Deck 13: Death Investigation

Question 1

According to the text, all death investigations should be investigated as homicides until proven otherwise.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Only a licensed physician can determine the manner and cause of death of a person.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Homicides account for approximately 20 percent of all reported deaths.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Weapons are rarely found at a homicide scene.

Question 5

Lividity begins to appear approximately one hour after the time of death.

Question 6

When conducting a death scene investigation

A) start from the perimeter and work to the center of the scene
B) use the same protocols and procedures as any other crime scene
C) start from the body and work outward to the perimeter
D) use protocols specifically outlined for homicides

Question 7

The official that is required to have a medical background to assist in a death investigation is the

A) coroner
B) CSI
C) medical examiner
D) lead detective

Question 8

An autopsy consists of

A) a toxicology report
B) internal and external examinations
C) both a and b
D) none of the above

Question 9

Death occurs in a medical sense when the body is no longer performing which vital function?

A) respiration
B) cardiac activity
C) central nervous system activity
D) all of the above

Question 10

________ accounts for the majority of all deaths.

A) Homicide
B) Undetermined death
C) Natural death
D) Accidental death

Question 11

After death, the pooling of blood that forms at the lowest portions of the body is called

A) rigor mortis
B) liver mortis
C) algor mortis
D) brown clotting

Question 12

The cooling of the body after death is

A) algor mortis
B) lividity
C) rigor mortis
D) equalization of temperature

Question 13

The progressive stiffening of the muscles of a body after death is called

A) the death rattle
B) liver mortis
C) rigor mortis
D) lactic acidosis

Question 14

The amount of time it generally takes for all muscles to have stiffened is

A) 12 to18 hours
B) 6 to 12 hours
C) 18 to 24 hours
D) 24 to 36 hours