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PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION (FS1) 10. What should be the ridge tracing interpretation if the
1. The upper ten impressions in the fingerprint card are tracing ridge of the whorl goes above the right delta and there
taken individually. These are referred to as the ___________. are three (3) or more intervening ridges between the right
a. Rolled impression delta and the tracing ridge?
b. Plain Impression a. Outer Whorl
c. Slapped Impression b. Inner Whorl
d. Flat Impression c. Meeting Whorl
d. Accidental Whorl
2. These are the innermost ridges running parallel or
nearly parallel to each other which diverge and surround or 11. In ridge tracing, the reference is on
tend to surround the pattern area. a. upper side or point of the extreme right delta
a. Bifurcation b. lower side or point of the extreme left delta
b. Type Lines c. upper side or point of the moderate left delta
c. Pattern Area d. upper side or point of the moderate right delta
d. Core
12. It is process of placing in under each pattern the letter
3. This is the impressions at the bottom of the card that symbols representing their pattern interpretation prior to the
are taken simultaneously without rolling, printing all of the actual classification formula.
fingers of each hand at a forty-five degree angle and then the a. Checking
thumbs. b. Classification
a. Rolled Impression c. Blocking-out
b. Slapped Impression d. Fingerprinting
c. Flat Impression
d. B&C 13. It is placed just to the left of the primary in the
classification formula. Where whorls appear in the thumbs
4. In taking fingerprints, the technician must encourage following the whorl tracings sub secondary classification.
the subject being fingerprinted to relax. a. secondary
a. True b. major division
b. False c. key
c. Partially True d. final
d. Partially False
14. From the same division above, what is the
5. The symbol for radial loop is interpretation when the ridge of the left thumb reaches fifteen
a. RL (15)?
b. R a. Small
c. U b. Medium
d. UL c. Large
d. Inner
6. The outer terminus of a fingerprint pattern usually
found in loops and whorls. 15. In the final division, ridge counting of loop is the usual
a. Core process being done once it appears in the little finger. If there
b. Delta is no loop pattern in that finger, a whorl pattern shall be ridge
c. Ridges counted. How will you treat a Plain or Central Pocket Loop for
d. Type lines the purpose of getting its final classification?
a. Treated as an Ulnar Loop
7. The delta must be located in from of the point of b. Getting the least ridge count
divergence of the two type lines which open towards the Delta. c. By getting the ridge count of the top loop
a. True d. It represents a dash
b. False
c. Possibly True 16. On the night of August 2, 2010, a certain burglary
d. Possibly False happened on the store of a Japanese Merchant. On the scene
of the crime, laying the dead body of the victim stained by his
8. In this pattern, the ridges enter from either side, re- own blood and the presence of several evidences found
curve and pass out or tend to pass out the same side they including the fingerprints of the three unidentified persons. If
entered. you are one of those three persons whose fingerprints were
a. Loop found on the scene of the crime. What will be basis of the
b. Whorl investigators in case they will hold you as one of the
c. Arch responsible regarding the commission of the crime?
d. Tented Arch a. Principle of individuality
b. Principle of infallibility
9. In order to take advantage of the natural movement c. Principle of permanency
of the forearm, the hand should be rotated from the more d. All of these.
difficult position to the easiest position.
a. True 17. The incident case that signaled the downfall of the use
b. False of Anthropometry in favor of fingerprinting:
c. Partially True a. Jennings
d. Partially False b. Mask Case
c. West Case
d. Rojas Homicide
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18. Which of the following personal Identification is not 28. What fingers are rolled towards the body in taking a rolled
easy to change? impression?
a. Hair a. little finger
b. Dress b. all finger except thumb
c. Speech c. thumb finger
d. personal paraphernalia d. both index finger
19. The scientific study of the prints of the soles of the 29. The classification in the classification formula which is
feet? always represented by numerical value depending upon a whorl
a. Podoscopy pattern appearing in each finger?
b. Chiroscopy a. primary division
c. Podoscopy b. key division
d. Dactyloscopy c. final division
d. Major division
20. How deep the cut in order to be produced permanent
scar? 30. The term applied to cases of missing or cut finger?
a. more than 1 cm a. Mutilated finger
b. more than 1mm b. Fragmentary finger
c. 1m c. Amputated finger
d. 1dm d. Deformities
21. It appears as tiny black line with white dots in an inked 31. A point along the recurving ridge in which the ridge curves
finger impression? inward?
a. sweat pores a. sufficient recurve
b. ridges b. obstruction ridge
c. furrows c. appendage
d. sweat duct d. shoulder of loop
22. What are the depressed portions or canal structure of 32. What type of a ridge is that which curves back to the
the friction skin? direction from which it started?
a. pores a. diverging ridge
b. furrows b. converging ridge
c. indentions c. recurving ridge
d. duct d. bifurcation
23. What type of a pattern consisting of two or more 33. What ridge divides it into two or more branches that meet
deltas, one or more ridge forming a complete circuitry and to form the original figure?
when an imaginary line is drawn from left delta to right delta it a. bifurcation
touches or cross the circuiting ridge/s considered as the most b. lake ridge
common type of whorl. c. island ridge
a. plain whorl d. convergence
b. central pockep whorl
c. double loop whorl whorl 34. What kind of a ridge resembles a dot, fragment or a period?
a. lake
24. The core and delta are also termed as _____? b. island ridge
a. inner terminus c. ending ridge
b. focal point d. incipient ridge
c. outer terminus
d. pattern area
35. It is said that the fingerprints of a person will be carried
25. What is that spreading of two ridges that previously running from womb to tomb. What principle greatly described the
side by side? phrase?
a. Bifurcation a. Principle of individuality
b. Divergence b. Principle of permanency
c. Convergence c. Principle of infallibility
d. enclosure d. All of these
26. It is a horizontal ridge found inside a recurving ridge which 36. The first conviction in the Philippine Case which gives
has spoiled the inner line of flow from the inner delta to the recognition to the science of fingerprint?
center of the pattern? This is also found in the second type of a. People Vs. Medina
central pocket loop. b. People Vs. Jennings
a. bar c. Miranda Vs. Arizona
b. appendage d. West Case
c. uptrust
d. obstruction 37. This refers to the study of fingerprints for the purpose of
identification.
27. What is that ridge that divides into two ridges and which a. Dactyloscopy
resembles a fork structure b. Dactylography
a. divergence c. Podoscopy
b. Bifurcation d. Poroscopy
c. Convergence
d. enclosure 38. A Dogmatic Principle which postulates that the fingerprint
39. Ridge forms in the person’s fingers and feet during its 49. In the distribution of percentage in the fingerprint pattern,
infants stage which usually completed in: 35% is being represented by what group?
a. 3rd to 4th months of the fetus life a. Loop
b. 4th to 5th months of the fetus life b. Whorl
c. 5th to 6th months of the fetus life c. Arch
d. 5th to 6th months after birth d. Radial Loop
50. In the primary division, if the pattern appearing in finger
40. Which of the following is not true about the value or the number eight (8) is a loop, what is the numerical value of that
importance of fingerprinting? finger?
a. Serve to provide evidence a. None
b. prevent criminal substitution b. 8
c. help identify victims of calamities like crime c. 16
d. speedily identifying the perpetrator d. 2
41. The bifurcation which does not remain open but whose legs FORENSIC PHOTOGRAPHY (FS2)
after a long side by side for short distance, come together to 1. The birth year of photography.
form a single ridge once more is referred to as… a. 1829
a. Enclosure b. 1839
b. Converging ridges c. 1849
c. Island ridge d. 1859
d. Closed ridges
2. He coined the word “Photography”.
42. When a ridge bifurcates, it sends two ridges across the a. Joseph Nicephore Niepce
imaginary line, how is it counted? b. Thomas Wedgewood
a. One c. Sir John Herschel
b. Two d. Angelo Sala
c. Three
d. Six 3. The change of direction of light that passes through
an object or material.
43. PINS Cardo is examining a fingerprint pattern having a 2 a. Reflection
delta and a core with few spiral formations at the center but no b. Refraction
complete circuiting ridge is cut. What type of pattern INS Cardo c. Transmission
is examining? d. Absorption
a. W
b. X 4. The maximum usable aperture of a lens is usually
c. C specified as the focal ration or f-number.
d. D a. The statement is correct
b. The statement is partially true
44. The following are the requisites of a loop except one, c. The statement is false
a. It must have a core d. The statement is doubtful
b. It must have a complete circuit
c. It must have a delta 5. The lower the f-number, the more light per unit area
d. It must have a ridge count of at least one is delivered in the focal plane.
a. True
45. What is the type of a pattern in which the looping or b. Partially True
slanting ridges flows towards the little finger? c. False
a. Loop d. Partially false
b. Radial Loop 6. The focal length determines the:
c. Ulnar Loop a. Depth of field
d. Tented Arch b. Angle of view
c. Color of the picture
46. What type of a pattern possesses an angle, an upthrust, or d. Maximum aperture
two of the three basic characteristics of the loop?
a. Plain Arch 7. Lenses with larger apertures are also described as
b. Tented Arch being “faster”.
c. Accidental Whorl a. True
d. Ulnar Loop b. False
c. Partially True
47. What fingerprint pattern have slope or downward flow of d. Partially False
the innermost sufficient recurved towards the thumb of the
radius bone of the hand of origin. 8. Lenses with larger maximum apertures provide
a. ulnar loop significantly brighter viewfinder images.
b. tented arch a. True
c. accidental whorl b. False
d. radial loop c. Partially True
d. Partially False
11. Light sensitivity of the film is also known as: 21. It refers to Deutche Industri Normen Rating,
a. Film Speed expressed in Logarithmic value system. In this system, an
b. Film Grains increase of three degrees doubles the sensitivity of the film.
c. Film Emulsion a. ASA Rating
d. Film Contrast b. DIN Rating
c. ISO Rating
12. He discovered the use of Hydroquinone as a d. ASO Rating
developing agent.
a. John Carbutt 22. A form of natural light in which objects in open space
b. William Abney casts no shadows.
c. Vioglander a. Dull Sunlight
d. JM Petzval b. Bright Sunlight
c. Hazy Sunlight
13. It refers to American Standards Association, d. Cloudy Sunlight
expressed in arithmetical value system. The speed ratings
numbers are directly proportional to the sensitivity of the 23. In__________, the sun is covered by thin clouds and
material. the shadow appears bluish because of the decrease of light
a. DIN falling on the subjects in open space.
b. ASA a. Bright sunlight
c. ASO b. Hazy Sunlight
d. ISO c. Cloudy Sunlight
d. Dull Sunlight
14. A lens defect which is the inability to focus both
horizontal and vertical plane at the same time lines running 24. It is a sheet of plastic (cellulose acetate) coated with
different directions. emulsion containing light-sensitive silver halide salts with
a. Chromatic Aberration variable crystal size salt that determine the sensitivity, contrast
b. Astigmatism and resolution of the film.
c. Coma a. Film
d. Curvature of Field b. Camera
c. Lens
15. It has a fast speed and is recommended for d. Shutter
projection printing and enlarging.
a. Chloride Paper 25. In__________, the sun is totally covered by thick
b. Bromide Paper clouds. No shadows are cast due to the uniform illumination of
c. Chloro-bromide Paper lights around the subjects in open space.
d. Exposure Latitude a. Bright sunlight
b. Hazy Sunlight
16. It refers to the absence of all colors in the spectrum. c. Cloudy Sunlight
a. White d. Dull Sunlight
b. Rainbow
c. Black 26. It is the process of reduction in which exposed silver
d. Yellow halides are reduced into metallic silver.
a. Development
17. It refers to the inability to focus all the different colors b. Printing
of light on film at the same time. c. Reduction
a. Chromatic Aberration d. Crop
b. Astigmatism
c. Coma 27. An intermediate bath between the developer and the
d. Curvature of field. fixer. It is usually a combination of water plus acetic acid or
just plain water. It function is to prevent the contamination of
18. Also referred to as lateral spherical aberration, it is a two chemicals.
lens defects in which the rays enters the lens obliquely. a. Stop Bath
a. Coma b. Fixation
b. Chromatic Aberration c. Development
c. Astigmatism d. Reduction
d. Curvature of Field
28. It is the process of removing unexposed silver halide
19. It is the remoteness or distance measured from the remaining in the emulsion after the first stage of development
19. Hair from the scalp grows ________ a month. 28. Which of the following is NOT the important factors to
a. 2.5 cm follow when collecting evidence?
b. 3.5 cm a. Allow swabs to dry thoroughly and dry with cold air
c. 1.5 cm only
d. 0.5 cm b. Label each specimen collected with the information
such as date, place, and circumstances of collection
20. Which of the following is not included in the proper c. All specimen must be packed in a sealed plastic bag
way of collecting and preserving hair as evidence?
a. Don’t mix it with known samples d. Swabs must be used in collecting biological evidence
b. Don’t mix hair found in different places such as buccal, oral, skin, and rectal fluids.
c. Secure the hair samples to a piece of paper with
scotch tape 29. The following statements best show the importance
d. It should be placed in a folded paper or in a white of application of blood group data, EXCEPT?
mailing envelop a. Determining of whether a man accused of fathering a
child out of wedlock
21. This is a living organism, normally present in the b. Determination of whether a child born a married
seminal fluid consisting of a head, neck and tail. woman could or could not have been fathered by her legal
a. Semen spouse
b. Spermatozoon c. Determination of whether a child who has been lost
c. Blood and later recovered after being lost
d. Serum d. Determination of the blood type of an offender to
consider as conclusive evidence once presented to the court
22. He is considered as the Father of Forensic Chemistry
in which he is credited to have authored the book 30. Mr. A is married to Mrs. B. Mr. A has a blood group of
a. Imhotep Type A while his spouse has a blood group of Type AB. The
b. Mathieu Orfila female spouse conceived a child and found out that the infant
c. Anacleto Del Rosario has a blood type O. Is it correct to say that the married couple
d. Paulus Zacchias is NOT the biological parent of the child?
a. No, because blood type is not one of the basis of
23. He is considered as the first toxicologist who first paternity
developed a method to detect presence of arsenic b. Yes, because the DNA of blood is conclusive in
a. Jean Servais Stas determining parentage
b. James Marsh c. Yes, because it is impossible for a blood type A and
c. Socrates type AB parent to conceive a blood type O child.
d. Douglas Lucas d. No, because blood typing is only being considered for
blood transfusion
24. Mr. X, a forensic chemist, after thorough examination
on the physical evidence, the forensic chemist submitted the 31. It pertains to the physical, geometric image created
technical report to the assigned investigator. At what stage of by blood contacting a surface or by a surface contacting blood.
work of forensic chemistry best fits the scenario above? a. Blood Spatter Analysis
a. Collection or Reception of Evidence b. Blood Spatter
b. Actual Examination of Specimen c. Bloody Shit
c. Communication of results of the Examinations d. Single Blood Spatter
d. Court Appearance
32. A blood spatter analyst examines the size, shape,
25. As a forensic chemist, it is also relevant to seek distribution and location of the bloodstain to form opinions
advice from someone with years of experience in the field of about what did or did not happen in crime scene. As a blood
forensic chemistry. What golden rule in the practice of forensic spatter analyst, which of the following scenario is not one of
chemistry best describes the statement? the description of blood spatter analyst?
a. Take note and consult others a. Straight linear bloodstain on the ceiling of the crime
b. Be Thorough scene
c. Avoid Complicated theories b. Dark brown stain on the wall indicating that the
d. Use Imagination bloodshed occurred 12 hours ago
c. Analysis of the diameter of the parent spatter
d. Direction of the elongation of blood as it hits the point
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of impact 41. It is the specialized outgrowth of the skin which occur
33. It is a blood spatter resulting from a forceful impact everywhere on the human body except on the palm of the hand
between an object and wet blood, causing the blood to break and sole of the foot.
into smaller droplets. a. Mole
a. Single Drop b. Dust
b. Impact Spatter c. Hair
c. Cast-Off Stain d. Booger
d. Transfer Bloodstain
42. The following scenario shows the proper collection of
34. This type of bloodstain pattern result from the hair specimen, Except;
discharge of pressurized blood onto a target surface, for a. It must be obtained from the body of the victim with
instance the ejection of blood from a punctured artery. its root intact
a. Projected Bloodstain b. It must be sealed in the paper packet
b. Pool Stains c. Use special vacuum cleaner in collecting hairs and
c. Transfer Bloodstain fibers on cloths and fibers
d. Expiration stains d. Acquire hair from both suspect and victim
35. A viscid whitish fluid of the male reproductive tract 43. It is the most distinct part of the hair which is located
consisting of spermatozoa suspended in secretion of accessory at the top portion of the skin.
gland. a. Root
a. Sperm b. Tip
b. Semen c. Shaft
c. Urine d. Cuticle
d. Prostate Gland
36. What is the average volume of semen in a normal 44. What is a METHOD in determining the identity of the
ejaculation of a man. oil sample collected from crime scene and soil found in the
a. 1-2 ML shoes of the suspect to separate the soil from other materials?
b. 2-5 ML a. Ouchterlony
c. 6-10 ML b. Burning
d. 7-8 ML c. Density Gradient
d. Acid-Phosphates
37. An investigator found a suspected seminal fluid at the
crime scene. The sample was subjected to microscopic 45. When a rape case is being investigated, investigators
examination and no spermatozoa were found at the specimen. know that SOMETHING IS LEFT in the crime scene, presence
Will that automatically render the specimen inconclusive to be of semen is possible, what test can be applied to determine the
considered as a semen? presence?
a. Yes, because a man cannot produce semen without a. Acid-phosphatase
spermatozoa b. Phenolphthalein
b. No, because the absence of spermatozoa does not c. Paraffin
mean that the specimen is not a semen d. Density gradient
c. Yes, semen and spermatozoa must be produced
together 46. Which of the following METHODS in hair analysis is
d. No, because there are certain individuals who can NOT included?
choose to release semen with or without sperm cells a. Benzidine
b. Dry mount
c. Parallel mounting
d. Wet mount
38. It is the part of the spermatozoa responsible for its 47. Which of the following TEST is applied when forensic
fagella consisting of mitochondria. experts want to determine if the blood being examined is of
a. Head human or non-human?
b. Midpiece a. Blood grouping
c. Tail b. Confirmatory
d. Yamite c. Preliminary
d. Precipitin
39. The following are the physical examination of dried
seminal stain found on a fabric, EXCEPT: 48. In order to identify burned victims, what is the TEST
a. Movement of minute spermatozoa under the is available that can be performed by the examiners?
microscope a. Clinical Photography
b. Exhibiting color fluorescence under UV Light b. Tissue examination
c. Appearance of a contour map along the suspected c. Forensic odontology
surface d. Fingerprinting
d. A dry and starchy texture on the surface of the
suspected fabric
49. How long does alcohol last in blood?
40. The word DNA stand for? a. Up to 24 to 48 hours
a. Deoxyribonuclues Acid b. 3-5 days
b. Deoxyrebonuclie Acid c. 10 hours
c. Deoxyribonucleic Acid d. up to 12 hours
d. Deoxydizebonuclei Acid
50. A scientific study of poisons, their nature, properties,
25. It usually a conclusion that is not based on thorough 35. It is primarily used to decipher writings in a charred
scientific examination. paper.
a. Expert Opinion a. Shadowgraph
b. Ordinary Opinion b. Infra-Red Viewer
c. Off-hand Opinion c. Ultra-Violet Lamp
d. None of these d. Infra-Red Lamp
26. It is used for currency examination. 36. In this examination, the document is viewed with the
a. Shadowgraph source of illumination behind it and the light passing through
b. Magnifying Lens the paper. It is used to determine the presence of erasures,
c. Ultra-Violet Lamp matching of serrations and some other types of alterations.
d. Infra-Red Lamp a. Microscopic Examination
27. A device where light comes from beneath or behind a b. Transmitted Light Examination
glass where document is place. c. Oblique Light examination
a. Shadowgraph d. Ultra-violet Examination
b. Magnifying Lens
c. Ultra-Violet Lamp 37. An examination with the illumination so controlled
d. Transmitted Light Gadget that it grazes or strikes the surface of the document from one
side at a very low angle.
28. It refers to the assessment or altered, forged or a. Microscopic Examination
suspected papers to determine if they are genuine or b. Transmitted Light Examination
otherwise. c. Oblique Light examination
a. Estafa d. Ultra-violet Examination
b. Falsification of document
c. Forgery 38. In this process, the forger places the document to be
d. Questioned document examination forged on the bottom, inter-leaves a piece of carbon paper and
places on top of a document containing the genuine signature.
29. Iodine fumes is useful in questioned document a. Indentation Process
examination because: b. Carbon Process
a. It can be used to developed secret writings c. Transmitted Light Process
b. It can be used to determine whether erasures have d. None of these
been made
c. It can determine the kind of ink used in writing 39. It is the crime of making, circulating or uttering false
d. Both A and B coins and banknotes.
a. Falsification
30. Which among the foregoing may be utilized as a b. Forgery
means to carry out mechanical erasures? c. Counterfeiting
50. Signatures used to acknowledge delivery, purchase of 9. What type of question when an investigator ask a
10. It is an act of deceiving or misleading committed by 20. He invented the Pneumograph component of the Lie
a person usually accompanied by lying. detector machine.
a. Admission a. Vittorio Benussi
b. Lying b. John Larson
c. Deception c. Cesare Lombroso
d. Confession d. William Marston
1. Firearms that propel projectile of less than one inch in 11. This is used in determining weights of bullets and
diameter. shotgun pellets to determine probably the type of caliber and
a. Artillery make of firearms from which they were fired.
b. Small Arms a. Micrometer
c. Trigger b. Bullet Comparison Microscope
d. Ejector c. Helixometer
d. Analytical Balance
2. The depressed portion of the bore.
a. Groove 12. The term cartridge is derived from the word “charta”,
b. Land the Latin word for ____.
c. Rifling a. Plastic
d. Base b. Metal
c. Cartoon
3. The depth of entry of the bullet in the target. d. Paper
a. Pull of Gravity
b. Air Resistance 13. The container of the priming mixture is _______.
c. Terminal Penetration a. Shell
d. Terminal Accuracy b. Cartridge
c. Primer Cup
4. It is generally used in the preliminary examination of d. Primer Shell
fired bullets and shells for the purpose of determining the
relative distribution of the class characteristics. 14. He produced the first practical revolver.
a. Bullet Comparison Microscope a. Samuel Colt
b. Stereoscopic Microscope b. John Garand
c. Shadowgraph c. John M. Browning
d. Caliper d. Remington
19. Bore diameter is an example of class characteristic. 29. The muzzle velocity of a Rifle is________.
a. True a. 2, 600 feet per second
b. False b. 2, 500 feet per second
c. Partially True c. 3, 000 feet per second
d. Maybe d. 2, 000 feet per second
23. Most center-fire rifle cartridge cases are of_______. 33. 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
24. It refers to firearm whose projectile is a collection of 34. The noise created at the muzzle of the gun due to the
lead pellets which varies in sizes with the type of cartridge sudden escape of the expanding gas coming in contact with the
applied. air in the surrounding atmosphere at the muzzle point.
a. Single Action Firearm a. Muzzle Energy
b. Double Action Firearm b. Trajectory
c. Rifle c. Velocity
d. Shotgun d. Muzzle Blast
25. A firearm with a long barrel and butt. 35. A part of the mouth of the case that is turned in upon
a. Pistol the bullet and holds the bullet in place.
b. Rifle a. Crimp
c. Double Action Firearm b. Cannelure
d. Single Action firearm c. Neck
d. Base
26. There are two classification of bullet according to
mechanical construction. One is the lead bullet and the other 36. It is the most powerful propellants.
is_________. a. Smokeless Powder
a. Jacketed Bullet b. Black Powder
b. Round Nose c. Face Powder
c. Pointed Nose d. Grenade Powder
d. Hollow Point
37. It refers to the attributes and movement of the bullet
27. He is a wizard of modern firearms and pioneered the after it has left the gun muzzle.
breech-loading single shot rifle. a. Muzzle Energy
a. David Williams b. Exterior Ballistics
b. John M. Browning c. Interior Ballistic
c. Samuel Colt d. Terminal Ballistic
d. John Garand
38. A type of weapon which fire or is designed to fire
28. The two classification of firearm according to the gun- automatically or semi-automatically more than one shot
barrel internal construction is the Rifled-bore firearm and the without manual reloading.
___________. a. Artillery
a. Single Shot firearm b. Machine guns
b. Repeating Arms c. Shoulder Arms
c. Smooth Bore Firearm d. Single Shot Firearms