Choose the letter of the correct answer (1 point each). It was first prepared and its explosive properties described. It was first used as an explosive by Alfred Nobel in 1864.

Choose the letter of the correct answer (1 point each). An explosive is defined as a chemical material that, under the influence of thermal or mechanical shock, decomposes rapidly with the evolution of large amounts of heat and gas.

Choose the letter of the correct answer (1 point each). Which of the following is not a High Explosive?

Choose the letter of the correct answer (1 point each). Are neither high nor low explosives but are any flammable materials used as fillers for the purpose of destroying a target by fire, such as red or white phosphorus, napalm, thermite, magnesium, and zirconium.

Choose the letter of the correct answer (1 point each). Are explosives that can be used to provide controlled propulsion for a projectile. Projectiles include bullets, mortar rounds, artillery rounds, rockets, and missiles.

Choose the letter of the correct answer (1 point each). Are complex mixtures of colorants, vehicles, and additives, which are adjusted in composition to produce the desired writing characteristics.

Choose the letter of the correct answer (1 point each). It is a writing instrument which dispenses a viscous ink from an internal reservoir through the rolling action of a metal ball at its point.

Choose the letter of the correct answer (1 point each). Uses ink in which pigment is suspended in a water-based gel.

Choose the letter of the correct answer (1 point each). Use ball point writing mechanisms with water-based liquid or gelled ink, as opposed to the oil-based viscous inks found in ballpoint pens. These less viscous inks, which tend to saturate more deeply and more widely into paper than other types of ink, give roller ball pens their distinctive writing qualities.

Choose the letter of the correct answer (1 point each). It is a pen which has its own ink-source, and usually a tip made of a porous, pressed fibers such as felt.

Choose the letter of the correct answer (1 point each). It is the collective term for a family of laboratory techniques for the separation of mixtures. It involves passing a mixture which contains the analyte through a stationary phase, which separates it from other molecules in the mixture and allows it to be isolated.

Choose the letter of the correct answer (1 point each). Investigations often present complex and difficult circumstances to study due to the fact that the perpetrator has thoroughly planned the act, is not present during the act, and the destruction is so extensive.

Choose the letter of the correct answer (1 point each). Is an appendage of the skin that grows out of an organ.

Choose the letter of the correct answer (1 point each). The length of the hair extends from its root or bulb embedded in the follicle, continues into a shaft, and terminates at a tip end.

Choose the letter of the correct answer (1 point each). It is the scale structure covering the exterior of the hair.

Choose the letter of the correct answer (1 point each). Is the main body of the hair shaft.

Choose the letter of the correct answer (1 point each). Is a cellular column running through the center of the hair.

Choose the letter of the correct answer (1 point each). Which one is not a scale pattern of cuticle.

Choose the letter of the correct answer (1 point each). What is the meaning of D.N.A.?

Choose the letter of the correct answer (1 point each). Smallest component of life capable of independent reproduction.

Choose the letter of the correct answer (1 point each). The biological structure by which hereditary information is physically transmitted from one generation to the next.

Choose the letter of the correct answer (1 point each). DNA is unique for all individuals except identical twins.

Choose the letter of the correct answer (1 point each). DNA is formed by combination of DNA from his or her parents with half coming from the mother and half from the father.

Choose the letter of the correct answer (1 point each). Your DNA does changes through your life.

Choose the letter of the correct answer (1 point each). DNA is a physical; biological; transfer and trace evidence.

The growth of bacteria on the DNA evidence is caused by:

Which of these do not contribute to the probative value of DNA?

Which of these do not tell the limitations of DNA Testing?

True or False: If items have been stored properly, DNA can last decades (30+ years).

True or False: In the laboratory: we can’t tell in advance whether or not an item will yield any DNA.

The pressure, exceeding the ambient pressure, manifested in the shock wave of an explosion.

A device designed to perform the electrical and/or mechanical alignment necessary to initiate an explosive train.

A device designed to perform the electrical and/or mechanical alignment necessary to initiate an explosive train.

A rapid chemical reaction occurring at a rate of less than 3,300 feet per second in which the output of heat is enough to enable the reaction to proceed and be accelerated without input of heat from another source. The effect of a true deflagration under confinement is an explosion.

CERCLA Means?

Discovered by Indian Physicist Chandrashekhara Raman in 1928.

Among these three explosives which is the most brissant, powerful and sensitive. Ammonium nitrate- +10% TNT - -28% PETN- 2%

This can be made by combining acetone and peroxide in the presence of acid.

The “P” in S.P.I.C.E.E means?

It is applied to study of solide and crystalline materials.

A forensic chemist can assist in the identification of unknown materials found at a ________ scene.

He is the founding father of forensic.

It is the application of chemistry and its subfield, forensic toxicology, in a legal setting.

The father of Modern Forensic Toxicology

The practice of forensic started in the Philippines with the passage of ____________.

Forensic came from a Latin word __________ meaning forum.

By virtue of __________ approved by the Civil Commission on July 1, 1901, the Bureau of the Government Laboratories was created for the purpose of performing biological and chemical examinations as well as for the production of vaccines and sera.

It was created under the dependency of the judicial branch of the government and the laboratory functioning under the direction of a physician and assisted by a pharmacist-chemist.

October 14, 1924, through the passage of __________ by the Philippine Legislature, the same Department of Legal Medicine became a branch of Department of Justice at the same time, an integral part of the University of the Philippines.

It is simply which senses perceive. Any fact to which a witness testified based on what he saw, heard, smell, touched or tasted, is direct evidence.

It is proof of allegation. It is a means, sanctioned by law, of ascertaining in judicial proceedings, the truth respecting a matter of a fact.

He/She is a fact finder, but he must know the laws concerning the nature of his activities. He should procure evidence in such a way that the findings admitted in court can remain impregnable to any attack by the opposing counsel.

It is a statement made by a witness on the authority of another and not from his own personal knowledge or observation. Hearsay evidence is inadmissible except with certain well-defined exceptions.

It means the duly recorded authorized movements and custody of seized drugs or controlled chemicals or plant sources of dangerous drugs or laboratory equipment of each stage, from the time of seizure/confiscation to receipt in the forensic laboratory to safekeeping to presentation in court for destruction.

Is the excessive, maladaptive, or addictive use of drugs for non-medical purposes despite social, psychological, and physical problems that may arise from such use.

Many drug addicts quit using drugs for brief spells, only to return to using drugs even though they have faced serious consequences as a result of drug use.

It contains gases (oxygen, carbon dioxide) and molecules such as proteins, fats and carbohydrates (sugars).

It is a natural or synthetic substance used to alter consciousness, affect the structure or function of the body, and may or may not be used in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease.

An urge to repeatedly use drugs for their euphoric effects even though undesirable effects may occur.

The body becomes physiologically adapted to the presence of a drug in the system; when the drug is not taken, withdrawal symptoms occur, including profuse sweating, agitation, diarrhea, insomnia.

Drugs created by chemists to be similar to controlled substances, but which are legal because the chemists alter their molecular structure so they are somewhat different than the illegal drugs they are modeled after.

A monoamine C8H11NO2 that is a decarboxylated form of dopa and that occurs especially as a neurotransmitter in the brain.

Many drugs may also be inhaled, rather than injected. The drug is snorted and quickly enters the bloodstream via the mucous membranes.

Depress the central nervous system and reduce pain.

A chemical messenger between nerve cells in the mammalian brain.

A disabling sleep disorder; patients report having excessive daytime sleepiness, brief spells of paralysis while sleeping or awake, and dream-like images when first going to sleep.

Maintenance of a Den, Dive or Resort.

Mood elevators that stimulate the central nervous system.

Importation of Dangerous Drugs and/or Controlled Precursors and Essential Chemicals.

Any facility used for the illegal manufacture of any dangerous drug and/or controlled precursor and essential chemical.

The penalty of imprisonment ranging from six months and one day to four years and a fine ranging from Ten thousand pesos ( $$P10{,}000.00$$ ) to Fifty thousand pesos ( $$P50{,}000.00$$ ) shall be imposed upon any person who, unless authorized by law, shall possess or have under his/her control any equipment, instrument, apparatus and other paraphernalia fit or intended for smoking, consuming, administering, injecting, ingesting, or introducing any dangerous drug into the body. Identify the Section referenced.

Choose the Wrong Statement on Section 8. Manufacture of Dangerous Drugs and/or Controlled Precursors and Essential Chemicals: (a) Any phase of the manufacturing process was conducted in the presence or with the help of minor/s; (b) Any phase or manufacturing process was established or undertaken within one hundred (500) meters of a residential, business, church or school premises; (c) Any clandestine laboratory was secured or protected with booby traps; (d) Any clandestine laboratory was concealed with legitimate business operations.

The maximum penalty provided for under this Section shall be imposed upon any person who uses a minor or a mentally incapacitated individual to deliver such equipment, instrument, apparatus and other paraphernalia for dangerous drugs. Identify the Section referenced.

Possession of Dangerous Drugs.

The sale, distribution, supply or transport of legitimately imported, in-transit, manufactured or procured controlled precursors and essential chemicals, in diluted, mixtures or in concentrated form, to any person or entity engaged in the manufacture of any dangerous drug, and shall include packaging, repackaging, labeling, relabeling or concealment of such transaction through fraud, destruction of documents, fraudulent use of permits, misdeclaration, use of front companies or mail fraud.

A place where any dangerous drug and/or controlled precursor and essential chemical is administered, delivered, stored for illegal purposes, distributed, sold or used in any form.

Trace evidence is physical evidence that is often difficult to detect by the naked eye, therefore some type of magnification or sensitive analytical technique is often required to detect or view.

When a crime involves the discharge of a firearm. The first thing that must be determined by investigator is.

When properly obtained and analyzed, gunshot residue can connect the criminal to the proverbial.

The face of a suspected shooter can also be sampled. This may prove especially useful when a glock or cal 38 has been used in a shooting.

Gunshot residue is best preserved on articles of clothing, even if a longer period of time has passed from the time of shooting.

Gunshot residue should be collected as soon as possible, but particles may remain at a crime scene indefinitely.

Particles found on gunshot residue are extremely durable because they are composed of heavy metals: lead, barium, and antimony.

What is the test used to estimate the distance of the fired gun to the victim.

Test to confirm the presence of lead, the Sodium.

It is used to recover residues for analysis using scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDAX).

The quantity and distribution of the three metals can be described as consistent or not consistent with gunshot residue and with firing a weapon.

The finding of gunshot residue can certainly implicate an individual that might be involved in a crime with a firearm.

This evidence may assign guilt but may be a tool to explaining a guilty action, the events of the crime, and/or placing an individual at the scene of the crime.

Glands that excretes largely water with both inorganic (ammonia, chlorides, metal ions, phosphates) and organic compounds (amino acids, lactic acids, urea, sugars). Most important for fingerprints.

Secrete pheromones and other organic materials.

Secrete fatty or greasy substances.

Fumes react with oils and fats to produce a temporary yellow brown reaction.

Fumes react with chloride to form silver chloride, a material which turns gray when exposed to light.

Fumes react with with amino acids to produce a purple color.

Used in glass, metal, plastic and hard non-porous surfaces.

Used in household item, plastic, glass, metal and skin.

Used in Wood, Styrofoam and cardstock.

Used in paper, cardboard and unpainted surfaces.

Best used in paper.

Bite marks are unique and can be used to identify suspects. These imprints were placed in gum and could be matched to crime scene evidence.

The blood vessel patterns in the eye may be unique to individuals. They are used today for various security purposes.

What is the meaning of AFIS?

What is the meaning of AFIS?

This is a type of radiation with shorter wavelength (100–400 nm) but higher in frequency than commonly recognized visible light.

An elementary particle, the quantum of the electromagnetic field and the basic unit of light and all other forms of electromagnetic radiation.

An optical phenomenon wherein a material emits light in response to some external stimulus.

Which of these are examples of fluorescent minerals?

Any substance that emits visible light (400–700 nm) when stimulated by radiation. A phosphor converts the energy in UV radiation from a black light into visible light.

Most physiological fluids show some fluorescence (semen, blood, urine and saliva) which are phosphor rich.

Materials don’t absorb ultraviolet light and re-emit the energy in the form of visible light of various characteristic wavelengths.

The wavelength is directly proportional to energy produced by the radiation: the shorter the wavelength, the higher the corresponding energy.

Referred to as shortwave (SW), far ultraviolet, or germicidal UV, between 180 and 280 nm, also previously known as high frequency (HF).

Commonly known as long wave UV (LW), near ultraviolet, black light, or Wood’s light, between 320 and 400 nm, also previously known as low frequency (LF).

Radiates at wavelength between 400 and 700 nanometers (nm) and refers to the only portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that can be seen by the human eye.

They are charged with the responsibility for detecting and identifying the presence of drugs and poisons in body fluids, tissues, and organs.

Alcohol appears in the blood within minutes after it has been taken by mouth and slowly increases in concentration while it is being absorbed from the stomach and the small intestine into the bloodstream.

When all the alcohol has been absorbed, a maximum alcohol level is reached in the blood; and the post-absorption period begins.

Which of the following do not determine the rate at which alcohol is absorbed?

Elimination of alcohol throughout the body is accomplished through _________ and excretion.

Oxidation takes place almost entirely in the _____, while alcohol is excreted unchanged in the breath, urine, and perspiration.

The extent to which an individual may be under the influence of alcohol is usually determined by either measuring the quantity of alcohol present in the blood system or by measuring the alcohol content in the urine.

Alcohol is absorbed from the _______ and small intestines into the bloodstream.

In the lungs, carbon dioxide and alcohol leave the blood and oxygen enters the blood in the air sacs known as _______.

The _______, walk and turn, and the one-leg stand are all considered reliable and effective psychophysical tests.

This offers the toxicologist the most widely used approach for determining alcohol levels in blood.

Blood must always be drawn under medically accepted conditions by a qualified individual.

The Gas Chromatography separates the sample into its components, while the ____ represents a unique “fingerprint” pattern that can be used for identification.

Method used to destroy UXO, by use of explosives, in the location the item is encountered.

An explosive is defined as a chemical material that, under the influence of thermal or mechanical shock, decomposes rapidly with the evolution of large amounts of heat and gas.

An explosive is defined as a chemical material that, under the influence of thermal or mechanical shock, decomposes rapidly with the evolution of large amounts of heat and gas.

Investigations often present complex and difficult circumstances to study due to the fact that the perpetrator has thoroughly planned the act, is not present during the act, and the destruction is so extensive.

Is a type of oxidation, which is the combination of oxygen with other substances to produce new substances.

To start a fire, the minimum temperature needed to ignite fuel spontaneously, known as the __________, must be reached.

is burning at the fuel-air interface, such as that of a cigarette.

Is the result of a natural heat producing process in poorly ventilated container or areas