CDI - Quiz
  • 1. Systematic process of collecting facts to identify guilty parties:
A) Forensics
B) Criminal Intelligence
C) Criminal Investigation
D) Interrogation
E) Criminal Investigation
  • 2. Person legally tasked to gather evidence and establish truth:
A) Judge
B) Investigator
C) Witness
D) Investigator
E) Prosecutor
  • 3. Any means legally presented to prove or disprove a fact in court:
A) Evidence
B) Information
C) Evidence
D) Exhibit
E) Fact
  • 4. Something actual, real, and verifiable, not an opinion:
A) Truth
B) Assumption
C) Fact
D) Conclusion
E) Fact
  • 5. Reasonable ground for belief that a crime has been committed:
A) Probable Cause
B) Proof Beyond Doubt
C) Presumption
D) Suspicion
E) Probable Cause
  • 6. Defense that accused was somewhere else when crime happened:
A) Denial
B) Justification
C) Alibi
D) Self-Defense
E) Alibi
  • 7. Reason or cause that drives a person to commit a crime:
A) Motive
B) Opportunity
C) Motive
D) Plan
E) Intent
  • 8. Determination to do an act; purpose to achieve a specific result:
A) Intent
B) Design
C) Scheme
D) Motive
E) Intent
  • 9. Distinct method or pattern used by an offender:
A) Scheme
B) Strategy
C) Modus Operandi
D) Technique
E) Modus Operandi
  • 10. Exact place where crime was committed and surroundings:
A) Jurisdiction
B) Hideout
C) Venue
D) Crime Scene
E) Crime Scene
  • 11. Unbroken record of who handled evidence, when, and why:
A) Investigation Report
B) Case Folder
C) Chain of Custody
D) Evidence Log
E) Chain of Custody
  • 12. Written court order authorizing search of specific place:
A) Search Warrant
B) Warrant of Arrest
C) Search Warrant
D) Subpoena
E) Court Order
  • 13. Taking a person into custody to answer for an offense:
A) Detention
B) Interrogation
C) Restraint
D) Arrest
E) Arrest
  • 14. Written court order directing arrest of a named person:
A) Search Warrant
B) Information
C) Summons
D) Warrant of Arrest
E) Warrant of Arrest
  • 15. Preliminary inquiry to determine ground to hold accused for trial
A) Trial
B) Hearing
C) Inquest
D) Preliminary Investigation
E) Inquest
  • 16. Formal written accusation filed by prosecutor:
A) Affidavit
B) Information
C) Pleading
D) Complaint
E) Information
  • 17. Sworn written accusation charging a person with an offense:
A) Complaint
B) Petition
C) Motion
D) Complaint
E) Information
  • 18. Person believed to have committed crime but not yet charged:
A) Suspect
B) Defendant
C) Respondent
D) Accused
E) Suspect
  • 19. Person formally charged in court with a crime:
A) Witness
B) Suspect
C) Respondent
D) Accused
E) Accused
  • 20. Person who can testify to what they know or saw:
A) Victim
B) Witness
C) Witness
D) Investigator
E) Informant
  • 21. Person harmed, injured, or killed as result of an offense:
A) Witness
B) Accuser
C) Victim
D) Complainant
E) Victim
  • 22. Voluntary statement admitting full guilt:
A) Declaration
B) Confession
C) Confession
D) Admission
E) Testimony
  • 23. Statement acknowledging relevant fact but not full guilt:
A) Denial
B) Confession
C) Admission
D) Admission
E) Alibi
  • 24. Questioning a suspect to obtain confession:
A) Interrogation
B) Inquiry
C) Interrogation
D) Debriefing
E) Interview
  • 25. Questioning a witness or person with knowledge:
A) Interview
B) Cross-Examination
C) Examination
D) Interrogation
E) Interview
  • 26. Application of scientific methods to legal matters:
A) Toxicology
B) Ballistics
C) Forensics
D) Forensics
E) Autopsy
  • 27. Impressions of friction ridges on fingers for identification:
A) Fingerprints
B) Palm Prints
C) DNA
D) Fingerprints
E) Footprints
  • 28. Scientific study of projectiles, firearms, and ammunition:
A) Explosives
B) Weapons Tech
C) Ballistics
D) Trajectory
E) Ballistics
  • 29. Medical exam of dead body to determine cause of death:
A) Clinical Exam
B) Post-Mortem
C) Autopsy
D) Autopsy
E) Biopsy
  • 30. Examination made after death:
A) Antemortem
B) Forensic
C) Post-Mortem
D) Clinical
E) Post-Mortem
  • 31. Conditions or injuries existing before death:
A) Antemortem
B) Pathological
C) Perimortem
D) Antemortem
E) Post-Mortem
  • 32. Injury or disease that directly results in death:
A) Cause of Death
B) Mechanism of Death
C) Proximate Cause
D) Cause of Death
E) Manner of Death
  • 33. Classification: natural, accidental, suicidal, homicidal:
A) Manner of Death
B) Mode of Death
C) Circumstance of Death
D) Cause of Death
E) Manner of Death
  • 34. Killing of one person by another:
A) Homicide
B) Homicide
C) Parricide
D) Murder
E) Infanticide
  • 35. Unlawful killing with qualifying circumstances:
A) Parricide
B) Murder
C) Murder
D) Homicide
E) Fratricide
  • 36. Killing of one’s parent, child, spouse, or direct relative:
A) Parricide
B) Parricide
C) Infanticide
D) Homicide
E) Murder
  • 37. Killing of child less than three days old:
A) Abortion
B) Infanticide
C) Murder
D) Parricide
E) Infanticide
  • 38. Offender performs all acts but crime does not happen:
A) Attempted
B) Preparatory
C) Frustrated
D) Consummated
E) Frustrated
  • 39. Offender begins crime but does not finish due to external cause:
A) Attempted
B) Attempted
C) Conspiracy
D) Frustrated
E) Consummated
  • 40. All elements necessary for execution are present:
A) Consummated
B) Attempted
C) Frustrated
D) Planned
E) Consummated
  • 41. Act or omission punishable by law:
A) Felony
B) Violation
C) Offense
D) Misdemeanor
E) Felony
  • 42. Offense less serious than felony with lighter penalty
A) Misdemeanor
B) Misdemeanor
C) Infraction
D) Crime
E) Felony
  • 43. Person who directly commits, induces, or cooperates in crime:
A) Principal
B) Accessory
C) Conspirator
D) Principal
E) Accomplice
  • 44. Person who cooperates but not as principal:
A) Principal
B) Accessory
C) Accomplice
D) Instigator
E) Accomplice
  • 45. Person who assists after crime — concealment, profiting:
A) Accessory
B) Principal
C) Conspirator
D) Accomplice
E) Accessory
  • 46. Agreement between two or more to commit felony:
A) Plan
B) Proposal
C) Conspiracy
D) Design
E) Conspiracy
  • 47. Devised means to catch criminal while committing crime:
A) Instigation
B) Operation
C) Raid
D) Entrapment
E) Entrapment
  • 48. Officer induces innocent person to commit crime:
A) Instigation
B) Instigation
C) Entrapment
D) Deception
E) Set-up
  • 49. Responsibility for acts punishable by law:
A) Civil Liability
B) Criminal Liability
C) Moral Liability
D) Criminal Liability
E) Administrative Liability
  • 50. Obligation to pay for damages caused by crime:
A) Criminal Liability
B) Penal Liability
C) Liability
D) Liability
E) Civil Liability
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