Q and A Photography

FORENSIC PHOTOGRAPHY

Q and A

Presented by

DR. JEZREEL VICENTE, CSP, CCS, CST, CSMS

Instructor, PhDCrim, MSCrim, BSCrim, BFSci
Program Head, Forensic Science
University of Baguio
1. Is an art or science which deals with the reproduction of images through the action of
light, upon sensitized materials, with the aid of camera and its accessories, and the
chemical processes involved therein.
A. Photography
B. Photograph
C. Police photography
D. Forensic Photography
2. Is an art or science which deals with the study of the principles of photography, the
preparation of photographic evidence, and its application to police work.
A. Photography
B. Photograph
3. It is an art or science of photographically documenting a crime scene and evidence

for laboratory examination and analysis for purposes of court trial.
A. Photography
B. Photograph
4. The word “photography” is a derivative of two Greek words ____.

A. phos (light) and graphy (write)
B. phos (light) and graphy (paper)
C. phos (light) and graphia (paper)
D. phos (light) and graphia (write)
Therefore Photography best translates
“to write with light.”
5. The process applied where very small photograph is involved in microfilming.

A. Photomicrography
B. Photomacrography
C. Macro-photography
D. Microphotography
Photomicrography – small objects are magnified 10X up.

Photomacrography – objects directly enlarged to the negative 1-9X.
Macro-photography – Close-up photography from life-size to 10X life-size.
6. A type of photography that is used to record unseen objects by means of infra-red
light.
A. Night time Photography
B. X-ray Photography
C. Infra-red Photography
D. Ultra-violet Photography
7. The 4 major factors in order to produce photograph are the following, except _____.
A. Light
B. Camera
C. Film
D. Photographer
The 4th factor is CHEMICAL PROCESSES
8. Published a “Collodion process” in 1851 that replaced albumen.

A. Frederick Scott Archer
B. Joseph Nicephore Niepce
C. Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre
D. William Henry Fox Talbot
Joseph Nicephore Niepce – produced a photograph image using Camera Obscura.
Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre – Daguerreotype (1 st image that was fixed)
William Henry Fox Talbot – Collotype process (the 1st negative-positive making process)
9. He introduced “Polaroid Camera.”

A. Frederick Scott Archer
B. Edwin H. Land
C. Abel Niepce de Saint-Victor
D. Louis Desirie Blanquart-Evrard
Abel Niepce de Saint-Victor – cousin of Niepce, negatives made with albumen on glass.
Louis Desirie Blanquart-Evrard – also worked on Callotype process, and was the first to
publish the process in France.
10. The year when LASER was invented making possible Holograms (three
dimensional pictures).
A. 1959
B. 1960
C. 1961
D. 1962
LASER means
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
11. Who coined the word “photography?” and suggested Negative and Positive in the
following year.
A. Hercules Florence
B. John F.W. Herschel
C. Edwin H. Land
D. Oliver Holmes
Hercules Florence – coined “Photographie”
Edwin H. Land – Invented “Polaroid Camera”
Oliver W. Holmes – Invented “Stereoscope viewer”
12. What is needed to produce photograph?

A. Camera
B. Photographer
C. Light
D. Subject
Subject – person, items, nature.
13. Photograph of the crime scene is necessary to preserve the following, except.
A. Time
B. Space
C. Event
D. Nature of evidence
14. What comes after f4?

A. f 5.6
B. f8
C. f11
D. f16
15. A device used to hold firmly the camera in place during exposure period.
A. Camera holder
B. Tripod
C. Handgrip
D. Cable Release
Handgrip - part of the camera
Cable Release – to avoid the camera shake.
16. Light waves maybe visualized as such the high points are called?
A. troughs
B. crests
C. wavelength
D. light distance
17. Which lens opening admits more light to pass through its medium?
A. f 16
B. f 5.6
C. f 4
D. f 2.8
Principle:
The smaller the f-no., larger lens opening, more light
The bigger the f-no., smaller lens opening, less light
18. The bigger the lens opening, _____.

A. the more light to enter
B. the less light to enter
C. the amount of light depends on the lens speed
D. the faster the photographer
19. If the photographer uses the aperture f 2.8.

A. The depth of field of the subject is shallow
B. The depth of field of the subject will be closer.
C. The depth of field of the subject will be wider.
D. The exposure is decreased
20. The photographer used f 5.6 and later uses f 8. Is the photographer increasing the
amount of light?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Yes, because the first f-no is smaller
D. No, because the 2nd f-no produces more light
21. The speed of light in empty space where atoms do not delay its travel is
A. 299,792 mi/s
B. 186,282 mi/s
C. 226,000 mi/s
D. 300,000 mi/s
22. SLR uses one lens which is used for viewing and _____.
A. Imaging
B. Taking or recording
C. Reflecting
D. Bending
Twin Lens Reflex (TLR) uses 2 lenses. One for Viewing and another lens for Taking or
recording.
23. What do you call that type of rangefinder in which image of a straight line in the
object appears to be cut into halves and separated from each other when the lens is not
in focus?
A. Coincidence type
B. Split-image type
C. Range finder type
D. Image type
24. The lens that is thicker on the middle than the edge.
A. Convex
B. Positive
C. Negative
D. Concave
25. It is caused by very bright subject areas and produces internal reflections in the
lens.
A. Ghost images
B. Flare
C. Distortion
D. Diffraction
Ghost images - can be corrected with Lens Hood.
Distortion – causes the image to bow in or out. Does not affect sharpness, only the size
of image.
Diffraction – the bending of light as it passes a small opening.
26. All lights are visible, but what eyes cannot see are referred to as _____.
A. Red light
B. Wavelength
C. Radiation
D. White light
27. The following are requirements in order for a photograph to be admitted as evidence
in court, except _____.
A. Unbiased
B. Free from distortion
C. Accurate representation of the crime scene.
D. The investigator is present pointing to the evidence
28. The angle of view and size of the image that a lens will produce is determined by
its……
A. Focal length
B. Lens opening
C. Distance
D. Hyper focal distance
Principle:
The longer the focal length, the larger the image inside the camera.
Focal length is the distance from the optical center of the lens to the image formed
inside the camera.
29. In night surveillance, what ISO film rating is recommended?

A. 100
B. 200
C. 300
D. higher than 300
CLASSIFICATION OF FILM ACCORDING TO SENSITIVITY
1. Slow = ASA 100 and below
2. Medium = ASA 100 and 200
3. Fast = above ASA 200 to 1600
4. Ultra-Fast = ASA 3200 and 6400
30. The light falling upon a subject from a source is called INCIDENT LIGHT and when
the incident light strikes a surface, deflection and bouncing back of light is done.
A. Refraction
B. Reflection
C. Diffraction
D. Absorption
Refraction = the bending of light when passing from one medium to another
Diffraction = the bending of light when it hits a sharp edge of an opaque object.
Two kinds of reflection:
Regular = happens when light hits a flat, smooth and shiny surface.
Irregular or diffused = occurs when the light hits a rough or uneven but glossy object.
31. When the prism breaks its light in its different wavelength producing the colors of the
_____.
A. Primary colors
B. Secondary colors
C. Rainbow
D. Red, blue, green
32. Secondary colors when combined forms what color?

A. Purple
B. Black
C. White
D. Gray
33. Primary colors when combined, produces ____ color.

A. Purple
B. Black
C. White
D. Gray
Secondary Colors….when combined
form Black color
Primary Colors…..when combined
form White Color
RED (P)
34. Fish-eye lens is a special type of camera having a view angle of:
A. 60 degrees
B. 180 degrees
C. 90 degrees
D. 360 degrees
35. Digital Cameras at present has LCD which means _____.

A. Lead Crystal Drive
B. Liquid Crystal Device
C. Low Color Device
D. Land Central Device
Point & Shoot – refers to DigiCams
36. In order to have wider depth of field or range of sharpness in front of and behind the
subject on which the focus has been set, we need _____.
A. Medium lens opening
B. larger lens opening
C. smaller lens opening
D. none of the above
37. It refers to the time the shutter is opened, allowing light to reach the film is _____
A. Parallax
B. Lens speed
C. Diaphragm speed
D. Shutter speed
38. The inability of a simple lens to bring the different wavelengths ( colors ) of light to
be focused on the same plane is _____.
A. Spherical aberration
B. Chromatic aberration
C. Coma
D. Astigmatism
1. Spherical aberration
2. Coma
3. Astigmatism
4. Distortion
39. All photographic emulsions are sensitive to _____ colors.

A. Blue, green and red
C. Green, red and infrared
B. Yellow, orange and green
D. blue, violet and ultra-violet
40. The film that is sensitive to blues and infrared radiation, which is beyond the human
eye’s sensitivity.
A. Non-chromatic film
B. Orthochromatic film
C. Infrared film
D. Panchromatic film
 Non-chromatic – ultraviolet and blue-violet
 Orthochromatic – blues and greens, but not to reds.
 Panchromatic – sensitive to all colors
42. This a device used on the end of a lens to block the sun or other light source in
order to prevent glare and lens flare
A. Sunshade
B. Shadow
C. Lens hood
D. Lens shade
43. The E-Commerce law in the Philippines.

A. RA 9287
B. RA 8792
C. RA 8972
D. RA 8278
Related laws:
RA 8484 – Access device law (Feb 11, 1998)
RA 10175 – Anti-cyber crime law (Sep 12, 2012)
44. An investigator might find it necessary, prior to photographing a fingerprint, to use

iodine fumes to bring out
A. Visible prints
B. Faint prints
C. Latent prints
D. Almost- visible prints
45. With the use of camera and other gadgets for surveillance, the personnel must know
the following, except _____.
A. Know what equipment to use and what is “only” available to you
B. Know how the equipment work and master its capabilities
C. No exception
D. Know how to conquer your inabilities.
Entrapment
(borrowed pictures)
46. This provides extra exposure to an area of the print to make it darker, while blocking
light from the rest of the print.
A. Dodging
B. Vignetting
C. Printing-in/Burning-in
D. Cropping
 Cropping – Selecting part of photo to consider.
 Dodging – making part of the photo LIGHTER.
 Vignetting – photograph shades off as it moves to the edges
47. Digital photography includes photographs taken with the use of CPs, Computers,
and all gadgets capable of producing photographs. How the details of the photographs
be taken?
A. It can be dealt with its properties.
B. It can be gleaned immediately from the photograph.
C. It can be seen in the photo settings.
D. All of the above.
48. In photographing arson cases, which of the following is not allowed?
A. photograph the manner of spreading the fire

B. photograph spectators every after 15 minutes or so
C. photograph color of the smoke
D. all of the above
49. What technique in photography is used to detect or clarify writing or marking on

paper that is no longer visible due to age, exposure to weather, fire, water or alteration.
A. Infrared photography
B. Document photography
C. Ultraviolet photography
D. Forensic photography
50. The chemical and mechanical erasures are best examined through _____.
A. Infrared
B. chemistry
C. Ultraviolet
D. laboratory
Presented by
DR. JEZREEL B. VICENTE, CSP, CCS, CST, CSMS

Faculty, BS Crim, MS Crim, PhD Crim
University of Baguio

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FORENSIC PHOTOGRAPHY

DR. JEZREEL VICENTE, CSP, CCS, CST, CSMS

3. It is an art or science of photographically documenting a crime scene and evidence

4. The word “photography” is a derivative of two Greek words ____.

5. The process applied where very small photograph is involved in microfilming.

Photomicrography – small objects are magnified 10X up.

The 4th factor is CHEMICAL PROCESSES

8. Published a “Collodion process” in 1851 that replaced albumen.

9. He introduced “Polaroid Camera.”

12. What is needed to produce photograph?

14. What comes after f4?

18. The bigger the lens opening, _____.

19. If the photographer uses the aperture f 2.8.

29. In night surveillance, what ISO film rating is recommended?

32. Secondary colors when combined forms what color?

33. Primary colors when combined, produces ____ color.

35. Digital Cameras at present has LCD which means _____.

39. All photographic emulsions are sensitive to _____ colors.

43. The E-Commerce law in the Philippines.

44. An investigator might find it necessary, prior to photographing a fingerprint, to use

48. In photographing arson cases, which of the following is not allowed?

A. photograph the manner of spreading the fire

49. What technique in photography is used to detect or clarify writing or marking on

DR. JEZREEL B. VICENTE, CSP, CCS, CST, CSMS

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