- 1. What is an art and science, which deals with the identity and location of the offender and provide evidence of his guilt in criminal proceedings?
A) Preliminary Investigation
B) Criminal Investigation
C) Undercover Investigation
D) Custodial Investigation
- 2. It refers to the application of instruments and methods of physical science in the detection of crime such as fingerprints, photography, polygraphy, ballistics etc.
A) Instrumentation
B) Interrogation
C) Inquiry
D) Interview
- 3. It is the body of the crime or the existence of a fact that the specific loss or injury was sustained as a result of the crime.
A) Rep Ipsa Loquitor
B) Mens Rea
C) In Flagrante Delicto
D) Corpus Delicti
- 4. It is a form of investigation in which the investigator assumes a different and unofficial identity for the purpose of obtaining necessary information regarding the identity and location of the subject.
A) Tactical
B) Strategic
C) Tailing
D) Roping
- 5. These are information coming from the underworld people such as criminals, prisoners or ex convicts.
A) Cultivated
B) Regular
C) Grapevine
D) Classified
- 6. Who was the only Filipino member of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation tasked to organize a Division of Investigation last 1936?
A) Raphael Crame
B) Epimaco Velasco
C) Agustin Patricio
D) Flaviano Guerero
- 7. It refers to the distinct, odd and unique way of criminal in committing a crime which helps the investigator in the solution of an offense.
A) Routine of Operation
B) Habit of Operation
C) Mode of Operation
D) Rule of Operation
- 8. It is the statement of facts by the accused in a criminal case which do not directly involved the acknowledgement of guilt in the commission of crimes for which he is charged.
A) Confession
B) Declaration
C) Admission
D) Justification
- 9. He is a person who disguises or observes secretly the persons, places and vehicles with the intention of gathering information about the identity or activity of the subject.
A) Investigator
B) Detective
C) Convoy
D) Surveillant
- 10. It refers to the physical evidence, which may identify the , criminal by means of personal properties, characteristics and clues?
A) Conclusive
B) Circumstantial
C) Prima Facie
D) Associative
- 11. It is the disguised or secret observation of persons, places and vehicles for the purpose of obtaining information regarding the identity or activity of the subject.
A) Shadowing
B) Special Investigation
C) Surveillance
D) Counter Intelligence
- 12. It is the psychological, forceful and vigorous questioning of a person who is usually hesitant or reluctant to divulge information.
A) Interview
B) Inquiry
C) Instrumentation
D) Interrogation
- 13. The following are the reasons for the discharged of the informant except...
A) Commission of crimes
B) Becoming security risk
C) Providing false information
D) Determining the source of illegal activities
- 14. It is the knowledge, which the investigator gathered and acquired from other person through observation, personal study, research, experience etc
A) Information
B) Intelligence
C) Fact
D) Lead
- 15. What is the simplest and most effective way of showing actual measurements and identifying significant items of evidence in their location at the crime scene?
A) Map
B) Sketch
C) Graph
D) Photograph
- 16. These are information coming from informers or informants.
A) Classified
B) Regular
C) Grapevine
D) Cultivated
- 17. The following are kinds of Surveillance except...
A) Surveillance of place
B) Undercover Investigation
C) Shadowing
D) Police Interrogation
- 18. Which of the following type of surveillance is done with so much precaution from losing the subject where constant surveillance is
A) Close
B) Loose
C) Covert
D) Overt
- 19. What is the investigation conducted by the investigator or group of investigators in the area where the crime is committed? Sketching, photographing, measuring, searching and collecting of evidence are some of the common things usually done by the investigator.
A) Crime Scene Investigation
B) Preliminary Investigation
C) Custodial Investigation
D) Undercover Investigation
- 20. They are those who possessed especial skills and knowledge that may be applied in the crime scene investigation depending on the needs like medico legal officer, chemist, ballisticians, dactylographer etc.
A) Criminologists
B) Agents
C) Special Investigators
D) Technicians
- 21. What type of search should be applied when the crime scene is divided into four (4) quadrants and each searcher is assigned to every quadrant?
A) Strip
B) Wheel
C) Spiral
D) Zone
- 22. It refers to a thing, which is found at the crime scene in connection with an investigation and which aid in establishing the identity of the perpetrator or the circumstances under which the crime was committed or which, in general, assist in the prosecution of criminals.
A) Tracing item
B) Physical evidence
C) Criminal stuff
D) Forensic article
- 23. This type of interrogation technique is applicable when there are two or more suspects. They are separated and one is informed that the other has talked.
A) Indifference
B) Bluff of Split Pair
C) Exaggerating Fear
D) Reverse Line Up
- 24. It refers to the good and harmonious relationship between the interviewer and interviewee, which serves as a door for overflowing information coming from the subject.
A) Friendship
B) Rapport
C) Affection
D) Mutual Understanding
- 25. What kind of sketch is made by the sketcher or investigator at the crime scene?
A) Complicated
B) Rough
C) Smooth
D) Finished
- 26. This refers to the explanation of the different symbols that can be found in the sketch.
A) Scale
B) Legend
C) Lexicon
D) Glossary
- 27. They are the hesitant type of witnesses who are found among the illiterate and of low level intelligence.
A) Know Nothing
B) Disinterested
C) Honest
D) False
- 28. This is a form of a friendly approach wherein one (1) investigator will act stiffly so that the subject will feel guilty and punished while the other investigator will be kindhearted who will later plea for the cooperation of the subject while the other investigator is away.
A) Mutt and Jeff
B) Lesser Evil
C) Indifference
D) Bluff of Split Pair
- 29. It is the act of mutilating, altering and contaminating physical evidence.
A) Precipitation
B) Saturation
C) Alteration
D) Distillation
- 30. This is a type of interrogation which is good for a cooperative subject who is willing to talk. The latter should be allowed to talk with little interruptions but the investigator should observe the reactions of the subject and the words used while telling the details of the story.
A) Narrative
B) Truth Serum
C) Hypnotism
D) Interrogative
- 31. It refers to criminals whose identification is furnished by eyewitnesses only.
A) Professional
B) Known
C) Anonymous
D) Organized
- 32. These are the type of exaggerated witnesses who make additional irrelevant details of the stories.
A) Deceitful
B) Indifferent
C) Timid
D) Talkative
- 33. It refers to the general questioning of a person conducted by the investigator.
A) Field Inquiry
B) Field Instrumentation
C) Field Interview
D) Field Interrogation
- 34. It is defined as the simple questioning of a person believed to possess knowledge that is necessary, relevant and material to the crime committed which is under investigation.
A) Inquiry
B) Instrumentation
C) Interview
D) Interrogation
- 35. What kind of evidence assists the investigator in locating the malefactor?
A) Tracing
B) Circumstantial
C) Associative
D) Real
- 36. Which of the following provides for the view of the crime scene and its environment, including roads, neighboring buildings and location of house?
A) Sketch of Surroundin
B) Sketch of Locality
C) Sketch of Detail
D) Sketch of Ground
- 37. It refers to the ability of the witness to positively identify and remember how the criminal looks like. Its distinct physical features particularly his face and body built are very significant.
A) Intellectual Quotient
B) Retention
C) Cerebral Capacity
D) Photographic Memory
- 38. It refers to the photographs of criminals available in the police station that are shown to a witness for possible identification.
A) Criminals' Report
B) Rogue's Gallery
C) Suspects' File
D) Prisoners' Record
- 39. Below are the major services of the NBI except...
A) Crime Laboratory
B) Special Investigation
C) Intelligence
D) Administrative
- 40. The question How in the Cardinal Points of investigation can answer...
A) Modus Operandi
B) Intent
C) Character
D) Setting
- 41. It is the direct acknowledgement by the accused in a criminal case of the truth of his guilt as to the crime charged or of some parts of the commission of the criminal act itself.
A) Justification
B) Declaration
C) Admission
D) Confession
- 42. It refers to the number of persons who handled the evidence from the time of its discovery up to the ultimate disposition of the case. This should be minimized as much as possible.
A) Chain of Evidence
B) Chain of Investigators
C) Chain of Custody
D) Chain of Command
- 43. This will depend on the description of the suspect given by the witness. The latter will describe the facial features of the former.
A) Rogue's Gallery
B) Photographic Files
C) Confession
D) Verbal Description
- 44. It is when the identification of the suspect is established indirectly by proving other facts from which alone or in connection with other facts, the identity of the suspect can be inferred.
A) Corroborative
B) Associative
C) Circumstantial
D) Object
- 45. Who are criminals whose identification is furnished by eyewitnesses only?
A) Most wanted
B) Professional
C) Known
D) Unknown
- 46. The searches proceed slowly at the same pace along the path parallel to one side of the rectangle. At the end of the rectangle, the searchers turn and proceed back along new lanes but parallel to the first movement.
A) Spiral
B) Zone
C) Wheel
D) Strip
- 47. This method is applied if the area to be searched is approximately oval or circular. The searchers gather at the center and proceed outward along radii or spokes. The principal drawback of this method is that the distances between searchers increase as they depart from the center.
A) Wheel
B) Strip
C) Zone
D) Spiral
- 48. The searchers follow each other in the path of a spiral, beginning in the outside and spiraling in towards the center of the crime scene.
A) Zone
B) Spiral
C) Strip
D) Wheel
- 49. What kind of sketch is made by the sketcher or investigator where the scale and proportion is observed because this is made for courtroom presentation?
A) Finished
B) Complicated
C) Smooth
D) Rough
- 50. It includes the crime scene together with its nearest physical surroundings like a house with garden.
A) Sketch of Locality
B) Sketch of Ground
C) Sketch of Detail
D) Sketch of Surrounding
- 51. It describes the immediate scene only where the crime was committed such as the room of the victim and the essentials details thereof.
A) Sketch of Surrounding
B) Sketch of Ground
C) Sketch of Detail
D) Sketch of Locality
- 52. It is the assessment made by the investigator after the crime scene investigation on how the crime is committed.
A) Reconstruction of the crime scene
B) Measurement of the crime scene
C) Imagination of the crime scene
D) Evaluation of the crime scene
- 53. What kind of crime scene reconstruction is based on the physical appearance of the crime scene mainly focused on the pieces of physical
A) Social
B) Legal
C) Physical
D) Mental
- 54. These are the cooperative and truthful type of witnesses where the investigator can rely upon, with little or no problem in handling them.
A) Timid
B) Talkative
C) Disinterested
D) Honest
- 55. This is the shy type of witness that should be approached in a friendly way. The investigator should explain to him that his information will be treated with highest confidentiality.
A) Disinterested
B) Talkative
C) Honest
D) Timid
- 56. This is the liar type of witness who provides false and misleading information.
A) Deceitful
B) Disinterested
C) Talkative
D) Boastful
- 57. One of the good qualities of an interviewer is his tone of voice, which should be...
A) Proud
B) Bashful
C) Confrontational
D) Conversational
- 58. These are egocentric persons. The investigator must be patient in dealing with them because they will be good witnesses due to their ability of expressing their accounts in the commission of crimes. Unfortunately, they are prone to put color on the stories with more emphasis on themselves.
A) Hyper
B) Talkative
C) Drunken
D) Boastful
- 59. This is the uncooperative and unconcerned type of subject that should be flattered first so that they will talk eventually.
A) Disinterested
B) Timid
C) Know Nothing
D) Suspicious
- 60. This is the place where the questioning of a recalcitrant and reluctant suspect is made. It is advisable that it should be free from any distraction.
A) Office
B) Sala
C) Interrogation Room
D) Chamber
- 61. It is the ability to go down to the level of the lower strata, minor, squatters or even the level of the elite, noble or professional.
A) Bravery and Gallantry
B) Tactfulness
C) Acting Ability
D) Alertness and Enthusiasm
- 62. Who is considered as the Father of Criminalistics and noted Criminologist who said that Criminal Investigation is 95% perspiration, 3% inspiration and 2% luck?
A) Dr. Albert Osborn
B) Dr. Cesare Lombroso
C) Dr. Hans Gross
D) Dr. Leonard Keeler
- 63. The quality of being determined and persistent in achieving the desired outcome despite challenges or obstacles encountered during an investigation.
A) Integrity
B) Courage
C) Endurance
D) Perseverance
- 64. The ability to think critically and wisely, allowing the investigator to distinguish truth from lies and identify facts from misleading details.
A) Communication Skills
B) Observation
C) Intelligence and Wisdom
D) Knowledge of Law
- 65. The investigator must remain incorruptible and maintain strong moral principles, resisting temptations such as money, vices, or other unethical offers.
A) Fair Play
B) Endurance
C) Honesty and Integrity
D) Perseverance
- 66. The capacity to withstand physical and mental strain, staying active and alert even through sleepless nights and exhausting days.
A) Acting Ability
B) Endurance
C) Courage
D) Perseverance
- 67. Understanding human behavior, environmental factors, and natural laws helps an investigator detect deceit and evaluate the actions of witnesses, informants, and suspects.
A) Communication Skills
B) Observation and Description
C) Knowledge of Law
D) Knowledge of Psychology and Natural Sciences
- 68. Possessing sharp observation skills and the ability to describe details accurately is vital in processing crime scenes and conducting interviews or interrogations.
A) Endurance
B) Perseverance
C) Courage
D) Observation and Description
- 69. The moral strength to tell the truth and do what is right, even if it may offend or hurt others.
A) Courage
B) Perseverance
C) Integrity
D) Wisdom
- 70. The skill to adapt and relate to people from different walks of life, whether common individuals, professionals, or members of high society.
A) Communication Skills
B) Acting Ability
C) Courage
D) Endurance
- 71. Mastery of both oral and written communication ensures the investigator can gather accurate information and present it clearly.
A) Acting Ability
B) Communication Skills
C) Knowledge of Psychology
D) Keen Observation
- 72. A solid understanding of criminal law, evidence, criminal procedure, and special penal laws is necessary for effective investigation and proper case handling.
A) Knowledge of Law
B) Perseverance
C) Knowledge of Psychology
D) Integrity
- 73. The investigator must uphold fairness and impartiality in all dealings, ensuring justice is served without bias.
A) Courage
B) Fair Play and Justice
C) Integrity
D) Perseverance
- 74. The capacity to understand hidden meanings or motives beyond what is directly said or shown.
A) Reading Between the Lines
B) Knowledge of Psychology
C) Communication Skills
D) Acting Ability
- 75. Being skilled in self-defense and weapon handling is essential since investigators often face dangerous situations alone.
A) Perseverance
B) Courage
C) Martial Arts and Firearms Proficiency
D) Endurance
- 76. A non-confrontational questioning of a cooperative person to gather relevant information for an investigation.
A) Interview
B) Interrogation
C) Dialogue
D) Investigation
- 77. A confrontational process aimed at obtaining an admission or confession from a suspect involved in a crime.
A) Interrogation
B) Interview
C) Debriefing
D) Investigation
- 78. A person who regularly provides information to the police, usually in exchange for a reward or payment.
A) Recruited Informant
B) Informant
C) Mercenary Informant
D) Informer
- 79. An individual who voluntarily gives law enforcement relevant information about criminal activities without expecting any reward.
A) Informer
B) Anonymous Informant
C) Informant
D) Incidental Informant
- 80. A person who supplies information while keeping their identity hidden, sometimes driven by motives like revenge.
A) False Informant
B) Frightened Informant
C) Anonymous Informant
D) Informer
- 81. Someone who provides information to the police to remove a competitor or rival group.
A) False Informant
B) Rival-Elimination Informant
C) Anonymous Informant
D) Mercenary Informant
- 82. A source who gives irrelevant, misleading, or worthless information.
A) Self-Aggrandizing Informant
B) Double-Crosser
C) Casual Informant
D) False Informant
- 83. A fearful gang member who reports to the police due to anxiety, especially when danger is imminent or authorities are closing in on their group.
A) Casual Informant
B) Legitimate Informant
C) False Informant
D) Frightened Informant
- 84. A person who enjoys being around criminals and boasts about sharing bits of information to impress the police.
A) Automatic Informant
B) Self-Aggrandizing Informant
C) False Informant
D) Casual Informant
- 85. A paid informant who sells information, often someone with ties to a criminal group.
A) Recruited Informant
B) Mercenary Informant
C) Legitimate Informant
D) Rival-Elimination Informant
- 86. An individual who pretends to cooperate but actually seeks to extract more information from the police than they reveal.
A) Double-Crosser Informant
B) Frightened Informant
C) Self-Aggrandizing Informant
D) Casual Informant
- 87. A female associate of criminals who uses charm or seduction to gather information.
A) Frightened Informant
B) Recruited Informa
C) Casual Informant
D) Woman Informant
- 88. Identify the kind of intelligence that focuses on immediate operational needs and supports ongoing investigations.
A) Investigation Report
B) Surveillance
C) Strategic Intelligence
D) Tactical Intelligence
- 89. Identify the phase of investigation that involves gathering more detailed information after the preliminary stage.
A) Surveillance
B) Locard’s Exchange Principle
C) Follow-up Investigation
D) Investigation Report
- 90. Identify the person who is the subject of a criminal investigation because of suspicion of involvement in a crime.
A) Criminal Intelligence
B) Object evidence
C) Physical Evidence
D) Suspect
- 91. The French criminologist who formulated the principle “Every contact leaves a trace.”
A) Cesare Lombroso
B) Edmond Locard
C) Alphonse Bertillon
D) Hans Gross
- 92. The process of evaluating the reliability of information and the credibility of its source before using it in intelligence work.
A) Analysis
B) Assessment
C) Verification
D) Validation
- 93. The continuous flow of intelligence—from collection, evaluation, analysis, dissemination, and feedback—is known as the ____.
A) Data Management Loop
B) Criminal Chain
C) Investigative Process
D) Intelligence Cycle
- 94. This type of operation involves disguising one’s identity to infiltrate criminal organizations and gather intelligence.
A) Stakeout
B) Surveillance
C) Undercover Operation
D) Covert Operation
- 95. The systematic observation and recording of patterns, trends, and relationships among criminal acts and offenders.
A) Criminal Intelligence Analysis
B) Crime Profiling
C) Strategic Assessment
D) Crime Mapping
- 96. The first officer arriving at the crime scene must first perform this action.
A) Photograph the scene
B) Collect all physical evidence
C) Secure and preserve the crime scene
D) Question the witnesses immediately
- 97. A fearful gang member who reports to the police due to anxiety, especially when danger is imminent or authorities are closing in on their group.
A) Casual Informant
B) Legitimate Informant
C) False Informant
D) Frightened Informant
- 98. A person who enjoys being around criminals and boasts about sharing bits of information to impress the police.
A) Casual Informant
B) Self-Aggrandizing Informant
C) False Informant
D) Automatic Informant
- 99. A paid informant who sells information, often someone with ties to a criminal group.
A) Rival-Elimination Informant
B) Mercenary Informant
C) Recruited Informant
D) Legitimate Informant
- 100. An individual who pretends to cooperate but actually seeks to extract more information from the police than they reveal.
A) Casual Informant
B) Double-Crosser Informant
C) Self-Aggrandizing Informant
D) Frightened Informant
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