FORENSIC INVESTIGATION

Dactyloscopy
1. The examination of fingerprints in order to establish identity is known as
_______.
a. Fingerprint examination
b. Dactylography
c. Dactyloscopy
d. Personal identification
2. The principle in the study of fingerprints that explains “there are no two
fingerprints that are exactly alike is _____.
a. Principle of Permanency
b. Principle of Individuality
c. Principle of Multiplicity
d. Principle of Infallibility
3. This refers to a type of whorl with two deltas and at least one ridge that makes a
complete circuit, which may be spiral, oval, circular, or any variant of a circle.
a. Central pocket
b. Accidental
c. Double loop
d. Plain
4. This pertains to a micro-element of the pattern of the print. That is, all classes of
prints may contain any or all of the ridge characteristics.
a. Ridge characteristics
b. Galton details
c. Minutiae
d. All of the above
5. The principle of fingerprints that states “fingerprints of a person are unchanging
or constant from birth until the decomposition of the body of the person” is _____.
a. Principle of Permanency
b. Principle of Individuality
c. Principle of Infallibility
d. Principle of Multiplicity
6. As to the percentage distribution of the different fingerprint patterns, how many
percent are in the whorl family?
a. 60%
b. 40%
c. 35%
d. 5 %
7. What do you call the fingerprint pattern where most of the ridges enter on one
side of the pattern and flow to the other side with a rise at the center?
a. Plain Arch
b. Tented Arch
 c. Ulnar Loop
d. Radial Loop
8. When a person records your fingerprint by rolling from tip to tip, what fingerprint
impression could be made?
a. Fingerprint
b. Latent Print
c. Plain Impression
d. Rolled Impression
9. These are the prints that are not seen by our naked eyes, but when effort is
applied to search those prints, they may be searched and become visible using
fingerprint powder.
a. Semi-visible prints
b. Latent prints
c. Visible prints
d. Fingerprints
10. This pertains to the pattern of elevated and depressed lines found on the surface
of fingertips.
a. Chance impression
b. Fingerprint
c. Latent print
d. Friction skin
Forensic Ballistics
1. It is the study of what happens within the barrel of a weapon from the moment
the firing pin hits the primer to the time the bullets exit from the barrel.
a. Internal Ballistics
b. External Ballistics
c. Terminal Ballistics
d. Forensic Ballistics
2. It is the part of ballistics that deals with the behavior of a projectile in flight.
a. Internal Ballistics
b. External Ballistics
c. Terminal Ballistics
d. Forensic Ballistics
3. They are found on the cylindrical portion of the fired bullets or slugs and are
caused by the riflings inside the barrel.
a. Skid marks
b. Rifling marks
c. Firing pin marks
d. Extractor marks
4. These marks are generally found on bullets or slugs fired from revolvers and are
caused by the forward movement of the bullet before it rotates as required by
riflings.
 a. Skid marks
b. Rifling marks
c. Firing pin marks
d. Extractor marks
5. These are generally found in the primer cup which is the central area of the base
of the cartridge. In the case of a rim-fire cartridge, the firing pin strikes any
portion along the rim wherein the priming mixture is contained.
a. Skid marks
b. Rifling marks
c. Firing pin marks
d. Extractor marks
Forensic Photography
1. The process of photographing or recording a crime scene or any other objects for
court presentation.
a. Photograph
b. Forensic Photography
c. Crime scene documentation
d. Documentation
2. Photographs of the crime scene should be taken as soon as possible, ________
note taking, sketching or a search for evidence begins.
a. During
b. Before and after
c. Before
d. After
3. Photographs of the overall scene to portray the areas as if a person viewing the
scene is seeing it from a standing position.
a. General View
b. Medium View
c. Short Range
d. Extreme Close-Up
4. Photographs are taken in a manner that portrays the scene from approximately
ten to twenty feet away from the subject.
a. General View
b. Medium View
c. Short Range
d. Extreme Close-Up
5. Documents are subjected to this type of examination to determine the presence
of erasures, matching of serrations, and some other types of alterations.
a. Oblique light examination
b. Transmitted light examination
c. Infrared light examination
d. Ultraviolet light examination
Questioned Document Examination
1. Any material that contains marks, symbols, or signs, either visible, partially
visible, or invisible, that may presently or ultimately convey a meaning or
message to someone.
a. Standard
b. Exemplar
c. Document
d. Questioned Document
2. These are condensed and compact sets of authentic specimens which, if
adequate and proper, should contain a true cross-section of the material from a
known source.
a. Standard
b. Exemplar
c. Document
d. Questioned Document
3. Characteristics that are highly personal or peculiar and is unlikely to occur in
other instances.
a. Characteristics
b. Class characteristics
c. Individual characteristics
d. Ridge characteristics
4. Any document about which some issue has been raised or is under scrutiny.
a. Standard
b. Exemplar
c. Document
d. Questioned Document
5. It refers to any property or mark that distinguishes, and in document examination,
it commonly refers to identifying details.
a. Characteristics
b. Class characteristics
c. Individual characteristics
d. Ridge characteristics
Forensic Medicine
1. It is the state of discoloration of the skin due to the gravitation of blood into the
small vessels and capillaries of the most dependent parts of the body.
a. Rigor mortis
b. Algor mortis
c. Livor mortis
d. Hematoma
2. It pertains to a gaping wound and is produced by forcible contact of the body with
a sharp-edged instrument.
 a. Incised wound
b. Lacerated wound
c. Punctured wound
d. Hacked wound
3. It refers to the use of medical science to elucidate legal problems.
a. Legal medicine
b. Forensic medicine
c. Medical jurisprudence
d. Both a and b
4. It is a condition in which the supply of oxygen to the blood and the tissues on
both has been reduced below the normal working level.
a. Suffocation
b. Asphyxia
c. Strangulation
d. Choking
5. A licensed physician duly qualified to practice medicine in the Philippines and
who has sufficient experience and training in all branches of Medico-Legal work.
a. Pathologist
b. Medico legal officer
c. Medical doctor
d. All of the above

Forensic Chemistry
1. It is characterized by the fact that more and more of the drug has to be used to
produce an equivalent effect.
a. Tolerance
b. Dependence
c. Habituation
d. Drug Abuse
2. This type of drug distorts perceptions and produces dream images and
hallucinations.
a. Stimulants
b. Depressants
c. Hallucinogens
d. Narcotics
3. Is the condition in which a person becomes accustomed to but is not seriously
dependent upon a drug.
a. Tolerance
b. Dependence
c. Habituation
d. Drug Abuse
4. It is defined as the distortion of a normal physiological process that results from
the prolonged administration of addicting drugs to the body for the maintenance
of physical equilibrium.
a. Tolerance
b. Dependence
c. Habituation
d. Drug Abuse
5. These are drugs that increase alertness and activity, such as amphetamines,
cocaine, and caffeine.
a. Stimulants
b. Depressants
c. Hallucinogens
d. Narcotics