Criminalistics Review Questions 2

1. The following are types of medical evidence, except:

A. Photographic evidence
B. Experimental evidence
C. Testimonial evidence
D. Autoptic evidence Answer: B

2. The art of identification by comparison of fingerprint is called:
A. Dactylography
B. All of the these
C. Dactyloscopy
D. Palmistry Answer: C

3. Some scientific methods of identification are the following, except:
A. Fingerprinting
B. Handwriting
C. Dental identification
D. Identification by close friends and relatives Answer: D

4. The greater the number of points of similarities and dissimilarities of
two persons compared, the greater the probability for the conclusion
to be correct is found in the
A. Law of Municipality of Evidence in Identification
B. All of the these
C. Identification by Comparison and Exclusion
D. Law of Super Imposition Answer: A

5. In the strict sense of the word, Forensic Medicine means
A. application of medicine to legal cases
B. application of medical science to elucidate legal problems
C. knowledge of law in relation to practice of medicine
D. none of the above
E. all of the above Answer: B

6. The different test to determine peripheral circulation are the following,
except
A. Magnus test
B. Diaphanous test
C. I cards test
D. Winslows test Answer: C

7. The following officials of the Philippine Government are authorized to
conduct death investigation, except -
A. Public Prosecutor
B. Judges of the regional trial court
C. Director PNP
D. SOCO team Answer: B

8. The following statements are important in death determination. Which
is not valid?.
A. Civil personality of a natural person is extinguished by death
B. Civil property of a person is transmitted to the heirs, if not, to
the government
C. The death of the partner is one of the causes of dissolution of
partnership agreement
D. The criminal liability of a person is extinguished by death
Answer: B

9. The following are kinds of death, which one is not?
A. Somatic or Clinical Death
B. State of Suspended Animation
C. Cellular or Molecular Death
D. Regulated Death Answer: D

10. Of the following kinds of death, which one is relevant to Organ
Transportation?
A. Somatic or clinical Death
B. State of Suspended Animation
C. Molecular Death
D. Cellular Death Answer: A

11. To find out the truth is an essential requirement for the administration
of Justice. Which of the following is the commonly used method of
deception detection?
A. Lie detection method
B. Hypnotism
C. Use of drugs
D. Confession Answer: A

12. In molecular or cellular death, death of individual cells is with in
A. 3-6 minutes
B. 3-6 hours
C. 20-30 minutes
D. 20-30 hours Answer: A

13. Post-mortem lividity has the following mechanisms:
A. Hypostatic pressure
B. Diffusion
C. Gravitational pressure
D. All of the above Answer: D

14. Hanging is asphyxia due to the constriction of the neck as a result of
suspension in which the weight of the body pulls upon the ligature.
What differentiates it from strangulation by a ligature therefore is:
A. The factor of suspension
B. Hanging raises a presumption of suicide
C. Strangulation is usually homicidal
D. All of the above
E. None of the above Answer: E

15. Distinctions between ante-mortem from post-mortem clot are the
following. Which one is not valid?
A. Ante-mortem clot is firm in consistency
B. Clot is homogenous in construction so it cannot be stripped
into layers
C. Clot with varied colors
D. Surface of the blood vessels are raw after the clots are
removed Answer: C

16. Post-mortem lividity maybe due to any of the following, except:
A. Hypostasis
B. Autolysis
C. Diffusion
D. Suggillation Answer: B

17. Comprehensive study of dead body, performed by a trained
Physician, to determine the cause of death:
A. Autopsy
B. Biophsis
C. Dissection
D. Physicians Answer: A

18. Articles and materials found in the crime scene:
A. Physical evidence
B. Associative evidence
C. Evidence
D. Tracing evidence Answer: A

19. Circumscribed extravation of blood or subcutaneous tissue or
underneath the mucous membrane.
A. Contusion
B. Petechia
C. Abrasion
D. All of them Answer: A

20. Among the following, which has the greatest value in scientific
examination/identification?
A. Dental examination
B. Fingerprinting
C. Photography
D. Pictures Parle Answer: B

21. One is a condition that can approximate the time of death.
A. Cadaver
B. Magnus test
C. Rigor mortis
D. None of these Answer: C

22. The means sanctioned by the law, of ascertaining the judicial
power/proceeding, the truth respecting the matter of fact.
A. Polygraph
B. Evidence
C. Lie detector
D. All of these Answer: B

23. Determination of individuality of a person or thing:
A. Description
B. Perception
C. Identification
D. All of these Answer: C

24. Types of fingerprint patters, except:
A. Arches
B. Ordinary
C. Loop
D. Whorl Answer: B

25. It is any unusual pattern of sexual behavior including habitual,
preference and completing need for sexual gratification by any
means except sexual intercourse which results to bodily excitement
A. Virginity
B. Sexual intercourse
C. Prostitution
D. Sexual deviation Answer: D

26. An open wound produced by a sharp-pointed instrument and is
characterized by a small opening of the wound.
A. Gunshot wound
B. Stab wound
C. Shrapnel wound
D. Punctured wound Answer: D

27. A physical injury wherein the offended victim is incapacitated for
work or requires medical assistance for 10 days or more but not more
than 30 days.
A. Slight physical injury
B. Mutilation
C. Serious physical injury
D. less serious physical injury Answer: D

28. It is the type of burn due to gamma rays and which is difficult to
remedy:
A. Thermal burn
B. Electric burn
C. Chemical burn
D. Radiation burn Answer: D

29. The metal tube through which the bullet is fired is called
A. Bore
B. Barrel
C. Baretta
D. Bromet Answer: B

30. The old form of gunpowder invented over a thousand years ago and
consisting of nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur.
A. Chinese Powder
B. Black Powder
C. Gray Powder
D. All of these Answer: B

31. The inside of the barrel is generally termed as
A. Bore
B. Barrel
C. Rifling
D. Primer Answer: A

32. The portion of the gun which is held or shouldered is called
A. Buckle
B. Buttstock
C. Handle
D. End joint Answer: B

33. In a gun, the portion of the "action" that holds the cartridge ready
for firing is called
A. Gas tube
B. Chamber
C. Double-action
D. Trigger Answer: B

34. A metal rod or plate that strikes the cartridge primer to detonate the
powder.
A. Spring
B. Trigger guard
C. Hammer
D. Revolver Answer: C

35. This is a device for storing cartridges in a repeating firearm for
loading into the chamber. Also referred to as a "clip".
A. Clipper
B. Holder
C. Pin or pinhead
D. None of these Answer: D

36. A device that fits over the muzzle of the barrel to muffle the sound
of a gunshot. Most work by baffling the escape of gases.
A. Buffer
B. Silencer
C. Magazine
D. Hanger Answer: B

37. Under the management of Lt. Darby during the American occupation
in the Philippines, a modern and complete fingerprint file has been
established for the Philippine commonwealth. In 1937, the first
Filipino fingerprint technician employed by the Phil. Constabulary was
A. Mr. Generoso Reyes
B. Mr. Amado Delos Santos
C. Mr. Calixto Solis
D. None of these Answer: A

38. The first leading judicial decision in the Philippine jurisprudence on the
science of fingerprinting was the case of
A. People vs Medina
B. People vs Pineda
C. People vs Amador
D. People vs. Rosas Answer: A

39. What is the intermediate and the thickest layer of the hair and is
composed of elongated, spindle-shaped fibrils which cohere? They
contain pigment granules in varying proportion depending on the
type of hair.
A. Medulla
B. Cortex
C. Core
D. Cuticle Answer: B

40. Who was the noted British Examiner of questioned documents said
that an intelligent police investigator can detect almost 75% of all
forgeries by careful inspection of a document with simple magnifiers
and measuring tools?
A. Dr. Arthur Stoll
B. Dr. Aristotle Curt
C. Dr. William Harrison
D. Dr. Benjamin Jones Answer: C

41. In police photography studies, what are called the thin, gelatinous,
light-sensitive coatings on film that react chemically to capture the
color and shadings of a scene?
A. Films
B. Emulsions
C. Chemical Coatings
D. None of these Answer: B

42. A medium that divert or absorb light, but does not allow lights to pass
though, they absorb most of the light while reflecting some of
it is called
A. Opaque object
B. Convection
C. Visible light
D. Prisms Answer: A

43. In the practice of polygraphy, what do you call questions unrelated
to the matter under investigation but are of similar nature although
less serious as compared to those relevant questions under
investigation?
A. Irrelevant questions
B. Relevant questions
C. Control questions
D. Interrogative questions Answer: C

44. What test is given if a subject of interrogation is not yet informed of
the details of the offense for which he is being interrogated by the
investigation, or by other persons or from other sources like the print
media?
A. Peak of Tension test
B. Control test
C. IQ Test
D. Guilt Complex Test Answer: A

45. In fingerprinting, the space between shoulders of a loop, free of any
appendage, and a butting at right angle.
A. Complete curve
B. Sufficient Recurve
C. Straight arrow
D. Core Answer: B

46. The term use to refer to a single recurving ridge enclosing one or
more rods or bars of a fingerprint.
A. None of these
B. Envelope
C. Furrows
D. Bifurcation Answer: B

47. These are depressions or canals between the ridges of a fingerprint
which maybe compared with the low area in a tire tread.
A. None of these
B. Envelope
C. Furrows
D. Bifurcation Answer: C

48. In the study of questioned documents, what do you call the quality
of paper that does not allow light to pass through or which prevents
dark objects from being seen through the paper?
A. Opacity
B. Watermarks
C. Skid marks
D. Invisibility Answer: A

49. What is the oldest ink material known?
A. Ball point pen ink
B. Chinese Ink
C. Aniline Ink
D. White Ink Answer: B

50. It is the art of extracting and working on metals by the application of
chemical and physical knowledge.
A. Cryptography
B. Metallurgy
C. Casting
D. Matalisky Answer: B

51. The branch of geology that deals with the systematic classification
and identification of rocks, rock forming minerals and soil. Also
includes study of dust, dirt, safe insulation, ceramics and other such
materials, both natural and artificial.
A. Petrography
B. Serology
C. Anthropology
D. Ecology Answer: A

52. In a fire, the presence of reddish brown smoke indicates
A. Nitrocellulose
B. Sulfuric acid
C. Nitric acid
D. All of these Answer: D

53. The bending of light around an object gives rise to the phenomenon
called
A. attraction
B. diffraction
C. light curve
D. light fingerprint Answer: B

54. Under the law of reflection, The angle of reflection depends upon the
angle of the light striking the material, which is referred to as the
A. angle of incidence
B. angle of biometry
C. angle of light
D. none of these Answer: A

55. In ballistics, what is the pressure generated within the chamber
erroneously called breeched pressure?
A. Chamber Pressure
B. Barrel Pressure
C. Gunpowder
D. None of these Answer: A

56. The ratio of the weight of the powder charge to the weight of the
projectile is called
A. Power to speed ratio
B. Charge weight to bullet weight ratio
C. Firing pin stroke ratio
D. All of these Answer: B

57. Chemical rearrangement of molecules into gas instead of solids to
cause the high explosives to exert full power of shock. The speed
varies in different explosive but in some it is as high as 7000 yards in
a second. This refers to
A. Energy
B. Gas
C. Detonation
D. Gun powder Answer: C

58. What occurs when a cartridge fails to explode on time or delayed in
firing?
A. Knocking Power
B. Hang fire
C. Recoil
D. None of these Answer: B

59. In China, fingerprint is called ___. It was valued for purposes of
identification since time immemorial as found on a Chinese clay seal
made not later than the 3rd Century B.C.
A. Hua Chi
B. Mah Whang
C. Wong Cho
D. Tiang Hin Answer: A

60. Who has given the fame title as Father of Dactyloscopy?
A. Johannes Purkinje
B. Leonard Keeler
C. Charles Darwin
D. Sir Francis Galton Answer: A

61. In Hoogly, district of Bengal, India, he used fingerprints to prevent
fraudulent collection of army pay account and for identification of
other documents. He was known as the Father of Chiroscopy.
A. William Herschel
B. Francis Galton
C. Gilbert Thompson
D. Alphonse Bertillon Answer: A

62. A noted British anthropologist who began observation which led to
the publication in 1882 of his book Fingerprints. That established
the individuality of classifying fingerprint patterns.
A. Francis Galton
B. Gilbert Thompson
C. Wayne Kate
D. Alphonse Bertillon Answer: A

63. The notorious gangster and a police character, who attempted to
erase his fingerprints by burning them with acid but as time went by
the ridges were again restored to their natural feature.
A. John Fielding
B. Johanes Curie
C. John Dellinger
D. Billy the Kid Answer: C

64. What is the science of palm print identification?
A. Chiroscopy
B. Poroscopy
C. Podoscopy
D. Astrology Answer: B

65. A single ridge which splits into two ridges forming a Y shape
formation or structure is commonly known as
A. Diverging ridges
B. Bifurcating ridges
C. Loop
D. Delta Answer: B

66. Symbolized by letter W in the fingerprint classification. It is a
fingerprint pattern which there are two deltas and in which at least
one ridge makes a turn through one complete circuit.
A. Plain whorl
B. Central pocket loop whorl
C. Accidental loop
D. Ulnar loop Answer: A

67. Father of Criminalistics.
A. Dr. Hans Gross
B. Dr. Cesare Lombroso
C. Dr. John Reid
D. Dr. John Larson Answer: A

68. Which evidence offers least resistance to decomposition?
A. Semen
B. Urine
C. Hair
D. Blood Answer: C

69. One in which the facts appearing therein may not be true, and are
contested either in whole or part with respect to its authenticity,
identity, or origin.
A. Questioned document
B. Illegal document
C. Falsified document
D. Disputed facts Answer: A

70. Are condensed and compact set of authentic specimens which, if
adequate and proper, should contain a cross section of the
material from a known source for questioned document examination.
A. Basis products
B. Standards
C. Handwriting
D. Signatures Answer: B

71. A term used by some document examiners and attorneys to
characterize known material.
A. Basis
B. Exemplar
C. Xerox copies
D. Reproduced Answer: B

72. When a document is issued and notarized by a notary public or
competent public official with solemnities required by law, it is called
A. Official document
B. Public document
C. Commercial document
D. Private Document Answer: B

73. What is known as the blotting out or shearing over the writing to
make the original invisible to as an addition?
A. Obliteration
B. Obscuration
C. Forged
D. None of these Answer: A

74. In legal language, it refers to the document examiner's conclusion. In
Court, he may not only express it but demonstrates the reasons for
arriving at his conclusion.
A. Remarks
B. Testimony
C. Opinion
D. Reasoning Answer: C

75. In this kind of document examination, the document is viewed with
the source of illumination behind it and the light passing through the
paper. Documents are subjected to this type of examination to
determine the presence of erasures, matching of serrations and
some other types of alterations.
A. Microscopic examination
B. Ultra violet examination
C. Photographic examination
D. Transmitted light examination Answer: D

76. Ultraviolet radiation is invisible and occurs in the wave lengths just
below the visible blue-violet end of the spectrum (rainbow). These
visible rays react on some substances so that visible light is reflected,
a phenomenon known as
A. Prism
B. Fluorescence
C. Infrared
D. Radiation Answer: B

77. It is the result of a very complicated series of facts, being used as
whole, combination of certain forms of visible mental and muscular
habits acquired by long, continued painstaking effort. Some defined
it as visible speech.
A. Typewriting
B. Money Bills
C. Handwriting
D. All of these Answer: C

78. In document examination, what is the relation of parts of the whole
of writing or line of individual letters in words to the baseline?
A. Proportion
B. Alignment
C. Lining
D. Letter forms Answer: B

79. Any property or mark which distinguishes and in document
examination commonly called to as the identifying details si called
A. Standard
B. Characteristics
C. Attribute
D. Form Answer: B

80. The act of setting two or more items side by side to weigh their
identifying qualities; it refers not only a visual but also the mental act
in which the element of one item are related to the counterparts of
the other.
A. Collation
B. Analysis
C. Comparison
D. Recording Answer: C

81. In the study handwriting, the movement of the pen toward the
writer is called
A. Downstroke
B. Backstroke
C. Sidestroke
D. None of these Answer: A

82. It is a signature, signed at a particular time and place, under
particular conditions, while the signer was at particular age, in a
particular physical and mental condition, using particular implements,
and with a particular reason and purpose for recording his name.
A. Fraudulent Signature
B. Freehand forged signature
C. Guided Signature
D. Evidential Signature Answer: D

83. It is the crime of making, circulating or uttering false coins and
banknotes. Literally, it means to make a copy of; or imitate; to make
a spurious semblance of, as money or stamps, with the intent to
deceive or defraud.
A. Counterfeiting
B. Falsification
C. Forgery
D. Fake money bills Answer: A

84. A fluid or viscous marking material used for writing or printing.
A. Pen
B. Ink
C. Coal
D. Chalk Answer: B

85. In 1884, who was this insurance agent in New York who patented
the first practical fountain pen containing its own ink reservoir
A. Lewis Waterman
B. John Loud
C. Peter Reynolds
D. Henry Ball Answer: A

86. What do you calle the type of instrument used in measuring pitch of
rifling firearms?
A. Pinometer
B. Helixometer
C. Thermometer
D. Caliper Answer: B

87. This valuable instrument is specially designed to permit the firearms
examiner to determine the similarity and dissimilarity between two
fired bullets or two fired shells, by simultaneously observing their
magnified image in a single microscopic field.
A. Magnetic field device
B. Compound microscope
C. Bullet comparison microscope
D. Photographic microscope Answer:C

88. Consist of a wooden box, 12 x12x 96, with a hinged to cover and
with one end open. This long box is filled with ordinary cotton and
separated into sections by cardboard petitions use in ballistics.
A. Firing point box
B. Bullet recovery box
C. Slug collection box
D. All of these Answer: B

89. Photographic films maybe classified according to their forms and
types. What are the films that are sensitive to radiation?
A. Chrome Films
B. X-Ray Films
C. B&W Films
D. Colored Films Answer: B

90. Which film is suitable for general use in the preparation of black and
white photography because it produces the most natural recording of
colors?
A. Panchromatic film
B. Chrome Films
C. X-Ray Films
D. Color Films Answer: A

91. One film maybe rated ISO 100, and another film ISO- 200. This
means that the 200 films are twice as fast (twice more sensitive to
light) than the ISO-100 film. This statement is
A. true
B. false
C. partly true
D. partly false Answer: A

92. Among the following speed of film, which has the fastest speed?
A. ISO 25
B. ISO 100 to ISO 200
C. ISO 400
D. ISO 1000 and up Answer: D

93. Chromatic aberration is the failure of different colored light rays to
focus after passing through a lens, focusing of light of different
colors at different points resulting in a blurred image.
A. Astigmatism
B. Bended light
C. Chromatic aberration
D. Pragmatic rays Answer: C

94. What is the defect in which the light coming from an off-axis object
point is spread along the direction of the optic axis? If the object is a
vertical line, the cross section of the refracted beam at successively
greater distances from the lens is an ellipse that collapses first into a
horizontal line, spreads out again, and later becomes a vertical line
A. Astigmatism
B. Bended light
C. Chromatic aberration
D. Pragmatic rays Answer: A

95. Depth of field is the range in front of and behind a sharply focused
subject in which details also look sharp in the final photographic
image.
A. Focus
B. Depth of field
C. Camera trick
D. Aperture Answer: B

96. In photography, what determines how effectively a moving object
can be stopped, that is, how sharply it can be reproduced without
blurring, or streaking in the final image?
A. Focus
B. Shutter speed
C. Aperture
D. Lens Answer: B

97. What makes a bullet spin? Without spin, a bullet would not stay
pointed forward in flight, but would tumble over and over. The
spinning motion increases the accuracy of a bullet.
A. Bore
B. Gunpowder
C. Rifling
D. Shell Answer: C

98. What component of the polygraph machine records the changes in
the breathing of the subject?
A. Pneumograph
B. Cardiograph
C. Galvanograph
D. Kymograph Answer: A

99. In fingerprinting, it refers to the process of counting the intervening
ridges that touch or cross an imaginary line drawn between the core
and the delta.
A. Ridge counting
B. Ridge tracing
C. Delta tracing
D. All of these Answer: A

100.For many years the most commonly used preliminary test for blood is
A. Plasma count
B. Serum test
C. Benzidine test
D. Barberios test Answer: C