LEGAL MEDICINE AND MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE b.

Ernesto probably did not follow instructions

COMPREHENSIVE EXAM REVIEWER c. Ernesto has idiosyncratic or hypersensitivity reaction
d. Ernesto and the doctor has no contractual relationship
1. It is the dehydration of the whole body which result in the shivering and 10. Magnus test is done by which of the following procedures?
preservation of the body a. Place a fine feather or a strip of cotton in front of the lips and
a. Saponification nostrils
b. Maceration b. Melted sealing wax is dropped on the breast of a person
c. Adipocere formation c. Injection of a solution of fluorescein subcutaneously
d. Mummification d. A ligature is applied around the base of a finger with moderate
2. Which of the following microorganism plays an important and dominant tightness
role in decomposition? 11. This is claimed to be specific feature of electrical injury
a. Bacillus mesentericus a. Metallization
b. Clostridium welchii b. Flaky opacities of the lens
c. Bacillus proteus vulgaris c. Necrosis
d. Bacillus coli d. Superficial carbonization
3. A person was found dead inside a hotel room and in a state of rigor
mortis. Which of the following is true of rigor mortis? 12. “Crocodile skin” appearance is seen in which of the following burns?
a. Muscles are relaxed a. Flash
b. Pupils are dilated b. Sunburn
c. Developed 3-6 hours after death c. Contact
d. Urinary and fecal incontinence d. Spark
13. Which of the following is a blistering gas?
4. Schourup’s formula for the determination of the time of death of any a. Yellow cross
cadaver whose CSF is examined for the following, except b. Bromobenzyl cyanide
a. Amino acid c. Chlorine
b. Cholesterol d. Phosgene
c. Lactic acid 14. Kunkel’s test is a qualitative test for the presence of
d. Non protein nitrogen a. Carbon monoxide
b. Carbon dioxide
5. Mrs. Delos Reyes had a contractual relationship with Dr. delos Santos. In c. Hydrogen sulfide
their relationship, Mrs. Delos Reyes asked Dr. delos Santos a prescription d. Hydrogen cyanide
to cause abortion but the doctor refused. Mrs. Delos Reyes filed a civil 15. Positive sign of pregnancy
case for breach of contract. The case was dismissed by the court on a. Braxton-Hick’s sign
what ground? b. Goodel’s sign
a. There must be a consent of the contracting parties c. Mayor’s sign
b. The contractual relation is based on mutual trust and d. Hegar’s sign
confidence 16. The following are most common ecbolics, except
c. There must be a cause or consideration a. Ergot
d. The object of contract must be determinate, legal and not b. Quinine
outside the commerce of man c. Pituitary extracts
d. Pennyroyal
6. A physician was called by the plaintiff to assist in the delivery of her child; 17. Commonly known as “menstrual regulator”
the physician took with him a young unmarried man and was introduced a. D and C
as his friend. The patient thought the young man was a medical student b. Use of emmonagogues
or another physician. The patient filed an action against the attending c. Vacuum suction
physician for which of the following complaints? d. Use of ecbolics
a. Violation of her right to confidentiality 18. The 1st instinct of the child after birth is
b. Invasion of her right to privacy a. Defecation
c. Violation of her right to self-determination b. Sucking
d. Violation of her right to give consent to allow the young man in c. Restlessness
the delivery d. Yawning
19. Methods of committing the crime of infanticide by commission, except
7. A resident in a hospital is an invitee and as such he has ministerial and a. Suffocation
medical duties. Which of the following is a ministerial duty? b. Strangulation
a. Placing an improperly capped hot water bottle on a patient’s c. Starvation
body d. Drowning
b. Administering the wrong blood to the right patient 20. Which of the following spurious children are conceived by prostitutes?
c. Improperly administering a hypodermic injection a. Adulterous
d. Failing to decide that sideboards should be used when needed b. Incestuous
and do not exist c. Sacrilegious
8. A 19 y/o man was found lying, motionless, breathless along the road. d. Manceres
Which of the following tests is used as method of detecting cessation of 21. JJ Manaligod is a surgical intern at SLU-HSH caring for the patient. He is
respiration? a
a. Icard a. Trespasser
b. Magnus b. Licensee
c. Winslow c. Borrowed servant
d. Diaphanous d. Invitee
9. In a party, Ernesto, a hypertensive patient asked the doctor guest what 22. Known as the “National Health Insurance Act of 1995”
is best for HPN and the doctor answered amlodipine. Ernesto bought a. RA 1857
amlodipine and tried it on himself. After 3 doses, he developed severe b. RA 7875
headache and syncope. He filed a case against the doctor. The case was c. RA 7785
dismissed on what ground? d. RA 1158
a. Ernesto did not pay the doctor
23. Peter was apprehended by the police for reckless driving and was b. Criminology
charged with alcoholic intoxication. Which of the following blood c. Criminalistics
alcohol levels gives rise to the presumption that Peter is drunk? d. Legal medicine
a. 0.05% 35. Which of the following wine is the bottle before fermentation has
b. 0.05%-0.10% ceased to that it contains CO2 gas solution
c. 0.10%-0.15% a. Still wine
d. 0.20% b. Sparkling wine
24. An ambulance was rushing to respond to emergency call. The driver c. Fortified wine
runover a pedestrian. Which of the following is correct? d. Dry wine
a. The driver has no right superior to those of the pedestrian in 36. A 16 year old married man consented for tonsillectomy. After
street intersection administration of anesthesia, the patient developed severe reaction and
b. The criminal liability of the ambulance driver is the same as an became comatose. The parents sued the doctor and the hospital on the
ordinary transport driver grounds that there was no valid consent by their son being a minor.
c. The ambulance has the “right of way” and the police should Which of the following is a valid statement?
give ample assistance a. No need for parental consent because it is an emergency case
d. The hospital is not liable since the act was done by the driver b. The consent by the patient is valid though minor because he is
emancipated
25. This is an abnormal mental condition whereby a person is performing an c. Both the doctor and the hospital are liable for lack of informed
act while in the state of natural sleep consent
a. Somnolencia d. The anesthesiologist is liable because he did not ask consent
b. Somnambulism for anesthesia
c. Mesmerism 37. Mrs. Dela Cruz, mother of four, voluntarily underwent a surgical
d. Delirium sterilization because she and her husband had more than the sufficient
26. Which of the following is the most potent of all cannabis preparation? number of children and those additional children would aggravate her
a. Hashish existing bladder and kidney condition. A tubal ligation was done but few
b. Bhang months after the operation, Mrs. Dela Cruz became pregnant. Before the
c. Majun termination of pregnancy, the couple filed the suit for damages against
d. Ganja the physician. The court allowed damages. Which of the following could
27. The following are color test for opium and its derivative together with be ground for allowing damages?
Amphetamine, except a. Lack of valid consent
a. Marquis test b. Professional negligence
b. Zwikker’s test c. Failure to procedure sterility
c. Dillie Koppanyl test d. Doctor did not seek approval from the bioethics committee of
d. Van Urk test the hospital
28. Which of the following wine is the product of fermentation of fruit juices 38. Under which of the following theories or doctrine does a private
only after removal of the skin and stem? hospitals for charity performs a quasi-public function?
a. Red wine a. Trust fund doctrine
b. Still wine b. Implied waiver theory
c. White wine c. Public policy
d. Fortified wine d. Independent contract theory
29. Which of the following laws prescribe the right and obligation of persons 39. Who may not participate as “providers” in the delivery of medical
in their daily relations with each other and with society? services in the Philippine Medical Care Plan?
a. Adjective a. Hospital duly accredited by the Commission
b. Procedural b. Drugstore duly accredited by the Commission
c. Remedial c. A duly licensed doctor of medicine in the Phil who is an active
d. Substantive member of good standing of the PMA
30. The following are qualification of those to be accepted members of the d. A duly licensed dentist in the Phil who is an active member of
Board of Medicine, except the PDA and accredited by PMCC
a. He is a natural born citizen of the Philippines 40. Which of the following types of abortion is criminal and punishable by
b. He has been in the practice of medicine for at least 15 years law?
c. He is duly registered physician in the Philippines a. Intentional
d. He is not a member of the faculty of any medical school b. Post-term
c. Spontaneous
31. Which of the following is a rule of conduct, obligation, laid by legitimate d. Therapeutic
power for common observance and benefit 41. Which of the following organs may be transplanted even several hours
a. Custom after removal from the donor and rejection is virtually non-existent?
b. Law a. Bone
c. Jurisprudence b. Heart
d. Legal medicine c. Liver
32. Which of the following is an evidence made known or addressed to the d. Kidney
senses of the court? 42. The following are rights of a respondent physician in an administrative
a. Autoptic investigation in the Board of Medicine as provided by the Medical Act.
b. Testimonial Which statement is not correct? The respondent physician:
c. Experimental a. Testifies as a witness on his behalf
d. Documentary b. Should be entitled to confront and to cross-examine the
33. The following are physical evidences except witness against him
a. Corpus delicti c. To have a speedy public hearing
b. Associative d. Be represented by a counsel or be heard in person
c. Tracing 43. In dental identification, the age may be reflected in dentition and a
d. Deposition person with twenty permanent teeth is how many years old?
34. The application of science such as physics, chemistry, medicine and other a. 11
biological sciences in a crime detection and investigation is known as b. 9
a. Forensic medicine c. 13
 d. 10 a. A person puts his life in jeopardy by voluntary self-injury but the
44. The following are poisons which are exito-motor in action, except intention to die is low as the method is relatively harmless
a. Brucine b. Self-destruction due to self-negligence
b. Strychnine c. When it is impulsive and unplanned
c. Camphor d. When it is done under great provocation
d. Thebaine 56. One of the grounds for revocation or suspension of a physician’s
45. Dried flowering tops of the female plant, Cannabis sativa, with rusty certificate of registration is refusal to attend to an emergency. He is not
green color and characteristic odor is mixed with tobacco and smoked in liable id
pipe. What s this special preparation of marijuana? a. The case is not within his expertise
a. Bhang b. Many physicians have refused to go
b. Reefers c. He is always liable of refusing to attend to an emergency
c. Hashish d. In so doing, there is a risk in his life
d. Ganja 57. Anemic anoxic death is due to decreased capacity of the blood to carry
46. The race of a living person may be presumed in the features of the face. oxygen as in
A person with thick lips and prominent eyes is a a. Heart failure
a. Mongolian b. Smothering and overlaying
b. Malayan c. Drowning
c. Caucasian d. CO poisoning
d. Negro 58. The following are duties of physician to the community. Which is not
47. Under the Dangerous Drug Act, marijuana is classified as what type? correct?
a. Prohibited a. Enlighten the public on danger of communicable diseases and
b. Sedative measures for that prevention and care especially during
c. Hypnotic epidemics
d. Stimulant b. During an epidemic, he may refuse to attend the needs of the
48. In the ordinary method of human identification applicable to the living sufferers if it will be risky to his life
person the “facies” is one of the characteristics not easily changed. c. Should cooperate in the enforcement of sanitary law and
Which appearance is indicative of approaching death? regulations
a. Facies leonine d. Every case of communicable disease under his care should be
b. Mongolian facies properly reported to authorities concerned
c. Hippocratic facies
d. Myxedemic facies 59. A natural child may be legitimated. Which of the following requisites is
49. Where the head is free and mobile, a blow on the occiput may produce not correct?
lacerated or confusion of the frontal lobe of the brain. This is what type a. There should be subsequent marriage of the parents
of injury? b. Child must be acknowledge by the father
a. Direct c. Child must be acknowledge by both parents before marriage
b. Contre-coup d. Child must be natural
c. Remote
d. Coup-contre-coup 60. Permission to exhume a dead body, for autopsy in the case of legal
50. Regarding the nature and requisites of the physician-patient relationship investigation, shall be obtained and approved by the
which of the following statement is not correct? It is a. Hospital director where the patient died
a. A guaranty of cure b. Attending physician
b. Contractual c. Director of Health
c. Consensual d. NBI
d. Fiduciary 61. The following are practical uses of fingerprints, except
51. Lightning causes expansion of the air on account of the super heated a. Establish identities of dead bodies
atmosphere resulting to laceration of the body surface, severe tearing of b. Among illiterates, the right thumbprint is universally
the clothing and displacements of parts of the body. Which of the recognized as a substitute for signature on legal documents
following elements of lightning produces this effect? c. Prints on file are useful for comparative purposes
a. Compression d. Prints recovered from crime scene associate person or weapon
b. Direct from the electrical charge
c. Surface flash burns from the discharge 62. Dr. X’s wife filed an administrative complaints before the PRC against her
d. Mechanical husband who was living with a mistress and abandoned her and his 3
52. When the body has been submerged in water and putrefactive changes children. His acts are funds for revocation of his registration certificate
show wrinkled skin, scrotum and penis distended with gas, nails and hair and classified as
still intact with the lungs emphysematous and covering the heart, the a. Personal disqualification
time since death is how many weeks? b. Unethical conduct
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d.6 c. Unprofessional conduct
53. Which of the following statement is not valid? d. Criminal act
a. A woman may have an interrupted hymen and yet may no
longer be a virgin 63. Division of law which deals with the rules concerning pleadings,
b. A woman may have a lacerated hymen and yet be a virgin practices and procedures in all courts of the Philippines
c. A woman is still virgin as long as she has not given birth a. Civil Law
d. There are no conclusive medical findings to show that a woman b. Remedial Law
is physically virgin c. Criminal Law
54. Which of the following is not a local effect of radiation emitted by d. Special Law
radioactive substance? 64. The following are types of physical evidences, except
a. Endothelial necrosis and localized thrombosis in the blood a. Corpus delicti
vessels b. Associative
b. Sweat glands lose their function and erector pili muscles are c. Testimonial
very much affected d. Tracing
c. Retardation of cell division 65. This drug is used as “truth serum” is not admissible in court
d. Causes sterility, abortion and stillbirths in female a. Sodium amytal
55. Which of the following is not classified as psychological suicide? b. Sodium penthotal
 c. Ethyl alcohol c. Injection of a solution of fluorescein subcutaneously
d. Hyoscine hydrobromide d. A ligature is applied around the base of a finger with moderate
tightness
66. Evidences obtained with the use of “truth serum” is not admissible in 77. Schourup’s formula for the determination o the time of death of any
court because cadaver whose cerebro-spinal fluid is examined for the ff except
a. The information is obtained under stress a. Amino acid
b. The info given by the subject is not voluntary since he is under b. Cholesterol
the influence of drug c. Lactic acid
c. The truth serum is still in the experimental stage d. Non-protein nitrogen
d. The information is obtained through deceit 78. True of rigor mortis
a. Muscles are relaxed
67. The law of Multiplicity of Evidence in identification states b. Pupils are dilated
a. The more number of body parts available, the better the c. Develops 3 to 6 hours after death
identification of the person d. Urinary and fecal incontinence
b. The greater the number of similarities of 2 persons compared, 79. Usually the whole body becomes stiff after how many hours after death
the greater the probability for the conclusion to be correct a. 3
c. The greater the dissimilarities of two persons compared, the b. 6
greater the chance for a correct conclusion c. 12
d. The greater the number of points of similarities and d. 24
dissimilarities of 2 persons compared, the greater is the 80. The following conditions simulate rigor mortis except
probability for the conclusion to be correct a. Heat stiffening
68. Which of the following kinds of death is the state of the body in which b. Algor mortis
there is complete, persistent and continuous cessation of vital functions c. Cold stiffening
of the brain, heart and lungs which maintains life and death d. Cadaveric spasm
a. Apparent 81. It is the dehydration of the whole body which results in the shivering and
b. Clinical preservation of the body
c. Cellular a. Saponification
d. State of suspended animation b. Maceration
c. Adipocere formation
69. Accumulation of blood in the most dependent portion of the dead body d. Mummification
a. Suggilation 82. This term is used when an incurably ill person is allowed to die a natural
b. Ecchymosis death without the application of any operation or treatment procedure
c. Tete de negri a. Active euthanasia
d. Hematoma b. Passive euthanasia
70. Diaphanous test is used to determine whether c. Orthonasia
a. Rape was committed d. Dysthanasia
b. A person is dead
c. Death was due to poisoning 83. Psychological classification of suicide where there is deliberate, planned,
d. Respiration stopped premeditated, self murdered
a. First degree
71. This consists of injection of a solution of fluorescein simultaneously. If b. Second degree
circulation is still present, the greenish-yellow dye will be spread all over c. Third degree
the body. If the person is dead, it will remain only at the site of injection. d. Justifiable suicide
This is the mechanism of 84. Psychological classification of suicide where it is sometimes called
a. Magnus test “accidental suicide”
b. Diaphanous test a. First degree
c. Bromberg’s test b. Second degree
d. Icard’s test c. Third degree
72. Which of the following is last to stop after somatic death d. Justifiable suicide
a. Respiration 85. Physical injury found opposite of the application force
b. Atrium a. Coup injury
c. Ventricles b. Contre-coup injury
d. Brain c. Coup contre-coup injury
73. Cooling of the body d. Extensive injury
a. Algor mortis 86. It is the unlawful and violent deprival of another of the use of a part of
b. Rigor mortis the body so as to render him less able in fighting either to defend
c. Livor mortis himself or to annoy his adversary
d. Da mortis a. Mutilation
74. Postmortem rigidity is also called, except b. Mayhem
a. Death stiffening c. Physical injury
b. Death struggle of muscle d. Treachery
c. Rigor mortis 87. A blow in the forehead which later causes periorbital hemorrhage due to
d. Muscular irritability linear fracture of the roof of the orbital fossa is an example of
75. The fingers are spread wide and the finger webs are viewed through a a. Coup injury
strong light. This test is called: b. Contre-coup injury
a. Icard-fluorescein dye c. Fracture a la signature
b. Magnus d. Locus minoris Resistencia
c. Winslow-mercury 88. The crime of less serious physical injury is committed when the victim is
d. Diaphanous incapacitated or requires medical attendance for a period of:
76. Magnus test may be done by which of the following procedures? a. Less than 9 days
a. Place a fine feather or strip of cotton in front of the lips and b. From 9 to 20 days
nostrils c. From 10 to 30 days
b. Melted sealing wax is dropped on the breast of a person d. More than 30 days
 b. If a physician is found criminally liable the penalty imposed is
89. A man in a course of a flight with another accidentally was kicked at the imprisonment and/or fie and revocation of his registration
genital region causing laceration of the scrotum and consequently certificate
removal of the testis. The offender maybe liable for c. In a verdict of acquittal, the plaintiff may appeal
a. Mutilation d. Party plaintiff is “Republic of the Philippines”
b. Serious physical injury
c. Frustrated homicide 102. Cause of action for damages of injury sustained may be based on a
d. Physical injuries in a tumultuous affray breach of contract. Which is correct?
a. The issue is the negligence of the doctor
90. The crime of mutilation is understood to mean b. Rule of damage is the same as that of a malpractice case
a. Inflicting physical injury c. The expert testimony of a physician is not necessary
b. Rendering any part of the body useless d. A doctor who makes a contract to effect a cure and used the
c. Intentionally cutting off any part of the body highest possible skill is not liable if he fails
d. Accidentally depriving a person of any part of the body
103. When a surgeon operates on a patient without consent, this constitutes
91. Which of the following is an example of a high order explosive? an assault and even without injury resulting, the plaintiff may recover
a. Gunpowder what type of damages?
b. Trinitrobenzene a. Nominal
c. Dynamite b. Moderate
d. Fulminate of mercury c. Exemplary
92. Composed of positively charged helium, having a high linear energy d. Liquidated
transfer and with a poor penetrating power tat can be stopped by a
sheet of paper 104. “Due Care” is that degree of care exercised by a physician. Which is not
a. Alpha rays correct? It is a care that
b. Beta rays a. Need not be extraordinary but calls for a degree of vigilance
c. Gamma rays and prudence
d. Neutron rays b. Which most skilled in the profession show
93. The most common constituent of primer are the following except c. Which the special nature of the work
a. Potassium chlorate d. Which will be done by other physicians in a similar case under a
b. Antimony similar condition
c. Barium 105. The doctrine of res ipsa loquitor and common knowledge doctrine are
d. Lead used interchangeably. Technically, the main difference between the two
94. The usual muzzle velocity of a military rifle is how many feet per second? are the following except
a. 600 a. In res ipsa loquitor there is an obvious need of evidence as to
b. 1,200 both standard of care and the specific act
c. 2,500 b. In common knowledge, the patient must prove the causative
d. 3,000 act
95. Which of the following is a single self-loading weapon? c. In res ipsa loquitor there is no need for an expert medical
a. Automatic pistol witness
b. Revolver d. On common knowledge, there is need for an expert medical
c. Miniature rifle testimony to establish standard care
d. Shotgun
96. The free end bullet is flattened commonly used in target practices 106. Defensive medicine means any act or omission of a physician primarily to
a. Conical avoid malpractice liability. In which case may a physician not be liable?
b. Hemispherical a. Orders additional diagnostic treatment normally considered
c. Wad-cutter unnecessary
d. Hollow point b. Hospitalization of a minor procedure as series complication
97. Which of the following is true of gunshot wound exit? may occur if done in a clinic
a. Edges are inverted c. Avoids performance of hazardous procedure which is essential
b. Smudging is absent for the patient to recover
c. Contact ring is present d. Undertaking a hazardous procedure which has no medical
d. Smaller than the missile justification
98. Which of the following best describes soiling of the target rather than
powder burns? 107. Damage may be awarded to the following, except
a. Smoke smudging; gunpowder tattooing a. Husband for a loss of services and security of the injured wife
b. Gunpowder tattooing; burning of the margin wound b. Patient who suffered the injury and must be the plaintiff in the
c. Smoke smudging: burning of the margin wound civil action in court
d. Smoke smudging: gunpowder tattooing and burning of the c. Woman who suffered shortening of the vagina due to
margin wound negligence of the physician
99. A standard 12-gauge shotgun contains only how many shots? d. Parents of injured patient is a minor for temporary loss of
a. 3 service
b. 6
c. 9 108. Compensatory damages are applied to medical malpractice resulting to
d. 12 death. Indemnity is based on the minimum value of life and other
100. Which of the following is a test for the presence of primer components? reasons as the following except
a. Walker’s test a. Amount of damages for death should not be less than
b. Paraffin test minimum value of human life inspite of presence of some
c. Harrison and Gilroy’s test mitigating circumstances
d. Gonzales’ test b. A recipient not a heir may demand support for a period not to
exceed ten years
101. Which of the following is not a characteristic of criminal cases? c. Loss of earning capacity of the deceased, unless before death
a. Defendant is entitled to an acquittal unless his guilt is shown did not earn due to permanent physical disability not caused by
beyond reasonable doubt the defendant
 d. Moral damages for mental anguish can be demanded by the c. Puramen test
spouse legitimate and illegitimate descendants and ascendants d. Acid phosphatase test
122. Which of the following is a positive sign of pregnancy?
109. The following are characteristics of scalding except a. Braxton-Hick’s
a. Singeing of hair is absent b. Goodel’s sign
b. Clothings are involved c. Mayor’s sign
c. Caused by application of moist heat d. Hegar’s sign
d. Boundary distinct
123. Which of the following penalties shall be imposed upon a woman who
110. Which of the following facies is characterized by almond eyes, pale shall practice an abortion upon herself or shall consent that person shall
complexion, prominence of the check bones? do so
a. Hippocratic facies a. Prision mayor
b. Mongolian facies b. Destierro
c. Leonine facies c. Prison correctional it its medium and maximum period
d. Myxedemic facies d. Prison correctional in its minimum and medium period
111. The study and utilization of fingerprint is
a. Graphology 124. Which of the following is a direct emmenagogues
b. Dactylography a. Ergot
c. Dactyloscopy b. Castor oil
d. Bibliotics c. Strychnine
112. True of females except d. Iron
a. Hips are broader in relation to shoulders 125. Which of the following tests determine whether respiration took place
b. Pubic hair straight on a newborn child before death shows changes in the middle ear
c. Thighs conical a. Fodere’s test
d. Trunk abdomninal segment smaller b. Castor oil
113. Cyanide and alcohol poisoning is an example of which of the following c. Breslause’s second life test
types of asphyxia death? d. Wredin’s test
a. Anoxic 126. With the IQ between 0-20 the individual is said to be
b. Anemic a. Moron
c. Stagnant anoxic b. Imbecile
d. Histotoxic anoxic c. Idiot
114. Amount of tension (in lbs) in the ligature sufficient to occlude the d. Feeble-minded
trachea 127. Cocaine is an alkaloid from the leaves of the cultivated coca shrub.
a. 4.4 lbs Which of the following is not correct?
b. 11 lbs a. Coca leaf is chewed for its stimulating effects and also for
c. 33 lbs depressing appetite
d. 66 lbs b. Tolerance to drug is slow
115. Which of the following is the most common accidental smothering in c. It stimulates the parasympathetic system causing increased
children? pulse rate and dilatation of pupils
a. Gagging d. Dependence tends to be psychological rather than physical
b. Overlaying
c. Plastic bag suffocation 128. Continuous and excessive use of amphetamine may lead to the
d. Mugging development of the following possible complications except
116. Jesus Christ died of which of the following a. Widespread hemorrhagic and rapid development of myocardial
a. Crucifixion fiber necrosis
b. Dehydration and hemorrhage b. Develops syndromes resembling heat stroke
c. Hemorrhage c. Greater sexual enjoyment while high
d. Traumatic asphyxia d. Psychosis and other permanent brain damage
117. Which of the following gases is also known as the “silent kiler”
a. Carbon dioxide 129. Which of the following is the most widely accepted but quite impractical
b. Hydrogen sulfide way to determine the concentration of alcohol in the dead body? The
c. Carbon monoxide examination of the
d. Hydrogen cyanide a. Saliva
b. Urine
118. Parent who actually hates his or her child and callously and deliberately c. Breath
beast and miscares for it, is what type of child abuse? d. d. blood
a. Intermittent 130. Which of the following statements is not correct regarding the scope of
b. One-time the consent of the patient to treatment procedure?
c. Constant a. A blanket consent is not illegal if performed within the normal
d. Ignorant dictates of surgery
119. Which of the following is an indigent of element of forcible abduction? b. A physician must respect and comply with limitation imposed in
a. Under 12 y/o the consent otherwise, he will be liable for breach of legal duty
b. Woman is of good reputation c. A consent with the inclusion “to do alternative surgery”
c. Victim is single or widow d. ages 12-18 relieves the physician of liability at all times
d. A non-liability clause is the consent which relieves the physician
120. Virginity is not an element in which of the following? of liability for the inherent risk of dangerous procedures if the
a. Incestuous qualified seduction patient had full knowledge of what is going to be done
b. Ordinary qualified seduction
c. Consented abduction 131. Recently, there has been an increasing volume of complaints against
d. NOTA physicians. Which of the following factors is the participating cause of
121. To the spermatic stain on the glass, picric acid is added majority of malpractice actions?
a. Berberio’s test a. Disservice made by the mass communication media
b. Florence test
 b. Incompetence of the practitioner and commercialization of a. Conical
medical practice b. Hemispherical
c. ”Doctor’s loose talks” as criticisms of a physician with regards c. Wad cutter
to treatment given by another physician d. Hollow point
d. Breakdown in communication and rapport between the
physician and his patient 140. Which of the following special bullets is made of steel with copper
coating (jacket)
132. A physician diagnosed and treated a patient as suffering from syphilis. a. Tracer
Doing a simulated laboratory examination he reported the results of the b. Plastic
test positive when in fact it was negative. His acts are grounds for c. Armour piercing
revocation of his registration certificate and classified as d. Soft point
a. Unprofessional conduct 141. “Billiard Ball Ricochette Effect” is associated with shot from
b. Unethical conduct a. Pistol
c. Personal disqualification b. Automatic rifle
d. Criminal acts c. Revolver
d. Shotgun\
133. Dr. Juan dela Cruz acted as a dummy for Dr. Jose Delos Santos who
failed to pass the board examination for physicians three times, to 142. A defendant was accused of rape confessed that he had carnal
practice medicine. The acts of Dr. dela Cruz are grounds for suspension intercourse with the complainant at the time and place mentioned. The
or revocation of his certificate of registration based on what defendant made a:
classification? a. Involuntary confession
a. Criminal acts b. Admission
b. Unprofessional conduct c. Voluntary confession
c. Personal disqualification d. Extra-judicial confession
d. Unethical conduct
143. When blood exposed to the atmosphere, its hemoglobin is converted to
134. As provided in Sec 24 of the Medical Act of 1959, as amended, on hematin. Which statement is not correct?
grounds for reprimand, suspension, or revocation of registration a. Blood of 1 week and that of six weeks may not present
certificate is convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction of any difference in physical and chemical properties
criminal offense involving moral turpitude. Which statement is not b. In warm weather, it takes within 24 hours
correct? c. Color is changed from red to scarlet
a. Even if the physician pleaded guilty of the crime charge, if the d. Presence of acid accelerates formation of hematin
court had not made its judgment the license to practice cannot
be suspended or revoked 144. One method to approximate height of the cadaver with the extremities
b. It is necessary that the crime committed was in connection missing is to measure
with the practice of medicine a. Length of the head times eight
c. A physician convicted of a crime and met the punishment will b. Distance from the base of the skull to the coccyx which is 55%
be suspended of his right to practice medicine of the height
c. Distance between the suprasternal notch and the pubic
135. The following are the basic principles in human transplantation except symphisis which is one half of the height
a. Human body tries to reject transplanted tissue soon after d. Length of the vertex of the skull to the pubic symphisis times 3
transplantation
b. Human body regards transplanted tissue as foreign bodies 145. In the differentiation and investigation of the crime scene, a scientific
c. The lesser the genetic difference donor and recipient, the more investigation of the gait pattern may be useful. Which is not correct?
rapid and vigorous the rejection reaction a. Gait line is more or less in zigzag fashion especially when the
d. Probability of success depends on type of tissue or organ and legs are far apart
rapidity of its removal after cessation of circulation of the b. Stout persons have a more zigzag gait line
donor c. There may be a difference in the foot line of the left and right
136. The consent of the husband is not necessary when the wife consented foot
for an operation. Which of the following statements is not valid? d. Foot angle which is very characteristic of a person can never be
a. A married woman, twenty one years of age or over is qualified altered
for all acts of civil life except in cases specified in law
b. A wife who is in complete possession of her mental faculty is 146. At what stage after death are the pupils dilated and sphincter relaxed
entitled to determine whether she shall submit to an operation with incontinence of urination and defecation?
on herself a. Postmortem rigidity
c. The wife has the legal capacity to have contractual relationship b. Death struggle
with her surgeon c. Secondary flaccidity
d. Under the “right of consortium”, it is a must and necessary to d. Post mortem muscular irritability
have the consent of the husband for the operation of the wife
147. The following are to be done in performing autopsies and post-mortem
137. Who among the following is the first forensic pathologist? examination except
a. Paulis Zacchia a. External and internal examination is done in autopsy
b. Orfila b. External examination without incision in post mortem
c. Imhotep examination
d. Antistus c. Removal of tissues for further examination in autopsy
d. Blood and other fluid should not be collected for examination
138. One megaton of atomic bomb exploded in air can cause fire up to during post mortem examination
a. 2 miles radius
b. 5 miles radius 148. Which of the following statement is valid?
c. 10 miles radius a. Any licensed medical practitioner may legally perform an
d. 20 miles radius autopsy
b. All patients who died in a government training hospital must be
139. The free end of the bullet is flattened commonly used in target practices autopsied
 c. A no-official autopsy can be performed without the consent of
the next of kin
d. Consent of the next of kin to perform medico-legal autopsy is
not necessary
149. A father who killed the seducer of her daughter shall not be entitled to
the benefits of article 247 Revised Penal Code, a penalty of destierro
under what condition?
a. Promotes the prostitution of his daughter
b. Killing was done immediately after the sexual intercourse
c. Daughter is living with the parents
d. Daughter is below 18 years of age
150. The following post mortem finding is found in death due to coma but
not due to asphyxia
a. Abdominal viscera congested
b. Tardieu spots in the pleura
c. Marked post mortem lividity
d. Congestion of the brain and spinal cord
151. In starvation, the following factors influence the length of survival of
human body except
a. Children suffer earlier than older people
b. Men can withstand starvation longer than women
c. Exposure to higher temperature will accelerate death
d. A healthy person can resist more deprival of food
152. Which of the following arguments is against death penalty?
a. It is reformative
b. Capital punishment has deterrent effect
c. It is an irreversible punishment
d. Capital punishment does not diminish the certainty of
punishment
153. If the body s exhumed for the purpose of performing post-mortem
examination, which of the following is not correct?
a. After the body has been in disinterred, it must be identified by
the relatives or friends
b. A deodorant and disinfectant must be applied to the body to
allow those performing the examination to be more
comfortable and safe
c. The body may be identified by marks on it
d. Physician must describe the coffin, clothing and degree of
decomposition before stating the actual disease or violence in
his report
154. The partial or complete disruption in the continuity of a muscular or
ligamentous support of a joint is called?
a. Sublaxation
b. Fracture
c. Strain
d. Sprain
155. A type of abrasion usually observed in hanging or strangulation is
a. Graze
b. Impact
c. Friction
d. Scratch
156. When is there lesser capacity of wounds to heal/ regenerate?
a. Affected tissue is not highly specialized
b. Surface epithelium of the skin is affected
c. In a child compared to an elderly
d. Smooth muscles are affected
157. In the approximation of the length of survival of the victim after receipt
of the physician injury, which factors to be considered is not correct
a. Signs of repair of the wound in one to two days after infliction
of injury
b. Age of blood stain from the physical change of the skin is not
reliable
c. May be approximated from the system changes in the body
d. All of the above
158. The distinction between ante-mortem and post-mortem wound is that in
the former
a. Staining of edges and cellular tissue can be removed by
washing
b. Blood is not clotted
c. Hemorrhage is venous
d. Edges gape owing to the reaction of the skin and muscle fibers
159. In neck injuries, which is not correct?
a. Severance of the recurrent laryngeal nerve causes Aphonia
b. Wounds of the esophagus is usually accompanied by wounds
of the trachea and large vessels of the neck
c. Severe trauma applied to the neck causes rupture of the
muscle and severance of the nerve
d. Wounds of the esophagus are common
160. The trigger is a part of the firearm which causes firing mechanism.
Based on trigger mechanism, when pressure applied on the trigger will
both cock and fire the firearm by release of the hammer. To what
classification of the firearm does belong?
a. Single action
b. Double action
c. Automatic
d. Single shot
161. Powder grains are the unburned, burning and partially burned powder
together with the graphite coming of the muzzle. Which is correct?
a. Heavier than smoke and leaves the barrel slowly
b. It is responsible for the tattooing seen in gunshot wound of
entrance
c. As the distance of the gun muzzle to the target increases, area
of the destruction and density of tattooing decreases
d. Presence of stippling may be seen around the wound of
entrance up to a distance of 50 inches
162. Heat cramps is the involuntary spasmodic painful contraction of muscles
and is essentially due to?
a. Heat and precipitated by muscular exertion and warm clothing
b. Ill-ventilated places with dry high temperature
c. Excessive heat due to direct exposure of the sun
d. Dehydration and excessive loss of chloride by sweating
163. The primary cause of death due to cold is/are
a. Decreased dissociation of oxygen from hemoglobin in the RBC
and diminisihed power of tissue to utilize oxygen
b. Vascular dilatation with paralysis and increased capillary
permeability
c. Vascular spasm which result to edema of the skin surface
d. All of the above
164. The release of gases from the body fluid at a high altitude with lower
atmospheric pressure will cause a condition called “chokes” which is
a. The doubling of the size of hollow viscus like the stomach
b. Substernal distress and respiratory distress
c. Pain in the joints and muscles due to air bubbles
d. Accumulation of bubbles under the skin observed as
crepitation
165. Mugging belongs to what classification of asphyxia?
a. Hanging
b. Anemic anoxic
c. Strangulation
d. Traumatic crash
166. What type of asphyxia death with the failure of the arterial blood to
become normally saturated with oxygen?
a. Stagnant anoxic
b. Anemic anoxic
c. Anoxic
d. Histotoxic anoxic
167. When car is running with high velocity before the impact, the car may be
“accordioned” causing severe chest, neck, and facial injury. This
condition occurs in what type of automobile crash?
a. Roll over
 b. Front impact 176. The doctrine of res ipsa loquitur and common knowledge doctrine are
c. Rear impact used interchangeably, technically, the main difference between the two
d. Side impact are the following except
a. In res ipsa loquitur, there is an obvious need for evidence as to
168. A woman died if peritonitis as a result of having been infected with a both the standard care and specific act
venereal disease by a man having a sexual intercourse with her against b. In common knowledge, the patient must prove the causative
her will. The offender is guilty of rape with act
a. Malicious infection c. In res ipsa loquitur, there is not need of an expert witness
b. Aggravated assault d. In common knowledge, there is need for an expert medical
c. Physical injury testimony to establish standard care
d. Homicide
177. Defensive medicine means any act or omissions of a physician primarily
169. When a fetus has an approximate length of 13 cm, weighs 204 grams, sex to avoid malpractice liability. In which instance may a physician not
can be distinguished and skull partly ossified with wide sutures and liable
fontanelle, what is the age of pregnancy in months? a. Order additional diagnostic treatment normally considered
a. 6th unnecessary
b. 3rd b. Hospitalization for a minor procedure as serious complications
c. 5th may occur id done in a clinic
d. 4th c. Avoid performance of hazardous procedure which is essential
for patients to recover
170. The penalty for any person who shall intentionally cause an abortion if d. Undertaking a hazardous procedure which has no medical
the woman shall have consent is justification.
a. Reclusion temporal
b. Prison mayor 178. The hospital may be liable for the acts of which of the following nurses
c. Arresto mayor found in a training hospital
d. Prision correccional, medium and maximum a. OR nurse assisting a private surgeon
b. Student nurse
171. It is not possible to determine the exact length of time a child has lived c. Ward staff nurse
after birth. The following points may give an appropriate idea except d. Special duty nurse
a. Caput succedaneum in a child born with head presentation
lasts up to the second day 179. An invitee is one of the persons coming within the premises of a
b. The umbilical artery begins to contract at about ten hours after hospital. Which is not correct?
birth a. A patient entering premises where he has been warned not to
c. Exfoliation of the skin in the abdomen occurs in the first three enter is an invitee
days of life b. Hospital is required to make the premises safe fro invitees
d. Body of a newborn child is bright red in color and covered with c. A hospital is liable if an invitee sustained an injury due to
Vernix caseosa up to two days improper upkeep ground
d. A private nurse hired by a patient is an invitee

172. A physician is diagnosed and treated a patient as suffering from syphilis. 180. A patient lost the function of his right leg after the physician assisted by
Doing a stimulated laboratory examination he reported the result of test a resident physician was not successful in his attempt to remove a pin
as positive when in fact it was negative. His acts are grounds for fragment from the patient’s right hip because his surgical procedure was
revocation of his registration certificate and classified as not in accordance with the sound orthopedic practice. Who is liable?
a. Unprofessional conduct a. Hospital
b. Unethical conduct b. Physician and hospital
c. Personal disqualification c. Hospital and resident
d. Criminal acts d. Physician

173. Which of the following is not a characteristic of criminal cases? 181. The pharmacist must take into possession of the prescriptions of all
a. Defendant is entitled to an acquittal unless his guilt is shown kinds of drugs after delivery of the medicine. Which is not correct?
beyond a reasonable doubt a. If a patient insists for a copy, he may give him a duplicate or
b. The physician is criminally liable the penalty imposed is Xerox copy
imprisonment and/or fine and revocation of his license b. The prescription is the property of the hospital who employed
c. In a verdict of acquittal, the plaintiff may appeal the pharmacist
d. Party plaintiff is “Republic of Philippines” c. Pharmacist has no right to retain the prescription if no
medicine has been delivered
174. Cause action for damages for injury sustained may be based on a breach d. He has absolute right to retain the prescription as part of his
of contract. Which is correct? business record
a. The tissue is the negligence of the doctor
b. Rule of damages is the same as that of malpractice case 182. When a surgeon operates on a patient without consent, this constitutes
c. The expert testimony of a physician is not necessary an assault and even without proof of injury resulting, the plaintiff may
d. A doctor who makes a contract to effect a cure and uses the recover what type of damage?
highest possible professional skill is not liable if he fails a. Nominal
b. Moderate
175. In which of the following instances is the doctrine of common c. Exemplary
knowledge not applicable d. Liquidated
a. In spite of careful examination the physician made an honest
error of judgment
b. When accepted method of medical treatment involves hazards
which produced injuries in spite of care exercised by a physician 183. The following are the basic principles in human transplantation except
c. The management procedure resulted badly to the expected a. Human body tries to reject transplanted tissue soon after
d. All of the above transplantation
b. Human body regards transplanted tissues as foreign bodies
 c. The lesser the genetic difference between donor and recipient, 193. The testimony of an expert witness is not needed to prove negligent act
the more rapid and vigorous the rejection reaction when which doctrine is applicable
d. Probability of success depends on the type of tissue or organ a. Res ipsa loquitur
and rapidity of its removal after cessation of circulation of the b. Borrowed servant
donor c. Ostensible agent
d. Contributory negligence
184. Whorls is a type of fingerprint pattern with two deltas and patterns too
irregular in form. Which of the following classification is rare and often 194. At the time of cholecystectomy, a broken needle was left in the
with more than two deltas? abdomen. A suit of malpractice may be instituted based on the doctrine
a. Accidentals of
b. Simple whorls a. Assumption of risk
c. Central pocket loop b. Foreseeability
d. Lateral pocket loop c. Res ipsa loquitur
d. Captain of the ship
185. Heat stiffening is one of the conditions simulating rigor mortis. Which
statement is not correct? 195. Which is not a medical indication for artificial insemination with a source
a. If the dead body is exposed to temperature above 90 C, muscle from a donor other than the husband
proteins coagulate causing muscles to be rigid a. Azoospermia
b. Because the flexor muscles are stronger than the extensors, b. For eugenic reason as the husband has a hereditary disease
the body assumes the “pugilistic attitude” c. Infertility due to defective sperm cell
c. Commonly observed when the body is placed in boiling fluids d. Oligospermia
d. Heat stiffening is more or less permanent and is not easily 196. The following are different types of physical evidence, except
affected by putrefaction a. Corpus delicti
b. Documentary
186. Which of the following types of asphyxial death is classified as anoxic c. Associative
death? d. Tracing
a. Traumatic crash asphyxia 197. What is the liability of a physician who performs a medico-legal post-
b. Shock mortem examination without authorization issued by the inquest officer
c. Carbon monoxide poisoning a. No liability under common law
d. Cyanide poisoning b. Civilly and criminally liable
187. Under what classification of mental deficiency would a person who is c. Civilly liable
wanting in memory, will power and emotion and with mentality that d. Criminally liable
never exceeds that of a normal child over two years old, with an IQ
between 0-20 fall? 198. Which of the following will not produce asphyxia death by smothering
a. Imbecile a. Plastic bag suffocation
b. Idiot b. Gagging
c. Moron c. Mugging
d. Feeble minded d. Overlaying
188. Which of the following requisites must be present in order that
impotency may be a ground for the annulment of marriage? 199. One of the signs of death is the change in and about the eye. Which
a. Impotency remedied by surgical interventions ophthalmoscopic finding is not correct
b. Impotency not present at time of marriage a. Pale optic disc like in optic atrophy
c. One party is aware of the existing impotency of the other party b. Retinal vessels are segmented without blood flow
d. Impotency must be absolute c. Remaining portion of fundus may have a blue tinge
d. Pale retina
189. The doctrine which will bar a patient from recovering damages because 200. The manner of death explains how the cause of death arose. Which
ha assents to the risk of injury is statement is NOT correct?
a. Sole responsibility a. Natural death is caused solely by disease
b. Assumption of risk b. Violent death can be determined whether it is suicidal,
c. Contributory negligence accidental, or homicidal in post-mortem examination
d. Continuing negligence c. Does not include that manner of death is suicidal, accidental, or
homicidal
190. Which of the following is not a cause of death in judicial hanging? d. Unnatural death is due to injury of any sort
a. Cerebral anemia which results to an inhibition of the vital
centers of the brain 201. Which of the following kinds of impression is not produced by chance?
b. Partial or complete severance of the spinal cord a. Impression made by fingers smeared with some colored
c. Traumatic asphyxia substance like black ink
d. Dislocation of fracture of the upper cervical vertebra b. Prints not visible after impression but made visible by addition
of some substance
191. The most prominent sign of death is c. Impression of the finger bulbs with the use of printing ink on
a. Progressive fall of body temperature the surface of the paper
b. Cessation of heart action and circulation d. Impression made by pressing finger tips on melted paraffin
c. Cessation of respiration soap or plastic tape
d. Insensibility of the body and loss of power to move 202. One of the probable signs of pregnancy is the presence of rhythmical
contraction and relaxation of the uterus but may also be given by a
192. Hypotension will cause release of gases from the body fluids and may fibroid uterus. This is called
result in doubling on the size of a hollow viscus. This effect is called a. Hegar’s sign
a. Substernal emphysema b. Braxton-Hick’s sign
b. Trapped gas c. MacDonald’s sign
c. Chokes d. Jacquemin-Chadwick sign
d. Bends
203. Communications made by physician which is not actionable even if the
physician acted in bad faith is what type of privileged communication
 a. Conditional d. Breach of contract
b. Absolute 214. An unwanted child is one of the causes of child abuse or neglect. Which
c. Unconditional is not correct?
d. Qualified a. Child placed in the middle of emotional triangle of couple
204. Juan was suffering from tuberculosis, has a quarrel with Pedro who gave b. Child allegedly giving bad luck to family
the former first blows in the hypochondriac region causing bruising of c. Child born of unmarried woman
the liver followed by internal hemorrhage and death. Pedro is liable for d. Wife committed adultery
a. Homicide 215. The following are examples of tracing evidences except
b. Not liable a. Aircraft or ship manifest
c. Murder b. Physicians clinical record
d. Serious physical injury c. Wearing apparel of the offender
205. Which is not a post-mortem finding in heat stroke? d. Blood stain recovered from the area traversed by the wounded
a. Marked lividity suspect
b. Pugilistic position
216. Stolen motor vehicle identified by plate number and by body or engine
c. Congestion of the internal organs
serial number is an example of which of the following evidences?
d. Petechial hemorrhages in the brain and heart
a. Tracing
206. In doing post-mortem examination of the dead body, which of the
b. Associative
following belongs to the external examination
c. Corpus delicti
a. Identity of the body
d. Documentary
b. Examination of the clothing
c. Determination of the position and approximate time of death 217. The following are devices which record the psycho-physiological
d. Examination of the crime scene response except?
207. A wound which is a result of a person’s indistinctive reaction of self- a. Lie detector machine
protection is what special type of wound b. Word association test
a. Defense c. Narcosynthesis
b. Self-inflicted d. Physiological stress evaluation
c. Offensive
d. Patterned 218. Which of the following makes use of the drug that try to “inhibit the
208. After death, the factor connected with the body that accelerates the inhibitor”?
rate of cooling is a. Use of polygraph
a. Obesity of the person b. Narcoanalysis
b. Acute pyrexial disease c. Hypnotism
c. Death of the middle aged d. Confession
d. Chronic pyrexial disease associated with wasting
209. Punch drunkenness, a delayed sequelae of intracranial damage in boxing 219. Which of the following are drugs used to “inhibit the inhibitor”?
is characterized by a. Sodium penthotal
a. Rapid, involuntary clumsy movement that may be a mixture of b. Diazepam
unrelated or conflicting cortical automatism c. Hyoscine hydrobromide
b. Slurred speech, slow clumsy movements, unsteadiness of gait, d. Sodium amytal
tremor, progressive dementia, and symptoms of progressive
ventricular dilatation 220. Which of the following is known to some as “boxer’s hemorrhage”?
c. Absence of unconscious movements, as swinging of the arms a. Subdural hemorrhage
during walking, facial expression related to the emotional b. Pontine hemorrhage
content of speech and multiple gestures c. Intracerebral hemorrhage
d. Passive action of an extremity that meets with a plastic-dead- 221. Children born of void marriage or those born of voidable marriages after
feeling resistance likened to bending a lead pipe the decree of annulment
a. Natural children (proper)
210. When the oxygen is delivered to the tissues but cannot be utilized b. Natural children of legal fiction
properly due to a failure of oxidative process is called c. Natural children of presumption
a. Anoxic death d. Illegitimate children
b. Histotoxic anoxic death
c. Anemic anoxic death 222. Artificial donor insemination with the consent of the husband but
d. Stagnant anoxic death without the consent of the wife may result in
211. A six year old child was subjected to tonsillectomy and in the course of a. Charges of rape against the physician
operation the surgeon accidentally removed the uvula. The child b. Action for divorce against the husband based on assault
allegedly suffered from permanent loss of taste and changes in the tone c. A paternity suit against the donor
of voice. The surgeon was d. Criminal assault against the physician
a. Civilly and criminally liable
b. Not liable 223. The following are causes of non-consummation of the sexual act, except
c. Civilly liable a. Imperforate hymen
d. Criminally liable b. Tight thick hymen
212. Which of the following doctrines does not fall under the doctrine of c. Fear of pregnancy
imputed negligence d. Ignorance of sex technique
a. Common knowledge
b. Borrowed servant 224. The following are common complaints after marital union except
c. Captain of the ship a. Male sex inadequacies
d. Ostensible agent b. Lack of privacy
213. A surgeon had an agreement with the patient to perform a surgery but c. Husband’s preferred perversion
played only a minor role in the operation as surgery was done by another d. Less frequent pregnancy
surgeon. He may be held liable for
a. Kangaroo practice 225. False sensory perception occurring midway between falling asleep and
b. Negligence being awake
c. Criminally liable a. Hypnagogic
 b. Illusion 238. The outline of the breast consists of two converging lines which meet at
c. Lilliputian the region of the nipple
d. Kinesthetic a. Hemispherical breast
b. Conical breast
226. Rigor mortis in the tropical countries lasts on the average for about c. Infantile breast
________ during cold weather d. Pendulous breast
a. 24 hours only 239. Hymenal opening is like a star
b. 24 to 48 hours a. Annular
c. 48 to 72 hours b. Septate
d. 12 hours c. Cribriform
227. After death, which of the following organs putrefies late? d. Stellate
a. Brain 240. The umbilical cord falls at what time after delivery?
b. Lungs a. 36 hours
c. Liver b. 3rd day
d. Spleen c. 5th day
228. Which of the following is a single self-loading weapon? d. 7th day
a. Automatic pistol 241. Fear of sacred thing is
b. Revolver a. Harpaophobia
c. Miniature rifle b. Hierophobia
d. Shotgun c. Heliophobia
229. The following are true or valid statements, except d. Dendrophobia
a. The bullet wound on the chest wall usually has an upward 242. Fear of pregnancy
course a. Coitophobia
b. Wound of the auricle is more rapidly fatal b. Phengophobia
c. Injury of the cerebral hemisphere is as a rule immediately fatal c. Maieusiophobia
d. Bullet wound in the brain substance is usually rugged tunnel d. Hierophobia
with a diameter larger than the caliber of the bullet 243. The irresistible impulse to in intoxication either in alcohol or drugs
230. The following are the same as Paraffin test, except a. Pyromania
a. Dermal nitrate test b. Dipsomania
b. Lung’s test c. Mutilomania
c. Diphenylamine test d. Kleptomania
d. Walker’s test 244. This is a form of malingering, whereby something really exists as a fact
231. Formation of blackish-brown sloughs is a characteristic lesion produced but is converted to a more serious disability or injury or to an
by exaggeration of the real complaint
a. Sulphuric acid a. Feigned
b. Nitric acid b. Fictitious
c. Potash c. Factitious
d. Hydrochloric acid d. True
232. This is claimed to be a specific feature of electrical injury 245. Which of the following is abused by rugby sniffers
a. Metallization a. Benzene
b. Flaky opacities of the lens b. Toluene
c. Electrical injuries c. Acetone
d. Superficial carbonization d. Chloroform
233. A gait in which the foot is raised high, thrown forward and brought 246. The feeling of grains of sand are lying under the skin or small insects
down suddenly and is seen in person suffering from tabes dorsalis crawling on the skin giving rise to itching sensation common among
a. Cow’s gait cocaine users is called
b. Ataxic gait a. Cocaine body packer
c. Festinating gait b. Magnan syndrome
d. Waddling gait c. Hadfield syndrome
d. Stonewalling
234. In the examination of a stain, Takayama test makes use which of the 247. Cause of action for damages for injury sustained may be based on a
following reagents? breach of contract. Which is correct?
a. Phenolphthalein a. The issue is the negligence of the doctor
b. Benzidrine b. Rule of damages is the same as that of a malpractice case
c. Hemochromagen c. The expert testimony of a physician is not necessary
d. Guaiacum d. A doctor who makes a contract to effect a cure and uses the
235. Which of the following is a blistering gas? highest possible professional skill is not liable if he fails
a. Yellow cross
b. Bromobenzyl cyanide 248. Which of the following is not the duty of physician to the community
c. Chlorine a. To warn public against dangerous false practices of charlatans
d. Phosgene and quacks
236. Kunkel’s test is a qualitative test for the presence of b. Should never act as a dummy of any illegal practitioner, quacks
a. Carbon monoxide or charlatans
b. Carbon dioxide c. To assist in the administration of justice on medico-legal cases
c. Hydrogen sulfide when called upon by the court
d. Hydrogen cyanide d. To be punctual in responding to consultation
237. These parents often have personally disorders and are coolly indifferent
to the destructive nature of their action 249. Person is talkative, argumentative and over-confident. There is difficulty
a. Intermittent child abuser of articulation, loss of coordination to finer movements. The face is
b. One-time child abuser flushed with eyeballs congested and he is reckless. He is
c. Constant child abuser a. Slight inebriation
d. Ignorant abuser b. Moderate inebriation
c. Drunk
 d. Dead drunk c. Command responsibility
d. Doctrine of assumption of risk
250. Which of the following wine is bottled before fermentation has ceased
so that it contains CO2 gas solution at greater than atmospheric pressure 261. Doctrine of res ipsa loquitur
a. Still sine a. Doctrine of ostensible agent
b. Sparkling wine b. Captain of the ship doctrine
c. Fortified wine c. Borrowed servant doctrine
d. Dry wine d. Doctrine of common knowledge
251. The anesthetic level of alcohol is
a. 100 mg% 262. Res ipsa loquitur means
b. 300 mg% a. Another case is cited
c. 400 mg% b. The truth of the case is in question
d. 500 mg% c. The location of the case identified
252. Which of the following methods used in alcohol detection makes use of d. The thing speaks for itself
Breatlr analyzer or Alcometer?
a. Chemical 263. The criminal liability of the physician in performing euthanasia with the
b. Enzymatic consent of the patient is
c. Gas chromatography a. Murder
d. Infrared absorption b. Homicide
253. In acute arsenic poisoning, the following organs are required for c. Giving assistance to suicide
purpose of chemical analysis, except d. Not liable
a. Liver
b. Kidney 264. During an operation by a private person on a private patient, the surgical
c. Brain nurse assisting the surgeon committed a mistake resulting in injury to
d. Stomach the patient. the surgeon and not the hospital will be held liable under
the doctrine of
254. Which of the following laws prescribe the rights and obligations of a. Command responsibility
persons in their daily relations with each other and with society b. Borrowed servant
a. Adjective c. Calculated risk
b. Procedural d. Res ipsa loquitur
c. Remedial
d. Substantive 265. Medical malpractice is an offense which falls under the jurisdiction of
the
255. The act permitting undergraduate but qualified person to take the a. Philippine Medical Association
examination subject to condition that they will not practice their b. Association of Philippine Medical Colleges
profession until they reach the required age c. Board o Medical Education
a. RA 4211 d. Board of Medicine
b. RA 4224
c. RA 6615 266. Subpoena duces tectum
d. RA 5527 a. Requires a person to appear in court
b. Requires a person to appear and testify in court
256. The members of the Board of Medicine shall hold office for a term of c. Requires a person to appear in court and produce documents
how many years without immediate reappointment? or papers in his profession
a. 3 d. Requires a person to appear in court and produce a person
b. 4 under his care and custody
c. 5 267. It is a wrongdoing independent of contract
d. 6 a. Medical malpraxis
b. Breach of contract
257. The following are rights inherent in the privilege to practice medicine, c. Dereliction
except d. Quasi-delict
a. Right to avail of hospital services 268. The following are elements of reckless imprudence, except
b. Right to determine appropriate management procedure a. That the offender fails to do an act
c. Right to compensation b. That the failure to do the act is voluntary
d. Right to choose patient c. That it is done with malice
d. That material damage or injury resulted from it
258. The kind of professional fee which is unethical because the amount 269. Quantitative overtreatment
wagers with unforeseeable contingencies is known as a. Excessive testing
a. Contingent fee b. Hospitalization of patient for minor ailment
b. Dichotomous fee c. Performance of caesarian section to a normal uncomplicated
c. Straight fee pregnancy
d. Retainer’s fee d. Application of cast without any justifiable reason
270. A hospital where operative procedures are employed as a mode of
259. Vicarious liability of a physician refers to his accountability for injury to treatment is
his patent because of a. Diagnostic hospital
a. Negligent ct committed by his nurse b. Maternity hospital
b. Defective hospital equipment c. Surgical hospital
c. Failure of his patient to obey his instructions d. Cosmetic hospital
d. Misunderstanding between him and his patient 271. A medical intern caring for the patient is a
a. Trespasser
260. A hospital may be held liable for a negligent act of a hospital resident b. Licensee
physician under the doctrine of c. Invitee
a. Res ipsa loquitur d. Borrowed servant
b. Borrowed servant
272. The medical witness who refuses to answer questions propounded to c. Greater sexual enjoyment while high
him may be cited for d. Psychosis and other permanent brain damage
a. Dishonorable conduct 285. A hospital in-patient requested access to his clinical records but was
b. Perjury refused by the hospital administrator. He can file in court for an order of
c. Indirect contempt a. Mandamus
d. Direct contempt b. Legal claim
273. Donor and recipient are twin c. Injunction
a. Heterotransplantation d. Restraining order
b. Autotransplantation 286. A certain Manong Juan is known for his healing powers. He utilizes as
c. Isotransplantation remedy to diseases light, air, water, clay, heat, rest, diet, electricity and
d. Homeotransplantation massage. He is called
274. Transplantation between different species a. Chiropractor
a. Autograft b. Hilot
b. Isograft c. Naturopathist
c. Allograft d. Ostoepathist
d. Xenograft 287. Which of the following Republic Acts created the Board of Medicine and
275. Which is not a provider in the delivery of Medical Care Services otherwise known as Medical Act of 1959
a. Hospital duly accredited by the Philippine Medicare a. RA 4224
Commission b. RA 5946
b. Drugstores duly accredited by the Commission c. RA 2382
c. Dental practitioner duly accredited by the Commission d. RA 4111
d. Medical practitioner duly licensed in the Philippines and a
member of PMA 288. Which of the following is the minimum age required for one to take the
276. The following are the benefits under the Medicare Act, except preliminary board examination?
a. Hospitalization a. 18
b. Abdominal surgical operation b. 19
c. Psychiatric illness c. 20
d. Medical cases d. 21
277. It is the technical and descriptive term for the ordinary subpoena
a. Subpoena duces tecum 289. In order that a candidate may be deemed to have passed the board
b. Subpoena ad testificandum examination, a candidate must have an average of 75% with no scores
c. Subpoena duces tecum et ad testificandum below ____ in any of the 12 subjects
d. Subpoena ultimatum a. 50
278. Known as the “National Health Insurance Act of 1995” b. 60
a. RA 1857 c. 65
b. RA 7875 d. 70
c. RA 7785
d. RA 1158 290. In which of the following RA provides that examinees who passed the
279. Physiological method of family planning bar or board examination is equivalent to 1st Grade Civil Service Eligibility
a. “morning after pill” a. RA 1080
b. Heating of the testicles b. RA 1625
c. Complete abstinence c. RA 2412
d. Coitus reservatus d. RA 3249
280. The following are the physiological and psychological signs and 291. Which of the following healing arts is one who practices the system of
symptoms of guilt, except therapeutic treatment through adjusting the articulations of the human
a. Sweating body, particularly those of the spine?
b. Excessive salivation a. Masseur
c. Color change b. Chiropractor
d. Fidgeting c. Naturopathist
281. Which is not true of corpus delicti d. Napropathist
a. Body of the crime 292. The following are symptoms of thermic fever or sunstroke, except
b. Confession a. Congested face
c. Fact of specific loss b. Dilated pupils
d. Injury sustained c. Pulse is full and pounding
282. According to Harvard Report of 1968, the following are the d. Respiration later becomes irregular
characteristics of “irreversible coma” except 293. Which of the following has a flat head?
a. Unreceptivity a. Caucasian
b. No reflexes b. Mongolism
c. No breathing movement c. Malayan
d. Flat or isoelectric ECG d. Eskimos
283. Cocaine is an alkaloid from the leaves of the cultivated coca shrub. 294. Male sexual arousal is
Which of the following is not correct? a. Psychological followed by physical
a. Coca leaf is chewed for its stimulating effects and also for b. Physical followed by psychological
depressing appetite c. Primarily physical
b. Tolerance to drug is slow d. Primarily psychological
c. It stimulates the parasympathetic system causing increased 295. Which of the following test is based on the presence of spermine in the
pulse rate and dilatation of pupils prostatic fluid?
d. Dependence tends to be psychological rather than physical a. Berberio’s test
284. Continuous and excessive use of amphetamine may lead to the b. Puramen reaction
development of the following possible complications except c. Florence test
a. Widespread hemorrhagic and rapid development of myocardial d. Acid phosphatase test
fiber necrosis 296. To the spermatic stain on the glass, picric acid is added
b. Develops syndromes resembling heat stroke a. Berberio’s test
 b. Florence test
c. Puramen test
d. Acid phosphatase test
297. To determine whether a person is dead, the following examinations for
the peripheral circulation are used, except
a. Icard’s test
b. Winslow’s test
c. Magnus Test
d. Diaphanous Test
298. Who is the friend of man?
a. Physician
b. Dog
c. Both neither
299. Who is man’s best friend
a. Physician
b. Dog
c. Both
d. Neither
300. Method of choice in infanticide
a. Mugging
b. Manual strangulation
c. Overlaying
d. Gagging
Answer Key 71. D 143. C 215. C 287. D
72. B 144. A 216. C 288. B
1. D 73. A 145. D 217. C 289. A
2. B 74. D 146. D 218. B 290. A
3. C 75. D 147. D 219. A 291. B
4. B 76. D 148. A 220. B 292. B
5. D 77. B 149. A 221. B 293. D
6. B 78. C 150. D 222. B 294. A
7. A 79. C 151. B 223. D 295. B
8. C 80. B 152. C 224. B 296. A
9. D 81. D 153. B 225. A 297. B
10. D 82. B 154. D 226. B 298. A
11. A 83. A 155. C 227. B 299. B
12. A 84. C 156. D 228. A 300. B
13. A 85. B 157. A 229. C
14. A 86. A 158. D 230. D
15. C 87. D 159. D 231. C
16. D 88. C 160. B 232. A
17. C 89. B 161. D 233. B
18. C 90. C 162. D 234. C
19. C 91. C 163. D 235. A
20. D 92. A 164. B 236. A
21. D 93. A 165. C 237. C
22. C 94. C 166. C 238. B
23. C 95. A 167. B 239. D
24. D 96. C 168. C 240. D
25. B 97. D 169. D 241. B
26. D 98. D 170. D 242. C
27. C 99. C 171. A 243. B
28. C 100. C 172. C 244. C
29. D 101. C 173. C 245. B
30. B 102. C 174. C 246. B
31. B 103. A 175. D 247. C
32. A 104. C 176. D 248. D
33. D 105. D 177. A 249. C
34. A 106. B 178. C 250. B
35. B 107. B 179. A 251. C
36. B 108. B 180. B 252. A
37. C 109. B 181. B 253. C
38. C 110. B 182. A 254. D
39. C 111. D 183. C 255. A
40. A 112. D 184. A 256. D
41. A 113. D 185. D 257. C
42. A 114. C 186. A 258. A
43. A 115. B 187. B 259. A
44. C 116. D 188. D 260. C
45. D 117. C 189. B 261. D
46. D 118. C 190. C 262. D
47. B 119. A 191. A 263. C
48. C 120. B 192. B 264. A
49. B 121. A 193. A 265. A
50. A 122. C 194. C 266. A
51. D 123. C 195. C 267. D
52. A 124. A 196. B 268. D
53. C 125. D 197. B 269. A
54. B 126. C 198. C 270. C
55. D 127. C 199. C 271. C
56. D 128. C 200. B 272. D
57. D 129. D 201. C 273. C
58. B 130. C 202. B 274. D
59. B 131. C 203. B 275. B
60. C 132. C 204. A 276. C
61. B 133. A 205. B 277. A
62. B 134. C 206. C 278. C
63. B 135. C 207. A 279. A
64. C 136. D 208. D 280. B
65. D 137. C 209. B 281. B
66. B 138. C 210. B 282. B
67. B 139. C 211. C 283. C
68. B 140. C 212. A 284. C
69. C 141. D 213. D 285. A
70. B 142. C 214. A 286. C