Exam For Fundamentals of Inv.

CRIMINOLOGY BOARD EXAMINATION
BOARD ASSESSMENT
Prepared By: Miss Lune Fernandez Alcalde RCRIM.
TOP4 OCTOBER 2015 CLE.
INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only
one answer for each item by marking the box corresponding to the letter of your choice
on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil No. 2
only.
STANDARD QUESTIONNAIRE FOR BOARD EXAMINATION TYPE.
CRIMINAL DETECTION & INVESTIGATION
1. Father of Modern Policing System?

a. Sir Robert Peel
b. John Fielding
c. Hans Gross
d. Eugene Francis Vidocq
2. Instituted the Metropolitan Police in London which later became Scotland Yard.
a. Sir Robert Peel
b. John Fielding
c. Hans Gross
3. Younger brother of Henry Fielding?
a. Sir Robert Peel
b. John Fielding
c. Hans Gross
4. Developed paid informant?
a. Sir Robert Peel
b. John Fielding
c. Hans Gross
5. Father of criminalistics?
a. Sir Robert Peel
b. John Fielding
c. Hans Gross
6. He is credited with the founding LA SURETE?
a. Eugenne Francois Vidocq
b. Eugen Francous Vidocq
c. Eugene Francois Vidocq
7. He was the former criminal/crook turned Paris Police Investigator?
a. Eugenne Francois Vidocq
b. Eugen Francous Vidocq
c. Eugene Francois Vidocq
8. LA SURETE means what?
a. France’s National Detective Organization
b. France National Detective
c. Organization of Frances Detective
d. Detective Organization of France
9. He founded the Bow Street Runners in 1749?
a. Sir Robert Peel
b. Henry Fielding
c. Hans Gross
10. The Bow Street Runners in 1749 is known as?
a. Londons First Prof. Police Force
b. Canda First Prof. Police Force
c. Thailand First Prof. Police Force
d. China First Prof. Police Force
11. He pioneered the Police Raid?
a. Francis Turkey
b. Henry Fielding
c. Jonathan Wild
12. He was former criminal who first introduced the idea of thief taker?
a. Francis Turkey
b. Henry Fielding
c. Jonathan Wild
13. He was named as thief taker general?
a. Francis Turkey
b. Henry Fielding
c. Jonathan Wild
14. Introduced the term Detectives?
a. Charles Dickens
b. Charles Deckens
c. Charlls Dickens
d. Charles Dickins
15. He is regarded as America’s Founder of Criminal Investigation?
a. Allan Pinkerton
b. Edgar J. Hoover
c. Insp. Thomas Byrnes
d. Edmond Loccard
16. Who is the Father of Ballistics?
a. Colonel Calvin Goddard

b. Edward Richard Henry
c. Edwind Lucard
d. Charles Darwin
17. It is known as longest gun?
a. Gustav Gun
b. Griss Gun
c. Machine Gun
d. Shot Gun
18. It is known as shortest gun?
a. Revolver
b. Pistol
c. Rifle
d. swissminigun
19. Ammunition/cartridge is derived from the word?
a. Charta
b. Chartta
c. Cartha
d. Carthae
20. Ammunition/cartridge is derived from Latin word?
a. Paper
b. Chart
c. RAG
d. All of these
21. Cartouche is a French word meaning?
a. A rolled of paper
b. A rolled of chart
c. A rolled of RAG
d. A rolled of cartridge
22. It refers to a complete unfired unit consisting of a bullet, cartridge case,
propellant power and primer?
a. Ammunition
b. Cartridge
c. Bullet
d. Primer
23. Technically, it refers to an instrument that is used for the propulsion of
projectiles by means of expansive force of gases coming from burning powder.
a. Ammunition
b. Cartridge
c. Bullet
d. Firearms
24. He uses science when he testified as expert witness to convict Madam Marie
LaFarge for killing his husband, Charles Lafarge?
a. Ambroise Pare
b. Dr Edmund Loccard
c. Professor Matheiu Orfilla
d. King Philip
25. Known as a toxic type of poison?
a. Shabu
b. Marijuana
c. Heroin
d. Arsenic
26. Known as the Father of Pathology and Surgery?
a. Ambroise Pare
d. King Philip
27. A medical doctor and a lawyer, is the founding father of forensic. Being a
lawyer, he finds interest for the study of sciences in criminal law.
a. Ambroise Pare
d. King Philip
28. In the Philippines the practice of forensics started with the passing of Royal
Decree #188 during the Spanish rule in the country that was approved by?
a. Ambroise Pare
d. King Philip
29. He was coveted the title father of modern forensic toxicology.
a. Ambroise Pare
d. King Philip
30. A special study of modern techniques in the investigation of crimes
penalized under special laws?
a. Special crime interrogation
b. Special crime
c. Special crime investigation
d. Special investigation
31. It also deals with the study of major crimes based on the application of
special investigative technique
a. Special crime interrogation
b. Special crime
c. Special crime investigation
d. Special investigation
32. It serves as foundation for the case, which includes the information about
5wives and 1 husband?
a. Preliminary investigation
b. In-depth investigation
c. Final investigation
d. None of these
33. It is the final phase of investigation
d. None of these
34. It is the reexamination of all leads secured during preliminary investigation?
d. None of these
35. The homicide unit consists of how many investigators?
a. 8
b. 9
c. 10
d. 6
36. The primary function of the homicide unit is what?
a. Investigation of death related cases
b. Investigation of cases
c. Investigated related offense
d. None of these
37. It is the conduct of processes, particularly the recognition, search,
collection, handling, preservation and documentation of physical evidence to
include the identification and interview of witnesses and the arrest of suspects at
the crime scene.
a. Crime scene
b. Crime scene investigation
c. Crime investigation
d. Investigation
38. Any police officer who first arrive at the crime scene?
a. First responder
b. Second responder
c. Third responder
d. Fourth responder
39. Search of the vicinity of the crime scene
a. Warm search
b. Hot search
c. Cold search
d. None of these
40. Search in immediate manner of the commission of a crime
a. Warm search
b. Hot search
c. Cold search
d. None of these
41. It is an art that deals with the identity and location of the offender and
provides evidence of his guilt through criminal proceedings.
a. information b. instrumentation
c. interrogation d. criminal investigation
42. Objects or substances which are essential part of the body of the crime such
as recovered stolen property.
a. tracing evidence b. associative evidence
c. physical evidence d. corpus delicti evidence
43. One’s impression or personal belief regarding a crime under investigation.
a. statement b. observation
c. knowledge d. opinion
44. Refers to the forming of general conclusion prior to a complete explanation
based on facts.
a. opinion b. inductive reasoning
c. legal knowledge d. deductive reasoning
45. The primary job of an investigator is to determine whether a crime has been
committed in order to determine such, he must have knowledge of the so called
cardinal questions of investigation and there are _______cardinals of investigation.
a. three b. four
c. six d. two
46. Temerity means:
a. fear b. rashness
c. arrogance d. force
47. Chronological accounting of the continuous possession of a single piece of
evidence from the moment of its discovery up to the time of its presentation in
court.
a. evidence custody b. proof of identity
c. corpus delicti evidence d. chain of custody
48. Involves the first exposure of criminal offense to the investigation effort. It
serves as the foundation of the case.
a. In-depth investigation b. preliminary investigation
c. concluding investigation d. final investigation
49. The immediate apprehension or cognition or the quick and ready insight
without the conscious use of reasoning.
a. intuition b. persistence
c. legal knowledge d. observational ability
50. Refers to the type of witness which is obviously lying, allow to lie until
hopelessly mixed up then question.
a. timid witness b. egotistical witness
c. deceitful d. drunken
51. The type of approach wherein officer should offer friendship and perform
small acts of kindness, such as an offer of coffee and cigarettes for the subjects.
a. kindness b. extenuation
c. sympathetic d. projection
52. There is a need to keep this witness on proper tract or subject matter.
a. talkative b. honest
c. egotistical d. drunken
53. Refers to the type of witness, which it is the toughest of all witness to
handle, the investigator may appeal to the sense of duty, family etc.
a. suspicious type b. refusal to talk
c. talkative type d. disinterested type.
54. Which of the following is not among the rules to observe in questioning?
a. simplicity of the question b. accept implied answer
c. one question at a time d. saving faces
55. Questioning a person suspected of having committed an offense or of a
person who is reluctant to make full disclosure pertinent information in his
possession to the investigators.
a. truth serum test b. interview
c. interrogation d. polygraph test
56. Vitiation of free will by threats and other methods of instilling fear.
a. duress b. coercion
c. psychological constraint d. threat
57. The direct acknowledgment of guilt.
a. admission b. confession
c. deposition d. retraction
58. Self-incriminatory statement falling short of an acknowledgment of guilt.
59. A clandestine operation in a police parlance means –
a. covert intelligence b. secret activity
c. surveillance d. overt intelligence
60. Voluntary informants who self-initiate the police contact, identified subjects
who report criminal activity without being solicited, or subjects who gives
anonymous tips over the phone.
a. paid informants b. personal cultivation
c. unsolicited contact d. all of the above
61. A type of informant reveals information usually of no consequences of stuff
connected of thin air.
a. mercenary informant
b. frightened informant
c. false informant
d. double crosser informant
62. Macho -
a. assertive b. angry
c. Heroic d. stubborn
63. When people are considered as source of information, the experienced officer
–
a. Recognizes that persons from all walks of life represent potential
investigative resources.
b. Develops his contact only with law abiding citizen.
c. Restricts his efforts to members of the department
d. Concentrate all his effort to acquire informants only from criminal types.
64. Is a person who provides an investigator with confidential information
concerning a past or projected crime and does not wish to be as source of
information.
a. Witness b. informers
c. Informants d. confidential informant
65. America's most famous private investigator and founder of Criminal
Investigation.
A. Alec Nayhem
B. Allan Pinkerton
C. Thomas Byrnes
D. None of these
66. The first woman detective in the history of criminal investigation.
A. Kathleen Jacob
B. Candy Miles
C. Kate Wayne
D. Pines Hamilton
67. He was known to be the creator of the "bow street runners", a group of
police officers attached to the Bow Street Court, and not in uniform, performing
criminal investigative functions.
A. Henry Fielding
B. John Fielding
C. John Howard
D. Robert Peel
68. The founder and chief organizer of the London Metropolitan Police, the
Scotland Yard, which became famous police organization in the world.
A. Henry Fielding
B. John Fielding
C. John Howard
D. Robert Peel
69. As a rule, do not touch, alter or remove anything at the crime scene until
the evidence has been processed through notes, sketches and photographs, with
proper measurements. This refers to
A. the golden rule in investigation
B. the number one SOP in investigation
C. the act of note taking
D. the act of crime scene preservation
70. An Englishman who published a handbook for Examining Magistrates in
Munich, Germany and advocated the use of scientific methods in criminal
investigation process.
A. Hans Gross
B. Thomas Byrnes
C. Alphonse Bertillon
71. As a rule, do not touch, alter or remove anything at the crime scene until
the evidence has been processed through notes, sketches and photographs, with
proper measurements. This refers to
A. the golden rule in investigation
B. the number one SOP in investigation
C. the act of note taking
D. the act of crime scene preservation
72. An Englishman who published a handbook for Examining Magistrates in
Munich, Germany and advocated the use of scientific methods in criminal
investigation process.
A. Hans Gross
B. Thomas Byrnes
C.Alphonse Bertillon
73. The SC ruled the illegally obtained evidence is inadmissible in state criminal
prosecutions in the famous case of
A. Miranda vs Arizona
B. Otit vs Jeff
C. Mapp vs Ohio
D. Milkey vs Wett
74. The continues accountability of persons handling evidences, and having
responsibility of taking care and preserving the evidences from the time it was
found until brought to court for presentation is called
A. Chain of events
B. Key events
C. Chain of custody of evidence
D. Chain of command
75. In England, he was a buckle maker then a brothel operator; a master
criminal who became London's most effective criminal investigator. He was the
most famous Thief-Catcher in 1720s.
A. Alexander Macanochie
B. Jonathan Wild
C. Billy Cook
D. John Howard
76. What is the Latin term for criminal intent?
A. Mens Rea
B. Magna Culpa
C. Inflagrante Delicto
D. Mala Vise
77. It is an art which deals with the identity and location of the criminal
offender and the gathering and providing evidence of his guilt?
a. Criminal investigation b. Criminal investigator
c. Confession d. Admission
78. Is a declaration or knowledge by a party as to the existence of a certain fact?
79. Express acknowledge by the accused of his guilt?
80. It is the best means of identifying a criminal.

81. It is the best means of identifying a criminal, which is made in open court?
a. Judicial Confession
b. Extra Judicial Confession
c. Confession
d. Admission
82. It is the best means of identifying a criminal, which is made in outside the
court like, taken during custodial investigation?
c. Confession
d. Admission
83. Investigation, trial and imprisonment will effectively restraint and control the
offender?
a. Future deterrence of offenders
b. Deterrence to others
c. Community safety
d. Protection of the innocent
84. Innocent will be spared from criminal people.
c. Community safety
85. Incarceration of criminals brought protection to the people?
c. Community safety
86. Ways and means are devised by law enforcers to trap or capture a criminal while
committing a crime
a. entrapment b. evidence
c. dying declaration d. dragnet operation
87. When punishment is served, others would not emulate.

c. Community safety
88. Insufficient to convict a person?
c. Confession
d. Admission
89. Acknowledgement of guilt?
c. Confession
d. Admission
90. Sufficient to convict a person?
c. Confession
d. Admission
91. An act or omission punishable by law?
a. CRIME b. FELONY
c. OFFENSE d. MISDEMEANOR
92. Simple Violations of Ordinances, light offenses?
a. CRIME b. FELONY
93. An act or omission punishable by RPC?
a. CRIME b. FELONY
94. An act or omission punishable by RPC?
a. CRIME b. FELONY
95. An act or omission in violation of law commanding of forbidding it?
a. CRIME b. FELONY
96. Felonies are committed not only of decit (dolo) but also by means of culpa, culpa
means?
a. Fault b. Intent
c. Deceit d. Wrong
97. There is _____ when the act is performed with deliberate intent; and fault when the
wrongful act results from imprudence, negligence, lack of foresight, lack of skills.
a. Fault b. Intent
c. Deceit d. Wrong
98. When a witness affirms that a fact did or did not occur?
a. Positive Testimony b. Negative Testimony
c. Deposition d. Circumstantial Evidence
99. When a witness states that he did not see or know the occurrence of a fact?
100. It is the testimony of a witness reduced to writing under oath or affirmation, before
a person empowered to administer an oath in answer to interrogations submitted by the
party desiring it?
101. Is evidence that is drawn not from direct observation of a fact at issue but from
events or circumstances that surround it?
102. Is a verbal description by witness or victim of the physical appearance of the
assailant while being drawn by the cartographer?
a. Portraite parle b. Photographic files
c. Surveillance d. Tailing or shadowing
103. The witness will identify the offender through photographs/photos compiled in the
police station?
104. Is a discreet investigation by keeping persons, places, vehicles, activities or other
targets under observation in order to obtain information
105. Observation of person and movement?
106. When the shadower would like to know the general impression of the subjects
habits and associates?
a. Loose tail b. Rough tail
c. Close tail d. Casing or reconnaissance
107. Is the surveillance of building, place or area to determine its suitability and
vulnerability in operations?
Loose tail
a. Rough tail
b. Close tail
c. Casing or reconnaissance
d. none of these
108. Could be down even without special precaution since the subject is aware that he is
being followed?
a. Loose tail
b. Rough tail
c. Close tail
d. Casing or reconnaissance
109. Done with so much precaution from losing the subject where constant surveillance
is necessary?
c. Close tail d. Casing or reconnaissance
vulnerability in operations use in police term?
c. Casing d. reconnaissance
vulnerability in operations use in Military term?
c. Casing d. reconnaissance
112. Surveillance of other things, events and activities
a. roping
b. undercover assignment or work
c. informants
d. informer
113. Is one who furnishes information to police generally with consideration?
a. roping
c. informants
d. informer
114. Is an investigative technique in which agent conceal his official identity to obtain
information from the target or subject?
a. roping
c. informants
d. informer
115. Is any person who furnishes information relevant to the crime under investigation,
generally, without consideration?
a. roping
c. informants
d. informer
116. A person who provides the police with confidential information concerning a crime?
a. Confidential informers
b. Anonymous informers
c. False informant
d. Rival-elimination
117. A phone caller, letter writer or a text sender?
a. Confidential informers
b. Anonymous informers
c. False informant
d. Rival-elimination
118. Evidence which by its very nature or conditions at the scene will lose its evidentiary
value if not preserved and protected?
a. transient evidence b. Neighborhood canvass
c. trace evidence d. presumptive test
119. A non confirmatory test used to screen for the presence of a substances?
120. Physical evidence that results from the transfer of small quantities of materials (e.g.
hair and textile)?
121. Is made through interviewing people whom suspects had dealing, saw, or known
him in the area prior the commission of crime?
122. A print impression not readily visible, made by contacts of the hands or feet with a
surface resulting in the transfer of materials from the skin to that surface?
a. first responder b. latent print
c. visible print d. non-visible print
123. The initial responding law enforcement officer and or other public safety official
arriving at the scene prior to the arrival of the investigator in charge?
a. first responder b. second responder
c. third responder d. fourth responder
124. The unwanted transfer of material between two or more sources?
a. cross-contamination b. documentation
c. contamination c. ipso facto
125. The unwanted transfer of materials from another source to a piece of physical
evidence?
126. Written notes, audio/videotapes, sketches and/or photograph that form a detailed
record of the scene, evidence recovered, and action taken during the search of the crime
scene.
127. By the fact or act itself
128. Fluids that have human or animal origin, most commonly encountered at crime
scene (e.g., blood, mucus, perspiration, saliva, semen, vaginal fluid, urine)
a. Biological fluids b. instigation
c. entrapment c. evidence
129. Law enforcers induced an innocent person to commit a crime?
a. Biological fluids b. instigation
c. entrapment c. evidence
committing a crime
131. The means sanctioned by the Rules of Court, of ascertaining in a judicial
proceeding the truth respecting a matter of fact.
132. Is a police operation purposely to seal off the probable exit points of fleeing
suspects from the crime scene to prevent their escape?
133. Statement of a person made under an impending death?
134. A venue or place where the alleged crime/incident has been committed?
a. crime scene b. complex crime
c. corpus delicti d. contraband
135. A generic term covering all goods exported from or imported into the country
contrary to applicable laws.
136. Latin a word meaning “body of the crime”
137. A single act which constitutes two or more grave or less grave felonies, or an offense
which is necessary means for committing the other?
138. A crime in which some acts material and essential thereto occur in one province
and some in another
a. continuing offense
b. child trafficking
c. command post/ holding area
d. crime scene “walk through”
139. Where case conferences, briefings and debriefings are being conducted?
140. The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of a child for
purposes of exploitation
141. Provides the investigator an overview of the entire scene, first opportunity to locate
and view the body, identify physical evidence, and determine initial investigative
procedures necessary?
142. It means that evidence illegally obtained by the law enforcement officer in violation
of suspects right, like search and seizure without warrant, shall be inadmissible as
evidence in court?
a. doctrine of exclusion
b. doctrine of exclusionary rule
c. exclusion rule
d. all of these
143. The following are warrantless searches and seizures except one?
a. consent or waiver search
b. search of moving vehicles
c. plain view search
d. none of these
144. Developed by the investigator based on mental analysis from facts.
a. mental reconstruction
b. reconstruction of the crime
c. physical reconstruction
d. all of these
145. Is the determination of the appearance of the crime scene, place of objects and
circumstances to determine what actually occurred?
d. all of these
146. The scene is reconstructed from the description of witnesses and the indication of
evidence?
d. all of these
147. It describes the immediate scene only?
a. crime scene sketch b. sketch on ground
c. neighborhood sketch d. sketch on details
148. Collects all the facts available first and allows then to determine the judgment?
a. inductive reasoning b. deductive reasoning
c. legend d. Title
149. Investigators conclusion is made based on theory. Collection of evidence will follow
to prove his theory is right?
c. legend d. Title
150. Includes case identification, victims identification, scene portrayed, location, data
and hour made and the name of the sketcher?
c. legend d. Title
151. Refers to the explanation of the symbols used to identify the objects found in the
crime scene?
c. legend d. Title
152. It is the simplest and most effective way of showing actual measurements and
identifying significant items of evidence in their location at the crime?
153. It describes the immediate scene only?
154. Illustrate the location of the crime scene with respect to known landmarks?
155. Types of sketches intended for relatively large crime scene?
156. A sketch which illustrate the scene of the crime with the nearest physical
surrounding?
157. Deals with the crime scene in relation to environments, to include neighboring
building, structures, or means of access leading to the scene?
a. strip search method b. sketch of locality
c. grid search d. spiral search
158. The three searchers follow-each-other in the path of a spiral, beginning on the
outside and spiraling in towards the center, or vice versa?
159. This method is a modification of the strip method. Here, the searchers will
traversed first to the base then to the side?
160. The searchers (A B & C) proceed slowly at the same place along the path of
rectangle and returned to another place?
161. The area to be searched is divided into quadrants, and each searchers is assigned
in each quadrant. The quadrant could be cut into another set of quadrants?
a. zone method b. wheel method
c. grid method d. strip method
162. If the area to be searched is approximately circular or oval, the _________ method
may be used. The searchers gather at the center, and proceed outward along radii or
spokes?
a. zone method b. wheel method
c. grid method d. strip method
163. One who direct search, assign duties, and assumes responsibility?
a. officer in charge b. assistant
c. photographer c. note taker
164. Photo the scene and individual pieces of evidence?
a. officer in charge b. assistant
c. photographer c. note taker
165. Serves as personal record of the search for evidence?
a. note taking b. photograph
c. long-range photograph d. mid-range photograph
166. Photos that shows general view of a crime scene?
a. close up range photograph
b. photograph
c. long-range photograph
d. mid-range photograph
167. Photos that shows details of a subject?
b. photograph
168. Photos taken from 8 to 10 feet from the subject?
b. photograph
169. Photograph show general view of a subject/object in a crime scene?
b. photograph
170. Is one who is adversarial or uncooperative to the police?
a. witness b. hostile witness
c. favorable witness d. positive witness
171. Kinds of witness that should not be questioned in his home or in surrounding
familiar to him?
a. witness b. hostile witness
c. favorable witness d. positive witness
172. Writing of important observation in the crime scene?
a. note taking b. sketches
c. photograph d. sworn statements
173. It is the testimony of the person reduced into writing, under oath or affirmation?
174. Is the simplest and the most effective way of showing actual measurements?
175. Will supplies maximum information and to enable the viewer to understand how
the crime was committed?
176 .Is the diligent and careful methods by an investigator to identify, preserve and
collect items of evidentiary value?
a. crime scene processing
b. interrogation
c. investigation
d. instrumentation/criminalistics
177. Is the application of instruments and methods to the detection of crime?
a. crime scene processing
b. interrogation
c. investigation
d. instrumentation/criminalistics
178. Rights of Person Arrested, detained or under custodial investigation?
a. R.A. 7483
b. R.A 7348
c. R.A 7834
d. R.A 7438
179.The direct acknowledgment of guilt.
committing a crime

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CRIMINOLOGY BOARD EXAMINATION

CRIMINAL DETECTION & INVESTIGATION

1. Father of Modern Policing System?

a. Colonel Calvin Goddard

80. It is the best means of identifying a criminal.

87. When punishment is served, others would not emulate.

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