Death Investigation Exam Questions and Answers Fully Solved
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The primary role of the medical examiner is to determine the cause and manner of death - Answers t
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The onset of livor mortis begins immediately after death - Answers f
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A body decomposes on a summer day will typically show increased progression of rigor mortis - Answers
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Decomposition typically occurs on the face before the abdomen - Answers f
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Rigor mortis occurs within 12 hours of death and disappears wtihin 24 hours - Answers f
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Livor mortis occurs when blood settles in parts of the body closest to the ground - Answers t
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Measuring the concentration of sodium in the eye fluids can help in determining the time of death -
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The determination of postmortem interval can be affected by environmental conditions - Answers t
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All insect samples collected from a body should be put in ethanol to kill and preserve them - Answers f
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Insect evidence can be used to determine if a victim was poisoned - Answers t
The death of an individual due to chronic alcoholism is ruled what?
a. Natural
B. Accidental
, C. Suicide
D. Undetermined - Answers c
Beginning an hour after death, the body will lose heat at approximately what rate?
a. 0-0.5°F per hour
b. 0.5-1°F per hour
c. 1-1.5°F per hour
d. 1.5-2°F per hour - Answers c
Lividity can be expected to be fixed after how long?
a. 2 hours
b. 4 hours
c. 16 hours
d. 24 hours - Answers d
A pathologist would expect rigor mortis to disappear after how long?
a. 12 hours
b. 24 hours
c. 36 hours
d. 48 hours - Answers c
Death inetionally caused by another person is typically ruled to be what?
a. accident
b. suicide
c. homicide
d. natural - Answers c
Homicide, suicide, accident, natural and undetermined are all categories of what?
a. manner of death
b. cause of death
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The primary role of the medical examiner is to determine the cause and manner of death - Answers t
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The onset of livor mortis begins immediately after death - Answers f
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A body decomposes on a summer day will typically show increased progression of rigor mortis - Answers
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Decomposition typically occurs on the face before the abdomen - Answers f
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Rigor mortis occurs within 12 hours of death and disappears wtihin 24 hours - Answers f
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Livor mortis occurs when blood settles in parts of the body closest to the ground - Answers t
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Measuring the concentration of sodium in the eye fluids can help in determining the time of death -
Answers f
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The determination of postmortem interval can be affected by environmental conditions - Answers t
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All insect samples collected from a body should be put in ethanol to kill and preserve them - Answers f
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Insect evidence can be used to determine if a victim was poisoned - Answers t
The death of an individual due to chronic alcoholism is ruled what?
a. Natural
B. Accidental
, C. Suicide
D. Undetermined - Answers c
Beginning an hour after death, the body will lose heat at approximately what rate?
a. 0-0.5°F per hour
b. 0.5-1°F per hour
c. 1-1.5°F per hour
d. 1.5-2°F per hour - Answers c
Lividity can be expected to be fixed after how long?
a. 2 hours
b. 4 hours
c. 16 hours
d. 24 hours - Answers d
A pathologist would expect rigor mortis to disappear after how long?
a. 12 hours
b. 24 hours
c. 36 hours
d. 48 hours - Answers c
Death inetionally caused by another person is typically ruled to be what?
a. accident
b. suicide
c. homicide
d. natural - Answers c
Homicide, suicide, accident, natural and undetermined are all categories of what?
a. manner of death
b. cause of death
