BOARD EXAM QUESTIONS FOR

CRIMINOLOGIST

CRIMINALISTICS
1. In gunshot wounds, when there is evident
burning of tissues and blackening of the skin,
it maybe ascertained that it is at near contact
fire meaning that the distance of the body to
the gun is approximately,

a. 6 inches
b. 12 inches
c. 18 inches
d. 24 inches
Ans. A
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

Ans.C
3. Can all physicians allowed to conduct Autopsy?

a. Yes
b. no
c. never
d. False
Ans. B
4. The test used in textile fibers.

a. photography
b. lie detection
c. burning and solubility test
d. comparison microscope

Ans. C
5. Branch of Metallurgy that involves the
microstructures of metals and alloys.

a. Metallography
b. alloygraphy
c. macro etching
d. micro etching
Ans. A
6. Three (3) types of poisons.

a. Organic, Inorganic, Biological

b. Hypnotic, Sedatives, Laxatives
c. Emetics, Biological, Inorganic
d. Organic, Sedatives, Biological

Ans. A
7. Antidote for Arsenic Poisoning.

a. Thiamine
b. Pyridoxine
c. Succimer
d. Fabahistine
Ans. C
8. “ Did you ever steal anything?” is what kind of
questions.

a. Relevant
b. Irrelevant
c. Control
d. General question
Ans. C
10. 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

Ans. A
11. How many fingerprint classification are
used internationally?

a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
Ans. B
12. The Three (3) fingerprint classifications
are; Arch, Loops, and ________.

a. Tented Arch
b. Accidental Whorl
c. Whorls
d. Ulnar Loop
Ans. C
9. Breaking down of complex proteins into simpler
components associated with foul smelling gasses and
accompanied by chance in color of the body.

a. Putrefaction
b. Maceration
c. Mummification
d. Marbolization
Ans. A
13. In criminal investigation, when we say
“bullet”, does it includes pellets?

a. Yes
b. No
c. Never
d. Maybe
Ans. A
14. Muzzle velocity of Military firearms.

a. 1,850 fps
b. 1,925 fps
c. 2,500 fps
d. 3,500 – 4,000 fps

Ans. C
15. It refers to the actual curve path of projectile from
the moment it leaves the gun barrel until it hits the
target. (2x question)

a. Trajectory
b. Velocity
c. Stability
d. Ricochet
Ans. A
16. If smokeless powder was made from
gelatinize nitrocellulose mixed with ether
and alcohol, does Black powder contains
charcoal and sulfur?

a. Yes
b. No
c. Never
d. Maybe
Ans. A
17. These are guns designed to fire only one shot for
every loading. (2x question)

a. Single-shot firearm
b. Bolt action type
c. Repeating firearms
d. Slide action type

Ans. A
18. In gunshot wounds, which is always greater in
appearance?

a. Entrance
b. Exit
c. Contact
d. Close
Ans. B
19. In photography, when we say tripod, how many
stands are there?

a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
Ans. B
20. Can rigor mortis determine the time of
death?

a. Yes
b. No
c. Never
d. Maybe
Ans. A
21. In robbery case. Which is the focus of
close up photography?

a. valuable materials
b. forcible entry
c. disarray furniture’s
d. broken glass
Ans. B
22. In post-mortem lividity, the blood cannot be
transferred even if the body has been moved to
another position when the blood is defused in the
____________.
a. tissues
b. plasma
c. Outer skin
d. Veins
Ans. A
23. Most common form of asphyxia.

a. Strangulation
b. hanging
c. lynching
d. Garroting
Ans. A
24. A condition in which the supply of
oxygen to the blood has been reduced
below working levels. (5x question)

a. Asphyxia
b. homicide
c.syncope
d. Coma
Ans. A
25. Involuntary divergence of the pen line
from the natural direction in the
formation of letters.

a. Tremor
b. Hiatus
c. Shading
d. loose writing
Ans. B
26. First police surgeon or forensic
pathologist who performed the autopsy of
Julius Caesar.

a. Paul Zacchias
b. Antistius
c. Landsteiner
d. Hipocrates
Ans. B
27. 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%
Ans. A
28. Used to see stains on clothes that are
invisible to a normal light.

a. X-ray
b. Infrared light
c. UV light
d. visible lights
Ans. B
29. A little bit better than idiots.

a. Imbecile
b. Moron
c. Moral defficiency
Ans. A
30. What is the purpose of getting the plain impression
of the subject?

a. For classification purposes

b. For verification purposes
c. To check the order of the rolled impression
d. For comparison purposes
Ans. C
31. The poisonous gas that smells like a
rotten egg.

a. Hydrogen sulfide
b. Sulfur dioxide
c. Hydrogen dioxide
d. Hydrochloride
Ans. A
32. A violent volatile poison producing an
almond odor in vomit’s of the victim.

a. Plasma
b. Cyanide
c. Sulfur
d. Lead
Ans. B
33. Another term for Ultra-violet light.

a. White light
b. Red light
c. Black light
d. Roentgen
Ans. C
34. 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
Ans. C
35. 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
Ans. B
36. An instrument used to measure the bore
diameter of a shotgun.

a. Taper gauge
b. Helixometer
c. Microscope
d. Onoscope
Ans. A
37. Covers the surface of the dermis with blunt
peg-like formation.

a. Epidermis
b. Sweat pores
c. Dermal papillae
d. Sweat gland
Ans. C
38. An instrument used to detect alcohol in
human body.

a. Alcotest
b. Drunkometer
c. Breath analyzers
d. Intoximeter
Ans. C
39. The morphological constituents of
human hair.

a. Medulla, Cortex, Cuticle

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

Ans. B
40. The depression between the ridges
which maybe compared with the low areas
in a tire tread.

a. Core
b. Delta
c. Furrows
d. Sweat pores
Ans. C
41. 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
Ans. A
42. It is a sensitized material that has the
primary function of recording the image
that is focused upon it by the lens of the
camera.(2x question)

a. Photographic paper
b. Film
c. Filter
d. Camera
Ans. B
43. 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. Plethysmograph
b. Pneumograph
c. Galvanograph
d. Kymograph
Ans. B
44. The most typical camera used for police
photography.

a. Polaroid still camera

b. Single lens reflex camera
c. Digital camera
d. View camera
Ans. B
45. 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

Ans. B
46. Black powder as discovered by Chinese
Alchemist is consists of a mixture of:

a. Gelatinized nitrocellulose with ether and

alcohol
b. Sulfur, Gelatinized nitrocellulose with ether
c. Salt, sulfur and alcohol
d. Sulfur, Charcoal and saltpeter

Ans. D
47. How many days after infliction does a “black-eye” can
be observed to be turning Purple?

a.1-4 days
b.4-5 days
c. 6-7 days
d. 8-9 days
Ans. A
48. A 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

Ans. A
49. “Is your mother’s name Magdalena?” is
what kind of question?

a. Relevant
b. Irrelevant
c. Control
d. General question
Ans. B
50. 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
Ans. D
51. 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

Ans. C
52. Regarded as a special form of pen lift
disguise in which a perceptible group
appears in the writing.

a. Diacritic
b. Hiatus
c. Hesitation
d. Tremor
Ans. C
53. These are firearms that propel
projectiles with diameter of more than one
(1) inch.

a. Artillery
b. Musket
c. Assault rifle
d. Cannon
Ans. A
54. There are always two deltas in what
fingerprint pattern?

a. Ach
b. Loop
c. Whorls
d. Accidental whorl
Ans. C
55. 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

Ans. B
56. A fingerprint characteristics which is free from any
obstruction.

a. Sufficient recurve/ Recurving ridge

b. Insufficient recurve
c. Insipient ridge
d. diverging ridge
Ans. A
57. In terminal ballistics, it is the depth of bullet
penetrating the target.

a. Terminal Accuracy
b. Terminal Velocity
c. Terminal Energy
d. Terminal Penetration

Ans. D
58. 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

Ans. D
59. 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

Ans. A
60. 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

Ans. D
61. It refers to the last stage of toxological
examination.

a. Quantification
b. Microscopic examonation
c. Biological
d. None of the following

Ans. A
62. Individual characteristics of firearms can be
determined even before a gun is manufactured. This
statement is-

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

Ans. B
63. These are marks found at the extracting groove
of the spent shell caused by its withdrawal from
the chamber.

a. Ejector marks
b. Shearing marks
c. Extractor marks
d. Firing pin marks
64. 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
Ans. D
65. This will serve as authority of polygraph
examiner to examine the subject as evidence
that subject voluntary submits to undergo
the test.

a. Willingness of the subject to undergo Pre-

test in interview
b. Willingness of the subject to take the test to
prove his innocence
c. Willingness of the subject to give his
personal data during the pre-test interview
d. None of the foregoing

Ans. B
66. When a shot is fired on an automatic pistol
by a criminal.

a. The empty shells remain within the chamber

b. The shell is rarely found at the crime scene
c. The shell in most cases will be found at the
scene of firing
d. The shell is usually disposed by the
perpetrator

Ans. C
67. When bullet travels through the body it produces a
shock wave which damages the tissue around its
path, this is known as –

a. Contact
b. Close discharge
c. Distance charge
d. Tissue quake

Ans. D
68. In tented arches, the ridges _________

a. Make a complete circuit

b. Makes an obstruction
c. Run from one side to another with rise at the center
d. Make a backward turn

Ans. C
69. In taking fingerprints, __________ are rolled towards
the body of the subject.

a. All fingers
b. Both thumbs
c. Little fingers
d. All fingers except thumb

Ans. B
70. 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

Ans. D
71. In the investigation of a rape case, use of
ultra violent light is a useful method
because-

a. Only to establish whether certain stains,

after they have been located by some other
method.
b. To locate stains, but not to establish whether
they are semen stains
c. Both to locate stains and to establish
whether they are semen stains
d. Neither for finding nor for determining their
nature

Ans. B
72. 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

Ans. B
73. Discharge 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

Ans. A
74. The retouching of a defective portion of a written
stroke is known in questions document examination
as –

a. Feathering
b. Shading
c. Retracing
d. Patching

Ans. D
75. In case of minor injury affecting only the
layer of the friction skin, the injury will not
permanently deface the ridge formation
provided that the ______ is not affected.

a. Dermis
b. Epidermis
c. Bone of the finger
d. Ulna bone

Ans. B
76. A drop of blood which falls from the moving
object or person is elongated and the
splashes are found to be concentrated
around one end of the stain. As a general
rule, the splashes and the extension of the
drop of blood indicates –

a. Fresh blood
b. Dried stain
c. Direction of movement
d. Dead person

Ans. C
77. The identity of two impressions is established
primarily through _______.

a. Dimensions of pattern
b. Similarity of traces
c. Unexplained similarity of patterns
d. Ridge characteristics and the relative position of
these ridge characteristics

Ans. D
78. When inking fingers for the purpose of taking rolled
impressions, the fingers must be inked from ______
to base of the joint.

a. Base
b. Tip
c. Second joint
d. Third joint

Ans. B
79. 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

Ans. A
80. A characteristic of post-mortem symptom of carbon
monoxide poisoning is a –

a. Vary texture and appearance of the skin

b. Contorted position of the body
c. Pinkish lividity of all part of the body
d. Marked protuberance of the eyeballs

Ans. C
81. The English person who coined the term
“Photography” in English language.

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

Ans. D
82. In taking mug shots of a suspect who is standing, the
camera should be
positioned –

a. At neck level
b. At chest level
c. At hips level
d. Slightly above the head level

Ans. B
83. 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

Ans. A
84. Evidence which change quickly such as skid
marks, the wounds and bruises will heal and
disappear before the case comes to trial.
Such evidence can be preserved by –

a. Pickling method and introduced in court as

evidence
b. Photographed introduced in court as
evidence
c. Casting and mould and introduced in court
as evidence
d. All of the foregoing

Ans. B
85. 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

Ans. A
86. To be able to make a positive identification
of a person, document examiner must be
able to observe the –

a. Characteristics of his handwriting

b. Writing position of the writer
c. Manner on how the writer moves the pain
d. Distinguishing individual features of his
handwriting

Ans. D
87. Writing characterized by too much freedom of
movement and lack of regulation which is usually
tall letters.

a. Loss writing
b. Restrained writing
c. Genuine writing
d. Regulated writing

Ans. A
88. Upon beginning the test, how many seconds should
the examiner wait before asking the first question?

a. 10-15
b. 15-20
c. 5-10
d. 20-25

Ans. B
89. A form of sexual perversion where a male individual
derives pleasure from wearing the female apparels.

a. Homosexuality
b. Transexualism
c. Tranvestism
d. Intersexuality

And. C
90. 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

Ans. A
91. One of the following is considered the
“cardinal rule in chart interpretation”.

a. Chart makings is the keynote to accurate

chart interpretation
b. Specific response must form a deviation from
norm
c. Any change from normal response requires
an explanation
d. Chart probing shall be done after each chart

Ans. C
92. Maybe defined as the scientific examination of
firearms, shell, bullets allegedly used in the
commission of a crime.

a. Forensic ballistics
b. Interior ballistics
c. Exterior ballistics
d. None of the foregoing

Ans. A
93. 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

Ans. D
94. The restoration of tampered serial numbers can be
done by the use of –

a. Benzidine solution
b. Saline solution
c. Etching solution
d. Sulfuric acid

Ans. C
95. In ridge tracing, 3 or more ridges above the right
delta is considered whorl type of pattern with –

a. Inner tracing
b. Outer tracing
c. Meeting Tracing
d. IMO tracing

Ans. B
96. Period of time wherein human bones will not exhibit
changes.

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

Ans. B
97. 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

Ans. B
98. A wound produced by blunt object/instrument such
as log and stone.

a. Punctured
b. Incised
c. Lacerated
d. Stab wound

Ans. C
99. 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 and contre coup injury

Ans. D
100. The light from the pinhole camera will form –

a. A halo effect
b. A photographic emulsion
c. An inverted image
d. An emergency ray

Ans. C
101. The simplest of all fingerprint patterns is the –

a. Plain arch
b. Loop
c. Whorl
d. Plain whorl

Ans. A
102. 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

Ans. B
103. 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

Ans. D
104. 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

Ans. B
105. 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

Ans. A
106. 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

Ans.B
107. 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

Ans. C
108. 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
Ans. D
109. In cases of suicide, what would be the noticeable
muscular change?

a. Cold stiffening
b. Heat stiffening
c. Instantaneous rigor
d. Putrefaction

Ans. C
110. Designed to fired at night which emits a bright
flame at its base.

a. Tracer bullet
b. Zip gun
c. Dum-dum
d. Blank ammunition

Ans. A