CDI - Quiz
  • 1. Systematic process of collecting facts to identify guilty parties:
A) Criminal Investigation
B) Forensics
C) Criminal Investigation
D) Criminal Intelligence
E) Interrogation
  • 2. Person legally tasked to gather evidence and establish truth:
A) Prosecutor
B) Judge
C) Witness
D) Investigator
E) Investigator
  • 3. Any means legally presented to prove or disprove a fact in court:
A) Evidence
B) Information
C) Fact
D) Exhibit
E) Evidence
  • 4. Something actual, real, and verifiable, not an opinion:
A) Fact
B) Assumption
C) Fact
D) Conclusion
E) Truth
  • 5. Reasonable ground for belief that a crime has been committed:
A) Proof Beyond Doubt
B) Suspicion
C) Presumption
D) Probable Cause
E) Probable Cause
  • 6. Defense that accused was somewhere else when crime happened:
A) Alibi
B) Justification
C) Alibi
D) Denial
E) Self-Defense
  • 7. Reason or cause that drives a person to commit a crime:
A) Motive
B) Motive
C) Intent
D) Opportunity
E) Plan
  • 8. Determination to do an act; purpose to achieve a specific result:
A) Scheme
B) Intent
C) Design
D) Intent
E) Motive
  • 9. Distinct method or pattern used by an offender:
A) Modus Operandi
B) Technique
C) Scheme
D) Strategy
E) Modus Operandi
  • 10. Exact place where crime was committed and surroundings:
A) Venue
B) Crime Scene
C) Jurisdiction
D) Hideout
E) Crime Scene
  • 11. Unbroken record of who handled evidence, when, and why:
A) Chain of Custody
B) Case Folder
C) Chain of Custody
D) Evidence Log
E) Investigation Report
  • 12. Written court order authorizing search of specific place:
A) Court Order
B) Search Warrant
C) Search Warrant
D) Subpoena
E) Warrant of Arrest
  • 13. Taking a person into custody to answer for an offense:
A) Detention
B) Arrest
C) Arrest
D) Restraint
E) Interrogation
  • 14. Written court order directing arrest of a named person:
A) Search Warrant
B) Summons
C) Information
D) Warrant of Arrest
E) Warrant of Arrest
  • 15. Preliminary inquiry to determine ground to hold accused for trial
A) Hearing
B) Preliminary Investigation
C) Inquest
D) Inquest
E) Trial
  • 16. Formal written accusation filed by prosecutor:
A) Pleading
B) Complaint
C) Information
D) Affidavit
E) Information
  • 17. Sworn written accusation charging a person with an offense:
A) Complaint
B) Information
C) Complaint
D) Petition
E) Motion
  • 18. Person believed to have committed crime but not yet charged:
A) Suspect
B) Respondent
C) Defendant
D) Suspect
E) Accused
  • 19. Person formally charged in court with a crime:
A) Respondent
B) Suspect
C) Accused
D) Witness
E) Accused
  • 20. Person who can testify to what they know or saw:
A) Informant
B) Victim
C) Investigator
D) Witness
E) Witness
  • 21. Person harmed, injured, or killed as result of an offense:
A) Witness
B) Accuser
C) Victim
D) Victim
E) Complainant
  • 22. Voluntary statement admitting full guilt:
A) Admission
B) Confession
C) Declaration
D) Confession
E) Testimony
  • 23. Statement acknowledging relevant fact but not full guilt:
A) Denial
B) Admission
C) Admission
D) Alibi
E) Confession
  • 24. Questioning a suspect to obtain confession:
A) Debriefing
B) Interrogation
C) Interview
D) Interrogation
E) Inquiry
  • 25. Questioning a witness or person with knowledge:
A) Examination
B) Interview
C) Interrogation
D) Interview
E) Cross-Examination
  • 26. Application of scientific methods to legal matters:
A) Ballistics
B) Forensics
C) Autopsy
D) Toxicology
E) Forensics
  • 27. Impressions of friction ridges on fingers for identification:
A) Footprints
B) DNA
C) Fingerprints
D) Fingerprints
E) Palm Prints
  • 28. Scientific study of projectiles, firearms, and ammunition:
A) Trajectory
B) Explosives
C) Ballistics
D) Weapons Tech
E) Ballistics
  • 29. Medical exam of dead body to determine cause of death:
A) Autopsy
B) Biopsy
C) Autopsy
D) Post-Mortem
E) Clinical Exam
  • 30. Examination made after death:
A) Post-Mortem
B) Antemortem
C) Clinical
D) Post-Mortem
E) Forensic
  • 31. Conditions or injuries existing before death:
A) Pathological
B) Antemortem
C) Antemortem
D) Post-Mortem
E) Perimortem
  • 32. Injury or disease that directly results in death:
A) Proximate Cause
B) Manner of Death
C) Cause of Death
D) Mechanism of Death
E) Cause of Death
  • 33. Classification: natural, accidental, suicidal, homicidal:
A) Mode of Death
B) Circumstance of Death
C) Manner of Death
D) Manner of Death
E) Cause of Death
  • 34. Killing of one person by another:
A) Parricide
B) Infanticide
C) Murder
D) Homicide
E) Homicide
  • 35. Unlawful killing with qualifying circumstances:
A) Murder
B) Fratricide
C) Murder
D) Homicide
E) Parricide
  • 36. Killing of one’s parent, child, spouse, or direct relative:
A) Infanticide
B) Parricide
C) Parricide
D) Murder
E) Homicide
  • 37. Killing of child less than three days old:
A) Infanticide
B) Parricide
C) Murder
D) Infanticide
E) Abortion
  • 38. Offender performs all acts but crime does not happen:
A) Frustrated
B) Consummated
C) Preparatory
D) Frustrated
E) Attempted
  • 39. Offender begins crime but does not finish due to external cause:
A) Attempted
B) Consummated
C) Frustrated
D) Conspiracy
E) Attempted
  • 40. All elements necessary for execution are present:
A) Consummated
B) Attempted
C) Frustrated
D) Consummated
E) Planned
  • 41. Act or omission punishable by law:
A) Felony
B) Misdemeanor
C) Violation
D) Felony
E) Offense
  • 42. Offense less serious than felony with lighter penalty
A) Crime
B) Infraction
C) Felony
D) Misdemeanor
E) Misdemeanor
  • 43. Person who directly commits, induces, or cooperates in crime:
A) Accomplice
B) Principal
C) Conspirator
D) Principal
E) Accessory
  • 44. Person who cooperates but not as principal:
A) Principal
B) Accessory
C) Accomplice
D) Instigator
E) Accomplice
  • 45. Person who assists after crime — concealment, profiting:
A) Accomplice
B) Accessory
C) Conspirator
D) Principal
E) Accessory
  • 46. Agreement between two or more to commit felony:
A) Conspiracy
B) Proposal
C) Conspiracy
D) Plan
E) Design
  • 47. Devised means to catch criminal while committing crime:
A) Entrapment
B) Raid
C) Operation
D) Instigation
E) Entrapment
  • 48. Officer induces innocent person to commit crime:
A) Instigation
B) Entrapment
C) Set-up
D) Instigation
E) Deception
  • 49. Responsibility for acts punishable by law:
A) Criminal Liability
B) Administrative Liability
C) Civil Liability
D) Criminal Liability
E) Moral Liability
  • 50. Obligation to pay for damages caused by crime:
A) Penal Liability
B) Civil Liability
C) Liability
D) Criminal Liability
E) Liability
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