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COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS

LICENSURE EXAM QUESTIONS


JOPERSON GREGORIO PABLO, RCRim., REB, REA

LuckyMeisLucky9
MIXED CHOSEN QUESTIONS

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QUESTIONS
• 1. This is the longest and the third
pen of the instrument.

A. Pneumograph
B. Galvanometer
C. Cardiosphygmograph
D. Kymograph

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QUESTIONS
• A. Pneumograph

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QUESTIONS
2. When there is a choice between
several deltas and one of which is
a bifurcation, the one to be
selected should be the ________.

a. arch
b. core
c. bifurcation
d. eyelet
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QUESTIONS
• C. bifurcation

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QUESTIONS
• 3. Before the actual test
conducted, the subject must
refrain from consuming alcoholic
beverages for at least _______
hours?
A. 6 hours
B. 12 hours
C. 5 hours
D. 20 hours
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QUESTIONS
• B. 12 hours

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QUESTIONS
4. Can all physicians allowed to
conduct Autopsy?

a. Yes
b. no
c. never
d. False
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• B. No

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QUESTIONS
• 5. In polygraph test, after the
subject affirms that he is involved
in a crime the examiner should
report it to the?
A. Investigator
B. Object relative
C. Prosecutor
D. Judge
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QUESTIONS
• A. Investigator

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QUESTIONS
6. Brach of Metallurgy that involves
the microstructures of metals and
alloys.

a. Metallography
b. Alloygraphy
c. Macro etching
d. Micro etching
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QUESTIONS
• A. Metallography

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QUESTIONS
• 7. Refers to a person who is
capable of detecting deception or
verifying the truth statements.

A. Polygrapher
B. Polygraph examiner
C. Polygraph expert
D. Examiner
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QUESTIONS
• B. Polygraph Examiner

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QUESTIONS
8. Two (2) persons who tried to destroy
there fingerprints

a. John Dillenger and Robert James


Pitt
b. Tom Dillenger and Brad Pitt
c. John Denver and Robert James Pitt
d. John Denver and Brad Pitt

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QUESTIONS
• A. John Dillenger and
Robert James Pitt

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QUESTIONS
• 9. Prior to the examination the subject
should have at least ___ hours of
sleep.

A. 5 hours
B. 10 hours
C. 180 minutes
D. 3 hours

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QUESTIONS
• A. 5 hours

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QUESTIONS
10. How many fingerprint
classification are used
internationally?

a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
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QUESTIONS
• B. 3

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QUESTIONS
• 11. This refers to the actual
questioning phase of the
polygraph examination.

A. Pre test
B. Preliminary Interview
C. Test Execution
D. Post test
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QUESTIONS
• C. Test Execution

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QUESTIONS
12. In criminal investigation, when
we say “bullet”, does it includes
pellets?

a. Yes
b. No
c. Never
d. Maybe
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QUESTIONS
• A. Yes

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QUESTIONS
• 13. This is a question designed to
design and evaluate the presence of
outside issues which may suppose
responses to relevant questions.

A. Symptomatic
B. B. Knowledge question
C. Primary control
D. Evidence – connecting
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QUESTIONS
• A. Symptomatic

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QUESTIONS
14. It refers to the actual curve path
of projectile from the moment it
leaves the gun barrel until it hits
the target.

a. Trajectory
b. Velocity
c. Stability
d. Ricochet
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QUESTIONS
• A. Trajectory

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QUESTIONS
• 15. The use of “truth serums” such as
sodium penthothal or phenobarbi in
the questioning of suspects is called:

A. Narcoanalysis
B. Sugar and vinegar
C. The detector test
D. Word association method
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QUESTIONS
• A. Narcoanalysis

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QUESTIONS
16. In gunshot wounds, which is
always greater in appearance?

a. Entrance
b. Exit
c. Contact
d. Close

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QUESTIONS
• B. Exit

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QUESTIONS
• 17. What is the symbol used to
indicate start of the polygraph test
marked in the chart?

A. X
B. Y
C. W
D. XX
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QUESTIONS
• A. X

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QUESTIONS
18. Can rigor mortis determine
the time of death?

a. Yes
b. No
c. Never
d. Maybe
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• A. Yes

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QUESTIONS
• 19. The deviation from normal
tracing of the subject in the
relevant question.

A. Reaction
B. Normal response
C. Positive response
D. Specific response
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QUESTIONS
• D. Specific Response

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QUESTIONS
20. In robbery case. Which is the
focus of close up photography?

a. valuable materials
b. forcible entry
c. disarray furniture’s
d. broken glass

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QUESTIONS
• B. forcible entry

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QUESTIONS
• 21. A well phrased question designed
to cause a response from a subject is
technically called

A. accusatory statement
B. specific stimulus
C. symptomatic
D. irrelevant question

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QUESTIONS
• B. specific stimulus

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QUESTIONS
22. Most common form of
asphyxia.

a. Strangulation
b. hanging
c. lynching
d. Garroting
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QUESTIONS
• A. Strangulation

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QUESTIONS
• 23. If polygraph tracing of a subject
indicates that he is truthful, the
examiners finding should be

A. conclusive
B. Inconclusive
C. negative
D. Positive
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QUESTIONS
• C. Negative

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QUESTIONS
24. A condition in which the supply
of oxygen to the blood has been
reduced below working levels.

a. Asphyxia
b. Homicide
c. Syncope
d. Coma
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QUESTIONS
• A. Asphyxia

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QUESTIONS
• 25. “Dei Indicum” means

A. Divine intervention
B. Miraculous decision
C. God’s hand
D. God’s favor
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QUESTIONS
• A. Divine intervention

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QUESTIONS
26. First police surgeon or forensic
pathologist who performed the
autopsy of Julius Caesar.

a. Paul Zacchias
b. Antistius
c. Landsteiner
d. Hipocrates
e. Dr. Pedro P. Solis
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QUESTIONS
• B. Antistius

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QUESTIONS
• 27. It refers to an emotional response
to a specific danger, which appears
to go beyond a person’s defensive
power.

A. fear
B. stimuli
C. response
D. reaction
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QUESTIONS
• A. fear

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QUESTIONS
28. How many percent of alcohol is
needed to be considered that a
person is intoxicated?

a. 0.05%
b. 0.15%
c. 0.15%
d. 1.05%
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QUESTIONS
• A. 0.05%

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QUESTIONS
• 29. A list of stimulus and non-
stimulus words are read to the
subject who is instructed to answer
as quickly as possible.

A. Word Association Test


B. Psychological stress evaluator
C. Card test
D. Hypnosis
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QUESTIONS
• A. WAT

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QUESTIONS
30. A violent volatile poison
producing an almond odor in the
victim’s vomit.

a. Plasma
b. Cyanide
c. Sulfur
d. Lead
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QUESTIONS
• B. Cyanide

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QUESTIONS
• 31. In polygraph examination, the
term examination means a
detection of

A. forgery
B. emotion
C. the mind
D. deception
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• D. Deception

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QUESTIONS
32. It is an adjustable mechanism that
regulates the amount of light reaching
the film by varying the length of time,
and it is consider as the door of the
camera.

a. Lens
b. Focusing Ring
c. Shutter
d. Aperture
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• C. Shutter

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QUESTIONS
• 33. It refers to the consistency
across examiners/scorers.

A. Validity
B. Reliability
C. Competency
D. Infallability

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QUESTIONS
• B. Reliability

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QUESTIONS
34. Sequence of sensitivity of the
three (3) emulsion layers of color
film.

a. Blue-Green-Red
b. Red-Green-Blue
c. Green-Red-Blue
d. Blue-Red-Green
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QUESTIONS
• B. Red-Green-Blue

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QUESTIONS
• 35. A supercooled liquid which
possess high viscosity and
rigidity.

A. dry ice
B. cartridge case
C. gel
D. glass
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• D. glasss

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QUESTIONS
36. An instrument used to measure
the bore diameter of a shotgun.

a. Taper Gauge
b. Helixometer
c. Microscope
d. Onoscope

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QUESTIONS
• A. Taper Gauge

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QUESTIONS
• 37. A break or solution in the
continuity of bone refers to

A. Fracture
B. Wound
C. Dislocation
D. contusion
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• A. Fracture

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QUESTIONS
38. An instrument used to
detect alcohol in human body.

a. Alcotest
b. Drunkometer
c. Breath Analyzer
d. Intoximeter
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QUESTIONS
• C. Breath Analyzer

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QUESTIONS
• 39. It is the major component
of a glass.

A. Lime
B. Soda
C. Silica
D. Gel
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QUESTIONS
• C. Silica

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QUESTIONS
40. The morphological constituents
of human hair.

a. Medulla, Cortex, Cuticle


b. Root, Shaft, Tip
c. Anagen, Catagen, Telogen
d. Refracting index, Birefringence,
Density
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QUESTIONS
• B. Root, Shaft, Tip

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QUESTIONS
• 41. How many hours does the
stomach completely digest a
medium meal?

A. 2-3 hours
B. 3-4 hours
C. 5-6 hours
D. 1 hour
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QUESTIONS
• B. 3-4

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QUESTIONS
42. The depression between the
ridges which maybe compared
with the low areas in a tire tread.

a. Core
b. Delta
c. Furrows
d. Ridges
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QUESTIONS
• C. Furrows

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QUESTIONS
• 43. Children conceived by
prostitutes are called

A. manceres
B. adulterous
C. illegitimate
D. incestuous

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QUESTIONS
• A. manceres

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QUESTIONS
44. It is the access to another
computer network sites to steal
data or sensitive information.

a. Hacking
b. Cyber spies
c. Morphing
d. Password sniffers
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QUESTIONS
• A. Hacking

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QUESTIONS
• 45. The process in reproducing
physical evidence by plaster
moulds.

A. Casting
B. Cementing
C. Moulage
D. Sticking
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QUESTIONS
• C. Moulage

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QUESTIONS
46. A component of a polygraph
machine which is used to record
the perspiration and breathing of
a subject with the aid of a
convoluted rubber tube.

a. Cardiosphygmograph
b. Pneumograph
c. Galvanograph
d. Kymograph
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QUESTIONS
• B. Pneumograph

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QUESTIONS
• 47. The following are kinds of
death, which one is not?

A. Somatic or Clinical Death


B. State of Suspended Animation
C. Cellular or Molecular Death
D. Regulated Death

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QUESTIONS
• D. Regulated Death

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QUESTIONS
48. The most typical camera
used for police photography.

a. Polaroid Still Camera


b. Single Lens Reflex Camera
c. Digital Camera
d. View Camera
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QUESTIONS
• B. SLR Camera

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QUESTIONS
• 49. The color of blood in post
mortem Lividity?

A. Blue
B. Violet
C. Pink
D. Bright red
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• B. Violet

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QUESTIONS
50. They are considered as the focal
points in fingerprint identification.

a. Appendage and Upthrust


b. Core and Delta
c. Recurving ridge and Coverging ridge
d. Pattern area and Typelines

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QUESTIONS
• B. Core and Delta

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QUESTIONS
• 51. A system of Identification best
used in case of burned body.

A. Fingerprint
B. Tissue Identification
C. Odontology
D. Photography

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QUESTIONS
• C. Odontology

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QUESTIONS
52. A dogmatic principle in fingerprint
which states that the ridge patterns
on the digits never change during the
life of an individual.

a. Principle of Permanency
b. Principle of Individuality
c. Principle of Infallibility
d. Principle of Lividity

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QUESTIONS
• A. Permanency/Constancy

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QUESTIONS
• 53. A displacement of the particular
surface of the bone without external
wounds.

A. Hematoma
B. Fracture
C. Sprain
D. Dislocation

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QUESTIONS
• D. Dislocation

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QUESTIONS
54. All fingers are rolled AWAY
from the subject’s body except

a. Both Index fingers


b. Both Little fingers
c. Both Middle fingers
d. Both Thumbs

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QUESTIONS
• D. thumbs

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QUESTIONS
• 55. This is a characteristic that
shows the manner of walking of
an individual.

A. Mannerism
B. Gait
C. Complexion
D. Cerebral Gait
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QUESTIONS
• B. Gait

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QUESTIONS
56. Branch of ballistics which
involves the study of projectile’s
behavior from the time it leaves
the gun until it ends its flight.

a. Interior Ballistics
b. Terminal Ballistics
c. Exterior Ballistics
d. Transitional Ballistics
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QUESTIONS
• C. Exterior Ballistics

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QUESTIONS
• 57. Is the distance of recognition
in broad daylight of a person who
is almost a stranger.

A. 100 yards
B. 16-17 yards
C. 25 yards
D. 10-13 yards
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QUESTIONS
• A. 100 yards

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QUESTIONS
58. These are firearms that propel
projectiles with diameter of more
than one inch.

a. Artillery
b. Musket
c. Assault rifle
d. Cannon
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QUESTIONS
• A. Artillery

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QUESTIONS
• 59. Who qualifies a forensic
chemist as expert?

A. defence lawyer
B. judge
C. prosecutor
D. the chemist himself/herself

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QUESTIONS
• B. Judge

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QUESTIONS
60. There are always two deltas
in what fingerprint pattern?

a. Ach
b. Loop
c. Whorls
d. Accidental whorl
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QUESTIONS
• C. Whorl

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QUESTIONS
• 61. Which of the following
personal identification is not easy
to change?

A. Hair
B. Speech
C. Dress
D. Personal Pharapernalia
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QUESTIONS
• B. Speech

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QUESTIONS
62. The two types of glass
fractures are?

a. Radial and Ulnar fractures


b. Radial and Concentric fractures
c Concentric and emetic fractures
d. Plain and one-way fractures

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QUESTIONS
• B. Radial and Concentric

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QUESTIONS
• 63. This will always be applied to
children below the of age puberty.

A. physical virginity
B. demi- virginity
C. moral virginity
D. virgo-intacta

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QUESTIONS
• C. Moral Virginity

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QUESTIONS
64. A fingerprint characteristics which is
free from any obstruction.

a. Sufficient recurve/Recurving ridge


b. Insufficient recurve
c. Insipient ridge
d. Diverging ridge

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QUESTIONS
•A

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QUESTIONS
• 65. William Fox Talbot invented what
particular object which uses a paper
impregnated with light sensitive
compounds.

A. Calotype
B. wet plate
C. Daguerreotype
D. Camera Obscura
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QUESTIONS
• A. Calotype

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QUESTIONS
• 66. It is the rise in the temperature of the
body after death due to rapid and early
putrefactive changes or some internal
changes.

A. Rigor Mortis
B. Post-Mortem Flaccidity
C. Post-Mortem Caloricity
D. Putrefaction
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QUESTIONS
• C. Post-Mortem Caloricity

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QUESTIONS
• 67. Its actions start from one side and
closes on the opposite side with amore
faster shutter speed. The statement is
referring to

A. central shutter
B. leaf shutter
C. focal plane shutter
D. between the lens shutter
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QUESTIONS
• C. focal plane shutter

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QUESTIONS
68. In terminal ballistics, it is the
depth of bullet penetrating the
target.

a. Terminal Accuracy
b. Terminal Velocity
c. Terminal Energy
d. Terminal Penetration
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QUESTIONS
• D. Penetration

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QUESTIONS
• 69. Objects that allow sufficient visible
light to pass through them that the
object on the other side may be
clearly seen.

A. Transparent
B. Translucent
C. Opaque
D. Filter
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• A. Transparent

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QUESTIONS
• 70. Fixed discoloration of the blood
clothed inside the blood vessels or
has diffused to different parts of the
body.

A. hypostatic lividity
B. diffusion lividity
C. hyper lividity
D. rigor mortis
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QUESTIONS
• B. diffusion lividity

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QUESTIONS
• 71. It is the ability of an object to
convert one wavelength to another as
long as the active energy source is
irradiating the object.

A. Fluorescence
B. Phosphorescence
C. Luminescence
D. Interference
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QUESTIONS
• A. Fluorescense

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QUESTIONS
72. Firearms are like people that have
general and specific characteristics.
What firearm characteristics refers to
those that can be determined only
after a gun is already manufactured?

a. Caliber and Model


b. Class Characteristics
c. Rifling Characteristics
d. Individual Characteristics
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QUESTIONS
• D. Individual Characteristics

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QUESTIONS
• 73. It is used in chemical analysis and
in curing and hardening of different
items for industrial purposes.

A. long wave UV
B. medium wave UV
C. short wave UV
D. ultraviolet rays

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QUESTIONS
• B. medium wave UV

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QUESTIONS
• 74. The ABO system divides the
human race into four blood types.
Which of the following types has the
lowest percentage?

A. O type
B. B type
C. A type
D. AB type
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QUESTIONS
• D. AB Type

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QUESTIONS
• 75. This is attach to the shutter to
prevent accidental movement of the
camera during the exposure period.

A. Tripod
B. Cable release
C. Light meter
D. Extinction meter

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QUESTIONS
• B. Cable release

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QUESTIONS
76. A typewriter defect that can
be corrected by cleaning the
machine or replacing the
ribbon.

a. Transitory defect
b. Typeface defect
c. Alignment defect
d. Permanent defect
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QUESTIONS
• A. Transitory Defect

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QUESTIONS
• 77. What is that process of
eliminating unwanted portions of a
negative during enlarging process?

A. Dodging
B. B. Burning-In
C. Vignetting
D. Cropping

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QUESTIONS
• D. Cropping

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QUESTIONS
• 78. A condition characterized by
hardening of the muscle and
coagulation of muscles and due
to exposure to burn and hot spot.
A. Cold stiffening
B. rigor mortis
C. Heat stiffening
D. algor mortis
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QUESTIONS
• C. Heat Stiffening

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QUESTIONS
• 79. What is considered as the
utmost used of photography in
police work?

A. For identification
B. For preservation
C. For record purpose
D. For court presentation
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QUESTIONS
• B. for preservation

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QUESTIONS
80. It is the ridge count of the first loop
pattern appearing on the fingerprint
card except the two little fingers.

a. Primary classification
b. Secondary classification
c. Final Classification
d. Key classification
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QUESTIONS
• D. Key

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QUESTIONS
• 81. It is the simplest type of camera,
which consists of a box with a small
hole in one of its sides.

A. Camera obscura
B. Fixed focus camera
C. Pinhole camera
D. Nikkon camera
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QUESTIONS
• C. Pinhole camera

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QUESTIONS
• 82. Majority of questioned document
cases are concerned with
_________?

A. Documents Age
B. Disproving Alibis
C. Proving Authorship
D. Counterfeiting
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QUESTIONS
• C. Proving authorship

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QUESTIONS
• 83. The bending of light around an
object gives rise to the
phenomenon called

A. Attraction
B. Diffraction
C. Light Curve
D. Light fingerprint
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QUESTIONS
• B. Diffraction

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QUESTIONS
84. Individual characteristics of firearms
can be determined even before a gun
is manufactured. This statement is

a. True
b. False
c. Doubtful
d. Maybe

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QUESTIONS
• B. False

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QUESTIONS
• 85. It is a systematic arrangement
of colors to give a pleasant effect.

A. color perception
B. color sensitivity
C. color accuracy
D. color harmony

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QUESTIONS
• D. Color Harmony

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QUESTIONS
• 86. A fluid or viscous marking
material used for writing or
printing.

A. Pen
B. Ink
C. Coal
D. Chalk
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QUESTIONS
• B. Ink

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QUESTIONS
• 87. A.K.A. the coherent light.

A. Infrared light
B. Laser light
C. Visible light
D. Ultraviolet light

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QUESTIONS
• B. LASER

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QUESTIONS
88. Human hair has medullary
index of less than ________, and
animal hair has a medullary index
of greater than _________.

a. 0.1, 0.2
b. 0.2, 0.3
c. 0.3, 0.5
d. 0.5, 0.7
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QUESTIONS
• D. 0.5 and 0.7 respectively

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QUESTIONS
• 89. It is the circular “dome-like”
image.

A. curvature of field
B. spherical aberration
C. chromatic aberration
D. coma

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QUESTIONS
• A. curvature of field

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QUESTIONS
• 90. The following are
characteristics of forgery except
one

A. Presence of natural variation


B. Multiple pen lifts
C. Show bad quality of ink lines
D. Patchwork appearance
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QUESTIONS
•A

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QUESTIONS
• 91. What emulsion speed
indicator is expressed in an
arithmetic form?

A. ISO
B. DIN
C. ASA
D. GNP
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QUESTIONS
• C. ASA

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QUESTIONS
92. If the same digits of both hands are
missing, the impressions are held to
be __________.

a. Dependent on the classification of


the print of the other finger
b. Dependent on the ridge tracing
c. Loops
d. Plain whorl, Meeting

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QUESTIONS
•D

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QUESTIONS
• 93. The positive result of the
process of photography.

A. Photograph
B. Film
C. Cellulose
D. Negative Film

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QUESTIONS
• A. Photograph

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QUESTIONS
• 94. The art of beautiful writing
is known as

A. Drafting
B. Calligraphy
C. Art appreciation
D. Gothic
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QUESTIONS
• B. Calligraphy

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QUESTIONS
• 95. A film that is sensitive to all
colors, except red.

A. Orthochromatic film
B. Panchromatic film
C. Chromatic film
D. Apochromatic film
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QUESTIONS
• A. Orthochromatic film

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QUESTIONS
96. If a subject has more than ten (10)
fingers, the extra finger is printed on
the_______ of the fingerprint chart
with notation to the effect that same is
an extra finger.
a. Face
b. Other side
c. Face, upper corner
d. Face, lower corner

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QUESTIONS
• B. other side

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QUESTIONS
• 97. These are the components
of a black and white film, except

A. Emulsion
B. Gelatin
C. Anti halation backing
D. Base

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QUESTIONS
• B. Gelatin

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QUESTIONS
• 98. A document which contains
some changes either as an addition
or deletion.

A. inserted document
B. altered document
C. disputed document
D. obliterated document

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QUESTIONS
• B. altered document

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QUESTIONS
• 99. Fish–eye lens is a special
type of camera having a view
angle of

A. 60 degrees
B. 180 degrees
C. 90 degrees
D. 360 degrees
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QUESTIONS
• B. 180 degrees

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QUESTIONS
100. Discharged shells are initialed
at

a. Inside or outside of the case


near open end
b. On any part of the shell
c. Where firing pin strikes
d. At the base
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QUESTIONS
•A

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QUESTIONS
• 101. The following are the
requisites of a loop except

A. It must have a core


B. It must have a complete circuit
C. It must have a delta
D. It must have a ridge count of at
least one
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QUESTIONS
•B

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QUESTIONS
• 102. Any written instrument by
which a right or obligation is
established.

A. certificate
B. subpoena
C. warrant
D. document
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QUESTIONS
• D. Document

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QUESTIONS
• 103. All but one, are the elements
of a whorl pattern?

A. Usually possessing a circular


formation at the center
B. Several patterns may be present
C. It may bear 2 or more deltas
D. none of these
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QUESTIONS
•D

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QUESTIONS
104. Is a kind of fingerprint pattern in which
one or more ridges enter on either side
of the impression by a recurve, pass out
or terminate on the same side as the
ridges enter.

a. Loop
b. Ulnar loop
c. Radial loop
d. Tented arch
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QUESTIONS
• A. Loop

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QUESTIONS
• 105. Which of the following best
describes a loop pattern?

A. presence of 1 sufficient recurving


ridge
B. has a bifurcation as the delta
C. 1 core at the point of divergence
D. all of these

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QUESTIONS
•A

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QUESTIONS
• 106. The name of a person written by
him/her in a document as a sign of
acknowledgement.

A. Opinion
B. Document
C. Signature
D. Handwriting

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QUESTIONS
• C. Signature

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QUESTIONS
• 107. It is placed just to the left of
the primary in the classification
formula.

A. Sub-secondary
B. major division
C. key
D. final
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QUESTIONS
• B. Major Division

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QUESTIONS
108. The English person who
coined the term “Photography” in
English language.

a. William Abney
b. William Talbot
c. Louis Daguerre
d. John F. Herschel
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QUESTIONS
• D. Herschel

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QUESTIONS
• 109. The first conviction in the
Philippine Case which gives
recognition to the science of
fingerprint?

A. People Vs. Medina


B. People Vs. Jennings
C. Miranda Vs. Arizona
D. West Case
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QUESTIONS
• A. People Vs. Medina

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QUESTIONS
• 110. Specimens of hand writing or
of typescript which is of known
origin.

A. Letters
B. Samples
C. Exemplars
D. Documents
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QUESTIONS
• C. Exemplars

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QUESTIONS
• 111. Used surgery to destroy his
friction ridges and was known as
the “man without fingerprint.”

A. Robert James Pitts


B. Roscoe Pitts
C. John Dillenger
D. John Augustus
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QUESTIONS
• A. Robert James Pitts

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QUESTIONS
112. This condition mimics rigor mortis
when the dead body is exposed to
very low temperature.

a. Cold stiffening
b. Heat stiffening
c. Cadaveric spasm
d. Instantaneous rigor

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QUESTIONS
• A. Cold Stiffening or Algor
Mortis

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QUESTIONS
• 113. Located along the undersides of
the fingers, palms, toes, and soles
appear corrugated skin structure
known to the fingerprint examiner
as

A. friction skin
B. handprints
C. fingerprints
D. volar skin
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QUESTIONS
• A. friction skin

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QUESTIONS
• 114. A person who can write
either with his left or right hand is
called _____.

A. Ambidextrous
B. Analogous
C. Bicephalous
D. Dextrous or Dexterous
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QUESTIONS
• A. Ambidextrous

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QUESTIONS
• 115. Located along the undersides of
the fingers, palms, toes, and soles
appear corrugated skin structure
known to the biologist as

A. friction skin
B. handprints
C. fingerprints
D. volar skin
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QUESTIONS
• D. volar skin

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QUESTIONS
116. The type of special kind of death
is done by making convict face a
firing squad and is put to death by a
volley of fire.

a. Musketry
b. Euthanasia
c. Judicial death
d. Hanging
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QUESTIONS
• A. Musketry

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QUESTIONS
• 117. When a ridge bifurcates,
sending two ridges across the
imaginary line, how is it counted?

A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Six
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QUESTIONS
• B. 2

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QUESTIONS
• 118. This is done by rubbing off
with rubber or scrapping off with
sharp instrument.

A. Mechanical erasure
B. Chemical solution
C. Biological erasure
D. Mechanical solution
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QUESTIONS
• A. Mechanical erasure

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QUESTIONS
• 119. What is the type of a pattern
in which the looping or slanting
ridges flows towards the little
finger?
A. Loop
B. Radial Loop
C. Ulnar Loop
D. Tented Arch
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QUESTIONS
• C. Ulnar Loop

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QUESTIONS
120. A form of sexual perversion
where a male individual derives
pleasure from wearing the
female apparels.

a. Homosexuality
b. Transexualism
c. Tranvestism
d. Intersexuality
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QUESTIONS
• C. Transvestism

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QUESTIONS
• 121. What are those that are
sometimes referred to as papillary
or epidermal ridges?

A. Latent ridges
B. Dermal ridges
C. Friction ridges
D. Fingerprints
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QUESTIONS
• C. Friction Ridges

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QUESTIONS
• 122. The process of making out
what is illegible or what has been
effaced.

A. Comparison
B. Collation
C. Obliteration
D. Decipherment
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QUESTIONS
• D. Decipherment

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QUESTIONS
• 123. In an accidental whorl type
of pattern, what pattern is not
included in the combination?

A. Ulnar Loop
B. Plain Whorl
C. Tented Arch
D. Plain Arch
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QUESTIONS
• D. Plain Arch

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QUESTIONS
124. Portrait parle is correctly defined by
which of the following?

a. The verbal, accurate, and picturesque


description of the person identified
b. It is the file of pictures of missing or
wanted persons
c. The use of anthropometrical
measurement of human body as the
basis for identification
d. It is the used of several evidences to
eliminate or include in choice for
identification
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QUESTIONS
•A

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QUESTIONS
• 125. In Dactyloscopy, if we say a
person with polydactyl hand, he
has?

A.Extra hand
B. Extra finger
C. Extra Nails
D. Extra Hair
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QUESTIONS
• B. Extra finger

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QUESTIONS
• 126. Refers to the design of
letters which are fundamental to a
writing system.

A.Copy book form


B. Line quality
C. System of writing
D. Writing movement
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QUESTIONS
•A

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QUESTIONS
• 127. How many standard
fingerprint patterns are there?

A. Three
B. Eight
C. Two
D. Nine

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QUESTIONS
• B. 8

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QUESTIONS
128. DNA is a chemical substance
found in all cells and individuals has
a unique DNA and only ________
share the same DNA pattern.

a. Mother and child


b. Father and child
c. Mother and father
d. Identical twins
e. Fraternal twins
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QUESTIONS
• D. Identical twins

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QUESTIONS
• 129. A part of the whorl or loop in
which appear the cores, deltas
and ridges.

A. type line
B. bifurcation
C. pattern area
D. furrows
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QUESTIONS
• C. Pattern Area

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QUESTIONS
• 130. There are only three
prominent letters in the alphabet
that bears this kind of
characteristics.

A. pen jump
B. retrace
C. diacritics
D. all of them
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QUESTIONS
• C. diacritics

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QUESTIONS
• 131. A type of primer with two
vents or flash holes.

A. Bordan Primer
B. Berdan Primer
C. Battery Primer
D. Boxer Primer

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QUESTIONS
• B. Berdan Primer

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QUESTIONS
132. Period of time wherein human
bones will not exhibit changes.

a. 10 years
b. 20 years
c. 30 years
d. 40 years

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QUESTIONS
• B. 20 years

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QUESTIONS
• 133. A device that fits over the
muzzle of the barrel to muffle the
sound of a gunshot. Most work by
baffling the escape of gases.

A. Buffer
B. Silencer
C. Magazine
D. Hanger
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QUESTIONS
• B. Silencer

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QUESTIONS
• 134. A document becomes
questioned documents when
_____ or alterations, this usually
affect the original meaning of a
document.
A. Forge
B. Fraudulent
C. Changes
D. Signature
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QUESTIONS
• C. Changes

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QUESTIONS
• 135. A type of a bullet designed to be
fired at night which emits a bright
flame at its base and usually colored
red-tip.

A. armor piercing
B. tracer bullet
C. incendiary bullet
D. explosive
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QUESTIONS
• B. Tracer Bullet

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QUESTIONS
136. The tumbling of the bullet in its
flight and hitting the target sideways
as a result of not spinning on its
axis.

a. Gyroscopic action
b. Key hole shot
c. Spinning
d. Recoil
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QUESTIONS
• NO ANSWER

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QUESTIONS
• 137. That mechanism in a firearm by
which the cartridge case or shell is
withdrawn from the chamber.

A. Extractor
B. Chamber
C. Firing pin
D. Barrel

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QUESTIONS
• A. Extractor

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QUESTIONS
• 138. If ballpoint was patented by John
Loud who patented the first practical
fountain pen containing its own ink
reservoir?

A. William Mitchel
B. Lewis Waterman
C. Swamp Reed
D. Dr. Wlson Harison
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QUESTIONS
• B. Lewis Waterman

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QUESTIONS
• 139. This refers to the deflection of
the bullet from its normal path after
striking a resistant surface.

A. Misfire
B. Mushroom
C. Ricochet
D. Key hole shot

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QUESTIONS
• C. Ricochet

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QUESTIONS
140. A wound produced by blunt
object/instrument such as log
and stone.

a. Punctured
b. Incised
c. Lacerated
d. Stab wound
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QUESTIONS
• C. Lacerated

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QUESTIONS
• 141. What occurs when a
cartridge fails to explode on time
or delayed in firing?

A. Knocking Power
B. Hang fire
C. Recoil
D. None of these
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QUESTIONS
• B. Hang Fire

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QUESTIONS
• 142. If a document is disputed by one
or more persons because of the
materials used in their production,
then such document is considered?

A. Questioned Document
B. Holographic Document
C. Disputed Document
D. Falsified Document
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QUESTIONS
• C. Disputed Document

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QUESTIONS
• 143. Which of the following test is
used to determine whether a
person fired a gun?

A. Luminescence
B. Duquinois Levine test
C. Takayama’s test
D. Paraffin test
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QUESTIONS
• D. Paraffin Test

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QUESTIONS
144. A physical injury which is found
at the site and also the opposite
site of application of force.

a. Extensive injury
b. Coup injury
c. Contre coup injury
d. Coup contre coup injury
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QUESTIONS
•D

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QUESTIONS
• 145. The Morse cartridge in 1858
marked the beginning of the rapid
development of the

A. pin-fire cartridge
B. center-fire cartridge
C. rimfire cartridge
D. none of these
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QUESTIONS
• B. Center-fire Cartridge

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QUESTIONS
• 146. Standards which are prepared
upon the request of the investigator
and for the purpose of comparison
with the questioned document.

A. relative standards
B. collected standards
C. extended standards
D. requested standards
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 293
QUESTIONS
• D. requested standards

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 294


QUESTIONS
• 147. What should be the classification
of a shell when the diameter of the
rim is larger than the diameter of the
shell’s body?

A. Bottleneck type
B. Rimless case
C. Rebated type
D. Rimmed case
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 295
QUESTIONS
• D. rimmed case

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 296


QUESTIONS
148. The simplest of all
fingerprint patterns is the

a. Plain arch
b. Loop
c. Whorl
d. Plain whorl
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 297
QUESTIONS
• A. Plain Arch

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 298


QUESTIONS
• 149. The motion responsible for the
bouncing of the bullet in different
direction after hitting a much harder
object known as ricochet.

A. direct motion
B. rotary motion
C. translational motion
D. ricochet motion
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 299
QUESTIONS
• C. Translational Motion

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 300


QUESTIONS
• 150. Two handwritings cannot be
deemed to be the writing of the
same person unless

A. they were written by one person


B. embody no basic differences
C. involves combination of
agreements
D. all of these
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 301
QUESTIONS
•B

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 302


QUESTIONS
• 151. The curved path of a bullet is
mainly caused by several factors.
What do you call the manner of
curving of the bullet?

A. Trajectory
B. Drift
C. Terminal Ballistic
D. All of these
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 303
QUESTIONS
• B. Drift

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 304


QUESTIONS
152. It was found out by the authorities
in Dactyloscopy that 65% of
fingerprint patterns are classified as

a. Whorl
b. Loops
c. Arches
d. Combination of loop and whorl

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 305


QUESTIONS
• B. Loops

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 306


QUESTIONS
• 153. The most important single
process in a barrel manufacture from
the standpoint of the identification
expert is

A. reaming operation
B. rifling operation
C. lapping operation
D. drilling operation
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 307
QUESTIONS
• B. Rifling Operation

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 308


QUESTIONS
• 154. A document which is being
questioned because of its origin, its
contents or the circumstances or the
stories of its production.

A. disputed document
B. standard document
C. requested document
D. questioned document
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 309
QUESTIONS
• D. questioned document

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 310


QUESTIONS
155. The rifling of a firearm is
located inside the barrel. It
consist of
a. Raised portion
b. Depressed portion
c. Lands portion
d. Lands and grooves
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 311
QUESTIONS
• D. Lands and Grooves

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 312


QUESTIONS
• 156. Which of the following is
considered the earliest material
that served the purpose of paper
during the ancient times?
A. Cellulose from wood pulp
B. Vegetable fiber
C. Papyrus
D. Parchment
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 313
QUESTIONS
• C. Papyrus

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 314


QUESTIONS
157. The fingerprint of a person
appears on fetus between
_________ after conception.

a. 100-200 days
b. 100-120 days
c. 100-220 days
d. 100- 150 days
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 315
QUESTIONS
• B. 100-120 days

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 316


QUESTIONS
• 158. Which of these refers to the art
of determining the character or
disposition of person by analyzing his
handwriting?

A. Calligraphy
B. Graphology
C. Haplography
D. QD Examination
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 317
QUESTIONS
• B. Graphology

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 318


QUESTIONS
159. Contemporary handwriting standards
means that the age of the standard
should be within

a. 5 years prior to the date of the questioned


document
b. 10 years prior to the date of the
questioned document
c. 8 years prior to the date of the questioned
document
d. 12 years prior to the date of the
questioned document
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 319
QUESTIONS
•A

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 320


QUESTIONS
160. The identification of handwriting is
based on the proposition that

a. People are all alike


b. People are with different handwriting
c. People are all different
d. All of the foregoing

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 321


QUESTIONS
•B

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 322


QUESTIONS
161. A type of burn produced as a
result of the body come in
contact with a moving object.

a. Radiation burn
b. Electrical burn
c. Friction burn
d. Thermal burn

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 323


QUESTIONS
• C. Friction burn

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 324


QUESTIONS
162. The marks left on a bullet by a gun
barrel are different from those left by
any other gun barrel. This fact is most
useful in identifying the –

a. Direction from which a shot was fired


b. Person who fired a particular gun
c. Bullet which caused a fatal wound
d. Gun from which the bullet was fire

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 325


QUESTIONS
•D

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 326


QUESTIONS
163. In cases of suicide, what
would be the noticeable
muscular change?

a. Cold stiffening
b. Heat stiffening
c. Instantaneous rigor
d. Putrefaction
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 327
QUESTIONS
• C. Instantaneous Rigor

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 328


QUESTIONS
GRACIAS!!!
TRAJECTORY VS.
PARABOLA
• Trajectory - the path the bullet will travel.
• Parabola - the path the bullet have
traveled.

REMEMBER: Both are CURVE PATHS

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 330


QUESTIONS
• Small muscles are affected first
• Detected in 2-4 hours
• Complete in 6-12 hours
• Remains 12-18 hours
• Begins to leave in 24-36 hours
• Gone in 40-60 hours
Rigor Mortis (Stiffening of the
Muscles)
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 331
QUESTIONS
Syncope is a symptom complex
characterized by loss of
consciousness, fall in blood
pressure, fainting spell, decrease
respiration and heart rate due to
sudden loss of heart action,
pulmonary function as well as
arrest of functions in the brain.
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 332
QUESTIONS
Coma is a profound
stupor in sickness
or after severe
injury.
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 333
QUESTIONS
Homicide, on the other
side, is a criminal
offense which lacks the
qualification of the
crime of murder.
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 334
QUESTIONS
Hipocrates is the
Father of
Medicine.
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 335
QUESTIONS
Landsteiner
discovered the
Blood Grouping.
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 336
QUESTIONS
Paulus Zacchias
is the Father of
Legal Medicine.
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 337
QUESTIONS
Dr. Pedro P. Solis
is the Father of
Legal Medicine in
the Philippines.
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 338
QUESTIONS
COLORS IN PHOTOGRAPHY

• WHITE LIGHT – is a photographic ray


without a tint of any color or shadow. (400-
700nm).
• Subdivisions of white light are the
PRIMARY COLORS:
• BLUE (400-500nm)
• GREEN (501-600nm)
• RED (601-700nm)
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 NOTES IN FORENSIC 339
PHOTOGRAPHY
• Helixometer – Type of instrument used in
measuring pitch of rifling firearms.
• Onoscope – a small instrument
sometimes used in examining the internal
surface of the gun barrel in determining
the irregularities inside the bore of the gun
barrel. It has a tiny lamp at the terminal
portion and this is inserted inside the bore
for internal examination.

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 340


QUESTIONS
•POLY – GRAPH
• MANY - RECORDING

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 POLYGRAPHY AND LIE 341


DETECTION
•BREATHING
• PNEUMO – GRAPH
• BREATHING – RECORDING

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 POLYGRAPHY AND LIE 342


DETECTION
• records the subject's respiratory
rate. One tube is placed around
the subject's chest and a
second is placed around his or
her abdomen. These tubes are
filled with air. When the subject
breaths, changes in the air
pressure in the tubes are
recorded on the polygraph.
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 POLYGRAPHY AND LIE 343
DETECTION
•PULSE
CARDIO – SPHYGMO – GRAPH
HEART – PRESSURE - RECORDING

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 POLYGRAPHY AND LIE 344


DETECTION
• Blood pressure and heart rate are
measured, which consists of a
blood pressure cuff that is
wrapped around the subject's
arm.
• During the questioning the cuff
remains inflated.
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 POLYGRAPHY AND LIE 345
DETECTION
•SKIN REFLEXES/
PERSPIRATION
• GALVANO – GRAPH
• ELECTRICAL CURRENT – RECORDING

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 POLYGRAPHY AND LIE 346


DETECTION
• records the amount of perspiration
produced.
• It consists of electrical sensors called
galvanometers that are attached to
the subject's fingertips. The skin of
the fingertips contains a high density
of sweat glands, making them a good
location to measure perspiration.
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 POLYGRAPHY AND LIE 347
DETECTION
•RECORDER

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 POLYGRAPHY AND LIE 348


DETECTION
• a motor that pulls or drives the
chart paper under the
recording pen simultaneously
at the rate of 6 or 12 inches
per minute.

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 POLYGRAPHY AND LIE 349


DETECTION
DOGMATIC PRINCIPLES

• INDIVIDUALITY: No two persons have the same


fingerprints. It is based on statistical
probability.
• PERMANENCY/CONSTANCY: Once ridges are
fully develop their general arrangement remains
the same throughout life.
• INFALLIBILITY: Fingerprint is a reliable positive
means of identification. (It cannot be contested.)

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 DACTYLOSCOPY 350


1:64 000 000 000

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 POLYGRAPHY AND LIE 351


DETECTION
DIVISIONS OF BALLISTICS
• INTERIOR BALLISTICS – the science of the motion
of the projectile while still in the firearm, namely the
studies of combustion of the powder, pressure
developed and velocity etc.
• EXTERIOR BALLISTICS – the science of the
motion of the projectiles after leaving the muzzle
namely trajectory, parabola, velocity, range
penetration, etc.
• TRANSITIONAL BALLISTICS – the science of the
motion of projectiles as to its behavior while
travelling in the air. (E.g. twisting or gyroscopic
action, yaw etc.)

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 FORENSIC BALLISTICS 352


DIVISIONS OF BALLISTICS
• TERMINAL BALLISTICS – the science of
the effects of the projectile on the target.
– Medical Ballistics – Human being as target.
– Legal Ballistics – investigation involving
firearms.
– Geo Ballistics – location or geography.

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 FORENSIC BALLISTICS 353


DIVISIONS OF BALLISTICS
• SHOT BALLISTICS – study of shots from smooth bore
firearms like shotgun and muskets.

• WOUND BALLISTICS – study of the effects of a


projectile on a target and the conditions that affects
them. Primarily concerned with the nature and medical
implications of physical injury and shock caused by
bullets and explosively driven fragments.

• FORENSIC BALLISTICS – study of firearm identification


by means of ammunition fired from them. This branch
applies ballistics principles to elucidate legal matters.

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 FORENSIC BALLISTICS 354


• Terminal Accuracy –
size of the bullet
grouping on the target.

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 POLYGRAPHY AND LIE 355


DETECTION
• Terminal Energy – the
potential force that any
bullet might exert at any
particular point in its
trajectory. a.k.a. as
striking energy.
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 POLYGRAPHY AND LIE 356
DETECTION
• Terminal Velocity –
speed of the bullet upon
striking the target.

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 POLYGRAPHY AND LIE 357


DETECTION
• Alignment defects or or
TYPEFACE MISALIGNMENTS
include characters which write
improperly in the following
respects: A twisted letter,
horizontal mal-alignment,
vertical mal-alignment, and a
character "Off its feet"

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 POLYGRAPHY AND LIE 358


DETECTION
• PERMANENT DEFECT - any
identifying characteristics of a
type-writer which cannot be
corrected by simply cleaning
the type face or replacing the
ribbon is
classified as a permanent
defect
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 POLYGRAPHY AND LIE 359
DETECTION
• TRANSITORY DEFECT - any
identifying typewriter
characteristics which can be
eliminated by
cleaning the machine or
replacing the ribbon is described
as a transitory defects. Clogged
type is the most common defects
in this class.
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 POLYGRAPHY AND LIE 360
DETECTION
• Typeface Defect is the
defect in its typeface.

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 POLYGRAPHY AND LIE 361


DETECTION
KINDS OF WOUND

• L – acerated - blunt
• A – brasion - rough
• P – unctured - pointed
• I – ncised – sharp edge
• S – tabbed – combination
of punctured and incised
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 DACTYLOSCOPY 362
CLASSIFICATION OF WOUNDS as to
the relation of the SITE of the
application of force and LOCATION
of injury
• COUP – entrance
• CONTRE COUP – exit
• COUP CONTRE COUP – entrance and
exit
• EXTENSIVE – greater are beyond the site
• Entrance, exit and other parts of the body

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 DACTYLOSCOPY 363


• LOCUS MINORIS
RESISTANCIA

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 POLYGRAPHY AND LIE 364


DETECTION
INTERPRETATION

• ARCH – 5%
• LOOP – 60%-65%
• WHORL – 30%-35%

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 DACTYLOSCOPY 365


• Ridges begin to form on the
rd
human fetus during its 3 to
th
4 months of the fetus
life.

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 366


QUESTIONS
• Cacography – bad writing

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 COMPILED CRIMINALISTICS 367


QUESTIONS
TYPES OF
OBJECTS/MATERIALS
• TRANSPARENT – allows light to pass
through its medium, objects on the
opposite side is clearly visible.

• TRANSLUCENT – allow light to pass through


but not visible. Objects are not clearly visible.

• OPAQUE – does not allow light to pass


through its medium.
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 NOTES IN FORENSIC 368
PHOTOGRAPHY
LUMINISCENCE
• Conversion of the final effect of a radiant energy to
another wavelength.
– Fluorescence – the ability of an object to
convert one wavelength to another as long as
the active energy source is irradiating the object.
– Phosphorescence – is when the object does
not only converts the wavelength while being
irradiated but continuously reflect the new
wavelengths for a period of time after the energy
source is removed.
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 NOTES IN FORENSIC 369
PHOTOGRAPHY
MANNERS OF BENDING OF
LIGHT
• REFLECTION – is the deflection or bouncing
back of light when it hits a surface.
– Regular Reflection – when it this a flat smooth and shiny
surface.
– Irregular or Diffused – occurs when light hits a rough or
uneven but glossy object.
• REFRACTION – the bending of light when
passing from one medium to another.
• DIFFRACTION – the bending of light when it
hits a sharp edge of an opaque object.
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 NOTES IN FORENSIC 370
PHOTOGRAPHY
INDICATIONS OF EMULSION
SPEED

• ASA rating – American Standard Association


(expressed in arithmetical value)
• DIN rating – Deutsche Industrie Normen
(expressed in logarithmic value)
• ISO rating – International Standard
Organization (combination of ASA and DIN)
• JSI – Japanese Institute of Standards
• BSI- British Standard International.

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 NOTES IN FORENSIC 371


PHOTOGRAPHY
TYPES OF FILMS ACCORDING TO
COLOR/SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY

• Monochromatic (blue sensitivity) –


sensitive to UV and BLUE color only.
• Orthochromatic film – sensitive to ALL
COLORS except RED.
• Panchromatic – sensitive to UV, blue,
green, red or ALL COLORS, it has a widest
range of spectral sensitivity.
• Infra-red films – sensitive to UV, blue,
green, red or all colors or infra-red rays.
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 NOTES IN FORENSIC 372
PHOTOGRAPHY
GROUP OF LENSES ACCORDING
TO THE ANGLE OF VIEW
• Normal Lens – A lens with a focal length equal to
the diagonal measure of the image area. (75
degrees but not less than 45 degrees)
• Wide Angle Lens – has a shorter focal length than
the normal lens. (exceeds 75 degrees)
• Telephoto Lens – or long focus lens has a longer
focal length and provides a close up image of a
distant object. In contrast to the wide-angle lens, the
telephoto lens covers a small field of view and a
shallower depth of field. (less than 45 degrees)

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 NOTES IN FORENSIC 373


PHOTOGRAPHY
GROUP OF LENSES ACCORDING
TO THE ANGLE OF VIEW

• Fish-Eye Lens or Super Wide Angle Lens –


(180 degrees)
• Macro Lenses – The word macro is derived
from the Greek word and means, “to enlarge.”
In photographic terms, a macro lens is
designed with extended focusing capabilities
to shoot a few inches from a subject. A lens
used for close up photography particularly in
taking pictures in minute objects.

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 NOTES IN FORENSIC 374


PHOTOGRAPHY
GROUP OF LENSES ACCORDING
TO THE ANGLE OF VIEW

• Zoom Lens – for zooming.


• Special Purpose Lenses – 1st is adjustable
through movement of the front portion up and
down for perspective control (PC) and 2nd is a
guide-number (GN) lens, includes a diaphragm
mechanism that changes aperture as the lens is
focused to synchronize exposure and distance
with specific flash attachment on the camera.
• Add–On Teleconverter Lenses – Add-on
lenses.
LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 NOTES IN FORENSIC 375
PHOTOGRAPHY
FINGERPRINT RULING

• People of the Philippines Vs. Medina (59 Phil.


330. No. 38434, Dec. 23, 1933) - 1st conviction
based on fingerprint & leading judicial decision in
the Philippines. The fingerprint evidence
presented by a Constabulary agent, AGRIPINO
RUIZ.
• People Vs. Jennings - 1st conviction based on
fingerprint & leading judicial decision in US.

LUCKY ME is LUCKY 9 DACTYLOSCOPY 376

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