FORENSIC BALLISTICS 1 - 50 9.

These are found in the anterior portions of the

1. It refers to the actual curved path of the bullet fired bullets and caused by the forward movement
during its flight from the gun muzzle to the target. of the bullet from the chamber before it initially
a. Velocity rotates due to the rifling inside the gun barrel.
b. Trajectory a. Stripping Mark
c. Muzzle energy b. Skid Mark
d. Penetration c. Firing pin Mark
2. It contains a compound at the base usually d. Shearing Mark
similar to barium nitrates, which is set on fire when 10. The downward reaction of the bullet toward
the bullet is projected. The flash of the smoke the earth center due to its weight.
from the burning permits the light of the bullet to a. Downfall of bullet
be seen especially at night time. b. Pull of gravity
a. Incendiary Bullets c. Air Resistance
b. Tracer Bullets d. Penetration
c. Explosive Bullets 11. . It is applied to that part of the cartridge case
d. Armor Piercing Bullets that is occupied by the bullet.
3. . It is equal to the height of the side of a land. a. Base
a. Depth of Grooves b. Crimp
b. Twist c. Vents
c. Rifling d. Neck
d. land 12. This is especially designed to permit the firearm
4. It can be used in the close up examination of examiner to determine the similarity and
tampered serial numbers. dissimilarity between two fired bullets and slugs or
a. Gunsmith tool projectiles, or two fired shells by simultaneously
b. Taper Gauge observing their magnified image in a single
c. Stereoscopic Microscope microscopic instrument.
d. Shadowgraph a. Stereoscopic Microscope
5. In this, the diameter or the base of the cartridge b. Bullet Comparison Microscope
is bigger than the body of the cartridge. c. Onoscope
a. Rimless type d. Shadowgraph
b. Rimmed Type 13. . It refers to the characteristics markings
c. Semi-rimmed peculiar and not found in all firearms.
d. None of these a. Class Characteristics
6. The oldest propellant. b. Individual characteristic
a. Black Powder c. Group Characteristics
b. Pink powder d. All of the above
c. Yellow Green powder 14. These are generally found on bullets fired
d. Smokeless through “loose fit” barrels wherein the rifling is
7. It refers to the straight distance between the already worn out.
muzzle and the target. a. Shearing Mark
a. Trajectory b. Stripping Mark
b. Velocity c. Breech Face Mark
c. Range d. Chamber Mark
d. Penetration 15. . It is the distance measured between
8. It is the hole in the web or the bottom of the twoopposite lands inside the bore.
primer pocket through which the primer „flash” a. Caliber
provides ignition to the gunpowder. b. Bore
a. Flash holes c. Grooves
b. Vents d. Lands
c. Cannelures 16. Bore diameter is an example of class
d. A or B characteristic.
a. True
b. False d. Twist
c. Partially True 25. It is the stillness or steadiness of the bullet in its
d. Maybe flight until it finally reaches the target?
17. The first priming mixture is composed of a. Rifling
Potassium Chlorate, Charcoal, and _________. b. Gyroscopic action
a. Ground Glass c. Ricochet
b. Fulminate of Mercury d. Trajectory
c. Barium Nitrate 26. Is the tumbling of the bullet in its flight and
d. Sulphur hitting the target sideways as a result of not
18. It is an ancient smooth-bore and muzzle spinning on its axis is
loading military shoulder arm designed to fire a known?
single round lead ball. a. Ricochet
a. Musket b. Misfire
b. Machine guns c. Hang fire
c. Shoulder Arms d. key-hole shot
d. Revolver 27. Is the bouncing off or deflection of a bullet
19. It refers to a “Loaded Shell” for rifles, carbines, from its original trajectory?
shotguns, revolvers and pistols from which a ball, a. Hang fire
bullet, shot or other missile may be fired by means b. ricochet
of a gun powder or other explosives. c. Key-hole shot
a. Bullet d. Misfire
b. Ammunition 28. Is the condition of firing whereby the cartridge
c. Primer took several seconds before it discharge (delay in
d. Ball the discharge of firearm).
20. Firearms that propel projectile of less than one a. Hang fire
inch in diameter. b. Back fire
a. Artillery c. Key-hole shot
b. Small Arms d. Misfire
c. Trigger 29. A hand firearm in which a rotating cylinder
d. Ejector successively placer cartridges into position from
21. Is the science of the motion of the projectile? firing?
a. Forensic Ballistics a. Revolver
b. Trajectory b. Musket
c. Ballistics c. Pistol
d. Cartography22 d. Carbine
22. Father or percussion ignition (inventor of 30. A type of weapon in which the mechanism is so
priming mixture). arranged that it can fired continuously will trigger
a. Horace Smith is press?
b. Berthold Schwarts a. Repeating arms
c. Col. Calvin H. Goddard b. Single shot
d. Alexander John Forsyth c. Automatic weapon
23. The word “forensic” as used in conjunction d. breech action weapon
with the word ballistics means? 31. Is the farthest distance in which a bullet when
a. Forum fired can still be consider lethal?
b. Market place a. Maximum range
c. Legal b. Accurate range
d. Public discussion c. Maximum effective range
24. It refers to the motion of the projectile once it d. Effective range
enters a rifled barrel of a gun. 32. It is the speed of the bullet per unit of time
a. Direct expressed in feet per second:
b. Rotary a. trajectory
c. Transnational b. pressure
c. air resistance d. cylinder
d. velocity 41. The mechanism of a firearm which withdraws
33. In the United States, crimes are committed by the empty shells from the chamber?
juvenile using a homemade firearm known as: a. Ejector
a. Freakish gun b. Firing pin
b. Flare gun c. Extractor
c. Zip gun d. Extractor pin
d. Matchlock 42. Is that type of ammunition which does not
34. Is the termed apply to a weapon in which have bullet used in film-making:
pressure upon the trigger both cocks and released a. dummy
the hammer. b. blank
a. Repeating weapon c. drill
b. Single action d. live
c. Double action 43. A 12 gauge shotgun has an equivalent diameter
d. Automatic of:
35. Is the term applied to denote a firearm a. .730”
designed for extra power? b. .729”
a. Double Action c. .726”
b. Magnum d. .724”
c. Automatic 44. Is a metallic or non-metallic cylindrical ball
d. Dum-dum propelled by firearms?
36. A tool in which a firearm mechanism is a. Shots
attached for purposes of not to be easily be b. Bullet
identified: c. Casing
a. Freakish gun d. Shell
b. Flare gun 45. Is a metallic or non-metallic cylindrical
c. Zip gun container which serves as the projector for the
d. Matchlock propellant against moisture?
37. A type of firearm which contains rifling a few a. Bullet
inch from the muzzle point? b. Primer
a. Smooth bore c. Cartridge case
b. rifled bore d. Paper disc
c. semi-rifled 46. Is that of the primer which serves as a
d. paradox protector for the priming mixture not to be easily
38. A type of an automatic weapon which is of be penetrated by moisture?
lighter form designed to fire an ammunition used a. Paper disc
in hand gun: b. Primer cup
a. Grease gun c. Anvil
b. sub-machine gun d. Flash hole
c. Machine gun 47. A fired bullet extracted from the body of the
d. a and b victim is marked at the:
39. What type of firearm is commonly used by a. Base
cavalry. (riding a horse) b. ogive
a. shotgun c. Nose
b. rifle d. all of these
c. musket 48. Is the part of the cartridge case which holds the
d. carbine primer securely in a central position and providing
40. Is that part of the firearm in which the a solid support for the primer anvil?
cartridge is place when ready to be fire? a. Flash hole
a. chamber b. Primer pocket
b. bolt c. Paper disc
c. magazine d. Cannelure
49. A fired bullet with six lands and grooves twisted 37. D
to the right is fired from the barrel of a firearm 38. D
with identical class characteristics as that of: 39. D
a. Browning 40. A
b. Smith and Wesson 41. C
c. Colt 42.B
d. Steyer 43. B
50. Is a condition in which two bullets or shells are 44. B
examined and compared under the comparison 45. C
microscope at the same time, level and direction 47. D
and magnification and same image? 48. B
a. Pseudo match 49. A
b. false match 50. C
c. Juxtaposition
d. Sodo match FORENSIC BALLISTICS 1 -100
1. The term Bullet originated from the French
word_______.
1. B a. Boulette
2. B b. Boul
3. A c. Pelette
d. None of these
4. C 2. The noise created at the muzzle of the gun due to the
5. B sudden escape of the expanding gas coming in contact
6. A with the air in the surrounding atmosphere at the muzzle
point.
7. C a. Muzzle Energy
8. D b. Trajectory
c. Velocity
9. B d. Muzzle Blast
10. B 3. A part of the mouth of the case that is turned in upon
11. D the bullet and holds the bullet in place.
a. Crimp
12. B b. Cannelure
13. B c. Neck
14. B d. Base
4. It is the most powerful propellants.
15. A a. Smokeless Powder
16. A b. Black Powder
17. D c. Face Powder
d. Grenade Powder
18. A 5. It refers to the attributes and movement of the bullet
19. B after it has left the gun muzzle.
a. Muzzle Energy
20.B b. Exterior Ballistic
21. C c. Interior Ballistic
22. D d. Terminal Ballistic
6. A type of weapon which fire or is designed to fire
23. C automatically or semi-automatically more than one shot
24. B without manual reloading.
25. B a. Artillery
b. Machine guns
26. D c. Shoulder Arms
27. B d. Single Shot Firearms
28. A 7. It is known as self-loading firearm.
a. Revolver
29. A b. Automatic Pistol
30. C c. Single Action Firearm
d. Double Action Firearm
31.C
8. The portion of the primer against which the priming
32. D mixture is crushed by a blow from the firing pin.
33. C a. Disc
b. Anvil
34. C c. Primer cup
35. B d. Flash Hole
36. A 9. The diameter of the base of the cartridge case is the
same as the diameter of the body of the cartridge case or
shell. d. Mouth
a. Rimmed type 21. These bullets have hardened steel cores and are fired
b. Rimless type at vehicles and other armored targets in general.
c. Semi-Rimmed a. Armor Piercing Bullet
d. Non-rimmed b. Incendiary Bullet
10. In this firing weapon, the empty shell is ejected when c. Explosive Bullet
the cartridge is fired and a new cartridge is slipped into d. Tracer Bullet
the breach automatically as a result of the recoil. 22. It refers to the investigation and identification of
a. Rifle firearms by means of ammunition fired through them.
b. Shotgun a. Terminal Ballistic
c. Automatic Pistol b. Forensic Ballistic
d. Revolver c. Exterior ballistic
11. Most center-fire rifle cartridge cases are of_______. d. Interior Ballistic
a. Bottleneck type 23. An English Monk scientist who invented the gunpowder
b. Straight Cases in 1248.
c. Long neck a. Berthold Schwarts
d. Short Neck b. Roger Bacon
12. It refers to firearm whose projectile is a collection of c. King Edward III
lead pellets which varies in sizes with the type of cartridge d. John M Browning
applied. 24. A mechanism of the firearm by which the empty shell
a. Single Action Firearm or ammunition is thrown from the firearm.
b. Double Action Firearm a. Extractor
c. Rifle b. Ejector
d. Shotgun c. Trigger
13. A firearm with a long barrel and butt. d. Breechblock
a. Pistol 25. This firearm is first manually cocked then followed by
b. Rifle pressure on the trigger to release the hammer.
c. Double Action Firearm a. Automatic Firearm
d. Single Action firearm b. Single Shot Firearm
14. There are two classification of bullet according to c. Double Action Firearm
mechanical construction. One is the lead bullet and the d. Single Action Firearm
other is_________. 26. It refers to firearm that propelled projectile more than
a. Jacketed Bullet an inch in diameter.
b. Round Nose a. Small Arms
c. Pointed Nose b. Artillery
d. Hollow Point c. Smooth Bore Firearms
15. He is a wizard of modern firearms and pioneered the d. Machine Guns
breech-loading single shot rifle. 27. He founded the great firm Smith and Wesson and
a. David Williams pioneered he making of breech loading rifles.
b. John M. Browning a. Daniel B. Wesson
c. Samuel Colt b. Horace Smith
d. John Garand c. Calvin Goddard
16. The two classification of firearm according to the gun d. John M. Browning
barrel internal construction is the Rifled-bore firearm and 28. It contains the head stamp, caliber and year of
the ___________. manufacture.
a. Single Shot firearm a. Primer
b. Repeating Arms b. Base
c. Smooth Bore Firearm c. Shell Head
d. Repeating Arms d. Neck
17. The muzzle velocity of a Rifle is________. 29. It is an instrument used for the propulsion of projectile
a. 2, 600 feet per second by means of the expansive force of gases coming from the
b. 2, 500 feet per second burning gunpowder.
c. 3, 000 feet per second a. Bullet
d. 2, 000 feet per second b. Firearm
18. A type of firearms designed to fire only one shot every c. Paltik
loading. d. Grenade
a. Repeating Arms 30. Firearms that have no rifling inside the gun barrel.
b. Single Shot Firearms a. Smooth-Bore firearm
c. Bolt Action Type b. Rifled-bore firearm
d. Machine Guns c. Small Arms
19. The following are attributes of the bullet while still d. Artillery
inside the muzzle of the gun except: 31. A smooth-bore and breech loading shoulder arm
a. Velocity designed to fire a number of lead pellets or shots in one
b. Firing pin hitting the primer charge.
c. Ignition of the priming mixture a. Carbine
d. Combustion of the gunpowder b. Shotgun
20. The bottom of the case which holds the primer and the c. Hand arms
shell head. d. Revolver
a. Extracting Groove 32. A hand firearm equipped with rotating cylinder, serving
b. Base as magazine, successively places a cartridge into position
c. Crimp for firing.
a. Pistol a. Pin-Fire cartridge
b. Magazine b. Rim-Fire Cartridge
c. Revolver c. Center Fire Cartridge
d. Carbine d. All of these
33. It initiates the path of the bullet. 45. The Trigger pressure of a rifle is________.
a. Barrel a. 4 lbs.
b. Frame b. 3-4 lbs
c. Yoke c. 3-5 lbs
d. Extractor d. 6-7 lbs
34. It houses the internal part of the firearm. 46. The inner surface of the barrel that has a series of
a. Yoke parallel spiral grooves on the whole length is called_____.
b. Bolt a. Bore
c. Hammer b. Rifling
d. Frame c. Twist
35. It pulls the empty shell from the cylinder d. Hammer
simultaneously. 47. The number of lands and grooves varies from
a. Yoke __________.
b. Firing Pin a. 2 to 12
c. Extractor b. 3 to 12
d. Ejector c. 4 to 12
36. Smith and Wesson revolvers have _________. d. 6 to 5
a. 5 lands , 5 Grooves and twist to the right 48. The speed of the bullet upon striking the target.
b. 5 lands , 5 Grooves and twist to the left a. Terminal Accuracy
c. 6 lands, 6 grooves and twist to the right b. Terminal Energy
d. 6 lands, 6 grooves and twist to the left c. Terminal Velocity
37. It activates the parts necessary to fire the weapon. d. Terminal Penetration
a. Hammer 49. It refers to a tabular metallic container for the
b. Trigger gunpowder.
c. Firing pin a. Bullet
d. Ratchet b. Primer
38. A mechanism of the firearm responsible for the spent c. Cartridge
shell or ammunition to be withdrawn from the firing d. None of these
chamber. 50. It is an ancient smooth-bore and muzzle loading
a. Extractor military shoulder arm designed to fire a single round lead
b. Ejector ball.
c. Breechblock a. Musket
d. Trigger b. Machine guns
39. What firearm has a muzzle velocity of not more than c. Shoulder Arms
1,400 feet per second? d. Revolver
a. High Powered firearm 51. This is a part of the firearm which causes firing
b. Low Power Firearm mechanism.
c. Average power firearm a. Hammer
d. None of these b. Trigger
40. The metal containing the highly sensitive priming c. Barrel
mixture of chemical compound, which when struck by the d. Ejector
firing pin it would ignite. 52. The trigger pressure of a shotgun is______.
a. Gunpowder a. 3-4lbs.
b. Primer b. 4 lbs
c. Bullet c. 3-5 lbs
d. Cartridge d. 6-7 lbs
41. It refers to a firearm which has a cylindrical magazine 53. He is credited as the father of Ballistic.
situated at the rear of the barrel capable of revolving a. Samuel Colt
motion and which can accommodate five or six cartridges; b. Calvin Goddard
each of which is housed in a separate chamber. c. Forsyth
a. Automatic Pistol d. Hans Gross
b. Revolver 54. It refers to the characteristics that are determinable
c. Rifle even prior to the manufacture of the firearms. These are
d. Shotgun factory specification and within the control of man.
42. It is the most simple form of modern cartridge and can a. Individual Characteristics
generally found in Cal. 22 b. Class Characteristics
a. Pin-Fire cartridge c. Group Characteristics
b. Rim-Fire Cartridge d. None of these
c. Center Fire Cartridge 55. It describes the ability of the bullet to maintain its
d. All of these velocity against air resistance.
43. In this kind of firearm, a pull or pressure on the trigger a. Trajectory
will cause one shot. b. Air Resistance
a. Automatic firearm c. Pull of Gravity
b. Single Shot firearm d. Ballistic Coefficient
c. Double Action firearm 56. Firearms that propel projectile of less than one inch in
d. Single Action Firearm diameter.
44. The first cartridge of a self-exploding type. a. Artillery
b. Small Arms a. Shell
c. Trigger b. Cartridge
d. Ejector c. Primer Cup
57. The depressed portion of the bore. d. Primer Shell
a. Groove 69. He produced the first practical revolver.
b. Land a. Samuel Colt
c. Rifling b. John Garand
d. Base c. John M. Browning
58. The depth of entry of the bullet in the target. d. Remington
a. Pull of Gravity 70. The Gunpowder was invented in_________.
b. Air Resistance a. 1413
c. Terminal Penetration b. 1313
d. Terminal Accuracy c. 1350
59. It is generally used in the preliminary examination of d. 1213
fired bullets and shells for the purpose of determining the 71. This instrument is use to measure the angle of twist in
relative distribution of the class characteristics. a rifled pistol and revolver.
a. Bullet Comparison Microscope a. Magnifying Glass
b. Stereoscopic Microscope b. Gunsmith tools
c. Shadowgraph c. Micrometer
d. Caliper d. Helixometer
60. It refers to a “Loaded Shell” for rifles, carbines, 72. The resistance encountered by the bullet whiles its
shotguns, revolvers and pistols from which a ball, bullet, flight.
shot or other missile may be fired by means of a gun a. Velocity Resistance
powder or other explosives. b. Air Resistance
a. Bullet c. Pull of Gravity
b. Ammunition d. Penetration
c. Primer 73. What kind of firearm that has a muzzle velocity of more
d. Ball than 1,400 feet per second?
61. Sometimes it is called as “secondary firing pin mark” a. High Power Firearm
and found in the primer near the firing pin mark. b. Low Power Firearm
a. Firing Pin Mark c. Pistol
b. Shearing Mark d. Revolver
c. Ejector Mark 74. Bore diameter is an example of class characteristic.
d. Chamber Mark a. True
62. The first priming mixture is composed of Potassium b. False
Chlorate, Charcoal, and _________. c. Partially True
a. Ground Glass d. Maybe
b. Fulminate of Mercury 75. It is the distance measured between two opposite
c. Barium Nitrate lands inside the bore.
d. Sulphur a. Caliber
63. Firearm which may be fired only by a single hand. b. Bore
a. Rifle c. Grooves
b. Pistol d. Lands
c. Shotgun 76. The highly sensitive chemical mixture contained in the
d. All of these primer cup.
64. It refers to the rate of speed of the bullet per unit of a. Priming Mixture
time. b. Gunpowder
a. Velocity c. Propellant
b. Air Resistance d. Powder Charge
c. Pull of Gravity 77. The collecting officer can mark the cylindrical surface
d. Penetration of the bullet.
65. In marking physical evidence, use distinctive mark a. True
such as X. b. False
a. true c. Partially true
b. false d. Partially false
c. Partially true 78. These are generally found on bullets fired through
d. Partially false “loose fit” barrels wherein the rifling is already worn out.
66. This is used in determining weights of bullets and a. Shearing Mark
shotgun pellets to determine probably the type of caliber b. Stripping Mark
and make of firearms from which they were fired. c. Breech Face Mark
a. Micrometer d. Chamber Mark
b. Bullet Comparison Microscope 79. Skid mark can be found on fired bullets.
c. Helixometer a. True
d. Analytical Balance b. False
67. The term cartridge is derived from the word “charta”, c. Partially True
the Latin word for ____. d. Partially False
a. Plastic 80. It refers to the characteristics markings peculiar and
b. Metal not found in all firearms.
c. Cartoon a. Class Characteristics
d. Paper b. Individual characteristic
68. The container of the priming mixture is _______. c. Group Characteristics
d. All of the above c. Semi-rimmed
81. This is especially designed to permit the firearm d. None of these
examiner to determine the similarity and dissimilarity 92. If the Shape if the base of the bullet is boat tailed, the
between two fired bullets and slugs or projectiles, or two shape of the nose is________.
fired shells by simultaneously observing their magnified a. Pointed
image in a single microscopic instrument. b. Round
a. Stereoscopic Microscope c. Wad-type
b. Bullet Comparison Microscope d. Semi-wad
c. Onoscope 93. It can be used in the close up examination of tampered
d. Shadowgraph serial numbers.
82. It is applied to that part of the cartridge case that is a. Gunsmith tool
occupied by the bullet. b. Taper Gauge
a. Base c. Stereoscopic Microscope
b. Crimp d. Shadowgraph
c. Vents 94. It is equal to the height of the side of a land.
d. Neck a. Depth of Grooves
83. These are mostly found around the body of the fired b. Twist
cartridge case and these are caused by the ‟irregularities” c. Rifling
in the inside walls of the chamber. d. land
a. Skid Marks 95. The gun powder is otherwise known
b. Rifling Marks as_____________.
c. Chamber Marks a. Powder charge
d. Shearing mark b. Propellant
84. The downward reaction of the bullet toward the earth c. Pulbura
center due to its weight. d. A & B
a. Downfall of bullet 96. The first reference to paper cartridge happened around
b. Pull of gravity this year.
c. Air Resistance a. 1313
d. Penetration b. 1575
85. These are found in the anterior portions of the fired c. 1836
bullets and caused by the forward movement of the bullet d. 1897
from the chamber before it initially rotates due to the 97. It contains a compound at the base usually similar to
rifling inside the gun barrel. barium nitrates, which is set on fire when the bullet is
a. Stripping Mark projected. The flash of the smoke from the burning
b. Skid Mark permits the light of the bullet to be seen especially at night
c. Firing pin Mark time.
d. Shearing Mark a. Incendiary Bullets
86. It is the hole in the web or the bottom of the primer b. Tracer Bullets
pocket through which the primer „flash” provides ignition c. Explosive Bullets
to the gunpowder. d. Armor Piercing Bullets
a. Flash holes 98. The rifling inside the gun barrel may twist _________.
b. Vents a. To the right only
c. Cannelures b. To the left only
d. A or B c. To the right & left
87. It refers to the straight distance between the muzzle d. All of these
and the target. 99. It refers to serrated grooves that are sometimes found
a. Trajectory rolled into the necks and bodied of the cases at the
b. Velocity location of the bases of the bullet to prevent the bullet
c. Range from being pushed back or loosened.
d. Penetration a. Neck
88. This is used primarily in determining the bore diameter b. Base
of firearms. c. Crimp
a. Gunsmith tools d. Cannelures
b. Taper Gauge 100. It refers to the actual curved path of the bullet during
c. Micrometer its flight from the gun muzzle to the target.
d. Helixometer a. Velocity
89. The first reference to rifled barrels happened around b. Trajectory
this year. c. Muzzle energy
a. 1575 d. Penetration
b. 1498
c. 1807
d. 1853
90. The oldest propellant.
a. Black Powder
b. Pink powder
c. Yellow Green powder
d. Smokeless
91. In this, the diameter or the base of the cartridge is
bigger than the body of the cartridge.
a. Rimless type
b. Rimmed Type