HOLY CHILD COLLEGES OF BUTUAN

COLLEGE OF CRIMINOLOGY
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Forensic Ballistics

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer for
each item by marking the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided.
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED.

1. Founder of the Medico-Legal Faculty at Cairo University and later Regis Professor of Forensic
Medicine at Edinburgh, was one of the leading exponents in studying entrance and exit wounds,
powder burns and powder “tattooing” on human skin and other medical phenomena associated
with gun fire.
a. Sir Sydney Smith c. Monsieur Noiles
b. Mr. A. Lacassogne d. Henry Shrapnel
2. He published a thesis titled ‘Les Plaies Feu Courtes’. His thesis dealt with the subject of wounds
made by small firearms.
a. Sir Sydney Smith c. Monsieur Noiles
b. Mr. A. Lacassogne d. Henry Shrapnel
3. He published a paper tided “La Deformation Des Balles de Revolver” (Deformation of Revolver
Bullets) in Volume 5. Archives de l’Antropologie Criminelle et Des Sciences Penales.
a. Sir Sydney Smith c. Monsieur Noiles
b. Mr. A. Lacassogne d. Henry Shrapnel
4. He invented the shrapnel, which disperse its load of case shot whit a small bursting charge,
increasing the effective range of case.
a. Sir Sydney Smith c. Monsieur Noiles
b. Mr. A. Lacassogne d. Henry Shrapnel
5. He published an article entitle “Dispersion of Bullet Energy in Relation to Wound Effects”.
a. J. Howard Mathews c. Mr. Louis B. Wilson
b. Dr. Albert Llewellyn d. Mr. E.J. Churchill
6. A very significant article entitled “The Missile and the Weapon” was published in the June issue of
the Buffalo Medical Journal.
a. J. Howard Mathews c. Mr. Louis B. Wilson
b. Dr. Albert Llewellyn d. Mr. E.J. Churchill
7. He provided testimony as to some experimentation that he had performed involving the distance of
which a shot had been fired into a human skull.
a. J. Howard Mathews c. Mr. Louis B. Wilson
b. Dr. Albert Llewellyn d. Mr. E.J. Churchill
8. Refers to the degree of constriction on the end portion of the shotgun barrel for the purpose of
controlling the spread of the shots/pellets after leaving the barrel.
a. Choke c. shots ballistics
b. Chilled Shot d. wound ballistics
9. Shotgun pellets made from lead especially hardened by the addition of a slight amt. of antimony.
a. Choke c. shots ballistics
b. Chilled Shot d. wound ballistics
10. Indicates contact wound and are often observed in suicide cases.
a. Muzzle Pattern c. Scorching
b. Blackening d. tattooing
11. Caused by the flame or hot gases not by the hot projectiles as is commonly believed. It
a. Muzzle Pattern c. Scorching
b. Blackening d. tattooing
12. Caused by the deposition of smoke particles by all types of powders at close ranges. Being light
particles, they soon lose their velocity and get deposited on any material available in the path.
a. Muzzle Pattern c. Scorching
b. Blackening d. tattooing
13. Caused by the embedding of unburnt and semi-burnt powder particles into the surface of the
target. These particles are slightly heavier than the smoke particles. They retain motion to
 somewhat longer intervals and consequently cause tattooing to a distance of about one and a-half
times blackening range.
a. Muzzle Pattern c. Scorching
b. Blackening d. tattooing
14. It is the loss of blood from the ruptured vessel secondary to trauma or existing pathology.
a. Hemorrhage c. Direct mechanical injury
b. Shock d. Infection
15. This is the direct damage to the tissues
a. Hemorrhage c. Direct mechanical injury
b. Shock d. Infection
16. It is disturbance of the balance of fluid in the body characterized by fall in blood pressure,
decreases blood flow or blood volume in the body.
a. Hemorrhage c. Direct mechanical injury
b. Shock d. Infection
17. It is the appearance, growth and multiplication of the micro-organism in the living tissue
a. Hemorrhage c. Direct mechanical injury
b. Shock d. Infection
18. Is an instrument used for the propulsion of projectiles by means of expansive force of gases
coming from burning gunpowder?
a. Firearm c. musket
b. rifle d. shotgun
19. Those that propel projectiles more than one inch in diameter, such as cannons, mortars, recoilless
rifles.
a. Hand arm c. Long arm
b. Artillery d. shoulder arm
20. Samuel Colt patented the first practical revolver in which the cylinder was rotated by cocking the
hammer.
a. 1824 c. 1854
b. 1835 d. 1834
21. Firearms that contain no rifling’s inside the gun barrel.
a. Smooth Bore Firearm c. Rifled Bore Firearm
b. Rifle d. None of these
22. The term was derive from the Greek word “ballo” which means literally to throw
a. Ballistic c. Forensic Ballistic
b. Firearm identification d. None of these
23. Serves a chamber and magazine of the gun.
a. Breechface c. Barrel
b. Cylinder d. None of these
24. Is that portion of the cartridge which consists of a brass or gilding metal cup containing a highly
sensitive mixture of chemical compound, which when struck would detonate or explode. Such action is
called “percussion.
a. primer pocket c. primer cup
b. primer d. all of these
25. Is the gun powder which, when ignited by the primer flash, is converted to gas under high pressure and
propels the bullet or shot charge through the barrel and on to the target.
a. Primer Mixture c. Propellant
b. Gun powderPowder d. none of these
26. Refers the lands and grooves.
a. Rifling c. Bore
b. Barrel d. Muzzle
27. Those that contain riflings inside the gun barrel.
a. Rifled Bore Firearms c. Smooth Bore Firearms
b. Artillery d. Shotgun
28. Propelled projectile is more than one inch in diameter.
 a. Rifled Bore Firearms c. Smooth Bore Firearms
b. Artillery d. Shotgun
29. The part of the mechanism of a firearm that withdraws the shell or cartridge from the chamber.
a. Extractor c. Ejector
b. Striker d. Trigger
30. It is the measurement of the bore diameter from land to land.
a. Caliber c. Mean diameter
b. Gauge d. Rifling
31. The pressure generated within the chamber erroneously called breeched pressure is called
a. Hammer power c. Chamber pressure
b. Chamber weight d. Breech face
32. The equal and opposite reaction of the gun against the forward movement of the bullet during the
explosions.
a. Explosive action c. Recoil
b. Chamber pressure d. Hand movement
33. Refers to a group of cartridges or to a single unit or single cartridge – meaning a complete unfired unit
consisting of a bullet, cartridge, case, gunpowder and primer. The term may also refer to a “single
round”.
a. Ammunition c. Gunpowder
b. Cartridges d. None of the above
34. The metal cap containing the highly sensitive priming mixture of chemical compound, which when heat
or struck by firing pin would ignite.
a. Shell c. Primer
b. Anvil d. Bullet
35. The projectile propelled through the barrel of a firearm by means of expansive force of gases coming
from burning gunpowder.
a. Shell c. Primer
b. Anvil d. Bullet
36. Priming powder is located at the center.
a. Pin Fire Cartridge c. Ring Fire
b. Center fire d. Rim Fire
37. A type of cartridge used only on sabotage cases.
a. Pin Fire Cartridge c. Ring Fire
b. Center fire d. Rim Fire
38. Burst before hitting their target, fragmenting into thousands of penetrating pieces or becoming a high-
speed jet of molten metal.
a. Penetrators c. High Explosive
b. Carrier Projectiles d. Artillery
39. It includes rocket launchers and such mounted guns as howitzers, mortars, antiaircraft guns, and naval
guns.
a. Penetrators c. High Explosive
b. Carrier Projectiles d. Artillery
40. It breaks open near the target to deliver leaflets, radar-deceiving materials, or submunitions.
a. Penetrators c. High Explosive
b. Carrier Projectiles d. Artillery
41. The serrated grooves that are sometimes found rolled into the neck and body of cases at the location
of the cases of the bullet to prevent the bullet from being pushed back or loosened.
a. Cannelures c. Crimp
b. Base d. Flash Hole
42. It is the “opening” or “canal” that connects the priming mixture with the gunpowder.
a. Cannelures c. Crimp
b. Base d. Flash Holes
43. the bottom portion of the case which holds
a. Cannelures c. Crimp
b. Base d. Flash Holes
44. is that part of the mouth of a case that is turned in upon the bullet.
a. Cannelures c. Crimp
 b. Base d. Flash Holes
45. The rifling methods used to make the rifling inside a gun barrel.
a. Hook-Cutter System c. Scrape-Cutter System
b. Broaching System d. All of these
46. It is the diameter t which the bore was reamed.
a. Bore Diameter c. Width of Lands
b. Width of Grooves d. Pith of Riflings
47. Elevated portion of the gun barrel.
a. Lands c. Grooves
b. Rifling d. Bore
48. The depressed portion of the gun barrel.
a. Lands c. Grooves
b. Rifling d. Bore
49. Is usually expressed in hundredths of an inch or millimeters.
a. Caliber c. Riflings
b. Lands and Grooves d. None of these
50. The spiral grooves that are formed in the bore of a firearm barrel.
a. Caliber c. Rifling
b. Lands and Grooves d. None of these