- 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) Move the body to the hospital
B) Begin collecting evidence
C) Pronounce the victim dead
D) Call a physician to establish death
- 2. 2. A body is found with cherry red discoloration on the skin. What is the likely cause of death?
A) Carbon monoxide poisoning
B) Phosphorus poisoning
C) Asphyxia
D) Natural causes
- 3. 3. A corpse shows complete stiffening of muscles 4 hours after death. What post-mortem change is this?
A) Livor mortis
B) Putrefaction
C) Rigor mortis
D) Algor 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) Saponification
B) Early putrefaction
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) Asphyxia
B) Syncope
C) Cardiac arrest
D) Coma
- 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) Carbon monoxide lividity
B) Diffusion lividity
C) Hypostatic lividity
D) Phosphorus 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) Requires further examination
B) Dead
C) Alive
D) Suspended animation
- 8. 8. A corpse shows dry blister formation after heat application with no surrounding redness.what does this indicate?
A) Death occurred before that heat application
B) Death occurred after heat application
C) Body is alive
D) Heat caused death
- 9. 9. A body is found with skin pale and waxy, loss of elasticity, and post-mortem contact flattening. What stage is this?
A) Advanced putrefaction
B) Early post-mortem changes
C) Mummification
D) Autolysis
- 10. 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) Cold stiffening
D) Heat stiffening
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