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  • 1. What is the primary objective of criminal investigation?
A) To punish the suspect immediately
B) To protect the reputation of the police
C) To discover the truth and identify the offender
D) To obtain a confession at all costs
  • 2. What is the first phase of criminal investigation?
A) Arrest
B) Preliminary investigation
C) Trial
D) Sentencing
  • 3. What does corpus delicti mean?
A) Body of the crime
B) Body of the accused
C) Witness statement
D) Criminal record
  • 4. Who is primarily responsible for conducting a criminal investigation?
A) Judge
B) Defense counsel
C) Investigator
D) Prosecutor
  • 5. What is the purpose of surveillance?
A) To observe and gather information
B) To punish offenders
C) To issue a warrant
D) To conduct a trial
  • 6. What should investigators prioritize upon arriving at a crime scene?
A) Interviewing the media
B) Arresting every person present
C) Moving all evidence
D) Securing the crime scene and protecting life
  • 7. What is the purpose of crime scene photography?
A) To entertain the public
B) To replace witness testimony
C) To identify the judge
D) To preserve the original appearance of the scene
  • 8. What is physical evidence?
A) Tangible objects related to a crime
B) Written argument
C) Rumors about the suspect
D) Personal opinion
  • 9. What is the chain of custody?
A) Documentation of evidence handling and transfer
B) List of police officers
C) Court hearing schedule
D) Criminal history of the suspect
  • 10. Which is an example of trace evidence?
    A. Hair
A) Hair
B) Police report
C) Arrest warrant
D) Court decision
  • 11. What is criminalistics?
A) Application of science to criminal investigation
B) Study of political systems
C) Study of economics
D) Study of government administration
  • 12. What branch of forensic science examines fingerprints?
A) Forensic chemistry
B) Toxicology
C) Pathology
D) Dactyloscopy
  • 13. What is the study of firearms and ammunition called?
A) Serology
B) Anthropology
C) Ballistics
D) Odontology
  • 14. Which forensic discipline examines handwriting and questioned documents?
A) Dactyloscopy
B) Questioned Document Examination
C) Forensic Pathology
D) Forensic Toxicology
  • 15. What is forensic toxicology concerned with?
A) Handwriting styles
B) Footwear impressions
C) Drugs, poisons, and toxic substances
D) Fingerprint patterns
  • 16. Who is known as the father of fingerprint identification?
A) Cesare Lombroso
B) Francis Galton
C) Hans Gross
D) Alphonse Bertillon
  • 17. What are the three basic fingerprint patterns?
    A. Loop,
A) Plain, curved, and broken
B) Circle, square, and triangle
C) Ridge, valley, and line
D) Loop, whorl, and arch
  • 18. What is the term for the examination of footprints
A) Graphology
B) Poroscopy
C) Podoscopy
D) Dactyloscopy
  • 19. What is the primary purpose of personal identification?
A) To determine a person's identity
B) determine a person's political views
C) To determine a person's income
D) To establish a person's education
  • 20. What is DNA profiling used for?
A) Identifying individuals through genetic characteristics
B) Measuring height
C) Determining handwriting style
D) Measuring fingerprints
  • 21. What is testimonial evidence?
A) Witness statement given under oath
B) Fingerprint impression
C) Photograph
D) Physical object
  • 22. What is documentary evidence?
A) A weapon
B) Written or recorded material presented in court
C) A person's physical appearance
D) A fingerprint
  • 23. What is the study of the causes and manner of death called?
A) Forensic pathology
B) Ballistics
C) Dactyloscopy
D) Criminal sociology
  • 24. What does rigor mortis refer to?
A) Discoloration of the skin only
B) Cooling of the body
C) Stiffening of the body after death
D) Decomposition of bones
  • 25. What is livor mortis?
A) Body temperature increase
B) Bone fracture
C) Postmortem settling of blood in dependent parts of the body
D) Stiffening of muscles
  • 26. What is the primary purpose of an investigative interview?
A) To threaten a witness
B) To obtain relevant information
C) To force a confession
D) To punish a suspect
  • 27. What is interrogation?
A) Preparing a police uniform
B) Issuing a court decision
C) Formal questioning of a suspect about suspected involvement in an offense
D) Conducting a medical examination
  • 28. What is an admission?
A) A statement acknowledging a fact relevant to the case
B) A police appointment
C) search warrant
D) A court judgment
  • 29. What is a confession?
A) A police memorandum
B) Denial of an accusation
C) A witness identification
D) An acknowledgment of guilt of the offense charged
  • 30. Under the Philippine Constitution, a person under custodial investigation has the right to:
A) Be punished without trial
B) Remain silent and have competent and independent counsel
C) Be denied legal assistance
D) Be forced to confess
  • 31. What is criminal intelligence?
A) Information processed and analyzed for law enforcement purposes
B) A police uniform
C) A court sentence
D) A witness signature
  • 32. What is the first stage of the intelligence cycle?
A) Planning and direction
B) Dissemination
C) Storage
D) Evaluation
  • 33. What is an informant?
A) A defense lawyer
B) A court clerk
C) A person who provides information to authorities
D) A judge
  • 34. What is crime mapping?
A) Drawing a suspect's portrait
B) Recording criminal cases on geographical maps
C) Identifying fingerprints
D) Preparing a court decision
  • 35. What is the purpose of a police blotter?
A) To record reported incidents and police activities
B) To issue a prison sentence
C) To replace the court record
D) To identify fingerprints
  • 36. What crime involves taking another person's personal property through violence or intimidation?
A) Robbery
B) Trespassing
C) Estafa
D) Theft
  • 37. What crime involves taking personal property belonging to another without violence or intimidation and without the owner's consent?
A) Robbery
B) Perjury
C) Theft
D) Homicide
  • 38. What is estafa commonly known as?
A) Swindling or fraud
B) Murder
C) Illegal detention
D) Physical injury
  • 39. What Philippine law is known as the Anti-Carnapping Act of 2016?
A) R.A. 10883
B) R.A. 9745
C) R.A. 7438
D) R.A. 9165
  • 40. What law penalizes trafficking in persons in the Philippines?
A) R.A. 10913
B) R.A. 3019
C) R.A. 9208, as amended
D) R.A. 8491
  • 41. What is an arrest warrant?
A) A search report
B) An order issued by a judge authorizing the arrest of a person
C) A police identification card
D) A witness statement
  • 42. What is a search warrant?
A) A police blotter
B) An arrest record
C) A court testimony
D) An order issued by a judge authorizing the search of specified places and seizure of specified personal property
  • 43. What is a spot report?
A) A final court decision
B) An initial report about an incident
C) A medical certificate
D) A prison record
  • 44. What is the purpose of a progress report?
A) To sentence the suspect
B) To issue an arrest warrant
C) To provide updates on the investigation
D) To close the court permanently
  • 45. What is a final investigation report?
A) A report containing the findings and results of an investigation
B) A witness rumor
C) A personal diary
D) An arrest warrant
  • 46. What is R.A. 7438?
A) Anti-Carnapping Act
B) Rights of Persons Arrested, Detained or Under Custodial Investigation
C) Dangerous Drugs Act
D) Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act
  • 47. What is R.A. 9745?
A) Anti-Hazing Act
B) Anti-Wiretapping Act
C) Anti-Carnapping Act
D) Anti-Torture Act of 2009
  • 48. What is the exclusionary rule?
A) All evidence is automatically accepted
B) All witnesses are excluded
C) All suspects are automatically guilty
D) Evidence obtained in violation of constitutional rights may be inadmissible
  • 49. What does the presumption of innocence mean?
A) Every accused person is guilty
B) A witness decides the sentence
C) An accused person is presumed innocent until proven guilty
D) A suspect cannot have a lawyer
  • 50. What is the main purpose of forensic evidence in court?
A) To provide scientific information relevant to the case
B) To entertain the judge
C) To guarantee conviction
D) To replace all witnesses
  • 51. What is homicide?
A) Damage to property
B) Taking property
C) Killing of a person without the qualifying circumstances of murder
D) Illegal entry
  • 52. What is parricide?
A) Illegal detention
B) Killing of a stranger only
C) Killing of certain close relatives as defined by law
D) Theft of property
  • 53. What is infanticide under Philippine law?
A) Physical injury
B) Illegal adoption
C) Killing of a child less than three days old
D) Killing of an adult
  • 54. What is robbery?
A) Receiving a gift
B) Taking personal property with intent to gain through violence, intimidation, or force upon things
C) Losing personal belongings
D) Borrowing property
  • 55. What is theft?
A) Returning borrowed property
B) Receiving a lawful gift
C) Taking property through violence
D) Taking personal property of another with intent to gain and without consent, without violence or intimidation or force upon things
  • 56. What is estafa?
A) Accidental injury
B) Deceit or abuse of confidence resulting in damage or prejudice
C) Simple trespassing
D) Illegal parking
  • 57. What is carnapping?
A) Borrowing a bicycle
B) Damaging a public road
C) Illegal possession of documents
D) Taking a motor vehicle belonging to another without consent and with intent to gain
  • 58. What law is known as the Anti-Carnapping Act of 2016?
A) RA 7438
B) RA 10883
C) RA 9165
D) RA 9745
  • 59. What is fencing?
    A. Dealing in property deriv
A) Building a fence
B) Selling new products
C) Borrowing equipment
D) Dealing in property derived from robbery or theft, as defined by law
  • 60. What law penalizes fencing?
A) RA 10175
B) RA 8491
C) RA 11917
D) PD 1612
  • 61. What law is known as the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012?
A) RA 10175
B) RA 7438
C) RA 9165
D) RA 11053
  • 62. What is cybercrime?
A) Ordinary conversation
B) Lawful internet browsing
C) Traditional farming
D) Criminal activity involving computers or information and communications technology
  • 63. What is identity theft?
A) Borrowing a book
B) Changing clothes
C) Unauthorized use of another person's identifying information
D) Using a public computer lawfully
  • 64. What is phishing?
A) Data backup
B) Legal online shopping
C) Computer repair
D) Fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive information through deceptive communication
  • 65. What is the principal law governing dangerous drugs in the Philippines?
A) RA 7438
B) RA 10175
C) RA 8491
D) RA 9165
  • 66. What agency is primarily responsible for enforcing the comprehensive dangerous drugs law?
A) PDEA
B) BJMP
C) BFP
D) PCG
  • 67. What is human trafficking?
A) Ordinary transportation
B) Lawful travel
C) Exploitation of persons through acts and means prohibited by law
D) Legal employment
  • 68. What law is known as the Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2022?
A) RA 9165
B) RA 11862
C) RA 9745
D) RA 10883
  • 69. What law is known as the Anti-Hazing Act of 2018?
A) RA 10175
B) RA 7438
C) RA 11053
D) RA 8491
  • 70. What law is known as the Safe Spaces Act?
A) RA 9745
B) RA 9165
C) RA 11313
D) RA 10883
  • 71. What is legal medicine?
A) Study of economics
B) Application of medical knowledge to legal matters
C) Study of business law
D) Study of geography
  • 72. What is forensic pathology concerned with?
A) Financial investigation
B) Traffic enforcement
C) Medical investigation of death and disease in legal contexts
D) Document preparation
  • 73. What is rigor mortis?
    A. Stiffening of muscles afte
A) Decomposition of documents
B) Stiffening of muscles after death
C) Cooling of the body
D) Change in fingerprint patterns
  • 74. What is livor mortis?
A) Settling of blood in dependent parts of the body after death
B) Body cooling
C) Stiffening of muscles
D) Hair growth
  • 75. What is algor mortis?
A) Decomposition of bones
B) Blood clotting
C) Stiffening of muscles
D) Cooling of the body after death
  • 76. What is autopsy?
A) Police interrogation
B) Medical examination of a dead body to determine cause and manner of death
C) Examination of fingerprints
D) Interview of a witness
  • 77. What is cause of death?
A) Injury or disease responsible for death
B) Time of arrest
C) Location of the incident
D) Name of the investigator
  • 78. What is manner of death?
A) Classification of death, such as natural, accident, suicide, homicide, or undetermined
B) Exact time of death
C) Identity of the doctor
D) Body temperature
  • 79. What is an abrasion?
A) Deep cut
B) Bone fracture
C) Superficial injury caused by friction
D) Internal bleeding only
  • 80. What is a contusion?
A) Burn injury
B) Superficial scratch
C) Puncture wound
D) Bruise caused by blunt force
  • 81. What is the main purpose of traffic accident investigation?
A) Determine the circumstances and contributing factors of an accident
B) Close roads permanently
C) Collect traffic fines only
D) Immediately blame a driver
  • 82. What does R.A. 4136 cover?
A) Land Transportation and Traffic Code
B) Anti-Torture Act
C) Dangerous Drugs Act
D) Cybercrime Prevention Act
  • 83. What is the purpose of a skid mark examination?
A) Help assess vehicle movement and braking during an accident
B) Determine blood type
C) Identify fingerprints
D) Identify handwriting
  • 84. What law is known as the Anti-Drunk and Drugged Driving Act of 2013?
A) RA 10913
B) RA 9165
C) RA 10586
D) RA 4136
  • 85. What law is known as the Anti-Distracted Driving Act?
A) RA 10913
B) RA 10175
C) RA 10586
D) RA 7438
  • 86. What is the fire triangle composed of?
A) Water, air, and soil
B) Smoke, water, and light
C) Heat, fuel, and oxygen
D) Fuel, water, and carbon dioxide
  • 87. What is the fire tetrahedron composed of?
A) Oxygen, water, and carbon dioxide
B) Heat, water, soil, and air
C) Fuel, smoke, water, and light
D) Heat, fuel, oxygen, and chemical chain reaction
  • 88. What is arson?
A) Theft of documents
B) Accidental dropping of an object
C) Willful or malicious burning punishable under applicable law
D) Illegal parking
  • 89. What is the purpose of fire investigation?
A) Determine the origin and cause of a fire
B) Destroy evidence
C) Increase the size of the fire
D) Replace fire prevention measures
  • 90. What law governs destructive arson and other forms of arson in the Philippines?
A) PD 1613
B) RA 9165
C) RA 7438
D) RA 10175
  • 91. What is a search warrant?
A) Court testimony
B) Police identification card
C) Arrest record
D) Written order issued by a judge authorizing a search under legal requirements
  • 92. What is an arrest warrant?
A) Police blotter
B) Medical certificate
C) Written order issued by a judge directing the arrest of a person
D) Search report
  • 93. What is probable cause?
A) Facts and circumstances sufficient to create a reasonable belief that an offense was committed and the person or place is connected to it
B) Anonymous opinion alone
C) Personal suspicion without supporting facts
D) Public rumor
  • 94. What is an inquest proceeding?
A) Summary inquiry conducted by a prosecutor involving a person arrested without a warrant
B) Sentencing procedure
C) Final trial
D) Civil mediation
  • 95. What is preliminary investigation?
A) Inquiry to determine whether sufficient grounds exist to proceed with prosecution B. Final judgment
B) Police promotion process
C) Final judgment
D) Prison inspection
  • 96. Who determines the guilt or innocence of an accused during trial?
A) Barangay secretary
B) Police investigator
C) Judge
D) Arresting officer
  • 97. What is direct examination?
A) Questioning by the media
B) Initial questioning of a witness by the party who called the witness
C) Questioning by the opposing party
D) Police interrogation only
  • 98. What is cross-examination?
A) Police report writing
B) Private conversation
C) Questioning of a witness by the opposing party
D) Initial questioning by the calling party
  • 99. What is perjury?
A) Giving an honest mistake
B) Deliberately making a false statement under oath on a material matter
C) Refusing an interview
D) Forgetting a document
  • 100. What is the ultimate purpose of presenting evidence in court?
A) Guarantee conviction
B) Establish facts relevant to the case
C) Protect the investigator from questions
D) Entertain the audience
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