CRIMINALISTICS

1. What element of simple seduction usually takes the form of unfulfilled promise of marriage?
a. Deceit c. lascivious act
b. Sexual deviation d. carnal knowledge
2. What is film with the longest range of sensitivity in the electromagnetic spectrum called?
a. Panchromatic film c. blue-sensitive film
b. Infra-red film d. orthochromatic film
3. After the warm-up with the interviewee, the investigator is ready to obtain the knowledge his
subject may possess, thus he begins by
a. Asking interviewee simple questions and then difficult ones
b. Allow interviewee to give complete uninterrupted account of what he knows
c. Ask about the subject’s background and personal life
d. Asking questions designed to give yes or no response
4. What poisonous gas smell like rotten egg?
a. H2S c. CO2
b. CO d. H2O
5. When police are dealing with documents, the most frequent problem they face are those
concerning
a. Authorship c. content
b. Circumstance d. origin
6. What is the process of dissolution of tissues by the digestive action of its enzymes and bacteria
resulting to liquefaction of tissues and liberation of foul-smelling gases?
a. Saponification c. maceration
b. Decomposition d. putrefaction
7. What is the normal developing time for a normally exposed film using a D-76 developer?
a. Five to six minutes
b. Eight to ten minutes
c. Twelve to fifteen minutes
d. Fifteen to twenty minutes
8. Why must the taking of photographs from an unusual camera position in crime photography be
avoided?
a. It distorts the focus
b. It distorts magnification
c. It distorts the perspective
d. It distorts texture
9. What type of pattern possesses either an angle, an upthrust, or two of the three basic
characteristics of the loop?
a. Tented arch c. plain arch
b. Double loop d. central pocket loop
10. In the schematic outline on the isolation and identification of some common poisons, the
specimen should first be
a. Alkaline Solution
b. Ether-extracted
c. Distilled with or without steam
d. Mixed with chemical antidotes
11. What is known as reproduction of an impression made on soft surface by utilizing casting
materials?
a. Metallic aides c. celerity
b. Dry fusion d. moulage
12. What is done, when one retouches or goes back over a defective portion of a writing stroke?
a. Pressuring c. shading
b. Retracing d. patching
13. What determines the amount of light a flash unit will yield at a given distance?
a. Luminescence c. wattage
b. Guide number d. acutance
14. What corresponds to the study of the palms of the hands?
a. Plantar c. furrows
b. Palmar d. chiroscopic
15. What type of forgery involves fraudulent signature executed by actually following the outline of
a genuine signature with a writing instrument?
a. Carbonized c. shaded
b. Lasered d. traced
16. What kind of filter should a photographer use to improve the contrast of a latent fingerprint
impression dusted with black powder on a green background?
a. Green filter c. blue filter
b. Yellow filter d. red filter
17. What is that indelible ink whose marking substance consists of a mixture of graphite and aniline
ink?
a. Copy pencil c. copier
b. Stencils d. charred seals
18. What kind of diaphragm opening must one use to get a wider depth of field?
a. Smaller c. wider
b. Longer d. shorter
19. What are the canals of depression found between ridges called?
a. Dents c. furrows
b. Pores d. indentions
20. In photographing a crime scene, what view will best feature the nature of the crime scene?
a. Medium c. close-up
b. General d. extreme close-up
21. What is the act of counting the ridges which intervene between the core and delta of a loop?
a. Divergence c. ridge counting
b. Ridge tracking d. ridge tracing
22. The investigator should avoid asking witnesses long complicated questions because this will
a. Give the witness a chance to formulate desired answers
b. Enable him to ascertain the purpose of the interview
c. Render difficulty in obtaining the facts for conviction
d. Embarrass him and cause him to answer he does not know
23. What type of doctor performs autopsy or post-mortem examination?
a. Toxicologist c. general practitioner
b. Forensic pathologist d. radiologist
24. In tracing whorl pattern, what is the numerical value of S in the left hand?
a. 1 to 12 c. 23 or more
b. 23 or less d. 18 to 22
25. What problem is usually encountered by a photographer when using a flash unit?
a. Synchronization c. parallax
b. Neutral density d. multiple image
26. What pattern type has ridges that enter on one side of the pattern and flow towards the other
side with a rise in the center?
a. Vaulted arch loop c. tented arch
b. Loop d. plain arch
27. What type of weapon is designed to propel projectile by means of compressed air?
a. Air rifle c. Springfield armory
b. Narlin rifle d. carbin
28. What initiates the combustion of gunpowder in a shell?
a. Bullet
b. Trigger
c. Slug
d. Primer
29. Normally, what is the fixing time of a negative or a photograph?
a. Ten to twelve minutes c. two to three minutes
b. Twenty to thirty minute d. five to seven minutes
30. What steel block closes the rear of the bore against the force of the charge?
a. Breechface c. breechblock
 b. Bore d. chamber
31. The best way to conduct a thorough interview is for the investigator to
a. Allow himself sufficient time for adjustment
b. Permit the interviewee to give narrative statement
c. Be guided by a pre-arranged checklist
d. Devote adequate time for an interviewee’s evaluation
32. How many ridge counts must a pattern have, to be a loop?
a. 2 c. 1
b. 5 d. 10
33. The combination of blue and green light will produce what color?
a. Black c. magenta
b. Cyan d. yellow
34. What lens has a variable focal length?
a. Zoom c. telephoto
b. Wide-angle d. normal
35. What is the scientific name of fingerprint identification?
a. Dactyloscopy c. poroscopy
b. Fluoroscopy d. palmistry
36. The importance of individual marks left on a bullet by a gun barrel is that it is useful in directly
identifying the
a. Gun from which a bullet was fired
b. Direction from which a shot is fired
c. Bullet which caused a fatal wound
d. Person who fired the particular gun
37. The core and delta are also termed as
a. Focal points c. pattern area
b. Inner terminus d. outer ridge
38. Which of the following is among the major sections of the polygraph?
a. Spymograph c. alarm
b. Kymograph d. cardio spymograph
39. In whorl pattern, when the number of ridges on the left thumb is 17 or more, it constitutes as
a. Exception c. opening
b. Isolation d. alteration
40. What kind of light makes secret inks visible?
a. Side c. ultra-violet
b. Transparent d. opaque
41. An autopsy report is an example of what kind of evidence?
a. Documentary c. experimental
b. Depositions d. public record
42. What kind of skin is dry, and dead, peeled away from the surface skin?
a. Slight skin c. incipient ridge
b. Scarf skin d. burned skin
43. The pitch or rate of twist in the rifling of the pistol or rifle barrels is called
a. Land
b. Groove
c. One complete revolution of the bullet
d. Lead
44. What is the Latin word for finger?
a. Dermis c. digitus
b. Dermal d. dactyl
45. Where should the camera be placed to reproduce accurate imprints of foot, shoe and tire that
are found at the crime scene?
a. On a tripod with the camera vertical to the subject
b. On a tripod with the camera horizontal to the subject
c. On a tripod with the camera oblique to the subject
d. On a tripod with the camera parallel to the subject
46. What is the rate of speed of the bullet per unit of time?
a. Penetration c. muzzle blast
 b. Velocity d. terminal energy
47. What hand firearm successively places cartridge into firing position rotating its cylinder?
a. Pistol c. revolver
b. Shotgun d. Garand
48. What kind of solutions are used in the restoration of serial numbers? (Stainless steel, lead, cast
iron are examples)
a. Saturated solution of sodium bicarbonate
b. Colloidal magnesium soap
c. Borax solution
d. Etching solution
49. What is the other name for cells clump?
a. Overlapping c. clumping
b. Agglutinate d. constipation
50. What is the function of the boric and acetic acids in the fixer?
a. As preservative c. as neutralizer
b. As accelerator d. as restrainer
51. What type of typewriter forgery is when the writer exerts no effort to effect resemblance
between the forged and the genuine signature?
a. Multiple c. simple
b. Traced d. spurious
52. In photographing a crime scene, what view will best feature the physical evidence existing at
the crime scene?
a. Medium c. general
b. Close-up d. extreme close-up
53. What type of firearm is fed by chamber?
a. Single shot firearm c. bolt action
b. Automatic type d. slide action
54. How can discrepancies be best detected in information given by the witnesses interviewed?
a. By physical and emotional mannerisms
b. By comparing that information with unknown facts
c. By open confrontation between the subject and interviewer
d. By signs of nervousness, sweating and evasiveness
55. What is the rule where there are two or more possible bifurcation deltas which conform to the
definition of delta?
a. The one nearest the core should be chosen
b. The one away from the core is counted
c. The one towards the core should be counted
d. None of these
56. In stake out surveillance photography, where the photographer cannot get close the subject,
what kind of lens must be used?
a. Normal c. wide-angle
b. Telephoto d. zoom
57. Which of the following is a polygraph machine?
a. Heidelberg galvanograph c. kymograph
b. Stoeltig polygraph d. holograph
58. What usually sets the tone and creates the atmosphere during the interrogation?
a. Interrogator’s behavior
b. The type of crime involved
c. Questioning style of the interrogator
d. The subject’s personal history
59. What is the range of distance from the nearest object to the farthest object that is sharp when
the lens is set or focused at a particular distance?
a. Depth of field c. focal distance
b. Focal length d. hyperfocal distance
60. When the “draws” of the revolver is completed, the index finger should
a. Touch the outside of the trigger guard
b. Grasp the stock
c. Be inside the trigger guard
 d. Be straighten along the barrel
61. What is death due to the mercy killing of a sick person?
a. Natural death c. negligent death
b. Euthanasia d. violent death
62. What type of firearm has six lands, six grooves with right hand twist?
a. Smith and Wesson c. webley
b. BROWNING type d. colt
63. What is the process of eliminating unwanted portions of a negative during the enlarging
process?
a. Burning-in c. cropping
b. Vignetting d. dodging
64. When a ridge bifurcates, sending two ridges across the imaginary line, how is it counted?
a. Two c. three
b. One d. six
65. What is the best and highest form of proof?
a. Documentary c. testimonial
b. Real d. experimental
66. What is the secret of good shooting form?
a. Keeping the thumb along the hammer
b. A relaxed and natural position
c. Proper sighting of the target
d. Firing slowly and carefully
67. How many standard fingerprint pattern are there?
a. 12 c. 8
b. 9 d. 10
68. What is that interrupt in a stroke, caused by removing the writing instrument from the paper?
a. Shading c. pen lifting
b. Retracing d. retouching
69. What is the main layer of epiderms which covers the surface on which the ridges are visible?
a. Dermis c. sanguinal stratum
b. Stratum corneum d. stratum mucosum
70. What hand firearm has a rotating cylinder that serves as a magazine which succesively places
cartridges into position for firing?
a. Revolver c. rifle
b. Pistol d. carbine
71. What is the last stage in toxicological examination?
a. Multiplication c. measurement
b. Qualification d. quantification
72. What color is given by sodium salts with the flame test?
a. Red c. blue
b. Pink d. yellow
73. If a basic exposure for a given film in bright sunlight is 1/125 f11, the exposure setting at dull
sunlight would be
a. 1/125 f4 c. 1/125 f8
b. 1/125 f5.6 d. 1/125 f16
74. Assuming all conditions will be the same, which film gives the finest of grains?
a. ASA 1600 c. ASA 200
b. ASA 100 d. ASA 400
75. Muscle cells can live until the onset of rigor mortis but will die in about how many hours?
a. 6 to 9 hours after somatic death
b. 2 to 6 hours after somatic death
c. 1 to 2 hours after somatic death
d. Within 10 hours after somatic death
76. What holds the photographic papers flat during exposure in the enlarging process?
a. Bellows c. easel
b. Head assembly d. baseboard
77. In night surveillance photography what film rating is recommended?
a. ASA 400 c. ASA 1600
 b. ASA 200 d. ASA 100
78. What is the classification for a ridge count on the left index that reaches 8?
a. Circumferential loop c. radial loop
b. Inner loop d. ulnar loop
79. How many parts does a camera generally have, with all other parts treated as accessories?
a. Four c. six
b. Five d. seven
80. What is the stiffening of a certain group of muscles occurring at the moment of death, usually
associated with violent deaths due to extreme nervous tension, or even fatigue?
a. Cold stiffening c. cadaveric spasm
b. Heat stiffening d. rigor mortis
81. What is that which widens the ink stroke due to added pressure on a flexible pen point?
a. Retracing c. shading
b. Lifting d. tracing
82. A copper jacketed fired bullet is usually fired from a
a. Rifle c. revolver
b. Pistol d. pistol and revolver
83. According to Phapal, there are five levels of stiffening of the joints. What level is that where
some stiffening allows relaxed repetitive movement of the hands?
a. Level IV c. Level III
b. Level I d. Level II
84. Which of the following substance is most likely to be used in committing murder?
a. Antimony c. belladonna
b. Strychnine d. alcohol
85. What is the FIRST step in the procurement of typewriting exemplars?
a. Procurement of the suspected typewriters
b. Acquisition of typewriting exemplars
c. Study of the questioned typewriting
d. Preparation of exemplar typewriting
86. What are the little openings on the skin from where sweat is excreted?
a. Ridges c. pores
b. Whorl d. loop
87. What kind of ridge resembles a dot, fragment or period?
a. Ending ridge c. ridge of tranquility
b. Lake ridge d. island ridge
88. LASER is also referred to as
a. Ultra-violet light c. coherent light
b. Infra-red light d. island ridge
89. What ridge divides itself into two or more branches that meet to form the original figure?
a. Island ridge c. bifurcation
b. Lake ridge d. ending ridge
90. In police photography, what is the ideal weight for enlarging paper?
a. Double weight c. medium weight
b. Single weight d. triple weight
91. What is an attempt at character reading through the patterns of fingerprints
a. Dactylography c. dactylomancy
b. Dactyloscopy d. dactyl-analysis
92. What objects appear as tiny black lines with tiny white dots (called pores) in an inked finger
impression?
a. Pores c. furrows
b. Sweat d. ridges
93. What is the locking device activating the extractor called?
a. Ejector c. rachet
b. Extractor rod d. lock
94. What is the class characteristics of a 9 mm Browning pistol?
a. 6 lands, 6 grooves, right hand twist
b. 4 lands, 4 grooves, right hand twist
c. 5 lands, 5 grooves, right hand twist
 d. 7 lands, 7 grooves, right hand twist
95. What do you call the separating or spreading apart of two ridges that were previously running
side by side?
a. Disjunction
b. Divergence
c. Convergence
d. Looping or recurring ridge
96. What kind of pattern has two deltas in which at least one ridge makes a turn through one
complete circuit?
a. Loop c. arch
b. Accidental whorl d. plain whorl
97. Which camera type is ideal for use in police photography because of its versatility and
interchangeability of lenses?
a. Press type c. single lens reflex type
b. Rangefinder type d. box type
98. What kind of stroke goes back over another writing stroke?
a. Retracing c. shaded
b. Patching d. retouching
99. The best person to go to for expert opinion on poison is
a. Fluorologist c. dermatologist
b. Spectrologist d. toxicologist
100. What is the scientific examination of the prints of the soles of the feet?
a. Podoscopy c. chiroscopy
b. Poroscopy d. fluoroscopy