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Death 2
Test Description: Forensic Death
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) If a body shows no visible rigor, it has probably been dead:
A
Less than two hours or more than forty-eight hours
B
More than two hours or less than forty-eight hours
C
Less than ten hours or more than seventy-two hours
D
Less than twenty-four hours or more than seventy-two hours
2) Factors affecting rigor include:
A
Body weight
B
Temperature
C
Activity of death
D
All of these choices
3) Algor mortis means roughly:
A
Death heat and describes the temperature loss in a corpse
B
Death heat and describes the temperature gain in a corpse
C
None of these choices
D
Death chill and describes the temperature loss in a corpse
4) To take a corpse's temperature, forensic investigators insert a thermometer into the:
A
Underarm
B
Stomach
C
Liver
D
Mouth
5) Medical examiners help determine the time of death by studying the stomach contents. In general, it takes:
A
None of these choices
B
Six to eight hours for the stomach to empty its contents into the small intestine and another twelve hours for the food to le
C
Four to six hours for the stomach to empty its contents into the small intestines and another twelve hours for the food to le
D
Four to six hours for the stomach to empty its contents into the small intestine and another eighteen hours for the food to l
6) The rate of cooling a body after death is called:
A
Rigor mortis
B
Algor mortis
C
Livor mortis
D
Cooler mortis
7) Generally the body cools at a rate of about:
A
1 to 1/2 degrees per hour
B
5 to 10 degrees per hour
C
Depends of the temperature of the surrondings
D
Both A and C
8) The stiffening of muscles that occurs from approximately two to 30 hours after death is called:
A
Algor mortis
B
Livor mortis
C
Rigor mortis
D
Stiffening of muscles does not occur after the heart stops beating
9) Forensic antrhopologists use the study of skeletal remains to determine:
A
Whether or not the remains are human
B
An approximate age of the individual at the time of death
C
The sex of an individual
D
All of the above
10) Human bones can be differentiated from animal bones by looking at the osteons.
A
Animals have no osteons.
B
Humans have no osteons.
C
In animals, the osteons for a regular pattern.
D
In humans, the osteons form a regular pattern.
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