Death Investigation Final Exam (Roth)
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In 1954, the United States passed the ___, which outlined general
classes of deaths that need to be further investigated and certified by
a government body rather than a hospital pathologist or treating
physician. --- correct precise answers ---Model Post-Mortem
Examination Act
The local ___ department is the governing body that filters all death
certificates to the National Bureau of Vital Statistics. --- correct
precise answers ---Health
The first medical examiner's office was established in ___ in 1918 and
was the first government division of its kind in United States. ---
correct precise answers ---New York, NY
___ developed the "exchange principle" which states that whenever
two items come into contact, they exchange material between them. --
- correct precise answers ---Edmond Locard
,The ___ maintains a list of the medical examiner and coroner
jurisdictions within the United States. --- correct precise answers ---
CDC
___ is the study of the physical appearance of an individual that make
them unique. It involves recording measurements of various body
regions such as forearms, trunk, ears, etc. --- correct precise answers
---Anthropometry
Death certification is a(n): --- correct precise answers ---Process of
establishing a cause of death for official purposes
Community-treating physicians may sign death certificates on their
patients if they die of: --- correct precise answers ---Natural death
A cause of death is: --- correct precise answers ---A medical
description or diagnosis describing why someone is dead
(T/F) The CDC maintains a list of the medical examiner and coroner
jurisdictions within the U.S --- correct precise answers ---True
, (T/F) Edmond Locard's exchange principle states that whenever 2
items come into contact, they exchange material between them ---
correct precise answers ---True
(T/F) Calvin Goddard established the first American crime lab in LA in
1923 --- correct precise answers ---False
(T/F) Coroners are elected officials and in most jurisdictions the only
credentials required for being placed on the ballot are a high school
diploma and a voter registration --- correct precise answers ---True
(T/F) The history of the term coroner originates from the term
"crowding" a tax collector for the dead and originated in England ---
correct precise answers ---False
(T/F) Medical Examiners do not have to be physicians --- correct
precise answers ---False
(T/F) Forensic Pathology has been recognized by the American Board
of Pathology as a subspecialty since 1959 --- correct precise answers -
--True
Study Guide Actual Questions with
Definitive correct detailed verified
Answers latest update 2025
In 1954, the United States passed the ___, which outlined general
classes of deaths that need to be further investigated and certified by
a government body rather than a hospital pathologist or treating
physician. --- correct precise answers ---Model Post-Mortem
Examination Act
The local ___ department is the governing body that filters all death
certificates to the National Bureau of Vital Statistics. --- correct
precise answers ---Health
The first medical examiner's office was established in ___ in 1918 and
was the first government division of its kind in United States. ---
correct precise answers ---New York, NY
___ developed the "exchange principle" which states that whenever
two items come into contact, they exchange material between them. --
- correct precise answers ---Edmond Locard
,The ___ maintains a list of the medical examiner and coroner
jurisdictions within the United States. --- correct precise answers ---
CDC
___ is the study of the physical appearance of an individual that make
them unique. It involves recording measurements of various body
regions such as forearms, trunk, ears, etc. --- correct precise answers
---Anthropometry
Death certification is a(n): --- correct precise answers ---Process of
establishing a cause of death for official purposes
Community-treating physicians may sign death certificates on their
patients if they die of: --- correct precise answers ---Natural death
A cause of death is: --- correct precise answers ---A medical
description or diagnosis describing why someone is dead
(T/F) The CDC maintains a list of the medical examiner and coroner
jurisdictions within the U.S --- correct precise answers ---True
, (T/F) Edmond Locard's exchange principle states that whenever 2
items come into contact, they exchange material between them ---
correct precise answers ---True
(T/F) Calvin Goddard established the first American crime lab in LA in
1923 --- correct precise answers ---False
(T/F) Coroners are elected officials and in most jurisdictions the only
credentials required for being placed on the ballot are a high school
diploma and a voter registration --- correct precise answers ---True
(T/F) The history of the term coroner originates from the term
"crowding" a tax collector for the dead and originated in England ---
correct precise answers ---False
(T/F) Medical Examiners do not have to be physicians --- correct
precise answers ---False
(T/F) Forensic Pathology has been recognized by the American Board
of Pathology as a subspecialty since 1959 --- correct precise answers -
--True
