- 1. 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) Call a physician to establish death
B) Begin collecting evidence
C) Pronounce the victim dead
D) Move the body to the hospital
- 2. 2. A body is found with cherry red discoloration on the skin. What is the likely cause of death?
A) Natural causes
B) Phosphorus poisoning
C) Asphyxia
D) Carbon monoxide poisoning
- 3. 3. A corpse shows complete stiffening of muscles 4 hours after death. What post-mortem change is this?
A) Algor mortis
B) Rigor mortis
C) Putrefaction
D) Livor mortis
- 4. 4. During an autopsy, the physician finds green discoloration spreading over the abdomen 24 hours after death. What is this indicative of?
A) Early putrefaction
B) Saponification
C) Maceration
D) Mummification
- 5. 5. A patient in a coma dies due to failure of vital brain centers. What mode of death is this?
A) Syncope
B) Cardiac arrest
C) Coma
D) Asphyxia
- 6. 6. A body is found with blood settled in dependent parts that changes when the body is moved. What type of lividity is this?
A) Phosphorus lividity
B) Carbon monoxide lividity
C) Diffusion lividity
D) Hypostatic lividity
- 7. 7. A person is found dead with no heartbeat for 3 minutes but still has some respiratory effort. What is the legal status?
A) Suspended animation
B) Dead
C) Requires further examination
D) Alive
- 8. 8. A corpse shows dry blister formation after heat application with no surrounding redness.what does this indicate?
A) Heat caused death
B) Body is alive
C) Death occurred after heat application
D) Death occurred before that heat application
- 9. 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) Early post-mortem changes
D) Mummification
- 10. 10. A victim was found with instantaneous muscle rigidity immediately after death due to chest injury. What is this called?
A) Cold stiffening
B) Cadaveric spasm
C) Rigor mortis
D) Heat stiffening
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