POLICE PHOTOGRAPHY

1. A part of a camera used in focusing the light from the subject

A. view finder B. lens
C. shutter D. light tight box
2. Are light having wave lengths 30 to 400?
A. Ultraviolet light B. Visible light
C. X-ray D. Infrared light
3. 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
4. Lens that is characterized by a thicker center and thinner sides.
A. concave lens B. convex lens
C. negative lens D. positive lens
5. The following are the essential parts of the camera except one…
A. Light Tight Box B. Lens
C. Tripod D. Shutter
6. These are the components of a black and white film, except one….
A. Emulsion B. Gelatin
C. Anti- halation backing D. Base
7. This film is sensitive to all colors, except red.
A. Orthochromatic film B. Panchromatic film
C. Chromatic film D. Apochromatic film
8. This is the positive result of the process of photography.
A. Photograph B. Film
C. Cellulose D. Negative Film
9. What emulsion speed indicator is express in an arithmetic form?
A. ISO B. DIN
C. ASA D. GNP
10. What photo paper is ideal to be used in a normal exposed film?
A. # 1 B. # 3
C. # 2 D. # 4
11. The circular “dome-like” image –
A. curvature of field B. spherical aberration
C. chromatic aberration D. coma
12. Otherwise known as the coherent light.
A. Infrared light B. Laser light
C. Visible light D. Ultraviolet light
13. When was the birth year of photography?
A. 1939 B. 1839
C. 1793 D. 1893
14. A type of film that is sensitive to all colors.
A. Infrared film B. Orthochromatic film
C. Panchromatic film D. Chromatic film
15. A systematic arrangement of colors to give a pleasant effect.
A. color perception B. color sensitivity
C. color accuracy D. color harmony
16. This type of camera will eliminate parallax error.
A. Single Lens Reflex B. Twin Lens Reflex
C. View finder type D. View or press camera
17. What country is the first who use photograph of crime scene in court presentation?
A. Germany B. US
C. Philippines D. France
18. A lens with a focal length of less than the diagonal of its negative material.
A. telephoto lens B. long lens
C. normal lens D. wide angle lens
19. If a camera lens has a fixed focal length of 50mm. such lens is classified:
A. Focusing Lens B. Normal Lens
C. Wide lens D. Zoom lens
20. In crime scene photography, what view tends to show the extent damage on the subject?
A. General View B. Medium View
C. Close-up shot D. Extreme Close-up shot

21. It is a lighting condition where object in open space cost a deep and uniform or distinct shadow.
A. Bright sunlight B. Hazy sunlight
C. Dull sunlight D. Cloudy dull
22. The appearance of the original will come out and such result is known as the?
A. Film B. Negative
C. Photograph D. Picture
23. The bending of light around an object gives rise to the phenomenon  called
A. Attraction B. Diffraction
C. Light Curve D. Light fingerprint
24. The simplest camera is a ___, which consists of a box with a  small hole in one of its sides.
A. Camera obscura B. Fixed focus camera    
C. Pinhole camera      D. Nikkon camera 
25. This means by which the object distance is estimated or calculated to from sharp images
A. Angle of View B. Depth of Focus
C. Focus D. Focal Length
26. This type of camera will eliminate the parallax error and it will work well with all lenses.
A. Twin reflex type B. View or press camera type
C. View finder type D. Single lens reflex type
27. What is considered as the utmost used of photography in police work?
A. For identification B. For preservation
C. For record purpose D. For court presentation
28. What is that process of eliminating unwanted portions of a negative during enlarging process?
A. Dodging B. Burning-In
C. Vignetting D. Cropping
29. What kind of diaphragm opening should a photographer used in order to get a wider depth of field?
A. wider B. shorter
C. smaller D. Longer
30. What type of a camera is ideal to police photography?
A. View Finder Type B. Single Lens Reflex
C. Twin Lens Reflex D. Press/View Camera

31. While the exposed film is not yet developed, the image recorder is technical referred to as:
A. Inverted image B. Negative image
C. Latent image D. Positive image
32. A lens defect that can affect resolution and clarity, making it hard to obtain sharp images.
A. curvature of field B. spherical aberration
C. chromatic aberration D. coma
33. One the part of the film holder of the camera that usually houses the film cartridge.
A. sprocket B. locking catch
C. guide roller D. cavity
34. Refers to the process of taking pictures with the use of microscope.
A. Photomacrography B. Macrophotography
C. Microphotography D. Photomicrography
35. It refers to the lens which forms a real image on the opposite side of the lens.
A. Concave B. Positive
C. Convex D. Negative
36. What is referred to the effective length of time a camera’s shutter is open?
A. Diaphragm opening B. Shutter
C. Shutter speed D. Emulsion speed
37. This is attach to the shutter to prevent accidental movement of the camera during the exposure period.
A. Tripod B. Cable release
C. Light meter D. Extinction meter
38. It is used in chemical analysis and in curing and hardening of different items for industrial purposes.
A. long wave UV B. medium wave UV
C. short wave UV D. ultraviolet rays
39. Refers to the range of illumination or the light allowed to affect the sensitized material at a given time.
A. Exposure B. Aperture
C. Shutter D. Shutter speed
40. The distance between the nearest and the farthest object in apparent sharp focus when the lens is focused at
a given point.
A. Angle of view B. Focal Length
C. Depth of Field D. Focus
41. The science or art of obtaining images in scientific materials by the action of electro magnetic radiation rays.
A. Polygraphy B. Dactyloscopy
C. Photography D. Chemistry
42. The study of the fundamentals of photography, its application to police work and the preparation of
photographic evidence:
A. Cinematography B. Photograph
C. Forensic photography D. Photography
43. This part of a camera is used to allow light to enter through the lens for a predetermined time interval.
A. shutter B. holder of sensitized material
C. view finder D. lens
44. Which of the following supports the entire unit of the enlarger, which usually holds the easel that carries the
photographic paper? A. Focusing mechanism B. Baseboard
C. Condenser lenses D. Elevating control knob
45. In the additive color mixture process combining the color blue and green will produce cyan. What is the
complementary color of blue?
A. yellow B. cyan
C. magenta D. Green
46. It is the ability of an object to convert one wavelength to another as long as the active energy source is
irradiating the object.
A. Fluorescence B. Phosphorescence
C. Luminescence D. Interference
47. Objects that allow sufficient visible light to pass through them that the object on the other side may be clearly
seen.
A. Transparent B. Translucent
C. Opaque D. Filter
48. Its actions starts from one side and closes on the opposite side with amore faster shutter speed. The
statement is referring to:
A. central shutter B. leaf shutter
C. focal plane shutter D. between the lens shutter
49. William Fox Talbot invented what particular object which uses a paper impregnated with light sensitive
compounds.
A. Calotype B. wet plate
C. Daguerreotype D. Camera Obscura
50. These are made of plastic material support the emulsion layer, it is particularly known as the base which can
be found on the:
A. base B. film
C. anti-halation backing D. gray

MODERATE - BLUE QUESTIONS

1. A British scientist who made the first miniature cameras, the so-called “mouse trap” cameras.
A. Joseph Nicephore Niepce B. Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre
C. Willian Henry Fox Talbot D. Sir John Herschel
2. The result of his work was, images were fragile to the touch and needed to be protected under glass, but were
capable of recording the finest detail.
A. Joseph Nicephore Niepce B. Sir John Herschel
C. Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre D. Willian Henry Fox Talbot
3. The word Photography was coined by _____?
A. John F. W. Herschel B. Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre
C. Henry Fox Talbot D. Leonardo Da Vinci
4. A distance at which lens of a camera is focused with a given particular diaphragm opening which will give the
maximum depth of field is-
A. Focal distance B. subject distances
C. hyper focal distance D. focal length
5. A type of a lens that would make an object to be exaggeratedly closes to the photographer and is ideal in stake
out surveillance photography.
A. Short Focus Lens B. Telephoto Lens
C. Normal Focus Lens D. Wide Angle Lens
6. In addition to legal medicine, as prober, how can you preserve perishable evidence like injuries, contusions,
hematoma, etc?
A. Recording B. Sketching
C. Photography D. Listing
7. In crime scene photography, what view tends to show the four angles of the possible entrance and exit point of
the suspect?
A. General View B. Medium View
C. Close-up shot D. Extreme Close-up shot
8. In photography, what determines how effectively a moving object  can be stopped, that is, how sharply it can be
reproduced without blurring, or streaking in the final image?
A. Focus B. Shutter speed
C. Aperture D. Lens
9. Is that part of the camera which controls the passage of light reaching the sensitized material? It compared to
the eyelid of the human eye.
A. Lens B. Shutter
C. Lens Opening D. Film Plane
10. It enables the law enforcement investigator to record the visible and in many cases, the invisible evidence
found at the crime scene.
A. Photography B. Police photography
C. Photographic Evidence D. Photograph

11. It is the range in front of and behind a sharply focused  subject in which details also look sharp in the final
photographic image.
A. Focus B. Depth of field
C. Camera trick D. Aperture
12. Lens aberration in which light of different wavelength is focused at different distances behind the lens. It can
be corrected by combining different types of glass lens.
A. astigmatism B. chromatic aberration
C. spherical aberration D. coma
13. Light rays from the subject on the lens axis passing through off-center areas of the lens focus at different
distances from the light rays that pass directly through the center of the lens.
A. astigmatism B. chromatic aberration
C. spherical aberration D. coma
14. One of the recent advancements of photography is in the use of laser. With laser, one is able to produce a
three dimensional photograph called:
A. Ektogram B. Monogram
C. Photogram D. Hologram
15. The changes in direction of light are conclusive whenever light process from one medium to another. This is
known as the phenomenon of refraction.
A. reflection B. Diffraction
C. Transparent D. Refraction
16. The process of obtaining a magnified photograph of a small object without the use of a microscope, by using a
short focus lens and a long bellow extension.
A. macrophotography B. microphotography
C. photomicrography D. photomicrography
17. The science of obtaining photographic magnification of minute objects by using a camera attached to a
compound microscope. The camera lens is removed because the microscope because the microscope form the
image.
A. macrophotography B. microphotography
C. photomicrography D. photomicrography
18. The science which deals with the study of the principles of photography, the preparation of photographic
evidence and its application to police work.
A. Forensic Photography B. Police Photography
C. Photography D. Photograph
19. What is the range of distance from the nearest object to the farthest object that is sharp when the lens is set
or focused at a particular distance?
A. Local length B. Depth of field
C. Hyperfocal distance D. Focusing
20. All practical lens images such as point a small blur which changes in character with the change of lens
aperture. The statement best describe:
A. Diaphragm as a controller of depth of field
B. Diaphragm as a controller of speed
C. Diaphragm as a controller of definition
D. Aperture
21. The highest the number is the smallest the opening or the one that gives the least amount of light. The
statement best describe:
A. Diaphragm as a controller of depth of field
B. Diaphragm as a controller of speed
C. Diaphragm as a controller of definition
D. aperture
22. The person that first advocate the use of the photography for the identification of criminals and the
documentation of evidences and crime scene.
A. Baltazard B. Herschel
C. Odelbercht D. Maddox
23. It is known as the fundamental characteristics of a lens that will determine the size of an image and area of
coverage of the lens. The statement is referring to:
A. aperture B. focal length
C. lens mechanism D. shutter
24. In photography using microprism, the image on focus will usually shatter of an out of focus image and when it
is exactly in focus the prisms seems to disappear. These microprisms are primarily found on:
A. lens B. filter
C. viewfinder SD. groundglass
25. A type of camera in which the lens and shutter mounted to body by means of an accordion-pleated bellows,
which can be folded into camera foe ease of carrying.
A. accordion camera B. folding camera
C. bellowed camera D. SLR
26. The part of the DSLR that converts the light into electrical signal as the start of forming digital images.
A. charged-coupled device B. digital signal processor
C. analogue-to-digital converter D. Central processing unit
27. This results in star images near the outer edge of the viewing field seeming to have comet-style tails scattering
radially away from its optical axis.
A. coma B. positive coma
C. aberration D. negative coma
28. It is caused by lens dispersion, with different colors of light travelling at different speeds while passing through
a lens.
A. curvature of field B. spherical aberration
C. chromatic aberration D. coma
29. This results in star images near the outer edge of the viewing field seeming to have comet-style tails scattering
radially towards its optical axis.
A. coma B. positive coma
C. aberration D. negative coma
30. A device made of thin overlapping metal leaves within a lens or camera which can be adjusted to specific
apertures of f-stops to control the amount of light that strikes the film.
A. shutter B. diaphragm
C. aperture D. diaphragm opening

31. It is believed that the word lens was derived from the Latin name of the lentil, because a double-convex lens is
lentil-shaped. In fact the most eaten specie of the of this plant is –
A. lentil B. lens
C. lens culinaris D. lens polinaris
32. This effect causes images to be spherized, which means the edges of images look curved and bowed to the
human eye.
A. pincushion distortion B. spherical aberration
C. barrel distortion D. wavy field curvature
33. A camera that uses lens and spring-loading shutter and roll film. Shutter speed and aperture usually not
adjustable.
A. accordion camera B. folding camera
C. bellowed camera D. box camera
34. The absence of all colors is black; white light is composed of the three primary colors – blue, green and red.
What is the sum total of all colors of the rainbow?
A. Visible light B. Light
C. White light D. Rays
35. To have a more sharp image flash exposure is encouraged and it can be computed. What if the guide number
is 220 in a distance of 10 ft what will be the exact aperture?
A. f11 B. f22
C. f5.6 D. f8
36. Modern photographic papers are basically composed of a light sensitive coating on a paper base which
particularly suspended on what substance?
A. emulsion B. silver halides
C. bromide D. gelatin
37. In 1947 Edwin H. Land introduced the one step photography also known as polariod. What will be produce by
LASER?
A. Polaroid B. Holograms
C. Digital Camera D. DSLR
38. What will be the lighting condition if you are going to take a photograph using a film speed of ISO 200 and a
shutter speed of 1/250 with an aperture of f8?
A. bright B. hazy
C. dull D. open light
DIFFICULT – RED QUESTIONS
1. Nardo B. Hart was on to a special photography using a film that was sensitive to UV radiation and primary
colors. Mr. Hart was using what type of film?
A. Panchromatic film B. Blue sensitive film
C. Ultra violet film D. orthochromatic film
2. The photographer in crime scene investigation has to get as many photographs as he can. The first shot that he
should make just after reaching the crime scene is the house where the crime of murder was committed to one of
its ten rooms. In getting the façade of the house, what lens should he utilize?
A. telephoto lens B. macro lens
C. normal lens D. wide angel lens
3. When photographing the corpse in the scene, several pictures of the conditions at the time of discovery
including the environment of the corpse must be taken from various photographic directions in order to:
A. Show whether there is any evidence of struggle and try to show what happen inside prior to the crime
B. Show when photographing the general conditions as being deformed as a whole, photograph the
damage parts and consider the range partly clearly
C. Take close-up shots on the damaged area in two angles from distance of 8 to 10 feet
D. Photographs general view of the building, look into windows, and pathway
4. A black and white films posses several characteristics such as speed, spectral and granularity. The speed will be
referring to the sensitivity of the film to light, granularity is the graininess and the spectral is the sensitivity to:
A. spectrum B. wavelength
C. electromagnetic energy D. all of these
5. In outdoor photography, there will some instance that the presence of light is too much that produces a
dilemma to the photographer. What do you think is the best way to do?
A. find another subject
B. use a much smaller lens opening
C. use a flash unit
D. move the subject into a well lighted position
6. Carlo S. Bart was taking up a snap shot and expecting it to sharp but an alteration happened to the expected
image because it was seen in two view points. What is that phenomenon?
A. out of focus B. underexposure
C. parallax D. split image
7. PO3 Revon with his team conducted a thorough stakeout of a certain building in Quirante II. In order to
document all the movements of their subjects, they have apply the principles of photography with the aid of what
particular lens mechanism?
A. wide angle lens B. zoom lens
C. telephoto lens D. fish eye lens
8. In the modernization of the photography, DSLR camera almost dominated the market because of its great
features that are very useful in commercial photo shoots. What do DSLR means?
A. Double system reflex camera B. Dual Single reflex camera
C. Digital System reflex camera D. Digital Single reflex camera
9. It is the timing of the camera shutter and the flash so that when the shutter is fully opened, that’s the time that
the flash will yield its highest peaks of illumination. The statement is referring to:
A. bounce flash B. synx
C. on camera flash D. synchronization