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 Specialized Crime Investigation with Legal Medicine Review Questions 1

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1. The post-mortem examination of a dead body performed to determine the cause, manner, and mechanism of death, as well as to identify the deceased, is legally termed as what?

A. Autopsy

B. Toxicology

C. Biopsy

D. Exhumation


2. If a medical examiner suspects that a victim died due to a lethal dose of arsenic or cyanide, what specific branch of forensic science must analyze the post-mortem blood, vitreous humor, and liver tissue samples?

A. Forensic Serology

B. Forensic Ballistics

C. Forensic Toxicology

D. Forensic Pathology


3. During the external post-mortem examination of a body found at a crime scene, the investigator notes a distinct reddish-purple discoloration on the dependent portions of the body due to the gravitational pooling of blood. What is this post-mortem condition called?

A. Rigor mortis

B. Livor mortis

C. Algor mortis

D. Putrefaction


4. A responding criminologist finds a cadaver whose muscles have completely stiffened, chemical changes making the joints rigid. What is this post-mortem indicator used to estimate the time of death?

A. Algor mortis

B. Post-mortem lividity

C. Rigor mortis

D. Cadaveric spasm


5. When a body has already been buried, but a supervening court order demands that it be dug up out of the grave for a new post-mortem examination or autopsy to gather hidden evidence, what is this process called?

A. Cremation

B. Interdiction

C. Exhumation

D. Entombment


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Answer:

1. A

2. C

3. B

4. C

5. C