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