Forensics Death Quiz

A body is found that shows no signs of rigor mortis. The body has been dead for ....

• less than 2 hours or more than 24 hours

• less than 2 hours or more than 36 hours

• less than 24 hours or more than 48 hours

• more than 36 hours

The cooling of body temperature after death is:

• algor mortis
• livor mortis
• rigor mortis
• pallor mortis

The discoloration of a dead body caused by blood cells leaking hemoglobin is:

• putrefaction
• lividity
• autolysis
• sepsis

If someone has been shot, they may die from loss of blood, what is this called?

• sepsis
• exsanguination
• hyperoxia
• hematoma

Discoloration of skin from pooling of blood becomes permanent after how many hours?

• 2 hours
• 8 hours
• 16 hours
• 32 hours

Rigor mortis means

• Death stiffness
• Death color
• Death bloat
• Death heat

PMI is

• postmortem insect

• Postmeridian interval

• Premortem interval

• Postmortem Interval

the specific body failure that leads to a person's death

• mechanism of death
• decomposition
• manner of death
• cause of death

"death color"

• autolysis
• algor mortis
• rigor mortis
• livor mortis

An underlying cause for a person’s death is known as the:

• Proximate cause of death
• Mechanism of death
• Manner of death
• Cause of death