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ABMDI Section 7 Forensic and Medical Knowledge Exam | Algor Mortis, Decomposition, Serology & Firearms | Actual Exam Questions & Verified Answers | Updated 2026/2027 | Instant Download

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This ABMDI Section 7 Forensic and Medical Knowledge Exam covers forensic and medical concepts used in medicolegal death investigation, including algor mortis, livor mortis, rigor mortis, decomposition, serology, and firearm terminology. It includes actual exam questions with verified answers on postmortem cooling factors, hydrogen sulfide and green lividity, autolysis, putrefaction, fixation of lividity, rigor mortis timelines, decomposition stages, mummification, adipocere, serology, firearm caliber, and semi-automatic firearms. The material is designed for focused preparation for ABMDI Section 7 and professional medicolegal death investigation examinations.

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ABMDI Section 7 -
Forensic and Medical
Knowledge Exam
Questions Verified
and Provided with
Verified A+ Graded
Answers

,What are the 4 variables that affect Algor Mortis?


Temperature of body at time of death, environment, habitus, clothing & bedding.


What product causes green lividity?


Hydrogen Sulfide



What is the digestion of cells and tissues due to intrinsic enzymes and proteins called?


Autolysis




What is the breakdown of tissue as the result of bacterial action called?


Putrefaction


What is the name of the stage of decomposition when rigor mortis and lividity become
fixed?


Early decomposition


What delays fixation of lividity?


Cold

, What accelerates rigor mortis?


Any exertion that depletes ATP prior to death.


How many hours does it take for livor mortis to begin?


0.5-2 hours



How many hours does it take for maximum livor mortis to happen?


8-12 hours


How many hours does it take for livor mortis to become fixed?


12-18 hours


How many hours does it take for rigor mortis to begin?


2-4 hours


How many hours does it take to obtain full rigor mortis?


6-12 hours

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