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BATCH 11

BOARD EXAM TRIAL ON FORENSIC SCIENCE


Prepared by: Prof. Sharra Mei Mahinay

PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION the loop, the core is placed upon the end of the center
1. The inner terminus of the finger print pattern. rod whether it touches the looping ridge or not.
a. Delta a. True
b. Core b. False
c. Ridges c. Partially True
d. Pores d. Partially False

2. The Secondary Classification of the Thumb, Middle, 10. Fingerprint pattern are ______, as all fingerprint
Ring and Little fingers must be written in small letters. experts agree.
a. True a. Always inherited
b. False b. Sometimes inherited
c. Partially True c. Inherited as mendelian characteristics
d. Partially False d. Never Inherited

3. There are three (3) principles of Fingerprint science. 11. It is done by cutting on various parts of the body and
Which among the following is not included? leaving scars to form elaborate designs.
a. Principle of Individuality a. Tattoo
b. Principle of Permanency b. Scarcification
c. Principle of Infallibility c. Personal Description
d. Principle of Uniqueness d. Anthropometry

4. He is a notorious gangster and a police character who 12. A system of identification based on the
attempted to erase his fingerprint by burning it with acid. measurements of the various bony structure of the
a. Locard human body.
b. William West a. Tattoo
c. Will West b. Scarcification
d. John Dillinger c. Personal Description
d. Anthropometry
5. What objects appear as tiny black lines with tiny white
dots (called pores) in an inked finger impression? 13. Fingerprints offer an _______ means of personal
a. Pores identification
b. Sweat a. Infallible
c. Furrows b. Reliable
d. Ridges c. Dependable
d. All of these
6. What do you call the separating or spreading apart of
two ridges that were previously running side by side? 14. No two fingerprints have ever been found alike in
a. Disjunction many billion of human and automated computer
b. Divergence comparisons.
c. Convergence a. The statement is true
d. Looping b. The statement is false
c. Possibly True
7. What kind of pattern has two deltas in which at least d. Possibly false
one ridge makes a turn through one complete circuit?
a. Loop 15. The first forensic professional organization is
b. Accidental Whorl a. DNA
c. Arch b. IAI
d. Plain whorl c. FBI
d. NBI
8. What is the scientific examination of the prints of the
soles of the feet? 16. When there are two or more possible Delta which
a. Podoscopy conform to the definition, the one nearest to the core is
b. Horoscopy chosen.
c. Chiroscopy a. True
d. Flouroscopy b. False
c. Partially true
9. When the innermost sufficient recurve contains an d. Partially false
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17. The Delta is placed upon or within the innermost a. Principle of Individuality
sufficient recurve. b. Principle of Permanency
a. True c. Principle of Infallibility
b. False d. Principle of Constancy
c. Partially True
d. Partially False 28. Damage to the dermis will not result to permanent
ridge destruction.
18. Other visible human characteristics change- a. True
fingerprint do no. b. False
a. True c. Possibly True
b. False d. Possibly False
c. Probably true
d. Probably false 29. There are ________ families of finger print pattern.
a. Two
19. He devised the anthropometric system of b. Three
identification. c. Eight
a. Alphonse Bertlillon d. Four
b. Alphense Bertillion
c. Will West 30. This are raised strips of the skin on the inside of the
d. William West end joint of our fingers and thumbs by which fingerprints
are made.
20. In his “Philosophical Transaction”, he presented his a. Papillary Ridges
observation on the appearance of the ridges on the b. Friction Ridges
fingers and palms. c. Epidermal Ridges
a. Dr. Marcelo Malpighi d. All of these
b. Govard Bidloo
c. Sir Francis Galton 31. The following are families of fingerprint pattern
d. Dr. Nehemiah Grew except
a. Whorl
21. Govard Biloo presented the appearance and b. Loop
arrangement of the ridges on a thumb in his thesis c. Arch
entitled: d. Accidental
a. De externo Tactus Organo
b. Philosophical Transaction 32. Can fingerprint be erased?
c. Anatomia Humanis Corporis a. Yes
d. None of these b. No
c. Maybe
22. He described the ridges found on the palmar surface d. I don‟t Know
of the hand and the pores which served as the mouth of
the sweat glands. 33. The outer terminus in the pattern area.
a. J.C.A. Mayer a. Delta
b. Herman Welcker b. Core
c. Dr. Marcelo Malpighi c. Bifurcation
d. Govard Bidloo d. Ridges

23. He is the father of Criminalistic. 34. In loop the ridges are usually circular.
a. Dr. Marcelo Malpighi a. True
b. Govard Bidloo b. False
c. Sir Francis Galton c. Partially True
d. Hans Gross d. Partially false

24. It is the approximate center of a fingerprint pattern 35. The science of palm print identification.
usually found in loops and whorls. a. Dactyloscopy
a. Delta b. Dactylography
b. Core c. Chiroscopy
c. Type line d. Podoscopy
d. Bifurcation
36. The symbol for accidental whorl is
25. When there is a choice between a bifurcation and a. Z
another type of delta, the bifurcation is selected. b. X
a. True c. C
b. False d. D
c. Maybe
d. Partially True 37. It is that part of a loop or whorl in which the core
and delta appear which we are concerned in the
26. It is the reproduction on some smooth surfaces of classification process.
the pattern or design formed by ridges on the inside of a. Type lines
the end joint of the fingers and thumb. b. Pattern Area
a. Ridges c. Bifurcation
b. Pores d. Delta
c. Fingerprint
d. DNA 38. There are five (5) types of pattern in the Whorl
Family.
27. This principle states that there are no two a. True
fingerprints which are exactly alike. b. False

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c. Partially True a. Plain Arch
d. Partially false b. Tented Arch
c. Ulnar Loop
39. The upper ten impressions in the fingerprint card are d. Radial Loop
taken individually. These are referred to as the
___________. 49. It is the Ridge counting of a Loop pattern that
a. Rolled impression appears in the Index, Middle and Ring fingers of both
b. Plain Impression hands.
c. Slapped Impression a. Key Classification
d. Flat Impression b. Major Classification
c. Final Classification
40. These are the innermost ridges running parallel or d. Sub-Secondary Classification
nearly parallel to each other which diverge and surround
or tend to surround the pattern area. 50. It refers to a bone condition wherein the finger joints
a. Bifurcation cannot be bent.
b. Type Lines a. Ankylosis
c. Pattern Area b. Chiroscopy
d. Core c. Calcar
d. Webb Finger
41. This is the impressions at the bottom of the card that
are taken simultaneously without rolling, printing all of 51. To help identify a subject who is an alien, the most
the fingers of each hand at a forty-five degree angle and vital information to be obtained at the Bureau of
then the thumbs. Immigration and Deportation is…
a. Rolled Impression a. Educational attainment of the alien
b. Slapped Impression b. Residence of the alien
c. Flat Impression c. Occupation of the alien
d. B & C d. Port of entry of the alien

42. In taking fingerprints, the technician must encourage 52. In tracing a suspected person at large in a criminal
the subject being fingerprinted to relax. case, the least vital among the following would be…
a. True a. His appearance and how he dresses
b. False b. Known associates and companions
c. Partially True c. His occupation or means of livelihood
d. Partially False d. Where the suspect hangs out

43. The symbol for radial loop is 53. What does the first two digit of a person‟s Social
a. RL Security Number indicates?
b. R a. The occupation of the member at the time of
c. U registration
d. UL b. The month of registration
c. The income bracket or group where the member
44. The outer terminus of a fingerprint pattern usually belongs
found in loops and whorls. d. The region where the member originally
a. Core registered
b. Delta
c. Ridges 54. In determining the identity of an unknown dead body
d. Type lines found in a river, wherein no identifying papers are to be
found, and the body is badly mutilated and swollen,
45. The delta must be located in from of the point of which among the following means of identification is
divergence of the two type lines which open towards the least dependable?
Delta. a. Fingerprints
a. True b. Tattoo markings on the body
b. False c. Scars on the body
c. Possibly True d. Measurement of the body
d. Possibly False
55. In reporting a missing person, which among the
46. In this pattern, the ridges enter from either side, re- following is the most vital information necessary to locate
curve and pass out or tend to pass out the same side the said person?
they entered. a. Clinical or medical history of the person
a. Loop b. Personal traits and habits
b. Whorl c. Mental attitude and condition at the time of the
c. Arch disappearance
d. Tented Arch d. Physical description

47. In order to take advantage of the natural movement 56. Given to a complete set of ten fingers as they appear
of the forearm, the hand should be rotated from the on a fingerprint card generally based on pattern type,
more difficult position to the easiest position. ridge tracing or ridge count.
a. True a. Henry System
b. False b. Battley System
c. Partially True c. Fingerprint Classification
d. Partially False d. Classification Formula

48. It is a type of fingerprint pattern which possesses 57. It constitutes approximately 65% of all fingerprints.
either an angle or up thrust, or two of the three basic a. Loops
characteristics of the loop. b. Arches

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c. Whorls 68. If one finger is amputated, it is given a classification
d. Accidentals with that of;
a. The opposite finger
58. That part of the fingerprint wherein we find the core b. The next finger
and delta. c. The first finger
a. Bifurcation d. The last finger
b. Pattern area
c. Type lines 69. It consist of recordings of all friction ridges present
d. None of these on the palmar surfaces of the hands and the inner
surfaces of the fingers. They are commonly utilized to
59. Refers to innermost ridges that run parallel, diverge make accurate and conclusive comparisons with all latent
and surround or tend to surround the pattern area. prints obtained during the investigation of a major case.
a. Delta a. Major Case print
b. Divergence b. Fingerprint chart
c. Core c. Special case print
d. Type lines d. None of these

60. A smooth spreading apart of two ridges which have 70. In trying to obtain prints on fingers of a dead person
been running parallel or nearly parallel. which is stiff or when rigor mortis has set in, injection of
a. Island a tissue builder by a hypodermic needle at the joint of
b. Dot the finger up to the tip of the finger is undertaken. Which
c. Divergence among the following is the most commonly utilized tissue
d. Convergence builder?
a. Glycerine
61. A small ridge attached to another ridge. b. Water
a. Island c. Saline Solution
c. Bifurcation d. Both A and B
b. Dot
d. appendage 71. What is written between the Final Classification and
the Secondary Classification?
62. In ridge counting of loops, which among the a. Key Classification
following is not counted? b. Major Classification
a. Delta c. Sub-Secondary Classification
c. Intervening ridges d. Primary Classification
b. Core
d. Both A and B 72. If the ridge counting of a loop in the Index finger is
eleven (11), what must be the symbol for purposes of
63. When the trace is whorls is on the outside or core the Sub-Secondary classification?
outside of right delta three or more ridges, the trace is a. I
determined to be; b. M
a. (I) Inner c. O
b. (O) Outer d. L
c. (M) Meet
d. None of these 73. It represents only about five (5) percent of the
fingerprint patterns encountered.
64. Represents the total numerical value of the even a. Loop
numbered fingers plus one over the total number b. Arches
numerical value of the odd numbered fingers plus one. c. Whorl
a. Primary d. None of these
b. Secondary
c. Key 74. It is a biometric Identification Methodology that uses
d. Final digital imaging technology to obtain, store, and analyze
fingerprint data.
65. In the classification, this is always shown in capital a. AFIS
letters with the right hand over the help. b. Automated Fingerprint Identification System
a. Primary c. Digital Imaging System
b. Secondary d. Both A & B
c. Key
d. Final 75. It refers to a single ending ridge in the center f a
recurving ridge of a loop.
66. It tells us the classification of the thumbprints on the a. Appendage
fingerprint card and appears showing the right hand over b. Bar
the left hand. c. Rod
a. Primary d. Both B & C
b. Secondary
c. Key 76. It is a single ridge, which divides or forks into two
d. Final ridges.
a. Converging Ridge
67. If all fingers are amputated or missing at birth, the b. Bifurcating Ridge
classification will be; c. Dissociated Ridge
a. M 32 W MMM/ M 32 W MMM d. None of these
b. M 31 W MMM/ M 31 W MMM
c. M 30 W MMM/ M 30 W MMM 77. It refers to the insertion on a fingerprint card the
d. None of these results of the interpretation of all ten patterns.

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Represented by letters, symbols or numbers on the card a. Central Pocket Loop Whorl
required for each of the rolled prints. b. Accidental Whorl
a. Blocking Out c. Double Loop Whorl
b. Ridge counting d. Plain Whorl
c. Ridge tracing
d. None of these 88. It is a kind of fingerprint pattern consisting of two (2)
different types of pattern with the exception of the plain
78. The heart or the innermost center of a pattern. arch.
a. Delta a. Central Pocket Loop Whorl
b. Core b. Accidental Whorl
c. Pattern area c. Double Loop Whorl
d. Type line d. Plain Whorl

79. It refers to the appearance of extra fingers as 89. There are _____ types of impressions involved in
anatomically known. taking fingerprints.
a. Poroscopy a. 3
b. Anyklosis b. 4
c. Polydactylism c. 2
d. Extra finger d. 1

80. It is the process of counting ridges that cross or 90. Plain impressions are printed last at the bottom of
touch an imaginary line drawn between the delta and the card.
core of a loop. a. True
a. Ridge counting b. False
b. Ridge tracing c. Partially true
c. Ridge Ending d. Partially false
d. None of these
91. If the individual has a bandage or cast of a finger,
81. It refers to the process of charting the ridge that thumb or hand, place the notation, “Cannot be Printed”
originates from the lower side of the left delta toward the or CP in the appropriate finger block.
right delta to see where it flows in relation to the right a. True
delta. b. False
a. Ridge counting c. Partially True
b. Ridge Tracing d. Partially false
c. Ridge ending
d. Short Ridge 92. If an individual has more than ten fingers, the
thumbs and the next four fingers and the extra finger
82. A type of fingerprint pattern in which the ridges run should be printed.
its direction to the radius or to the thumb. a. True
a. Radial Bone b. False
b. Radial Loop c. Partially True
c. Ulnar Loop d. Partially false
d. Arch
93. There are four (4) steps in the Finger print
83. For purposes of the Primary Classification, the Right Classification. Which among the following is not included?
Index and Left Middle are intended as Numerator. a. Recording
a. True b. Interpretation
b. False c. Blocking
c. Partially True d. Pairing
d. Partially false
94. The Classification formula is written horizontally on
84. It constitutes approximately 65% of all fingerprint the fingerprint card. It is consists of six (6) classification.
patterns. a. True
a. Arch b. False
b. Loop c. Partially True
c. Whorl d. Partially False
d. None of these
95. It is the sum total of all numerical values of Whorls in
85. The arch and loop patterns are not included in the a set of finger plus (+) a fraction of over 1.
Primary Classification. a. Secondary Classification
a. True b. Key Classification
b. False c. Primary Classification
c. Partially True d. Final Classification
d. Partially False
96. It is the process of writing the symbols of the
86. It consists of one or more ridges which makes a corresponding patterns on the space provided in the
complete circuit with two deltas. fingerprint cards.
a. Central Pocket Loop a. Pairing
b. Plain Whorl b. Blocking
c. Double Loop Whorl c. Tracing
d. Accidental whorl d. Interpretation

87. It consists of two separate loop formations with two 97. It is the process of assigning Numerical Values for
separate and distinct sets of shoulders, and two (2) Whorl patterns.
deltas. a. Pairing and Assigning of Numbers

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b. Blocking of numbers c. Collodion Process
c. Tracing of numbers d. Gelatin dry plate silver bromide process
d. Interpretation
8. The first negative-positive process making possible the
98. The numerical value of the right thumb and right first multiple copies.
index for purposes of primary classification is: a. Calotype Process
a. 16 b. Daguerreotype Process
b. 8 c. Collodion Process
c. 4 d. Gelatin dry plate silver bromide process
d. 2
9. This process reduced the exposure time from half and
99. The following patterns belong to the Non-Numerical hour to two or three seconds of light exposure.
Group, except: a. Calotype Process
a. Tented Arch b. Daguerreotype Process
b. Plain Arch c. Collodion Process
c. Plain Whorl d. Gelatin dry plate silver bromide process
d. Radial Loop
10. He invented the flexible, paper-based photographic
100. If the Ridge count of the Ring finger is 16, what is film.
the symbol for purposes of the Sub-Secondary a. Hannibal Goodwin
Classification? b. Kodak
a. I c. George Eastman
b. O d. Daguerre
c. M
d. L 11. It is otherwise known as Instant Photos or One Step
Photography.
POLICE PHOTOGRAPHY a. Polaroid
b. Camera Obscura
1. The birth year of photography. c. SLR
a. 1829 d. Digital Camera
b. 1839
c. 1849 12. It is mounted over the opening at the front of the
d. 1859 camera body. Its function is to produce an image on the
film at the back of the camera by gathering and focusing
2. He coined the word “Photography”. the rays of light from the object.
a. Joseph Nicephore Niepce a. Camera
b. Thomas Wedgewood b. Shutter
c. Sir John Herschel c. Lens
d. Angelo Sala d. Apperture

3. A founder of Royal society who reported that silver 13. The light-gathering power of the lens is indicated by:
chloride turned dark under exposure, but he appeared to a. F-number
believe that it was caused by exposure to the air, rather b. Relative aperture
than to light. c. Both A and C
a. Robert Boyle d. None of these
b. Isaac Newton
c. Angelo Sala 14. It holds the film in place at the back of the. It is
d. Johann Heinrich Schulze designed to hold the film flat so that the image produced
by the lens will be sharp over the whole picture area.
4. He discovered that white light is composed of different a. Focusing ring
colors. b. Film Case
a. Robert Boyle c. Film Holder
b. Isaac Newton d. View Finder
c. Angelo Sala
d. Johann Heinrich Schulze 15. It helps the photographer see the precise area that
will be photographed when he trips the shutter.
5. He achieved the first photographic image with camera a. Focusing ring
obscura. However, the image required eight hours of b. Film Case
light exposure and later faded. c. Film Holder
a. Joseph Nicephore Niepce d. View Finder
b. Thomas Wedgewood
c. Sir John Herschel 16. These are essentially carved pieces of glass or other
d. Angelo Sala transparent materials used to refract rays of light so as to
form an image of an object on a photographic film.
6. He discovered a way of developing photographic a. Aperture
plates, a process which greatly reduced the exposure b. Diaphragm
time from eight hours down to half an hour. c. Magnifying lens
a. Joseph Nicephore Niepce d. Photographic lens
b. Thomas Wedgewood
c. Sir John Herschel 17. The speed of the lens is expressed in terms of its:
d. Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre a. Aperture
b. Diaphragm
7. The first photographic process. c. View Finder
a. Calotype Process d. Shutter
b. Daguerreotype Process

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18. The combination of blue and green light will produce 28. He achieved the first photographic image with
what color? camera obscure-however, the image required eight hours
a. Black of light exposure.
b. Cyan a. Joseph Nicephore Niepce
c. Magenta b. Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre
d. Yellow c. Angelo Sala
d. Isaac Newton
19. In a stake out surveillance photography, where the
photographer cannot get close to the subject, what kind 29. The smallest and the simplest type of camera. It is
of lens must be used? known as Instamatic camera or Point and Shoot camera.
a. Normal a. View finder camera
b. Telephoto b. SLR
c. Wide-angle lens c. TLR
d. Zoom d. Press Type Camera

20. How many parts does a camera generally have, with 30. A type of camera with two objective lenses of the
all other parts treated as accessories? same focal length.
a. Four a. View Finder Camera
b. Five b. SLR
c. Six c. TLR
d. Seven d. Press Type Camera

21. The lens opening also known as the relative aperture 31. The chief attribute of this camera is its ability to
is the indicator for light transmitting capability of the deliver a complete processed print almost immediately
lens. Which lens opening will admit more light to pass after exposure.
through its medium? a. View Finder Camera
a. F16 b. SLR
b. F5.6 c. Polaroid
c. F4 d. Press Type of Camera
d. F2.8
32. It is a wavelength emitted by the sun which cannot
22. ___________is that light-sensitive silver salts in a be seen, tough we can feel it in our bodies as warmth or
gelatin medium coated on all photographic films and heat.
papers. a. Infra-red
a. Aniline b. Ultra-violet Light
b. Sympathetic c. Natural Light
c. Emulsion d. Man-made light
d. Copy Pencil
33. It is another form of light that we cannot see, but we
23. What contraption or device is used to block the path know about it because it tans our skin in summer.
of light passing through the lens exposing the sensitized a. Infra-red
materials? b. Ultra-violet Light
a. Range Finder c. Natural Light
b. Shutter d. Man-made light
c. Exposure
d. View Finder 34. The speed of light measured in a vacuum is
approximately________?
24. The light from the pinhole will form a. 186, 281 miles/sec.
a. A halo effect b. 299, 792.5 km/sec
b. A photographic emulsion c. 299, 795.2 km/sec
c. An inverted image d. Both A and B
d. An emergent ray
35. The complete range of electromagnetic radiation is
25. What is the process of converting the exposed image called_____.
on the film into the actual image? a. Electromagnetic Spectrum
a. Developing b. Electromagnetic waves
b. Stop bath c. Electromagnetic speed
c. Fixing d. Heat
d. Washing
36. The following are primary colors except:
26. When light passes through an object, it is said to be a. Red
a. Transmitted b. Green
b. Refracted c. Black
c. Diffracted d. Blue
d. Absorbed
37. Colors made by combining the primary colors are
27. He discovered that white light is composed of called:
different colors. a. Sub-Primary Colors
a. Robert Boyle b. Secondary Colors
b. Isaac Newton c. Tertiary Colors
c. Angelo Sala d. Elementary Colors
d. Joseph Nicephore Niepce
38. When light passes from one medium to another such
as from air to water it is bent and this bending is called:
a. Refraction

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b. Reflection b. William Abney
c. Absorption c. Vioglander
d. Addition d. JM Petzval

39. It is the bouncing back of light upon hitting an object 50. In ________, the subjects will produced a strong
or material. shadow, because the source of light is not covered and
a. Reflection the objects or subjects appear glossy in open space due
b. Refraction to direct sunlight and reflected lights coming from the
c. Transmission sky which act as a reflector.
d. Absorption a. Bright sunlight
b. Hazy Sunlight
40. The change of direction of light that passes through c. Cloudy Sunlight
an object or material. d. Dull Sunlight
a. Reflection
b. Refraction 51. In__________, the sun is covered by thin clouds and
c. Transmission the shadow appears bluish because of the decrease of
d. Absorption light falling on the subjects in open space.
a. Bright sunlight
41. The maximum usable aperture of a lens is usually b. Hazy Sunlight
specified as the focal ration or f-number. c. Cloudy Sunlight
a. The statement is correct d. Dull Sunlight
b. The statement is partially true
c. The statement is false 52. It is a sheet of plastic (cellulose acetate) coated with
d. The statement is doubtful emulsion containing light-sensitive silver halide salts with
variable crystal size salt that determine the sensitivity,
42. The lower the f-number, the more light per unit area contrast and resolution of the film.
is delivered in the focal plane. a. Film
a. True b. Camera
b. Partially True c. Lens
c. False d. Shutter
d. Partially false
53. In__________, the sun is totally covered by thick
43. The focal length determines the: clouds. No shadows are cast due to the uniform
a. Depth of field illumination of lights around the subjects in open space.
b. Angle of view a. Bright sunlight
c. Color of the picture b. Hazy Sunlight
d. Maximum aperture c. Cloudy Sunlight
d. Dull Sunlight
44. Lenses with larger apertures are also described as
being “faster”. 54. It is the process of reduction in which exposed silver
a. True halides are reduced into metallic silver.
b. False a. Development
c. Partially True b. Printing
d. Partially False c. Reduction
d. Crop
45. Lenses with larger maximum apertures provide
significantly brighter viewfinder images. 55. An intermediate bath between the developer and the
a. True fixer. It is usually a combination of water plus acetic acid
b. False or just plain water. It function is to prevent the
c. Partially True contamination of two chemicals.
d. Partially False a. Stop Bath
b. Fixation
46. The distance between the nearest object and the c. Development
object farthest from the camera that both appear in d. Reduction
focus.
a. Focal Length 56. It is the process of removing unexposed silver halide
b. Depth of Field remaining in the emulsion after the first stage of
c. Lens Speed development of the latent image.
d. Lens Hood a. Stop Bath
b. Fixation
47. The first practical photographic process. c. Development
a. Calotype d. Reduction
b. Daguerreotype
c. Collodion 57. It is a Reducer or developing agent
d. Dry Plate Process a. Elon
b. Hydroquinone
48. Light sensitivity of the film is also known as: c. Sodium Sulfite
a. Film Speed d. A or B
b. Film Grains
c. Film Emulsion 58. It is use as preservative in the Development process.
d. Film Contrast a. Sodium Sulfite
b. Hydroquinone
49. He discovered the use of Hydroquinone as a c. Potassium Bromide
developing agent. d. Sodium Carbonate
a. John Carbutt

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59. It is use as accelerator in the chemical processes. 70. It consists of crystals of light-sensitive compounds
a. Sodium Carbonate (silver nitrate) evenly distributed throughout plastic base
b. Hydroquinone material.
c. Potassium bromide a. Base
d. Sodium Bromide b. Anti-halation Backing
c. Emulsion
60. It is a Dissolving agent in the fixer solution. d. Spectral Sensitivity
a. Hypo/Sodium thiasulphate
b. Hydroquinone 71. This refers to the size of the metallic silver grains that
c. Potassium Bromide formed after development of an exposed film.
d. Sodium Bromide a. Spectral Sensitivity
b. Granularity
61. Which among the following chemical is use as c. Emulsion Speed
neutralizer? d. Reversal Film
a. Boric Acid
b. Acetic Acid 72. It refers to American Standards Association,
c. Potassium Alum expressed in arithmetical value system. The speed
d. A or B ratings numbers are directly proportional to the
sensitivity of the material.
62. Which of the following is use as Hardener in the a. DIN
fixing solution? b. ASA
a. Potassium Alum c. ASO
b. Boric Acid d. ISO
c. Acetic Acid
d. Potassium Alum 73. A lens defect which is the inability to focus both
horizontal and vertical plane at the same time lines
63. It is a picture of small object taken through a running different directions.
microscope and generally has a magnification of more a. Chromatic Aberration
than 50 times. b. Astigmatism
a. Photomicrography c. Coma
b. Photomacrography d. Curvature of Field
c. Infra- Red Photography
d. Ultra-violet Photography 74. It has a fast speed and is recommended for
projection printing and enlarging.
64. This is sensitive to ultraviolet and blue light only. a. Chloride Paper
a. Panchromatic b. Bromide Paper
b. Orthochromatic c. Chloro-bromide Paper
c. Infra-red d. Exposure Latitude
d. X-ray
75. It refers to the absence of all colors in the spectrum.
65. It is sensitive to all colors particularly red and red a. White
light. b. Rainbow
a. Panchromatic c. Black
b. Orthochromatic d. Yellow
c. Infra-red
d. X-ray 76. It refers to the inability to focus all the different
colors of light on film at the same time.
66. It is placed between the emulsion and the plastic a. Chromatic Aberration
base of a film to prevent whatever light that passed b. Astigmatism
through the emulsion and reflected by the base back to c. Coma
the emulsion which forms a halo effect. d. Curvature of field.
a. Base
b. Emulsion 77. Also referred to as lateral spherical aberration, it is a
c. Anti-halation Backing lens defects in which the rays enters the lens obliquely.
d. Spectral Sensitivity a. Coma
b. Chromatic Aberration
67. What is the equivalent of ASA 25 in DIN Rating? c. Astigmatism
a. DIN 18 d. Curvature of Field
b. DIN 15
c. DIN 30 78. It is the remoteness or distance measured from the
d. DIN 33 nearest to the farthest object in apparent sharp focus
when the lens set of focus is at a particular distance.
68. It is given to negative or non-reversal film. a. Focal Length
a. Color b. Angle of View
b. Chrome c. Depth of Field
c. Chloride d. Curvature of Field
d. Bromide
79. A natural light in which the object casts a deep and
69. It has a slow speed and it is suited for contact uniform shadow.
printing. a. Bright Sunlight
a. Chloride Paper b. Dull Sunlight
b. Bromide Paper c. Hazy Sunlight
c. Chloro-Bromide paper d. Poor Sunlight
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80. It refers to Deutche Industri Normen Rating, 90. It refers to silver halides which are light sensitive and
expressed in Logarithmic value system. In this system, impregnated in the emulsion exists as small crystals and
an increase of three degrees doubles the sensitivity of upon development are converted to pure silver granules.
the film. a. Grain Size
a. ASA Rating b. Emulsion
b. DIN Rating c. Film
c. ISO Rating d. None of these
d. ASO Rating
91. It refers to the Potassium Alum that solidifies the
81. A form of natural light in which objects in open space gelatin of the sensitized materials which was soften in
casts no shadows. the developing solution.
a. Dull Sunlight a. Developing agent
b. Bright Sunlight b. Fixing Agent
c. Hazy Sunlight c. Hardening Agent
d. Cloudy Sunlight d. None of these

82. Consisting of light-sensitive silver salts in a gelatin 92. It refers to the sensitivity of the film to light.
medium and used to coat photographic films and papers. a. Film Speed
a. Base b. Base
b. Anti-Halation Backing c. Film Graininess
c. Emulsion d. Color Films
d. Exposure
93. It contains minute grains of silver halide suspended
83. A light sensitive material that is placed inside a in animal gelatin and coated on celluloid material.
camera to store any image the camera focuses. a. Lens
a. Film b. Film
b. Shutter c. Camera
c. Aperture d. Photographic Paper
d. None of these
94. Lenses with larger apertures are also described as :
84. A colored gelatin or medium which absorbs or a. Faster
transmits differentially light rays passing through it. b. Slower
a. Lens c. Moderate
b. Filter d. None of these
c. Shutter
d. Film 95. Lenses with smaller aperture requires a slower
shutter speed and the depth of field is:
85. It refers to the process of removing unexposed silver a. Wider
halides remaining in the emulsion after the first image of b. Narrower
development of the latent image. c. Slower
a. Fixation d. Fast
b. Development
c. Stop Bath 96. It refers to the study of physical evidence through a
d. Printing laboratory work.
a. Criminology
86. It is known as “hypo” and its purpose are to harden b. Criminalistics
the gelatin emulsion on the film, and to dissolve out all c. Penology
the unexposed and the undeveloped silver halide in it. d. Dactyloscopy
a. Fixation
b. Fixing Bath 97. It is the study concerning the production of
c. Stop Bath permanent records of images by the combined action of
d. Development light on sensitive surfaces, a mechanical device and the
chemical process.
87. It is a distance measured from the optical center of a. Dactyloscopy
the lens to the film plane when the lens set of focus is b. Photography
set at infinity position. c. Ballistic
a. Focal Plane d. QDE
b. Focal Length
c. Focusing 98. The word Photography originated from the Greek
d. Depth of Field word PHOS which means:
a. Drawing
88. It serves to support the emulsion layer of the film. b. Picture
a. Base c. Photos
b. Emulsion d. Light
c. Anti-halation Backing
d. Granularity 99. A visible form of energy that radiates in waves of
different length.
89. It refers to the sensitivity of the film to wavelength or a. Light
color. b. Heat
a. Speed c. Fire
b. Spectral Sensitivity d. Rainbow
c. Granularity
d. Graininess 100. A black box sealed against light with a piece of film
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amount of light to get in and strike the chemically 10. In this firing weapon, the empty shell is ejected when
sensitized material. the cartridge is fired and a new cartridge is slipped into
a. Film the breach automatically as a result of the recoil.
b. Cartoon a. Rifle
c. Camera b. Shotgun
d. Lens c. Automatic Pistol
d. Revolver
FORENSIC BALLISTICS
11. Most center-fire rifle cartridge cases are of_______.
1. The term Bullet originated from the French a. Bottleneck type
word_______. b. Straight Cases
a. Boulette c. Long neck
b. Boul d. Short Neck
c. Pelette
d. None of these 12. It refers to firearm whose projectile is a collection of
lead pellets which varies in sizes with the type of
2. The noise created at the muzzle of the gun due to the cartridge applied.
sudden escape of the expanding gas coming in contact a. Single Action Firearm
with the air in the surrounding atmosphere at the muzzle b. Double Action Firearm
point. c. Rifle
a. Muzzle Energy d. Shotgun
b. Trajectory
c. Velocity 13. A firearm with a long barrel and butt.
d. Muzzle Blast a. Pistol
b. Rifle
3. A part of the mouth of the case that is turned in upon c. Double Action Firearm
the bullet and holds the bullet in place. d. Single Action firearm
a. Crimp
b. Cannelure 14. There are two classification of bullet according to
c. Neck mechanical construction. One is the lead bullet and the
d. Base other is_________.
a. Jacketed Bullet
4. It is the most powerful propellants. b. Round Nose
a. Smokeless Powder c. Pointed Nose
b. Black Powder d. Hollow Point
c. Face Powder
d. Grenade Powder 15. He is a wizard of modern firearms and pioneered the
breech-loading single shot rifle.
5. It refers to the attributes and movement of the bullet a. David Williams
after it has left the gun muzzle. b. John M. Browning
a. Muzzle Energy c. Samuel Colt
b. Exterior Ballistic d. John Garand
c. Interior Ballistic
d. Terminal Ballistic 16. The two classification of firearm according to the
gun-barrel internal construction is the Rifled-bore firearm
6. A type of weapon which fire or is designed to fire and the ___________.
automatically or semi-automatically more than one shot a. Single Shot firearm
without manual reloading. b. Repeating Arms
a. Artillery c. Smooth Bore Firearm
b. Machine guns d. Repeating Arms
c. Shoulder Arms
d. Single Shot Firearms 17. The muzzle velocity of a Rifle is________.
a. 2, 600 feet per second
7. It is known as self-loading firearm. b. 2, 500 feet per second
a. Revolver c. 3, 000 feet per second
b. Automatic Pistol d. 2, 000 feet per second
c. Single Action Firearm
d. Double Action Firearm 18. A type of firearms designed to fire only one shot
every loading.
8. The portion of the primer against which the priming a. Repeating Arms
mixture is crushed by a blow from the firing pin. b. Single Shot Firearms
a. Disc c. Bolt Action Type
b. Anvil d. Machine Guns
c. Primer cup
d. Flash Hole 19. The following are attributes of the bullet while still
inside the muzzle of the gun except:
9. The diameter of the base of the cartridge case is the a. Velocity
same as the diameter of the body of the cartridge case or b. Firing pin hitting the primer
shell. c. Ignition of the priming mixture
a. Rimmed type d. Combustion of the gunpowder
b. Rimless type
c. Semi-Rimmed 20. The bottom of the case which holds the primer and
d. Non-rimmed the shell head.
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c. Crimp 31. A smooth-bore and breech loading shoulder arm
d. Mouth designed to fire a number of lead pellets or shots in one
charge.
21. These bullets have hardened steel cores and are fired a. Carbine
at vehicles and other armored targets in general. b. Shotgun
a. Armor Piercing Bullet c. Hand arms
b. Incendiary Bullet d. Revolver
c. Explosive Bullet
d. Tracer Bullet 32. A hand firearm equipped with rotating cylinder,
serving as magazine, successively places a cartridge into
22. It refers to the investigation and identification of position for firing.
firearms by means of ammunition fired through them. a. Pistol
a. Terminal Ballistic b. Magazine
b. Forensic Ballistic c. Revolver
c. Exterior ballistic d. Carbine
d. Interior Ballistic
33. It initiates the path of the bullet.
23. An English Monk scientist who invented the a. Barrel
gunpowder in 1248. b. Frame
a. Berthold Schwarts c. Yoke
b. Roger Bacon d. Extractor
c. King Edward III
d. John M Browning 34. It houses the internal part of the firearm.
a. Yoke
24. A mechanism of the firearm by which the empty shell b. Bolt
or ammunition is thrown from the firearm. c. Hammer
a. Extractor d. Frame
b. Ejector
c. Trigger 35. It pulls the empty shell from the cylinder
d. Breechblock simultaneously.
a. Yoke
25. This firearm is first manually cocked then followed by b. Firing Pin
pressure on the trigger to release the hammer. c. Extractor
a. Automatic Firearm d. Ejector
b. Single Shot Firearm
c. Double Action Firearm 36. Smith and Wesson revolvers have _________.
d. Single Action Firearm a. 5 lands , 5 Grooves and twist to the right
b. 5 lands , 5 Grooves and twist to the left
26. It refers to firearm that propelled projectile more c. 6 lands, 6 grooves and twist to the right
than an inch in diameter. d. 6 lands, 6 grooves and twist to the left
a. Small Arms
b. Artillery 37. It activates the parts necessary to fire the weapon.
c. Smooth Bore Firearms a. Hammer
d. Machine Guns b. Trigger
c. Firing pin
27. He founded the great firm Smith and Wesson and d. Ratchet
pioneered he making of breech loading rifles.
a. Daniel B. Wesson 38. A mechanism of the firearm responsible for the spent
b. Horace Smith shell or ammunition to be withdrawn from the firing
c. Calvin Goddard chamber.
d. John M. Browning a. Extractor
b. Ejector
28. It contains the head stamp, caliber and year of c. Breechblock
manufacture. d. Trigger
a. Primer
b. Base 39. What firearm has a muzzle velocity of not more than
c. Shell Head 1,400 feet per second?
d. Neck a. High Powered firearm
b. Low Power Firearm
29. It is an instrument used for the propulsion of c. Average power firearm
projectile by means of the expansive force of gases d. None of these
coming from the burning gunpowder.
a. Bullet 40. The metal containing the highly sensitive priming
b. Firearm mixture of chemical compound, which when struck by the
c. Paltik firing pin it would ignite.
d. Grenade a. Gunpowder
b. Primer
30. Firearms that have no rifling inside the gun barrel. c. Bullet
a. Smooth-Bore firearm d. Cartridge
b. Rifled-bore firearm
c. Small Arms 41. It refers to a firearm which has a cylindrical magazine
d. Artillery situated at the rear of the barrel capable of revolving
motion and which can accommodate five or six
cartridges; each of which is housed in a separate
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a. Automatic Pistol a. 3-4lbs.
b. Revolver b. 4 lbs
c. Rifle c. 3-5 lbs
d. Shotgun d. 6-7 lbs

42. It is the most simple form of modern cartridge and 53. He is credited as the father of Ballistic.
can generally found in Cal. 22 a. Samuel Colt
a. Pin-Fire cartridge b. Calvin Goddard
b. Rim-Fire Cartridge c. Forsyth
c. Center Fire Cartridge d. Hans Gross
d. All of these
54. It refers to the characteristics that are determinable
43. In this kind of firearm, a pull or pressure on the even prior to the manufacture of the firearms. These are
trigger will cause one shot. factory specification and within the control of man.
a. Automatic firearm a. Individual Characteristics
b. Single Shot firearm b. Class Characteristics
c. Double Action firearm c. Group Characteristics
d. Single Action Firearm d. None of these

44. The first cartridge of a self-exploding type. 55. It describes the ability of the bullet to maintain its
a. Pin-Fire cartridge velocity against air resistance.
b. Rim-Fire Cartridge a. Trajectory
c. Center Fire Cartridge b. Air Resistance
d. All of these c. Pull of Gravity
d. Ballistic Coefficient
45. The Trigger pressure of a rifle is________.
a. 4 lbs. 56. Firearms that propel projectile of less than one inch
b. 3-4 lbs in diameter.
c. 3-5 lbs a. Artillery
d. 6-7 lbs b. Small Arms
c. Trigger
46. The inner surface of the barrel that has a series of d. Ejector
parallel spiral grooves on the whole length is
called_____. 57. The depressed portion of the bore.
a. Bore a. Groove
b. Rifling b. Land
c. Twist c. Rifling
d. Hammer d. Base

47. The number of lands and grooves varies from 58. The depth of entry of the bullet in the target.
__________. a. Pull of Gravity
a. 2 to 12 b. Air Resistance
b. 3 to 12 c. Terminal Penetration
c. 4 to 12 d. Terminal Accuracy
d. 6 to 5
59. It is generally used in the preliminary examination of
48. The speed of the bullet upon striking the target. fired bullets and shells for the purpose of determining the
a. Terminal Accuracy relative distribution of the class characteristics.
b. Terminal Energy a. Bullet Comparison Microscope
c. Terminal Velocity b. Stereoscopic Microscope
d. Terminal Penetration c. Shadowgraph
d. Caliper
49. It refers to a tabular metallic container for the
gunpowder. 60. It refers to a “Loaded Shell” for rifles, carbines,
a. Bullet shotguns, revolvers and pistols from which a ball, bullet,
b. Primer shot or other missile may be fired by means of a gun
c. Cartridge powder or other explosives.
d. None of these a. Bullet
b. Ammunition
50. It is an ancient smooth-bore and muzzle loading c. Primer
military shoulder arm designed to fire a single round lead d. Ball
ball.
a. Musket 61. Sometimes it is called as “secondary firing pin mark”
b. Machine guns and found in the primer near the firing pin mark.
c. Shoulder Arms a. Firing Pin Mark
d. Revolver b. Shearing Mark
c. Ejector Mark
51. This is a part of the firearm which causes firing d. Chamber Mark
mechanism.
a. Hammer 62. The first priming mixture is composed of Potassium
b. Trigger Chlorate, Charcoal, and _________.
c. Barrel a. Ground Glass
d. Ejector b. Fulminate of Mercury
c. Barium Nitrate
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74. Bore diameter is an example of class characteristic.
63. Firearm which may be fired only by a single hand. a. True
a. Rifle b. False
b. Pistol c. Partially True
c. Shotgun d. Maybe
d. All of these
75. It is the distance measured between two opposite
64. It refers to the rate of speed of the bullet per unit of lands inside the bore.
time. a. Caliber
a. Velocity b. Bore
b. Air Resistance c. Grooves
c. Pull of Gravity d. Lands
d. Penetration
76. The highly sensitive chemical mixture contained in
65. In marking physical evidence, use distinctive mark the primer cup.
such as X. a. Priming Mixture
a. true b. Gunpowder
b. false c. Propellant
c. Partially true d. Powder Charge
d. Partially false
77. The collecting officer can mark the cylindrical surface
66. This is used in determining weights of bullets and of the bullet.
shotgun pellets to determine probably the type of caliber a. True
and make of firearms from which they were fired. b. False
a. Micrometer c. Partially true
b. Bullet Comparison Microscope d. Partially false
c. Helixometer
d. Analytical Balance 78. These are generally found on bullets fired through
“loose fit” barrels wherein the rifling is already worn out.
67. The term cartridge is derived from the word “charta”, a. Shearing Mark
the Latin word for ____. b. Stripping Mark
a. Plastic c. Breech Face Mark
b. Metal d. Chamber Mark
c. Cartoon
d. Paper 79. Skid mark can be found on fired bullets.
a. True
68. The container of the priming mixture is _______. b. False
a. Shell c. Partially True
b. Cartridge d. Partially False
c. Primer Cup
d. Primer Shell 80. It refers to the characteristics markings peculiar and
not found in all firearms.
69. He produced the first practical revolver. a. Class Characteristics
a. Samuel Colt b. Individual characteristic
b. John Garand c. Group Characteristics
c. John M. Browning d. All of the above
d. Remington
81. This is especially designed to permit the firearm
70. The Gunpowder was invented in_________. examiner to determine the similarity and dissimilarity
a. 1413 between two fired bullets and slugs or projectiles, or two
b. 1313 fired shells by simultaneously observing their magnified
c. 1350 image in a single microscopic instrument.
d. 1213 a. Stereoscopic Microscope
b. Bullet Comparison Microscope
71. This instrument is use to measure the angle of twist c. Onoscope
in a rifled pistol and revolver. d. Shadowgraph
a. Magnifying Glass
b. Gunsmith tools 82. It is applied to that part of the cartridge case that is
c. Micrometer occupied by the bullet.
d. Helixometer a. Base
b. Crimp
72. The resistance encountered by the bullet whiles its c. Vents
flight. d. Neck
a. Velocity Resistance
b. Air Resistance 83. These are mostly found around the body of the fired
c. Pull of Gravity cartridge case and these are caused by the
d. Penetration ‟irregularities” in the inside walls of the chamber.
a. Skid Marks
73. What kind of firearm that has a muzzle velocity of b. Rifling Marks
more than 1,400 feet per second? c. Chamber Marks
a. High Power Firearm d. Shearing mark
b. Low Power Firearm
c. Pistol 84. The downward reaction of the bullet toward the earth
d. Revolver center due to its weight.
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b. Pull of gravity 95. The gun powder is otherwise known
c. Air Resistance as_____________.
d. Penetration a. Powder charge
b. Propellant
85. These are found in the anterior portions of the fired c. Pulbura
bullets and caused by the forward movement of the d. A & B
bullet from the chamber before it initially rotates due to
the rifling inside the gun barrel. 96. The first reference to paper cartridge happened
a. Stripping Mark around this year.
b. Skid Mark a. 1313
c. Firing pin Mark b. 1575
d. Shearing Mark c. 1836
d. 1897
86. It is the hole in the web or the bottom of the primer
pocket through which the primer „flash” provides ignition 97. It contains a compound at the base usually similar to
to the gunpowder. barium nitrates, which is set on fire when the bullet is
a. Flash holes projected. The flash of the smoke from the burning
b. Vents permits the light of the bullet to be seen especially at
c. Cannelures night time.
d. A or B a. Incendiary Bullets
b. Tracer Bullets
87. It refers to the straight distance between the muzzle c. Explosive Bullets
and the target. d. Armor Piercing Bullets
a. Trajectory
b. Velocity 98. The rifling inside the gun barrel may twist
c. Range _________.
d. Penetration a. To the right only
b. To the left only
88. This is used primarily in determining the bore c. To the right & left
diameter of firearms. d. All of these
a. Gunsmith tools
b. Taper Gauge 99. It refers to serrated grooves that are sometimes
c. Micrometer found rolled into the necks and bodied of the cases at the
d. Helixometer location of the bases of the bullet to prevent the bullet
from being pushed back or loosened.
89. The first reference to rifled barrels happened around a. Neck
this year. b. Base
a. 1575 c. Crimp
b. 1498 d. Cannelures
c. 1807
d. 1853 100. It refers to the actual curved path of the bullet
during its flight from the gun muzzle to the target.
90. The oldest propellant. a. Velocity
a. Black Powder b. Trajectory
b. Pink powder c. Muzzle energy
c. Yellow Green powder d. Penetration
d. Smokeless
QUESTIONED DOCUMENT EXAMINATION
91. In this, the diameter or the base of the cartridge is
bigger than the body of the cartridge. 1. It refers to the assessment or altered, forged or
a. Rimless type suspected papers to determine if they are genuine or
b. Rimmed Type otherwise.
c. Semi-rimmed a. Estafa
d. None of these b. Falsification of document
c. Forgery
92. If the Shape if the base of the bullet is boat tailed, d. Questioned document examination
the shape of the nose is________.
a. Pointed 2. Iodine fumes is useful in questioned document
b. Round examination because:
c. Wad-type a. It can be used to developed secret writings
d. Semi-wad b. It can be used to determine whether erasures have
been made
93. It can be used in the close up examination of c. It can determine the kind of ink used in writing
tampered serial numbers. d. Both A and B
a. Gunsmith tool
b. Taper Gauge 3. Which among the foregoing may be utilized as a
c. Stereoscopic Microscope means to carry out mechanical erasures?
d. Shadowgraph a. Rubber eraser
b. Sharp knife
94. It is equal to the height of the side of a land. c. Blade
a. Depth of Grooves d. All of these
b. Twist
c. Rifling 4. An erasure with the use of ink eradicators.
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c. Electronic erasure 15. It consists of chemical solutions.
d. All of the foregoing a. Non aqueous ink
b. Aqueous ink
5. Instruments whose origin are known and proven; c. Ink eradicators
which are used in comparison with a questioned d. all of these
document.
a. Simulated documents 16. Any characteristic of handwriting which is sufficiently
b. Falsified documents well fixed and unique to serve as a fundamental point in
c. Standard documents the identification of the writer.
d. Forged documents a. Copy book form
b. Line quality
6. A document executed without the intervention of a c. System of writing
notary or any competent public official by which some d. Significant writing habits
agreement or disposition is proved.
a. Public document 17. Refers to any specimen of writing executed normally
b. Official document without any attempt to change or control its identifying
c. Private documents habits and its usual quality of execution.
d. Commercial document a. Natural writing
b. Disguised writing
7. To obtain conviction for the charge of possession of c. Cursive writing
false bank or treasury notes this is an essential requisite. d. System of writing
a. Intention to use it
b. Intention to keep it 18. Jose Pidal in trying to alter his own signature to hide
c. Intention to surrender it to authorities his identity is using:
d. Intention to display it a. Natural writing
b. Disguised writing
8. A city mayor executed a document in his legal capacity c. Cursive writing
as a local executive, that document is classified as: d. System of writing
a. Public document
b. Official document 19. Writing in which are for most part joined together.
c. Private document a. Natural writing
d. Commercial document b. Disguised writing
c. Cursive writing
9. A document notarized by a notary public or any d. System of writing
competent authority is legally classified as:
a. Public document 20. Usual deviations found between repeated specimen
b. Official document of any individual handwriting or in the product of any
c. Private document typewriter.
d. Commercial document a. Normal variation
b. Natural variation
10. A man who is unable to write may use this legally c. Tremor
signify a signature. d. Wrong hand writing
a. Crude x
c. Thumb mark 21. A person executing a signature while his arm is
b. Cross mark steadied and assisted produces a:
d. Both A and B a. Guided signature
b. Normal signature
11. Refers to the design of letters which are fundamental c. Scribble
to a writing system. d. Handwriting signature
a. Copy book form
b. System of writing 22. A preliminary embellished initial common to capital
c. Line quality letters.
d. Writing movement a. Embellishment
12. It refers to any abnormality or maladjustment in the b. Beard
typewriter which is reflected in its product c. Buckle knot
a. Defect d. Diacritic
b. Malalignment
c. Misalignment 23. A minute curve which occurs at the end of terminal
d. Alteration strokes.
a. Hook
13. Enlarged photographic court exhibit usually referred b. Spur
to as bromide enlargements of a document. c. Loop
a. Standard document d. Staff
b. Questions documents
c. Collected documents 24. An oblong curve found in small letters f, g, h and I.
d. Display exhibits a. Hook
b. Spur
14. The appearance of paper when viewed by c. Loop
transmitted light, which discloses the formation and d. Staff
texture of the sheet.
a. Lock-through of paper 25. The introductory backward stroke added to the start
b. Watermarks of many capital letters and which can also be seen
c. Cross marks occasionally in introductory strokes of small letters.
d. Sidelight marks a. Embellishment
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c. Buckle knot a. Genuine documents
d. Hitch b. Disputed document
c. Holographic document
26. A loop made as a flourish which is added to a letter. d. Authentic document
a. Embellishment
b. Beard 37. A document which contains some changes either as
c. Buckle knot an addition or deletion.
d. Diacritic a. Altered document
b. Disputed document
27. Visible record in the writing stroke of the basis c. Obliterated document
movement and manner of holding the writing instrument. d. Inserted document
a. Line quality
b. Rhythm 38. Signatures used to acknowledge delivery, purchase of
c. Baseline goods and mail.
d. Writing pressure a. Complete
b. Formal
28. Additional unnecessary stroke for ornamental c. Cursory
purposes. d. Careless scribble
a. Embellishment
b. Hump 39. It refers to the smearing over a writing to make the
c. Diacritic original undecipherable.
d. Knot a. Decipherment
b. Restoration
29. Balance quality of movement of the harmonious c. Obliteration
recurrence of stress of impulse. d. Interlineations
a. Line quality
b. Rhythm 40. A class of signature for routine document or day to
c. Baseline day correspondence.
d. Writing pressure a. Formal
b. Complete
30. Refers to the periodic increase in pressure or c. Cursory
intermittently forcing the pen against the paper surface d. Careless scribble
with increase pressure.
a. Writing pressure 41. Refers to a class of signature to acknowledge
b. Shading important documents.
c. Pen emphasis a. Complete
d. Natural variation b. Cursory
c. Informal
31. An imaginary line upon which the writing rests. d. Careless scribble
a. Line quality
b. Baseline 42. A process by which a canal like outline is produce on
c. Foot a fraudulent document underneath the genuine and
d. Hitch tracing it with the use of a pointed instrument.
a. Carbon process
32. A signature written by the forger in his own style of b. Indention process
handwriting without attempting to copy to form of the c. Projection process
genuine signature. d. Transmitted light process
a. Traced forgery
b. Disguised forgery 43. A type face defect wherein one side is printed heavier
c. Simulated forgery than the rest of its outline.
d. Simple forgery a. Off its feet
b. Twisted letter
33. A freehand imitation and regarded as the most skilful c. Clogged type face
type of forgery. d. Rebound
a. Traced forgery
b. Disguised forgery 44. It is the visible effect of bodily movement which is
c. Simulated forgery almost unconscious expression of fixed muscular habits
d. Simple forgery reacting from fixed mental impressions.
a. Handwriting
34. Which among the following is an indication of b. Writing
genuineness of handwriting? c. Typewriting
a. Continuity d. writing movement
b. Smoothness
c. Skilful writing 45. A writing instrument that makes detection of
d. Tremor hesitation and pen lifts difficult.
a. Ball point pen
35. Combination of the basic design of letters and writing b. Fountain pen
movement as taught in school. c. Iron nutgall ink
a. Letter form d. Markers
b. Line quality
c. Copy book form 46. Disconnection between letters or letter combination
d. System of writing due to lack of movement control.
a. Pen lift
36. Document which is completely written and signed by b. Retouching
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d. Retracing c. Private Document
d. Commercial Document
47. A distinctive design which is translucent impressed on
the paper during manufacture. 57. It refers to any matter made a part of the document
a. Water marks after its original preparation.
b. Fiber marks a. Erasure
c. Paper design b. Addition
d. Wire marks c. Obliteration
d. Insertion
48. In utilizing a stereo-graphic photomicrograph, what
particular condition is manifested? 58. A scientific conclusion results from relating observed
a. Grainy image facts by logical, common sense reasoning in accordance
b. Two image with established rules of law.
c. Overlapping image a. Opinion
d. Three-dimensional image b. Conclusion
c. Off-hand Opinion
49. An element which is added to complete another d. Addition
letter.
a. Spur 59. The removal of writing or printing from a document is
b. Beard known as __________.
c. Diacritics a. Addition
d. Hook b. Conclusion
c. Erasure
50. It is a signature signed at a particular time and place, d. Obliteration
purpose and normal writing conditions.
a. Complete signature 60. A legal term to describe a witness who by reason of
b. Standard signature his special training or experience is permitted to express
c. Evidential signature an opinion regarding the issue, or a certain aspect of the
d. Model signature issue, which is involve in court action.
a. Ordinary Witness
51. Periodic increase in pressure, characterized by b. Special Witness
widening of the ink stroke. c. Expert witness
a. Shading d. None of these
b. Pen emphasis
c. Pen lift 61. The state of being identical or absolutely the same.
d. Pen pressure There is similarity of source or authorship of the
questioned document and the standard document.
a. Identification
52. It refers to any document written and signed by one b. Non-identification
person is known as: c. Obliteration
a. Holographic Document d. Opinion
b. Disputed Document
c. Questioned Document 62. This includes the addition of writing and other
d. Standard Document material between lines or paragraphs or the addition of
whole page to a document.
53. It refers to any document notarized by a notary a. Insertion
public or competent public official with solemnities b. Erasure
required by law. c. Obliteration
a. Official Document d. None of these
b. Public Document
c. Private Document 63. It means that the source or authorship of the
d. Commercial Document compared questioned and standard specimens is
different.
54. Every deed or instrument executed by a private a. Identification
person without the intervention of a notary public or of b. Non-Identification
any person legally authorized, by which documents, c. Obliteration
some disposition or agreement is proved, evidenced set d. Opinion
forth.
a. Official Document 64. The blotting out or shearing over the writing to make
b. Public Document the original invisible.
c. Private Document a. Obliteration
d. Commercial Document b. Erasure
c. Addition
55. Any instrument executed in accordance with the d. Multiplication
Code of Commerce or any Mercantile Law, containing
disposition of commercial rights. 65. It refers to the Document Examiner Conclusion.
a. Public Document a. Conclusion
b. Official document b. Prelude
c. Private Document c. Opinion
d. Commercial Document d. Hearsay

56. Any instrument issued by the government or its 66. The following are the scientific method in QDE
agents or its officers having the authority to do so. except:
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c. Evaluation process is used for the production of all genuine bank
d. Conclusion notes.
a. Letterpress Printing
67. It is usually a conclusion that is not based on b. Engraving
thorough scientific examination. c. Counterfeiting
a. Expert Opinion d. Forgery
b. Ordinary Opinion
c. Off-hand Opinion 77. It is the most common modern used by counterfeiter
d. None of these to make false paper money.
a. Letterpress printing
68. It is used for currency examination. b. Engraving
a. Shadowgraph c. Offset Printing
b. Magnifying Lens d. Counterfeiting
c. Ultra-Violet Lamp
d. Infra-Red Lamp 78. The portrait appears life-like in a counterfeit bill/note.
a. True
69. A device where light comes from beneath or behind a b. Maybe
glass where document is place. c. Sometimes
a. Shadowgraph d. False
b. Magnifying Lens
c. Ultra-Violet Lamp 79. This is a special thread placed vertically on the paper
d. Transmitted Light Gadget during manufacture.
a. Metallic Thread
70. This is usually used for the detection of counterfeited b. Colored Fibers
bills but can actually be used to detect security features c. Security Fibers
of qualified document. d. Lacework design
a. Infra-red viewer
b. Ultra-violet lamp 80. These fibers are scattered on the surface of the
c. Shadowgraph paper (front/back) at random & can readily pick off by
d. Transmitted Light Gadget means on any pointed instrument. The colors of these
fibers are red and blue.
71. It is primarily used to decipher writings in a charred a. Metallic Thread
paper. b. Colored fibers/Security
a. Shadowgraph c. Lacework Design
b. Infra-Red Viewer d. None of these
c. Ultra-Violet Lamp
d. Infra-Red Lamp 81. The color of 200-peso denomination is_________.
a. Blue
72. In this examination, the document is viewed with the b. Yellow
source of illumination behind it and the light passing c. Green
through the paper. It is used to determine the presence d. Red
of erasures, matching of serrations and some other types
of alterations. 82. It refers to the prefix letter and numbers in a paper
a. Microscopic Examination money.
b. Transmitted Light Examination a. Value Panel
c. Oblique Light examination b. Serial Number
d. Ultra-violet Examination c. Denominations
d. Lacework
73. An examination with the illumination so controlled
that it grazes or strikes the surface of the document from 83. It refers to the silhouette of the portrait appearing on
one side at a very low angle. the face of the note.
a. Microscopic Examination a. Watermark
b. Transmitted Light Examination b. Vignette
c. Oblique Light examination c. Lacework
d. Ultra-violet Examination d. Serial Numbers

74. In this process, the forger places the document to be 84. It is a special thread vertically implanted off center of
forged on the bottom, inter-leaves a piece of carbon the note during paper manufacture. This can easily be
paper and places on top of a document containing the seen when the note is viewed against the light.
genuine signature. a. Embedded Security Thread
a. Indentation Process b. Windowed Security Thread
b. Carbon Process c. Iridescent Band
c. Transmitted Light Process d. Vignette
d. None of these
85. It is a narrow security thread vertically located like
75. It is the crime of making, circulating or uttering false “stitches” at the face of the note with a clear text of the
coins and banknotes. numerical value in repeated sequence.
a. Falsification a. Embedded Security Thread
b. Forgery b. Windowed Security Thread
c. Counterfeiting c. Iridescent Band
d. Engraving d. Vignette

76. It is the process by which the line to be printed are 86. It is a wide glistening gold vertical stripe with the
cut into pieces of metal by hand or with a machine. This numerical value printed in series.
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b. Iridescent band 97. It is shallow and horny part of large feather usually
c. Serial Number from goose and was used for writing on parchment.
d. Vignette a. Quill Pen
b. Reed
87. It refers to the numeral found at the four corners of c. Steel Point Pen
the front and back of the note. d. Fountain Pen
a. Value Panel
b. Micro printing 98. He patented the first ball point writing tool.
c. Serial Numbers a. John Loud
d. Vignette b. Lewis Waterman
c. Bryan Donkin
88. _________ are refers to minute and finely printed d. None of these
words “Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas” or Central Bank of
the Philippines” located at the face or back of the note. 99. It is the oldest form of ink.
a. Value Panel a. Indian Ink
b. Micro printing b. Log Wood Ink
c. Serial Numbers c. Iron Galotannate Ink
d. Vignette d. Dyestuff Ink

89. These are pieces of metal stamped by government 100. This is regarded as the principal method of ink
authority for use as money or collectively referring to examination.
metal currency. a. Ink analysis
a. Note b. Chromatographic Analytical Method
b. Bill c. Benzidine Method
c. Coin d. None of these
d. Peso
POLYGRAPHY
90. It is the most common method of making gold coins.
a. Engraving 1. An instrument that graphically measures an
b. Offset Printing examinee’s inhalation and exhalation.
c. Uttering a. Pneumograph
d. Casting b. Spygmograph
c. Kymograph
91. To pass a counterfeited coin means__ d. Galvanograph
a. To import
b. Utter 2. An instrument that measured changes in pulse and
c. Mutilate blood pressure.
d. Counterfeit a. Pneumograph
b. Hydrospygmograph
92. This means that the forger has trouble matching the c. Kymograph
paper, ink, or writing materials to the exact date it was d. Galvanograph
supposed to have been written.
a. Counterfeit 3. He invented the Pneumograph component of the Lie
b. Utter detector machine.
c. Anachronism a. Vittorio Benussi
d. Watermark b. John Larson
c. Cesare Lombroso
93. The first writing material known to man. d. William Marston
a. Papyrus
b. Vellum 4. He conducted further research that dealt with
c. Parchment Sphygmomanometer, which was used to obtain periodic
d. None of these discontinuous blood pressure readings during the course
of an examination.
94. This writing material made from the skin of animals a. William Marston
primarily of sheep, calves or goats. b. John Larson
a. Vellum c. Cesare Lombroso
b. Parchment d. Vittorio Benussi
c. Papyrus
d. Reed 5. A device invented that records both blood-pressure
and galvanic skin response was invented in 1920
95. It is widely claimed that invention of paper is by_______.
generally attributed to a_____. a. William Marston
a. Chinese b. John Larson
b. Americans c. Cesare Lombroso
c. Filipino d. Vittorio Benussi
d. African
6. The term polygraph was first used in 1906 by James
96. It was the first writing tool that has the writing end MacKenzie in his invention the “ink polygraph”, which
slightly frayed like a brush. It is first used in papyrus was used for medical purposes.
writing material. a. William Marston
a. Quill Pen b. John Larson
b. Reed c. Cesare Lombroso
c. Steel Point Pen d. James Mackenzie
d. Fountain Pen
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a. William Marston d. I do not Know
b. John Larson
c. Cesare Lombroso 17. When the subject is asked with reference to his
d. Vittorio Benussi name, address, civil status, nationality, ect., which has no
relation to the subject matter of the investigation, the
8. Today, most polygraph test are administered with the tendency is to delay the answer.
digital equipment rather than the analog type. a. True
a. True b. Partially True
b. False c. Doubtful
c. Partially True d. False
d. Partially False
18. The Psychological Stress Evaluator is not concerned
9. The following are methods of detection of deception with the answer, be it a “yes” or a “no”. The important
except: factor is the time response in relation to stimulus and
a. Devices which record the psycho-physiological non-stimulus words.
responses a. True
b. Use of drugs that try to inhibit the inhibitor b. False
c. Hypnotism c. Doubtful
d. Torture d. Partially False

10. The nervous control of the human body includes the: 19. It detects, measures, and graphically displays the
a. Central Nervous System voice modulations that we cannot hear.
b. Autonomic Nervous System a. Word Association Test
c. Muscular System b. Psychological Stress Evaluator
d. Reproductive System c. Lie Detection Test
e. Both A & B d. Confession

11. It primarily controls the motor and sensory functions 20. When the person is under stress as when he is lying,
that occur at or above the threshold. the micro tremor in the voice utterance is moderately and
a. Central Nervous System completely suppressed.
b. Autonomic Nervous System a. True
c. Muscular System b. False
d. Reproductive System c. Partially True
d. Doubtful
12. It acts as a self-regulating autonomic response of the
body. 21. When a person is relaxed and responding honestly to
a. Central Nervous System the questions, those inaudible frequencies are registered
b. Autonomic Nervous System clearly on the instrument.
c. Muscular System a. True
d. Reproductive System b. False
c. Partially True
13. When the person is under the influence of physical d. Doubtful
exertion or emotional stimuli, the sympathetic will
dominate and over-rid the parasympathetic, thus there 22. In the administration of truth serum, the drug given
will be changes in the heart rate, blood pressure, hypodermically to the subject is_________.
respiratory pattern, psycho galvanic reflexes, time of a. Shabu
response to question, and voice tracing. b. Hyoscine Hydrobromide
a. True c. Psychiatric Sodium Amytal
b. Partially True d. Morphine
c. False
d. Partially False 23. The drug administered to the subject in
Narcoanalysis/Narcosynthesis is________.
14. The parasympathetic nervous system works to a. Shabu
restore things to normal when the condition of stress has b. Hyoscine Hydrobromide
been removed. It is dominant branch when the condition c. Psychiatric Sodium Amytal
is normal and the subject is calm, contented and relaxed. d. Morphine
a. True
b. Partially True 24. The Latin maxim which means that in wine there is
c. False truth.
d. Partially False a. In Vino San Miguel
b. In Vino Matador
15. In this examination, lists of stimulus and non- c. InVino Veritos
stimulus words are read to the subject who is instructed d. In Vino Veritas
to answer as quickly as possible.
a. Lie Detection 25. It is the alteration of consciousness and
b. Word Association Test concentration in which the subject manifests a
c. Hypnotism heightened suggestibility while awareness is maintained.
d. Psychological Stress Evaluator a. Narcism
b. Hypnosis
16. In lie detector, the time interval between the words c. Cult
uttered by the examiner and the answer of the subject is d. Addiction
recorded.
a. True 26. It is also called Prevarication. A type of deception in
b. False the form of untruthful statements with the intention to
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reputation, to protect someone’s feelings from getting 36. It occurs when the most fundamental aspect of a
hurt, or to avoid punishment. statement is true, but the degree to which it is true is not
a. Lie correct.
b. Liar a. Jocose Lie
c. Either of the two b. Exaggeration Lie
d. None of the above c. Promotion Lie
d. Misleading
27. It is a lie that is told when it is obvious to all
concerned that is a lie. 37. Lies that are meant in jest and are usually
a. Lie to Children understood as such by all present parties.
b. Bald Face Lie a. Jocose lie
c. White Lie b. Promotion Lie
d. Lying by Omission c. Exaggeration
d. Misleading
28. It is often a platitude that may use euphemism that is
told to make an adult subject acceptable to children. 38. A lie in the advertisements that contain statement
a. Lie to Children that is not credible.
b. Bald Face Lie a. Jocose Lie
c. White Lie b. Exaggeration
d. Lie to adult c. Jocose Lie
d. Promotion Lie
29. It is a lie by omitting an important fact, deliberately
leaving another person with a misconception. 39. It is wooden puppet often led into trouble by his
a. Lie to Children propensity to lie.
b. Bald Face Lie a. Pinocchio
c. White Lie b. Pacquio
d. Lying by Omission c. Pinocchia
d. Peter
30. It would cause no discord if it were undiscovered and
offers some benefit to the liar, the hearer, or both. 40. The component of the Polygraph machine that
a. Lie to Children measures the blood pressure and heart rate.
b. Bald Face Lie a. Cardio-sphygmograph
c. White Lie b. Pneumograph
d. Lying by Omission c. Galvanograph
d. Keymograph
31. A kind of lie that would normally cause discord if it
were uncovered, but it offers some benefit to the liar and 41. It records the subject’s respiratory rate.
perhaps assists an orderly society. a. Cardio-sphygmograph
a. Perjury b. Pneumograph
b. Noble Lie c. Galvanograph
c. Emergency Lie d. Keymograph
d. Bluffing
42. It is an act of deceiving or misleading usually
32. It is an strategic lie told when the truth may not be accompanied by lying.
told because, for example, harm to a third party would a. Detection
come of it. b. Deception
a. Perjury c. Reaction
b. Emergency Lie d. Lying
c. Bluffing
d. Misleading 43. This valid test is only made possible when there is no
widespread publicity about the crime.
33. It is the act of lying or making verifiably false a. Peak of Tension Test
statements on material matter under oath or affirmation b. Tension Test
in a court of law or in any of various sworn statements in c. General Question Test
writing. d. All of the above
a. Perjury
b. Bluffing 44. It refers to the uttering or conveying falsehood or
c. Dissembling creating false or misleading information with the
d. Misleading intention of affecting wrongfully the acts or opinion of
other.
34. Pretending to have the capability or intention one a. Response
doesn’t. b. Lying
a. Dissembling c. Specific Response
b. Misleading d. Normal Response
c. Bluffing
d. Perjury 45. Which of the following is not a standard qualification
of a polygraph examiner?
35. A polite term of lying, though some might consider it a. He must be free of prejudice
to being merely misleading. b. He is an impartial seeker of truth
a. Dissembling c. He must be a policeman
b. Misleading d. He must be of good moral character
c. Bluffing
d. Perjury 46. This test consists of series of relevant and irrelevant
questions asked in a planned order.
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b. General Peak of tension Question Test b. Psychological Stress Evaluator
c. Polygraph Test c. Word Association Test
d. None of the Foregoing d. Polygraph Machine

47. The examination room must be equipped with 57. A person who is capable of detecting deception with
paintings, decorations or other ornaments. the use of instrumentation or mechanical device.
a. True a. Interrogator
b. False b. Detective
c. Partially True c. Medico-legal Officer
d. Partially False d. Polygraph Examiner

48. Permanent physical illness such as mental 58. Which among the following statement is not among
derangement, certain heart condition and addiction to the limitations of the polygraph?
narcotic drugs are definite causes that makes a person a. It is only as accurate as the examiner is competent.
unfit for a polygraph test. b. It is admissible as evidence.
a. True c. It is an aid and not a substitute for investigation.
b. False d. It is a scientific diagnostic instrument which records
c. Partially True responses.
d. Partially False
59. An invaluable aid in investigation and an instrument
49. This phase of the examination will condition the in the detection of deception.
subject psychologically for the test. a. Photography
a. Pre-test interview b. Chemistry
b. Actual Interrogation c. Lie Detection
c. Post-test interview d. Medicine
d. None of the above
60. Questions in connection to the matter under
50. Questions formulated must be short, simple and investigation.
multiple choice type. a. Relevant
a. True b. Supplementary
b. False c. Control
c. Partially True d. Relevant
d. Partially false
61. It refers to query having no bearing or weight to the
51. Questions pertaining to the issue under investigation. case under investigation.
a. Relevant Question a. Relevant Question
b. Irrelevant Question b. Supplementary Questions
c. Control Question c. Control Question
d. Supplementary Question d. Irrelevant Question

52. These are questions which are unrelated to the 62. A test usually administered as part of the standard
matter under investigation but of similar nature although test to draw a better conclusion.
less serious as compared to those relevant questions a. Relevant Question
under investigation. b. Supplementary
a. Relevant Question c. Control
b. Irrelevant Question d. Irrelevant
c. Control Question
d. Supplementary Question 63. This measures, detects and graphically displays voice
modulation.
a. Word Association Test
53. An examination wherein an informal interview of the b. Psychological Stress Evaluator
subject is undertaken between 20 to 30 minutes. c. Truth Serum
a. Post-test Interrogation d. Water therapy
b. Pre-test Interview
c. Actual Interrogation 64. In this examination, stimulus and non-stimulus words
d. Lie Detection Test are read to the subject who in turn is instructed to
answer as quickly as possible.
54. Which among the following is not a required a. Word Association Test
qualification for a polygraph examiner? b. Psychological Stress Evaluator
a. Criminology Graduate c. Truth Serum
b. Honesty d. Water Therapy
c. Technical Know How
d. Integrity and Morals 65. A test conducted wherein the subject is instructed
not to produce verbal response.
55. Which among the forgoing is not a part in the a. Peak of Tension Test
conduct of a polygraph examination? b. Silent Test
a. Pre-test Interview c. Narrative
b. Instrumental Test d. Guilt Complex Test
c. Post-Test Interview
d. Psychological Test 66. Using the Psychological Stress Evaluator, a lying
subject or when a person is under stress, the
56. Which among the following is not included in frequencies___________?
recording the psycho-physiological response of the a. Tends to disappear
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d. Stop 77. He devised an instrument capable of continuously
recording pulse rate, respiration and blood pressure.
67. This test not concerned with the answer whether it is a. William Marston
yes or no, what is important is the time of response in b. Angelo Mosso
relation to delay the answer. c. John Larson
a. Word Association Test d. Sticker
b. Psychological Stress Evaluator
c. Truth Serum 78. Psychological Response to any demand.
d. Water Therapy a. Reaction
b. Stress
68. It refers to the composite records of pneumograph, c. Pressure
galvanograph, and cardiosphygmograph tracings d. All of the above
recorded from series of question.
a. Polygrams 79. He is the father of Criminalistic.
b. Chart a. Cesare Lombroso
c. Subject b. Godard
d. A & B c. Hans Gross
d. Becarria
69. A test undertaken when the subject is not aware of
the details of the offense for which he is under scrutiny. 80. A subject must have at least how many hours of
a. Guilt Complex Test sleep to be considered fit for polygraph examination.
b. Silent Answer Test a. 5
c. Peak of Tension Test b. 6
d. Narrative c. 7
d. 8
70. When response to control questions is consistently
similar this is administered. 81. It is a type of question related to the facts of the
a. Guilt complex test case.
b. Silent answer Test a. Relevant question
c. Peak of Tension Test b. Irrelevant question
d. Narrative c. General Question
d. Immaterial Question
71. It is a tracing on the chart wherein the subject
answered in the irrelevant question. 82. He states that FEAR influenced the heart and could
a. Normal Tracing be use as a basis for detecting deception.
b. Normal Response a. Marston
c. Specific Response b. Larson
d. Response c. Mosso
d. Verguth
72. This test uses Hyoscine Hydrobromide Drug that is
administered hypodermically which produces a state of 83. An act of discovery that is indicative of the fact that
delirium. something is hidden or obscure.
a. Hypnotism a. Fear
b. Narco-analysis b. Deception
c. Narco-synthesis c. Detection
d. Administration of truth serum d. Reaction

73. It is base on the maxim “in vino veritas”. 84. An inhibition of a previous activity of an organism as
a. Hypnotism a result of stimulation.
b. Narco-analysis a. Response
c. Narco-Synthesis b. Reaction
d. Intoxication with the use of alcoholic beverages c. Stimuli
d. Fear
74. It is any deviation from the normal tracing of the
subject. 85. It refers to an emotional response to a specific
a. Normal Response danger which appears to go beyond a person’s defensive
b. Specific Response power.
c. Polygrams a. Response
d. Response b. Deception
c. Stimuli
75. In this examination, psychiatric sodium pentothal is d. Fear
administered.
a. Hypnotism 86. This component drives the chart paper under the
b. Narco-analysis recording pen simultaneously at the rate of 6 to 12
c. Intoxication with the use of alcoholic beverages inches per minute.
d. Administration of truth serum a. Cardiosphygmograph
b. Kymograph
76. The most common scientific method of detecting c. Stimuli
deception. d. Fear
a. Polygraphy
b. Polygraph 87. A part of the galvanograph attached to the left
c. Truth Serum fingers of the subject.
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d. Kymograph d. Control Questions

88. This component record changes of the subject’s 99. The number of basic tracings in a modern polygraph.
blood pressure and pulse rate. a. 3
a. Cardiosphygmograph b. 4
b. Sphygmomanometer c. 5
c. Galvanograph d. 6
d. Pneumograph
100. He developed the systolic blood pressure method for
89. It records the subject’s skin resistance to a small detecting deception.
amount of electricity. a. William Marston
a. Cardiosphygmograph b. Harold Burtt
b. Sphygmomanometer c. John Larson
c. Galvanograph d. Leonard Keeler
d. Pneumograph

90. This component records the changes in the breathing FORENSIC CHEMISTRY AND TOXICOLOGY
of the subject.
a. Cardiosphygmograph 1. Is the branch of chemistry, which deals with the
b. Sphygmomanometer application of chemical principles in the solution of
c. Galvanograph problems that arise in connection with the administration
d. Pneumograph of justice. It is chemistry applied in the elucidation of legal
problems.
91. A kind of lie wherein a person assumes another a. Chemistry
identity to deceive others. b. Forensic toxicology
a. Black Lie c. Forensic chemistry
b. White Lie d. Forensic chemistry and toxicology
c. Red Lie
d. Yellow Lie 2. The normal quantity of seminal fluid in a single
ejaculation.
92. It is a deviation from normal tracing of the subject in a. 400- 500 million
the relevant question. b. 1.5 – 3.5 ml
a. Reaction c. 50- 350 thousand
b. Normal Response d. 15- 35 ml
c. Specific Response
d. Positive Response 3. __________________ was the first poison for which
analytical test called Marsh Test was developed.
93. Chart tracing of the subject when irrelevant questions a. Arsenic
were answered. b. Atropine
a. Reaction c. Acetic acid
b. Normal Response d. Acetone
c. Specific Response
d. Positive Response 4. The scope of forensic chemistry includes the following,
except:
94. Normal time interval for pre-test interview. a. It includes the legal side of criminal
a. 20 to 30minutes investigation.
b. 30 to 60 minutes b. It includes the analysis of any material, the quality of
c. 60 to 90 minutes which may give rise to legal proceeding.
d. 90 to 120 minutes c. It is not limited to purely chemical questions involved in
legal proceedings.
95. What is the primary objective of the posttest d. It has invaded other branches of forensic sciences
interview? notably legal medicine, ballistics, questioned documents,
a. To thank the subject dactyloscopy, and photography.
b. To obtain confession
c. To make the subject calm 5. Below are the roles of the forensic chemist in the
d. To explain polygraph test procedures scientific criminal investigation, except:
a. Determining whether or not a place/ location is a
96. What is the purpose of the pre-test interview? clandestine laboratory.
a. To prepare the subject for polygraph test b. Examination of marked bills/ suspects during
b. To obtain confession entrapment (extortion case)
c. To make the subject calm c. Taking paraffin test.
d. To explain polygraph test procedures d. Filing the case in court.

97. Test undertaken when both relevant and control 6. Police Lieutenant Alvarez conducts a test that will
questions are similar in degree and consistency. possibly identify blood or determines whether the stains
a. Guilt complex test contain blood. This test is called:
b. Silent answer Test a. Precipitin
c. Peak of Tension Test b. Confirmatory
d. None of the Above c. Blood grouping
d. Preliminary
98. It refers to questions to ascertain the subject’s
normal pattern of response. 7. The following are the primary reasons which may
a. Relevant Questions contribute to the disaster of evidence. Which one is not
b. Irrelevant Questions included?
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b. Failure of identification of specimen.
c. Following the sequence in the chain of custody. 18. When there are two bullet holes in the window, one
d. Improper precaution used in transmitting the specimen. from each side, the problem of which one was first
becomes important to determine who the aggressor is.
8. It is the hereditary material that contains the genetic The sequence of impacts can be determined since crack
information necessary for duplication of cells and for the propagation is:
production of proteins. a. Stopped by later cracks
a. Gamete b. Stopped by earlier cracks
b. Gene c. Stopped by future cracks
c. Zygote d. All of the above
d. DNA
19. Hair from the scalp grows ________ a month.
9. The following are the four stages of work of a forensic a. 2.5 cm
chemist, except: b. 3.5 cm
a. Collection or reception of the specimen or evidence to c. 1.5 cm
be examined d. 0.5 cm
b. The actual examination of the specimen
c. Communication of results of the examinations 20. Which of the following is not included in the proper
d. Deciding the outcome of the examinations way of collecting and preserving hair as evidence?
a. Don’t mix it with known samples
10. As the bullet’s velocity increases, the central hole of b. Don’t mix hair found in different places
the glass becomes _____________, cracking patterns c. Secure the hair samples to a piece of paper with
become simpler, and the exit hole becomes wider than the scotch tape
entrance hole. d. It should be placed in a folded paper or in a white
a. Smaller mailing envelop
b. Bigger
c. Wider 21. This is a living organism, normally present in the
d. Broader seminal fluid consisting of a head, neck and tail.
a. Semen
11. It has been called as the circulating tissue of the body. b. Spermatozoon
a. Plasma c. Blood
b. Semen d. Serum
c. Blood
d. Serum 22. Type of poisoning in which the victim voluntarily took
the poison for the purpose of taking his own life.
12. Substances or agents that produces vomiting. a. Suicidal poisoning
a. Antidotes b. Accidental poisoning
b. Emetics c. Chronic poisoning
c. Volatile poison d. Homicidal poisoning
d. Non-volatile poison
23. What color of crystals is produced if the result in
13. It is the fluid or liquid portion of blood where the cells Barberio’s test is positive? (Dec. 2021 CLE)
are suspended. It is principally composed of water and a. Blue
solid. b. Purple
a. Plasma c. Yellow
b. Semen d. Red
c. Blood
d. Serum 24. The test used to determine the presence of semen
particularly in stained clothing.
14. Precipitin test of the blood is conducted to: a. Florence Test
a. Determine if the stain really contains blood b. Barberio’s Test
b. Determine if stain at the scene is blood c. Microscopic Test
c. Determine if the blood stain is of human origin or d. UV Test
not
d. Determine what group the blood stain belongs 25. What test produces blue color if the result is positive?
(Dec. 2021 CLE)
15. It is a straw-yellow liquid formed when clotted blood A. Barberio’s
is allowed to stand for some time and the clot contracts. b. Florence
a. Plasma c. Guaiacum
b. Semen d. Precipitin
c. Blood
d. Serum 26. Collecting gunpowder residues from discharged
firearm was first introduced by:
16. This test is used to determine whether the stains a. Teodoro Gonzales
contain blood or another substance. b. Dr. Gonzalo Iturrios
a. Preliminary test c. Cesare Lombroso
b. Confirmatory test d. Calvin Goddard
c. Precipitin test
d. Blood grouping test 27. This test produces purple color if positive, and used for
opium and its derivatives.
17. It is the outer layer of the hair. a. Zwikker’s Test
a. Cuticle b. Marquis Test
b. cortex c. Van Urk Test
c. Medulla d. Duquenois- Levine Test
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28. There is prompt and marked disturbance of function a. Drunk
or death within a short period of time. It is due either by b. Drunkard
taking a strong poison in excessive single dose or several c. Habitual drunkard
doses at short interval. d. Alcohol dependent
a. Acute poisoning
b. Sub-acute poisoning 38. A __________________is one who excessively uses
c. Chronic poisoning intoxicating drink. Habit should be actual and confirmed,
d. Suicidal poisoning but it is not necessary that it be continuous or of daily
occurrence. It lessens individual resistance to evil thought
29. This reagent turns blue-purple in the presence of LSD. and undermines will power, making its victim a potential
a. Zwikker’s Test evil doer.
b. Marquis Test a. Drunk
c. Van Urk Test b. Drunkard
d. Duquenois- Levine Test c. Habitual drunkard
d. Alcohol dependent
30. Highly irritant substance that causes local distraction
of tissues and characterized by nausea, vomiting and great 39. This develops a few minutes after the initial dose of
local distress. alcoholic drink has been absorbed and has reached the
a. Irritant poisons central nervous system. It is characterized by a feeling of
b. Tetanic poisons wellbeing and slight excitation. The actions, speech and
c. Corrosive poisons emotion are less strained. Self-confidence develops, as
d. Antidote well as blunting of self-criticism, self-consciousness and
self-control.
31. In this test for marijuana, a positive result is shown by a. Stage of Narcosis or Coma
purple color in the chloroform layer. b. Stage of Excitement
a. Zwikker’s Test c. Stage of Incoordination or Confusion
b. Marquis Test d. None of the above
c. Van Urk Test
d. Duquenois- Levine Test 40. There is blunting of all perceptive mechanism.
Muscular coordination is lost. The irritating effects of
32. All, except one, are the confirmatory tests for blood alcohol, like nausea and vomiting, confusion, cardiac and
that determine whether stain is really blood. respiratory symptoms appear.
a. Microscopic test a. Stage of Narcosis or Coma
b. Microchemical test b. Stage of Excitement
c. Spectroscopic test c. Stage of Incoordination or Confusion
d. Biological test d. None of the above

33. This reagent produces a blue flaky precipitate in the 41. The person passes into a deep sleep and may only
presence of cocaine. The test is not reliable as many other respond to strong stimuli. Pupils are dilated, breathing is
drugs and diluents respond in the same manner. slow and stertorous, pupils are dilated and reflexes,
a. Dillie Koppanyi test abolished. Death may ensue from paralysis of the cardiac
b. Cobalt Thiocynate test or respiratory center.
c. Micro-crystalline Test: a. Stage of Narcosis or Coma
d. Duquenois- Levine Test b. Stage of Excitement
c. Stage of Incoordination or Confusion
34. This is called sexual cell, reproductive cells which unite d. None of the above
to one another to form cells that develop into new cells.
a. Zygote 42. A poison found in rugby has been described as
b. Allele colorless and inflammable and burns with smoky flame.
c. Genotype a. Toluene
d. Gamete b. Quinine
c. Ptomaine
35. It is a colorless transparent, volatile liquid with d. Picrotoxin
aromatic odor and with boiling point at 78°C. Like any
other types of alcohol, it is formed out of the fermentation 43. There is flushing of the face, with exaggerated mood,
of various carbohydrates in grains, fruits or flowers, and but a person is able to control his behavior. He shows no
from other materials subjected to and isolated by signs of mental impairment, incoordination of movement
distillation. and difficulty of speech.
a. Alcohol a. Slight Inebriation
b. Ethyl alcohol b. Moderate Inebriation
c. Methyl alcohol c. Drunk
d. All of the above d. Very Drunk, "Dead drunk"

36. It is the oxygen carrier of the blood. 44. Person is talkative, argumentative and over-confident.
a. Plasma There is slight impairment of mental faculties, difficulty of
b. Hemoglobin articulation, and loss of coordination to finer movements.
c. Fibrin The face is flushed with eyeballs congested. He is reckless
d. Red cell and shows motor incoordination. He may be certified as
being "under the influence of alcohol".
37. A _______________ is a person who habitually takes a. Slight Inebriation
or uses any intoxicating alcoholic liquor and while under b. Moderate Inebriation
the influence of such, or in consequence of the effect c. Drunk
thereof, is either dangerous to himself and to others, or is d. Very Drunk, "Dead drunk"
a cause of harm or serious annoyance to his family or his
affair, or ordinary proper conduct.

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45. Gun powder nitrates will last up to ______ on the hand b. Soda
of a person who fired a gun. c. Glass
a. 36 hours d. Gel
b. 72 hours
c. 12 hours 56. These substances are toxic principles of plants which
d. 24 hours have a characteristic action on some parts of the central
nervous system; they are a well-defined group.
46. The mind is confused, behavior is irregular and a. Volatile Poisons
movement is uncontrolled. The speech is thick and b. Alkaloidal Poisons
uncoordinated. Behavior is uncontrollable. c. Non-alkaloidal Poisons
a. Slight Inebriation d. All of the above
b. Moderate Inebriation
c. Drunk 57. A branch of science that treats of the form and quantity
d. Very Drunk, "Dead drunk" of medicine to be administered within a certain period.
a. Toxicology
47. This type of glass is used in car side windows. This is b. Serology
designed to break into tiny pieces. c. Biology
a. Laminated glass d. Posology
b. Flat glass
c. Tempered glass 58. This is sometimes called the "silent killer", it is a
d. Safety glass colorless gas, insoluble in water and alcohol. When inhaled
it combines with hemoglobin to form carboxyhemoglobin.
48. The mind is confused and disoriented. There is a. Carbon Monoxide
difficulty in speech and marked motor incoordination and b. Carbon Dioxide
often walking is impossible. c. Hydrogen Sulfide
a. Slight Inebriation d. Hydrogen Cyanide
b. Moderate Inebriation
c. Drunk 59. It is a yellow-colored liquid and comprises about 55%
d. Very Drunk, "Dead drunk" of the blood.
a. Platelets
49. The structure of the hair can be compared to that of a b. Fibrin
pencil with the medulla being the ___________. c. Leucocytes
a. Paint d. Plasma
b. Lead
c. Wood 60. It is the gas blown out of the lungs during respiration,
d. Cortex product of complete combustion of carbon containing
compounds, and the end result of fermentation and
50. What kind of toxicological analysis is routinely carried decomposition of organic matters.
out for fire deaths. a. Carbon Monoxide
a. Drug test b. Carbon Dioxide
b. Body organ fluids c. Hydrogen Sulfide
c. Carbon monoxide and alcohol d. Hydrogen Cyanide
d. DNA fingerprinting
61. Can a high school student be compelled to undergo
51. Persons with blood alcohol below ____ are not drug test?
considered intoxicated. a. Yes
a. 10% b. No
b. 0.05% c. It depends
c. 0.15% d. Maybe
d. 100%
62. It is a colorless, transparent gas, sweetish taste and
52. Paraffin test originated in: emitting an odor similar to a rotten egg. The gas is soluble
a. China in water to form carbonic acid and it burns in the air with
b. Cuba a pale blue flame.
c. France a. Carbon Monoxide
d. India b. Carbon Dioxide
c. Hydrogen Sulfide
53. Blood alcohol level of _________ or more gives rise d. Hydrogen Cyanide
to the presumption that the person is drunk.
a. 0.10% to 0.15% 63. Gunshot residue examinations are performed to help
b. 0.15% to 0.20 % the investigators in determining the following, except:
c. 0.25% a. Whether a person has discharged a firearm or not
d. 0. 25%- 0.35% b. Whether a firearm was discharged or not
c. The possible gunshot range or the distance of the
54. The presumption or rule in gunshot wound shooter from the victim
determination is that “’in greater distance, d. The possible age or efficiency of the firearm
__________________”
a. Powder burns are densely packed 64. It is one of the most toxic and rapid acting gases. It is
b. Density increases formed by addition of acid to potassium or sodium salt of
c. Powder burns are less densely packed cyanide. It is naturally found in leaves of cherry-laurel, in
d. The farther the bullet travels bitter almond, in kernels of common cherry, plum,
peaches, in ordinary bamboo shoots, and in certain oil
55. A super cool liquid which possesses high viscosity and seed and beans.
rigidity. a. Carbon Monoxide
a. Lime b. Carbon Dioxide

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c. Hydrogen Sulfide 75. He introduced chemical methods in toxicology.
d. Hydrogen Cyanide a. Paulus Zacchias
b. Imhotep
65. A poisonous substance isolated from the skin of c. Orfila
poisonous frogs. d. Severin Pineau
a. Chloroform
b. Toluene 76. In what mode of administration can poison be rapidly
c. Cantharides absorbed?
d. Bufotoxin a. Oral
b. Anal
66. It is inherited from the mother found in the c. Inhalation
mitochondria which is in the cell body. d. Injection
a. Nuclear DNA
b. Helix 77. All of the following are accurate tests for the presence
c. Mitochondrial DNA of alcohol in the human body, except one:
d. DNA nucleus a. Saliva Test
b. Harger Breath Test
67. Is it correct to say that most human DNA is the same c. Fecal Test
for all humans, but a few factions differ? d. Blood Test
a.Yes
b. No 78. For many years, the most commonly used preliminary
c. Maybe test for blood is:
d. Perhaps a. Plasma count
b. Serum test
68. Approximate time for the completion of one case for c. Benzidine test
DNA testing. d. Barberio’s test
a. Minimum of two weeks
b. Minimum of four weeks 79. The application of chemical principles and processes in
c. Minimum of six weeks the examination of evidence.
d. Minimum of eight weeks a. Forensic medicine
b. Forensic evidence
69. Which among the following reagents would turn into c. Criminalistics
purple in the chloroform layer indicating positive marijuana d. Forensic chemistry
intake?
a. Marquis 80. A person who fired a gun would be positively identified
b. Duquinois- Levine when DPA solution is used and the visible result is:
c. Precipitin a. Blue speck with tailing
d. Barberio’s b. Blush fluorescence
c. Green speck
70. Approximate average amount of semen per ejaculation d. Orange speck
under normal conditions.
a. 2 to 2.5 cubic centimeters 81. Volatile poisons may be isolated by means of this
b. 2.5 to 5 cubic centimeters process:
c. 5 to 10 cubic centimeters a. Dialysis
d. 10 to 15 cubic centimeters b. Dilution
c. Distillation
71. Body fluids routinely tested because they are good d. Extraction
sources of cells.
a. Saliva and tears 82. The animal fiber most frequently used in the
b. Semen and saliva production of textile material is:
c. Urine and semen a. Cotton
d. Semen and blood b. Flax
c. Wool
72. The specimen that is preferably used in the d. Linen
determination of abused drugs in the body is:
a. Blood 83. The process of reproducing physical evidence by
b. Spermatozoa plaster moulds.
c. Saliva a. casting
d. Urine b. cementing
c. Moulage
73. A powerful tool in identification which points to the d. Sticking
source of biological evidence by matching it with samples
from the victims, suspects and their relatives. 84. This poison can be found in cassava.
a. DNA profiling a. Peyote
b. Serology b. Formic acid
c. Instrumentation c. Hydrogen sulfide
d. Forensics d. Hydrogen cyanide

74. Mr. A has been found to have low sperm count. His 85. This is a simple test for distinguishing blood stain from
condition is known as: other substances.
a. Aspermia a. Benzidine
b. Oligospermia b. Alphanapthylamine
c. Impotency c. Diphenylamine
d. all of the above d. Hydrochloric acid

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86. What is the scientific name of marijuana? d. Swartz
a. Cannabis Sativa L
b. Papaver somniferum 97. NBI was organized, with the Division of Investigation,
c. Deoxyribonucleic Acid as the nucleus. The chemical laboratory in the medico-
d. Methamphetamine legal section was expanded into a forensic chemistry
division on what exact date?
87. The detection and identification of poisons is called: a. 12-15-1884
a. Chemistry b. 03-31- 1876
b. Bacteriology c. 09- 08- 1945
c. Toxicology d. 02- 14- 1829
d. Carbon monoxide
98. Which of the following is the best biological evidence
88. The most commonly used test for determining if a that can be submitted for DNA analysis.
driver is intoxicated is the: a. Buccal swab
a. Blood test b. Tears
b. Urine test c. Perspiration
c. Breath test d. Urine
d. Spinal fluid test
99. Which of the following sets of chromosomes belong to
89. This is where the techniques and the principles of both a woman?
physical and natural science are applied and practiced to a. XXY
analyze crime scene evidence. b. XX
a. Chemistry laboratory c. XY
b. SOCO Team d. XYY
c. Forensic laboratory
d. Crime laboratory 100. An agent that forms a protective film, soothes and
protects the part where it is applied.
90. This identifies the differences in the appearance of a. Demulcent
fluorescent of the glass that indicates dissimilarities of b. Precipitants
physical and chemical composition. c. Cathartic
a. UV light examination d. Emetics
b. Spectrographic test
c. Physical properties examination
d. X-ray diffraction test

91. It is the reproduction of an impression made on a soft


surface by the application of casting material.
a. Casting
b. Moulage
c. Ink
d. Chemical etching

92. Lead and mercury are examples of:


a. metallic poison
b. chemical poison
c. corrosive poison
d. None of the above

93. This is a branch of forensic chemistry that deals with


the scientific examination of drugs and volatile substances.
a. dangerous drugs
b. chemical test
c. drug identification
d. Physical test

94. This is the study of the insects found in the


decomposing bodies.
a. Forensic pathology
b. Forensic science
c. Forensic entomology
d. Forensic chemistry

95. Which evidence is most likely to be analyzed by a


forensic chemist?
a. Paint flakes
b. Carpet fibers
c. Blood
d. Hallucinogens

96. A German Swiss physician/ alchemist who first stressed


the chemical nature of poison and its action by
experimentation. He introduced the dose concept.
a. Orfila
b. Paracelsus
c. Hippocrates

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