CRIMINOLOGISTS Licensure Examination

First Day - 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

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REVIEW QUESTIONS IN
LAW ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION SET ONE

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark
only one answer for each item by marking the box corresponding to the letter of your
choice on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil
no. 1 only.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. The amount and nature of the demands of the police service are not the same
on all three (3) shifts. It is therefore necessary to make available maximum
manpower at the time the police service is of greatest demand. This is
organization by:
A. Clientele
B. Purpose
C. Time
D. Process

2. The PNP has a program which ensures the deployment of policemen in busy and
crime prone areas. This is called
A. patrol deployment program
B. roving patrol program
C. patrol and visibility program
D. police patrol program

3. All regional appointments of commissioned officers commence with the rank of:
A. Senior Police Officer I
B. Inspector
C. Police Officer III
D. Senior Inspector

4. In busy and thickly populated commercial streets like those in Divisoria, police
patrol is very necessary. Since there are several types of patrol, which of the
following will you recommend:
A. Horse patrol
B. Mobile patrol
C. Foot patrol
D. Helicopter patrol

5. It is the product resulting from the collection, evaluation, analysis, and

interpretation of all available information which concerns one or more aspects of
criminal activity and which is immediately or potentially significant to police
planning.
A. Investigation
B. Information
C. Data
D. intelligence

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6. These are work programs of line divisions which related to the nature and extent
of the workload and the availability of resources.
A. administrative plan
B. operational plan
C. strategic plan
D. tactical plan

7. It is the premier educational institution for the police, fire and jail personnel.
A. Philippine Military Academy (PMA)
B. Development Academy of the Philippines
C. Philippine College of Criminology (PCCR)
D. Philippine Public Safety College (PPSC)

8. A crew which is assigned to a mobile car usually consist of

___________________.
A. a driver and intelligence agent
B. a driver and traffic man
C. a driver and a recorder
D. a driver, recorder and supervisor

9. An industrial complex must establish its first line of physical defense. It must
have
A. the building itself
B. perimeter barriers
C. communication barriers
D. window barriers

10. All of the following are members of the People’s Law Enforcement Board (PLEB),
EXCEPT:
A. Three (3) members chosen by the Peace and Order Council from among
the respected members of the community.
B. Any barangay Captain of the city/municipality concerned chosen by the
association of the Barangay Captains.
C. Any member of the Sangguniang Panglungsod/Pambayan
D. A bar member chosen by the Integrated bar of the Philippines (IBP)

11. It is the circumspect inspection of a place to determine its suitability for a

particular operational purpose.
A. Inspection
B. Surveillance
C. Survey
D. Casing

12. In the civil service system, merit and fitness are the primary considerations in the
______________.
A. two-party system
B. evaluation system
C. promotional system
D. spoils system

13. Registration of a security agency must be done at the

_______________________.
A. Securities and Exchange Commission
B. National Police Commission

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 C. Department of National Defense
D. PNP Criminal Investigation Group

14. Bicycle patrol has the combined advantage of ________________ since they can
be operated very quietly and without attracting attention.
A. reduced speed and greater area covered.
B. Mobility and wide area coverage
C. Shorter travel time and faster response
D. Mobility and stealth

15. The budget is a _________________ in terms of expenditure requirements.

A. tactical plan
B. financial plan
C. work plan
D. control plan

16. The term used for the object of surveillance is a subject while the investigator
conducting the surveillance is:
A. rabbit
B. surveillant
C. traffic enforcement
D. patrol

17. It is a police function which serves as the backbone of the police service. In all
types of police stations, there is a specific unit assigned to undertake this
function in view of its importance.
A. vice control
B. criminal investigation
C. traffic management
D. patrol

18. It is the weakest link in security chain.

A. managers
B. Barriers
C. Personnel
D. inspections

19. Which of the following is considered as the most important factor I formulating
an effective patrol strategy?
A. training of station commander
B. adequacy of resources of the police station
C. rank of the patrol commander
D. salary rates of police personnel

20. Who among the following have summary disciplinary powers over errant police
members?
A. District Director
B. Provincial Director
C. Chief of Police
D. Chief, PNP

21. You are the Patrol Supervisor for the morning shift. You don’t have enough men
to cover all the patrol beats. Which of the following will you implement?
A. assign roving mobile patrol with no foot patrol

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 B. assign mobile patrols only in strategic places
C. maintain your patrolmen at the station and just wait for calls for police
assistance
D. assign foot patrol in congested and busy patrol beats but assign a roving
mobile patrol to cover beats which are not covered by foot patrol

22. The father of organized military espionage was:

A. Akbar
B. Alexander the Great
C. Genghis Khan
D. Frederick the Great

23. Which of the following is the most common reason why informer can give
information to the police?
A. wants to be known to the policeman
B. monetary reward
C. as a good citizen
D. revenge
24. To improve delegation, the following must be done, EXCEPT:
A. establish objectives and standards
B. count the number of supervisor
C. require completed work
D. define authority and responsibility

25. What administrative support unit conducts identification and evaluation of

physical evidences related to crimes, with emphasis on their medical, chemical,
biological and physical nature.
A. Logistics Service
B. Crime Laboratory
C. Communication and Electronic service
D. Finance Center

26. Those who are charged with the actual fulfillment of the agency’s mission are
________.
A. staff
B. supervision
C. management
D. line

27. When the subject identifies or obtains knowledge that the investigation is
conducting surveillance on him, the latter is:
A. cut out
B. sold out
C. burnt out
D. get out

28. Small alley like those in the squatters area of Tondo can be best penetrated by
the police through:
A. foot patrol
B. mobile patrol
C. highway patrol
D. helicopter patrol

29. Some of the instructions in foot surveillance are the following, EXCEPT

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 A. stop quickly, look behind
B. drop paper, never mind what happens to the paper
C. window shop, watch reflection
D. retrace steps

30. On many occasions, the bulk of the most valuable information comes from:
A. business world
B. newspaper clippings
C. an underworld informant
D. communications media

31. Highly qualified police applicants such as engineers, nurses and graduates of
forensic sciences can enter the police service as officers through:
A. regular promotion
B. commissionship
C. lateral entry
D. attrition

32. Police Inspector Juan Dela Cruz is the Chief of Police of a municipality. He wants
his subordinates to be drawn closer to the people in the different barangays. He
should adopt which of the following projects?
A. COPS on the blocks
B. Oplan Bakal
C. Oplan Sandugo
D. Complan Pagbabago

33. What should be undertaken by a Security Officer before he can prepare a

comprehensive security program for his industrial plan?
A. security conference
B. security check
C. security survey
D. security education

34. This patrol method utilizes disguise, deception and lying in wait rather than upon
high-visibility patrol techniques.
A. low-visibility patrol
B. directed deterrent patrol
C. decoy patrol
D. high-visibility patrol

35. It enforces all traffic laws and regulations to ensure the safety of motorists and
pedestrians and attain an orderly traffic.
A. Civil Relations Unit
B. Traffic Operations Center
C. Traffic Management Command
D. Aviation Security Command

36. A method of collecting information wherein the investigator merely uses his
different senses.
A. observation
B. casing
C. research

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 D. interrogation

37. In stationary surveillance, the following must be observed, EXCEPT

A. never meet subject face to face
B. avoid eye contact
C. recognize fellow agent
D. if burnt out, drop subject

38. Pedro is a thief who is eying at the handbag of Maria. PO1 Santos Reyes is
standing a few meters from Maria. The thief’s desire to steal is not diminished
by the presence of the police officer but the _______________ for successful
theft is.
A. ambition
B. feeling
C. intention
D. opportunity

39. Graduates of the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) are automatically
appointed to the rank of:
A. Senior Superintendent
B. Inspector
C. Senior Police Officer 1
D. Superintendent

40. 48.PNP in-service training programs are under the responsibility of the:
A. PNP Directorate for Plans
B. PNP Directorate for Human Resource and Doctrine Development
C. PNP Directorate for Personnel and Records Management
D. PNP Directorate for Comptroller ship

41. One way of extending the power of police observation is to get information from
persons within the vicinity. In the police work, this is called:
A. data gathering
B. field inquiry
C. interrogation
D. interview

42. Dogs have an acute sense of _______________ thus, their utilization in tracking
down lost persons or illegal drugs.
A. smell
B. hearing
C. eating
D. drinking

43. Intelligence on _________________ makes heavy use of geographic information

because law enforcement officials must know exact locations to interdict the flow
of drugs.
A. Logistics
B. Human Cargo Trafficking
C. Narcotics Trafficking
D. Economic resources

44. Which of the following is most ideally suited to evacuation and search-and-
rescue duties?

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 A. motorcycle
B. helicopter
C. patrol car
D. bicycle

45. A method of collection of information wherein the investigator tails or follows the
person or vehicle.
A. research
B. undercover operation
C. casing
D. surveillance

46. This is a person who does detective work for hire, reward or commission, other
than members of the AFP, BJMP, provincial guards, PNP or any law enforcement
agency of the government.
A. Secret Agent
B. “Tiktik”
C. Private detective
D. Undercover
E. All of these

47. The uprightness in character, soundness of moral principles, honesty and

freedom from moral delinquencies is referred to as
A. integrity
B. loyalty
C. discretion
D. moral
E. all of these

48. Going east while foot patrolling and turning right after reaching the end of your
beat and turning right after reaching the other end of the road and again turning
right until you completed the cycle by reaching back to your origin of patrolling.
What patrol pattern have you applied?
A. clockwise
B. straightway
C. counter clockwise
D. free-wheeling
E. criss-cross

49. Which theory of patrol state that police visibility increases the opportunity to
apprehend criminals by soothing them and letting them believe that their crimes
will not be detected?
A. low profile theory
B. high visibility
C. theory of omnipresence
D. team policing

50. Without air force capability, patrol operation that covers large park areas, grassy
fields or wooded areas requires the use of
A. bike patrol
B. horse patrol
C. marine patrol
D. helicopter patrol

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51. Which of the following refers to the long range planning?
A. Intermediate
B. Strategic
C. Medium
D. short

52. The operational plan which is designed to met everyday or year around needs is
called
A. meeting unusual needs
B. extra office
C. regular operating programs
D. special operating programs

53. Which of the following is the oldest type of patrol?

A. horse
B. foot
C. canine
D. police

54. The act of expelling a squatter by the legal process is called:

A. demolition
B. squadron
C. eviction
D. tear down

55. Which of the following is not a commissioned officer?

A. Inspector
B. senior superintendent
C. asst. chief
D. chief superintendent
E. all of the above

56. Which of the following words has the same meaning as the word credibility?
A. ability
B. capacity
C. believability
D. vulnerability
E. all of these

57. Which of the following best defines the word self-reliant?

A. observation
B. crime prevention
C. called for service
D. criminal apprehension

58. All but one are the primarily line operation in police organization
A. patrol
B. records
C. investigation
D. traffic

59. Criminals can hear the sound of the helicopter coming and so element of surprise
is lost which is one of the ______________ of air patrol:

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 A. advantages
B. features
C. disadvantages
D. importance
E. errors

68. What is the patrol used to locate prowlers, burglars hiding in large buildings or
stores, and the control of unruly crowds and riots?
A. foot
B. horse
C. bicycle
D. dog

69. Which of the following laws established the Police Organization under the DILG?
A. R.A. 5487
B. R.A. 8551
C. R.A. 1174
D. R.A. 6975

70. Who is the most important officer in the police organization?

A. general
B. investigator
C. patrol officer
D. traffic officer
E. The Chief of Police

71. Which of the following is the oldest warning device?

A. trumpet
B. horn
C. radio
D. siren

72. What type of cover uses actual or true background?

A. artificial
B. multiple cover
C. natural
D. cover within a cover

73. What is the principle of organization suggesting that communication should

ordinarily go upward and downward through establish channels in the hierarchy?
A. Chain of Command
B. Span of Control
C. Unity of Command
D. Delegation of Authority

74. What is the optional retirement for officers and new officers of the police
service?
A. 15 years
B. 25 years
C. 30 years
D. 20 years
E. 35 years

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75. Governors and mayors, upon having been elected and having qualified as such,
are automatically deputized as representatives of the
A. NAPOLCOM
B. DND
C. PLEB
D. none of these

76. It is constitutionally and legally mandated to administer and control the

Philippine National Police.
A. DILG
B. DND
C. NAPOLCOM
D. DFA

77. It is the central receiving entity for any citizen’s complaint against the members
and officers of the PNP.
A. DILG
B. NAPOLCOM
C. PLEB
D. IAS
E. Ombudsman

78. When we say that a commander is directly responsible for any act or omission
of his subordinates in relation to the performance of their official duties, we are
referring to:
A. chain of command
B. delegation of responsibility
C. Command responsibility
D. span of control
E. responsible parenthood

79. A police strategy which aims to directly involve members of the community in the
maintenance of peace and order by police officers.
A. Integrated Police System
B. Comparative Police System
C. Police Visibility
D. Community Oriented Policing System(COPS)

80. No person in an organization can do all the tasks necessary for accomplishing
group objective. Also, no one should exercise all the authority for making
decisions. This refers to
A. chain of command
B. command responsibility
C. unity of command
D. delegation of authority
E. span of control

81. Under RA 6975, a police officer is entitled to a longevity pay equivalent to how
many percent (%) of his monthly basic salary for every five years of service, to
be reckoned from the date of his original appointment in the police, fire, jail or
other allied services?
A. 2 percent
B. 5 percent
C. 10 percent

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 D. 15 percent
E. 20 percent

82. This term refers to the period when a police officer is actively engaged in the
performance of his duty.
A. off duty
B. off limits
C. on call
D. on duty
E. on the way

83. The act of temporarily denying an officer the privilege of performing his police
duties in consequence of an offense and violation of rules and regulations.
A. dismissal
B. restriction
C. suspension
D. reprimand
E. incarceration

84. The credential extended by the Civil Service Commission/National Police

Commission for the purpose of conferring status for permanent appointment in
the police service.
A. police credibility
B. police visibility
C. Criminology Board Examination
D. police patrol examination
E. police eligibility

85. In the history of our police force, who was the first Director General of the
Philippine National Police (PNP)?
A. Gen. Cesar Nazareno
B. Gen. Raul Imperial
C. Gen. Umberto Rodriquez
D. Gen. Recaredo Sarmiento

86. The premier educational institution for the training, human resource
development and continuing education of all the personnel of BJMP, BFP and
PNP.
A. PNPA
B. PCCR
C. PNTC
D. PPSC

87. Under the law, the city/municipal jail warden should have a rank of __.
A. Inspector
B. Chef Inspector
C. Senior Inspector
D. Superintendent

88. The required rank for the Chief of Jail Bureau.

A. Chief Superintendent
B. Director General
C. Director
D. Deputy Director General

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89. It exercise supervision and control over the provincial jails.
A. BJMP
B. Bureau of Prisons
C. Department of Justice
D. Provincial Government

90. The required rank for the head of the Fire Bureau.
A. Chief Superintendent
B. Director General
C. Director
D. Deputy Director General

91. It exercise supervision and control over all city and municipal jails.
A. BJMP
B. Bureau of Prisons
C. Department of Justice
D. Local Government

92. The annual reservation percentage quota for women in the PNP recruitment is
__.
A. 25%
B. 5%
C. 10%
D. 20%

93. Which of the following administers and attends to cases involving crimes against
chastity?
A. CIDG
B. DSWD
C. Women’s Desk
D. Homicide Division

94. They are automatically deputized as NAPOLCOM representatives to exercise

supervision and control over PNP units.
A. Chief of Police
B. Judges
C. Local Government Executives
D. Fiscals

95. They have the authority to recommend to the Provincial Director the transfer,
reassignment of PNP members outside of their town residences.
A. Regional Directors
B. Priests
C. Chiefs of Police
D. Mayors

96. The head of a local peace and order council is the __.
A. Judge
B. Chief of police
C. Mayor
D. Governor

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97. The utilization of units or elements, of the PNP for the purpose of protection of
lives and properties, enforcement of laws and maintenance of peace and order.
A. Employment
B. Deployment
C. Assignment
D. Designation

98. The orderly and organized physical movement of elements or units of the PNP.
A. Employment
B. Deployment
C. Assignment
D. Designation

99. One of the following exercises control and supervision over the PNP units during
elections.
A. NBI
B. Ombudsman
C. COMELEC
D. DILG

100. The number of eligible for which the Regional Director may recommend for
Provincial Director to the governor is __.
A. 2
B. 3
C. 5
D. 4

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 Law Enforcement Administration

1. C 35. C 69. D
2. C 36. A 70. E
3. B 37. C 71. B
4. C 38. D 72. C
5. D 39. C 73. A
6. B 40. B 74. D
7. D 41. A 75. C
8. C 42. A 76. C
9. B 43. C 77. B
10. D 44. B 78. C
11. D 45. D 79. D
12. C 46. C 80. D
13. A 47. A 81. C
14. D 48. A 82. D
15. B 49. C 83. C
16. B 50. B 84. E
17. D 51. B 85. A
18. C 52. C 86. D
19. B 53. B 87. C
20. D 54. A 88. C
21. D 55. C 89. D
22. D 56. C 90. C
23. B 57. BONUS 91. A
24. D 58. B 92. D
25. B 59. C 93. C
26. C 60. N/A 94. C
27. C 61. N/A 95. D
28. A 62. N/A 96. C
29. B 63. N/A 97. A
30. B 64. N/A 98. B
31. B 65. N/A 99. D
32. A 66. N/A 100. B
33. C 67. N/A
34. A 68. D

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