unit 1 death investigations exam QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

unit 1 death investigations exam|\ |\ |\ |\ |\




QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS |\ |\




The primary goal of death investigations is to establish __________
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and ___________ of death. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔cause,
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manner


Some of the findings reached in death investigations can help
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identify trends with certain types of deaths and may assist with
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developing prevention strategies for reducing that type of death |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


in the future. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔true
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Successful death investigation is accomplished exclusively by the |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


work completed by the death scene investigator, and this type of
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investigation does not require any interaction with other people
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of various expertise. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔false
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Most deaths that are suspicious fall under the jurisdiction of the
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medical examiner or coroner. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔true
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Lucas has spent 9 years working as a death scene investigator
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(DSI) in Harris County, Texas.
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Recently, he has decided to relocate to Louisiana. Lucas is
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confident that he will easily transition into a position working as a
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DSI in Louisiana, because he believes that all autopsy laws and
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laws related to post-mortem examinations are standardized.
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Is Lucas correct? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔no
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, There are three basic types of death investigations that are
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common in the United States. |\ |\ |\ |\




If a 36-year-old man, with no history of cardiovascular disease,
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were to collapse suddenly while mowing his lawn what type of
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death investigation would likely occur? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔medicolegal death investigation |\ |\




Paul is working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic and is
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on a zoom meeting (that could have been an e-mail), when he
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hears a heavy "thud" from his living room. Concerned, he leaves
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his virtual meeting, and discovers his 81-year-old mother,
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Barbara (who resides with him) on the floor and unresponsive in
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a prone position.
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He calls 911, but she's pronounced dead.
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Coroner looks over Barbara's body and states that no autopsy
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will be needed, because Barbara is "elderly" and "likely died due
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to natural causes."
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Paul is displeased because she was extremely healthy for her
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age. Paul decides he must know his mother's cause and manner
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of death, so he contracts with a forensic pathologist to conduct
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her autopsy. |\




Barbara's initial autopsy, which is paid for by Paul, is what type of
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death investigation? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔private death
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investigation


Carmella, a 39-year-old mother of two, was diagnosed with stage
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four metastatic ovarian cancer.
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Upon her diagnosis, her physicians discovered that her cancer.
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Immediately following diagnosis, Carmella agreed to undergo an |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\