Forensics Midterm Review

The reason someone dies is called the

• manner of death

• cause of death

• type of death

• none of these

A person with a heart condition is assaulted and has a heart attack and dies during the assault. The investigators rule the death a homicide. What is the proximate cause of death?

• The heart attack

• The assault

• Accidental death

• Natural death

JonBenet Ramsay was strangled, which causes asphyxiation. Her death was ruled a homicide. What is the mechanism of death?

• strangulation

• homicide

• asphyxiation

• accidental

What is rigor mortis?

• heat loss after death

• stiffness after death

• blood collecting in the lower parts of the body after death

• the cause of death

What is algor mortis?

• heat loss after death

• stiffness after death

• blood collecting in the lower parts of the body after death

• cause of death

If a body shows peak rigor in average conditions, the body has probably been dead about how long?

• 2 hours

• 48 hours

• 36 hours

• 12 hours

To determine a corpse's temperature, a thermometer is placed into the

• brain

• stomach

• liver

• heart

What are the factors that scientists disagree on determining the cessation of life?

• end of brain activity or blood circulation

• end of lung function or brain function

• end of brain activity or all other organs' function

• end of blood circulation or drop in temperature

Which is NOT a manner of death

• homicidal

• cardiac arrest

• natural

• accidental

• undetermined

Within minutes of death, the first insects to colonize a corpse are

• beetles

• hornets

• ants

• flies