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  • 1. A police officer arrives at a suspected homicide scene and finds a body with no obvious signs of life. What should the officer do first?
A) Begin collecting evidence
B) Pronounce the victim dead
C) Call a physician to establish death
D) Move the body to the hospital
  • 2. A body is found with cherry red discoloration on the skin. What is the likely cause of death?
A) Natural causes
B) Carbon monoxide poisoning
C) Asphyxia
D) Phosphorus poisoning
  • 3. A corpse shows complete stiffening of muscles 4 hours after death What post-mortem change is this?
A) Rigor mortis
B) Livor mortis
C) Putrefaction
D) Algor mortis
  • 4. During an autopsy, the physician finds green discoloration spreading over the abdomen 24 hours after death. What is this indicative of?
A) Maceration
B) Early putrefaction
C) Mummification
D) Saponification
  • 5. A patient in a coma dies due to failure of vital brain centers. What mode of death is this?
A) Syncope
B) Asphyxia
C) Cardiac arrest
D) Coma
  • 6. Abody is found with blood settled in dependent parts that changes when the body is moved. What type of lividity is this?
A) Diffusion lividity
B) Carbon monoxide lividity
C) Phosphorus lividity
D) Hypostatic lividity
  • 7. A person is found dead with no heartbeat for 3 minutes but still has some respiratory effort. What is the legal status?
A) Dead
B) Requires further examination
C) Suspended animation
D) Alive
  • 8. A corpse shows dry blister formation after heat application with no surrounding redness. What does this indicate?
A) Body is alive
B) Heat caused death
C) Death occurred after heal application
D) Death occurred before heat application
  • 9. A body is found with skin pale and waxy, loss of elasticity, and post-mortem contact flattening. What stage is this?
A) Autolysis
B) Advanced putrefaction
C) Mummification
D) Early post-mortem changes
  • 10. . A victim was found with instantaneous muscle rigidity immediately after death due to chest injury. What is this called?
A) Rigor mortis
B) Cadaveric spasm
C) Heat stiffening
D) Cold stiffening
  • 11. A physician is called to determine death but finds the victim in a state of temporary loss of consciousness due to electric shock. What is this condition?
A) Molecular death
B) Somatic death
C) Apparent death or suspended animation
D) Clinical death
  • 12. A corpse is found with dark brown lividity. What poison is likely involved?
A) Phosphorus
B) Arsenic
C) Cyanide
D) Carbon monoxide
  • 13. A body is found bloated with green discoloration and maggots 48 hours after death. What is the process called?
A) Mummification
B) Saponification
C) Putrefaction
D) Autolysis
  • 14. A physician performs an external examination of a dead body without incision. What is this called?
A) Forensic investigation
B) Autopsy
C) Post-mortem examination
D) Medical examination
  • 15. A forensic pathologist is tasked to determine if a death was due to homicide or natural causes. What type of autopsy is performed?
A) Research autopsy
B) Medical autopsy
C) Clinical autopsy
D) Medico-legal or forensic autopsy
  • 16. A body is found with rigor mortis fully developed and fixed lividity. How long has the person likely been dead?
A) Less than 3 hours
B) 12 hours or more
C) More than 1 week
D) 3-6 hours
  • 17. Avictim's body is found with the pupil fixed in the position of rest and loss of corneal reflex. What does this indicate?
A) Brain death
B) Suspended animation
C) The person is alive
D) Early signs of death
  • 18. A body is found with fatty tissues Transformed into a soft brownish-white substance. What process is this?
A) Saponification or adipocere formation
B) Mummification
C) Maceration
D) Putrefaction
  • 19. A physieran notes that the victim survived an injury for a prolonged period allowing complications to develop before death. What cause of death is this?
A) Natural cause
B) Unknown cause
C) Proximate (secondary) cause
D) Immediate cause
  • 20. A corpse is found with green discoloration over the abdomen and spreading to the chest 24 hours after death. What is the stage of putrefaction?
A) Early
B) Advanced
C) Final
D) None
  • 21. A body is found with lividity that does not change when the body position is altered. What type of lividity is this?
A) Carbon monoxide
B) Hypostatic
C) Phosphorus
D) Diffusion
  • 22. Avictim was exposed to extreme cold before death and the muscles are hardened. What condition simulates rigor mortis?
A) Cadaveric spasm
B) Heat stiffening
C) Cold stiffening
D) Rigor mortis
  • 23. A physician is called to a crime scene where the victim's heart has stopped for 6 minutes. What is the status of death?
A) Death is uncertain
B) Requires resuscitation
C) Death is certain
D) The victim is alive
  • 24. A body is found with a triangular black spot on the sclera a few hours after death. What is this called?
A) Rigor mortis
B) Tache noir de la sclerotique
C) Algor mortis
D) Livor mortis
  • 25. A forensic expert finds that the victim's muscles no longer respond to electrical stimulus and have become flaccid after rigor mortis. What stage is this
A) Primary flaccidity
B) Putrefaction
C) Post-mortem rigidity
D) Secondary flaccidity
  • 26. A body is found with no heart action and no circulation for 2 minutes. What should be done next?
A) Wait for 3 more minutes before
B) Call the police
C) Declare death immediately
D) Attempt resuscitation
  • 27. Avictim died from respiratory failure due to lack of oxygen. What mode of death is this?
A) Coma
B) Syncope
C) Cardiac arrest
D) Asphyxia
  • 28. A body is found with post-mortem lividity that is cherry red. What is the probable cause of death?
A) Carbon monoxide poisoning
B) Cyanide poisoning
C) Neither A nor B
D) Both A and B
  • 29. A corpse is found with skin that is pale and waxy and has lost elasticity. What post-mortem change is this?
A) Livor mortis
B) Algor mortis
C) Rigor mortis
D) Changes in the skin after death
  • 30. A forensic pathologist is examining a body and notes that the muscles of the face are stiff but the limbs are still flaccid. How long has the

    body likely been dead?
A) More than 12 hours
B) 6-12 hours
C) Less than 2 hours
D) 2-6 hours
  • 31. Which wound is most likely to cause death immediately after infliction?
A) Non-mortal wound.
B) Superficial wound
C) Mortal wound
D) Closed wound
  • 32. Which organ is NOT usually considered mortal if wounded?
A) Heart
B) Skin
C) Lungs
D) Brain
  • 33. A wound caused by a blunt instrument is called
A) Incised wound
B) Contusion
C) Punctured wound
D) Stab wound
  • 34. What is a wound caused by a sharp-edged instrument?
A) Hematoma
B) Incised wound
C) Lacerated wound
D) Contusion
  • 35. Which wound is produced by a sharp-pointed instrument?
A) Stab wound
B) Abrasion
C) Punctured wound
D) Lacerated wound
  • 36. Awound that has both entry and exit points is called
A) Contusion
B) Perforating wound
C) Lacerated wound
D) Abrasion
  • 37. An injury at the site of force application is
A) Coup injury
B) Contre-coup injury
C) Patterned wound
D) Defense wound
  • 38. An injury found opposite the site of force application is
A) Contre-coup injury
B) Defense wound
C) Coup injury
D) Patterned wound
  • 39. A wound resulting from self-protection is called:
A) Patterned wound
B) Lacerated wound
C) Defense wound
D) Self-inflicted wound
  • 40. wound that reflects the shape

    of the object causing it is:
A) Patterned wound
B) Coup injury
C) Closed wound
D) Superficial wound
  • 41. A wound produced on oneself

    is called:
A) Pattemed wound
B) Self-inflicted wound
C) Coup injury
D) Deferise wound
  • 42. According to Aristotle, at what day after conception does fetal animation occur?
A) 20th day
B) 50th day
C) 40th day
D) 30th day
  • 43. What did Numa Popilius decree regarding women dying during confinement?
A) They should be given a trial
B) They should be buried immediately.
C) None of the above
D) They should be opened to save the child
  • 44. Who was the first Police Surgeon or Forensic Pathologist?
A) Dr. Rafael Genard y Mas
B) Antistius
C) Ambroise Pare
D) Paulus Zacchias
  • 45. Death is defined medically as the complete cessation of which vital functions?
A) Central nervous system only
B) Respiratory, cardiac, and central nervous system
C) Cardiac and muscular only
D) Respiratory and digestive only
  • 46. What happens to criminal liability upon death?
A) It is transferred to heirs
B) It is suspended
C) It is extinguished
D) It continues
  • 47. Immediate (Primary) cause of death refers to
A) Death caused by slow disease progression
B) Deatty-Caused by accidents only.
C) Death caused quickly without Complications
D) Death caused by poisoning only
  • 48. What is somatic or clinical death?
A) Death of individual cells
B) Death declared by family members
C) Temporary loss of consciousness
D) Complete cessation of brain, heart, and lung functions
  • 49. Which type of death involves the patient giving up prematurely?
A) Psychic death
B) Biologic death
C) Sociologic death
D) Physiologic death
  • 50. A man is found with a wound on his chest that passes through the body and exits from the back. What type of wound is this?
A) Perforating wound
B) Lacerated wound
C) Incised wound
D) Penetrating wound
  • 51. A woman presents with a wound on her forearm that matches the shape of a belt buckle after being struck, What is this wound called?
A) Self-inflicted wound
B) Coup injury
C) Defense wound
D) Patterned wound
  • 52. A child falls and scrapes hús knee, resulting in the loss of only the superficial layers of skin. What type of wound is this?
A) Abrasion
B) Incised wound
C) Contusion
D) Lacerated wound
  • 53. During an autopsy, a wound is found on the victim's palm, likely caused by instinctive self-protection against an attacker with a knife. What is this wound called?
A) Contra-coup injury
B) Coup injury
C) Defense wound
D) Patterned wound
  • 54. A person working in a freezer for long hours develops swelling. discoloration, and tissue death in their fingers. What is the most
    likely diagnosis?
A) Trench foot
B) Heat stroke
C) Frostbile
D) Scald
  • 55. A victim is found with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. The wound is larger and more. destructive than usual, and the firearm was discharged at close range. What explains the severity?
A) The bullet was small
B) The Bullet was made of rubber
C) The discharge was close to the skin
D) The wound was accidental
  • 56. After a car accident, a patient is found to have a partial disruption in the ligamentous support of the ankle joint, but no bone displacement. What is this injury called?
A) Sprain
B) Strain
C) Dislocation
D) Fracture
  • 57. A young woman is examined after an alleged sexual assault Her hymen is found to be lacerated, What is the medical
    term for this finding?
A) Demi-virginity
B) Cribiform hymen
C) False physical virginity
D) Defloration
  • 58. A man is found hanging from a rope in his bedroom. The rope and anchorage are accessible, and there is evidence of movement of the rope as the body was suspended. What is the most likely
    manner of death?
A) Accident
B) Homicide
C) Suicide
D) Undetermined
  • 59. What is the first essential step
    in a homicide investigation?
A) Interviewing witnesses
B) Arresting suspects
C) Collecting evidence
D) Establishing the fact of death
  • 60. Apparent death or suspended animation may occur in:
A) All of the above
B) Uremia
C) Electric shock
D) Hysteria
  • 61. Which mode of death results primarily from failure of vital brain. centers?
A) Coma
B) Syncope
C) Cardiac arrest
D) Asphyxia
  • 62. What is rigor mortis?
A) Cooling of the body
B) Discoloration of the body
C) Stiflening of the body muscles after death
D) Loss of comeal reflex
  • 63. How long does it generally take for the body to reach ambient temperature after death in tropical countries?
A) 24 hours
B) 6-8 hours
C) 1-3 hours
D) 12-16 hours
  • 64. What is the stage of secondary flaccidity?
A) Discoloration of the skin
B) Initial muscle stiffness
C) Muscle relaxation after rigor mortis disappears
D) Cooling of the body
  • 65. What is autolysis?
A) Cooling of the body
B) Muscle stiffening
C) Sell-digestion of tissues by enzymes after death
D) Bacterial decomposition
  • 66. Putrefaction involves
A) Breaking down of proteins with foul-smelling gases
B) Loss of corneal reflex
C) Instantaneous muscle stiffening
D) Dehydration of the body
  • 67. Which of the following is special modification of putrefaction?
A) Saponification
B) All of the above
C) Mummification
D) Maceration
  • 68. What is the difference between autopsy and post-mortem. examination?
A) Post-mortem includes internal examination, autopsy is external only
B) Autopsy includes internal examination, post-mortem is external only
C) Autopsy, is done by police only
D) Both are the same
  • 69. What is the main purpose of medico-legal or forensic autopsy?
A) Determine medical cause of death for research
B) Perform organ donation
C) Determine cause, manner, and time of death for legal purposes
D) None of the above
  • 70. Which is NOT a general effect of heat?
A) Frostbite
B) Heat stroke
C) Heat cramps
D) Heat exhaustion
  • 71. Painful muscle contractions due to dehydration are called.
A) Heat stroke
B) Heat exhaustion
C) Heat cramps
D) Trench foot
  • 72. Heart failure caused by heat and exertion is
A) Frostbite
B) Heat exhaustion
C) Heat cramps
D) Heat stroke
  • 73. A life-threatening condition from high temperatures is
A) Heat cramps
B) Scald
C) Heat stroke
D) Heat exhaustion
  • 74. A burn caused by hot liquid is:
A) Frostbite
B) Contusion
C) Scald
D) Burn
  • 75. All gunshot wounds result from the entry of
A) Projectile
B) Blunt object
C) Knife
D) Rope
  • 76. The closer the gun is to the skin, the
A) None of the above
B) No effect
C) Greater the damage
D) Lesser the damage
  • 77. Which is NOT a sign of accidental gunshot wound?
A) Usually one shot
B) Witness testimony
C) Multiple wounds
D) No special area involved
  • 78. Which is NOT a sign of homicidal gunshot wound?
A) Absence of weapon
B) Signs of struggle
C) Multiple entry sites
D) Firearm found at scene
  • 79. Hanging is usually considered
A) Accidental
B) Undetermined
C) Suicidal
D) Homicidal
  • 80. Which is NOT a common method of suicide?
A) Drowning
B) Hanging
C) Poisoning
D) Frostbite
  • 81. Accidental death is defined as
    death that:
A) Is planned
B) Is always violent
C) Is self-inflicted
D) Occurs beyond one's will
  • 82. Rape is committed when there
A) Full penetration
B) Only oral contact
C) Slightest penetration
D) No penetration
  • 83. Which is NOT an essential
    element of rape?
A) Canal knowledge
B) Offender is a man
C) Use of force or intimidation.
D) Victim is always over 18
  • 84. Sexual assault under the Ant Rape Law includes:
A) Both A and B
B) Inserting object into genital orifice
C) Only vaginal intercounse
D) Inserting penis into mouth
  • 85. Which is NOT evidence in rape vestigation?
A) Victim's height
B) Panty of victim
C) Suspect's clothing
D) Physical exam of victim
  • 86. Virginity is presumed when a woman is
A) Single and of good reputation
B) Married
C) Over 40
D) None of the above
  • 87. Defloration is
A) Any hymen injury
B) None of the above
C) Laceration of hymen from sexual intercourse
D) Only from sports
  • 88. Demi-virginity refers to:
A) Never having sexual liberties
B) Complete abstinence
C) None of the above
D) Permitting sexual liberties but not rupturing hymen
  • 89. Homosexuality is
A) Sexual desire towards animals
B) Sexual desire towards same sex
C) Sexual desire towards children
D) Sexual desire towards corpses
  • 90. Necrophilia is:
A) Sexual desire towards children
B) Sexual desire towards corpses
C) Sexual desire towards animals
D) Sexual desire towards same sex
  • 91. What is the usual time frame fer rigor mortis to disappear?
A) 48-72 hours
B) 6-12 hours
C) 18-36 hours
D) 1 week
  • 92. What is the first sign of death in the eye?
A) Pupil fixed in position of rest
B) Loss of corneal reflex
C) Flaccidity of eyeball
D) Clouding of cormea
  • 93. What is "Tache noir de la sclerotique"?
A) Bruise on the skin
B) Rigor mortis in eyelids
C) Post-mortem spots on sclera appearing hours after death
D) Discoloration of nails
  • 94. What does heat application on skin after death produce?
A) Redness around blister
B) No blister
C) Dry blister without fluid
D) Wet blister
  • 95. What is hypostatic lividity?
A) Blood coagulated inside vessels; does not change with position
B) Discoloration due to poisoning
C) Blood still fluid inside vessels, changes with body position
D) Cooling of the body
  • 96. What is diffusion lividity?
A) Blood coagulated inside vessels
B) Loss of corneal reflex
C) Discoloration due to heat
D) Blood still fluid inside vessels
  • 97. What is the cause of death in syncope?
A) Respiratory failure
B) Brain failure
C) Heart failure
D) Poisoning
  • 98. What is the cause of death in asphyxia?
A) Respiratory failure due to lack of oxygen
B) Poisoning
C) Brain failure
D) Heart failure
  • 99. Which of the following is NOT a method of judicial death?
A) Lethal injection
B) Hanging
C) Natural causes
D) Electrocution
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