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FINAL COACHING IN FORENSIC SCIENCE drawn from left delta to right delta it touches or
Prepared by: cross the circuiting ridge/s considered as the
most common type of whorl.
Nolie Z. Ingcad A. plain whorl
B. central pocket loop whorl
1. The basic principle involves in personal C. double loop whorl
Identification which states that the greater the D. accidental whorl
number of similarity or difference the greater the
probability for the identity or non-identity to be 10. It is a point along a ridge formation, which is found
conclusive. in front or near the center of the diverging
A. Law of individuality typelines.
B. Law of infallibility A. core
C. Law of multiplicity of evidence B. delta
D. Law of constancy C. island ridge
D. convergence
2. Which of the following personal Identification is
not easy to change? 11. A type of pattern in which the course is traced the
A. Hair line flow below the right delta and there are three
B. Dress intervening ridge.
C. Speech A. meeting whorl
D. personal paraphernalia B. inner whorl
C. outer whorl
3. A system of Identification best used in case of D. central pocket loop whorl
burned body.
A. Fingerprint 12. ***What is that ridge that divides into two
B. Skeletal Identification ridges and which resembles a fork structure
C. Odontology A. divergence
D. Photography B. Bifurcation
C. Convergence
4. The first conviction in the Philippine Case which D. enclosure
gives recognition to the science of fingerprint?
A. People Vs. Medina 13. Ridge forms in the person’s fingers and feet during
B. People Vs. Jennings its infants stage which usually starts:
C. Miranda Vs. Arizona A. 3rd to 4th months of the fetus life
D. West Case B. 5th to 6th months of the fetus life
C. 4th to 5th months of the fetus life
5. A person known for being the USA public enemy D. 5th to 6th months before birth
number one, who attempts to destroy his friction by
applying a corrosive acid? 14. ***What fingers are rolled towards the body in
A. Robert James Pitts taking a rolled impression?
B. Roscoe Pitts A. both little finger
C. John Dillinger B. all finger except thumb
D. John Augustus C. both thumb finger
D. both index finger
6. The scientific study of the prints of the soles of the
feet? 15. ***The classification in the classification
A. Poroscopy formula which is always represented by
B. Chiroscopy numerical value depending upon a whorl
C. Podoscopy pattern appearing in each finger?
D. Dactyloscopy A. primary division
B. key division
7. ***It appears as tiny black line with white dots C. final division
in an inked finger impression? D. Major division
A. sweat pores
B. ridges 16. In assigning a number value to whorl pattern, what
C. furrows finger should be given a value of 4 when a whorl
D. sweat duct pattern appears therein:
A. left little finger and right thumb
8. What pattern type has the ridges that enter on one B. right little finger and left thumb
side of the pattern and flow to the other side with a C. right thumb and left little finger
rise in the center? D. left thumb and right
A. loop
B. plain arch
C. tented arch 17. A Forensic Chemist is tasked to examine the
D. exceptional arch chemical nature and composition of the
9. ***What type of a pattern consisting of two or following, except…
more deltas, one or more ridge forming a A. Blood
complete circuitry and when an imaginary line is B. Fingerprint
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C. Explosive D. camera strap

D. Body fluids
27. What type of a camera is ideal to police
18. What is considered as the utmost used of photography?
photography in police work? A. view finder type
A. for identification B. single lens reflex
B. for record purpose C. twin lens reflex
C. for preservation D. press/view camera
D. for court presentation
28. What photo paper is ideal to be used in a normal
19. In Photographing the scene of the crime, what view exposed film?
should be used in order to show the best feature of A. # 1
the nature of the crime scene? B. # 3
A. medium view C. # 2
B. general view D. # 4
C. close-up view
D. extreme close-up view 29. What photo paper according to its chemical content
is best suited for police   photography?
20. What photographic rays have the longest A. Silver Chloride paper
wavelength? B. Silver Bromide paper
A. infrared C. Silver Chlorobromide
B. visible rays D. Iodide paper
C. ultraviolet
D. x-rays 30. A convex lens is capable of?
A. reducing the object
21. Laser light is also referred to as ______? B. enlarging the object
A. ultraviolet C. making the object appear hairy
B. coherent D. reducing the size of the picture
C. visible
D. Heat 31. A lens defect which enables the lens to focus both
horizontal and vertical lines in a plane at the same
22. Specifically, the camera is needed in photography time
to___. A. Coma
A. record the image B. Astigmatism
B. makes the image visible C. Distortion
C. Exclude all unwanted and unnecessary D. Chromatic aberration
lights
D. makes the image permanent 32. What lens has a variable focal length?
A. wide angle lens
23. The following are the essential parts of the camera B. normal focus lens
except one… C. telephoto lens
A. Light tight box D. zoom lens
B. Lens 33. The determining factor of the size of an image as
C. Tripod well as the area of coverage of a given camera lens
D. Shutter is the?
A. focal length
24. A part of the camera which controls the passage of B. hyper-focal distance
light reaching the sensitized material? It compared C. Diaphragm opening
to the eyelid of the human eye. D. Depth of field
A. lens
B. lens opening 34. What is the range of distance from the nearest
C. shutter object to the farthest object that is sharp when the
D. Focal plane shutter lens is set or focused at a particular distance?
A. focal length
25. A part of the camera which provides a means of B. hyper-focal distance
determining the extent of the area coverage of a C. depth of field
given lens? D. Focusing
A. lens 35. What shutter speed will freeze a moving object?
B. shutter A. B-shutter
C. view finder B. Slow shutter
D. pentaprism C. Fast shutter
D. moderate shutter
26. A camera accessory designed to fix the camera
focus and avoid its unusual movement during the 36. That part of the camera responsible for transmitting
process of photographing? It is a three-leg stand. the light to form the image.
A. cable release A. Light tight box
B. tripod B. shutter
C. stand C. Lens
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D. view finder B. Reaming

C. Rifling
37. The person accredited as successful inventor of D. Lapping
gun powder.
A. Horace smith 47. What type of a firearm is commonly used by
B. Alexander John Forsyth cavalry?
C. Berthhold Schwartz A. carbine
D. Col Calvin H. Goddard B. revolver
C. pistol
38. ***It is the science of mobility of the projectile. D. rifle
A. forensic ballistics
B. ballistics 48. What type of a hand firearm has a rotating cylinder
C. applied physics that serves as the magazine and which successively
D. applied science places cartridge into position for firing?
A. pistol
39. ***A branch of ballistics which treats of the B. revolver
motion of the projectile while it is in its flight? C. rifle
A. Interior D. Carbine
B. terminal
C. exterior 49. Generally applied to all homemade guns, just as the
D. forensic one used by juvenile delinquent in United States.
A. zip gun
40. It refers to the motion of the projectile once it B. grease gun
enters a rifled barrel of a gun. C. freakish gun
A. Direct motion D. detonation
B. Rotatory motion
C. Translational motion 50. It is known as the smallest pistol commercially
D. Twist available center fire cartridge and patented by Franz
Pfannl in 1914.
41. The actual pattern or curve path of the bullet in A. Kolibri
flight. B. Miniature Revolver C1ST
A. curve C. Handgun Caliber .50
B. trajectory D. UZI
C. gyroscopic action
D. drop of bullet 51. A part of a firearm which houses all the other parts.
A. Receiver
42. A device that fits over the muzzle of the barrel to B. Barrel
muffle the sound of a gunshot. Most work by C. Frame
baffling the escape of gases. D. Chamber
A. Buffer
B. Silencer 52. ***The mechanism of a firearm which
C. Magazine withdraws the empty shells from the chamber?
D. Hanger A. Ejector
B. Firing pin
43. It is the distance at which the gunner has the control C. Extractor
of shot. Where the bullet travel straight. D. Extractor pin
A. Maximum range
B. Accurate range 53. Type of primer consisting of two flash hole or vent.
C. Maximum effective range It was designed by Col. Hiram Berdan. (Military
D. Effective range ammunition)
A. Berdan primer
44. The size of the bullet grouping on the target? B. Boxer primer
A. Terminal penetration C. Battery cup primer
B. Terminal energy D. none
C. Terminal accuracy
D. Muzzle velocity 54. He gave the name to a whole classis of firearms and
manufacture the “Pocket Pistol”.
45. What type of a firearm propels a projectile with A. Henry Derringer
more than one inch diameter? B. Uziel Gal
A. small arms C. Johann Edward Schultze
B. machine gun D. Paul M. Vieille
C. artillery
D. Cannon 55. Is a complete unfired unit consisting of bullet,
primer, gun powder and shell:
46. The most important single processing a barrel A. ammunition
manufacture from the standpoint of the B. cartridge
identification expert. C. shotgun cartridge
A. Drilling D. missile
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56. A type of cartridge in which is the priming mixture 65. A document completely written and signed by
is not found at the cavity rim of the cartridge case? one person is known as____________.
A. Pin fire A. Holograpic document
B. Rimmed type B. Questioned document
C. Center fire C. Standard document
D. Rim fire D. None of the above

57. A form of smokeless powder made from sticks or 66. It serves as the focal points of all document
cords and it was introduced by Prof. Frederick examination and it is where the document examiner
Abel? relies as to the determination of the appropriate
A. balistite examination and the extent of the problem
B. Poudre Blanche involved.
C. cordite A. Questioned document
D. Lyddite B. Standard document
C. Private document
58. The pitch of rifling (rate of twist) in the barrel of a D. Commercial document
firearm is called as____?
A. land 67. An autopsy report is an example of what kind of
B. one complete revolution of bullet evidence?
C. groove A. documentary
D. range B. testimonial
C. experimental
59. What instrument is used in measuring the pitch of D. object/Real
rifling of a firearm and it was developed by John H. E. Electronic evidence
Fisher?
A. Bullet Recovery Box 68. A specimen of writing which was executed in the
B. Helixometer regular course of one’s activities.
C. Analytical Torsion Balance A. requested
D. Chronograph B. executed at one time
E. Bullet Comparison Microscope C. collected
D. day to day standard
60. ***Fired Cartridge case/shell is usually marked
at the ____? 69. When document examiner as well as police are
A. Outside near open mouth dealing with documents, the most common problem
B. Side or body of the shell they encountered are those concerning.
C. Inside near open mouth A. origin
D. Any of the above B. counterfeit
C. authorship
61. Fired bullet found at the scene of the crime is D. intercalation
usually marked at the ______.
A. Ogive 70. ***Refers to the study of one’s handwriting in
B. Nose attempting to determine one’s personality.
C. Base A. Agraphia
D. Any of the above B. Chromatography
E. none of the above C. graphology
D. handwriting identification
62. Individual marks found at the interior portion of the
bullet due to poor alignment of the cylinder with 71. A specimen of writing prepared with deliberate
bore of the firearm. intent of altering the usual writing habits in the
A. Skid marks hope of hiding his identity?
B. Shaving marks A. disguised writing
C. Stripping marks B. cursive
D. Slippage marks C. hand lettering
D. block capital
63. When the “draws” of the revolver is completed, the
index finger should? 72. Writing forms can either be a disconnected or
A. Touch the outside of the trigger guard joined letter writings. What specimen of writing is
B. Be straighten along the barrel characterized by disconnected style?
C. Inserting a handkerchief or string straw at A. Hand lettering
the trigger guard B. Manuscript form
D. Be inside the trigger guard C. cursive writing
D. cuneiform
64. What is the secret of good shooting form?
A. relaxed and natural position 73. If John Loud is known for ball-point pen, who is for
B. proper sighting of the target the fountain pen?
C. keeping the thumb along the hammer A. Lewis Watterman
D. firing slowly and carefully B. John Parker
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C. Laszlo Biro
D. Nicholas Jacques Conte 82. A document becomes a QD when _______,
alteration, this usually affects the original content
74. A modern pen nib which contains a reservoir of ink or meaning of the document.
in a specially designed back or chamber is A. Forged
described as. B. Signature
A. fountain pen C. Fraudulent
B. pencil D. Changes
C. fiber pen
D. ball point pen 83. The person who devises an instrument that can
record changes of blood pressure, pulse beat and
75. What is that which widens the ink strokes due to respiration simultaneously which he called the
the added pressure on a flexible pen point? “Bread board Lie Detector”.
A. pen pressure A. Angelo Mosso
B. pen lifting B. John E. Reid
C. Pen shading C. John A. Larson
D. Retouching D. William M. Marston
E. Skill 84. It is the act of deceiving usually accompanied by
uttering falsehood?
76. These are meant to those grace lines, superfluous A. lying
strokes and are useful only for ornamentation and B. Admission
are not essential to the legibility of the signatures C. deception
and usually occurs among writers who attempt to D. Interrogation
express some phase of their personalities.
A. diacritics 85. Which of the following are inadmissible in court to
B. embellishments or rubric use as evidence?
C. Pen Pressure A. Polygraph test
D. Rhythm B. Use of alcoholic beverages
C. Narco-Analysis Test
77. ***What was done, when one retouches or goes D. Use of Hypnotism
back over a defective portion of a writing E. All of these
stroke?
A. retracing 86. Which of the following is a major component of the
B. Pen pressure polygraph machine?
C. patching A. Blood pressure cuff
D. Pen shading B. Pen and inking system
C. kymograph
78. ***What is that interruption in a stroke, caused D. cardiosphygmograph
by sudden removal of the writing instrument
from the paper surface? 87. A part of the pneumograph component which was
A. Pen emphasis attached to the body of the subject with the usual
B. pen lift length of 10 inches.
C. Pen scope A. beaded chain
D. Pen position B. rubber convoluted tube
E. Pen hold C. finger electrode plate
D. blood pressure cuff
79. ***Strokes which goes back over another
writing strokes and which is slightly to occur 88. A section of the polygraph machine designed to run
due to lack of movement control. the paper at a regular speed of 6 inches per minutes.
A. retouching A. kymograph
B. Pen shading B. pen and inking system
C. retracing C. pnuemograph
D. Blunt D. galvanogaph

80. Forged signature made by free hand movement and 89. A short horizontal line in a cardio tracing located at
constant practice is called: the middle of the diastolic stem?
A. Traced forgery A. Dicrotic
B. Simple forgery B. Diastolic
C. Simulated forgery C. Diastotic
D. spurious signature D. Systolic

81. It is one of the most expensive instruments used for 90. The stage in the conduct of the polygraph test,
examination of documents that would show three which is designed to prepare or condition the
dimensional enlargements? subject for the actual test.
A. stereoscopic microscope A. Initial Interview
B. infrared gadget B. Pre-test Interview
C. ultraviolet light C. Instrumentation       
D. Electrostatic Detection Apparatus D. Post-test Interview/Interrogation
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91. It refers to any outside force coming from the 100. The chemical substance found in all cells whose
environment, which could excite a receptor or any compositions have been passed on from parents to
of his organs. their children?
A. Stimulus A. RNA
B. Response “Reaction to stimulus” B. DNA
C. Reaction “Action in mental attitude” C. Genotype
D. Emotion D. Phenotype

92. The type of question designed to established normal 101. It is a biological test for blood?
response from the subject? A. benzidine test PT
A. Relevant question B. blood grouping/typing
B. Peak of tension test C. takayama test CT
C. Irrelevant question D. precipitin test
D. Evidence connecting question
102. A gait similar to that of a duck is?
93. An irrelevant question added before and after a A. paretic
relevant question? B. waddling
A. Padding question C. spastic
B. Relevant Question D. cow’s
C. Control or Comparison Question
D. None of the above 103. It is a complete and persistent cessation of vital
reactions such as respiration, circulation and almost
94. A type of test designed to overly responsive all brain functions.
subject, consisting of questions that are purely A. death
fictitious incident of a similar nature to the one that B. somatic death
is under investigation? C. apparent death
A. General question test D. molecular death
B. Symptomatic questions
C. guilt complex test 104. Which of the following is a more conclusive sign of
D. silent answer test death–
A. cessation of respiration
95. It refers to the brief confrontation between the B. cessation of heart function and circulation
subject and the polygraph examiner done every C. cooling of the body
after taking each chart. D. heating of the body
A. initial interview
B. chart probing 105. It is a change of the color of the body after death
C. Pre-test interview when blood accumulates in the dependent portion
D. post-test interview or interrogation of the body.
A. Rigor mortis
96. It refers to the action taken by an individual to B. livor mortis
protect or to restore certain favorable states of C. algor mortis
equilibrium. D. none of the above
A. Ear
B. Homeostasis 106. Maggots are seen in dead bodies particularly in
C. Hypothalamus warm countries within how many days from death.
D. Autonomic nervous system A. l day
B. 2 days
97. A poisonous gas which smells like a rotten C. 3 days
egg? D. 4 days
A. H2S
B. CO2 107. Wound produced by a butcher’s knife.
C. CO A. punctured wound
D. H2O B. hack wound
C. lacerated wound
98. What is known as the reproduction of an D. incised wound
impression made on soft surface by utilizing casting
materials? 108. Average time for the stomach to empty its contents
A. dry fusion A. 2 to 3 hours
B. metallic aides B. 3 to 4 hours
C. moulage C. 4 to 5 hours
D. plaster of Paris D. 5 to 6 hours

99. Gun powder residue maybe determined by? 109. Period of time wherein the body would be
A. Takayama test completely skeletonized under normal conditions in
B. Diphenylamine-paraffin test tropical countries
C. Autopsy A. 1 month
D. Florence test B. 3 months
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C. 6 months
D. 12 months

110. As a general rule, if there is no heart action for a

period of ___ death is regarded as certain.
A. 5 minutes
B. 6 minutes
C. 7 minutes
D. 8 minutes

111. Stages in blood changes where blood goes to the

dependent portion of the body but not yet solidify.
A. livor mortis
B. hypostatic lividity
C. diffusion lividity
D. cadaveric spasm

112. Solution of the natural continuity of any tissue of

the living body is called
A. fracture
B. wound
C. dislocation
D. contusion

113. A form of ligature strangulation in which the force

applied to the neck is derived from the gravitational
drag of the weight of the body?
A. hanging
B. strangulation by ligature
C. smothering
D. none of these

114. It is a type of virginity in which a woman has

awareness and had sexual indulgence but the
hymen is considered in tact
A. Virgo Intacta
B. Demi Virgin
C. Moral Virginity
D. Physical Virginity
E. Manceres

115. A super cooled liquid which possesses high

viscosity and rigidly. Non-Crystalline inorganic
substance?
A. Glass
B. Silica
C. Radial crack
D. Concentric crack

“Today is hardship and struggle day, tomorrow is our

reigning day”

“We are all bless and not luck because God is everywhere
to guide and help us”

Nolie Z. Ingcad