Criminalistics Review Questions 2 (Forensic Science)
Criminalistics Review Questions 2 (Forensic Science)
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Syllabi/Table of Specification
SPECIFIC PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE OUTCOMES FOR THIS SUBJECT:
The registered criminologist can perform the following professional practice outcomes for his/her initial entry into the practice of the profession:
1. Utilize criminalistics or forensic science in the investigation and detection of crime.
2. Apply the principles and jurisprudence of criminal law, evidence, and criminal procedure.
3. Demonstrate competence and a broad understanding of law enforcement administration, public safety, and criminal justice.
4. Internalize the concepts of human rights and victim welfare.
5. Effectively communicate orally and in writing using both English and Filipino.
6. Act in recognition of professional, social, and ethical responsibility
1. There is a freehand invitation and is considered the most skillful class of forgery
A. simulated or copied forgery
B. simple forgery
C. traced forgery
D. carbon tracing
Answer: A
2. A condensed and compact set of authentic specimens which is adequate and proper, should contain a cross-section of the material from known sources.
A. disguised document
B. questioned document
C. standard document
D. requested document
Answer: C
3. Specimens of handwriting or of typescript which is of known origin.
A. Letters
B. Samples
C. Exemplars
D. Documents
Answer: C
4. A document that is being questioned because of its origin, its contents or the circumstances or the stories of its production.
A. disputed document
B. standard document
C. requested document
D. questioned document
Answer: D
5. The art of beautiful writing is known as
A. Drafting
B. Calligraphy
C. Art Appreciation
D. Gothic
Answer: B
6. Any written instrument by which a right or obligation is established.
A. Certificate
B. Subpoena
C. Warrant
D. Document
Answer: D
7. A type of fingerprint pattern in which the slope or downward flow of the innermost sufficient recurve is towards the thumb of the radius bone of the hand of origin.
A. ulnar loop
B. tented arch
C. accidental whorl
D. radial loop
Answer: D
8. The forking or dividing of one line into two or more branches.
A. Ridge
B. Island
C. Delta
D. Bifurcation
Answer: D
9. The point on a ridge at or in front of and nearest the center of the divergence of the type lines.
A. Divergence
B. Island
C. Delta
D. Bifurcation
Answer: C
10. The following are considerations used for the identification of a loop except one:
A. Delta
B. Core
C. a sufficient recurve
D. a ridge count across a looping bridge
Answer: B
11. It refers to the taking in of light by the material. Following the law of conservation of energy, such light taken in is not lost but merely transformed into heat.
A. Diffraction
B. Reflection
C. Absorption
D. Convection
Answer: C
12. These are mediums that merely slow down the speed of light but allow it to pass freely in other respects, and transmit 90% or more of the incident light.
A. Translucent objects
B. Opaque objects
C. Transparent objects
D. None of these
Answer: C
13. The simplest camera is a ___, which consists of a box with a small hole in one of its sides.
A. Camera obscura
B. Fixed focus camera
C. Pinhole camera
D. Nikon camera
Answer: C
14. What changes the size of the aperture of the lens and regulates the amount of light reaching the film?
A. diaphragm
B. shutter
C. lens
D. film
Answer: A
15. What part of the camera controls the opening and closing of the shutter, regulates the quantity of light that reaches and affects the sensitized material, and a dial that sets the length of time in which the light is allowed to enter the camera?
A. Shutter speed
B. Focusing mechanism
C. Shutter release button
D. Shutter speed dial
Answer: D
16. The lens is as important a part of a camera as the body. Lenses are referred to in generic terms as wide-angle, normal, and telephoto. The three terms refer to the focal length of the lens, which is customarily measured in ____
A. Millimeters
B. Inches
C. Centimeters
D. Mile per second
Answer: A
17. What kind of lens causes light rays to converge, or come together, and is called a positive lens. A positive lens focuses light from a distant source into a visible image that appears on the opposite side of the lens to the object.
A. Concave
B. Convex
C. Reflex
D. converge
Answer: B
18. It is the process of changing the distance between the centers of the lens to the focal plane. It is the technique of adjusting the focal length to get a sharp image of the object or scene to be photographed.
A. Infinity
B. Lens change
C. Focusing
D. Shutting
Answer: C
19. It is important to have the lens at the right distance from the film otherwise the image of an object point will be seen as a circle which is
A. clear in appearance
B. blurred in appearance
C. no photo
D. all of these
Answer: B
20. What part of the film consists of silver compounds which are light sensitive and halogens?
A. Top layer
B. Emulsion layer
C. Film base
D. Film surface
Answer: B
21. It is defined as the product of illumination and time. The unit is usually in meters candle second which is equivalent to exposure produced by a light source of one candlepower, in the second at a distance of one meter from the surface of the sensitized material.
A. Photographic Exposure
B. Light
C. Photographic speed
D. None of these
Answer: A
22. These are used to control the relative tone values in which colors are rendered by the photographic process, to lighten or darken particular colors, or to obtain color separation records for color photography works.
A. Viewing Filter
B. Color Filter
C. Filtering
D. None of these
Answer: B
23. Because of the fact that all negatives do not print best on one kind of paper, and to permit printing for special effects, photographic papers are made in several different grades of contrast and surface texture. What is the paper made by Kodak that offers six degrees of contrast and a glossy surface?
A. Glossy paper
B. Manila paper
C. Velox paper
D. Bond paper
Answer: C
24. A camera with a ground-glass focusing screen on which the image is formed by a combination of lens and mirror, enabling the scene to be correctly composed and focused.
Answer: Reflex Camera
25. One that is executed under the Code of Commerce or any Mercantile Law, containing disposition of commercial rights or obligations.
A. Commercial document
B. Holographic wills
C. Notarial wills
D. Private document
Answer: A
26. It includes the addition of writing and other material between lines or paragraphs or the addition of a whole page to a document.
A. Insertion or interlineations
B. Integration
C. Obliteration
D. None of these
Answer: A
27. In questioned document examination, what is an “OFF-HAND OPINION”?
A. A conclusion that is not based on scientific examination
B. A mere speculation of facts contained in the document
C. A scientific findings as to the content of a document
D. All of these
Answer: A
28. It is a kind of handwriting that is characterized by being connected in which one letter is joined to the next.
A. Script
B. Block
C. Vigorous
D. Cursive
Answer: D
29. A writer may deliberately try to alter his usual writing habits to hide his identity. The results, regardless of their effectiveness are termed as ___.
A. Downstroke
B. Gestalt
C. Disguised writing
D. Graphology
Answer: C
30. The place where the writer grasps the barrel of the pen and the angle at which he holds it is called
A. Pen lift
B. Pen hold
C. Print script
D. Pen pressure
Answer: B
31. The element of the writing movement is marked by regular or periodic recurrences. It may be classed as smooth, intermittent, or jerky in its quality.
A. Shading
B. Simplification
C. Slope slant
D. Rhythm
Answer: D
32. What do we call the series of lines or curves written in a single letter; one of the lines of an alphabet or the series of lines or curves within a single letter; the path traced by the pen on the paper?
A. Pen lift
B. Slope
C. Delta
D. Stroke
Answer: D
33. Are quite simply writings that were indisputably prepared by the accused when he had no reason to think that they would be used for a handwriting comparison.
A. Non-request Standards
B. Requested standards
C. Disguised
D. None of the Above
Answer: A
34. The act/process of making the content/s of a document, not the intended content.
A. falsification
B. counterfeiting
C. forgery
D. erasure
Answer: A
35. The study of handwriting to determine one's personality traits is called
A. handwriting analysis
B. graphology
C. dactyloscopy
D. fecalysis
36. Who studied fear and its influence on the heart and his observations subsequently formed the basis for the technique in the development of the sphygmomanometer and the scientific cradle, which he used in studying fear on the heart?
A. Cesare Lombroso
B. Angelo Mosso
C. William Marston
D. John Larson
37. Who employed the first scientific instrument to detect deception? This instrument known as hydrosphygmograph, measured changes in pulse and blood pressure when suspects were questioned about their involvement in or knowledge of a specific response.
A. Cesare Lombroso
B. Angelo Mosso
C. William Marston
D. John Larson
38. It is a scientific diagnostic instrument used to record physiological changes in the blood pressure, pulse rate, respiration, and skin resistance of an examinee under controlled conditions.
A. Lie detection
B. Polygraph
C. Polygraph examination
D. Truth serum
39. Any untruthful statement; falsehood; or anything that deceives or creates a false impression.
A. Joke
B. Story
C. Telling
D. Lie
40. “Hindu Book of Health and Science” is considered the earliest known reference of the methods for detecting deception.
A. Hindu Yoga
B. Ayur-Veda
C. Arya Abram
D. Midos Yagu
41. The science and art of improving human breeds by applying the ascertained principles of genetics and inheritance to secure a desirable combination of physical characteristics and mental traits in the offspring of suitably mated parents?
A. Genetics
B. Eugenics
C. Metabolism
D. Psycho Synthesis
42. In polygraph examination, the whole chart when finished is called
A. result
B. polygram
C. analysis
D. diagnostic
43. The major components of the polygraph machine are, except
A. Pneumograph
B. Pen and Inking System
C. Galvanograph
D. Kymograph
44. “Did you shoot Mr X?” is an example of __ in polygraph examination.
A. Control question
B. Relevant question
C. Irrelevant question
D. Evidence connecting question
45. Which of the following questions asked in a polygraph examination may be considered an irrelevant question?
A. Have you ever been called by the name Allan?
B. Is today Monday?
C. Are you over 20 years of age?
D. All of the above
46. A type of print pattern that consists of two separate loop formations with two separate and distinct sets of shoulders and two deltas.
A. Central pocket loop whorl
B. Plain whorl
C. Double Loop Whorl
D. Plain whorl
47. The individuality of a fingerprint is not determined by its general shape or pattern but by a careful study of its ridge characteristics also known as
A. Minutiae
B. Core
C. Furrow
D. Shoulder
48. A principle involved in fingerprinting states that there are no two fingerprints that are exactly alike unless taken from the same finger.
A. Permanency
B. Individuality
C. Infallibility
D. Generality
49. The biggest percentage of fingerprint patterns is
A. Arches
B. Loops
C. Whorls
D. Accidentals
50. It is symbolized by the letter X in the fingerprint classification.
A. Ulnar Loop
B. Plain arch
C. Accidental whorl
D. Tented arch
51. The reasons why fountain pen ink, colored ink, and stamp pad are objectionable are, except
A. They are too thin
B. They dry too quickly
C. The stamp pad smears easily
D. Satisfactory for comparison purposes
52. These are fingerprints that are imprinted by mere chance or without any intention to produce the print.
A. Chance print
B. Chance impression
C. Visible print
D. Latent print
53. If a finger appears to be amputated (cut off) just place the symbol or simple abbreviation as _______ and the date of amputation on the box of the finger actually amputated.
A. AMP
B. AMPT
C. APT
D. AMPUT
54. Which has been known as the circulating tissue of the body?
A. Brain
B. Skin
C. Mucus membrane
D. None of these
55. The yellowish fluid of blood in which numerous blood corpuscles are called
A. Serum
B. Plasma
C. Red cells
D. Cloth
56. To facilitate the evaluation and interpretation of test charts, markings are made with the use of signs and symbols. Which of the following examples of chart markings should be the first marking of the examiner in the chart?
A. X /60 / 1.5 A
B. XX / 60 / 1.5 A
C. X
D. XX
57. This test is applied when the responses to relevant and control questions are similar in degree and consistency and in a way that the examiner cannot determine whether the subject is telling the truth or not.
A. Silent answer test
B. Peak of tension test
C. Guilt complex test
D. General question test
58. The process of recording fingerprints through the use of fingerprint ink.
A. Pathology
B. Fingerprinting
C. Dactyloscopy
D. Printing press
59. The fingerprint method of identification.
A. Pathology
B. Fingerprinting
C. Dactyloscopy
D. Printing press
60. Two lines that run parallel or nearly parallel, diverge and surround the pattern area.
A. Ridges
B. Delta
C. Type line
D. Bifurcation
61. A part of the whorl or loop in which the cores, deltas, and ridges appear.
A. type line
B. bifurcation
C. pattern area
D. furrow
62. Fingerprints left on various surfaces at the crime scene which are not clearly visible.
A. plane impressions
B. visible fingerprints
C. rolled impressions
D. latent fingerprints
63. The impressions left by the patterns of ridges and depressions on various surfaces.
A. kiss marks
B. finger rolls
C. thumb marks
D. fingerprints
64. Which among the following is not considered a basic fingerprint pattern?
A. Arch
B. Accidental
C. Loop
D. Whorl
65. The minimum identical characteristics to justify the identity between two points.
A. Eighteen
B. Fifteen
C. Twelve
D. Nine
66. A fingerprint pattern in which the ridges form a sequence of spirals around core axes.
A. whorl
B. double loop
C. central pocket loop
D. accidental
67. A fingerprint pattern in which one or more ridges enter on either side of the impression by a recurve, and terminate on the same side where the ridge has entered.
A. Loop
B. radial loop
C. ulnar loop
D. tented arch
68. A person who gives his/her opinion or conclusion on a given scientific evidence is considered
A. interrogator
B. expert witness
C. prosecutor
D. judge
69. The application of scientific knowledge and techniques in the detection of crime and apprehension of criminals.
A. Law Enforcement Administration
B. Forensic Administration
C. CriminaThe normal developing time of a paper or film
D. Criminalistics
70. Lens that is characterized by a thicker center and thinner sides.
A. concave lens
B. convex lens
C. negative lens
D. positive lens
71. The normal developing time of a paper or film.
A. 30-60 minutes
B. 20-30 minutes
C. 5-10 minutes
D. 1- 2 minutes
72. This part of a camera is used to allow light to enter the lens for a predetermined time interval.
A. holder of sensitized material
B. viewfinder
C. shutter
D. finder
73. A lens with a focal length of less than the diagonal of its negative material.
A. telephoto lens
B. long lens
C. normal lens
D. wide-angle lens
74. Chemical used as an accelerator in a developer solution.
A. Potassium Bromide
B. Sodium Carbonate
C. Sodium Sulfite
D. Hydroquinone
75. A part of a camera is used to focus the light from the subject.
A. viewfinder
B. lens
C. shutter
D. light-tight box
76. A component of the polygraph instrument that records the breathing of the subject.
A. Cardiosphygmograph
B. Pneumograph
C. Galvanograph
D. Kymograph
77. A component of the polygraph instrument that records the blood pressure and the pulse rate of the subject.
A. Cardiosphygmograph
B. Pneumograph
C. Galvanograph
D. Kymograph
78. What type of QD examination is best used in dealing with charred documents?
A. Ultra-violet light
B. Infrared light
C. Oblique light
D. Transmitted light
79. Which principle states that every contact leaves a trace?
A. Locard's Exchange Principle
B. Principle of Uniformity
C. Principle of Exclusion
D. Chain of Custody Principle
80. Is your mother's name Magdalena? is what kind of question?
A. Relevant
B. Irrelevant
C. Control
D. General Question
81. The first portable instrument precisely measures muzzle velocity and striking power.
A. Ejector
B. Caliper
C. Chronograph
D. Extractor
82. What are the canals of depression found between ridges called?
A. Pores
B. Furrows
C. Island
D. Ridges
83. What is forensic science primarily concerned with?
A. Solving mathematical problems
B. Applying science to legal issues
C. Writing crime novels
D. Designing laboratory equipment
84. Used to see stains on clothes that are invisible to a normal light.
A. X-ray
B. Infrared light
C. UV light
D. Visible light
85. The following are preliminary blood tests, except.
A. Benzidine
B. Luminous
C. Phenolphthalein
D. Takayama
86. Regarded as a special form of pen lift disguise in which a perceptible group appears in the writing.
A. Diacritic
B. Hiatus
C. Hesitation
D. Tremor
87. It is the ridge count of the first loop pattern appearing on the fingerprint card except for the two little fingers.
A. Primary classification
B. Secondary classification
C. Final Classification
D. Key classification
88. The study of how a projectile behaves when it hits its target and transfers its kinetic energy to the target.
A. Interior Ballistics
B. Exterior Ballistics
C. Terminal Ballistics
D. Shot Ballistics
89. Covers the surface of the dermis with a blunt peg-like formation.
A. Epidermis
B. Sweat pores
C. Dermal papillae
D. Sweat gland
90: What physiological parameter is primarily recorded by the lower pen in the polygraph machine?
A. Blood pressure
B. Pulse wave amplitude
C. Electro-dermal variation
D. Respiratory rate
91. During the rolled impression, both thumbs are rolled _____.
A. Away from the body
B. Toward the body
C. Both A and B
D. Side of the body
92. A principle in fingerprints states that the ridge patterns on the digits never change during the life of an individual.
A. Principle of Permanency
B. Principle of Individuality
C. Principle of Infallibility
D. Principle of Lividity
93. Which lens type provides an image that approximates the human eye's perspective?
A. Wide-angle lens
B. Telephoto lens
C. Normal lens
D. Macro lens
94. Which domestic discipline deals with bite mark analysis?
A. Forensic odontology
B. Forensic anthropology
C. Forensic pathology
D. Forensic entomology
95. What is the primary focus of forensic entomology?
A. Studying insects to determine the time of death
B. Analyzing soil samples from crime scenes
C. Examining bones for identification purposes
D. Detecting toxins in blood samples
96. A gunsmith is examining a firearm and wants to determine the bore diameter by measuring the distance from the highest points inside the barrel. What is this measurement called?
A. Calibre
B. Mean Diameter
C. Gauge
D. Rifling
97. This refers to the helical grooves cut in the interior surface of the bore.
A. Swaging
B. Ogive
C. Rifling
D. Breaching
98. It is the process of the bullet entering the barrel and being squeezed to conform to the rifling.
A. Swaging
B. Ogive
C. Rifling
D. Bleaching
99. It is a pointed, curved surface mainly used to form the approximately streamlined nose of a bullet or other projectile, reducing air resistance or the drag of air.
A. Swaging
B. Ogive
C. Rifling
D. Bleaching
100. Which of these is caused by the flames or hot gases rather than the hot projectiles as is commonly believed and is known as charring?
A. Blackening
B. Tattooing
C. Scorching
D. Pink coloration
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Answer:
35. B
36. B
37. A
38. B
39. D
40. B45. D
46. C
47. A
48. B
49. B
50. C
51. D
52. B
53. A
54. D
55. B
56. A
57. D
58. B
59. C
60. C
61. C
62. D
63. D
64. B
65. D
66. A
67. C
68. B
69. D
70. A
71. C
72. C
73. A
74. B
75. B
76. B
77. A
78. B
79. A
80. B
81. C
82. B
83. B
84. C
85. D
86. C
87. D
88. C
89. C
90. A
91. B
92. A
93. C
94. A
95. A
96. A
97. C
98. A
99. B
100. C
