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WorksheetsDIAGNOSTIC EXAMINATION IN FORENSIC SCIENCE
Total questions: 98
Worksheet time: 2hrs 38mins
In the distribution of percentages, what type of pattern makes up about 35%?
Arches
Ridge
Whorls
Plain arch
The spiral rotation of whorl starts at __________.
Clockwise
Counterclockwise
Either left or right
The friction skin may be damaged permanently. When was the layer damaged?
Dermis
Epidermis
Poroscopy
Podoscopy When there is an “Interlocking Loop” or “S” type, what will the fingerprint pattern be?
Plain Whorl
Double Loop Whorl
Central Pocket loop whorl
Accidental Whorl
What is the type of pattern in which the looping or slanting ridges flow towards the little finger or pinky finger?
Loop
Radial Loop (R)
Ulnar Loop (U)
Tented Arch (T)
The core and delta are also termed as ____?
Inner terminus
Focal point
Outer terminus
Whenever the number of interesting (intervening) lines had been three, then this would have been _____
Inner tracing
Meet tracing
Multi tracing
The very first thing to do in fingerprint classification is
To clean the ink slab.
To be sure that the rolled impressions are in the proper place.
Check if the hands of the subject are dry.
To be sure that the subject is not hungry
An instrument used for spreading the fingerprint ink on the slab.
Fingerprint brush
Fingerprint roller
Fingerprint lifting tapes
fingerprint card
What method of developing latent prints in paper is best to be used, being easy to apply and less destructive to the paper, tissue, and cloths.
Iodine fuming
silver nitrate method
ninhydrin method
dusting method
When visible, the powder should be lifted from the surface with clear tape and transferred to another surface, which refers to _____
Dusting
Buffing
Lifting
Fuming
The process of placing the letter symbols under each pattern as a result of the interpretation of all ten fingers?
Classification formula
Blocking out
Reference classification
Fingerprint identification
Is the classification formula derived from both little fingers, and is it placed at the extreme right of the classification formula?
Key classification
Final classification
Major classification
What is a point in whorl and loop prints that lies within a three-prolonged shaped structure?
Delta
Ridge
Core
Furrow
What is the system in assigning numbers and letter non-specific general pattern, shape, limited ridge flow and some limited ridge counts between common and landmarks?
Natural classification output
Fingerprint boarder lines
Classification pointers
Fingerprint classification formula
In case of double thumb of the same size what should be the course of action in classifying them?
Take both pattern and classify.
Classify only the outer thumb.
Classify only the inner thumb.
Print them together at the back and classify.
A forensic procedure performed by trained personnel of the PNP Crime Laboratory through scientific methods of investigation for the purpose of preserving the crime scene, gathering information, documentation, collection, and examination of all physical evidence.
Scene of the Crime Operation (SOCO)
Forensic Science
Criminalistics
Forensic Group
What kind of filter should a photographer use to improve the contrast of a latent fingerprint impression dusted with BLACK POWDER on a green background?
Yellow Filter
Green Filter
Red Filter
Blue Filter
At least three photos must be taken of every piece of evidence, which is NOT included in the following?
Medium View
Wide-Angle View
Close-Up (short range)
Over-all scene (long rang or general view)
21. Which of the following is NOT included in the basic types of crime scene photographs?
Panoramic photographs
Overall photographs
Mid-range photographs
Close-up photographs
What is meant by total take (PAGKUHA SA KABUUHAN)?
Photograph the crime scene from all angles.
Photograph of the crime scene
Photograph only important evidence.
Photograph the body of the crime.
The following are the essential parts of the camera, except.
Light-tight box
Lens
Tripod
Shutter
Which of the following parts of the camera is used to focus the light? Transmitting the light to form the image.
Lens
Shutter
Base
Filter
A part of the camera that controls the passage of light reaching the sensitized material.
Pentaprism
Lens Opening
Shutter
Focal Plane Shutter
It is the timing of the camera shutter and the flash so that when the shutter is fully opened, that’s the time that the flash will yield its highest peaks of illumination…
Synchronization
Exposure
Parallax
Picture Element
A lens defect that enables the lens to focus both horizontal and vertical lines in a plane at the same time.
Coma or Lateral Aberration
Astigmatism
Distortion
Chromatic aberration
A system of camera lens elements for which the focal length can be varied (DIFFERENT), as opposed to a fixed-focal-length lens and ideal for sports, and wildlife.
Wide Angle Lens
Normal Focus Lens
Telephoto Lens
Zoom Lens
Pat. CHAPS was assigned to take pictures at a crime scene. He was instructed to take as many photographs as he could. His first shots were inside the room of the house where the murder was committed. To obtain photographs of the house's facade, what lens should he use?
Wide-angle
Telephoto
Orthochromatic
The light condition where an object in an open space casts a deep and uniform shadow?
Bright Sunlight
Bull Sunlight
Hazy Sunlight
What is the process of eliminating unwanted portions of a negative during the enlarging process?
Dodging
Vignetting
Burning-In
Cropping
What part of the camera (SLR) records the image?
Film (sensor records)
Lens
Shutter
Light lightbox
In taking photographs of tool marks for court presentation, what is the best film to use to provide more contrast and details?
Color
Color reversal
Color positive
Black and white
Which of the following is the science that deals with the launching, flight behavior, and impact/effect of projectiles?
Internal ballistics
Ballistics
Terminal ballistics
External ballistics
A metal rod or plate that strikes the cartridge primer to detonate the powder.
Spring
Trigger guard
Firing pin and Hammer
Revolver
A metal rod or plate that strikes the cartridge primer to detonate the powder.
Spring
Trigger guard
Firing pin and Hammer
Revolver
The rearward (backward) reaction of the firearm with the forward movement of the bullet upon firing due to the expansion and explosion, and needed for the fully automatic mechanism of the firearm by Hiram Maxim?
Misfire
Recoil of the Gun
Hang Fire
Ricochet
What occurs when there is a complete failure to fire?
Misfire
Trajectory
Ricochet
Hang-fire
The actual pattern, the curve path of the bullet in flight, is used to determine the direction or location of firing.
Drift
Trajectory
Straight Path
Drop of Bullet
The rate of speed of the bullet per unit of time, expressed in feet per second, may be measured using a chronograph.
Muzzle Velocity
Velocity
Terminal Velocity
Trajectory
A device that fits over the muzzle of the barrel to muffle the sound of a gunshot. Most work involves baffling the escape of gases.
Snooper scope
Silencer
A Forensic Chemist is tasked to examine the chemical nature and composition of the following, except...
Blood
Fingerprint
Explosive
Body fluids
The Blueprint of Human Life refers to _______.
Deoxyribonucleic acid
RNA
Mitochondria
Hemoglobin
A poisonous gas that smells like a rotten egg?
H₂S
CO₂
CO
H₂O
When a rape case is being investigated, investigators know that something LEFT BEHIND AT THE CRIME Scene, presence of semen is possible, what test can be applied to determine the ...
Acid-Phosphatase
Phenolphthalein
Paraffin
Density Gradient
What is known as the reproduction of an impression made on a soft surface by utilizing casting materials?
dry fusion
metallic aides
moulage
plaster of Paris
When the positive result in the screening test of the blood is blue, what test was applied?
Wagenhaar’s
Guaiacum
Takayama
Hemin Crystal
A person who is qualified to conduct a toxicological examination.
Physician
Medico-Legal
Forensic Examiner
Forensic Pathologist
To determine the racial origin of the suspect hair strands left at the crime scene, microscopic and physical examinations, why is it that the forensic expert is optimistic that the suspect is a black man or a negro?
Tightly coiled medulla and contains heavy pigment
Straight and wavy
Cross section is oval, contains fine pigment
Lightly pigmented, and the medulla is round
Which is NOT subjected to Macro-Etching?
Make/Type and Plate number
Color and Chassis number
Engine number
Driver condition
A burned body of the suspect during the fire in a densely populated area in Tondo, Manila; what is the application of dental knowledge imposed by police agencies in the criminal justice system?
Forensic dentistry
Medical odontology
Forensic odontology
Legal dentistry
What study applies chemistry to criminal investigation, focusing on analyzing substances connected to crime investigation?
Biochemistry
Organic Chemistry
Forensic Science
Forensic Chemistry
What kind of forgery is used to assemble the model, wherein copying or animation of a genuine signature or writing is used?
Simulated
Natural
Traced
Simple
It is one of the most expensive instruments for examining documents showing three-dimensional enlargements.
stereoscopic microscope
infrared gadget
ultraviolet light
Electrostatic Detection Apparatus
A document becomes a QD when ______, alteration is made, which usually affects the original content or meaning of the document.
Forged
Signature
Fraudulent
Changes
CHAPS, a well-known author, successfully published books that readers enjoyed because of the trademark of his penmanship. If his books are examined, what is the correct term for his trademark of penmanship?
Personal characteristics
Writing maturity
Writing skills
Individual characteristics
Which of the following is NOT the use of the INK POLYGRAPH?
Diagnosing a heart problem
Diagnose heart activity
Detecting deception
None
What is the normal emotional response induced by a specific threat or danger that is, most of the time, beyond one's defensive power?
Panic
Response
Confidence
Fear
A section of the polygraph machine is designed to run the paper at a regular speed of 6 inches per minute.
kymograph
pen and inking system
pneumograph
galvanograph
An attachment of the cardiopsychymograph is placed above the brachial artery.
arm cuff
pen
tube
sensor
What should the examiner do when the subject is highly nervous (not allowed to be in the polygraph)?
reschedule the examination.
Prolong the period of the pre-test interview (20 to 30 minutes ideally) until 45 minutes
Call a doctor or request an ambulance.
Do not continue with the pre-test and ask the subject for his available date to reschedule.
In a polygraph test, Questions are usually answerable by
Yes (+)
No (-)
neither yes nor no
Both A and B
What should be the mark placed on a chart paper at the start of the test?
X/60/1.5 A
X/50/2.5 A
XX/60/1.5 A
XXX/60/2.5 A
The stage in the polygraph test's conduct is designed to prepare or condition the subject for the actual test.
A. Pre-test Interview
B. Post-test Interview
C. Actual test
Which should NOT be taken into consideration during the pre-test.
Taking a historical record of the subject
Evaluating the psychological preparation of the subject
Appraisal of the subject's constitutional rights
Obtain subject consent to undergo a polygraph test.
It is conducted to obtain a confession or an admission from the subject once deception is observed.
Actual test
Pre-test interview
post-test interview or interrogation
The type of question is designed to establish a normal response from the subject.
Relevant question
Peak of tension test
Irrelevant question
Evidence connecting question
What is the standard question?
Relevant
Irrelevant
Peak of tension
Test
It is used to determine details of a crime that is not known to officials, such as the location of an unrecovered body, but would be known to a participant in the crime.
Peak of Tension Test
Known Peak of Tension Test
Searching Peak of Tension test
Collected Peak of Tension test
What is a short-barreled firearm having a magazine enclosed in its grip?
Rifle
Machine gun
Pistol
Revolver
The most important single processing is a barrel manufacture from the standpoint of the identification expert.
Drilling Operation
Reaming Operation
Rifling Operation
Lapping
A long gun that has a barrel shortened from its original length (Not more than 22 inches) and commonly used by cavalry.
Carbine
Revolver
Rifle
A part of a firearm that houses all the other parts.
Receiver
Barrel
Frame
Chamber
The mechanism of a firearm that withdraws the empty shells from the chamber.
Ejector
Firing pin
Extractor
Extractor pin
A type of primer consisting of two flash holes or vents. It was designed by Col. Hiram Berdan.
Berdan primer
Boxer primer
Battery cup primer
None
A complete unfired unit consisting of a bullet, gunpowder, cartridge case and primer or loaded shell for use in any firearm.
A. Ammunition
B. Cartridge
C. Shotgun Cartridge
D. Missile
A type of ammunition which does not have bullets used in filmmaking:
Dummy Ammunition
Blank Ammunition
Drill Ammunition
Live Ammunition
A type of cartridge with a rim diameter which is smaller than the diameter of the body of the cartridge?
Belted Type
Rebated Type
Rimless Type
Rimmed Type
It is defined as the determination of drug use, poisoning, or exposure to toxic substances as part of a legal investigation.
Forensic Toxicology
Toxicology
What will the result's color be using Diphenylamine (C6H5)2NH in sulphuric acid?
Blue
Red
Yellow
Gunpowder residue may be determined by.
Takayama test
Diphenylamine
Florence test
In close contact 2 to 8 inches, what may be seen as black dots outside the hole?
Singeing
Tattooing
Smudging
Gaping hole
What is a blasting explosive that is based on nitroglycerine?
Black powder
Dynamite
Ammonium nitrate
Low explosive
It refers to the usual or normal deviations found in a repeated specimen of an individual's handwriting.
Natural variation
transitory change
In document examination, when referring to contemporary documents, this refers to ______?
Document that is more than 5 years old before and after.
Documents that are not more than 5 years before and after
Documents that are more than 30 years
It refers to properties or marks, elements, or qualities that serve to distinguish and are known as the basis of identification.
Characteristics
class characteristics
individual characteristics
sample
A specimen of writing executed without the intention of changing the usual writing habits. It is executed generally by the writer, ensuring its authenticity and reliability.
Natural writing
Guided writing
disguised writing
Writing forms can either be disconnected or joined letter writings. What specimen of writing is characterized by a disconnected style?
Hand lettering
Manuscript form
cursive writing
cuneiform
A genuine signature that was used in the preparation of a simulated or traced forgery.
Writing
Signature
Model signature
evidential signature
In the questioned documents, what kind of signature is used by a forger who tries to reproduce it without the knowledge of the signature's owner for financial gain?
Evidential
Real
Actual
Model
An irregularity in strokes characterized by a shaky or wavering stroke, which is perfectly apparent even without magnification?
tremor
tremor of old age
tremor of illiteracy
tremor of fraud
What widens the ink strokes due to the added pressure on a flexible pen point?
pen pressure
pen lifting
Pen shading
Retouching
Skill
What is the interruption or gap in the writing stroke in forming a letter when a writing instrument leaves the paper?
Pen emphasis
Hiatus
Pen lifts
Patching
When a writer fixes a portion of a writing by going back over another stroke that is not readable or not acceptable. What was done by the writer?
Retracing
Shading
Reverse
Recall
The study of one's handwriting is used to attempt to determine one's personality.
Agraphia
graphology
Ambidextrous
DYSGRAPHIA
What is the science or study of handwriting based on the fundamental strokes, the curve, and the straight?
Grapho-analysis
Graphology
Graphometry
The type of light examination is best used for deciphering obliterated writing and charred documents.
Ultraviolet light
Transmitted light
Infrared light
Which is most accurate of the major components of a polygraph machine?
Cardiosphygmograph
Galvanograph
Pneumograph
None
Which of the following is the principle in fingerprinting that ridges fully develop their general arrangement and remain the same throughout life?
Permanency
Infallibility
Multiplicity
Individuality
