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(CDI 2) SPECIALIZED CRIME INVESTIGATION 1 WITH LEGAL MEDICINE
Contributed by: Ninge
  • 1. In a reported robbery case, as a rule, which of the following should be taken into account by investigators in the crime scene?
A) Stolen goods
B) Fingerprints
C) Modus operandi
D) Evidence of forced entry
  • 2. Which of the following is the MOST advanced way of sending reports?
A) Fax
B) E-Mail
C) Air
D) texting
  • 3. Can DNA be used to determine the time the suspect was at the crime scene?
A) Yes
B) It depends
C) No
D) Oftentimes
  • 4. During interview of a subject, is it advisable to hand-cuff him?
A) Seldom
B) It depends
C) No
D) Yes
  • 5. As the first officer to arrive at the crime scene, you have to identify and retain for interview the person who first notified the police because there you can get investigative
A) Leads
B) Information
C) Madus Operandi
D) Breakthrough
  • 6. When one says,
    "isolate the crime scene" or "preserve the
    wicke from wins
    scene", it simply means what?
A) Videotape the area
B) Sketch the area
C) Cordon the area
D) Do not touch or move anything
  • 7. In criminal investigation, when we say "corpus delicti" it
    pertains to the body of crime. In legal practice, corpus delicti means?
A) Body of the victim
B) None of these
C) Wrongful act done
D) Proof that crime was committed
  • 8. In making a written police report, in order to avoid misunderstanding or erroneous perception by the reader, the investigator should know the correct use of:
A) Charity
B) Simplicity
C) Techniques
D) Words
  • 9. Which of the following is the MOST important duty and obligation of police officers conducting investigation?
A) Suspect
B) Identify suspect
C) Preserve crime scene
D) Arrest
  • 10. If the suspected semen or blood is already dry, how do you collect it?
A) Transfer to a cotton cloth
B) Place in the test tube
C) Collect as is and pack it
D) Collect as is and pack it
  • 11. You can determine the registered owner of a motor vehicle from what agency goverment?
A) DOTC
B) LTFRB
C) LTO
D) MMDA
  • 12. In crimes against property, as police prober, your primary duty in the crime scene is to look for physical evidence that would link the suspect to the crime that includes bringing to the Police Station the recovered possible traces of evidences like?
A) Cigarette butts
B) Hamburger
C) Condom
D) Wine
  • 13. Instead of using the term, "dead body", you may use the word or words?
A) Corpse
B) Passed
C) Carcass
D) Dead
  • 14. In assessing the probative value of DNA evidence, caution has to be made on:
A) the possibility of contamination
B) all of these
C) procedure followed in analyzing the samples
D) the police prober who collected and handled the samples
  • 15. Immediately after reciting the constitutional rights of the accused/ confessant in the confession or statement itself, it is necessary to have it signed by whom?
A) All witnesses present
B) confessant/statement giver
C) Chief of the unit
D) Investigator and his superior
  • 16. Even minute objects gathered at the crime scene such as hairs, fibers, broken glass, etc. should be taken into account with those lound in the suspected vehicle for they are all:
A) vital prober's assets
B) object evidence
C) sketchable matters
D) first hand proof
  • 17. The suspect's failure to look at the interrogator "eye to eye" is an indication that the suspect is NOT:
A) Nervous
B) Evasive
C) Ready to confess
D) Telling the truth
  • 18. In the crime scene, who cordons and evaluate the safety and security issues therein?
A) First Unit Responder
B) Beat patrol
C) SOCO
D) The investigator
  • 19. rendering police reports, verbosity, redundancy, long-windedness and pomposity should be:
A) Encouraged
B) Avoided
C) Enhanced
D) Discouraged
  • 20. In tailing subject, 'never to pick up anything by the subject because it is one way of "testing for a tail" practice in order for you NOT to be prematurely:
A) Kick out
B) Targeted out
C) Burned out
D) Stake out
  • 21. A person ceases to grow taller after how many years?
A) 25
B) 23
C) 35
D) 30
  • 22. Examples of trace evidence are the following foot,shoe and:
A) tire impression
B) Palm
C) Knee
D) Tire blocks
  • 23. What is the reason why smoking, eating or drinking at the crime scene is strictly prohibited? In order to what;
A) avoid being infected with disease
B) prevent contamination
C) secure good results
D) ensure safety nets
  • 24. Which of the following is the best quality of a good
    interrogation?
A) friendly and ample experience
B) maturity without self-control
C) competency w/ pride
D) dependability w/ self-esteem
  • 25. If the suspected semen is wet on victim's clothing or mattress, collect it buy
A) sun drying it
B) moon drying it
C) Air drying it
D) None of these
  • 26. physical evidence like weapons, tools, fingerprints and foot impression that will link the perpetrator to the crime is what type of evidence?
A) Expert
B) associative
C) Real
D) Tracing
  • 27. while on duty as a desk officer, you received a report about a dead body found in your area of jurisdiction, what wil be your NEXT action? Call the:
A) general assignment section
B) Homicide section
C) theft and robbery section
D) murder section
  • 28. If there is consolidation of the criminal and civil actions; the said cases shall be tried and what?
A) the evidence can be used in both cases
B) considered judiciously
C) heard speedingly
D) decided jointly
  • 29. The articles and materials found in the crime scene or elsewhere that has solution of the crime are aptly called what kind of evidence?
A) physical
B) documentary
C) experimental
D) Testimonial
  • 30. Instead of using the word "incarcerate" or put in jail, you may use the term:
A) deprive
B) jail
C) Imprison
D) Arrest
  • 31. Instrumentation is valuable if the probers gathered sufficient;
A) modus operandi
B) physical evidence
C) leads
D) eyewitnesses
  • 32. The object evidence gathered by the police probers as well as of the doctors in violent deaths cases are necessary because the quantum of proof required for the conviction is?
A) preponderance of evidence
B) proof beyond questions
C) proof beyond reasonable doubt
D) substantial evidence
  • 33. Can blood stains on dark colored clothes be rendered visible with the use of infra-red photography
A) It depends
B) No
C) Yes
D) Never
  • 34. Like latent prints obtained in the crime scene, soils play a vital role in helping crime solution as it disproves:
A) accusations
B) concoction
C) allegations
D) Alibi
  • 35. In a shooting case where the vehicle's glass was fractured, if the fracture exhibits a regular pattern of radial or concentric fracture, it is possibly what?
A) A consequential affect
B) an accident's affect
C) an old fracture
D) fresh fracture
  • 36. The place where the crime occurred and the physical evidence may be found is called?
A) situs of criminal act
B) police venue
C) crime scene
D) Prober's place
  • 37. Instead of using the terms "proceed and utilize' you may substitute them of the words:
A) proceed and use
B) march and go
C) go and use
D) forward and hand
  • 38. If the accused is the father of the victim who has killed, but the child was born out of wedlock although they have been living together as husband and wite for more than titty
    (50) years, what woul be your charge in court?
A) Genocide
B) murder
C) patricide
D) parricide
  • 39. If the suspect is the steptather of the offended party, who, in setting the fire, saw to it that it would not spread and just to destroy a hut, the suspect is?
A) criminally liable
B) civilly liable
C) none of these
D) administratively liable
  • 40. The physical evidence which assists the probers in locating the suspect is called what evidence?
A) Tracing
B) Real
C) associative
D) expert
  • 41. In the movie-house, the surveillant shall note the various exits and shall sit:
A) parallel the object
B) behind the subject
C) beside the target
D) seats nearest exit
  • 42. The you are the officer who first arrived in the crime scene of a killing incident, what is your first action?
A) call the nearest police station
B) call an ambulance and photographer
C) cordon the area
D) determine if the suspects are still in the scene
  • 43. In DNA analysis, it takes two to tango which means even if we have several samples if there is no available data-base for comparison, there can be no:
A) questions
B) Dancing
C) valid findings
D) Source
  • 44. Normally, the beat patrol is the first person to know the existence of a crime and throne who protects the crime scene.
    What should be his first move if confronted with such a situation?
A) demonstrative
B) Best
C) associative
D) expert
  • 45. Which of the following is classified as a crime against persons under the Revised Penal Code?
A) Fraud
B) Theft
C) Murder
D) Arson
  • 46. What is the main distinction between murder and homicide under the Revised Penal Code?
A) The use of a weapon
B) The intent to kill
C) The victim's age
D) The presence of aggravating circumstances
  • 47. Which of the following defines infanticide?
A) The killing of a fetus
B) The killing of a newborn or child below 3 years of age
C) The killing of a person above the age of 15
D) The killing of a pregnant woman
  • 48. In the case of abortion, what must be proven to classify the crime as a legal abortion?
A) The fetus is viable
B) The abortion is necessary for the mother's health
C) The woman's consent
D) The doctor performed the abortion
  • 49. What is the primary factor that distinguishes physical injuries from more severe crimes like murder or homicide?
A) The victim's age
B) The type of injury
C) The intent of the perpetrator
D) The extent of the injury
  • 50. The primary objective of criminal investigation is to:
A) Protect the court
B) Discover the truth
C) Punish suspects
D) Please the complainant
  • 51. The Golden Rule of investigation states:
A) Question witnesses later
B) Always arrest first
C) Allow media immediately
D) Do not touch, move, or alter evidence unless necessary
  • 52. The backbone of criminal investigation is:
A) Information gathering
B) Patrol
C) Communication
D) Arrest
  • 53. A crime scene must first be:
A) Secured and preserved
B) Released to the public
C) Cleaned
D) Photographed
  • 54. The first responder's first duty is to:
A) Interview relatives
B) Ensure safety and give first aid
C) Touch all evidence
D) Call the media
  • 55. The principle “Every contact leaves a trace” refers to:
A) Locard’s Exchange Principle
B) Chain of command
C) Miranda doctrine
D) Statutory rule
  • 56. Physical evidence is considered the:
A) Least important
B) Last priority
C) Silent witness to a crime
D) Optional requirement
  • 57. Chain-of-custody ensures:
A) Police speed
B) Integrity of evidence
C) Witness comfort
D) Media satisfaction
  • 58. The investigatory step after receiving information:
A) Proceeding to the crime scene
B) Court hearing
C) Filing
D) Sketching
  • 59. Direct evidence refers to:
A) Opinions
B) Testimony proving a fact without inference
C) Hearsay
D) Assumptions
  • 60. Testimonial evidence includes:
A) Statements of witnesses
B) Phones
C) Weapons
D) Clothing
  • 61. Documented, photographed, and sketched evidence is considered:
A) Forgotten
B) Fictional
C) Insufficient
D) Properly recorded
  • 62. A police line-up is used to:
A) Punish the suspect
B) Entertain lawyers
C) Identify a suspect
D) Test police skills
  • 63. A crime scene sketch should include:
A) Emotional notes
B) Measurements and legend
C) Decorations
D) Drawing details only
  • 64. The 48-hour timeline rule applies to:
A) Media reports
B) Detention of child
C) School notices
D) Filing a complaint after arrest
  • 65. A spot report must be submitted
A) After one week
B) When ordered
C) Immediately after the incident
D) After investigation ends
  • 66. A follow-up investigation focuses on:
A) Closing the case early
B) Gossip
C) Developing additional leads
D) Punishing the suspect
  • 67. A case can be considered “solved” when:
A) TV reports it
B) Gossip confirms it
C) The offender is identified and charged
D) People are satisfied
  • 68. A modus operandi refers to:
A) Scene sketch
B) Criminal’s method of operation
C) Arrest warrant
D) Case folder
  • 69. Ocular inspection means:
A) Watching TV
B) Checking CCTV only
C) Walking through the crime scene
D) Court visit
  • 70. Legal medicine is the application of:
A) Business to police
B) Math to courts
C) Botany to crime
D) Medical knowledge to legal problems
  • 71. The medical doctor who examines a dead body is called:
A) Police witness
B) Medico-legal officer
C) Artist
D) Scientist
  • 72. The scientific study of death is:
A) Thanatology
B) Phlebotomy
C) Graphology
D) Toxicology
  • 73. The dead body becomes stiff due to:
A) Hunger
B) Sunlight
C) Sweating
D) Rigor mortis
  • 74. Rigor mortis usually starts:
A) 48 hours
B) 1 week
C) 2–4 hours after death
D) 1–2 minutes
  • 75. Postmortem lividity (livor mortis) indicates:
A) Religion
B) Settling of blood after death
C) Hunger
D) Sleep
  • 76. The cooling of the body after death is:
A) Circulation
B) Fever
C) Algor mortis
D) Respiration
  • 77. The most accurate sign of death:
A) No heartbeat for 3 seconds
B) Skin dryness
C) Cessation of brain activity
D) No reaction
  • 78. An autopsy is performed to:
A) Make record only
B) Beautify the body
C) Determine cause of death
D) Identify clothing
  • 79. A medico-legal autopsy is done:
A) At family request
B) When required by law
C) For school project
D) For fun
  • 80. The body farm is used to study:
A) Weather
B) Cooking
C) Decomposition of bodies
D) Romance
  • 81. The time between injury and death is called:
A) Death index
B) Pre-death schedule
C) Agonal period
D) Mid-life
  • 82. Poisoning cases fall under the study of:
A) Botany
B) Astrology
C) Toxicology
D) Geology
  • 83. The presence of petechial hemorrhage indicates:
A) Hunger
B) Dance
C) Happiness
D) Possible strangulation
  • 84. A laceration is caused by:
A) Blunt force trauma
B) Poison
C) Sharp blade
D) High-heat exposure
  • 85. An incised wound is caused by:
A) Hammer
B) Stone
C) Fist
D) Sharp-edged instrument
  • 86. Contusion means:
A) Cut
B) Infection
C) Tattoo
D) Bruise due to blunt force
  • 87. The medico-legal document describing injuries is:
A) Complaint
B) Medical Certificate
C) Inventory
D) Spot report
  • 88. Cause of death refers to:
A) Clothing
B) Medical reason leading to death
C) Religion
D) Occupation
  • 89. Manner of death may be:
A) Academic
B) Healthy
C) Satisfied
D) Suicide, homicide, accident, natural
  • 90. In sexual assault cases, the most crucial evidence is:
A) Furniture
B) Shoes
C) Biological/forensic samples
D) Weapon
  • 91. In robbery cases, investigators focus on:
A) Weather
B) Witness status
C) Entry, exit, and stolen items
D) Gossip
  • 92. Arson investigation requires:
A) Guesswork
B) Simple inspection
C) Specialized knowledge of fire behavior
D) Ordinary police training
  • 93. In drug cases, evidence must be:
A) Hidden
B) Kept in pocket
C) Immediately inventoried and photographed
D) Destroyed
  • 94. Human trafficking investigation prioritizes:
A) Media presence
B) Suspect comfort
C) Celebrity testimony
D) Victim rescue and protection
  • 95. In homicide cases, the most important document is:
A) Autopsy report
B) Greeting letter
C) Receipt
D) House bill
  • 96. Kidnapping cases focus on:
A) Food
B) Weather
C) Victim location and safe recovery
D) Entertainment
  • 97. A ballistician examines:
A) Blood
B) Soil
C) Firearms and ammunition
D) Poison
  • 98. Cybercrime investigation includes:
A) Terrain
B) Flowers
C) Digital evidence and logs
D) Chalkboards
  • 99. A complete investigation must end with:
A) Proper case filing and documentation
B) Parties forgiving
C) Media interview
D) Online posting
  • 100. The cooling of the body after death is:
A) Fever
B) Respiration
C) Algor mortis
D) Circulation
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