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