RIMINALISTIC

By
MELCON S. LAPIA

Q1
A type of virginity in which a woman
has awareness and had sexual
indulgence but the hymen is
considered intact?
a. Virgo intact
b. Moral virginity
c. Demi-virginity
d. Physical virginity

melcon

answer

lapia

Q2
In a paraffin test, the blue reaction
with Lungs reagent would mean the
presence of
a. Sulfide
b. Carbon
c. Nitrate
d. Nitrite

melcon

answer

lapia

Q3
What causes the pink of blood and
tissue of a gunshot wound of entry?
a. Carbon monoxide
b. Carbon dioxide
c. Cellulose nitrite
d. Hydrogen sulfide

melcon

answer

lapia

Q4
The following are the types mechanical
asphyxia EXCEPT one:
a. Strangulation
b. Smothering
c. Crushing
d. Cyanide poisoning

melcon

answer

lapia

Q5
The following are the changes of the
body noted 24 hours after death,
EXCEPT one
a. Cooling
b. Rigor mortis
c. Hypostasis
d. Putrefaction

melcon

answer

lapia

Q6
Is a pathological classification of death
which is
characterized by increasing dyspnea.
a. Coma
b. Syncope
c. Asphyxia
d. Somatic

melcon

answer

lapia

Q7
When is there poisoning?
a. When the substance was introduced into
the body
b. When the poison combines with the food
c. When the substance is absorbed by the
body and
act chemically
d. When the substance is introduced to the
body and absorbed

melcon

answer

lapia

Q8
In which instance can you get more
evidence of poisoning?
a. When the victim survived
b. When the suspect was arrested
c. When the victim died
d. When the victim is aware of
poisoning

melcon

answer

lapia

Q9
Rigor mortis is very essential in
determining the
approximate time of death for it starts
at about 3 to 6 hours and completes at
a. 36 hrs
b. 12 hrs
c. 24 hrs
d. 48 hrs

melcon

answer

lapia

Q10
What type of instrument will cause an
incised wound?
a. Blunt
b. Sharp edged
c. Sharp pointed
d. Dull

melcon

answer

lapia

Q11
Death characterized by death of
individual cells which occur one at a
time usually at the onset of rigor
mortis.
a. Somatic death
b. Molecular death
c. Suspended animation
d. Apparent death

melcon

answer

lapia

Q12
The stage of body after death at which
the muscle starts to stiffen or harden
and usually start at 3 to 6 hours after
death.
a. Primary flaccidity
b. Secondary flaccidity
c. Post mortem rigidity
d. Cadaveric spasm

melcon

answer

lapia

Q13
This is a form of asphyxia death
whereby the constrict force applied
in the neck is the hand.
a. Throttling
b. Mugging
c. Gagging
d. None of these

melcon

answer

lapia

Q14
It is produced by compression of the
neck by means of a tie which is
tightened by a force other than the
weight of the body.
a. Strangulation by ligature
b. Throttling
c. Hanging
d. Gagging

melcon

answer

lapia

Q15
EXCEPT one, the following are the
characteristics of cadaveric spasm.
a. A natural phenomenon that
occurred after death.
b. Appears immediately after death
c. Involves only a group of muscles
d. Develops at the moment of death

melcon

answer

lapia

Q16
The presence of the cadaver would
indicate that the death has occurred
more than 24 hours, hence are useful
to approximate the time of death.
a. Flies
b. Bees
c. Earthworm
d. Butterflies

melcon

answer

lapia

Q17
Transient loss of consciousness with
temporary cessation of vital function
of the body.
a. Death
b. State of suspended animation
c. Coma
d. Somatic death

melcon

answer

lapia

Q18
An injury or disease which survived for
prolonged
interval which allow the development
complications which becomes the cause
death.
a. Proximate cause of death or secondary cause
death
b. Immediate or primary cause of death
c. Cardio-respiratory arrest
d. Natural death

melcon

answer

a
of
of
of

lapia

Q19
When a person was stabbed by an icepick, what would be exhibited?
a. Punctured wound
b. Lacerated wound
c. Hack wound
d. Incised wound

melcon

answer

lapia

Q20
In gunshot wounds, when there is a
burning of tissue and blackening of the
skin, it may be ascertained that it is near
contact fire, meaning that the distance of
the body to the firing is approximately?
a. 6 inches
b. 18 inches
c. 12 inches
d. 24 inches

melcon

answer

lapia

Q21
An alkaloid derived from morphine. It
is like a white or brown crystalline
powder
taken
orally,
through
inhaling, injecting or smoking.
a. Heroin
b. Amphetamine
c. Cocaine
d. Opium

melcon

answer

lapia

Q22
Which one is not included in the name
of Marijuana?
a. Mary Jane
b. Flower
c. Dope
d. Brownies

melcon

answer

lapia

Q23
A preliminary test in blood in 1 to
300,000 dilutions is:
a. Benzidine
b. Phenolphthalein
c. Guaiacum
d. Leucomalachite

melcon

answer

lapia

Q24
Types of drugs that relieve pain and
often induce sleep.
a. Narcotics
b. Stimulants
c. Sedatives
d. Neurotics

melcon

answer

lapia

Q25
Mercury fulminate is an example of
what explosive?
a. Low
b. Primary
c. High
d. None

melcon

answer

lapia

Q26
Gunpowder
residue
determined by:
a. Takayama test
b. Diphenylamine test
c. Paraffin test
d. Florence test

melcon

answer

may

be

lapia

Q26
Gunpowder
residue
determined by:
a. Takayama test
b. Diphenylamine test
c. Paraffin test
d. Florence test

melcon

answer

may

be

lapia

Q27
What is known as the reproduction of
an impression made on soft surface
by utilizing casting materials?
a. Dry fusion
b. Metallic aides
c. Moulage
d. Plaster of paris

melcon

answer

lapia

Q28
The type of defects in typewriting that
can easily be corrected by simply
cleaning the machine or replacing
the ribbon?
a. Temporary defect
b. Clogged typeface
c. Permanent defect
d. Clean up defect

melcon

answer

lapia

Q29
The type of light examination best
used in deciphering an obliterated
writing and charred document.
a. Ultra-violet light
b. X-ray
c. Transmitted light
d. Infra-red light

melcon

answer

lapia

Q30
As a rule, it is easier to determine whether or not a
signature is forgery, but it is very difficult on the
other hand to establish who committed the
forgery because:
a. The forger may be a left handed
b. Imitation is one of the most effective means to
disguise ones handwriting
c. It might be a traced forgery
d. There might be no sufficient standard available

melcon

answer

lapia

Q31
What is that indelible ink whose
marking substance is composed of a
mixture of aniline ink and graphite?
a. Stencil
b. Printers ink
c. Nut gall ink
d. Copy pencil

melcon

answer

lapia

Q32
Type of forgery when the writer exerts
no effort to effect resemblance or
facsimile between the forged and
the genuine signatures.
a. Simple
b. Traced
c. Simulated
d. Spurious

melcon

answer

lapia

Q33
Which of the following is the main purpose of
having metallic jacket on bullets?
a. To prevent bullet damage while inside the
weapon
b. To control expansion once the bullet hits
the target
c. To keep the bullet intact when it hits the
target
d. To prevent adherence of lead on the
barrels rifling

melcon

answer

lapia

Q34
Stroke where the motion of the pen precedes
the beginning and continues beyond the
end of a vanishing point and are found on
free natural writing and as a rule are
important indication of genuineness.
a. Ending stroke
b. Flying start and finish
c. Terminal stroke
d. Pen movement

melcon

answer

lapia

Q35

In counterfeiting of coins, uttering

means
a. To speak about certain things
b. To pass counterfeited coins
c. The making or reproduction of coins
without authority
d. To take off part of the metal by filing
it or by substituting it for an inferior
metal
melcon
lapia
answer

Q36
Lens defect which renders lens unable
to focus both horizontal and vertical
lines in a plane at the same time.
a. Coma
b. Astigmatism
c. Distortion
d. Chromatic aberration

melcon

answer

lapia

Q37
What photo paper according to its
chemical content is best suited for
police photography?
a. Chloride paper
b. Bromide paper
c. Iodide paper
d. Chloro-bromide paper

melcon

answer

lapia

Q38
The suspect forged the signature of the
victim by creating what looks like a
signature out of the name of the latter.
The signature produced by the former is
called
a. Forged signature
b. Simple forgery
c. Spurious signature
d. Imitated signature

melcon

answer

lapia

Q39
When one uses a photographic filter in
taking a
photograph, he is actually ___ light rays
or color from the light to reach the film.
a. Adding
b. Multiplying
c. Subtracting
d. Dividing

melcon

answer

lapia

Q40
Assuming all conditions will be the
same, which film gives the finest
grains?
a. ASA 1000
b. ASA 100
c. ASA 200
d. ASA 400

melcon

answer

lapia

Q41
A type of artificial light which makes
sympathetic ink visible?
a. Ultra violet light
b. Transparent light
c. Infrared light
d. Oblique light

melcon

answer

lapia

Q42
What kind of diaphragm opening
should a photographer use in order
to get greater depth of field?
a. Wider
b. Smaller
c. Shorter
d. Longer

melcon

answer

lapia

Q43
A

filter
used
in
photographing
fingerprints on a shiny or highly
polished surfaces because it reduces
or eliminates glare is known as
a. Neutral density filter
b. Polarizing filter
c. Color filter
d. Contrast filter

melcon

answer

lapia

Q44
The part of the enlarger that will
assure the even illumination of the
negative when enlarging is the
a. Lamp house
b. Bellows
c. Condenser
d. Focusing speed

melcon

answer

lapia

Q 45
Suffocation is defined as
a. The sudden release of potential energy
producing localized increase in pressure
b. Injuries that are produced from sudden increase
or sudden decrease in atmospheric pressure
c. Death due to exclusion of air from the lungs by
closure of air openings of obstruction of air
passages.
d. All forms of violent death which results primarily
from the interference of respiration giving rise to
decreased supply of oxygen.

melcon

answer

lapia

Q46
The chemical that will dissolve the
unexposed and undeveloped silver
halides after development is
a. Acetic acid
b. Sodium sulfate
c. Hypo
d. Potassium alum

melcon

answer

lapia

Q47
Which of the following correctly describes
mayhem?
a. It is the unintentional production of wounds on
oneself.
b. It is the unintentional production of wounds due
to instinctive reaction
c. It is the intentional deprivation of a person any
part of the body not needed for reproduction
d. It is the intentional deprivation of a person,
totally or partially, of some organs for
reproduction.

melcon

answer

lapia

Q48
What determines the amount of light a
flash unit will yield at a given
distance?
a. Luminescence
b. Light meter
c. Wattage
d. Guide number

melcon

answer

lapia

Q49
In photographing the scene of the
crime, what view is to be used in
order to show the best feature of the
nature of the crime scene?
a. Medium
b. General
c. Close-up
d. Extreme close-up

melcon

answer

lapia

Q50
What is considered as the utmost use
of photography in police work?
a. For identification
b. For preservation
c. For court presentation
d. For record purposes

melcon

answer

lapia

Q51
To readily determine the degree of
magnification of a subject in a
photograph ______________ should be
placed inside the subject
a. Ruler
b. Scale
c. Rangefinder
d. Gray-scale

melcon

answer

lapia

Q52
Pistol cartridge is significantly
distinguished from revolver cartridge
because of the latters
a. Barrel
b. Extracting groove
c. Frame
d. Rim

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answer

lapia

Q53
That part of the cartridge case which is
characterized by cylindrical groove
mark around its body, which serves to
prevent the bullet from being pushed
down to the shell.
a. Crimp
b. Neck
c. Cannelure
d. Shoulder

melcon

answer

lapia

Q54
What is the best way of picking a
suspected firearm at the crime
scene?
a. Picking it through the hurdle
b. Picking it through the barrel
c. Inserting handkerchief in the trigger
guard
d. Inserting a rod at the barrel

melcon

answer

lapia

Q55
Placed on the designated spaces on the
fingerprint card with the ten squares or
blocks. For correct and accurate fingerprint
classification, this must be taken to show
focal points (Core and Delta) for accurate
ridge tracing and ridge counting.
a. Plain Impression
b. Ridge Counting
c. Rolled Impression
d. Ridge Tracing

melcon

answer

lapia

Q56
When the bullet first starts forward without
turning, that before the bullet can begin to
turn, it moves forward a small distance and
this makes the front of the groove in the
bullet wider than the rear part. This more
pronounced in revolver.
a. Rifling
b. Skid
c. Slippage
d. Fouling

melcon

answer

lapia

Q57
The following is primary used of
photography in police work, EXCEPT:
a. Means of identification
b. Method of discovering, recording and
preserving evidence
c. For training and public relations
medium for police programs
d. Means of determining cause of death

melcon

answer

lapia

Q58
Colored photography started at what
country?
a. US
b. France
c. Europe
d. Japan

melcon

answer

lapia

Q59
Any stroke, which goes back over
another writing stroke, is called:
a. Retouching
b. Retracing
c. Pen lift
d. Shading

melcon

answer

lapia

Q60
He used a standard a blood pressure
cuff, or sphygmomanometer to take
measurements of systolic blood
pressure during interrogation.
a. W.M. Marston
b. L. Keeler
c. J.A. Larson
d. W.Darrow

melcon

answer

lapia

Q61
Post mortem lividity is the
accumulation of blood in the most
dependent portion of the body giving
a dull what particular color?
a. Yellow
b. Violet
c. Red or purplish color
d. Pile

melcon

answer

lapia

Q62
Hypostatic lividity occurs how many
hours after death due to the
cessation of circulation?
a. 12 hours
b. 24 hours
c. 6 8 hours
d. 72 hours

melcon

answer

lapia

Q63
How many hours a person may not
allowed smoking prior to his or her
polygraph examination?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 6
d. 8

melcon

answer

lapia

Q64
The development of breast in female
usually commence at:
a. 8 10
b. 12 13
c. 15 17
d. 18 21

melcon

answer

lapia

Q65
The general rule in taking photograph
is that the photographer must ensure
that his camera must be:
a. Held tilted
b. Held at eye level
c. Equipped with tripod
d. Held at knee level

melcon

answer

lapia

Q66
It is an art or science in the application
of
principle
of
photography,
preparation of photographic evidences
and application to police work.
a. Photography
b. Police Photography
c. Forensic Photography
d. Photos

melcon

answer

lapia

Q67
These are three groups of question placed
as one by Backster and they are
intended to verify the previous charts
and detect indirect participation or
guilty knowledge.
a. knowledge question
b. sacrifice question
c. symptomatic question
d. SKY question

melcon

answer

lapia

Q68
A drop of blood which falls from a 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. direction of movement
b. route
c. fresh blood
d. dried stain

melcon

answer

lapia

Q69
A forensic chemist analyzed the stain in
the nightgown to be semen. However,
no spermatozoa was found. What test
was used by the chemist to confirm the
presence of the semen
a. Microscopic examination
b. Barberio Test
c. Florence Test
d. Ultra-violet light

melcon

answer

lapia

Q70
Kind of ink is wherein the use of
chemical bleaches is ineffective.
a. Carbon
b. Logwood
c. Nigrosine
d. Gallotanic

melcon

answer

lapia

Q71
To determine definitely that the stain is
blood,
what
test
should
be
performed?
a. Barberios Test
b. Florence Test
c. Phenolphthalein Test
d. Takayama Test

melcon

answer

lapia

Q72
The rate of growth of scalp hair per
day.
a. 0.3 to 0.5 mm
b. 3 to 5 mm
c. .003 to .005 mm
d. 30 to 50 mm

melcon

answer

lapia

Q73
Helps give semen its characteristic
color when viewed under UV light.
a. flavins
b. plasma
c. serum
d. hemoglobin

melcon

answer

lapia

Q74
A diffusion of heat through a fluid by
means of the flow of the hotter parts
of the fluid to the colder parts.
a. conduction
b. convection
c. radiation
d. spontaneous combustion

melcon

answer

lapia

Q75
What is the ideal height of table used
in the inking of fingers?
a. 25"
b. 39"
c. 52"
d. 60"

melcon

answer

lapia

Q76
A woman who murdered her two sons and
cut her own throat in an attempt to
place blame on another. Her bloody
print was left on a door post, proving
her identity as the murderer.
a. Francis Rojas
b. Shirley McKie
c. Margaret Thatcher
d. Deborah Kane

melcon

answer

lapia

Q77
What is the size of the enlarged
photograph of fingerprint exhibit?
a. 8" x 10"
b. 8" x 8"
c. 10" x 10"
d. 8.5" x 11"

melcon

answer

lapia

Q78
Which of the following rules does NOT apply to
identification?
a. There is no rigid rule in the procedure of
identification of persons
b. In cases of mass disaster, identification has
to be done the shortest possible time
c. The interval between death and identification
does not matter in establishing identity
d. The value of different points in identification
varies in the formulation of conclusion.

melcon

answer

lapia

Q79
Why can some tampered serial numbers
be restored by the use of etching
solution?
a. due to difference in the microstructure,
b. due to differences in microstructure,
c. due to the concentration of the etching
solution,
d. due to the stamping of the serial
number

melcon

answer

lapia

Q80
The point along a ridge formation,
which is found in front or near the
center of the diverging type lines.
a. Core
b. Delta
c. Island ridge
d. Convergence

melcon

answer

lapia

Q81
Is a short horizontal ridge found inside a
recurving ridge which has a spoiled
inner line of flow from the inner delta to
the center of the pattern? This is also in
the second type of central pocket loop.
a. Bar
b. Appendage
c. Upthrust
d. Obstruction

melcon

answer

lapia

Q82
A ridge so thin or fine compared to the
other regular ridge which is not
included as a ridge count even if it
has been across the imaginary line?
a. Ending ridge
b. Intervening ridge
c. Incipient ridge
d. Enclosure

melcon

answer

lapia

Q83
Is the division of in the classification
formula which is always represented by
numerical value depending upon a
whorl type pattern appearing in each
finger?
a. Primary
b. Key
c. Final
d. Major

melcon

answer

lapia

Q84
What fingers are rolled away from the
body in taking a rolled impression?
a. Both little fingers
b. Both thumbs
c. All fingers except thumbs
d. All of these

melcon

answer

lapia

Q85
In assigning a number value to whorl
pattern, what fingers should be given
a value of 4 when a whorl pattern
appears therein:
a. Left little finger and right thumb
b. Right thumb and left little finger
c. Right little finger and left thumb
d. Left thumb and right thumb

melcon

answer

lapia

Q86
The person who devised an instrument that can
record
changes of blood pressure, pulse beat and
respiration
simultaneously which he called the Bread Board Lie
Detector.
a. Cesare Lombroso
b. John A. Larson
c. Sir Jame MacKenzie
d. Leonarde Keeler

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answer

lapia

Q87
The identification of two impressions
can be established through
a. Formation of different kinds of
pattern
b. Formation of two terminus
c. Unexplained similarity of ridges
d. Similarity of ridge characteristics in
their relative positions

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answer

lapia

Q88
The person who was accredited as
successful inventor of gunpowder.
a. Horace Smith
b. Berthold Schwartz
c. Alexander John Forsyth
d. Col. Calvin H. Goddard

melcon

answer

lapia

Q89
Known as the smallest pistol in the
world
a. Kolibre
b. Caliber .22
c. Seniorita
d. Derringer

melcon

answer

lapia

Q90
Type of primer consisting of two flash
hole or vent.
a. Berdan
b. Boxer
c. Magnum
d. Battry

melcon

answer

lapia

Q91
How many kinds are loops and whorls
in the Henry System?
a. 4
b. 6
c. 2
d. 3

melcon

answer

lapia

Q92
What are the questions pertaining to
the issue under investigation which
must be ambiguous, unequivocal and
understandable to the subject?
a. Irrelevant questions
b. Control questions
c. General questions
d. Relevant questions

melcon

answer

lapia

Q93
What is located opposite the camera
lens?
a. Film holder
b. Aperture
c. Shutter
d. Mirror

melcon

answer

lapia

Q94
What is the simplest form of camera?
a. Box camera
b. Laser camera
c. Digital camera
d. SLR camera

melcon

answer

lapia

Q95
Is a waiver needed in photographing a
rape suspect?
a. Yes
b. It depends
c. Sometimes
d. No

melcon

answer

lapia

Q96
A writing motion that uses the elbow
as pivot.
a. Finger movement
b. Forearm movement
c. wrist movement
d. whole arm movement

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answer

lapia

Q97
The question Before the death of
Bubby Dacer, are you the one who
killed Kumander Lawin? is a
__________
a. Primary control question
b. Secondary control question
c. Primary relevant question
d. Secondary relevant question

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answer

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98
What kind of handwriting stroke
commences in a dark and thick
shade and ends in a fading fashion?
a. retracing
b. bulbous blunt
c. vanishing finish
d. pen lift

melcon

answer

lapia

Q99
Why are pistols and revolvers the
common preference of use in crimes?
a. Easy to use
b. Easy to fire
c. easy to conceal
d. easy to maintain

melcon

answer

lapia

Q100
The components
galvanograph,
cardiograph and
a. Pneumograph
b. Polygraph
c. Psychograph
d. Sphygmograph

melcon

of

polygraph are
kymograph,

answer

lapia

Q1
A type of virginity in which a woman
has awareness and had sexual
indulgence but the hymen is
considered intact?
a. Virgo intact
b. Moral virginity
c. Demi-virginity
d. Physical virginity

melcon

next

lapia

Q2
In a paraffin test, the blue reaction
with Lungs reagent would mean the
presence of
a. Sulfide
b. Carbon
c. Nitrate
d. Nitrite

melcon

next

lapia

Q3
What causes the pink of blood and
tissue of a gunshot wound of entry?
a. Carbon monoxide
b. Carbon dioxide
c. Cellulose nitrite
d. Hydrogen sulfide

melcon

next

lapia

Q4
The following are the types mechanical
asphyxia EXCEPT one:
a. Strangulation
b. Smothering
c. Crushing
d. Cyanide poisoning

melcon

next

lapia

Q5
The following are the changes of the
body noted 24 hours after death,
EXCEPT one
a. Cooling
b. Rigor mortis
c. Hypostasis
d. Putrefaction

melcon

next

lapia

Q6
Is a pathological classification of death
which is
characterized by increasing dyspnea.
a. Coma
b. Syncope
c. Asphyxia
d. Somatic

melcon

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Q7
When is there poisoning?
a. When the substance was introduced
into the body
b. When the poison combines with the
food
c. When the substance is absorbed
by the body and act chemically
d. When the substance is introduced to
the body and absorbed

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Q8
In which instance can you get more
evidence of poisoning?
a. When the victim survived
b. When the suspect was arrested
c. When the victim died
d. When the victim is aware of
poisoning

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Q9
Rigor mortis is very essential in
determining the
approximate time of death for it starts
at about 3 to 6 hours and completes at
a. 36 hrs
b. 12 hrs
c. 24 hrs
d. 48 hrs

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Q10
What type of instrument will cause an
incised wound?
a. Blunt
b. Sharp edged
c. Sharp pointed
d. Dull

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Q11
Death characterized by death of
individual cells which occur one at a
time usually at the onset of rigor
mortis.
a. Somatic death
b. Molecular death
c. Suspended animation
d. Apparent death

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Q12
The stage of body after death at which
the muscle starts to stiffen or harden
and usually start at 3 to 6 hours after
death.
a. Primary flaccidity
b. Secondary flaccidity
c. Post mortem rigidity
d. Cadaveric spasm

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Q13
This is a form of asphyxia death
whereby the constrict force applied
in the neck is the hand.
a. Throttling
b. Mugging
c. Gagging
d. None of these

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Classification of Asphyxia
Hanging suspension of body by a ligature
which encircles neck and constricting force
is weight of body.
Strangulation
By ligature: compression of neck by
means of ligature which is tightened by a
force not by weight of body.
Manual
strangulation/throttling:
constricting force applied in neck is hand.

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Classification of Asphyxia
Strangulation Special Forms
Palmar Strangulation: palm of hand is pressed
in front of neck without employing fingers.
Garroting: metal collar or bowstring placed
around neck & tightened at back.
Mugging (Strange-Hold): assailant standing at
back & forearm is applied in front of neck.
Compression of neck with stick: victim forced
to place his back behind post. Piece of stick
placed in front of neck

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Classification of Asphyxia
Suffocation exclusion of air from
lungs by closure of air openings or
obstruction of air passageway from
external openings to air sacs.
Smothering: closing of external
respiratory orifices, either by hand
or by other means.
Overlaying: accidental smothering
of children

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Classification of Asphyxia
Smothering
Accidental
smothering
of
epileptic:
Gagging: application of materials
(handkerchief, cloth, etc.) to
prevent air access.
Plastic bag suffocation

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Classification of Asphyxia
Suffocation
Choking: impaction of foreign body in
respiratory passage.
Submersion/Drowning
Compression Asphyxia (Traumatic/Crush
Asphyxia): free exchange of air in lungs
is prevented by immobility of chest &
abdomen due to external pressure or
crush injury.

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Classification of Asphyxia
Compression
Asphyxia
(Traumatic/Crush Asphyxia):
- Burking: kneeling/sitting on chest of
victim; hands close nostrils &
mouth of victim.
- By crucifixion: difficulty of chest
movement

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Q14
It is produced by compression of the
neck by means of a tie which is
tightened by a force other than the
weight of the body.
a. Strangulation by ligature
b. Throttling
c. Hanging
d. Gagging

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Q15
EXCEPT one, the following are the
characteristics of cadaveric spasm.
a. A natural phenomenon that
occurred after death.
b. Appears immediately after death
c. Involves only a group of muscles
d. Develops at the moment of death

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Q16
The presence of the cadaver would
indicate that the death has occurred
more than 24 hours, hence are useful
to approximate the time of death.
a. Flies
b. Bees
c. Earthworm
d. Butterflies

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Q17
Transient loss of consciousness with
temporary cessation of vital function
of the body.
a. Death
b. State of suspended animation
c. Coma
d. Somatic death

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Q18
An injury or disease which survived for a prolonged
interval which allow the development of
complications which becomes the cause of death.
a. Proximate cause of death or secondary
cause of
death
b. Immediate or primary cause of death
c. Cardio-respiratory arrest
d. Natural death

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Q19
When a person was stabbed by an icepick, what would be exhibited?
a. Punctured wound
b. Lacerated wound
c. Hack wound
d. Incised wound

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Q20
In gunshot wounds, when there is a
burning of tissue and blackening of the
skin, it may be ascertained that it is near
contact fire, meaning that the distance of
the body to the firing is approximately?
a. 6 inches
b. 18 inches
c. 12 inches
d. 24 inches

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Q21
An alkaloid derived from morphine. It
is like a white or brown crystalline
powder
taken
orally,
through
inhaling, injecting or smoking.
a. Heroin
b. Amphetamine
c. Cocaine
d. Opium

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Q22
Which one is not included in the name
of Marijuana?
a. Mary Jane
b. Flower
c. Dope
d. Brownies

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Q23
A preliminary test in blood in 1 to
300,000 dilutions is:
a. Benzidine
b. Phenolphthalein
c. Guaiacum
d. Leucomalachite

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Q24
Types of drugs that relieve pain and
often induce sleep.
a. Narcotics
b. Stimulants
c. Sedatives
d. Neurotics

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Q25
Mercury fulminate is an example of
what explosive?
a. Low
b. Primary
c. High
d. None

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Q26
Gunpowder
residue
determined by:
a. Takayama test
b. Diphenylamine test
c. Paraffin test
d. Florence test

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Q27
What is known as the reproduction of
an impression made on soft surface
by utilizing casting materials?
a. Dry fusion
b. Metallic aides
c. Moulage
d. Plaster of paris

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Q28
The type of defects in typewriting that
can easily be corrected by simply
cleaning the machine or replacing
the ribbon?
a. Temporary defect
b. Clogged typeface
c. Permanent defect
d. Clean up defect

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Q29
The type of light examination best
used in deciphering an obliterated
writing and charred document.
a. Ultra-violet light
b. X-ray
c. Transmitted light
d. Infra-red light

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Q30
As a rule, it is easier to determine whether or not a
signature is forgery, but it is very difficult on the
other hand to establish who committed the
forgery because:
a. The forger may be a left handed
b. Imitation is one of the most effective
means to
disguise ones handwriting
c. It might be a traced forgery
d. There might be no sufficient standard available

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Q31
What is that indelible ink whose
marking substance is composed of a
mixture of aniline ink and graphite?
a. Stencil
b. Printers ink
c. Nut gall ink
d. Copy pencil

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Q32
Type of forgery when the writer exerts
no effort to effect resemblance or
facsimile between the forged and
the genuine signatures.
a. Simple
b. Traced
c. Simulated
d. Spurious

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Q33
Which of the following is the main purpose of
having metallic jacket on bullets?
a. To prevent bullet damage while inside the
weapon
b. To control expansion once the bullet hits
the target
c. To keep the bullet intact when it hits the
target
d. To prevent adherence of lead on the
barrels rifling

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Q34
Stroke where the motion of the pen precedes
the beginning and continues beyond the
end of a vanishing point and are found on
free natural writing and as a rule are
important indication of genuineness.
a. Ending stroke
b. Flying start and finish
c. Terminal stroke
d. Pen movement

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Q35

In counterfeiting of coins, uttering

means
a. To speak about certain things
b. To pass counterfeited coins
c. The making or reproduction of coins
without authority
d. To take off part of the metal by filing
it or by substituting it for an inferior
metal
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Q36
Lens defect which renders lens unable
to focus both horizontal and vertical
lines in a plane at the same time.
a. Coma
b. Astigmatism
c. Distortion
d. Chromatic aberration

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Q37
What photo paper according to its
chemical content is best suited for
police photography?
a. Chloride paper
b. Bromide paper
c. Iodide paper
d. Chloro-bromide paper

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Q38
The suspect forged the signature of the
victim by creating what looks like a
signature out of the name of the latter.
The signature produced by the former is
called
a. Forged signature
b. Simple forgery
c. Spurious signature
d. Imitated signature

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Q39

When one uses a photographic filter in

taking a
photograph, he is actually ___ light
rays or color from the light to reach
the film.
a. Adding
b. Multiplying
c. Subtracting
d. Dividing
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Q40
Assuming all conditions will be the
same, which film gives the finest
grains?
a. ASA 1000
b. ASA 100
c. ASA 200
d. ASA 400

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Q41
A type of artificial light which makes
sympathetic ink visible?
a. Ultra violet light
b. Transparent light
c. Infrared light
d. Oblique light

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Q42
What kind of diaphragm opening
should a photographer use in order
to get greater depth of field?
a. Wider
b. Smaller
c. Shorter
d. Longer

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Q43
A

filter
used
in
photographing
fingerprints on a shiny or highly
polished surfaces because it reduces
or eliminates glare is known as
a. Neutral density filter
b. Polarizing filter
c. Color filter
d. Contrast filter

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Q44
The part of the enlarger that will
assure the even illumination of the
negative when enlarging is the
a. Lamp house
b. Bellows
c. Condenser
d. Focusing speed

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Q45
Suffocation is defined as
a. The sudden release of potential energy
producing localized increase in pressure
b. Injuries that are produced from sudden increase
or sudden decrease in atmospheric pressure
c. Death due to exclusion of air from the
lungs by closure of air openings of
obstruction of air passages.
d. All forms of violent death which results primarily
from the interference of respiration giving rise to
decreased supply of oxygen.

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Q46
The chemical that will dissolve the
unexposed and undeveloped silver
halides after development is
a. Acetic acid
b. Sodium sulfate
c. Hypo
d. Potassium alum

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Q47
Which of the following correctly describes mayhem?
a. It is the unintentional production of wounds on
oneself.
b. It is the unintentional production of wounds due to
instinctive reaction
c. It is the intentional deprivation of a person
any part of the body not needed for
reproduction
d. It is the intentional deprivation of a person, totally
or partially, of some organs for reproduction.

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Q48
What determines the amount of light a
flash unit will yield at a given
distance?
a. Luminescence
b. Light meter
c. Wattage
d. Guide number

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Q49
In photographing the scene of the
crime, what view is to be used in
order to show the best feature of the
nature of the crime scene?
a. Medium
b. General
c. Close-up
d. Extreme close-up

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Q50
What is considered as the utmost use
of photography in police work?
a. For identification
b. For preservation
c. For court presentation
d. For record purposes

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Q51
To readily determine the degree of
magnification of a subject in a
photograph ______________ should be
placed inside the subject
a. Ruler
b. Scale
c. Rangefinder
d. Gray-scale

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Q52
Pistol cartridge is significantly
distinguished from revolver cartridge
because of the latters
a. Barrel
b. Extracting groove
c. Frame
d. Rim

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Q53

That part of the cartridge case which is

characterized by cylindrical groove
mark around its body, which serves
to prevent the bullet from being
pushed down to the shell.
a. Crimp
b. Neck
c. Cannelure
d. Shoulder
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Q54
What is the best way of picking a
suspected firearm at the crime
scene?
a. Picking it through the hurdle
b. Picking it through the barrel
c. Inserting handkerchief in the
trigger guard
d. Inserting a rod at the barrel

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Q55
Placed on the designated spaces on the
fingerprint card with the ten squares or
blocks. For correct and accurate fingerprint
classification, this must be taken to show
focal points (Core and Delta) for accurate
ridge tracing and ridge counting.
a. Plain Impression
b. Ridge Counting
c. Rolled Impression
d. Ridge Tracing

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Q56
When the bullet first starts forward without
turning, that before the bullet can begin to
turn, it moves forward a small distance and
this makes the front of the groove in the
bullet wider than the rear part. This more
pronounced in revolver.
a. Rifling
b. Skid
c. Slippage
d. Fouling

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Q57
The following is primary used of
photography in police work, EXCEPT:
a. Means of identification
b. Method of discovering, recording and
preserving evidence
c. For training and public relations
medium for police programs
d. Means of determining cause of
death

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Q58
Colored photography started at what
country?
a. US
b. France
c. Europe
d. Japan

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Q59
Any stroke, which goes back over
another writing stroke, is called:
a. Retouching
b. Retracing
c. Pen lift
d. Shading

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Q60
He used a standard a blood pressure
cuff, or sphygmomanometer to take
measurements of systolic blood
pressure during interrogation.
a. W.M. Marston
b. L. Keeler
c. J.A. Larson
d. W.Darrow

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Q61
Post mortem lividity is the
accumulation of blood in the most
dependent portion of the body giving
a dull what particular color?
a. Yellow
b. Violet
c. Red or purplish color
d. Pile

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Q62
Hypostatic lividity occurs how many
hours after death due to the
cessation of circulation?
a. 12 hours
b. 24 hours
c. 6 8 hours
d. 72 hours

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Q63
How many hours a person may not
allowed smoking prior to his or her
polygraph examination?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 6
d. 8

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Q64
The development of breast in female
usually commence at:
a. 8 10
b. 12 13
c. 15 17
d. 18 21

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Q65
The general rule in taking photograph
is that the photographer must ensure
that his camera must be:
a. Held tilted
b. Held at eye level
c. Equipped with tripod
d. Held at knee level

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Q66

It is an art or science in the application

of
principle
of
photography,
preparation
of
photographic
evidences and application to police
work.
a. Photography
b. Police Photography
c. Forensic Photography
d. Photos
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Q67

These are three groups of question

placed as one by Backster and they
are intended to verify the previous
charts
and
detect
indirect
participation or guilty knowledge.
a. knowledge question
b. sacrifice question
c. symptomatic question
d. SKY question
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Q68
A drop of blood which falls from a 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. direction of movement
b. route
c. fresh blood
d. dried stain

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Q69
A forensic chemist analyzed the stain in
the nightgown to be semen. However,
no spermatozoa was found. What test
was used by the chemist to confirm the
presence of the semen
a. Microscopic examination
b. Barberio Test
c. Florence Test
d. Ultra-violet light

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Q70
Kind of ink is wherein the use of
chemical bleaches is ineffective.
a. Carbon
b. Logwood
c. Nigrosine
d. Gallotanic

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Q71
To determine definitely that the stain is
blood,
what
test
should
be
performed?
a. Barberios Test
b. Florence Test
c. Phenolphthalein Test
d. Takayama Test

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Q72
The rate of growth of scalp hair per
day.
a. 0.3 to 0.5 mm
b. 3 to 5 mm
c. .003 to .005 mm
d. 30 to 50 mm

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Q73
Helps give semen its characteristic
color when viewed under UV light.
a. flavins
b. plasma
c. serum
d. hemoglobin

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Q74
A diffusion of heat through a fluid by
means of the flow of the hotter parts
of the fluid to the colder parts.
a. conduction
b. convection
c. radiation
d. spontaneous combustion

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Q75
What is the ideal height of table used
in the inking of fingers?
a. 25"
b. 39"
c. 52"
d. 60"

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Q76
A woman who murdered her two sons and
cut her own throat in an attempt to
place blame on another. Her bloody
print was left on a door post, proving
her identity as the murderer.
a. Francis Rojas
b. Shirley McKie
c. Margaret Thatcher
d. Deborah Kane

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Q77
What is the size of the enlarged
photograph of fingerprint exhibit?
a. 8" x 10"
b. 8" x 8"
c. 10" x 10"
d. 8.5" x 11"

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Q78
Which of the following rules does NOT apply to
identification?
a. There is no rigid rule in the procedure of
identification of persons
b. In cases of mass disaster, identification has to
be done the shortest possible time
c. The
interval
between
death
and
identification
does
not
matter
in
establishing identity
d. The value of different points in identification
varies in the formulation of conclusion.

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Q79
Why can some tampered serial numbers
be restored by the use of etching
solution?
a. due to difference in the microstructure,
b. due to differences in microstructure,
c. due to the concentration of the
etching solution,
d. due to the stamping of the serial
number

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Q80
The point along a ridge formation,
which is found in front or near the
center of the diverging type lines.
a. Core
b. Delta
c. Island ridge
d. Convergence

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Q81
Is a short horizontal ridge found inside a
recurving ridge which has a spoiled
inner line of flow from the inner delta to
the center of the pattern? This is also in
the second type of central pocket loop.
a. Bar
b. Appendage
c. Upthrust
d. Obstruction

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Q82
A ridge so thin or fine compared to the
other regular ridge which is not
included as a ridge count even if it
has been across the imaginary line?
a. Ending ridge
b. Intervening ridge
c. Incipient ridge
d. Enclosure

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Q83
Is the division of in the classification
formula which is always represented by
numerical value depending upon a
whorl type pattern appearing in each
finger?
a. Primary
b. Key
c. Final
d. Major

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Q84
What fingers are rolled away from the
body in taking a rolled impression?
a. Both little fingers
b. Both thumbs
c. All fingers except thumbs
d. All of these

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Q85
In assigning a number value to whorl
pattern, what fingers should be given
a value of 4 when a whorl pattern
appears therein:
a. Left little finger and right thumb
b. Right thumb and left little finger
c. Right little finger and left thumb
d. Left thumb and right thumb

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Q86
The person who devised an instrument that can
record
changes of blood pressure, pulse beat and
respiration
simultaneously which he called the Bread Board Lie
Detector.
a. Cesare Lombroso
b. John A. Larson
c. Sir Jame MacKenzie
d. Leonarde Keeler

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Q87
The identification of two impressions can
be established through
a. Formation of different kinds of pattern
b. Formation of two terminus
c. Unexplained similarity of ridges
d. Similarity of ridge characteristics
in their relative positions

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Q88
The person who was accredited as
successful inventor of gunpowder.
a. Horace Smith
b. Berthold Schwartz
c. Alexander John Forsyth
d. Col. Calvin H. Goddard

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Q89
Known as the smallest pistol in the
world
a. Kolibre
b. Caliber .22
c. Seniorita
d. Derringer

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Q90
Type of primer consisting of two flash
hole or vent.
a. Berdan
b. Boxer
c. Magnum
d. Battry

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Q91
How many kinds are loops and whorls
in the Henry System?
a. 4
b. 6
c. 2
d. 3

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Q92
What are the questions pertaining to
the issue under investigation which
must be ambiguous, unequivocal and
understandable to the subject?
a. Irrelevant questions
b. Control questions
c. General questions
d. Relevant questions

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Q93
What is located opposite the camera
lens?
a. Film holder
b. Aperture
c. Shutter
d. Mirror

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Q94
What is the simplest form of camera?
a. Box camera
b. Laser camera
c. Digital camera
d. SLR camera

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Q95
Is a waiver needed in photographing a
rape suspect?
a. Yes
b. It depends
c. Sometimes
d. No

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Q96
A writing motion that uses the elbow
as pivot.
a. Finger movement
b. Forearm movement
c. wrist movement
d. whole arm movement

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Q97
The question Before the death of
Bubby Dacer, are you the one who
killed Kumander Lawin? is a
__________
a. Primary control question
b. Secondary control question
c. Primary relevant question
d. Secondary relevant question

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98
What kind of handwriting stroke
commences in a dark and thick
shade and ends in a fading fashion?
a. retracing
b. bulbous blunt
c. vanishing finish
d. pen lift

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Q99
Why are pistols and revolvers the
common preference of use in crimes?
a. Easy to use
b. Easy to fire
c. easy to conceal
d. easy to maintain

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Q100
The components of
galvanograph,
cardiograph and
a. Pneumograph
b. Polygraph
c. Psychograph
d. Sphygmograph

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