Assessment | The Crime Lab and The Body (2021)

Which would not be considered a manner of death?

• suicide

• homicide

• drowning

• natural

• accidental

A gunshot wound would fit in which of the following manners?

• homicide

• suicide

• accidental

• all of the above

The rate of cooling post-mortem can be influenced by all of these except:

• location of the body

• all of these influence cooling rate

• exposure to direct sunlight

• weather conditions

• size of the body

Rigor mortis refers to

• the odor of death.

• the color of death.

• the stiffness of death.

• temperature of death.

• time of death.

What is the cause of rigor mortis?

• gravitational pooling of blood.

• lack of oxygen/accumulation of lactic acid in muscles.

• carbon monoxide poisoning.

• steady decline of body temperature.

If the body has been moved post-mortem, which factor would be most efficient as coroner is examining body?

• rigor mortis

• livor mortis

• algor mortis

The oldest forensic laboratory in the United States is

• Los Angelos Police Department

• FBI

• DEA

The largest forensic laboratory globally is

• Los Angelos Police Department

• FBI

• DEA

Which of the following can be cited as an explanation for the greater need for crime laboratories?

• increase in drug related arrests.

• use of DNA profiling.

• increase in crime rates.

• Supreme Court decisions.

• all choices contribute.

The role of this specialist is to examine the body to determine the cause and manner of death.

• forensic entomologist

• forensic pathologist

• forensics anthropologist