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EVALUATIVE EXAMINATION
FORENSIC BALLISTIC
Criminologist Licensure Examination
NAME:

1. It is a metallic or non-metallic cylindrical b. Propellant

projectile propelled from a firearm by means of c. Primer
the expansive force of gases coming from the d. Powder charge
burning gunpowder.
a. Cartridge 6. It refers to the identification and
b. Bullet investigation of firearms by means of
c. Primer ammunition fired through them.
d. Gun powder a. Terminal Ballistic
b. Exterior Ballistic
2. The science of motion of projectiles. c. Forensic Ballistic
a. Firearm Examination d. Interior Ballistic
b. Ballistic
c. Polygraph 7. It refers to any weapon designed to be
d. Dactyloscopy operated from the shoulder.
a. Revolver
3. This consists of unburned, burning and b. Rifle
partially burned powder together with graphite c. Pistol
which came out from the muzzle. It is d. Machine Guns
responsible for the tattooing around the
gunshot wound of entrance. 8. Ignition of the propellant will cause the
a. Smoke production of flame. The flame does not
b. Powder Grains usually go beyond a distance of ___inches in
c. Powder Burns pistols.
d. Flame a. 6 inches
b. 3 inches
4. In a common police parlance, a bullet may c. 5 inches
be called ______. d. 2 inches
a. Projectile
b. Tingga 9. This is an instrument used for making
c. Slug measurement such as bullet diameter, bore
d. Bala diameter, and barrel length.
a. Micrometer
5. A portion in the cartridge case which b. Taper Gauge
consists of a brass or gilding metal cup. The c. Caliper
cup contains a highly sensitive mixture of d. Onoscope
chemical compound.
a. Gunpowder
10. He is credited as the father of Percussion 17. He is credited as the father of Criminalistic.
Ignition. a. Calvin Goddard
a. Calvin Goddard b. Garrand
b. Alexander john Forsyth c. Aristotle
c. Smith d. Hans Gross
d. Wesson
18. In this firearm a pressure is applied on the
11. Firing pin mark can be found in a “Fired trigger and will both cock and fire the firearm
Shell”. by release of the hammer.
a. True a. Single Action Firearm
b. False b. Double Action Firearm
c. Partially true c. Single Shot Firearm
d. Partially False d. Automatic Firearm

12. It refers to the effect of the impact of the 19. The speed of the bullet upon striking the
bullet on the target. target.
a. Terminal ballistic a. Terminal Accuracy
b. Exterior Ballistic b. Terminal Energy
c. Forensic Ballistic c. Terminal Velocity
d. Interior Ballistic d. Terminal Penetration

13. The number of lands and grooves inside 20. It is an ancient smooth-bore and muzzle
the bore of a fired firearm are loading military shoulder arm designed to fire a
always_________. single round lead ball.
a. Different a. Musket
b. Terminal Energy b. Machine guns
c. same c. Shoulder Arms
d. Terminal Penetration d. Revolver

14. All rim-fire cartridges and most center-fire 21. This is a part of the firearm which causes
revolver cartridges that are now manufactured firing mechanism.
have_________. a. Hammer
a. Long Neck Cartridges b. Trigger
b. Bottle Neck cartridges c. Barrel
c. Straight Cases d. Ejector
d. None of these
22. As applied to ballistic or any other subject,
15. It refers to the properties and attributes of it suggests a relationship to courts of justice
the bullet while still inside the gun. and legal proceeding.
a. Terminal Ballistic a. Ballistic
b. Interior Ballistic b. Legal
c. Exterior Ballistic c. Forensic
d. Forensic Ballistic d. None of the foregoing
16. The elevated portion of the bore.
a. Land 23. The term ballistic is derived from the Greek
b. Grooves word __________ which literally means to
c. Rifling throw.
d. None of these a. Ballista
b. Ballo
 c. Ballein c. Forsyth
d. B or C d. Hans Gross

24. Fired bullets should be marked by the 31. It refers to the characteristics that are
recovering officer with his initials in the determinable even prior to the manufacture of
____________. the firearms. These are factory specification
a. Nose and within the control of man.
b. Mouth a. Individual Characteristics
c. Ogive b. Class Characteristics
d. A or C c. Group Characteristics
d. None of these
25. It refers to the circular groove near the
base of the case or shell designed for the 32. It describes the ability of the bullet to
automatic withdrawal of the case after each maintain its velocity against air resistance.
firing. a. Trajectory
a. Ejector Groove b. Air Resistance
b. Extractor Groove c. Pull of Gravity
c. Land Groove d. Ballistic Coefficient
d. None of these
33. Firearms that propel projectile of less than
26. It is the amount of force on the trigger one inch in diameter.
necessary to fire a gun. a. Artillery
a. Hair Trigger b. Small Arms
b. Trigger Force c. Trigger
c. Trigger Pressure d. Ejector
d. None of these
34. The depressed portion of the bore.
27. He is the maker of the first known carbine. a. Groove
a. David Williams b. Land
b. Alexander Forsyth c. Rifling
c. John m.Browning d. Base
d. Eliphalet Remington
35. The depth of entry of the bullet in the
28. It is generally found on the primer cup. target.
a. Shearing Mark a. Pull of Gravity
b. Firing Pin mark b. Air Resistance
c. Extractor Mark c. Terminal Penetration
d. Magazine lip Mark d. Terminal Accuracy

29. The trigger pressure of a shotgun 36. It is generally used in the preliminary
is______. examination of fired bullets and shells for the
a. 3-4lbs. purpose of determining the relative distribution
b. 4 lbs of the class characteristics.
c. 3-5 lbs a. Bullet Comparison Microscope
d. 6-7 lbs b. Stereoscopic Microscope
c. Shadowgraph
30. He is credited as the father of Ballistic. d. Caliper
a. Samuel Colt
b. Calvin Goddard
37. It refers to a “Loaded Shell” for rifles, probably the type of caliber and make of
carbines, shotguns, revolvers and pistols from firearms from which they were fired.
which a ball, bullet, shot or other missile may a. Micrometer
be fired by means of a gun powder or other b. Bullet Comparison Microscope
explosives c. Helixometer
a. Bullet d. Analytical Balance
b. Ammunition
c. Primer 44. The term cartridge is derived from the
d. Ball word “charta”, the Latin word for ____.
a. Plastic
38. Sometimes it is called as “secondary firing b. Metal
pin mark” and found in the primer near the c. Cartoon
firing pin mark. d. Paper
a. Firing Pin Mark
b. Shearing Mark 45. The container of the priming mixture is
c. Ejector Mark _______.
d. Chamber Mark a. Shell
b. Cartridge
39. The first priming mixture is composed of c. Primer Cup
Potassium Chlorate, Charcoal, and _________. d. Primer Shell
a. Ground Glass 46. The Gunpowder was invented in____
b. Fulminate of Mercury _____.
c. Barium Nitrate a. 1413
d. Sulphur b. 1313
c. 1350
40. Firearm which may be fired only by a single d. 1213
hand.
a. Rifle 47. This instrument is use to measure the
b. Pistol angle of twist in a rifled pistol and revolver.
c. Shotgun a. Magnifying Glass
d. All of these b. Gunsmith tools
c. Micrometer
41. It refers to the rate of speed of the bullet d. Helixometer
per unit of time.
a. Velocity 48. The resistance encountered by the bullet
b. Air Resistance whiles its flight.
c. Pull of Gravity a. Velocity Resistance
d. Penetration b. Air Resistance
c. Pull of Gravity
42. In marking physical evidence, use d. Penetration
distinctive mark such as X.
a. true 49. What kind of firearm that has a muzzle
b. false velocity of more than 1,400 feet per second??
c. Partially true a. High Power Firearm
d. Partially false b. Low Power Firearm
c. Pistol
43. This is used in determining weights of d. Revolver
bullets and shotgun pellets to determine
50. Bore diameter is an example of class 57. This is especially designed to permit the
characteristic. firearm examiner to determine the similarity
a. True and dissimilarity between two fired bullets and
b. False slugs or projectiles, or two fired shells by
c. Partially True simultaneously observing their magnified
d. Maybe image in a single microscopic instrument.
a. Stereoscopic Microscope
51. It is the distance measured between two b. Bullet Comparison Microscope
opposite lands inside the bore. c. Onoscope
a. Caliber d. Shadowgraph
b. Bore
c. Grooves 58. It is applied to that part of the cartridge
d. Lands case that is occupied by the bullet.
a. Base
52. The highly sensitive chemical mixture b. Crimp
contained in the primer cup. c. Vents
a. Priming Mixture d. Neck
b. Gunpowder
c. Propellant 59. These are mostly found around the body of
d. Powder Charge the fired cartridge case and these are caused
by the ‟irregularities” in the inside walls of the
53. The collecting officer can mark the chamber.
cylindrical surface of the bullet. a. Skid Marks
a. True b. Rifling Marks
b. False c. Chamber Marks
c. Partially true d. Shearing mark
d. Partially false
60. The downward reaction of the bullet
54. These are generally found on bullets fired toward the earth center due to its weight.
through “loose fit” barrels wherein the rifling is a. Downfall of bullet
already worn out. b. Pull of gravity
a. Shearing Mark c. Air Resistance
b. Stripping Mark d. Penetration
c. Breech Face Mark
d. Chamber Mark 61. These are found in the anterior portions of
the fired bullets and caused by the forward
55. Skid mark can be found on fired bullets. movement of the bullet from the chamber
a. True before it initially rotates due to the rifling inside
b. False the gun barrel.
c. Partially True a. Stripping Mark
d. Partially False b. Skid Mark
c. Firing pin Mark
56. It refers to the characteristics markings d. Shearing Mark
peculiar and not found in all firearms.
a. Class Characteristics 62. It is the hole in the web or the bottom of
b. Individual characteristic the primer pocket through which the primer
c. Group Characteristics „flash” provides ignition to the gunpowder.
d. All of the above a. Flash holes
b. Vents
 c. Cannelures c. Stereoscopic Microscope
d. A or B d. Shadowgraph

63. It refers to the straight distance between 70. It is equal to the height of the side of a
the muzzle and the target. land.
a. Trajectory a. Depth of Grooves
b. Velocity b. Twist
c. Range c. Rifling
d. Penetration d. land

64. This is used primarily in determining the 71. The gun powder is otherwise known
bore diameter of firearms. as_____________.
a. Gunsmith tools a. Powder charge
b. Taper Gauge b. Propellant
c. Micrometer c. Pulbura
d. Helixometer d. A & B

65. The first reference to rifled barrels 72. The first reference to paper cartridge
happened around this year. happened around this year.
a. 1575 a. 1313
b. 1498 b. 1575
c. 1807 c. 1836
d. 1853 d. 1897

66. The oldest propellant. 73. It contains a compound at the base usually
a. Black Powder similar to barium nitrates, which is set on fire
b. Pink powder when the bullet is projected. The flash of the
c. Yellow Green powder smoke from the burning permits the light of
d. Smokeless the bullet to be seen especially at night time.
a. Incendiary Bullets
67. In this, the diameter or the base of the b. Tracer Bullets
cartridge is bigger than the body of the c. Explosive Bullets
cartridge. d. Armor Piercing Bullets
a. Rimless type
b. Rimmed Type 74. The rifling inside the gun barrel may twist
c. Semi-rimmed _________.
d. None of these a. To the right only
b. To the left only
68. If the Shape if the base of the bullet is c. To the right & left
boat tailed, the shape of the nose is________. d. All of these
a. Pointed
b. Round 75. It refers to serrated grooves that are
c. Wad-type sometimes found rolled into the necks and
d. Semi-wad bodied of the cases at the location of the bases
of the bullet to prevent the bullet from being
69. It can be used in the close up examination pushed back or loosened.
of tampered serial numbers. a. Neck
a. Gunsmith tool b. Base
b. Taper Gauge c. Crimp
 d. Cannelures c. Bolt Action type
d. Repeating arms
76. It refers to the actual curved path of the
bullet during its flight from the gun muzzle to 83. The bore diameter of the firearm is
the target. the________.
a. Velocity a. Type of firearm
b. Trajectory b. Caliber of firearm
c. Muzzle energy c. Size of Firearm
d. Penetration d. None of these

77. Land and groove marks are 84. The term commonly used by physicians
called__________. whenever there is blackening of the margin of
a. Skid Mark the gunshot wound of entrance.
b. Shearing Mark a. Powder Grains
c. Rifling Mark b. Powder Burns
d. Stripping Mark c. Muzzle Blast
d. Flame
78. Type of firearms that propel projectiles less
than one inch in diameter. 85. This kind of bullet contains a mixture such
a. Artillery as phosphorous or other material that can be
b. Small arms set on fire by impact. These are used on
c. Machine Guns targets that will readily burn such as aircrafts
d. Shoulder Arms or gasoline depot.
a. Explosive Bullets
79. When percussion ignition started? b. Incendiary Bullets
a. 1853 c. Tracer Bullets
b. 1807 d. Armor Piercing Bullets
c. 1575
d. 1498 86. The term Bullet originated from the French
word_______.
80. If the shape of the nose is round, the a. Boulette
shape of the base is______. b. Boul
a. Boat-tailed c. Pelette
b. Flat base d. None of these
c. Square-Base
d. Hollow-base 87. The noise created at the muzzle of the gun
due to the sudden escape of the expanding
81. It is a tabular metallic or non-metallic gas coming in contact with the air in the
container which holds together the bullet, surrounding atmosphere at the muzzle point.
gunpowder and primer. a. Muzzle Energy
a. Bullet b. Trajectory
b. Cartridge Case c. Velocity
c. Shell d. Muzzle Blast
d. B or C
88. A part of the mouth of the case that is
82. It refers to firearms that have rifling inside turned in upon the bullet and holds the bullet
their gun barrel. in place.
a. Smooth-Bore Firearms a. Crimp
b. Rifled-Bore firearms b. Cannelure
 c. Neck cartridge is slipped into the breach
d. Base automatically as a result of the recoil.
a. Rifle
89. It is the most powerful propellants. b. Shotgun
a. Smokeless Powder c. Automatic Pistol
b. Black Powder d. Revolver
c. Face Powder
d. Grenade Powder 96. Most center-fire rifle cartridge cases are
of_______.
90. It refers to the attributes and movement of a. Bottleneck type
the bullet after it has left the gun muzzle. b. Straight Cases
a. Muzzle Energy c. Long neck
b. Exterior Ballistic d. Short Neck
c. Interior Ballistic
d. Terminal Ballistic 97. It refers to firearm whose projectile is a
collection of lead pellets which varies in sizes
91. A type of weapon which fire or is designed with the type of cartridge applied.
to fire automatically or semi-automatically a. Single Action Firearm
more than one shot without manual reloading. b. Double Action Firearm
a. Artillery c. Rifle
b. Machine guns d. Shotgun
c. Shoulder Arms
d. Single Shot Firearms 98. A firearm with a long barrel and butt.
a. Shotgun
92. It is known as self-loading firearm. b. Rifle
a. Revolver c. Double Action Firearm
b. Automatic Pistol d. Single Action firearm
c. Single Action Firearm
d. Double Action Firearm 99. There are two classification of bullet
according to mechanical construction. One is
93. The portion of the primer against which the the lead bullet and the other is_________.
priming mixture is crushed by a blow from the a. Jacketed Bullet
firing pin. b. Round Nose
a. Disc c. Pointed Nose
b. Anvil d. Hollow Point
c. Primer cup
d. Flash Hole 100. He is a wizard of modern firearms and
pioneered the breech-loading single shot rifle.
94. The diameter of the base of the cartridge a. David Williams
case is the same as the diameter of the body b. John M. Browning
of the cartridge case or shell. c. Samuel Colt
a. Rimmed type d. John Garand
b. Rimless type
c. Semi-Rimmed
d. Non-rimmed

95. In this firing weapon, the empty shell is

ejected when the cartridge is fired and a new