Examination Code: 13-CDI-01-C

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A/R GANIBI REVIEW CENTER
50 A Lacao St. Puerto Princesa City
CP: 09272364725
ENHANCE TEST TAKING SKILLS
SEMI MOCK BOARD IN
CRIMINAL DETECTION, INVESTIGATION AND PROTECTION

Name: _________________________________

Raw Score/Rating: ___________________

Dean Alexander G. Ganibi R.C.; MACrim Ph.D (Cand)

Date: _________________

Instruction: Encircle the letter of the best answer. Any erasures or alteration will invalidate your answer.
1. Description of police characters wherein witness may refer and which is kept by police unit for purposes of reference
a. Rogues gallery
c. Portrait parle
b. Lines
d. Observation
2. Tagging of physical evidence aside from marking should be made
a. At the crime scene upon collection
b. Before receipt by evidence custodian
c. Immediately after receipt by the evidence custodian
d. Any of the above
3. The marking or labeling of physical evidence should be made
a. After tagging the evidence
c. During the trial in court
b. At the crime scene upon collection
d. Any of the above
4. A case investigated by police investigator is considered solved ifa. Suspect is identified
b. Suspect is comprehending
c. Evidence are gathered for successful prosecution of the accused
d. All of the above
5. The purpose of search in crime scene is to determine the presence of physical evidence such as
a. Corpus delicti
c. Associative evidence
b. Tracing evidence
d. All of the above
6. Famous U.S. Supreme Court decision wherein a confession made without counsel to assist him as accused did not
request for one, is not admissible in evidence
a. Crooker vs. California
c. Miranda vs. State Arizona
b. Willis vs. State of Texas
d. Escobido vs. Illinois
7. Mere invitation of a suspect is already considered
a. Beginning of arrest
c. Beginning of custody
b. Beginning of detention
d. Beginning of informing him his rights
8. The principal psychological factor contributing to a successful interrogation is
a. Privacy
c. In theater
b. In public
d. In a hotel
9. This maybe applicable to a crime scene which is approximately circular or oval. The searchers gather at the center and
proceed outward along radius or spokes,
a. Wheel method
c. Zone method
b. Spiral method
d. Strip method
10. The area to be searched is divided into quadrants and each searcher is assigned to one quadrant
a. Strip method
c. zone method
b. Spiral method
d. Wheel method
11. The searchers follow each other in the path of crime scene beginning in the outside and circling around a control point
a. Strip method
c. Zone method
b. Spiral method
d. Wheel method
12. After the completion of the search, effort is made to determine from the appearance of the place and objects what
actually occurred and what circumstances of the crime are?
a. Reconstruction of crime
c. Admission
b. Background interview
d. Confession
13. In the process of surveillance, sometimes the suspect is being guarded against and he usually stays at the rear of the
subject
a. One-man shadow
c. Envoy
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d. Convoy
14. A physical location where a suspect either commits an illegal act or leaves physical evidence of such an act
a. Crime scene
c. victim
b. Body of the crime
d. Body of evidence
15. Where a crime occurs, all except one maybe the primary sources of physical evidence available
a. The crime scene
c. Victim
b. Body of the crime
d. Suspect
16. Once inside the scene, the suspect will move from one place to another when committing his criminal act
a. Suspect contact with the victim
c. Arrival at the scene
b. Modus operandi
d. Place of entry
17. Which of the following is not one of the components of crime scene situations?
a. Suspect arrival at the scene and his place of entry
b. Movement of suspect from one point of entry and his contact with the victim
c. The getaway used by the suspect when he evades from the scene
d. Place of exit
18. Which of the following is not one of the rationale why many contemporary investigations argue that the success of
most criminal investigations begin at the crime scene?
a. It is at the crime scene where vital physical evidence can be discovered
b. It is at the crime scene where the modus operandi of the criminal can be discovered and established
c. It is at the crime scene where vital information can be learned
d. It is at the crime scene where vital witnessed can be located, or sometimes the suspect arrested
19. Which of the choices below is considered as an elusive object in crime scene investigation?
a. Associative evidence
c. Object evidence
b. Physical evidence
d. Testimonial evidence
20. All except one factor that diminish the value of physical evidence
a. Human failure to appreciate it
c. Human failure to study at
b. Human failure to find it
d. Human failure to understand it
21. A crime may generate evidence in the form of physical objects, to makes effective use of articles found at the scene
the investigator musta. Recognize and collect them
b. Preserve its physical and legal integrity
b. Evaluate its worth in the investigation at hand
d. All of them
22. Physical evidence must be diligently studied and meticulously evaluated becausea. It is often the decisive factor in determining guilt or innocence of suspect because the testimony of an expert
witness supply the demonstrable facts which resolves discrepancies in ordinary testimony of witness
b. It is a material aid in locating the perpetrator of a crime or narrows down the search for a suspect; on a type of
wound/inflicted on the victim physical evidence can limit the search for the type of weapon used
c. a and b are correct
d. a and b are wrong
23. Below are serious crimes which leave physical evidence, excepta. Homicide and assault
c. Carnapping and arson
b. Sexual assault and robbery
d. Treason and libel
24. Which of the following is the illustration of Eavesdropping the crime scene?
a. Estimate the extent of the scene
b. Search physical evidence at the scene
c. Playing the role of curious spectator and mix with the crowd to listen to their conversation
d. None of them
25. A preliminary ocular inspection conducted by the lead investigator to at least establish the possible entrance and exits
of the perpetrator, and the primary point of impact at the scene.
a. Survey the scene
c. Preliminary investigation
b. Search the scene
d. Eavesdrop the crime scene
26. In interrogating hostile witness, it is necessary to choose placea. Like the home of the subject
c. Inside a restaurant
b. Office of the father of the suspect
d. Inside a police headquarter
27. Which of the following is not one of the questioning technique that should be adopted in interrogation?
a. Chronological
b. General to specific c. Going backward
d. Going upward
28. In questioning a witness, an ideal type of written statement isa. Narrative type because it is easier and will be short
b. Question and answer because it provides detail acts
c. Combination of two
d. Your convenient type
29. The investigator is liable criminally if he investigated/ interrogated a subject without an assistance of counsel

a. Maybe
c. No
b. Yes
d. Probably
30. Supposing in the interrogation, the suspect said he does not want the assistance of lawyer, he himself is a lawyer.
What will be the consequence if the investigator proceeds with the interrogation without lawyer assisting the suspectlawyer?
a. If he made confession, the same is not admissible in court
b. The investigator will be charged criminally
c. If found guilty the investigator will be meted a penalty of not less than 8 years and not more than 10 years of
imprisonment
d. All of them
31. Visitors that are allowed in the detained suspect are as follows, except
a. Stalker
b. Immediate member of his family
c. Any medical doctor or priest or religious minster
d. Personnel of the C.H.R.
32. R.A. 7438 define immediate members of the family are as follows, except
a. Spouse, fiance/ fianc, parents, child, brother or sister
b. Grandparents, grandson/granddaughter, great grandson/granddaughter
c. Uncle, aunt guardian
d. Friends, countrymen, lovers, and paramour
33. Assisting lawyer to the subject must e
a. Competent lawyer of the suspects choice c. Lawyer from PAO
b. Choice of the investigator
d. Choice of his father/mother
34. Custodial investigation shall include the practice of issuing an invitation to a person who is investigated in connection
with the offense he is suspected to have committed. Hence, the investigator must inform the suspect of his
constitutional rights toa. Remain silent
c. Right to bail
b. Counsel of his own
d. a and b are true
35. The Golden Rule of Homicide investigationa. Never touch, alter and change the position of anything until identified, measured and photographed
b. If article is moved, it can never be restored to its original position
c. a and b are true
d. a and b are false
36. What is the possible consequence if thee evidence acquired through custodial interrogation did not pass the legal
requirements?
a. Evidence is admissible
c. Evidence is invalid
b. Evidence is inadmissible
d. a and c are true
37. The interview of a witness can be described by the acronym IRONIC, which stands for
a. Inquiry, Recognition, Organization, Novelty Identify, Continuity
b. Identity, Rapport, Omnipresent, Narration, Inquiry, Conclusion
c. Identity, Recognition, Opening Statement, Narration, Inquiry, Conclusion
d. Identity, Rapport, Opening Statement, Narration, Inquiry, Conclusion
38. Which one is not a means of recording crime
a. By photographs
c. By sketches
b. By notes
d. Mapping
39. In the crime of theft, the corpus delictu isa. The fact the crime was committed
b. Anything of value
b. The property taken
d. a and b are correct
40. the application of all procedures for the search of missing persons
a. Rouges gallery
c. Manhunt
b. Tracing
d. Order of battle
41. Sweating, color change, dry mouth, pulse and breathing is found to be abnormal to a suspect, may mean
a. Sufficient, strong and convincing evidence of guilt
b. Psychological symptoms of guilt
c. Circumstantial evidence of guilt
d. a and c are correct
42. it is one which indices the criminal to act and need not to be shown in order to obtain conviction
a. Motive
b. Intent
b. Modus operandi
d. Background interview
43. The most essential requisite of admission and confession isa. The offender understands his decision to confess
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b. There are no torture and violence that vitiate the free will of the offender
c. It must be voluntarily and freely given
d. a and b are true
the accuracy of identification made by witness depends on the following factors, excepta. The ability of the witnesses to reckon
b. The ability of the witness to observe and remember
c. The prevailing condition when the crime was committed
d. The lapse of time between the criminal event and the identification was made
Company records, police files and records from civic spirited citizens are classified asa. Information
b. Information from regular sources
c. Information from cultivated sources
d. b and c are true
A promise of hope, favor, use of force or intimidation, threats or fear and other analogous acts make confession or
admission ___________________ therefore, ____________________
a. Voluntary- admissible in court
b. Involuntary- inadmissible in court
c. Involuntary- admissible in court
d. Voluntary- inadmissible in court
Circumstantial evidence may be produce conviction if the following requisites are present, except one
a. When there are more than one circumstance present
b. When the facts from which the inference derived are proven
c. When the quantum of substantiality of evidences are proven
d. When the combination of all the circumstance is such as to produce a conviction beyond a reasonable doubt
Opportunity as a source of circumstantial evidence could be inferred from the following except
a. Absence of an alibi on the part of the criminal
b. Knowledge of the criminal objective
c. Animosities of the suspect with the victim
d. The suspect could have been in the vicinity of the crime scene at the time it was committed
Considered as the Cardinal Point to be answered in the course of investigation
a. 5 Ws and 1H
b. 6 Ws and 2Hs
c. POGI
d. 4 Ws and 1H
Fingerprint systems, modus operandi file, the lie detector, communication system, surveillance equipment, searching
apparatus and other investigative tools are contained within the scope of the term
a. Criminalistics
b. Instrumentation
c. Eavesdropping
d. Interrogation

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