Forensics Death

An child dies after being kept from receiving proper health care by her guardians. The manner of her death would be:

• natural

• accidental

• homicide

• undetermined

A body has been found strangled in the woods. It shows lividity on the lower abdomen, top of the buttocks, and back of the legs. Based on this evidence, the examiner estimates the body to have been dead for:

• 2-4 hours

• 6-8 hours

• 4-12 hours

• 2-16 hours

Which of the following are factors that can affect rigor mortis?

• temperature

• activity before death

• body weight

• all of these

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

Which statement about decomposition is true?

• an overweight person will decompose faster than a thin person

• a buried body will decompose slower than an unburied body

• decomposition will happen faster if the body is submerged in water

• temperature does not affect the rate of decomposition

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A body is found with blistering skin that is slipping off of the muscle underneath. There is a strong odor and maggots are seen covering the body. Which stage of decomposition is this body in?

• bloating (putrefaction)

• advanced decay

• active decay (black putrefaction)

• fresh (initial)

An elderly man is found dead in his car with the windows down. He has been missing for 2 days. The average temperature has been 36 degrees F. How would these factors affect lividity, rigor mortis, and algor mortis rates?

• lividity - decreases

  rigor - decreases

  algor - increases

• lividity - decreases

  rigor - increases

  algor - unaffected

• lividity - decreases

  rigor - unaffected

  algor - increases

• lividity - increases

  rigor - increases

  algor - increases

Many different insects will be present on dead bodies. Which one to entomologists usually use?

• blow flies

• house flies

• skipper flies

• flesh flies

The breakdown of organic matter caused by microorganisms, resulting in production of foul-smelling matter is:

• putrefaction
• decomposition
• autolysis
• algor mortis

The cooling of body temperature after death is:

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