the police characters of suspects is ____________
a. portrait parle b. line-up
c. observation d. rouge gallery

68. When conducting an interview of a witness, the following are suggested in order to evaluate the credibility of the
witness EXCEPT the__________.
a. Consciousness of the witness at the time the event took place
b. Witness is not under the influence of alcohol or drugs
c. capability of the witness to understand the obligation to tell
d. direction the witness was coming from to going to

69. You are conducting investigation; your aim is to obtain admission or confession. What kind of questioning are you
going to employ?
a. all of these b. I will conduct interrogation
c. I will conduct custodial investigation d. I will conduct interview

70. The largest volume of evidence receive by the crime laboratory is in relation to ______.
a. Murders and homicide b. Ballistics examination
c. Illegal drugs d. Falsification of documents

71. While investigating a case you stumbled on an intelligence records which could be important for your
investigation. Probably the GREATEST problem of intelligence records as the basis for an ongoing investigation is
that they are not. ______
a. Purged, thus, not totally current b. Given to the investigator on time
c. Always completely accurate d. The full story

72. The tool of investigation which may be useful in establishing the presence of the suspect at the crime scene due
to physical evidence discovered therein is _______.

a. Interrogation b. Interview
c. Information d. Instrumentation

73. The following are modes by which the identity if the suspect may be known EXCEPT________.
a. Corpus delicti b. Eyewitnesses
c. Confession or admission? d. Circumstantial evidence

74. What is this function that deals with the identity location and arrest of a person suspected of committing a crime
and to bring him/her to justice
a. Inquest proceedings b. Investigative process
c. Criminal investigations d. Investigation

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75. Which of the following does NOT constitute part of the police report?
a. inter-office memorandum b. Police Report writing
c. Affidavit d. Note Taking

76. Fingerprint system, modus operandi file, the lie detector, communication system, surveillance equipment,
searching apparatus and other investigative tools are referred to as ______________.
a. criminalistics b. instrumentation
c. eavesdropping d. interrogation

77. The similarities between interview and interrogation is apparently shown in _________.
a. investigator’s control of the place
b. the purpose of questioning
c. good questioning technique
d. careful listening of the investigator

78. In taking the dying declaration, you are guided by these principles. (1) That the admission of dying declaration is
not dependent on the time being made in particular form, and (2) that the taking of dying declaration has no definite
form required and need not under oath? Which do you observe?
a. 1 and 2 are both correct b. only 2 are correct
c. 1 and 2 are both incorrect d. only 1 is correct

79. When taking and documenting the confession of the subject, the following are suggested to be done, EXCEPT
to__________.
a. has additional witness to verify the statement made
b. makes sure that the page of the confession be numbered consecutively
c. has all errors corrected and initiated by the subject
d. assumes the literacy of the subject

80. The suspect is a lawyer and does not want the assistance of another lawyer, Will you allow the interrogation to
proceed?
a. No, because the investigator may be charged criminally
b. No, because the confession will not be admissible in court
c. Yes, after all he is a lawyer, he knows his rights
d. None of these

81. Which of the following CANNOT prove the identity of the suspect?
a. Associative evidence b. confession
c. circumstantial evidence d. modus operandi

a. By confession or admission of the criminal himself

b. Identification by accounts or testimonies of eyewitnesses
c. Identification by circumstantial evidence
d. Identification by associative evidence
e. Identification by the Method of Operation (Modus Operandi)

82. What is physical evidence that LINKS the suspect to the crime scene?
a. CORPUS DELICTI b. ASSOCIATIVE EVIDENCE
c. TRACING EVIDENCE d. REAL EVIDENCE

83. As member of the crime of the scene operatives, the markings of physical evidence found at the crime scene
should be made?
a. After the tagging of evidence
b. At the crime scene upon collection
c. During the trial
d. After the turn-over of evidence

84. The search method applicable to a crime scene which a circular or oval where in the searcher gathers at the
center
a. Strip b. Radial c. Spiral d. Zone

85. The data gathering by the investigator from public records, private records and modus operandi file
a. Instrumentation b. Information C. Interview d. Interrogation

86. During investigation and conducting the interview or interrogation, it is important to establish the;
a. Motive B. Guilt C. Intent D. Rapport

87. The systematic process involved in the search; handling; transportation; transmittal and accountability of the
evidence recovered from the crime scene
a. Chain of custody
b. Corpus delicti
c. Crime scene preservation
d. Crime scene reconstruction

88. Which of the following is NOT considered in as a search method in crime scene?
a. Strip search method
b. double strip search method
c. Zone search method
d. Diagonal or triangular search
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89. What is this process wherein confession is used to describe the events of the crime?

A. Re- enactment of crime

B. Reconstruction of crime scene
C. Mental reconstruction of crime
D. Physical reconstruction of crime

90. The best type of questioning that allows no possibility of misinterpretation is ______ questions.
a. logical b. rational
c. direct d. indirect

91. The following are considered as an “ELUSIVE” object in investigation EXCEPT ____________.
a. associative evidence b. object evidence
c. testimonial evidence d. physical evidence

92. Below are sample questions that follow cardinal point of investigation EXCEPT ______________.
a. What specific crime b. when was the crime committed
c. what is economic specific crime d. Who committed the crime

93. Through this tool of criminal investigation tangible things may be used to detect crimes, identify the criminals,
facilitate, and assist the investigator in its task in achieving the objectives of criminal investigation.
a. Information c. Instrumentation
b. Criminalistics d. Interview/Interrogation

94. In order the preserve the integrity of evidence collected or gathered from the crime scene, what must be observe?
a. Identify and tag the evidence b. Maintain the required chain of custody
c. Photograph the evidence d. Seal the evidence collected

95. The following questions are part of the cardinal points of criminal investigation, EXCEPT ____.
a. How was the crime committed? b. Why was the crime committed?
c. What is the offender’s marital status? d. Where was the crime committed?

96. What makes a sketch wrong?

a. Indicate the North direction with an arrow
b. To establish admissibility, the investigator must have the sketch verified
c. Use KEY-capital letters of the alphabet for listing down items of evidence
d. Fill in all the details on your rough sketch at the scene. Final sketch may be prepared at the office.

97. What kind of data may be gathered by an investigator from public and private records, including modus operandi
files?
a. Interrogation b. Interview
c. Instrumentation d. Information

98. What is the forensic science of personal identification by dental characteristics

a. Forensic Dentistry b. Forensic Odontology
c. Dental Medicine d. All of these

99. What kind of search method is conducted when the searcher starts at a central point?
a. Concentric search b. Double strip
c. Strip search d. Zone search

100. The following are examples of questions that follows the cardinal points of investigations. EXCEPT______?
a. What is the economic status of the offender?
b. What is the specific crime was committed?
c. When was the crime was committed?
d. Who committed the crime?

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