Forensic Science 🌱
  • 1. What emulsion speed indicator is express in arithmetic form?
A) GNP
B) ISO
C) DIN
D) ASA
  • 2. A subject must have atleast how many hours of sleep to be considered fit for polygraph examination?
A) Twelve hours
B) Two hours
C) 20-30 minutes
D) Five hours
  • 3. 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 the bullet was fired
B) person who fired the particular gun
C) direction from which the shot was fired
D) owner of the gun
  • 4. That part of the cardiosphygmograph component which is responsible for supplying air in the system is called:
A) blood pressure cuff assembly
B) sphygmomanometer
C) centering control
D) pump bulb assembly
  • 5. In tropical countries, hairs and nails are loosened from its attachment from a dead body in how many days?
A) 14 days
B) 7 days
C) one month
D) 3 days
  • 6. What will be the classification of the loop with a ridge count of 10 found in the left index finger?
A) I-inner
B) M-meeting
C) O-outer
D) S-small
  • 7. The unstable rotating motion of the bullet is called:
A) trajectory
B) Velocity
C) yaw
D) gyroscopy
  • 8. Exposed part of the body usually appears________than those covered with clothing.
A) paler
B) lighter
C) darker
D) the same
  • 9. A dark blue or purple discoloration of the body after death.
A) glycogenolysis
B) livor mortis
C) algor mortis
D) rigor mortis
  • 10. When there are two bullet holes in a window, the fracture caused by the first bullet will have:
A) complete concentric cracks
B) lesser production of radial cracks
C) complete radial cracks
D) mixed up production of radial cracks
  • 11. The recommended container of control and packaging blood evidence is:
A) plastic envelope
B) plastic bag
C) paper bag
D) banana leaves
  • 12. What kind of stroke goes back over another writing stroke?
A) retouching
B) shading
C) patching
D) retracing
  • 13. In order for pattern to be considered as loop it should have at least______ridge count.
A) Four
B) Eight
C) Ten
D) One
  • 14. It refers to the placement of the right and left specimen in side by side position.
A) drag marks
B) pseudomatch
C) positively matched
D) juxtaposition
  • 15. What wound will be produced when the instrument used is a sharped edged instrument?
A) Punctured wound
B) Stabbed wound
C) Lacerated wound
D) Incase wound
  • 16. Which of the following increase both the circumstances under which the writing was prepared and the factors which influence the writer's ability to write at the time of the execution?
A) writing system
B) writing condition
C) writing variations
D) writing Instruments
  • 17. The term use to refer to any document that is completely written and signed by one person is
A) holograph
B) imitated
C) spurious
D) traced
  • 18. Who among the following is popular in the DNA analysis?
A) Alec Jeffreys
B) Leonarde Keeler
C) John Larson
D) William Marston
  • 19. What will be the possible blood group of the child is the mother is type AB and the father is type 0?
A) type AB and type O
B) type A only
C) type B only
D) type A and type B
  • 20. A test conducted in polygraph examination wherein the subject is instructed not to produce verbal response.
A) Silent Answer Test
B) Peak of Tension Test
C) General Question Test
D) Guilt Complex Test
  • 21. The metal tube through which the projectiles travel.
A) cylinder
B) trigger
C) grip
D) barrel
  • 22. A reliable test which is used to identify and compare ballpoint pen ink.
A) paper chromatography
B) spot test
C) dissolution test
D) diphenylamine test
  • 23. A whitish foarn at the mouth and nostrils due to mucus secretion of the respiratory tract after death.
A) cutis anserina
B) cutis galena
C) champignon d' ocume
D) cadaveric spasm
  • 24. It is the measurement of the bore diameter from land to land...
A) gyroscopy
B) pitch of rifflings
C) rifling
D) caliber
  • 25. What do you call the separating or spreading apart of two ridges that were previously running side by side?
A) convergence
B) bifurcation
C) divergence
D) recurve
  • 26. It is the component of the hair which is referred to as the race determinant.
A) cortex
B) medullary index
C) cuticle
D) medulla
  • 27. When one digit of the fingerprint is missing classification of said missing digit will be:
A) Pattern of the corresponding digit of the other hand
B) Pattern of the next digit immediately at its side
C) Amputated finger
D) Meeting whorl
  • 28. The part of the fingerprint which lies within the area surrounded by the typelines.
A) delta
B) core
C) divergence
D) pattern area
  • 29. Among the following, who devised an instrument that can record changes of blood pressure, pulse rate and respiration simultaneously:
A) Cesar Lombroso
B) Sir James Mackenzie
C) Leonarde Keeler
D) John Larson
  • 30. In determining the sex by analyzing the skeleton, which bone is not used?
A) tibia
B) pelvis
C) humerus
D) sternum
  • 31. Who among the following devoted his findings to the discovery of blood transfusion among human being?
A) William Harvey
B) Landsteiner
C) Ponfick
D) Gregor Mendel
  • 32. What is called the properties of evidence that can only be associated with a group and never be a single source?
A) unique characteristics
B) class characteristics
C) individual characteristics
D) personal characteristics
  • 33. Is that part of the camera which controls the passage of light reaching the sensitized materials?
    It was compared to the eyelid of the human eye.
A) film plane
B) lens
C) Shutter
D) lens opening
  • 34. Among the following kinds of ink, which is the oldest?
A) nigrosine ink
B) logwood ink
C) chinese ink
D) gallotanic ink
  • 35. Which one is called the postmortem changes that cause a body to lose heat?
A) algor mortis
B) cadaveric spasm
C) livor mortis
D) rigor mortis
  • 36. Wound produced to man's instinctive reaction of self-preservation to repel attacks or an aggressor.
A) accidental wound
B) self inflicted wound
C) hesitation wound
D) defense wound
  • 37. The term ballistics was derived from the Greek words "ballo" or "ballein" which means:
A) to push forward
B) to throw
C) to reject
D) to fly
  • 38. In the major classification of fingerprint, what is the numerical value of S (small) of the loop pattern appearing on the left thumb
A) 18-22
B) 12-16
C) 1-11
D) 1-17
  • 39. Reduction of oxygen in the blood.
A) glycogenolysis
B) asphyxia
C) hypercapnea
D) hypoxia
  • 40. To determine whether a loop type pattern is radial or ulnar, it is important to know which______the fingerprint was taken.
A) unit
B) hand
C) person
D) finger
  • 41. What do you call the type of instrument used in measuring the pitch of rifling of firearms?
A) onoscope
B) Ochronograph
C) helixometer
D) caliper
  • 42. It refers to a short duration artificial light commonly attached to a camera.
A) flourescent lamp
B) flash light
C) flash bulb
D) incandescent lamp
  • 43. The question in the peak of tension test is answerable by:
A) silence
B) no only
C) yes only
D) yes and no
  • 44. In blocking the fingerprints, all whorl will be written W unless it is located in the;
A) index fingers
B) ring fingers
C) thumb
D) middle fingers
  • 45. What is an electromagnetic energy which travels with the speed of 186,000 miles per second?
A) thunder
B) lightning
C) light
D) radiation
  • 46. That part of the pneumograph component of the polygraph which serves to lock the rubber convulated tube is called:
A) sphygmomanometer
B) centering control
C) beaded chain
D) amplifier unit
  • 47. If fired bullets are submitted to the ballistic examiner, he can determine:
A) whether the bullets were fired from the suspected firearm
B) whether they were fired from the same firearm
C) whether the firearm was serviceable
D) the caliber and the type of firearm from which it was fired
  • 48. What is the red fluid in the body that contains white and red blood cells, platelets, proteins and other elements?
A) leukocytes
B) blood
C) plasma
D) menstruation
  • 49. To have a sharp image, flash exposure is encourage and it can be computed. What if the guide number is 220 In a distance of 10 feet, what will be the exact aperture?
A) f-16
B) f-22
C) f-5.6
D) f-8
  • 50. The smoothening of the inner surface of the barrel.
A) lapping
B) scrapping
C) swagging
D) broaching
  • 51. A person who is devoid of oxygen for around 3 to 5 minutes would die, the cause of death would be:
A) euthanasia
B) asphyxia
C) coma
D) syncope
  • 52. A term used by some document examiners and attorneys to characterize known material.
A) fax
B) photocopy
C) exemplar
D) xerox
  • 53. Father of Criminalistics.
A) Dr. Johannes Purkinje
B) Dr. William Marston
C) Cesare Lombroso
D) Dr. Hans Gross
  • 54. Is a lighting condition wherein the subject in open space casts a deep and uniform or distinct shadow.
A) hazy
B) bright
C) cloudy
D) dull
  • 55. the police investigator should take note of the following pertinent facts about the firearm. If you are the investigator, you will not include the_______in your notes.
A) type of firearm
B) caliber of the firearm
C) weight of the firearm
D) serial number of the firearm
  • 56. What do you call the stillness of the rotating motion of the bullet and attain its highest momentum for stability in flight and penetrating power?
A) ricochet
B) terminal ballistic
C) yaw
D) gyroscopic stability
  • 57. Who proved that fingerprints do not change all throughout the person's life? He printed his own palm twice with the lapse of 41 years and seen no difference
A) Francis Galton
B) Koliman
C) Herman Welcker
D) Thomas Bewick
  • 58. In polygraph examination, the term "examination" means a detection of
A) intelligence
B) deception
C) forgery
D) emotion
  • 59. When one digit of the fingerprint is missing, classification of said missing digit will be:
A) amputated finger
B) pattern of the next digit immediately at its side
C) plain whorl meeting
D) pattern of the corresponding digit of the other hand
  • 60. A verbal, accurate, and picturesque description of the person identified.
A) fingerprint
B) anthropometry
C) portrait parle
D) Identification card
  • 61. Is the simplest type of camera, which consists of box with very small hole on one of its sides.
A) fixed focus camera
B) pinhole camera
C) Nikon camera
D) SLR camera
  • 62. A device attached to the barrel of the firearm to reduce the noise of discharge.
A) grip
B) trigger guard
C) muffler
D) silencer
  • 63. Polygraph test consisting of series of relevant and Irrelevant questions that are answerable by yes and no is called.
A) Silent Answer Test
B) Peak of Tension Test
C) General Question Test
D) Guilt Complex Test
  • 64. Which of the following type of test is designed for overly responsive subject, consisting of questions that are purely fictitious incident of a similar nature to the one that is under investigation?
A) General Question Test
B) Silent Answer Test
C) Guilt Complex Test
D) Peak of Tension Test
  • 65. It is also known as "goose flesh", refers to a condition of the skin usually in extremities manifested by pale and contracted skin.
A) cutis galena
B) adipocere
C) champignon 'd ocume
D) cutis anserina
  • 66. The primary purpose of pretest interview in polygraph examination:
A) to explain the procedure of the polygraph test
B) to prepare the subject to the test
C) to obtain confession or admission
D) to determine guilt of the subject
  • 67. What will be the primary division if all fingers are all missing or cut?
A) 0/0
B) 31/31
C) 32/32
D) 1/1
  • 68. whereby controversies are settled by means of duel, the victor will be spared from the consequences and the loser will be pronounced guilty.
A) Trial by Combat
B) Ordeal by the Heat and Fire
C) Wager of Battle
D) Ordeal by Balance
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