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When is the victim's last meal if the food has left the small intestine and started in the large intestine
a) 4-6
b) 16-18
c) 24
d)

How does the cold change the rate at which a body decomposes
a) It speeds it up
b) It slows it down
c)
d)

How does the cold change the rate at which a body cools
a) It speeds it up
b) It slows it down
c)
d)

List the bones that are part of the appendicular skeleton
a) arms, legs, pelvis, scapula and clavicle
b) skull, spine, ribs
c)
d)

List the bones that are part of the axial
a) skull, spine, ribs
b) arms, legs, pelvis, scapula and clavicle
c)
d)

With regard to skeletalized human remains, which of the following may be used to estimate the age of an individual at the time of his or her death?
a) Facial reconstruction
b) Adipocere formation
c) Epiphyseal union
d)

An examination of the development stages of the insects present may yield valuable information about:
a) the post-mortem interval
b) the circumstances surrounding the death
c) the age of the deceased
d)

Which of the following represents the best measure available for estimating the time of death (especially within the first 18 hours after death)?
a) Changes in body temperature
b) The development of cloudiness in the eyes
c) Rigor mortis
d)

What is Dentition
a) the study of teeth
b) the arrangement of teeth in the mouth
c) teeth in generaln
d)

What do you need to arrest a person and take that person to trial
a) evidence
b) motive
c) opportunity
d) all 3

Who owns the bodies at the Body Farm
a) the body farm
b) Bill bass
c) the families
d)

Why was the Body Farm set-up
a) To catch criminals
b) To study decomposition
c) To put dead bodies
d)

What is livor mortis
a) body stiffening
b) Body cooling
c) Blood pooling/settling
d)

What is rigor mortis
a) Blood pooling/settling
b) Body cooling
c) body stiffening
d)

What is algor mortis
a) Body cooling
b) Blood pooling/settling
c) body stiffening
d)

When is the victim's last meal if the food has left the stomach and startes in the small intestine
a) 4-6
b) 16-18
c) 24
d)

You find a body and the skin has blistered and the abdomen is swollen, you would estimate TOD as
a) 2 days
b) 4 days
c) 6-10 days
d)

You find a body and the skin sloughs off,corpse bloats and tissues liquefy you would estimate TOD as
a) 2 days
b) 4 days
c) 6-10 days
d)

Autopsy is derived from the Greek word: Autopsia, which means
a) to view the dead
b) to view post-mortem
c) to see for oneself
d)

Who performs an autopsy
a) A doctor
b) The medical examinar
c) the forensics team of CSI personnel
d)

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