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1) Discuss the differences between felonious and nonfelonious homicides.
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2) What is the purpose of an autopsy? What other information can be obtained from an
autopsy?
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3) Discuss why estimating the time of death can be problematic.
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4) What is forensic entomology and how do entomologists help in estimating time of death?
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5) Describe the scientific methods employed to detect firearm residues.
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6) Describe an incised wound, a stab wound, and a laceration.
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7) How does manual strangulation result in death?
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8) Discuss the sexual differences in suicidal behavior between men and women.
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9) How are burns classified?
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10) What are the common motives in fire deaths?
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11) What are the types of offenses and incidents that must be reported to the National Center
for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC) for examination?
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12) At one time the weapon most frequently used in assaults resulting in_________blank was
the ice pick.
12) ______
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13) _________blank are suffered by victims attempting to protect themselves from an
assault, often by a knife or club.
13) ______
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14) In most cases of_________blank, the assailant uses more force than is necessary to
subdue and kill the victim, resulting in marks of violence being frequently present on the skin of
the neck.
14) ______
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15) For an investigator, a major concern in an apparent suicide case is to make certain that
the death was self-induced and not the result of a_________blank.
15) ______
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16) Hangings are sometimes accidental and not suicidal. An individual could be in a modified
hanging position while masturbating and accidentally slip and knock over the object on which
they are standing, resulting in an accidental death known as_________blank.
16) ______
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17) _________blank hemorrhaging in the eyes occurs when vessels in the eye bleed because
blood pressure increases in response to compression around the neck.
17) ______
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18) A(n)_________blank is concerned with the identification and recognition of poisons,
with their physiological effects on humans and animals, and with their antidotes.
18) ______
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19) Burns are medically classified into four types._________blank are superficial and limited
to the outer layers of skin.
19) ______
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20) The insects that colonize a body are primarily species of_________blank.
20) ______
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21) _________blank is described as a number of murders (four or more) occurring during the
same incident, with no distinctive time period between the murders.
21) ______
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22) Homicides are divided into two broad categories
22) ______
A) murder and attempted murder.
B) felonious and nonfelonious homicides.
C) murder and homicide.
D) None of the answers is correct.
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23) When a death investigation requires medico-legal examination, the specialist most
frequently called upon to assist is the_________blank.
23) ______
A) endocrinologist
B) pediatrician
C) forensic pathologist
D) toxicologist
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24) After death, the body cools from its normal internal temperature of_________blank the
surrounding environmental temperature.
24) ______
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A) 97.6E
B) 98.6E
C) 99.3E
D) 99.7E
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25) Which of the following statements is true of rigor mortis?
25) ______
A) The process is accelerated in cooler environmental temperatures and retarded in
warmer ones.
B) The process is retarded in cooler environmental temperatures and accelerated in
warmer ones.
C) Body temperature and metabolic rate have no effect on how quickly rigor mortis sets
in.
D) Once the body becomes stiff with rigor mortis, it remains stiff indefinitely.
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26) After the death of a human, the accumulation of blood in the small vessels of the
dependent areas secondary to gravity is termed_________blank.
26) ______
A) algor mortis
B) cadaveric spasm
C) rigor mortis
D) livor mortis
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27) Which of the following statements is true of livor mortis?
27) ______
A) Livor mortis develops rapidly, usually reaching its maximum coloration within an
hour.
B) Areas supporting the weight of the body show the maximum amount of livor mortis.
C) Liver mortis can indicate whether a body has been moved after death.
D) If an individual dies lying on their back, livor mortis develops on the front of the
body.
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28) A cadaveric spasm typically involves a decedent’s hand tightly clutching a weapon,
usually a gun, a knife, or a razor at the moment of death. Cadaveric spasm is also commonly
called a_________blank.
28) ______
A) “livor mortis extendus”
B) “death grip”
C) “postmortem muscle collapse”
D) “rigor mortis extendus”
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29) Forensic entomology is the study of the
29) ______
A) footprints and fingerprints around the dead body that may or may not belong to the
killer.
B) chemical changes that occur in the soil surrounding a cadaver owing to leakage of
blood.
C) insects associated with a dead body, which is used to determine the elapsed time since
death.
D) changes in temperature of the skin and internal organs of the deceased person.
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30) Which of the following statements is true of a bullet entry wound?
30) ______
A) The entry opening is smaller than the diameter of the bullet.
B) The slower the bullet speed, the smaller the entry opening.
C) In a favorable case, rifling marks on the bullet leave such a distinct mark in the
contusion ring that the number of groves in the rifling can be counted.
D) All of the answers are correct.
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31) Which metallic component of firearm discharge residues could be detected using
chemical spot tests?
31) ______
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A) barium
B) antimony
C) lead
D) All of the answers are correct.
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32) Which of the following statements is true of firearm residues?
32) ______
A) The paraffin test for detecting firearm residues distinguishes between nitrates of
gunpowder origin and those from other sources.
B) When a handgun is discharged, discrete particulate matter containing barium and lead
are deposited on the thumb and the forefinger.
C) If a person has discharged a handgun, firearm discharge residues should appear only
on the palm of the hand that fired the weapon.
D) Determining whether an individual fired a gun is primarily based on absolute
quantities of primer residue on the hands.
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33) Incised wounds are inflicted by_________blank.
33) ______
A) blunt objects
B) gunshots
C) ice picks
D) sharp-edged instruments
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34) Which type of wound typically bleeds freely and is accompanied by bruising around the
edges?
34) ______
A) puncture wounds
B) lacerations
C) defense wounds
D) any of the above wounds, depending on the type of weapon that was used to cause the
injury
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35) _________blank produce puncture wounds on the human body that are normally small,
have little or no bleeding, and can be easily overlooked.
35) ______
A) ice picks, leather punches, and screwdrivers
B) guns and rifles
C) knives
D) ropes, wires, hoses, and tapes
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36) Which of the following statements is true of ligature strangulation?
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36) ______
A) Females predominate as victims.
B) Suicides and accidents involving death by the use of a ligature are quite common.
C) This mechanism of death is quite different from that of hanging.
D) Consciousness is lost in 45 to 60 seconds.
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37) According to the textbook, there are nine methods most commonly employed in suicides.
Which of the following is not one of the methods?
37) ______
A) shooting
B) jumping from high places
C) cutting and piercing
D) electrocution
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38) When death occurs as a result of suicidal hanging, livor mortis is most pronounced
38) ______
A) in the lower portion of the arms and legs.
B) around the jaw.
C) around the face and lips.
D) All of the answers are correct.
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39) Which of the following can serve as evidence in establishing drowning as the cause of
death?
39) ______
A) The mastoid cells of the ear have hemorrhaged.
B) There may be water in the stomach and duodenum.
C) Algae and other marine particles may be found in the stomach and adhering to the
sides of the air passages.
D) All of the answers are correct.
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40) Which of the following is a characteristic of an ideal poison?
40) ______
A) It is chemically unstable.
B) It has a delayed onset of action.
C) It has a strong odor and dark color.
D) It is generally insoluble in water.
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41) The gas most frequently involved in medico-legal investigations is_________blank.
41) ______
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A) carbon dioxide
B) carbon monoxide
C) nitrogen
D) hydrogen
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42) Identify a characteristic of victims of opiate overdose.
42) ______
A) Their heart rate and breathing increase rapidly.
B) Their pupils are maximally dilated due to opiate stimulation.
C) Their extremities, as well as the lips and tongue, frequently turn pale.
D) Their lungs have fluid accumulation, inhibiting oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange.
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43) Which of the following statements about suicide isincorrect?
43) ______
A) Suicides notes are not left in most suicides.
B) In the United States, the attempted suicide rate is higher for women than men.
C) There is no difference between note writers and non-note writers in the methods used
to kill themselves.
D) If women use a firearm to commit suicide, the fatal wound is usually in the body
rather than the head.
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44) In case of a death by fire, which of the following means of identification is considered the
best?
44) ______
A) scars and tattoos
B) dentition
C) jewelry on the body
D) fingerprints
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45) The so-called pugilistic attitude of the body is
45) ______
A) a natural result of the dehydrating effect caused by the heat from a fire.
B) an indicator that the victim was attempting to fight off their attacker when they died.
C) commonly seen in older victims but less common in those under the age of 45.
D) dependent on the temperature of the fire and how long the victim was alive after the
fire began.
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46) Identify a true statement about spree killers.
46) ______
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A) They are aware of the consequences and control their emotions.
B) They are highly organized and plan their killing.
C) They kill within a given period of time or time breaks.
D) They choose victims who are similar in age.
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47) Which of the following is a myth about serial killers?
47) ______
A) Serial killers are all white males.
B) Serial killers are all dysfunctional loners.
C) Serial killers are only motivated by sex.
D) All of the answers are correct.
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48) Which of the following isnot a type of offense reported to the National Center for the
Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC) for analysis?
48) ______
A) sexually oriented murder or assault by mutilation or torture, dismemberment, violent
sexual trauma, or asphyxiation
B) mass murder
C) robbery murder and nonfatal robbery with extreme violence
D) bank robbery in which the teller was murdered
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49) Misadventure is death occurring during the commission of a lawful or an unlawful act
when the slayer has no intent to hurt and there is not criminal negligence.
49) ______
⊚ true
⊚ false
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50) Using a dead body evidence checklist will help both the investigator and the medical
examiner in systematically following all the steps necessary to be certain that no physical
evidence is overlooked.
50) ______
⊚ true
⊚ false
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51) In ocular change, the cornea becomes cloudy within 30 minutes or less if the deceased
dies with eyes open. If closed it will be 2 to 4 hours.
51) ______
⊚ true
⊚ false
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52) Bacteria are normal inhabitants of the body, and they proliferate after death. The different
rates and types of decomposition a body undergoes depend on the environment, and all areas
may not deteriorate at the same rate.
52) ______
⊚ true
⊚ false
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53) The maggot-infested remains of a body can still provide an estimate of the time of death.
This is accomplished by inspection of the blow flies on the body and an analysis of the oldest
insect stage.
53) ______
⊚ true
⊚ false
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54) When a bullet strikes a body, the skin is first pushed in and then perforated while in the
stretched state. The entrance wound will be larger than the exit wound because the bullet
deforms after stretching the skin, and there will not be as much of the bullet to exit the body.
54) ______
⊚ true
⊚ false
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55) A contact bullet wound is made when the muzzle of the weapon is pressed against the
body when the shot is fired.
55) ______
⊚ true
⊚ false
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56) In a close shot, powder residues occur on the object fired at in the form of incompletely
and completely burned powder.
56) ______
⊚ true
⊚ false
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57) Shotgun pellets very rarely exit the body except when used as instruments of suicide in
the chest region.
57) ______
⊚ true
⊚ false
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58) Contrary to random killings, mass murder involves the killing of several innocent people
(four or more) at an unknown, unexpected moment and at or about the same time.
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58) ______
⊚ true
⊚ false
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