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