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1. Rape, assault, and murder are not an example of legal terminology.

True

False

2. Which of the following lists below do not refers to standards?

Knows

exemplars

know

specimens

3. Of the following, one is not among the purpose of between-chart-proving.

to maintain a gentle psychological pressure

to elicit the cause or origin of a flat or unemotional chart

to avoid clarifying confusion or misunderstanding of any questions created on the mind of the subject

to convince skeptical subjects who may be testing the machine and the competency of the examiner

4. Mechanical adjustment must be represented in chart marking by....

no sign

arrow

5. The following are indications of Speed Writing, which is not?

Smooth, unbroken and rounded forms

Wavering forms and broken lines

Frequent signs or tendencies to the right

Wide writing & rising line

6. This chemical is useful in almost all laboratory tests for blood..

ammonium chloride

saline solution

chloride

sodium peroxide

7. The extraordinary visual memories of police officers - camera eyes and photography were not the answer to the criminal identification. This is because

Observation through personal appearance is subject to personal perception of the observer

Photographs may be ruined.

Officers may fail to refer to his memories or photographs on file.

Personal appearances change.

8. That if the graphs and examiner's opinion are offered as evidence, the opposing party shall have the right to the examiner in any of the aspects deem pertinent in the case on issue as to relevancy, materiality and accuracy of the presented evidence.

remain silent

cross-examine

objection

all of them

9. The ridge count of the loop in the right little (5) finger. If finger #5 is not a loop, use the left little (10) finger. What is this classification?

primary

key

major

final

10. This photography may be utilized for flash photography in almost no visible light. Night photography can be photograph using this special technique using blackout flash lamps.

Photomicrography

Infra-red photo

Photomacrography

Ultra-violet photo

11. The core is placed upon or within the innermost

pattern area

meeting ridges forming an angle

ridges that run parallel

sufficient recurve

12. The identical twins that put a doubt to Bertillon System of identification adopted in the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas in 1903. Their Bertillon measurements were close enough to identify them as the same person.

John and Johnson Howard

Will and William West

James and Jake Watson

Romeo and Romulo Vicar

13. A class of handwriting standards of person written in the course of his daily activity.

Requested Standards

Post Liten Motan Standards

Collected Standards

None of them

14. In determining the competency as to who are the most competent in identifying a particular photographs in court is always lying on the hands of the police photographer or the person who took the photographs.

True

False

15. The presence of sperm proves that the stain is made of semen. However, there are instances where some condition lead to non-detection semen. The condition where semen does not have sperm cells is known as _________

oligospermia

aspermia

impotent

all of them

16. Refers to other writings by an individual taken upon the request of the investigator for purposes of comparing them with his other handwritings.

collected exemplar

post litem motan exemplar

requested exemplar

none of them

17. The first test that a criminal investigator or criminalistics expert must performed at the crime scene where the blood is found and believe to be necessary in the solution of the crime being investigated.

confirmatory

blood grouping

chemical test

preliminary test

18. The delta may not be located in the middle of a ridge running between the type lines toward the core. The location of the delta in this case depends entirely upon the point of origin of the ridge running between the type lines toward the core. If the ridge enters the pattern area from a point ABOVE the divergence of the type lines, the DELTA is located on

end nearer the core

nearer end

center of the ridge

at the centermost point of the divergence of the type lines

19. There was no other substitute for a darkroom, except a darkroom.

True

False

20. A cylindrical bullet design having a sharp shouldered nose intended to cut target paper clearly to facilitate easy and accurate scoring.

incendiary bullets

gas check bullets

dum-dum bullets

wad cutter bullet

21. Sickness, emotional condition, drug addiction, muscular fatigue and forgery.

Qualities of stroke

Classes of standards

Characteristics of faulty coordination

Causes of faulty coordination

22. The essential explanation for fingerprints having supplanted other methods of establishing the identities of criminals reluctant to admit previous arrests.

Fingerprints offer an infallible means of identification

Fingerprints are unique

Fingerprints are permanent

Fingerprints cannot lie

23. Short wave and long wave lamp is a lamp used in this photography.

ultra-violet photography

photomicrography

infrared photography

photomacrography

24. The patterns to which numerical values are assigned in deriving the "primary" in the extension of the Henry System of fingerprint classification used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation are the whorl-type patterns, which occur in about 30 percent of all fingerprints. It is that type of pattern in which at least two deltas are present with a recurve in front in each.

twinned loop

loop

arch

whorl

25. Abdominal pattern is found in the tracing of...

cardiograph

galvanograph

keymograph

pneumograph

26. The island formed in front of the diverging sides of the banks where the stream empties at its mouth corresponds to the fingerprints, which is the first obstruction of any nature at the point of divergence of the type lines in front of or nearest the center of the divergence.

core

delta

shoulder of the recurve

spike

27. Braille system consists of arrangement of dots which represents letters, number and punctuation mark of the alphabet. Braille symbol is called braille cell that consists or represents…

4 dots

5 dots

6 dots

7 dots

28. This is a type of explosion which is caused by expansion of gas producing high pressure beyond the capacity of the container.

chemical

smokeless

mechanical

atomic

29. The limitation and possibility of error in the technique used in administering polygraph test may be used as issue in the cross-examination of the polygraph examiner.

True

False

30. He maintained that handwriting is unique self-expressive phenomenon, like walking style or facial expression.

Louis Braille

Ludwig Klages

Jules Crepieux-Jamin

Abbe Hypolite Michon

31. No two samples of writing prepared by anyone are identical in every detail because man or human is not a machine that can produce similar detail of writing in all aspects.

writing comparison

disguised writing

writing standards

writing variations

32. This is the liquid portion of the blood.

red blood cells

plasma

platelets

white blood cells

33. These are specimens or standards written under normal condition but cannot be used for comparison.

near illiterate writing

signature of the careless or erratic writer

disguised signature or writing

signature of physically impaired writer

34. A firearm requiring a separate pull of the trigger for each shot fired, and which uses the energy of discharge to perform a portion of the operating or firing cycle.

submachine gun type

semiautomatic type

automatic action type

machine gun type

35. The double rows of peg-like formations that covered the dermis.

sebaceous layer

generating layer

subcutaneous layer

papillae

36. An example of this fibers are glass wool and asbestos.

mineral fibers

synthetic fibers

animal fibers

vegetable fibers

37. These questions have direct bearing to the crime or case on issue under consideration to include some secondary element like guilty knowledge or partial involvement.

knowledge question

spot responder

relevant question

weak relevant question

38. A gun barrel with very wide lands will have

narrow grooves

half as many grooves

very wide grooves

very deep grooves

39. The term crime scene refers to the immediate site only of the crime.

True

False

40. The perpetrator who would naturally be in possession of such unpublicized knowledge will usually exhibit a rise in the tracing up to that particular question followed by a decline thereafter when this test is applied.

card test

peak of tension test

number test

general question test

41. These are questions, which do not relate to the matter under investigation, and deal with a known fact about which the subject cannot lie.

immaterial question

relevant question

weak question

irrelevant question

42. Polygraph examination results can be considered as pure results of scientific application & not opinionated.

True

False

43. A French word which means a small ball..

ballista

ballo

boulder

boulette

44. The admissibility of the result of the polygraph test is subject to the discretion of the....

defendants counsel

trial judge

prosecutor

supreme court

45. This is the study of handwriting and its evaluation of personality facets and character traits through slant, pressure, etc...

Braille

Forgery

Graphology

All of them

46. A German monk who was credited along with Roger Bacon, an English monk, with the invention of gunpowder.

Berthold Schwartz

Sir Sydney Smith

Eugene Stoner

Mauser

47. Ten minutes is enough or more than enough to develop a film completely without drying for black and white..

True

False

48. It is the system of studying the frozen graphic structures, which have generated in the brain and placed on paper in a printed or cursive style.

Handwriting comparison

Handwriting standards

Graphology.

Handwriting Analysis

49. A type of powder used in the ammunition of small firearms and known to be the first invented. It consists of a mixture of carbon, sulfur and potassium nitrate.

atomic gunpowder

trinitrotoluene

smokeless powder

blackpowder

50. As a rule, questions must be simple and direct in polygraph examination.

True

False

51. This is used when the nature of the crime or offense is complex and information gathered by the polygraph examiner are considered sufficient and enough..

card test

peak of tension test

number test

general question test

52. A design where the breech mechanism is cycled by an external lever generally below the receiver.

single shot firearms

slide action type

repeating arms

lever action type

53. "Bullet Wipe" around the margin of a bullet hole:

is a close-proximity discharge phenomena

is composed of soot, bullet metal, primer residue and on occasion - bullet lubricants

occurs only after the bore of the gun has been fouled by a previous shot

is only detectable by infrared photography and is not useful as evidence

54. It has been found out that some individuals secretions such as semen, saliva, urine and vaginal fluids corresponds to their blood groups and therefore may be used as specimen for the detection of blood type.

True

False

55. As a rule, the admissibility of the photographs is anchored on the fact that the person who took said photographs must be presented in court to identify his work. This version must be followed, and no one is exempted to this rule.

True

False

56. The outer layer of the skin.

epidermis

dermis

ridges

furrows

57. Polygraph examination result is opinionated because of the following instances, except...

no standard instrument used

the examiner is incompetent

no standard method of questioning

the examiner is competent

58. This are designed specifically to produce an emotional response attempting deception.

relevant question

knowledge question

irrelevant question

control question

59. Bullet and cartridge comparison can be viewed well through...

photomacrography

photomicrography

ultraviolet photography

infrared photo

60. This test is so easy and not so confusing that even an ordinary policeman nor detective on field could perform it at the crime scene.

preliminary test

chemical test

Laboratory test

confirmatory

61. The number of ridges intervening between the delta and the core.

converging ridges

intervening ridges

ridge trace

ridge count

62. A bullet made from paraffin usually used for short range indoor target shooting.

wax bullet

wad cutter bullet

dum-dum bullet

lead bullet

63. There are phenomenon that may occurs when light falls on an object. What is the resultant phenomenon when light hits an opaque object?

Absorption

Reflection

Refraction

Mirage

64. When collecting known samples from the victim or suspects, police investigators must gather a large quantity of hair. The minimum hairs or fabrics to be collected is..

5 strands

12 strands

15 strands

50 strands

65. The first, second and other series of questions for polygraph test must be different in order that the subject may be caught unaware of the test to be given.

True

False

66. A cartridge giving a muzzle velocity of less than 1850 ft/sec.

low power

high intensity

high power

medium power

67. This is one of the most important features in the examination of papers. It is a distinctive mark or design placed in a paper at the time of its manufacture that serve for its identification.

loading composition

watermarks

gelatin composition

casein

68. The forking or dividing of one line into two or more branches.

Divergence

Type Lines

Pattern Area

Bifurcation

69. A 12 gauge indicates that

the bore diameter is capable of releasing 12 pellets in a single shot

the bore diameter is equal to the lead ball weighing 1/12 of a pound

the bore diameter will fit 1/12 pound lead ball

the bore diameter can fit to a 12 inch pellets

70. A means of ignition of a propellant charge by a mechanical blow against the primer or percussion cap.

pin-fire cartridge

center-fire cartridge

rim-fire cartridge

percussion

71. The first known practical photograph.

Black & white photo

Daguerreotype Photo

Calotype Photography

Colored photo

72. The police photographer must always establish the____ of the things being photographed to the crime being investigated.

identity

quality

relation

evidence

73. Hair and fiber evidence gathered must not be intermingled because they are very susceptible to..

damage

breaking

burning

cross contamination

74. A Latin word which means marketplace.

balla

ballo

ballista

forensic

75. Base on the inheritance for the ABO system as standard basis for disputed parentage, if the blood of husband and wife are both "O" the possible offspring are __________.

Type A

Type B

Type AB

Type O

76. The first person to discover that a silver chloride solution placed in a camera obscura can capture an object when exposed to light. Object that has been captured was said to be the first recorded photographic image.

Daguerre

Talbot

Archer

Niepce photograph on a close-up

77. A light that has a wavelength of more than 700 millimicrons.

Ultra Violet Light

X-rays

Visible Light

Infrared Light

78. Listed below are the indications of disguised writing, which is not?

Abnormally large writing

Ornamental or flourishing connections

Alteration in slant.

Printed forms instead of cursive forms

79. Bruises, wounds, contusion, laceration & the like must be basis & individually in a..

ultraviolet film

colored film

infra-red film

panchromatic film

80. This is photographing or recording of objects on a scale larger than the normal or actual size of an object. This sometimes use in photographing the general location of the crime.

ultraviolet photo

photomacrography

infrared photo

All of them

81. Gruesome pictures simply means..

beautiful witness

colorful picture

pictures with accurate angles

horrifying pictures

82. A firearm with Caliber .30 is equivalent to

11 mm

9 mm

7.65 mm

7.63 mm

83. Graphology believes that handwriting are composed of three zones. Which of the following list below represents middle zones?

Sphere of the imagination, mind, spirit and intellect

Sphere of the everyday concerns and social interaction

Sphere of the unconscious, instinctive drives and memory

All of them

84. The only part of the finger impression with which we are concerned in regard to interpretation and classification. It is present in all patterns, of course, but in many arches and tented arches it is impossible to define. It is that part of a loop or whorl in which appear the cores, deltas, and ridges with which we are concerned in classifying.

Divergence

Type Lines

Pattern Area

Bifurcation

85. The polygraph technique and procedure have a very strong psychological effect upon a guilty suspect in inducing him to...

tell the truth

to mislead the authority

to lie

confess

86. A Greek work which means to throw.

boulette

ballo

ballista

forensic

87. These are questions that refer to fictitious crime in which the subject may believe that he is under equal suspicion.

spot responder

knowledge question

control questions

guilt complex question

88. The elevated areas of friction skin

epidermis

dermis

ridges

furrows

89. This part of the hair is the basis of the forensic examiner in determining whether a hair is of human or animal.

cortex

cuticle

medulla

roots

90. The genuineness of any disputed writing may be proven by any of the following, except...

acknowledgement of the alleged writer that he wrote it;

to find out whether the document is genuine or forgery

statement of the witness who saw the writing and is able to identify it

by opinion of the persons who are familiar with the writer or opinion of expert

91. 38 Caliber is equivalent to

11 mm

9 mm

7.65 mm

7.63 mm

92. The points at which the recurving ridge definitely turns inward or curves.

points of divergence

shoulders

pattern area

focal points

93. A finger electrode is a component of....

cardiograph

galvanograph

pneumograph

keymograph

94. The innermost layer of the epidermis where new cells are created.

sebaceous layer

generating layer

subcutaneous layer

papillae

95. A quality of strokes that refers to a movement whether it is extended or limited in its range with respect to both vertical and horizontal dimensions

pressure

expansion

coordination

speed

96. A mechanical mixture of charcoal, sulfur and salt peter.

smokeless powder

explosive

black powder

primer

97. The blood is compose of certain chemical substance called antigens located in the surface of this cells.

white blood cells

platelets

red blood cells

all of them

98. The most essential factors to be observed in blood grouping.

precipitin

color reaction

agglutination

all of them

99. The amount of standards writing, specifically signature that constitute adequate samples.

1-5 signature

5-10 signature

10-15 signature

10-20 signature

100. Each polygraph test must not last for more than minutes.

four

ten

fifteen

twenty

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