Criminology Exam Reviewer - Crime Detection Part 2

51.The primary course of action in case of a fire.
A. pack up and flee
B. run for your life
C. call an ambulance
D. raise the alarm

Answer: D

52.The main product of the combustion of carbon. It is not poisonous but is an asphyxia which lowers the proportion of oxygen available for breathing.
A. carbon oxide
B. carbon monoxide
C. carbon paper
D. carbon dioxide

Answer: D

53.A normal product of combustion, and is poisonous, especially when the air supply to the fire is restricted.
A. carbon oxide
B. carbon monoxide
C. carbon paper
D. carbon dioxide

Answer: B

54.The fire resisting property of structural elements and the behavior of a building material in a fire, it is used to predict how long it will resist the effect of a fire before it fails.
A. fire resistance
B. fire duration
C. fire proof
D. fire strength

Answer: A

55.A type of fire that is the result of the combustion of certain metals in finely divided forms; magnesium, potassium, zinc, etc….
A. class A
B. class B
C. class C
D. class D

Answer: D

56.A type of fire which results from burning of wood, paper, textiles, and other carbonaceous materials.Extinguishment of this fire is by quenching and cooling.
A. class A
B. class B
C. class C
D. class D

Answer: A

57.The following are components of fire except one:
A. Gas
B. Fuel
C. Oxygen
D. Heat

Answer: A

58.It is observed in structural fires and can be an indicator of the fire travel and point of origin.
A. Charring
B. Alligatoring
C. V pattern
D. Pour pattern

Answer: A

59.A pattern or network of fine, irregular lines in glass and wood.
A. Crazing
B. Spalling
C. Light bulbs
D. Charring

Answer: A

60.A tool employed by an arsonist to delay the start of the fire and allow him to establish an alibi.
A. Accelerants
B. delaying tactic
C. timing device
D. stopper

Answer: C

61.It can be readily identified by their distinctive odors, and the most common examples are gasoline, turpentine and kerosene.
A. Accelerants
B. Trailers
C. timing device
D. Stopper

Answer: A

62.This catalytic combustion device is the most common means employed to detect flammable vapors.
A. Accelerant
B. Sniffer
C. timing device
D. stopper

Answer: B

63.The irresistible impulse or compulsion to start a fire and experience gratification and satisfaction from it.
A. fire starter syndrome
B. pyrotechnic disease
C. pyromania
D. pyrophobia

Answer: C

64.It is known as the “Fire Code of the Philippines.”
A. PD 1108
B. PD 1017
C. PD 1081
D. PD 1185

Answer: D

65.Any material or mixture consisting of a fuel and oxidizer used to set off explosives.
A. blasting agent
B. blasting cap
C. gun powder
D. explosive primer

Answer: A

66.These are description of materials or compounds that are easily set on fire except one:
A. Combustible
B. Corrosive
C. Flammable
D. Inflammable

Answer: B

67.Any material having a flash point at or above 37.80 degree Celsius or 100 degree Fahrenheit.
A. combustible liquid
B. flammable liquid
C. inflammable liquid
D. corrosive liquid

Answer: A

68.Any liquid that causes fire when in contact with organic matter.
A. combustible liquid
B. flammable liquid
C. inflammable liquid
D. corrosive liquid

Answer: A

69.An extremely hot luminous bridge formed by the passage of an electric current across the space between two conductors.
A. electrical arc
B. damper
C. duct system
D. ember

Answer: A

70.The active principle of burning, characterized by the heat and light combustion.
A. explosion
B. arson
C. combustion
D. fire

Answer: D

71.A type of fire, of flammable liquid and gasses.
A. class A
B. Class B
C. Class C
D. Class D

Answer: B

72.A mass movement in a fluid, an example a liquid or a gas where fluid at one temperature and density moves under the influence of gravity at different temperatures.
A. Conduction
B. Convection
C. Radiation
D. Combustion

Answer: B

73.The temperature at which a liquid is transformed or converted to vapor.
A. burning point
B. melting point
C. freezing point
D. boiling point

Answer: B

74.The first action taken by a traffic unit to escape from a collision course or to avoid hazard.
A. point of no return
B. point of no escape
C. start of evasive action
D. final position

Answer: C

75.The movement of vehicles, and pedestrians in a road or highway.
A. Traffic
B. Flight
C. Trip
D. Journey

Answer: A

76.A method of locating a spot in the area by measurements from two or more reference points.
A. traffic report
B. spot report C . triangulation
D. accident investigation

Answer: C

77.The force that tends to pull all objects to the center of the earth.
A. Inertia
B. Friction
C. Energy
D. Gravity

Answer: D

78.Any motor vehicle accident that results in no death, but only injuries to one or more persons.
A. Fatal
B. Chronic
C. Non fatal
D. Injurious

Answer: B

79.The “Traffic and Land Transportation Code of the Philippines”
A. RA 7160
B. RA 8551
C. RA 6425
D. RA 4136

Answer: D

80.An occurrence in a sequence of events, which usually produces unintended injury, death or property damage.
A. traffic incidents
B. traffic accidents
C. traffic hazards
D. traffic events

Answer: B

81.Any motor vehicle accident occurring on a traffic way.
A. non motor vehicle traffic accident
B. non motor vehicle non-traffic accident
C. motor vehicle non-traffic accident
D. motor vehicle traffic accident

Answer: D

82.An order wherein a violator is commanded to appear in court, but without detaining him.
A. traffic citation
B. traffic request
C. traffic warrant
D.
D. traffic violation

Answer: A

83.The first accidental touching of an object collision course or otherwise avoid a hazard.
A. primary contact
B. secondary contact
C. disengagement
D. initial contact

Answer: D

84.The following are the three E’s of Traffic Management and Operation except one:
A. Engineering
B. Education
C. Enforcement
D. Evaluation

Answer: D

85.The “Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.”
A. RA 9870
B. RA 9165
C. RA 1017
D. RA 6195

Answer: B

86.Drugs that produce perceptual alteration, varying emotional change, thought disruption and ego distortion. They are called psychedelics.
A. Tranquillizers
B. Hallucinogens
C. Stimulants
D. Depressants

Answer: B

87.Drugs which produce insensibility, stupor, melancholy or dullness of the mind with delusions.
A. Stimulants
B. Narcotics
C. Depressants
D. Hallucinogens

Answer: B

88.The practice or profession of having sexual intercourse for money or profit.
A. Gynecology
B. Prostitution
C. White Slavery
D. Sex Trade

Answer: B

89.The scientific name of Indian hemp plant.
A. cannabis sativa L
B. Papaver somniforum
C. deoxyribonucleic acid
D. methamphetamine HCl

Answer: A

90.The original components of heroin and morphine.
A. Codeine
B. Caffeine
C. Opium
D. Methamphetamine

Answer: C

91.An inter department agency that enforce and carry out the law against illegal drugs.
A. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency
B. Bureau of Foods and Drugs
C. Dangerous Drug Board
D. Food and Drug Administration

Answer: A

92.A harmful conduct or habit, the indulgence of which leads to depravity, wickedness and corruption of the mind and body.
A. Vice
B. Abuse
C. Addiction
D. Virtue

Answer: A

93.The most common form of stimulant.
A. Heroin
B. Codeine
C. Morphine
D. Shabu

Answer: D

94.It is chemically known as methamphetamine hydro chloride.
A. Heroin
B. Codeine
C. Morphine
D. None of these

Answer: D

95.A derivative of opium which is used a cough reliever.
A. Codeine
B. Heroin
C. Morphine
D. Caffeine

Answer: A

96.Any part of the plant of the papaver somniferum, including the seeds.
A. opium poppy
B. marijuana
C. caffeine components
D. codeine

Answer: A

97.Another term for psychological drug addiction.
A. drug habituation
B. drug net consciousness
C. drug pushing
D. drug dependence

Answer: D

98.Commercially produced drugs that can be legally sold or dispensed only by a physician’s order.
A. illegal drugs
B. prohibited drugs
C. regulated drugs
D. prescription drugs

Answer: D

99.Any chemical substance that by virtue of its chemical nature alters the structure and functioning of living organism.
A. Alcohol
B. Poison
C. Drug
D. Vice

Answer: C

100.It is, in most cases, the initial step for obtaining information to determine the origin and cause of fire.
A. Evidence collection
B. laboratory examination of evidence
C. interview witnesses
D. interrogation of suspects

Answer: C

 

 

 

Criminology Exam Reviewer - Crime Detection Part 1

1. An extra judicial confession obtained from a suspect is admissible in a court of law if it was made in the presence of a counsel of his own choice and must be in
A. the presence of a fiscal
B. the presence of a police investigator
C. writing
D. front of a judge

Answer: C

2. Fiscals and Prosecutors are under the control and supervision of the
A. National Bureau of Investigation
B. Department of the Interior and Local Government
C. Supreme Court
D. Department of Justice

Answer: D

3.The questioning of a person in a formal and systematic way and is most often used to question criminal suspects to determine their probable guilt or innocence.
A. Inquiry
B. Interview
C. polygraph examination
D. interrogation

Answer: D

4.A form of investigation in which the investigator assume a different and unofficial identity.
A. Tailing
B. Casing
C. Espionage
D. Undercover work

Answer: D

5.A type of surveillance in which extreme precautions and actions are taken in not losing the subject.
A. loose tail
B. casing
C. pony tail
D. close tail

Answer: D

6.A type of shadowing employed when a general impression of the subject’s habits and associates is required.
A. loose tail
B. casing
C. pony tail
D. close tail

Answer: A

7.A surveillance activity for the purpose of waiting the anticipated arrival of a suspect or observing his actions from a fixed location.
A. Casing
B. Tailing
C. Stake out
D. Espionage

Answer: C

8.An examination of an individual’s person, houses, or effects or a building, or premises with the purpose of discovering contraband's or personal properties connected in a crime.
A. Search
B. Raid
C. Investigation
D. Seizure

Answer: A

9.A kind of evidence that tends to prove additional evidence of a different character to the same point.
A. Corroborative evidence
B. Circumstantial evidence
C. Direct evidence
D. Real evidence

Answer: A

10.The process of bringing together in a logical manner all evidence collected during the investigation and present it to the prosecutor.
A. case preparation
B. order maintenance
C. crime prevention
D. public service

Answer: A

11.Ways and means are resorted for the purpose of trapping and capturing the law breaker during the execution of a criminal act.
A. Instigation
B. Inducement
C. Buy bust operation
D. Entrapment

Answer: D

12.A special qualification for an undercover agent.
A. excellent built
B. excellent eyesight
C. excellent looks
D. excellent memory

Answer: D

13.The discreet observation of places, persons and vehicles for the purpose of obtaining information concerning the identities or activities of suspects.
A. close observation
B. espionage
C. tailing
D. surveillance

Answer: D

14. The questioning of a person by law enforcement officers after that person has been taken into custody.
A. preliminary investigation
B. interrogation
C. custodial investigation
D. cross examination

Answer: B

15.As a general rule, a warrant of arrest can be served at
A. day time
B. night time
C. any day and at any time of the day or night
D. weekdays

Answer: C

16.Measures through which police seek to detect crimes, or attempts to be present when they are committed, through the use of the undercover agents, electronic devices for wiretapping or bugging, and stakeouts.
A. preventive measures
B. countermeasures
C. pro-active measures
D. tape measures

Answer: C

17.A police activity directed toward the identification and apprehension of alleged criminals and the accumulation, preservation, and presentation of evidence regarding their alleged crimes.
A. police patrol
B. police intelligence
C. Criminal procedure
D. Criminal investigation

Answer: D

18.An extension or continuation of the preliminary investigation.
A. initial investigation
B. custodial investigation
C. secondary investigation
D. follow-up investigation

Answer: D

19.To obtain admission and confession of guilt is the primary purpose of
A. Interview
B. Surveillance
C. Investigation
D. Interrogation

Answer: D

20.Such facts and circumstances that would lead a reasonably discreet and prudent man to believe that an offense has been committed and that the object sought in connection with the offense are in the place sought to be searched.
A. prima facie evidence
B. probable cause
C. prejudicial question
D. res ipsa loquitur

Answer: B

21.A search warrant shall be valid for _____ days from its date. Thereafter, it shall be void.
A. 10
B. 15
C. 30
D. 45

Answer: A

22.It means that a specific crime was committed at a specified time, date and place, and that the person named in his report committed the crime.
A. corpus delicti
B. sufficiency of evidence
C. stare decisis
D. parens patriae

Answer: A

23.Police seek to prevent crime by being present in places where crimes might be committed and by alerting citizens to refrain from practices that make them or their property vulnerable.
A. opportunity denial
B. order maintenance
C. criminal investigation
D. police intelligence

Answer: A

24.A statement of the suspect directly acknowledging his guilt.
A. Admission
B. Confession
C. Deposition
D. Accusation

Answer: B

25.It may be a direct acknowledgement of the truth of the guilty fact as charge or of some essential part of the commission of the criminal act itself.
A. Admission
B. Confession
C. Deposition
D. Accusation

Answer: B

26.It may be a self-incriminatory statement by the subject falling short of an acknowledgement of guilt.
A. Admission
B. Confession
C. Deposition
D. Accusation

Answer: A

27.The simplest type of interview which concerns with the gathering of information regarding the personal circumstances of a person who is the subject of investigation.
A. background interview
B. personal interview
C. intimate interview
D. pre-game interview

Answer: A

28.It means method of operation.
A. corpus delicti
B. parens patriae
C. stare decisis
D. modus operandi

Answer: D

29.It is one which induces the criminal to act and need not be shown in order to obtain conviction.
A. Intent
B. Motive
C. Opportunity
D. Inducement

Answer: B

30.The three tools in criminal investigation, whereby their application varies in proportion on their necessity to establish the guilt of the accused in a criminal case.
A. information, interrogation, instrumentation
B. detection, apprehension, conviction
C. inquiry, observation, conclusion
D. magnifying glass, pencil, tape measure

Answer: A

31.The simple questioning of a person who is cooperating in the investigation.
A. Interview
B. Inquiry
C. Interrogation
D. Instrumentation

Answer: A

32.It involves a number of persons who might have handled evidence between the time of the commission of the alleged offense and the disposition of the case, should be kept to a minimum.
A. chain of command
B. chain of custody
C. evidence tracking
D. tracing evidence

Answer: A

33.A kind of evidence which may link the suspect to the crime scene or offense. Examples are fingerprints, impressions, blood etc.
A. physical evidence
B. associative evidence
C. tracing evidence
D. factual evidence

Answer: C

34.Articles and materials which are found in connection with an investigation and which help in establishing the identity of the perpetrator or the circumstances under which the crime was committed or which in general, assist in the prosecution of the criminal.
A. physical evidence
B. documentary evidence
C. tracing evidence
D. testimonial evidence

Answer: A

35.The following are different techniques in interrogation except one:
A. sympathetic approach
B. emotional appeal
C. financial assistance
D. friendliness

Answer: C

36.This may be applicable to a crime scene which is approximately circular or oval. The searchers gather at the center and proceed outward along radii or spokes.
A. strip method
B. wheel method
C. spiral method
D. zone method

Answer: B

37.The area to be searched is divided into quadrants and each searcher is assigned to one quadrant.
A. strip method
B. wheel method
C. spiral method
D. zone method

Answer: D

38.The searchers follow each other in the path of a crime scene beginning in the outside and circling around a central point.
A. strip method
B. wheel method
C. spiral method
D. zone method

Answer: C

39.A kind of gathering information whereby a subject is being followed.
A. Convoy
B. Caravan
C. Tailing
D. Surveillance

Answer: C

40.Another term for tailing.
A. Impersonating
B. Backing
C. Supporting
D. Shadowing

Answer: B

41.A person who gives necessary information to the investigator. He may give the information openly and even offer to be a witness or he may inform the investigator surreptitiously and request to remain anonymous.
A. Witness
B. Expert witness
C. Hostile witness
D. Informant

Answer: D

42.The use of an equipment or tool to listen and record discreetly conversations of other people.
A. Bugging
B. Dubbing
C. Mimicking
D. Tapping

Answer: A

43.The questioning of persons not suspected of being involved in a crime,but who knows about the crime or individuals involved in it.
A. Interrogation
B. rumor mongering
C. interview
D. inquiry

Answer: C

44.An objective of criminal investigation.
A. determine the motive
B. identify criminals
C. rehabilitate criminals
D. prevent crimes

Answer: B

45.A term used to describe a transition which occur in the development of a fire, when, for example, most of all the combustible surfaces within a room are heated above their ignition temperature at the same time.
A. Intensity
B. Ignition
C. Flash over
D. Starter

Answer: C

46.A term of the start of the combustion, its detailed process of a solid is very complicated, since the proportion of different flammable vapors varies from one material to another and contact with oxygen must take place before combustion can begin.
A. Intensity
B. Ignition
C. Flash over
D. Starter

Answer: B

47.The term describes the transfer of heat through a gas or vacuum in a similar way to that of light.
A. Ignition
B. Convection
C. Radiation
D. Conduction

Answer: C

48.The transfer of heat within a solid material from hotter to cooler parts.
A. Ignition
B. Convection
C. Radiation
D. Conduction

Answer: D

49.The greatest concern of the firemen at the fire/crime scene is to
A. interview witnesses
B. view the site of the crime
C. preserve the fire/crime scene
D. opportunity in the fire/crime scene

Answer: C

50.Most malicious fires are set by individuals secretly; it is either set for revenge or self aggrandizing; or set by psychotic fire setter, or for sexual gratification.
A. group fire setter
B. arson for profit
C. fire starter
D. solitary fire setter

Answer: D