BICOL COLLEGE
COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION
Sagpon, Daraga, Albay
100 QUESTIONS in FUNDAMENTALS OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND INTELLIGENCE – Midterm
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Read the questions carefully
2. Please write your answer legibly. Use black ballpen only.
3. Write your answer in CAPITAL letters.
4. Strictly no erasures. Erasures are considered wrong.
Name:_________________________ Year & Block:________ Date:_________ Score:_________
TEST I-Multiple Choice: Encircle the correct answer.
Failure to follow instructions will mean no grade credit for the examination. Thank you.
1. A form of investigation in which the investigator assume a different and unofficial identity.
A. Tailing
B. Espionage
C. Casing
D. Undercover work
2. A kind of evidence which may link the suspect to the crime scene or offense.
A. Physical evidence
B. Chain of custody
C. Associative evidence
D. Tracing evidence
3. It is the questioning of a person suspected of having committed an offense or of person who is
reluctant to make a full disclosure of information in his position which is persistent to the investigation
A. Investigation
B. Instrumentation
C. Interrogation
D. Interview
4. An extra judicial confession obtained from a suspect is admissible in court of law it was made in the
presence of a counsel of his own choice and must be in:
A. Writing
B. The presence of a police investigator
C. Front of a judge
D. The presence of a prosecutor
5. Authority of a person he exercised over his subordinates.
A. Chain of command
B. Command responsibility
C. Responsibility
D. Command
6. The collection of facts to establish the identity and location of the guilty party and providing evidence
of his quilt is called:
A. Intelligence effort
B. Information
C. Instrumentation
D. Investigation
7. Before the questioning starts, the suspect request to have counsel of his own but he could not afford
to have one the best thing investigator should do is?
A. Stop the interrogation until a lawyer is produced
B. Continue the investigation with a promise that the counsel will be present when he signs the
statement.
C. Stop the interrogation and release the suspect immediately D. All of these
D. All of these
8. The surprised invasion of building or area or an attack of a limited territory on a small scale?
A. Arrest Raid
B. Demolition
C. Raid
D. Search and Seizure
9. This method of search is where the searchers gather at the center and proceed outward along the
radii or spokes, the procedure of which is repeated several times depending on the size of the circle and
numbers of searchers.
A. Circle method
B. Zone method
C. Wheel method
D. Quadrant method
10. Who among the following scientific aiders in crime detection can inform the investigator as to the
death of a person?
A. Ballistician
B. Cardiologist
C. Medical Examiner
D. Finger print expert
11. Which of the following drawing is made primarily for courtroom presentation?
A. Rough draft
B. Blue Print
C. Rough sketch
D. Finished drawing
12. It involves a number of persons who might have handled evidence between the time of commission
of the alleged offense and the ultimate disposition of the case, should be kept to a minimum. Each
transfer of evidence should be receipted.
A. Chain of custody
B. Interrogation
C. Interview
D. Tracing evidence
13. It is defined us the testimony of a witness reduced to writing under oath or allirmation, before a
person is empowered to administer an outh in answer to interrogations submitted by the party desiring
it.
A. Sources of information
B. Informant
C. Deposition
D. Tracing
14. It is induces the criminal to act and need not be shown in order to obtain conviction.
A. Background interview
C. Modus operandi
B. Intent
D. Motive
15. It is sworn statement charging a person with an offense and signed by the offended party.
A. Warrant
B. Endorsement
C. Complaint
D. Court order
16. Its identification is established indirectly providing other facts or circumstances from which, either
alone or in connection with other facts, the identity of the offender can be inferred.
A. Circumstantial evidence
B. Sufficient, strong and convincing evidence
C . Physical evidence
D. Testimony of a witness
17. The art which deals with the identity & location of the offender & provide evidence of his guilt
through criminal Proceedings.
A. Criminal Investigation
C. Interrogation
B. Intelligence
D. Interview
18. It is a simple questioning of a person believed to possess knowledge that is of official interest to the
investigator.
A. Investigation
B. Instrumentation
C. Interrogation
D. Interview
19. Placing the subject in the proper frame of mind. The investigator should provide emotional stimul
that will prompt the subject to unburden himself by confiding.
A. Emotional appeal
B. Kindness
C. Sympathetic approach
D. Extenuation
20. He is the skilled person who is charged with conducting criminal investigation when a crime is
committed.
A. First Responder
B. Sensor Detective
C. Criminal Investigator
D. All of these
21. It refers to an informants that are under the compulsion to report info to the police.
A. Special Employee
B. Spontaneous or Auto Informant
C. Ordinary run or The Mill Informants
D. None of the above
22. It refers to an informants that who by the nature of their work or position in society have a certain
legal, moral or ethical responsibilities to report info to the police.
A. Special Employee
B. Spontaneous or Auto Informant
C. Ordinary run or The Mill Informants
D. None of the above
23. It refers to an informants that who are of a specific operational nature
A. Special Employee
B. Spontaneous or Auto Informant
C. Ordinary run or The Mill Informants
D. None of the above
24. It is an informant those who give information through telephone with the hope that the informant
can not be identified
A. Anonymous Informant
B. Frightened Informant
C. Special Informant
D. Voluntary Informant
25. It is an informant who give information to the police pertaining to the underworld about organized
criminals with the understanding that his identity will be protected.
A. Voluntary Informant
B. Anonymous Informant
C. Criminal Informant
D. Double crosser Informant
26. It is a kind of informant that gives information to eliminate competition.
A. Rival elimination informant
B. Legitimate Informant
C. Criminal Informant
D. False Informant
27. It is a kind of informant that gives information motivated by anxiety.
A. Special Informant
B. Frightened Informant
C. Voluntary Informant
D. False Informant
28. It is an informant that gives information for a price.
A. Mercenary Informant
B. Double crosser Informant
C. Legitimate Informant
D. False Informant
29. It is a kind of informant that reveals information of no consequence or value.
A. Legitimate Informant
B. False Informant
C. Special Informant
D. Criminal Informant
30. It is an informant who give information to the police pertaining to the underworld about organized
criminals with the understanding that his identity will be protected.
A. Criminal Informant
B. Voluntary Informant
C. Special Informant
D. Confidential Informant
31. It is similar to the former but he gives information violate of the law to includes crimes and criminals.
A. Voluntary Informant
B. Legitimate Informant
C. Confidential Informant
D. Special Informant
32. It is a kind of informant those who give information concerning specialized cases only and it is
regarded a special treatment by the operatives.
A. Voluntary Informant
B. Special Informant
C. Legitimate Informant
D. Criminal Informant
33. It is a type of informant who give information freely and willfully as a witness to a certain act.
A. Voluntary Informant
B. Legitimate Informant
C. Confidential Informant
D. Special Informant
34. It is the sources that use records, files from government amd non-government agencies.
A. Grapevine Sources
B. Regular Resources
C. Cultivated Resources
D. None of the above
35. These are the information coming from the underworld characters such as prisoners and ex-convicts.
A. Grapevine Sources
B. Regular Resources
C. Cultivated Resources
D. None of the above
36. It is the information gathered upon initiative of the investigator from informants, vendors, taxicab
driver, GRO, and others.
A. Grapevine Sources
B. Regular Resources
C. Cultivated Resources
D. None of the above
37. It is what induces the criminal to act
A. Intent
B. Motive
C. Opportunity
D. None of the above
38. It is the physical possibility that the suspect could have committed the crime.
A. Intent .
B. Motive
C. Opportunity
D. None of the above
39. It is the result or accomplishment of the act.
A. Intent
B. Motive
C. Opportunity
D. None of the above
40. It refers to the articles which assist the investigator in locating the criminal.
A. Corpus Delicti
B. Tracing Evidence
C. Associative Evidence
D. None of the above
41. These are the pieces of evidence that will link the suspect to the crime scene.
A. Corpus Delicti
B. Tracing Evidence
C. Associative Evidence
D. None of the above
42. It is an intelligent social animal with the ability to comprehend infer and think rationally?
A. Human Being
B. Psychopath
C. Criminals
D. monkey
43. A set of system or ideas which intent to explain something?
A. theory
B. History
C. Television
D. Technology
44. It defines crime and treats of there nature and provides punishment?
A. law
B. Evidence
C. crime
D. killing
45. What is the meaning of this Latin word NULLUM CRIMEN NULLA POENA SINE LEGE?
A. there is no law if there’s no crime
B. there is no crime if there’s no law
C. there is no punishment if there’s no judgement
D. none of the above
46. An act or omitted in violation of PUBLIC law?
A. crime
B. offense
C. arson
D. killing
47. the day when a person where sentenced by guilty or not guilty?
A. Judge
B. judgment
C. Tracing evidence
D. Parole
48. Upon it is the commission of the crime?
A. theories
B. criminological
C. Crime
D. law enforcement
49. Who is in charge to sentenced you of being guilty or not guilty?
A. Piskal
B. lawyer
C. police
D. Judge
50. Cadaver is what kind of a dead body?
A. Human
B. animals
C. cat
D. fish
51. It is an art that deals with the identity and location of the offender and prove his guilt in a criminal
proceeding.
A. Special Crime Investigation
B. Criminalistics
C. Investigation
D. Crime Detection
52. It is the person who is charged with the duty of carrying out the objectives of criminal investigation.
A. Investigator
B. Coroner
C. SOCO
D. Judge
54. The following are the duties of Criminal Investigator; except?
A. Identify and apprehend the suspect.
B. Identify the guilty party.
C. To recover stolen property.
D. Assist the state in prosecuting the party charged with the offense.
55. That the accused speak of his free will and accord, without inducement.
A. Freely
B. Confession
C. Acceptance
D. Voluntarily
56. Portrait parley vividly describing in words the appearance of a person by comparing and through
personal appearance.
A. Police line-up
B. Photographic files
C. Verbal Description
D. General Photograph
57. Information gathered upon initiative of the investigator from informants, vendor, taxicab driver,
GRO and others.
A. Regular Sources
B. Cultivated Sources
C. Open Sources
D. Grapevine Sources
58. A fundamental right in the constitution that protects against unlawful and indefinite imprisonment.
A. Habeas Corpus
B. Preamble
C. Miranda Doctrine
D. Jurisdiction
59. It was incorporated in our 1973 Constitution and later in the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines.
A. R.A 9262
B. Miranda Doctrine
C. R.A 8353
D. Miranda V. Arizona
60. It is the result of the or accomplishment of the act.
A. Opportunity
B. Motive
C. Negligence
D. Intent
61. An information from under world characters?
A. regular sources
B. grape vain source’s
C. corroborative source’s
D. A and C
62. It is an scientific way of an investigation?
A. interrogation
B. Interview
C. instrumentation
D. judgement
63. It is an investigation without given any pressure?
A. shadowing
B. Interview
C. interrogation
D. kindness
64. What part of investigation is an regular sources?
A. corroborative
B. Information
C. tracing evidence
D. instrumentation
65. It is an sources from vendors?
A. grape vain source’s
B. regular source’s
C. corroborative source’s
D. none of the above
66. It is a short term’s for three tools of investigation?
A. tress investigare
B. 3t’l
C. TT’I
D. 3i’s
67. He gives information but he ask for money ?
A. informer
B. False informant
C. friend informant
D. informant
68. Who is the person who being asked when in interrogation?
A. lawyer
B. witness
C. suspect
D. police
69. Bodily movement w/c tending to produce an effect to an external world?
A. tracing
B. act
C. shadowing
D. moving
70. It is an type of information who don’t want to revealed his identity?
A. rival elimination informant
B. false informant
C. anonymous informant
D. women informant
TEST lll-TRUE OR FALSE: Write the word TRUE if the statement is True, If the statement is false write the
CORRECT answer.
______________71. Opportunity being in a better position to commit the crime.
______________72. Modus Operandi a suspect’s pattern or method or procedure in committing a
crime.
______________73. Criminals Potentiality possession of knowledge, skills or facilities that could easily
be adopted for criminal use
______________74. Felony identification of suspect and the actual culprits of the crime is one of the
primary task in criminal identification.
______________75. Drawing the witness and the investigator develop a picture of the criminal with the
help of skilled cartographer.
______________76. Interview the casual but systematic conversation with the person who may
knowledge relevant to a crime under investigation.
______________77. Tiackground Interview this is focused only in obtaining data regarding the personal
background of the suspect
______________78. Interviewing the questioning will vary in minor details but will generally involve
many “retellings”.
______________79. Objective Interview the questions are designed to acquire the basic and specific
data of facts regarding a criminal case.
______________80. Preliminary the first or initial questioning usually conducted at the crime scene.
______________81. Follow-up this is to obtain further information that was missed during the initial
interview and to clarify data that has been already gathered
______________82. Opening statement the investigator must explain why the witness is being
contacted.
______________83. Inquiry After the witness has told the story, the investigator can make clarifying
inquiries.
______________84. Suspect allowing the witness to present in a narrative form without injecting
questions
______________85. Identity the investigator should identify himself tot the witness by name, rank and
agency.
TEST lll-IDENTIFICATION: Read the following statements carefully. Identify words or group of words that
corresponds the following statements. Write your answer on the space provided before each number.
STRICTLY NO ERASURES and wro9ng spelling is considered WRONG.
______________86. It is a self-incriminatory statement by the suspect short of acknowledgement of
______________87. The direct acknowledgement of the truth of the quality fact as charges or of some
essential part of the commission of the criminal act itself.
______________88. Indicated he does not consider his subject’s indiscretion a grave
______________89. The investigator should provide emotional stimuli that will prompt the subject to
unburden himself by confiding
______________90. Have a greater sense of morality. They easily feel remorse over what they have
done.
______________91. Normally do not feel any guilt, so the best way to interrogate them is through the
factual analysis approach
______________92. This can be achieved by the presence of only one doar of the investigation room,
absence of windows, or view.
______________93. The scientific examination of real evidence application of Instrument and methods
of the physical sciences in detecting crime.
______________94. May be defined as the recognition, identification comparison and evaluation of
physical evidence by application of the natural sciences.
______________95. Is one of the most critical stages of any criminal investigation, is a comprehensive
inquiry of a crime by conducting systematic procedure of various investigative methodologies.
______________96 . Are members of the PNP or other law enforcement agencies who are mandated
and expected to be the first to respond to calls for assistance in cases of incidents of crime.
______________97. Is a systematic method employed by the saco team, if the nature of the case if
emotional or sensitive, and the IOC in the conduct of search in the crime scene 62. Evidence the meons
sanctioned by the Rules of Court, of ascertaining in a judicial proceeding the truth respecting a matter of
fact.
______________98. A form of legal evidence that can be used in a court of law to convect person of a
and as a category of public presentation.
______________99. Protection of the crime scene is one of the first procedure in the Investigation of
crime.
______________100. It involves the first exposure of the criminal offense to the investigative process.
ANSWERS:
1. D
2. C
3. C
4. A
5. B
6. D
7. A
8. C
9. C
10. C
11. D
12. A
13. C
14. D
15. C
16. A
17. A
18. D
19. A
20. C
21. C
22. B
23. A
24. A
25. C
26. A
27. B
28. A
29. B
30. A
31. C
32. B
33. A
34. B
35. C
36. A
37. B
38. C
39. A
40. B
41. C
42. A
43. D
44. C
45. B
46. B
47. B
48. B
49. A
50. A
51. C
52. A
53. B
54. D
55. C
56. B
57. A
58. B
59. D
60. D
61. B
62. A
63. C
64. A
65. A
66. D
67. D
68. B
69. B
70. B
71. TRUE
72. TRUE
73. TRUE
74. Criminal
75. Cartography
76. TRUE
77. TRUE
78. Face to face questioning
79. TRUE
81. TRUE
82. TRUE
83. TRUE
84. Narration
85. TRUE
86. Admission
87. Confession
88. Extenuation the Investigator
89. Emotional Approach
90. Emotional Offenders
91. Non-emotional offenders
92. Privacy
93. Instrumentation
94. Criminalistics
95. Crime Scene Investigation
96 . First Responder
97. Crime Scene Sketch
98. Forensic Evidence
99. Crime scene protected
100. Preliminary or initial investigation
