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CRIMINALISTICS
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MICHAEL T. ANCERMO, RCRIM

Period of person’s life wherein papillary
ridge are formed and developed?
a. 3 months after birth
b. 3 months before after pregnancy
c. 3-4 before birth
d. 3-4 months of pregnancy

Ans. D
First police surgeon or forensic pathologist
who performed the autopsy of Julius Caesar.
a. Paul Zacchias
b. Antistius
c. Landsteiner
d. Hipocrates

Ans. B
A type of pattern in which the slanting or
looping ridge flows toward the ulna finger?
a. Ulnar loop
b. Plain loop
c. Radial loop
d. Accidental whorl

Ans. A
He is the first man to used the word
polygraph.
a. John Herchel
b. Dr. Hans Gross
c. Thomas Jefferson
d. William Pinn

Ans. C
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. 8 inches
c. 12 inches
d. 18 inches
Ans. A
The first to advocate the use of fingerprint
as substitute for signature from among
Indian native to avoid impersonation?
a. Henry faulds
b. Francis Galton
c. James Parke
d. William Herchel

Ans. D
It is used to detect or record resistance of
the subject to a very small amount of
electricity.

a. Electrode Pulp
b. Galvanograph
c. Recording
d. Detection

Ans. B
A Hindu Book of Science and Health around
500 BC, It is considered as an earliest
known reference to a method of
detecting deception.

a. Budism
b. AYUR VICLA
c. Hinduisim
d. ABU SAYAF

Ans. B
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. delta

Ans.C
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
Can all physicians allowed to conduct
Autopsy?

a. Yes
b. no
c. Partly true
d. Partly False
Ans. B
The test used in textile fibers.

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

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

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

a. Organic, Inorganic, Biological

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

Ans. A
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 offiring
d. The shell is usually disposed by the
perpetrator
Ans. C
Antidote for Arsenic Poisoning.

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

a. Relevant
b. Irrelevant
c. Control
d. General question
Ans. C
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
How many fingerprint classification are used
internationally?

a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
Ans. B
A system of identification which was used earlier
than the fingerprint system, made by measuring
various bony structure of human body.
Developed by Alphonse Bertillion.

a. Antrophometry
b. Galvanograph
c. Bertillion System
d. Bertillion Measurement

Ans. A
The Three (3) fingerprint classifications are; Arch,
Loops, and ________.

a. Tented Arch
b. Accidental Whorl
c. Whorls
d. Ulnar Loop
Ans. C
Dark blue discoloration observable on the
parts of the body which are nearest to the
ground.
a. Rigor Mortis
b. Livor mortis
c. Cadaveric spasm
d. Hematoma

Ans. C
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
Is the basic principle involve in personal
Identification which states that the greater the
number of similarity or difference the greater
the probability for the identity or non identity to
be conclusive.
a. Evidence
b. Galvanograph
c. Law of Multiplicity Evidence
d. Bertillion Measurement

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

a. Yes
b. No
c. Partly True
d. Partly False
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. Single 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
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
Muzzle velocity of rifle?
a. 600 ft/sec
b. 1200 ft/sec
c. 2,500 ft/sec
d. 3200 ft/sec

Ans- C
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
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
A condition in which the supply of oxygen to the
blood has been reduced below working levels.
(5x question)

a. Asphyxia
b. homicide
c. Strangulation
d. Coma
Ans. A
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
First police surgeon or forensic pathologist who
performed the autopsy of Julius Caesar.

a. Paul Zacchias
b. Antistius
c. Landsteiner
d. Hipocrates
Ans. B
How many percent of alcohol is needed to be
considered that a person is intoxicated?

a.0.05%
b. 0.15%
c. 0.08%
d. 1.05%
Ans. A
Used to see stains on clothes that are invisible to a
normal light.

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

a. Imbecile
b. Moron
c. Moral defficiency
d. Low IQ
Ans. A
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
The poisonous gas that smells like a rotten egg.

a. Hydrogen sulfide
b. Sulfur dioxide
c. Hydrogen dioxide
d. Semen or Spermatoza
Ans. A
It is designed to detect or record changes of
systolic blood pressure and pulse beat of
the subject.
a. Sphygmograph
b. Electrode
c. Pneumograph
d. Cardiosphymograph

Ans. D
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
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
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
An instrument used to measure the bore diameter
of a shotgun.

a. Taper gauge
b. Helixometer
c. Microscope
d. Onoscope
Ans. A
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. Breath Detector
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. Tip, Catagen, Root
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
A component of a polygraph machine which is
used to record the respiration and breathing of a
subject with the aid of a convoluted rubber tube.

a. Plethysmograph
b. Pneumograph
c. Galvanograph
d. Kymograph
Ans. B
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
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
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
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
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
It refers to the composite records of the
pneumograh, galvanigraph and
cardiosphymograph tracings recorded
from series of questions.
a. Chart
b. Polygrams
c. Chart paper
d. Both a & b

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

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

Ans. A
Question pertaining to the basic background
of the subject and are generally not
related to the case in issue.
a. Relevant
b. Weak Irrelevant
c. Irrelevant
d. Weak relevant

Ans. C
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
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
It is used to indicate the amount of air
pressure inflated to the system.
a. Pneumograph
b. Cardiosphymograph
c. Sphygmamonometer
d. Both a & b

Ans. C
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
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
A type of test which the subject is instructed
not to give any verbal answer, the
subject will only answer in his mind.
a. Silent Test
b. Weak Irrelevant
c. Silent answer test
d. Weak relevant

Ans. C
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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. Firing Squad
c. Judicial death
d. Hanging

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ans. A
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
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
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
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
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
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
. 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
In cases of suicide, what would be the
noticeable muscular change?

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

Ans. C
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
THIS WILL BE YOUR FIRST AND
LAST BOARD EXAMINATON

YOU’LL PASS THE BOARD!

Thank You & God Bless!!

Prepared & Edited by:

MICHAEL T. ANCERMO
The Basic Ingredients for the
Successful Examination are;
“Dedication, Goal, Sacrifice,
Patience, and Faith”

-Michael T. Ancermo, Rcrim

CBRC National Lecturer