Criminalistics Review Questions

1. There is freehand invitation and is considered as 10.The following are considerations used for the
the most skillful class of forgery identification of a loop except one:
A. simulated or copied forgery A. Delta
B. simple forgery B. Core
C. traced forgery C. a sufficient recurve
D. carbon tracing D. a ridge count across a looping bridge

2. Condensed and compact set of authentic 11.The process of recording fingerprint through the
specimen which is adequate and proper, should use of fingerprint ink.
contain a cross section of the material from known A. Pathology
sources. B. Fingerprinting
A. disguised document C. Dactyloscopy
B. questioned document D. Printing press
C. standard document
D. requested document 12.The fingerprint method of identification.
A. Pathology
3. Specimens of hand writing or of typescript which B. Fingerprinting
is of known origin. C. Dactyloscopy
A. Letters D. Printing press
B. Samples
C. Exemplars 13.Two lines that run parallel or nearly parallel,
D. Documents diverge and surround the pattern area.
A. Ridges
4. A document which is being questioned because B. Delta
of its origin, its contents or the circumstances or the C. Type line
stories of its production. D. Bifurcation
A. disputed document
B. standard document 14.A part of the whorl or loop in which appear the
C. requested document cores, deltas and ridges.
D. questioned document A. type line
B. bifurcation
5. The art of beautiful writing is known as C. pattern area
A. Drafting D. furrow
B. Calligraphy
C. Art appreciation 15.Fingerprints left on various surfaces at the crime
D. Gothic scene which are not clearly visible.
A. plane impressions
6. Any written instrument by which a right or B. visible fingerprints
obligation is established. C. rolled impressions
A. Certificate D. latent fingerprints
B. Subpoena
C. Warrant 16.The impressions left by the patterns of ridges and
D. Document depressions on various surfaces.
A. kiss marks
7. A type of fingerprint pattern in which the slope or B. finger rolls
downward flow of the innermost sufficient recurve is C. thumb marks
towards the thumb of radius bone of the hand of D. fingerprints
origin.
A. ulnar loop 17.Which among the following is not considered as
B. tented arch a basic fingerprint pattern?
C. accidental whorl A. Arch
D. radial loop B. Accidental
C. Loop
8. The forking or dividing of one line to two or more D. Whorl
branches.
A. Ridge 18.The minimum identical characteristics to justify
B. Island the identity between two points.
C. Delta A. Eighteen
D. Bifurcation B. Fifteen
9. The point on a ridge at or in front of and nearest C. Twelve
the center of the divergence of the type lines. D. Nine
A. Divergence
B. Island 19.A fingerprint pattern in which the ridges form a
C. Delta sequence of spirals around core axes.
D. Bifurcation A. whorl
 B. double loop D. light tight box
C. central pocket loop
D. accidental 29.A component of the polygraph instrument which
records the breathing of the subject.
20.A fingerprint pattern which one or more ridges A. Cardiosphygmograph
enter on either side of the impression by a recurve, B. Pneumograph
and terminate on the same sidewhere the ridge has C. Galvanograph
entered. D. Kymograph
A. Loop
B. radial loop 30.A component of the polygraph instrument which
C. ulnar loop records the blood pressure and the pulse rate of the
D. tented arch subject.
A. Cardiosphygmograph
21.A person allowed who gives his/her opinion or B. Pneumograph
conclusion on a given scientific evidence is C. Galvanograph
considered D. Kymograph
A. interrogator
B. expert witness 31.A component of the polygraph instrument which
C. prosecutor is a motor that drives or pulls the chart paper under
D. judge the recording pen simultaneously at the rate of 6 or
12 inches per minute.
22.The application of scientific knowledge and A. Cardiosphygmograph
techniques in the detection of crime and B. Pneumograph
apprehension of criminals. C. Galvanograph
A. Law Enforcement Administration D. Kymograph
B. Forensic Administration
C. Criminal Psychology 32.The following are specific rules to be followed in
D. Criminalistics the formulation of the questions in a polygraph test
except one.
23.Lens that is characterized by a thicker center and A. Questions must be clear and phrased in
thinner sides. a language the subject can easily understand.
A. concave lens B. Questions must be answerable by yes or
B. convex lens no.
C. negative lens C. Questions must be as short as possible.
D. positive lens D. Questions must all be in the form of
accusations
24.The normal developing time of a paper or film.
A. 30-60 minutes 33. In “ polygraph examination”, the term “
B. 20-30 minutes examination” means a detection of
C. 5-10 minutes A. Forgery
D. 1- 2 minutes B. Emotion
C. the mind
25.This part of a camera is used to allow light to D. deception
enter the lens for a predetermined time interval.
A. holder of sensitized material 34. It refers to an emotional response to a specific
B. view finder danger, which appears to go beyond a person’s
C. shutter defensive power.
D. view finder A. Fear
B. Stimuli
26.A lens with a focal length of less than the C. Response
diagonal of its negative material. D. Reaction
A. telephoto lens
B. long lens 35. The primary purpose of pre-test interview.
C. normal lens A. Prepare subject for polygraph test
D. wide angle lens B. Obtain confession
C. Make the subject calm
27.Chemical used as an accelerator in a developer D. Explain the polygraph test procedures
solution.
A. Potassium Bromide 36. The deviation from normal tracing of the subject
B. Sodium Carbonate in the relevant question.
C. Sodium Sulfite A. positive response
D. Hydroquinone B. specific response
C. normal response
28.A part of a camera used in focusing the light from D. reaction
the subject
A. view finder 37. The study of the effect of the impact of a
B. lens projectile on the target.
C. shutter
 A. Terminal Ballistics B. Illegal Document
B. Internal Ballistics C. Forged Document
C. External Ballistics D. Questioned Document
D. Forensic Ballistics
48. The following are characteristics of forgery
38. The unstable rotating motion of the bullet is except one:
called A. Presence of Natural Variation
A. Trajectory B. Multiple Pen Lifts
B. Yaw C. Show bad quality of ink lines
C. Velocity D. Patchwork Appearance
D. Gyroscopic action
49. Standards which are prepared upon the request
39. The part of the mechanism of a firearm that of the investigator and for the purpose of
withdraws the shell or cartridge from the chamber. comparison with the questioned document.
A. Extractor A. relative standards
B. Ejector B. collected standards
C. Striker C. extended standards
D. Trigger D. requested standards

40. The pattern or curved path of the bullet in flight. 50. Any stroke which goes back over another writing
A. Yaw stroke.
B. Range A. natural variation
C. Velocity B. rhythm
D. Trajectory C. retracing
A. shading
41. This refers to the deflection of the bullet from its
normal path after striking a resistant surface. 51. The name of a person written by him/her in a
A. Misfire document as a sign of acknowledgement.
B. Mushroom A. Opinion
C. Ricochet B. Document
D. Key hole shot C. Signature
D. Handwriting
42. A type of primer with two vents or flash holes.
A. Bordan primer 52. A kind of document which is executed by a
B. Berdan Primer private person without the intervention of a notary
C. Baterry Primer public, or of competent public official, by which
D. Boxer Primer some disposition of agreement is proved.
A. commercial document
43. This refers to the helical grooves cut in the B. official document
interior surface of the bore. C. public document
A. swaging D. private document
B. ogive
C. rifling 53. An instrument that can be legally used in
D. breaching comparison with a questioned document, its origin is
known and can be proven.
44. It refers to the unstable rotating motion of the A. simulated document
bullet. B. forged document
A. Trajectory C. standard document
B. Yaw D. compared document
C. Velocity
D. Gyproscopic action 54. The process of making out what is illegible or
what has been effaced.
45. It is the measurement of the bore diameter from A. Comparison
land to land. B. Collation
A. Calibre C. Obliteration
B. Mean diameter D. Decipherment
C. Gauge
D. Rifling 55. A document which contains some changes
either as an addition or deletion.
46. He is known as the Father of Ballistics. A. inserted document
A. Hans Gross B. altered document
B. Charles Waite C. disputed document
C. Albert Osborne D. obliterated document
D. Calvin Goddard
56. A kind of erasure by using a rubber eraser,
47. A document in which some issues have been sharp knife, razor blade or picking instrument.
raised or is under scrutiny. A. mechanical erasure
A. Void Document B. electronic erasure
 C. magnetic erasure B. Caffeine
D. chemical erasure C. Morphine
D. nicotine
57. It is the periodic increase in pressure,
characterized by widening of the ink stroke. 67. Number restoration is necessary in determining
A. Shading whether there is tampering of serial number in
B. pen lift A. Typewriter
C. pen emphasis B. Firearm
D. pen pressure C. Prisoners
D. Bank notes
58. A kind of document executed by a person in
authority and by private parties but notarized by 68. In forensic examination, a tip of the hair is
competent officials. examined to determine if it was
A. private document A. Bend
B. commercial document B. Folded
C. public document C. Stretched
D. official document D. Cut

59. The detection and identification of poisons. 69. All of the following are accurate tests for the
A. Bacteriology presence of alcohol in the human body except one:
B. Posology A. Saliva test
C. Toxicology B. Harger Breath Test
D. Chemistry C. Fecal test
D. Blood test
60. The specimen that is preferably used in the
determination of abused drugs in the body. 70. The application of chemical principles and
A. blood processes in the examination of evidence.
B. saliva A. Forensic Medicine
C. body fluid B. Forensic Evidence
D. urine C. Criminalistics
D. Forensic Chemistry
61. A forensic chemist is tasked to examine the
chemical nature and composition of the following 71. Volatile poisons may be isolated by means of
except one: this process.
A. Fingerprint A. Dialysis
B. Explosives B. Dilution
C. Blood C. Distillation
D. Body fluids D. Extraction

62. Who qualifies a forensic chemist as expert? 72. The process in reproducing physical evidence by
A. defenselawyer plaster moulds.
B. judge A. Casting
C. prosecutor B. Cementing
D. the chemist himself/herself C. Moulage
D. Sticking
63. Methamphetamine hydrochloride is commonly
known as 73. The test used to determine the presence of
A. Coke semen particularly in stained clothing.
B. LSD A. Florence Test
C. Heroin B. Barberio’s Test
D. “shabu” C. Microscopic Test
D. Ultra-Violet Test
64. An area surrounding the place where the crime
occurred. 74. The test used to determine the presence of
A. crime scene blood in stained material.
B. police line A. Florence Test
C. area of operation B. Barberio’s Test
D. area of responsibility C. Takayama Test
D. Phenolphtalein Test
65. The body of the crime.
A. Evidence 75. It is the major component of a glass.
B. body of the victim A. Lime
C. criminology B. Soda
D. corpus delicti C. Silica
D. Gel
66. One of the following is a derivative of the opium
poppy. 76. Poisons which produce stupor and less feeling.
A. Demerol
 A. Narcotics 86. The most serious burn involving skin, nerves,
B. Irritants muscles and bones, causing death due to loss of
C. Depressants fluids and electrolytes in the body and massive
D. Stimulants infection.
A. First Degree Burn
77. A supercooled liquid which possess high B. Second Degree Burn
viscosity and rigidity. C. Third Degree Burn
A. dry ice D. Sunburn
B. cartridge case
C. gel 87. A discoloration of the body after death when the
D. glass blood tends to pool in the blood vessels of the most
dependent portions of the body and starts 20 to 30
78. The study and identification of body fluids. minutes after death and is completed by 12 hours.
A. Pharmacology A. livor mortis
B. Serology B. primary flaccidity
C. Posology C. maceration
D. Immunology D. rigor mortis

79. The test to determine whether blood is of human 88. A wound which if inflicted in the body so serious
origin or not. that it will endanger one’s life.
A. Blood typing A. mortal wound
B. Precipitin Test B. trauma
C. Confirmatory Test C. coup injury
D. Preliminary Test D. superficial wound

80. The circulating tissue of the body. 89. A wound produced by a blunt instrument such as
A. Blood club and stone.
B. Cells A. incised wound
C. Muscles B. hack wound
D. Liver C. lacerated wound
D. punctured wound
81. The complete, continuous, persistent cessation
of respiration, circulation and almost all brain 90. A displacement of the articular surface of the
function of an organism. bone without external wounds.
A. Apparent death A. Hematoma
B. Molecular death B. Fracture
C. Cellular Death C. Sprain
D. Somatic death D. Dislocation

82. The approximate time for the completion of one 91. A condition of exposure to cold temperature of
case for DNA Testing. certain parts of the body which produces mechanical
A. minimum of eight weeks disruption of cell structure characterized by cold
B. minimum of six weeks stiffening and diminished body.
C. minimum of four weeks A. immersion foot
D. minimum of two weeks B. trench foot
Answer: C C. frostbite
D. gangrene
83. DNA stands for
A. Deonatural Acid 92. A condition of women who have had one or
B. Deoxyribonucleic Acid more sexual experience but not had conceived a
C. Denaturalized Acid child.
D. Deoxy Nucleic Acid A. virgo-intacts
B. demi-virginity
84. The Geneticist from Great Britain who pioneered C. moral virginity
DNA testing and fingerprinting. D. physical virginity
A. Alec Jeffries
B. Lowell C. Van Berkom 93. Fixed discoloration of the blood clothed inside
C. William Reynolds the blood vessels or has diffused to different parts of
D. Henry Van Dyke the body.
A. hypostatic lividity
85. The cause of death of a person who immediately B. diffusion lividity
died because of lack of oxygen for around 3 to five C. hyper lividity
minutes. D. rigor mortis
A. Stroke
B. Asphyxia 94. Things used by a person in the commission of a
C. Stupor crime, or objects left in a crime scene which are the
D. Exhaustion subjects of criminalistics.
A. testimonial evidence
 B. hearsay evidence
C. circumstantial evidence
D. physical evidence

95. The science dealing with the motion of a

projectile and the conditions governing that motion.
A. Ballistics
B. Forensic Ballistics
C. Terminal Ballistics
D. External Ballistics

96. The application of medical knowledge in the

solution of crimes.
A. Forensic Science
B. Forensic Chemistry
C. Forensic Ballistics
D. Forensic Medicine

97. The science or art of obtaining images in

scientific materials by the action of electromagnetic
radiation rays.
A. Polygraphy
B. Dactyloscopy
C. Photography
D. Chemistry

98. Instrument used in the measurement of

temperature.
A. Endometer
B. Barometer
C. Thermometer
D. ananometer

99. The scientific detection of deception.

A. Polygraphy
B. Dactyloscopy
C. Toxicology
D. Chemistry

100. The test conducted to determine the presence

of gunpowder residue in the hands of a suspect.
A. diphenylamine test
B. ultra violet test
C. paraffin test
D. Simon’s Test