- 1. Who is considered as the "Father of Modern Ballistics"?
A) Daniel Wesson B) Horace Smith C) John Browning D) Calvin Goddard
- 2. Who among the following is known as the "Father of Percussion Ignition?
A) Alexander John Forsyth B) James Wolf
- 3. Who pioneered the making of the breech-loading rifles
A) Horace Smith B) David Williams C) Samuel Colt
- 4. Who made the first known carbine?
A) David William B) Samuel Colt
- 5. Who designed the AK47, an assault rifle in 19477
A) Samuel Colt B) David williams C) Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov
- 6. Who produced the first practical revolver?
A) Samuel Colt B) Horàce Smith C) David Williams
- 7. Who started in 1885 the production of a single shot rifle that was adopted by Winchester?
A) Horace Smith B) Samuel Colt C) Goddard D) John Browning
- 8. What does the Greek word "ballo" mean?
A) To fire B) To throw C) To Shoot D) To charge
- 9. What is the Roman gigantic bow or catapult used to throw missiles and large objects such sones at a particular distance to detes ánimals or enemy forces
A) Ballista B) Ballo C) Ballien
- 10. What is a branch of study which deals with the motion of projectiles?
A) Combat Shooting B) Ballistics C) Physics
- 11. What do you call the straight distance between muzzle of firearm and target?
A) Yaw B) Trajectory C) Range D) Forensic
- 12. It refers to the distance within which the shooter has control of his shots meaning he can place his shots at a desired spot?
A) Maximum range B) Effective range C) Minimum range
- 13. It refers to the that distance that a bullet can be propelled from firearm
A) Ineffective range B) Maximum range C) Minimum range D) Effective range
- 14. It refers to the speed of the bullet per unit of time.
A) Range B) Velocity C) Penetration D) Trajectory
- 15. It refers to depth to which the bullet has entered its target object hit
A) Velocity B) Trajectory C) Penetration D) Range
- 16. This refers to actual path of the bullet during its flight from the gun muzzle to the target
A) Yaw B) Trajectory C) Velocity D) Penetration
- 17. It refers to grouping of the bullet fired in target
A) Interior Accuracy B) Terminal Accuracy C) Forensic Accuracy D) Exterior Accuracy
- 18. It is the study of effect of projectile to human body
A) Corpus Ballistics B) Wound Ballistics C) Anatomical Ballistics D) Shots Ballistics
- 19. It refers to open wound produced by the penetration of bullet slug within the tissues of the body
A) Gunshot Wound B) Punctured Wound C) Incised Wound D) Stabbed Wound
- 20. Which kind of gunshot wound is produce when the gun muzzle is pressed against or within 6 inches to 2ft from the body?
A) Contact B) Mortal C) Distance discharge D) Close discharge
- 21. Which kind of gunshot wound produced when the gun muzzle pressed against or within an inch or two from the body
A) Contact B) Closer discharged C) Distance discharge D) Mortal
- 22. Which gunshot wound characteristics is caused by the disposition of smoke particles by all types of powders at closed ranges?
A) Blackening B) Muzzle pattern C) Tattooing D) Scorching
- 23. Which gunshot wound characteristics indicates contact wound and are often observed in suicide cases, where edges found ranged ( torn in shape star) and wound is like an exit wound?
A) Blackening B) Scorching C) Tattoing D) Muzzle pattern
- 24. Which gunshot wound characteristics caused by the flame or hot gasses not by the hot projectiles powders as is commonly believed, whick also known "burning or charring"
A) Tattooing B) Scorching C) Blackening D) Muzzle Pattern
- 25. Which gunshot wound characteristic is caused by the embedding of unburnt and semi-burnt powder particles into the surface of the target, which is also known as "peppering"?
A) Scorching B) Muzzle pattern C) Tattooing D) Blackening
- 26. It deals with the attributes and properties of pellets
A) Anatomical Ballistics B) Corpus Ballistics C) Shots Ballistics D) Wound Ballistics
- 27. . It is the degree of narrowing at the muzzle end of the shotgun barrel
A) Choke B) Gauge C) Shot pattern D) Shot spread
- 28. It is the spread of shot pellets after they hit a non-moving target
A) Choke B) Shot spread C) Shot pattern D) Gauge
- 29. It is determined by a constriction or narrowing at the muzzle called "a choke"
A) Shot pattern B) Choke C) Shot spread D) Gauge
- 30. . It is the term used to designate bore diameter of a shotgun
A) Shot spread B) Gauge C) Choke D) Shot pattern
- 31. What instrument is used for the propulsion of projectiles by means of expansive force of gases coming from burning gunpowder
A) Primer B) Firearm C) Slug D) Bullet
- 32. is style of firearms that propel projectiles which is more than one inch in diameter
A) Hand arm B) Artillery C) Yoke D) Small
- 33. Those type of firearms that propel projectiles less than one inch in diameter.
A) Small arm B) Medium arm C) Long arm D) Big arm
- 34. It refers to the diameter in which the bore was reamed. It is also defined as the distance between
A) Caliber B) Yoke C) Land D) Groove
- 35. 44. It is a measure of the twisting of the lands and grooves which also refers to the distance advanced by the rifling in one complete run (360 degrees).
A) Pitch B) Twist C) Groove D) Land
- 36. Which of the following shall be considered as a complete firearm for all purpose that initiates the paths of the bullet
A) Muzzle B) Breech C) Trigger D) Barrel
- 37. Which part of firearms disengages the center prim to allow opening of cylinder hammer?
A) Chamber B) Ejector C) Breech D) Bolt
- 38. Which part of a barrel is found at the opposite end of the muzzle
A) Breech B) Bolt C) Ejector D) Chmaber
- 39. which part of a bore into which a cartridge is placed? It is the enlarged space at the breech of the barrel where the cartridge is fed
A) Bolt B) Ejector C) Breech D) Chamber
- 40. Which part of a firearm pushes the spent shell away from the firearm?
A) Bolt B) Ejector C) Breech D) Chamber
- 41. Which part of a firearm pulls the empty shells from the cylinder simultaneously?
A) Shock B) Hammer C) Safety D) Extractor
- 42. Which part of a firearm strikes the blow that initiates or ignition primer?
A) Hammer B) Extractor C) Safety D) Stock
- 43. Which parts of firearm prevents firearm from firing, which may be button, moveable pin, lever, thumb hammer or sliding plate?
A) Hammer B) Safety C) Extractor D) Stock
- 44. Which part of the firearm serves as the handle of the firearm, which can be composed of one or two pieces and is usually made of wood or a synthetic material
A) Safety B) Hammer C) Extractor D) Stock
- 45. Which part of firearm is the alternative term for firing pin when that firing is axially mounted and spring propelled inside the bolt?
A) Striker B) Trigger C) Yoke D) Trigger guard
- 46. Which part of the firearm actuates the parts necessary to fire the weapon?
A) Trigger B) Striker C) Trigger guard D) Yoke
- 47. Which part of a firearm prevents is unnecessary action in the part of the firearm, which actuates the other parts to avoid accidental firing?
A) Striker B) Trigger C) Yoke D) Trigger guard
- 48. Which part of a firearm is the connecting pivot between the frame and cylinder
A) Trigger guard B) Yoke C) Striker D) Trigger
- 49. It refers to hallow part inside a gun barrel or other tube
A) Extractor B) Chamber C) Bore D) Ejector
- 50. What type of firearm according to gun barrel construction has rifling inside the barrel
A) Rifled Bore B) Rough Bore C) Smooth Bore D) Scuff Bore
- 51. What type of firearm according to gun barrel construction does not contain rifling from end to end
A) Scuff Bore B) Rifling Bore C) Smooth Bore D) Rough Bore
- 52. What a ancient smooth-bore and muzzle loadhog military shoulder arm designed to fire round lead ball?
A) Gatling gun B) Carbine C) Muskets D) AK47
- 53. It is a smooth bore weaoon designed to shoot a number of lead pelletes in one charge
A) Carbine B) Armilite C) Shotgun D) Machine gun
- 54. It is hand firearm equipped with a rotating cylinder serving as magazine, successively place catridges into position for firing
A) Garand B) AK 47 C) Pistol D) Revolver
- 55. Which type of revolver needs manual cocking of the hammer
A) Single Action B) Action C) Double Action D) Triple Action
- 56. Which type of revolver when squezzing the trigger automatically cocks the hammer
A) Single Action B) Action C) Triple Action D) Double Action
- 57. It is a short barrel handgun designed to fire a single projectile through a rifle-bore of every press of the trigger
A) Calliber22 B) Revolver C) Pistol D) Musket
- 58. General Borja uses a small portable firearm that can be held, aimed, and fired with one hand. Most likely, he is using what kind of firearm?
A) Pistol B) Carbine C) Machine gun D) AK47
- 59. What is the regarded as the world's first self loading rifle
A) Carbine B) Armalite C) Machine gun D) Garand
- 60. It is a firearm which shoots or is designed to shoots, automatically or semi-automatically, more than one shoot without manual reloading, by single pull of trigger
A) Pistol B) Carbine C) Machine gun D) Musket
- 61. What is the complete unfired unit that has gun powder, primer, bullets and catridge case
A) Catriged B) Ammunition C) Ballistics D) Forensic Ballistics
- 62. The term catriged dervided from what Latin word which means "paper"?
A) Charta B) Carting C) Carta D) Chatrid
- 63. It is a tibular metalic or non metalic container which holds together the bullet gunpowder and primer
A) Breech case B) Ammo case C) Bolt case D) Catriged case
- 64. Below are the functions of bartridge case EXCEPT...
A) It holds the bullet, gunpowder and primer assembled into one unit B) It allows the escape of the gasses to the rear as the sidewalls of the catridge case are forced against the walls of the chamber by the pressure C) It serve as a "gas seal" at the breech end of the barrel D) It serves as a water proof container for the gunpowder
- 65. What is a metal cup that conatins highly sensitive mixture of chemical compunas or stuck by firing pin would ingnite
A) Powder B) Primer C) Bullet D) Shell
- 66. It is a part of ammunition in which when ignited by the primer flash, is converted to heated gas under high pressure and propels and shoots charge through the barrel and to the target
A) Casing B) Shots C) Primer D) Propellant
- 67. It refers to the projectile propelled through barrel of firearm by means of the expansive force gasses coming from burning gunpowder. It can either a fired bullet or an unfired bullet
A) Shell B) Primer C) Powder D) Bullet
- 68. The word bullet was derived from the French word "Boulette" which means
A) Metal B) Little Ball C) Stone D) Paper
- 69. What type of bullet has soft core inside a jacket and is used against personnel only?
A) Armor Piercing B) Ball C) Tracer D) Explosive
- 70. Those types of bullet which contain highly charged explosive
A) Tracer B) Explosive C) Fragmentory D) Amor Piercing
- 71. This type of bullet contains mixture such as phospouros or other material, can be set on fire by impact
A) Amor Piercing B) Explosive C) Incendiary D) Tracer
- 72. What type of cartridge is where the primer cup concealed inside the cartridge case
A) Pin - fire B) Rim - fire C) Center - fire D) Side - fire
- 73. What type of cartridge is where the primer material is contained within a flange formed around the pipery of the cartridge at the head? The flange is a narrow bulge around the case,formed a hallow rim into which the primer charged a place
A) Center- fire B) Pin - fire C) Rim - fire D) Side - fire
- 74. It is a chemical substance of varied composition, sizes shape, and colors that functions as propellant
A) Cannelure B) Ogive C) Lead D) Gunpowder
- 75. It is regarged as the oldest type of gunpowder. Its standard ingredients are Potassium Nitrate Sulphur and Charcoal
A) Dark powder B) Hazy powder C) Black powder D) Gray powder
- 76. It is a term used to describe propellant powder which are made from nitrocellulose with addition of very small quantities of chemical
A) Multiple based smokeless powder B) Triple based smokeless powder C) Double based smokeless powder D) Single based smokeless powder
- 77. What is a device use for examining the interior surface of the gun barrel
A) Macroscope B) Microscope C) Onoscope D) Telescope
- 78. It is a box used to obtain test fired bulleta and test cartridge cases from the suspected firearms submitted laboratory
A) Bullet recovery B) Primer recovery C) Cartridge recovery D) Ammunition recovery
- 79. This valuabe instrument is especially designed to permit the firearm examiner to determine the similarity and dissimilarity between fired bullets or to fire cartridge cases by simultaneously observing magnified image
A) Comparison Telescope B) Comparison Steroscope C) Comparison Micrscope D) Comparison Onoscope
- 80. It concerns mostly with the collection, marking, preservation, packing and transmission of firearms evidence. It includes the study of class characteristics of firearms and bullets
A) Firearm manufacturing B) Technical examination C) Legal proceeding D) Field Investigation
- 81. It concerns with the examination of bullets/ shells whether fired from also whether or not cartridge were loaded and ejected made by the suspected firearms submitted
A) Firearm Investigation B) Field Investigation C) Technical examination D) Legal proceeding
- 82. This is the most critical part in the field of firearms identification wherein the examiner will go to the court as expert witness regarding the ballistics report and exhibits he had prepared and examined in the laboratory
A) Field investigation B) Technical examination C) Legal proceeding D) Firearm manufacturing
- 83. These are the characteristics of firearm which are determinable even before it was manufactured
A) Individual B) Class C) Factory D) Genuine
- 84. Those characteristics which determinable only after manufactured of the firearm whose existence are beyond the control of man and which have a random distribution. Their existence in a firearm is brought about by the tools in their normal question resulting to wear, tear, abuse, mutilations, corrosion, erosion and other fortuitous causes
A) Solo B) Class C) Individual D) Factory
- 85. It is a discipline of forensic science which has, as its primary concern to determine if a tool mark was produced by a particular tool
A) Cartridge Identification B) Firearm Identification C) Personal Identification D) Tool mark Identification
- 86. What marks most commonly found on bullets fired from a worn-out barrel, oily barrels and slightly over sized barrel?
A) Scuff B) Shaving C) Skid D) Slippage
- 87. It is a cause by the failure of the bullet to take up the rotation as soon as it struck the riffling. It consist of lines parallel with the axis of the bullet which are always expected from a bullet fired from a revolver and usually found on the nose or ogive of the bullet
A) Shave Mark B) Scuff Mark C) Skid Mark D) Slippage Mark
- 88. These marks are most commonly found on bullet fired from revolver due to poor alignment of cylinder with the bore
A) Scuff B) Slippage C) Skid D) Shaving
- 89. 100. The chemical eating away to the bone of firearm due to rusting of the action of salts deposited from the gunpowder is...
A) Decomposition B) Pressure C) Corrosion D) Erosion
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