ANNEX H

Sample Question for Board Review

1. Is the science of the motion of the projectile?

a. Forensic Ballistic c. Ballistic
b. Trajectory d. Cartography

2. Known as the Father of Modern Ballistics?

a. Horace Smith c. Col. Calvin H. Goddard
b. Berthold Schwarts d. Alexander John Forsyth

3. Father of percussion ignition (inventor of priming mixture).

a. Horace Smith c. Col. Calvin H. Goddard
b. Berthold Schwarts d. Alexander John Forsyth

4. The person who successful invented gun powder?

a. Daniel Wesson c. Eduard Boxer
b. Berthold Schwarts d. Col. Hiram Berdan

5. Is that branch of ballistic which treats of the motion of the projectile while it is still inside
the gun barrel?
a. External Ballistic c. Internal Ballistic
b. Terminal Ballistic d. Forensic Ballistic

6. Is that branch of ballistic which treats of the motion of the projectile while in its flight?
(from the muzzle to the target).
a. External Ballistic c. Internal Ballistic
b. Terminal Ballistic d. Forensic Ballistic

7. Is a Latin word from which the word ballistics was derived which means to throw
a. Ballistics c. Ballein or ballo
b. Catapult d. Ballista

8. A roman war machine designed to throw an object at a distance:

a. Ballistics c. Ballein or ballo
b. Catapult d. Ballista

9. The word forensic as used in conjunction with the word ballistics means?
a. Forum c. Legal
b. Market place d. Public discussion

10. It refers to the motion of the projectile once it enters a rifled barrel of a gun.
a. Direct c. Translational
b. Rotatory d. Twist
11. Is the rearward reaction of the firearm in relation to the forward movement of the bullet
upon firing?
a. Back Fire c. Buck shots
b. Recoil d. Ricochet

12. It is means of ignition of a propellant charge by the mechanical blow against the primer
or percussion cup.
a. Recoil c. Priming mixture
b. Percussion action d. Friction

13. It is the stillness or steadiness of the bullet in its flight until it finally reaches the target?
a. Rifling c. Ricochet
b. Gyroscopic action d. Trajectory

14. The actual pattern or curve path of the bullet in flight.

a. Ricochet c. Gyroscopic action
b. Trajectory d. Range

15. Is that branch of ballistics which treats of the effect of the projectile on impact on the
target?
a. Internal Ballistics c. External Ballistics
b. Forensic Ballistics d. Terminal Ballistics

16. Is an ancient smooth bore military weapon designed to fire a single projectile?
a. Rifle c. Shotgun
b. Carbine d. Musket

17. Is the tumbling of the bullet in its flight and hitting the target sideways as a result of not
spinning on its axis is known?
a. Ricochet c. Hang Fire
b. Misfire d. Key-hole shot

18. Is the bouncing off or deflection of a bullet from its original trajectory?
a. Hang Fire c. Key-hole shot
b. Ricochet d. Misfire

19. Is the total failure of the cartridge may be due to poor ammunition or failure of the firing
pin or primer.
a. Hang fire c. Key-hole shot
b. Back fire d. Misfire

20. Is the condition of firing whereby the cartridge took several seconds before its discharge
(delay in the discharge of firearm).
a. Hang fire c. Key-hole shot
b. Back fire d. Misfire
21. A hand firearm in which a rotating cylinder successively took several seconds before it
discharge into position from firing?
a. Revolver c. Pistol
b. Musket d. Carbine

22. Known as the smallest pistol?

a. Kolibre c. Hand arm
b. 22 calibre pistol d. Calibre

23. Is a type of firearm which propels a projectile with more than one inch diameter?
a. Artillery c. Small arms
b. Machine gun d. Rifle

24. Is a weapon designed to fire pellets through a compressed air?

a. Air rifle c. Shotgun
b. Toy gun d. Zip gun

25. Pioneer in the making of a breech loading firearms and founded the great firm Smith and
Wesson.
a. Horace Smith c. Daniel Wesson
b. Samuel Colt d. John Browning

26. A type of weapon in which the mechanism is so arranged that it can fired continuously
will trigger is press?
a. Repeating arms c. Automatic weapon
b. Single shot d. Breech action weapon

27. Is the farthest distance in which a bullet when fired can still be consider lethal?
a. Maximum range c. Maximum effective range
b. Accurate range d. Effective range

28. It is the distance at which the gunner has the control of shot. Where the bullet travel
straight?
a. Maximum range c. Maximum effective range
b. Accurate range d. Effective range

29. It is the sound generated at the muzzle point due to sudden escape of burned gun powder
and its contact with air:
a. Muzzle noise c. Muzzle blast
b. Muzzle energy d. Muzzle velocity

30. It is the speed of the bullet per unit of time expressed in feet per second:
a. Trajectory c. Air resistance
b. Pressure d. Velocity
31. Is the size of the bullet grouping on the target?
a. Terminal penetration c. Terminal accuracy
b. Terminal trajectory d. Muzzle blast

32. Is the distance measured between to opposite lands of a riffle bore firearm?
a. Range c. Gauge
b. Bore diameter d. Calliper

33. To impart a motion of rotation to a bullet during its passage inside the barrel to insure
gyroscopic stability in its flight?
a. Rifling c. Gauge
b. Bullet d. Calibre

34. In the United States, crime are committed by juvenile using a homemade firearm known
as:
a. Freakish gun c. Zip gun
b. Flare gun d. Matchlock

35. Is the termed apply to a weapon in which pressure upon the trigger both cocks and
released the hammer.
a. Repeating weapon c. Double action
b. Single action d. Automatic

36. Is the term applied to denote a firearm designed for extra power?
a. Double action c. Automatic
b. Magnum d. Dum-dum

37. A smooth bore breech loading firearms designed to propel a number of lead pellets in one
charged?
a. Shotgun c. Musket
b. Rifle d. Carbine

38. A type of firearm designed to propel a single lead ball through a rifled barrel with a
length that 22 inches.
a. Shotgun c. Musket
b. Rifle d. Carbine

39. A tool in which a firearm mechanism is attached for purposes of not to be easily be
identified:
a. Freakish gun c. Zip gun
b. Flare gun d. Matchlock

40. A type of firearm which contains rifling a few inch from the muzzle point?
a. Smooth bore c. Semi-rifled
b. Rifled bore d. Paradox
41. A type of shotgun based on interior barrel construction which has reducing bore diameter
to limit the spread of pellets:
a. Cylinder type c. Choke type
b. Paradox d. Smooth bore

42. A type of an automatic weapon which is of lighter form designed to fire an ammunition
used in hand gun:
a. Grease gun c. Machine gun
b. Sub-machine gun d. a and b

43. What type of a firearm is fed by chamber?

a. Single shot c. Double action
b. Automatic d. Repeating arms
c. Bolt action

44. What type of firearm is commonly used by cavalry. (riding a horse)

a. Shotgun c. Musket
b. Rifle d. Carbine

45. Is the type of firearm which is deal to be used in horseback riding:

a. Shotgun c. Musket
b. Rifle d. Revolver

46. Is that part of the firearm in which the cartridge is place when ready to be fire?
a. Chamber c. Magazine
b. Bolt d. Cylinder

47. Is that part of the firearm which houses its internal parts:
a. Chamber c. Housing
b. Casing d. Frame

48. Is that part of the firearm which causes the firing pin to hit the primer:
a. Trigger c. Hammer
b. Finger d. Sear

49. Is the rear end of the barrel:

a. Muzzle c. Bore
b. Breech and d. Tip

50. The mechanism of a firearm which withdraws the empty shells from the camber?
a. Ejector c. Extractor
b. Firing pin d. Extractor pin

51. Is a complete unfired unit consisting of bullet, primer, gun powder and shell:
a. Ammunition c. Shotgun cartridge
b. Cartridge d. Missile
52. Is that type of ammunition which does not have bullet use in film-making:
a. Dummy c. Drill
b. Blank d. Live

53. Is the type of cartridge with a rim diameter which is smaller than the diameter of the body
of the cartridge?
a. Belted type c. Rimless
b. Rebated d. Rimmed type

54. Is the type of cartridge in which priming mixture is not found at the cavity rim of the
cartridge case?
a. Pin fire c. Center fire
b. Rimmed type d. Rim fire

55. Is a type of cartridge which has a protruding metal around its boy near the rim usually
used for high power arms?
a. Belted type c. Rebated type
b. Rim fire d. Center fire

56. A 12 gauge shotgun has an equivalent diameter of:

a. .730 c. .726
b. .729 d. .724

57. Is a pointed, flat based bullet with a gliding metal jacket use for light vehicle?
a. Trace bullet c. Armour piecing bullet
b. Fragmentary bullet d. Incendiary bullet

58. Is a metallic or non-metallic cylindrical ball propelled by firearms?

a. Shots c. Casing
b. Bullet d. Shell

59. Shots consisting of a small lead or pellets which are made by dropping with the exception
of the very largest sizes which are made by molding are known as:
a. Soft shots c. Buck shots
b. Drop shots d. Chilled shots

60. Is a type of a bullet which when fired emits a bright flame from their base, thereby
showing the gunner the path as well as the striking point of the bullet?
a. Armour piercing bullet c. Tracer bullet
b. Jacketed bullet d. Incendiary bullet

61. A bullet covered with thick coating of a copper alloy to prevent leading as known as:
a. Plated bullet c. Metal cased bullet
b. Jacketed bullet d. metal point bullet
62. Unit of the bore instrument in shotgun determined by the number of solid lead balls of the
bore diameter obtainable to a pound lead.
a. Calliper c. Rifling
b. Gauge d. Bore diameter

63. Is a metallic or non-metallic cylindrical container which serves as the projector for the
propellant against the moisture?
a. Bullet c. Cartridge case
b. Primer d. Paper disc

64. Is that the primer which serves as a protector for the priming mixture not to be easily be
penetrated by moisture?
a. Paper disc c. Anvil
b. Primer cup d. flash hole

65. Is that part of the cartridge case which characterized by a cylindrical grooves that
prevents the bullets from being push down to the cartridge?
a. Crimp c. Shoulder
b. Neck d. Cannelure

66. That part of the cartridge case which is pressed towards the bullet which serves to prevent
the bullet from being loss from the cartridge case?
a. Cannelure c. Crimp
b. Shoulder d. Neck

67. The calibre of a bullet is measured through?

a. Two opposite lands? c. Using the calliper
b. Measuring the base diameter d. Using the micrometer

68. Primers are use for igniting the propellant charge by means of a blow from the firing pin
on the primer cup producing flames that passes through the:
a. Anvil c. Vent/ flash hole
b. Paper disc d. Bore

69. The term used to indicate the bore diameter of a firearm measure from two opposite
lands.
a. Rifling c. Caliber
b. Mean diameter d. Pitch of rifling

70. Is the part of the cartridge case which holds the primer securely in a central position and
providing a solid support for the primer anvil?
a. Flash hole c. Paper disc
b. Primer pocket d. Cannelure
71. Is fixed point on a primer against which the priming mixture is compressed and thereby
donated by action of the firing pin.
a. Vent/ flash hole c. Anvil
b. Paper disc d. Primer

72. The basis of cartridge case identification as to have been discharged to a particular
firearm is:
a. Lands and grooves marking
b. Firing pin marks and breech
c. Magazine and chamber marks
d. Extractor and ejector mark face marks

73. A fired bullet with six lands and grooves twisted to the right is fired from the barrel of a
firearm with identical class characteristics as that of:
a. Browning c. Colt
b. Smith and Wesson d. Steyer

74. A fired bullet extracted from the body the victim is marked at the:
a. Base c. Nose
b. Ogive d. All of these

75. A fired cartridge case is marked on the _____ for the purposes of identification?
a. Inside or outside near mouth c. Body
b. Head of the shell d. A and C

76. A shaving marks on a bullet is due to:

a. Poor alignment of the cylinder to the bore of the barrel
b. Oversized barrel
c. Oily barrel
d. Delayed combustion

77. It is measure of the twisting of the rifling or the distance advance by it in 360
a. One complete turn c. 260
b. Direction of the twist d. Pitch of rifling

78. A firearm with a class characteristic of five lands and grooves right hand twist and equal
lands and droves.
a. Colt c. Steyer
b. Browning d. Smith and Wesson

79. It refers to the characteristics of a firearm which are determinable even before the
manufacture of the firearm?
a. Class Characteristic c. Individual Characteristics
b. Repetitive marks d. Skid marks
80. Is a type of mark founds on the bullet fired to a revolver which is located more or less at
the interior portion of the bullet due to its forward movement to the chamber and before it
initially rotates?
a. Stripping marks c. Slippage marks
b. Shaving marks d. Skid marks

81. Marks are generally found on the bullet through a loose-fit barrel and where the rifling is
already badly worn out.
a. Shearing marks c. Stripping marks
b. Shaving marks d. Slippage marks

82. Is a condition in which two bullets or shells are examined and compared under the
comparison microscope at the same time, level and direction and magnification and same
image?
a. Pseudo match c. Juxtaposition
b. False match d. Sodo match

83. Is the process of obtaining a magnified photograph of a small object done by attaching a
camera to the ocular of a compound microscope?
a. Photomicrography c. Photomicrography
b. Microphotography d. Macrophotography

84. A revolver to be tested and used in evidence should be picked up by:

a. Inserting a rod of a bar at the bore of the fire arm
b. Grasping the handle with a handkerchief
c. Grasping the barrel with a clean cloth
d. Inserting a wire or straw through the trigger guard

85. The term muzzle velocity refers most accurately to the:

a. Acceleration of the projectile in flight
b. Speed at which the bullet leaves the barrel
c. Average the speed of the bullet in flight
d. Rate of expansion of the grooves in the muzzle

86. Are small grooves, channel or ridges on the surface of the bullet due to the tool marks or
other irregularities in the interior surface of the bore?
a. Land marks c. Groove marks
b. Striation d. Accidental marks

87. Is an instrument used in determining the caliber of the bullet by getting a equivalent
weight?
a. Calliper c. Micrometer
b. Torsion Balance d. Flat-form balance
88. Is a type of powder used in modern cartridges being powerful?
a. Corrosive c. Non-corrosive
b. Black d. Smoke less

89. An instrument used to measure the velocity of the bullet?

a. Calliper c. Helixometer
b. Chronograph d. Micrometer

90. An optical instrument used or designed to make simultaneous comparison of two

specimens?
a. Comparison microscope c. Chronograph
b. Micrometer d. Shadowgraph

91. The importance of individual marks left on a bullet by a gun barrel is that it is useful in
directly identifying the:
a. Bullet which caused the fatal wounds
b. Person who fired the particular firearm
c. Gun from which a bullet was fired
d. Possible direction of shot

92. When the draws of the revolver is completed, the index finger should?
a. Touch the outside of the trigger guard
b. Grasp the stock
c. Gun from which a bullet was fired
d. Possible direction of shot

93. What is the secret good shooting form?

a. Relaxed and natural position
b. Keeping the thumb along the hammer
c. Proper sighting of the target
d. Firing slowly and carefully

94. A type of bullet made in order to inflict greater damage used by India. (expanding bullet)
a. Dum-Dum c. Incendiary
b. Armour piercing d. Explosive

95. European made firearm are usually referred in millimetre in determining calibers, when
you talk of 9mm you are referring to?
a. .38 cal c. .45 cal
b. .357 cal d. .30 cal

96. Firearms includes muskets, carbine shotgun etc. As mention in ___________ of the
Revised Administrative Code.
a. Sec. 788 c. Sec. 878
b. Sec. 787 d. Sec. 877
97. In case that cartridge case are found at the scene of firing it only means that ______
firearm was used.
a. Single shot c. Bold action
b. Automatic d. Double action

98. Type of priming consisting of two flash hole or vent.

a. Berdan c. Boxer
b. Battery d. none

99. A metallic or non-metallic cylindrical ball propel from a firearm.

a. Bullet c. Projectile
b. Slug d. all of these

100. Instrument used in obtaining test bullet:

a. Calliper c. Bullet recovery box
b. Bullet comparison microscope d. Water tank