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This document contains a 35 question multiple choice test about firearms and ballistics. The questions cover topics like firearm components, ammunition, ballistics terms, and forensic analysis techniques.

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Directions: Choose the correct answer of the following questions. Encircle the letter of your choice.

1. What is the class characteristicsof a Smith and Wesson type of firearm?


a.Four lands l,six grooves right b.Six lands, six grooves right Seven lands
c ,seven grooves right twist d.Five lands, five grooves right twist
2. What should be determined by a firearm examiner when an investigator recoverd a fired bullet From the crime scene?
a. Owner of the firearm. b. Model of the firearm c.Caliber And type of the firearm d.manufacture
3.It is the tendency of a bullet to deflect from its normal path caused by a resistant object.
a.Tailwag. b. Ricochet c.Gyroscopic action d. Distance & accuracy error
4.Which of the following refers to a military firearm that is chambered for ammunition of reduced size or propellent charge and
that has the capacity switch between semi-automatic and fully automatic fire?
a.Short barreled b.assault rifle. c.carbine d.sawed-off
5. In the United States, Crimes are committed by juveniles using home -made weapons generally referred to as.
a.Freakish device b.Zip gun c.Matchlock d.pellet guns
6. What is responsible in the motion of rotation to a bullet during its passage inside the barrel and assurance of gyroscopic
stability in its flight?
a.Range. b.gauge c.rifling. d.caliber
7. Among the process of barrel manufacture, what is the most important single process which serves as the standpoint of
firearms identification?
a.Raeming operation b.rifling operation c.Boring drilling operation d.Grinding or machining
8. This is special type of shotgun that has rifling few inches from the muzzle.
a.specialized shotgun b.Rifled shotgun c.sowed-off shotgun d.Paradox gun
9.It is known as the pitch or rate of twist in the rifling on a pistol or rifled barrel?
a. Land b. Groove c. Velocity d. One complete revolution inside the bore
10. What is ignited by a flash inside the cartridge and rapidly burns thus converted into hot gasses that push the bullet forward?
a. Explosive b. Priming mixture c. Propellant d. Primer
11.Class characteristics are determinable the manufacture of the firearm. even
a. During b. After c. Before d.subsequently
12.1t It is the mechanism of a the shell or cartridge case firearm that withdraws from the chamber.
a. Ejector b. Trigger c. striker d. Extractor
13.Pistol cartridge is significantly distinguished from revolver cartridge because of the latter's-
a.Rim b.Frame c.slide assembly d.extracting grooves
14.In firing a revolver at close range, what causes the gun powder residue deposit on surrounding structures which Allows
reconstruction of the scene as well as the identification of the shooter?
a. Loose cylinder b. Worn or barrel c.Gap between cylinder and barrel d.Rusting of the chamber
15. The term double action with reference to revolver means most nearly that
a. The revolver has both safety and automatic firing action b. Pressure upon the trigger both cocks and released the hammer
c.the revolver can fire with or without automatic shell ejection d.The shell of a fired shot is ejected and fresh cartridge is pulled
from the magazine of the same time.
16. When a bullet leaves the gun through the barrel during firing, it follows a curvilinear path until hits the target. In the
ballistics,this path is called?
a.direction b.drift c.range d.trajectory
17.This happens when the bullet enters the rifled bore from a stationary position and is forced abruptly into the rifling, its
natural tendency is to go straight forward before entering the regular rifling twist.
a.skip mark b.skid mark c.shaving Mark d.Land mark
18. Where should a discharged bullet be initialed for marking purposes?
a.Base or Nose b.left side c.right side d.the end of the bullet
19. it is a branch of ballistics that deals with the study of the effects of a projectile on the human or animal tissues?
a.Interior ballistics b.Terminal ballistics c.Exterior ballistics d.wound ballistics

20. These bullets when fired emit bright red flame from their base, thereby showing the gunner the path as well as the striking
point of the bullet.
a.Jacketed bullet b.Armor piercing c.semi -ward cutter bullet d.Tracer bullet
21. It is the branch of ballistics that involves the investigation and identification of firearms by means of the ammunition fired
through them.
a.Forensic ballistics b.Interior ballistics c.exterior ballistics d. Terminal ballistics
22. It refers to a projectile rate of speed per unit time which is usually measured in feet per second.
a.Range of projectile b.trajectory of projectile c. Velocity of projectile d.projectile stability
23. Which of the following refers to the examination of fired bullets, fired cartridge cases or other ammunition components to
identify the fire arm where they came from?
a.forensic ballistics b.fire arms fingerprinting c.fire arms identification d.ballistics
24.These are grooves which are sometimes found rolled into the necks and bodies of cases at the location of the bullet's base to
prevent it from being pushed back or loosened.
a.Bullet cannelure b.egress c.Shell cannelure d.shell crimp
25. All bullets manufactured are slightly larger than the bore diameter of the barrel. This statement is.
a.True b.false c.yes d.no
26. What are the two types of firearms according to the construction of the interior of the barrel?
a.short and long barreled firearms b.small arms and artilleries c.Lands and grooves d.smoothbore and rifled bore
27. It refers to the cylindrical passage of a barrel through which the bullet travels.
a.Slide b.frame c.bore d.breechblock
28. It is firearm that propel projectiles more than one inch in diameter.
a.machine gun b.musket c.artillery d.small arms
29. What if the part of fire arm that extract cartridge from the chamber?
a.Breech b.firing pin c.extractor d.ejector

30. It is a gyrating action of the projectile while passing thru the gun barrel.
a. direct motion b.rotary motion c.rifling motion d. Translational motion
31.It refers to the detonation of a certain compound when struck by a blow?
a. Explosion b.percussion c.blast d.Detonation
32. It is a science that deals with the motion of the projectile at the time it leaves the muzzle of the gun to the time it hits the
target?
a. Terminal ballistics b.Interior ballistics c.exterior ballistics d. Forensic ballistics
33. It pertains to the greatest distance the bullet will travel when the cartridge is fired?
a. Effective Range b.accurate Range c.farthest range d. Extreme range
34. It refers to the stillness of the bullet's rotating motion and attain its highest momentum for stability in flight penetrating
power.
a.Gyroscopic action b.Yaw c. Keyhole shot d.projectile stability
35. Ballistics refers the science of firearm identification. It came from the Greek words 'Ballo'or 'ballein' which mean -
a. To fire b. To shoot c.To put d. To throw

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