GEMINI CRIMINOLOGY ONLINE REVIEW AND TRAINING CENTER

P E N E T E E A P
Dr. MANUEL V JAUDIAN, LLB. PhD
ETEEAP DIRECTOR

FORENSIC BALLISTICS
BY: H. MALAGAMBA
INSTRUCTIONS: Select the correct answer in each of the following questions.

1. A division of forensics ballistics that refers to the work of the police investigator in the field.
a) Field investigation c) Scene of Crime Operation
b) Legal proceeding d) Technical examination
2. The first law in the Philippines prohibiting sale, manufacture, illegal possession and
disposition of firearms and explosives.
a) Act no.1711 c) Republic Act No. 8294
b) PD 1866 d) Republic Act No. 482
3. This is the rate of speed of the bullet per unit of time.
a) Penetration c) Muzzle blast
b) Velocity d) Terminal energy
4. It is the sound created at the end of the barrel during explosion of the ammunition.
a) Penetration c) Muzzle blast
b) Velocity d) Terminal energy
5. What type of firearm is fed by at its chamber?
a) Single shot firearm c) Bolt action
b) Automatic type d) Slide action type
6. This is the farthest distance that the bullet can travel after it is out of the barrel of the
firearm.
a) Velocity c) Range
b) Maximum range d) Muzzle target distance
7. This is a kind of ammunition whose small pellets stored at its bullet can be seen.
a) Glazer ammunition c) Black talon
b) Incendiary d) Exploding
8. There are four (4) types of firearms, the rifle, shotgun, pistol and revolver. When you recover
a rimless fired cartridge case on the crime scene, your suspicion is focused on:
a) Pistol c) Revolver
b) Pistol or rifle d) Shotgun
9. This refers to the size of the bullet grouping on the target.
a) Terminal velocity c) Terminal accuracy
b) Terminal penetration d) Terminal wound
10. Freakish device or weapons is likewise called.
a) Zip guns c) Guns of unusual shape & design
b) Homemade guns d) Genuinely manufactured guns
11. This involves the presentation, identification, extraction, and documents of computer
evidence stored as data or magnetically encoded information (IBIS and NIBIN).
a) Computer analysis c) Computer technology
b) Computer forensics d) Data base system
12. Is the considered as the outer covering of the bullet?
a) Coating c) Jacket
b) Covering d) Mixture of lead
13. Is the direction of the pressure created during the combustion of ammunition?
a) Right c) Backward
b) In all direction d) Forward
14. It is where you mark a fired bullet.
a) Nose c) Ogive or anterior portion
b) Base d) All of the above
15. It is where you mark a shotgun shell.
a) Outside on the plastic/paper tube b) Near the open mouth
c) At the base d) At the rim
16. It is the reason why the investigator do not use “X” in marking his/her evidence.
a) It is a universal mark c) It is confusing
b) It is not specific d) It does not provide information
17. These are markings which is particular and not found in any other firearm.
a) Individual characteristics c) Class characteristics
b) Universal markings d) Firing pin marks
18. One which serves as the container of the gunpowder.
a) Shell c) Casing
b) Metallic or non-metallic tube d) All of the above
19. The term given for the container of the priming mixture.
a) Primer cup c) Shell
b) Casing d) Anvil
20. Is a highly sensitive mixture of chemical placed in the primer cup?
a) Gunpowder c) Propellant
b) Priming mixture d) All of the above
21. The pitch of rifling is the number of inches traveled by the bullet to make a spin:
a) 1 complete turn c) 4 complete turns
b) 3 complete turns d) 5 complete turns
22. One which serves as the chamber or magazine for the revolvers.
a) Drum c) Cylinder
b) Link or belt d) All of the above
23. A projectile which is propelled by means of expansive force of gases.
a) Gunpowder c) Bullet
b) Wads d) Lead
24. Is the location of the skid mark found on fired bullet?
a) On the cylindrical portion c) On the nose
b) On the base d) On the anterior portion
25. These are characteristics which are known before the manufacture of the firearm.
a) Individual characteristics c) Class characteristics
b) Universal markings d) Firing pin marks
26. Is the distance measured between two opposite lands of the barrel?
a) Caliber c) Bore
b) Gauge d) Choke
27. It is the science of identification of firearms by means of ammunition fired through them.
a) Forensic ballistics c) Ballistics
b) Wound ballistics d) Terminal ballistics
28. Is known as the science of motion and projectiles.
a) Forensic ballistics c) Ballistics
b) Wound ballistics d) Terminal ballistics
29. That branch of ballistics that treats the reaction of the bullet while still inside the gun.
a) Forensic ballistics c) Interior ballistics
b) Exterior ballistics d) Terminal ballistics
30. Lead bullets are designed to be fired from what kind of caliber of and make of firearm?
a) Caliber .223 c) Caliber .38
b) Caliber .32 d) Caliber .45
31. It is that part of the firearm where bullet passes through.
a) Bore c) Breech
b) Barrel d) Muzzle
32. A rifle, pistol and revolver ammunition is called cartridge, shotgun ammunition is called?
a) Pellet c) Shot shell
b) Shell d) All of the above
33. Pistols with the same number of grooves maybe differentiated by the direction of twist of
the rifling. Of the following statement the one which can most accurately be inferred is that?
a) Most pistols have same number of grooves
b) Same pistols have rifling twisted right or left
c) Direction of twist in any pistol is either right or left
d) Direction of twist depends on characteristics
34. The secret of good shooting is accomplished by means of-
a) Proper sighting of the target c) A relaxed and natural position
b) Firing slowly and carefully d) Keeping the thumb along the grip
35. The term muzzle velocity refers most accurately to-
a) Acceleration of the bullet in flight
b) Rate of rotation inside the barrel
c) Speed of the bullet on flight
d) Speed at which the bullet leaves the gun
36. It is the data or information placed on a fired bullet?
a) Date & investigator’s initial c) Time of recovery
b) Placed of recovery d) Number of lands & grooves
37. Rifling at the inside of the barrel of the firearm is intended to-
a) Increase the speed of the bullet c) Decrease the amount of recoil
b) Increase the rotation of the bullet d) Prevent the bullet from turning end over on air
38. It is that part of the firearm that holds the backward movement of the cartridge, and leaves
markings on its base-
a) Breech face c) Breech
b) Breech block d) Metallic block
39. The basic principle that “There is no duplication in nature” is applicable in establishing the
identity of the individual firearm.
a) True c) Absolutely True
b) False d) Absolutely False
40. The amount of the powder charge of a cartridge affects breech face markings.
a) True c) Absolutely True
b) False d) Absolutely False
41. In identifying the uniqueness of the firearm from another, identification must not be based
only in one or two accidental marks or scratches but on-
a) The pattern of those markings c) Uniqueness of markings
b) Based on one or more markings d) Number of these markings
42. It is the term used for the measure of the twist of the rifling-
a) Speed of twist c) Degree of rotation
b) Direction of travel d) Pitch of the rifling
43. These are explosives that serve to initiate the propellant and the reaction of high
explosives?
a) Explosive train c) Booster explosives
b) Initiating explosives d) Detonators
44. It is another term for “Shearing marks”
a) Secondary firing pin mark c) Shaving marks
b) Skidmarks d) Impression marks
45. It is the kind of gunpowder that is used in modern firearms-
a) Smokeless powder c) Black powder
b) Semi-smokeless powder d) Tubular powders
46. It is the location of “chamber marks” on fired shell.
a) On the cylindrical portion c) On the metallic base
b) On the base d) On the anterior portion
47. It is the class characteristics of a Smith & Wesson .38 cal. Revolver?
a) 5R G-L c) 6L G2X
B) 7R G-L d) 6R G3X
48. It is the class characteristics of colt.45 caliber pistol.
a) 5R G-L c) 6L G2X
B) 7R G-L d) 6R G3X
49. Which of the following test is used to determine whether a person fired a gun?
a) Duquinois Levine test c) Paraffin test
b) Luminescence test d) Takayama test
50. In the collection of physical evidence, “Don’t MAC” evidence means-
a) Don’t mutilate c) Don’t contaminate
b) Don’t alter d) All of the above
51. It is the importance of taking down notes during crime scene search.
a) Refresh the memory of the investigator
b) Remember facts of the scene
c) Serves as additional evidence in court
d) All of the above
52. It is the canal in firearms barrel.
a) Lands c) Grooves
b) Bore d) Striate
53. In fired bullet, the depressed portion is the markings of-
a) Lands c) Grooves
b) Bore d) Striate
54. In the firearms barrel, the elevated portion is known as-
a) Lands c) Grooves
b) Bore d) Striate
55. It is considered the first step in firing a firearm of any sort-
a) Lighting the propellant c) Placing the ammunition in the chamber
b) Loading the firearm d) Squeezing the trigger
56. This is a mechanism of firearm, is so arranged that it will fire continuously while the trigger
is pressed-
a) Double action c) Single action
b) Automatic d) Semi-automatic
57. The distance that the rifling advances to make one complete turn inside the gun barrel is
called-
a) Gauge c) Pitch of the rifling
b) Gyroscopic effect d) Velocity
58. Weapon in which pressure upon the trigger releases the hammer that must be manually
cocked is called-
a) Automatic c) Single action
b) Repeating arm d) Breech loading
59. A weapon in which pressure upon the trigger both cocks and releases the hammer
a) Single action c) Automatic
b) Double action d) Repeating arms
60. A constriction at the end of the shotgun barrel that control the spread of pellets during
firing is termed as-
a) Full choke c) Choke
b) Small bore d) Cylinder
61. It is the instrument used for the propulsion of a projectile-
a) Firearm c) Barrel
b) Cylinder d) Magazine
62. Is the diameter of a shotgun barrels.
a) Caliber c) Bore
b) Gauge d) Choke
63. Is the mechanism of the firearm that causes the cartridge case to be thrown out of the
firearm?
a) Extractor c) Recoiled spring
b) Ejector d) Spring plug
64. This is a standard cartridge wherein size of the body is same as that of the base?
a) Rimmed c) Semi-rimmed
b) Rimless d) Belted
65. These are cartridge used and designed for revolvers and carbines-
a) Rimmed c) Semi-rimmed
b) Rimless d) Belted
66. What kind of solution is use in the restoration of the serial number of the firearm?
a) Acid wash c) Etching solution
b) Borax solution d) Magnesium soap
67. It is known as the forward end of the barrel.
a) Breech end c) Muzzle end
b) Close-end d) Breech block
68. It is the mechanical wear & tear at the inside of the barrel.
a) Individual characteristics c) Class characteristics
b) Universal markings d) Firing pin marks
69. These are bullets, which when fired emits a bright flame from its base-
a) Tracer c) Incendiary
b) Armor piercing d) Explosive
70. This is a bullet created by the English army during their fight with the fanatical natives of
frontier India called dum-dum which is also termed as-
a) Boat tailed & pointed c) Wad cutter
b) Armor piercing d) Soft point & hollow-point bullets
71. These are firearms that propelled less than one inch in diameter-
a) Artillery arms c) Freakish firearms
b) Small arms d) Short barreled
72. The caliber of the firearm can be determined by the bore diameter measured from-
a) Two opposite grooves c) Two opposite lands
b) Two rifling d) Two impressions
73. This is a mechanism of a firearm provides gyroscopic effect on the bullet upon its passage
until its flight towards the target.
a) Lands c) Grooves
b) Rifling d) Pitch of rifling
74. These are markings on the bullets fired from a revolver due to poor alignment between the
cylinder and the bullet-
a) Shaving marks c) Rifling marks
b) Striation marks d) Impression marks
75. He was credited for his invention of gunpowder.
a) Alexander john Forsyth c) Graviele
b) Berthold Schwartz d) Van Amberg
76. An instrument used to measure the pitch of the rifling?
a) Taper gauge c) Helixometer
b) Micrometer d) Chronograph
77. A twelve (12) gauge shotgun has an equivalent diameter of in inches.
a) .730 c) .724
b) .729 d) .726
78. He was considered as the father of modern ballistics?
a) Hiram Maxim c) Alexander john Forsyth
b) Col. Calvin H. Goddard d) John M. Garand
79. This causes stripping marks on a fired bullet.
a) Barrel c) Lands
b) Grooves d) Loose fit barrel
80. It is where you can locate stripping marks on fired bullets-
a) On the cylindrical portion
b) On the metallic base
c) On the base
d) On the anterior portion
81. These are marks found at the central area of the base of the center fire cartridge and on the
rim for rimmed fire-
a) Extractor c) Breechblock
b) Ejector d) Firing pin
82. It is considered as the first step in barrel making.
a) Drilling operation c) Lapping operation
b) Re-blueing d) Forging
83. The rifling located inside the barrel of the firearm is a combination of-
a) Cannelure and knurled ring c) Pitch and twist
b) Lands & grooves d) Impression & Straiet
84. The caliber of the bullet can be determined with the use of.
a) Micrometer c) Taper gauge
b) Hand lens d) Macrometer
85. An investigator who recovered a fired bullet from the crime scene will request the
ballistician to determine-
a) Owner of the firearm c) Caliber & type of the firearm
b) Model of the firearm d) Manufacturer of the firearm
86. That science which deals with the motion of projectile upon its impact on the target.
a) Forensic ballistics c) Interior ballistics
b) Exterior ballistics d) Terminal ballistics
87. The best technique applicable when firing a firearm is to-
a) Keep both eyes closed c) Keep the left eye open
b) Keep the right eye open d) Keep both eyes open
88. Empty shell has been recovered by the investigator from the crime scene. In order to
identify the firearm from which a shell was fired, submitted into the laboratory should be-
a) The wads c) The pellets
b) The Shot shell d) All of the above
89. The term double action with reference to .38 revolver is that-
a) Pressure on the trigger both cocks & release the hammer
b) Revolver has both safety & automatic firing action
c) Revolver when fired cannot eject the fired shell
d) Fresh cartridge is positioned under the firing pin when the trigger is pulled.
90. The pitch or twist of the rifling of a firearm barrel means-
a) One complete acceleration
b) One complete rotation of 360 degrees
c) One complete turn
d) One complete left or right turn
91. Identifying marks or imprint are not left on a shell by the-
a) Firing pin c) Extractor
b) Ejector d) Hammer
92. That part of the firearm that withdraws the shell or cartridge from the firearms chamber is
called-
a) Ejector c) Hammer
b) Primer d) Extractor
93. A revolver to be tested and used in evidence should be collected in any of the following
manner-
a) Inserting a pencil or ballpen in the barrel
b) Placing a piece of wire or string through the trigger guard
c) Grasping the handle with the handkerchief
d) Grasping the barrel with clean cloth
94. A caliber .45 semi-automatic pistol found at the scene of the crime is normally not
individually mark for identification on its-
a) Trigger c) Slide
b) Ejector d) Barrel
95. The type of bore found I sawed-off shotgun is usually a-
a) Rifled bore c) Full-choked bore
b) Ejector bore d) Smooth bore
96. The maximum distance from the muzzle at which a firearm discharge will usually produce
detectable powder patterns is at about-
a) 6 to10 inches c) 6 to 10 yards
b) 6 to 10 feet d) 6 to 10 meters
97. When a semi-automatic or full automatic firearm is discharge by the criminal at the scene of
the crime-
a) The empty shell will remain on the chamber
b) The shell in most cases will be recovered from the crime scene
c) The shell is rarely found at the crime scene
d) The shell is usually disposed by the perpetrator
98. In marksmanship, when the draw of the revolver is completed, the index finger of the
shooter should-
a) Grasp the stock
b) Touch or outside of the trigger guard
c) Be placed straight along the barrel
d) Be placed directly on the trigger inside the trigger guard
99. A member of the police force may properly use his pistol-
a) To disperse a disorderly group of people
b) To subdue a maniac
c) To prevent escape of a felon
d) To stop a man suspected to have committed a crime
100. The term “Magnum” originated in-
a) United Stated c) England
b) France d) Italy

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