LIPA CITY CO0LLEGES

COLLGE OF CRIMINOLOGY
CRM5-PRELIM EXAM

Direction. Answers should be written on the table provided on the last page of the exam. Strictly no erasures and no overwriting.
Test I. Multiple Choice.

1. It is said that dryness of the mouth and tongue is an indication of lying. Which ancient ordeal used this basis of lie detection?
a. Water Test Ordeal b. Cold Water Ordeal `e. none of the above
c. Red Hot Iron Ordeal d. Boiling Water Ordeal
2. A Child is an example of _____liar.
a. Ethnological b. Pathological e. None of the above
c. Psychopathic d. Occupational
3. Perjury is an example of ____ lie.
a. Black Lie b. Malicious
`c. Red Lie d. Political
4. It is true that Luigi Galvani was the first one to use the term Psychogalvanic Reflex. The statement is correct.
A. True b. False e. None of the above
c. It depends d. Sometimes True
5. nodding of the head and a thumb up sign is an example of _____.
a. Manipulator b. Emblem e. None of the above
c. Pauses d. Inconsistencies
6. Manipulators are actions often performed deliberately whose meanings are clearly understood. Which made the statement
incorrect?
a. Manipulators b. Deliberately e. None of the above
c. clearly understood d. None of the above
7. Your nose will grow longer if you tell a lie. This is an example of _____ lie.
a. Black b. Bold-face Lie e. none of the above
c. Story book lie d. Lie to children
8. “I did not do it”. This statement is _____.
a. Direct Denial b. Panic Lie e. none of the above
c. red Lie d. Omission
9. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
a. Stuttering b. Oaths
c. Pauses d. Nodding
10. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
a. Wringing the hands b. grooming the hair
c. shrugging shoulders d. Fidgeting
11. You noticed that the attachment of the pneumo tube 1 is loose. What will you do?
a. Add pressure to the hand pump bulb until the pneumo 1 tightens.
b. Adjust the freewheeling string of stainless beads.
c. Adjust the sensitivity of the pneumo tube,
d. Use the centering Knob to adjust the tightness of the pneumo 1.
e. None of the above
12. After putting enough pressure on the arm cuff, you noticed from the meter gauge that pressure is escaping from the cuff.
What shall you do?
a. Adjust the sensitivity.
b. Lock the pinch clamp.
c. loosen the vent of the pump bulb.
d. Use the centering knob.
e. None of the above
13. The polygraph machine records the psychological changes of the subject.
a. True b. False
c. It depends on the subject’s reaction d. It depends on the examiners interpretation
14. What Determines the competency of a polygraph examination result?
a. High tech machine b. the examiner
c. Qualified subject d. Transducers
15. You noticed that the attachment of the pneumo tube 1 is loose. What will you do?
a. Add pressure to the hand pump bulb until the pneumo 1 tightens.
b. Adjust the freewheeling string of stainless beads.
c. Adjust the sensitivity of the pneumo tube,
d. Use the centering Knob to adjust the tightness of the pneumo 1.
e. None of the above
16. In what sequence shall following transducers be attached to the subjects body.
1. pneumo 1 2. Pneumo 2 3. Cardiosphygmograph 4. Galvanograph
a. 2-1-3-4
b. 1-2-3-4
c. 4-3-2-1
d. 2-1-4-3
e. The transducers shall be attached at the same time by the examiners.
17. The polygraph machine records the psychological changes of the subject.
a. True b. False
c. It depends on the subject’s reaction d. It depends on the examinersinterpretation
18. The galvo pen went down on its base line. What will you do?
a. Rotate the centering knob clockwise b. rotate the centering knob counter clockwise.
c. Rotate the sensitivity knob clockwise d. rotate the sensitivity knob counter clockwise
 e. Turn off and reset the machines’ sensitivity.
19. The galvo pen’s tracing amplitude become bigger than the required length in the course of the examination? What will you
do?
a. Rotate the centering knob clockwise
b. rotate the centering knob counter clockwise.
c. Rotate the sensitivity knob clockwise
d. rotate the sensitivity knob counter clockwise
e. Turn off and reset the machines’ sensitivity
20. The Pneumograph assembly is made up of arm cuff, pump bulb and pinch clamp. The statement is not incorrect.
a. true b. false
c. sometimes d. It depends
21. The arm cuff after deflation becomes susceptible to changes of blood pressure as well as pulse rate. What made the sentence
incorrect?
a. arm cuff b. deflation
c. susceptible d. none of the above
22. The galvanograph records the changes of the subjects breathing. It consists of traducers which are fastened around the
abdominal and the thoracic part of the body. What word made the statement incorrect?
a. galvanograph b. breathing
c. abdominal d. thoracic
23. What will you do after the attachment of the armcuff to the subject?
a. inflate the arm cuff using the pump bulb b. Attach the remaining transducer
b. close the vent so that air will not escape d. lock the pinch clamp
24. In the actual machine operation, what will you do after the attachment of the finger electrodes?
a. Turn the machine on. b. inflate the armcuff
c. turn on the chart drive. D. Adjust the sensitivity.
25. If the subject answered no to a question, what markings will you put in the chart?
a. ^ b. -
b./ d. //

26. In what sequence shall following transducers be attached to the subjects body.
1. pneumo 1 2. Pneumo 2 3. Cardiosphygmograph 4. Galvanograph
a. 2-1-3-4
b. 1-2-3-4
c. 4-3-2-1
d. 2-1-4-3
e. The transducers shall be attached at the same time by the examiners.
27. Where will u attach the pneumo1 tube?
A. Thoracic part b. abdomen e. none of the above
c. fingers d. brachial artery
28. The galvo pen went down on its base line. What will you do?
a. Rotate the centering knob clockwise b. rotate the centering knob counter clockwise.
c. Rotate the sensitivity knob clockwise d. rotate the sensitivity knob counter clockwise
e. Turn off and reset the machines’ sensitivity.
29. The galvo pen’s tracing amplitude become bigger than the required length in the course of the examination? What will you
do?
a. Rotate the centering knob clockwise b. rotate the centering knob counter clockwise.
c. Rotate the sensitivity knob clockwise d. rotate the sensitivity knob counter clockwise
e. Turn off and reset the machines’ sensitivity
30. What Determines the competency of a polygraph examination result?
a. High tech machine b. the examiner
c. Qualified subject d. none of the above
31. Where will u attach the pneumo1 tube?
A. Thoracic part b. abdomen e. none of the above
c. fingers d. brachial artery
32. After putting enough pressure on the arm cuff, you noticed from the meter gauge that pressure is escaping from the cuff.
What shall you do?
a. Adjust the sensitivity.
b. Lock the pinch clamp.
c. loosen the vent of the pump bulb.
d. Use the centering knob.
e. None of the above
33. The following are proponents of the galvanograph component except:
a. Luigi Galvani b. Veraguth e. none of the above
c. Angelo Mosso d. Sticker
33. It is not true that Cesare Lobroso, John Larson, and Leonarde Keeler are not proponents of the cardiosphygmograph. This
statement is incorrect.
a. True b. False e. none of the above
C. probably false. D. It depends on the situation

___34. These are direct question having an extreme and specific relationship to the crime or matter under investigation and these
are primary or key question ask by the examiner in order to solve a specific issue.

a. Relevant Question c. Evidence Connecting Question

b. Irrelevant Question d. Control Question

___35. In Mixed Question Test, the secondary control question should be asked by the examiner how many times?

a. once b. twice c. thrice d. no secondary control question will be asked

___36. Before the start of the first question in the polygraph examination, what signs/symbols should be written by the examiner?

a. XX/50/2.0A c. X/2.0/50A

b. X/60/3.0A d. anyone of them

___37. Its purpose is to establish the standard tracing of the subject.

a. number test b. general question test c. confirmatory test d. mixed question test

___38. “Regarding the incident of killing Mr. Juaquin, do you intend to answer all my question truthfully?” is an example of?

a. sacrifice question c. control question

b. relevant question d. symptomatic question

___39. These are questions intended to identify and assess the occurrence of outside issues that might restrain subject’s responses
to relevant question.

a. SKY Question c. Symptomatic Question

b. Control Question d. Relevant Question

___40. When the degree of responses in control questions is higher than relevant question, the subject is:

a. lying b. truth-telling c. inconclusive d. any of these

___41. What is the fifth question in confirmatory test?

a. Strong relevant question c. Primary control question

b. Irrelevant question d. Weak relevant

___42. It refers to the tracing of responses on the chart which does not deviate from the norms of the subject’s psycho-
physiological response.

a. abnormal tracing c. specific responses

b. specific tracing d. normal tracing

___43. How many minutes are spent as rest interval between charts taken?

a. five to ten minutes c. fifteen to twenty minutes

b. ten to fifteen minutes d. more than twenty five minutes

___44. In the symbol XX/60/1.5A, 1.5 is.

a. the sensitivity of cardiosphygmograph c. the sensitivity of galvanograph

b. the sensitivity of pneumograph d. the pressure inflated in the arm cuff

___45. In the symbol XX/60/1.5A, 60 is.

a. the sensitivity of cardiosphygmograph c. the sensitivity of galvanograph

b. the sensitivity of pneumograph d. the pressure inflated in the arm cuff

___1. These are the tracings of the subject when irrelevant questions were answered.

a. reaction c. specific response

b. normal response d. positive response

___2. In polygraph examination, what serves as the stimulus?

a. the polygraph examiner c. the questions formulated and asked

b. the polygraph machine d. the subject’s response
___3. The tracing which is established from the time the subject is informed of the direction until the second question in General
Question Test is known as:
 a. specific response tracing c. conditional tracing

b. standard tracing d. experimental tracing

___4. If a Yes answer is given by the subject, the examiner marks this on the chart.

a. X b. XX c. plus sign (+) d. minus sign (-)

___5. These are the tracings of the subject when relevant questions were answered. These are deviations from normal tracing of
the subject.

a. reaction c. specific response

b. normal response d. positive response

___6. When the tracings of the subjects have the same degree of response to strong relevant and primary control questions, the
subject is:

a. innocent/negative b. inconclusive c. positive of lying d. any of these

___7. For the questions to be effective for accurate result of polygraph examination, they must be:

a. accusatory c. intelligent and responsive

b. require inference from the subject d. in language known to the examiner

___8. . It is the best indication of deception.

a. simultaneous responses in the pneumograph and galvanograph tracings.

b. simultaneous responses in the pneumograph and cardiosphygmograph tracings.

c. simultaneous responses in the three (3) tracings.

d. all of these

___9. When the tracings of the subjects have a greater degree of response in strong relevant question than the primary control
question, the subject is:

a. innocent/negative b. inconclusive c. positive of lying d. any of these

___10. It is the arrangement of questions in the administration of confirmatory test.

a. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 c. 1, 3, 4, 5, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

b. 4, 1, 9, 6, 2, 3, 10, 5, 6, 8, 10 d. 1, 3, 2, 5, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

___11. When during the relevant question, the tracings fall beyond their baselines, adjustment should be made:

a. before the asking of the next relevant question

b. before the asking of the next irrelevant question

c. after the asking of the next relevant question

d. after the asking of the next irrelevant question

___12. What is the purpose Spot Responder Test?

a. To check feasible distortion when the selected number is asked.

b. To determine the responsiveness of the subject to critical question
c. To serve as an affirmative check
d. To condition the subject to have standard tracing
___13. The following are purpose of General Question Test, except:

a. To condition the subject to have standard tracing

b. To establish truth-telling pattern for the primary part of the record
c. To determine the responsiveness of the subject to critical question
d. None of the above
___14. Peak of Tension Test consists of how many questions?

a. 5 b. 7 c. 9 d. 11

___15. It is the tracing recorded by the machine from the subject when there is no question or during irrelevant questions.

a. normal or standard tracing c. specific response

 b. actual tracing d. all of the above

___16. They are subjects who react to questions nos. 3, 5, 8, and 9, even when they have been changed to different questions, not
relevant to the case under investigation.

a. guilty subjects c. guilt complex subjects

b. spot responder subjects d. unfit subjects

___17. In the symbol XX/60/1.5A, 1.5 is.

a. the sensitivity of cardiosphygmograph c. the sensitivity of galvanograph

b. the sensitivity of pneumograph d. the pressure inflated in the arm cuff

___18. What do you call to the six questions presented, aside from one relevant question, in a peak of tension test?

a. irrelevant questions c. forcing questions

b. tabbing questions d. padding questions
___19. In the symbol XX/60/1.5A, 60 is.

a. the sensitivity of cardiosphygmograph c. the sensitivity of galvanograph

b. the sensitivity of pneumograph d. the pressure inflated in the arm cuff

___20. The accuracy of the polygraph machine is dependent on:

a. the competency of the examiner c. the question formulated

b. the condition of the subject d. the accuracy of facts of the case gathered
___21. A type of test which is possible only when there is no widespread publicity about crime where intimate details of the
crime as to the methods of commission or certain facts are known only to the perpetrator and the victim as well as the
investigator.

a. mixed question test c. general question test

b. silent action test d. peak tension test

___22. When the subject answer question number 9 in the affirmative, what should be done by the examiner?

a. ask the subject his suspect in the case c. stop the examination

b. continue with the examination d. all of the above

___23. When the subject has specific reaction in question number 6 during general question test, what further action may be done
by the examiner?

a. inquire if he had some previous acts similar to the case under investigation

b. ask if he has knowledge to the case under investigation

c. stop the examination and ask to see the investigator

d. he is mostly the guilty subject

___24. It is defined as the stimulus of primary importance projected into a form of a question which overcome the psychological
excitement level. This is accomplished by asking a question of direct involvement on the case.

a. weak relevant question c. strong relevant question

b. knowledge question d. evidence connecting question

___25. In the symbol XX/60/1.5A, XX means.

a. start of the examination c. amount of air pressure

b. end of the test d. sensitivity of the galvanograph

___26. During the asking of relevant questions, generally, how many seconds would be allowed by the examiner before asking
the next question?

a. 10-20 seconds c. 5-10 seconds

b. 15-20 seconds d. 25-35 seconds

___27. Before the start of the first question in the polygraph examination, what signs/symbols should be written by the examiner?

a. XX/50/2.0A c. X/2.0/50A

b. X/60/3.0A d. anyone of them

___28. During the asking of relevant question, the tracing suddenly went up, when will you adjust?

a. immediately after noticing the reaction

b. wait for few seconds and ask irrelevant question

c. don’t make any adjustment, let the pen tracing returns to its original position

d. any of these

___29. The YES test shall be administered when?

a. before General Question Test c. before Mixed Question Test

b. after General Question Test d. after Mixed Question Test
___30. For a deviation to be considered, in at least how many chart should the deviation appear?

a. one c. three

b. two d. four

___31. These are direct question having an extreme and specific relationship to the crime or matter under investigation and these
are primary or key question ask by the examiner in order to solve a specific issue.

a. Relevant Question c. Evidence Connecting Question

b. Irrelevant Question d. Control Question
___32. This question is intended to discover whether the subject possesses information regarding the identity of the offender or
the location of evidence or other secondary elements of the facts of the case.

a. Control Question c. Knowledge Question

b. Evidence Connecting Question d. Relevant Question
___33. These are questions concern in several secondary aspects of the crime or problem and often deal with guilty knowledge
and partial involvement.

a. Strong Relevant Question c. Weak Relevant Question

b. Primary or Crucial Question d. Irrelevant Question

___34. Mixed Question Test consists of how many questions?

a. 10 b. 11 c. 12 d. 8

___35. In Mixed Question Test, the secondary control question should be asked by the examiner how many times?

a. once b. twice c. thrice d. no secondary control question will be asked

___36. Before the start of the first question in the polygraph examination, what signs/symbols should be written by the examiner?

a. XX/50/2.0A c. X/2.0/50A

b. X/60/3.0A d. anyone of them

___37. Its purpose is to establish the standard tracing of the subject.

a. number test b. general question test c. confirmatory test d. mixed question test

___38. “Regarding the incident of killing Mr. Juaquin, do you intend to answer all my question truthfully?” is an example of?

a. sacrifice question c. control question

b. relevant question d. symptomatic question
___39. These are questions intended to identify and assess the occurrence of outside issues that might restrain subject’s responses
to relevant question.

a. SKY Question c. Symptomatic Question

b. Control Question d. Relevant Question

___40. Which of the following type of question is developed by John Reid?

a. relevant question c. evidence connecting

b. control question d. irrelevant

___41. When the degree of responses in control questions is higher than relevant question, the subject is:

a. lying b. truth-telling c. inconclusive d. any of these

___42. What is the fifth question in confirmatory test?

a. Strong relevant question c. Primary control question

b. Irrelevant question d. Weak relevant
___43. Who developed the peak of tension test?

a. William Marston c. Leonarde Keeler

b. John Reid d. John Larson
___44. Its purpose is to compare the degree of reaction between relevant question and control question.

a. Silent Answer Test c. Spot Responder Test

b. Mixed Question Test d. Guilt Complex Test
___45. It refers to the tracing of responses on the chart which does not deviate from the norms of the subject’s psycho-
physiological response.

a. abnormal tracing c. specific responses

b. specific tracing d. normal tracing
___46. This test is applied when the response to relevant and control questions are similar in degree and in consistency and in a
way that the examiner cannot determine whether the subject is telling the truth or not.

a. Peak of tension test c. guilt complex test

b. Card/number test d. spot responder test
___47. Its function is to detect and evaluate the presence of outside issues which may suppress response to relevant question.

a. primary control question c. symptomatic question

b. secondary control d. sacrifice question
___48. Each chart taken typically lasts how many minutes?

a. less than ten minutes c. more than five minutes

b. less than five minutes d. more than ten minutes

___49. How many minutes are spent as rest interval between charts taken?

a. five to ten minutes c. fifteen to twenty minutes

b. ten to fifteen minutes d. more than twenty five minutes
___50. After the subject answered the question No. 8 of MQT, generally how many seconds must elapse before asking the next
question?

a. five to ten minutes c. five to ten seconds

b. ten to fifteen minutes d. ten to fifteen seconds

Prepared by: Checked by:

Grace Guevarra Escabel ALEXANDER C. MURIA

Instructor Dean