Colegio de Kidapawan

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CRIMINOLOGY DEPARTMENT
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CRIMTIC - 3
JAN DOMINIC NAVA
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INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Choose only one answer
for each item by providing the letter of your choice on the space provided before each number.
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED.
Test I
1. The science, which deals with the study, comparison and identification of weapons alleged to have been used in
the commission of a crime is referred to as _____.
a. Ballista
b. Ballistica
c. Forensic
d. Forensic Ballistics
2. Gigantic bow or catapult which was used to hurl large objects
such as stones at a particular distance to deter animals or
enemy forces.
a. Catapult
b. Balle
c. Ballein
d. Ballista
3. It is the equal and opposite reaction of the gun against the
forward movement of the bullet during the explosions.
a. Residual Pressure
b. Recoil
c. Backfire
d. Misfire
4. It is the soft guiding metal which serves as the container of
priming mixture, paper disc and anvil.
a. Primer cup
b. Primer mixture
c. Paper disc
d. Battery cup
5. What is the actual curved path of the bullet during its flight
from the gun muzzle to the target?
a. Yaw
b. Accuracy
c. Trajectory
d. Velocity
6. The metal tube on the end of the gun that the bullet is propelled
out of.
a. Chamber
b. Cylinder
c. Barrel
d. Muzzle
7. A round that contains the gunpowder but no bullet.
a. Ammo
b. Blank
c. Cartridge
d. Slug
8. Refers to a specific size of round, usually labelled using the
diameter of the bullet.
[ ] a. Cartridge
b. Bullet
c. Caliper
d. Caliber
9. Describes the single entire projectile package that gets loaded
into the gun.
a. Slug
b. Caliber

c. Cartridge
d. Round
10. The empty shell of a round.
a. Cartridge
b. Casing
c. Brass
d. Bullet
11. A cartridge with its primer located in the center of the base of
the case.
a. Firing pin
b. Firing pin block
c. Centerfire
d. Primer
12. The handle used to hold a gun.
a. Stock
b. Butt
c. Handle
d. Grip
13. The pivoting mechanical part of a firearm that causes the firing
pin to ignite the cartridge's primer.
a. Action
b. Backstrap
c. Hammer
d. Breech
14. A removable or fixed device designed to hold cartridges for
feeding into the firing mechanism of a firearm during its operation.
a. Cylinder
b. Magazine
c. Double feed
d. Drams
15. The open end of the barrel from which the projectile exits.
a. Barrel
b. Slide
c. Muzzle
d. Chamber
16. A son of a farmer, He partnered with Horace Smith and Courtlandt
Palmer to develop the first repeating rifle, the volcanic.
a. John Marlin
b. Daniel Wesson
c. Horace Smith
d. Arthur Savage
17. A Son of a mormon gunsmith, He developed varieties of military
firearms, one of his most successful design includes the M1911
pistol.
a. John Garand
b. Eliphalet Remington
c. Samuel Colt
d. John Moses Browning
18. It is a branch of ballistics that treats of the motion of a projectile while still inside the firearm.
a. interior ballistics
b. exterior ballistics
c. terminal ballistics
d. forensic ballistics
19. The term ballistics was actually derived from the Greek word ballein or ballo, which means
a. to kick
b. to punch
c. to throw
d. to explode
20. It is the sound created at the muzzle end of the gun barrel after explosion.
a. muzzle energy
b. trajectory
c. range
d. muzzle blast
21. The force of resistance encountered by the bullet in flight due to air density.
a. air resistance
b. penetration
c. pull of gravity
d. velocity
22. The greatest distance a projectile can travel when fired at the optimum angle of elevation of the barrel.
a. maximum range

b. minimum range
c. maximum effective range
d. minimum effective range
23. It is the rearward movement of the firearm after explosion.
a. velocity of the bullet
b. recoil of the firearm
c. rotation of the bullet inside the barrel
d. energy generated
24. A branch of ballistics that studies the effects of the impact of the projectile on the target.
a. interior ballistics
b. exterior ballistics
c. terminal ballistics
d. forensic ballistics
25. It refers to the size of the bullet groupings on the target.
a. terminal penetration
b. terminal velocity
c. terminal energy
d. terminal accuracy
26. It is the entry of the bullet on the target.
a. penetration
b. pull of gravity
c. air resistance
d. velocity
27.A field of forensic ballistics that includes the expert examination of firearms, bullets and shells that would
determine whether or not a particular bullet is fired from a particular firearm, and whether or not a particular shell
is loaded and ejected from the same firearm; it is conducted in a forensic laboratory.
a. field investigation
b. technical examination
c. legal proceedings
d. none of the above
28. He is considered as the Father of Modern Ballistics.
a. John M. Browning
b. Samuel Colt
c. Col. Calvin H. Goddard
d. Henry Derringer
29. He gave his name to a whole class of firearms; he is also the manufacturer of the Pocket Pistol.
a. John M. Browning
b. Samuel Colt
c. Col. Calvin H. Goddard
d. Henry Derringer
30. He invented a submachine gun in the 1950s which was used by the Israeli Army during its Sinai campaign in
1956.
a. Alexander John Forsyth
b. Uziel Gal
c. Lt. Col. Patrick Ferguson
d. John C. Garand
31. He is the inventor of Percussion System.
a. Alexander John Forsyth
b. Uziel Gal
c. Lt. Col. Patrick Ferguson
d. John C. Garand
32. He was a soldier assigned in the British Army; he designed his rifle and demonstrated it before
the King of Windsor, resulting in orders for 100 rifles and trained a company of men in the use
of the rifle.
a. Alexander John Forsyth
b. Uziel Gal
c. Lt. Col. Patrick Ferguson
d. John C. Garand
33. A Russian designer famous for his innovations for battle tanks, including a mechanism that would count the
shots fired; he is also the main designer of the Russian AK-47 assault rifle.
a. John C. Garand
c. Eliphalet Remington
b. John Mahlon Marlin
d. Mikahail Kalashnikov
34. He is one of the first rifle makers in firearms history.
a. John C. Garand
b. John Mahlon Marlin
c. Eliphalet Remington
d. Mikahail Kalashnikov

35. He founded the great firm Smith & Wesson and pioneered the making of the breech-loading
rifle.
a. Daniel B. Wesson
b. Horace Smith
c. David Carbine Williams
d. Oliver Fisher Winchester
36. He was the developer and designer of the Thompson sub-machinegun also known as the tommy gun.
a. John T. Thompson
b. Eugene Stoner
c. George Luger
d. Carl Walther
37. The year that started the age of gunpowder, with its first use as propellant for projectiles.
a. 1313
b. 1350
c. 1498
d. 1575
38. This year started the development of small arms; gunpowder was first used only with
th
cannons; it was not until the middle of the 14 century that portable hand arms were introduced.
a. 1313
b. 1350
c. 1498
d. 1575
39. In 1845, in France, Flobert developed the bullet breech cap. This was in reality the first
a. pin-fire cartridge
b. center-fire cartridge
c. rimfire cartridge
d. none of the above
40. It was in this year that the first cartridges made of paper were developed; these combined both powder and
ball, and greatly speeded loading and at the same time reduced the hazards of carrying loose gunpowder.
a. 1313
b. 1350
c. 1498
d. 1575
41. He is the developer of the first fully automatic firearm the machine gun.
a. Maximus
b. Optimus
c. Hiramakoniyan
d. Hiram Maxim
42. It is an early muzzle-loaded firearm used in the 15th to 17th centuries. Like its successor, the musket, it is a
smoothbore firearm, but it is lighter and easier to carry. It is a forerunner of the rifle and other long-arm firearms.
a. arquebus
b. blunderbuss
c. musket
d. rifle
43. This is an example of a smooth-bore firearm.
a. rifle
b. pistol
c. revolver
d. none of the above
44. These are firearms that propel projectiles less than one inch in diameter.
a. artillery
b. small arms
c. shoulder arms
d. machine guns
45. The US Federal Arms Act defines these as weapons that shoot or are designed to shoot, automatically or semi
automatically, more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single pull of the trigger.
a. artillery
b. small arms
c. shoulder arms
d. machine guns
46. Following are within the field of interior ballistics, EXCEPT
a. energy of the bullet
b. firing pin hitting the primer
c. pressure developed
d. engraving on the cylindrical surface of the bullet
47. The science of mechanics that deals with the flight, behavior and effects of projectiles.
a. Ballistics
b. Forensic Ballistics
c. Ballistic missile

d. Ballistic Fingerprinting
48. It involves the analysis of bullet impacts to determine information of use to a court or other part of the legal
system.
a. Ballistics
b. Forensic Ballistics
c. Ballistic missile
d. Ballistic Fingerprinting
49. It involves analyzing firearm, ammunition, and toolmark evidence in order to establish whether a certain
firearm or tool was used in the commission of crime.
a. Ballistics
b. Forensic Ballistics
c. Ballistic Missile
d. Ballistic Fingerprinting
50. It is a missile guided only during the relative brief initial powered phase of flight whose course is subsequently
governed by the laws of classical mechanics.
a. Ballistics
b. Forensic Ballistics
c. Ballistic Missile
d Ballistic Fingerprinting
51. The study of the processes originally accelerating the projectile.
a. Internal Ballistic
b. Transition Ballistic
c. External Ballistic
d. Terminal Ballistic
52. The study of the passage of the projectile through a medium.
a. Internal Ballistic
b. Transition Ballistic
c. External Ballistic
d. Terminal ballistic
53. The study of the projectiles behavior when it leaves the barrel and the pressure behind the projectile is
equalized.
a. Internal Ballistics
b. Transition Ballistics
c. External Ballistics
d. Terminal Ballistics
54. It is also called a round.
a. Bullet
b. Shell
c. Primer
d. Cartridge
55. Consists of a hammer that was locked and when released, struck a cup containing a volatile primer that
ignited on impact sending a flame through a small tube into the barrel chamber.
a. Matchlock
b. Wheellock
c. Flintlock
d. Percussion
Test II. Enumeration. (2pts. each item)
1.

Four branches of Ballistics:

2.

Four types of firing mechanism of firearms:

Test III. Definition of a Firearms as defined in The Revised Administrative Code Section Sec. 877. (5pts)

Test IV. Name the Parts of the following illustrations: (2 pts. each item)