Republic of the Philippines

PALAWAN STATE UNIVERSITY

SUMMER CLASS
CDI 3: Legal Medicine

Name:_____________________________________ Course/Section:_____________ Date:___________

Test I. Multiple Choice

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Write only the letter of your
choice on your answer sheet. STRICTLY NO ERASURE ALLOWED.

1. Which branch of law deals with non-criminal 8. How should a whole human body be preserved
matters such as family disputes and property for evidence?
issues? A. Refrigeration
A. Criminal Law C. Remedial Law B. Sealing in a container
B. Special Laws D. Civil Laws C. Embalming
D. Drying
2. What is the primary focus of legal medicine?
A. Application of law in medical settings 9. How should blood stains or semen be
B. Application of medical knowledge to legal preserved for forensic analysis?
purposes and administration of justice A. Sealed in a wet container
C. Study of medical ethics B. Drying and placing in a sealed container
D. Development of new medical treatments C. Mixed with formalin
D. Refrigeration
3. Which of the following is NOT a type of medical
evidence? 10. A suspect’s hair found on a victim’s clothing is
A. Autoptic Evidence an example of
B. Testimonial Evidence A. Corpus Delicti Evidence
C. Experimental Evidence B. Associative Evidence
D. Documentary Evidence C. Tracing Evidence
D. Direct Evidence
4. What is the purpose of examining a patient from
a legal medicine perspective? 11. What is the purpose of preserving evidence in
A. To provide appropriate treatment legal medicine?
B. To diagnose diseases A. To increase hospital revenue
C. To record all bodily injuries for legal B. To ensure accurate medical billing
purposes C. To maintain the integrity of evidence for
D. To perform cosmetic surgery judicial proceedings
D. To improve patient care
5. Who is considered a medical jurist?
12. A physician who specializes in internal medicine
A. Any practicing physician is likely to have the most knowledge about which
B. A law student with medical knowledge of the following?
C. A nurse with legal training A. Child development
D. A physician specializing in medico-legal B. Treating skin conditions
duties C. Diagnosing and treating heart disease
D. Delivering babies
6. What is the role of criminalistics in legal
medicine? 13. Which type of evidence is presented directly to
A. Treating patients the court for the judge to examine using their
B. Identifying and preserving physical senses?
evidence A. Demonstrative evidence
C. Representing clients in court B. Real evidence
D. Conducting medical research C. Testimonial evidence
D. Hearsay evidence
7. What is the term for using words to create a
mental image? 14. In addition to sight, real evidence can appeal to
A. Sketching C. Description which of the following senses?
B. Measurement D. Preservation A. Taste C. Smell
B. Hearing D. All of the above

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15. Documents such as a birth certificate or death 24. What does the term "in vino veritas" imply in the
certificate, are considered what type of context of deception detection?
evidence? A. Truth is revealed through scientific
A. Documentary evidence methods
B. Demonstrative evidence B. Truth is revealed under the influence of
C. Real evidence alcohol
D. Testimonial evidence C. Truth is revealed through hypnosis
D. Truth is revealed through drug
16. A medical expert opinion would be most similar administration
to which type of document in the image?
A. Autopsy Report 25. Which sign is an indicator of nervous tension
B. Deposition according to by observation methods?
C. Laboratory Report A. Flushed face
D. Medical History B. Sweating hands
C. Pale face
17. Items such as blood and soft tissue are D. Swearing to the truthfulness
considered what type of evidence?
A. Testimonial evidence 26. During an interrogation, Mark keeps moving
B. Documentary evidence about in his chair, pulling his ears, and rubbing
C. Physical evidence his face. What type of physiological and
D. Digital evidence psychological signs of guilt does he feel?
A. Fidgeting
18. Legal medicine is the application of medical B. Peculiar feeling inside
knowledge to which of the following? C. Spotless past record
A. The purposes of law D. Sweating
B. Medical research
C. Public health initiatives 27. During a lie detector test, John’s Adam’s apple
D. Animal cared moves up and down frequently as he swallows
saliva. What is this most likely an indication of?
19. Which component of the polygraph measures A. Dehydration
breathing? B. Excessive nervousness
A. Galvanograph C. Confidence
B. Cardiosphymograph D. Fatigue
C. Kymograph
D. Pneumograph 28. Tom is being questioned and shows a peculiar
feeling inside, described as light-headedness
20. What is the main purpose of a polygraph? and confusion. This is likely due to what?
A. To measure intelligence A. Sleep deprivation
B. To record psycho-physiological changes B. Troubled conscience
associated with lying C. Physical exhaustion
C. To enhance memory recall D. Hunger
D. To record brain waves
29. What is the primary goal of the silent answer
21. During the pre-test interview, which of the test?
following is NOT a primary purpose? A. To monitor the subject's emotional
A. Explaining how the polygraph works responses
B. Reviewing all the questions B. To determine the subject's level of
C. Evaluating the examinee's health status cooperation
D. Informing the examinee of their rights C. To assess the subject's truthfulness
through silence
22. Which factor is NOT responsible for errors in lie D. To evaluate the subject's mental
detection? processes during questioning
A. Nervousness
B. Unresponsiveness 30. How does the guilt complex test help
C. Controlled breathing distinguish between truthfulness and
D. High intelligence deception?
A. By measuring the subject's physiological
23. What method uses hyoscine hydrobromide to responses
induce a state of delirium for questioning? B. By analyzing the consistency of the
A. Word association test subject's answers
B. Narcoanalysis C. By observing the subject's body language
C. Intoxication
D. By comparing the subject's emotional
D. Truth serum
responses to relevant and control
questions
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31. During the Word Association Test, what type of D. Weight
words or objects are interspersed among the
stimulus items? 40. Which classification of signature forgery
A. Unrelated pictures involves copying the characteristics of a
B. Irrelevant words or objects genuine signature from memory or a model?
C. Synonyms A. Traced forgery
D. Antonyms B. Spurious forgery
C. Simulated forgery
32. How does the subject respond in the Word
Association Test? D. Anonymous forgery
A. By describing the objects
B. By selecting from multiple options 41. Which test is NOT used to determine sex in
C. By drawing a related picture forensic identification?
D. By saying the first word that comes to mind A. Genital test
B. Chromosomal test
33. What happens to consciousness during C. Gonadal test
hypnotism? D. Respiratory test
A. It is completely lost
B. It remains fully aware 42. What is the significance of the "Law of
C. It fluctuates unpredictably Multiplicity of Evidence in Identification"?
D. It becomes hyperactive A. It discourages the use of multiple
identification methods
34. What does a pale face typically signify?
B. It reduces the reliability of forensic
A. Anger C. Embarrassment
evidence
B. Fear D. Disappointment
C. It increases the likelihood of correct
35. Sam is committing crimes with a clear intention identification
and planning each step carefully. What D. It emphasizes the use of a single
classification of offender does Sam fit into? identification method
A. Rational offender
B. Emotional offender 43. What is a "Portrait Parle" in forensic
C. Irrational offender identification?
D. Professional offender A. A photographic image
B. A type of fingerprint analysis
36. Jose commits crimes in a fit of rage or anger. C. A method of DNA extraction
What psychological classification best describes D. A spoken picture
Jose?
A. Rational offender 44. Which method of identification involves
B. Emotional offender comparing postmortem findings with ante-
C. Irrational offender mortem records?
D. Professional offender A. By Exclusion
B. By Comparison
37. What is the primary purpose of identification in C. By Elimination
legal medicine? D. By Reconstruction
A. To determine the cause of death
B. To establish the identity of an offender or 45. In skeleton identification, which bone is typically
studied to determine sex?
victim
A. Femur C. Humerus
C. To perform autopsies B. Skull D. Pelvis
D. To classify the types of injuries
46. All of the following can be used as ordinary
38. Which of the following is considered an ordinary methods of identification EXCEPT for;
method of identification? A. Birthmark C. Eye color
A. Fingerprinting B. Fingerprint D. Personality
B. Body ornamentations
C. DNA analysis 47. If a person always goes to the park every
D. Dental records morning, they can be identified by which
ordinary method of identification?
39. What is considered a point of identification A. Growth of hair, beard, or mustache
applicable to both living and dead persons B. Clothing
before decomposition? C. Body ornamentation
A. Speech D. Frequent place of visit
B. Clothing preference
C. Mental memory
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48. Which of the following is the LEAST reliable 56. What does the term 'somatic death' refer to?
ordinary method of identification according to A. Death at a cellular level
the passage? B. Complete cessation of brain, heart, and
A. Eye color lung functions
B. Fingerprint C. Temporary cessation of vital functions
C. Clothing
D. Apparent death or suspended animation
D. Birthmark
57. Which test involves listening for heart sounds
49. All of the following are ordinary methods of
using a stethoscope?
identification EXCEPT for?
A. Magnus Test
A. Mental memory
B. Fluoroscopic Examination
B. Speech
C. Auscultation
C. Gait
D. Palpation of pulse
D. Fingerprint
58. Which type of death is characterized by the
50. Speech can be a way to identify someone's
cessation of vital functions but individual cells
place of origin. What is an example of this?
remain alive for a few hours?
A. A person using slang words specific to a
A. Molecular or cellular death
certain region
B. Somatic death
B. A person having an accent
C. Brain death
C. Both a and b
D. Cardio-respiratory death
D. Neither a nor be
59. What is a prominent sign of death related to the
51. A method for scientific identification that relies
cooling of the body?
on the individuality of ridge patterns on the
A. Algor mortis
surface of a finger or thumb is:
B. Rigor mortis
A. Blood test C. Livor mortis
B. Determination of sex D. Putrefaction
C. Fingerprint analysis
D. Dental identification 60. Which test involves viewing the finger webs with
strong light to check for color?
52. what characteristic of teeth makes them useful A. Diaphanous Test
for identification? B. Magnus Test
A. Their hardness C. Icard’s Test
B. Their location D. Winslow’s Test
C. Their uniqueness
D. Their color 61. Under Article 391 of the Civil Code, how many
years must pass before a person lost during a
53. Dental characteristics are more important for sea voyage is presumed dead?
identification the greater the degree of what? A. 4 years
A. Age B. 3 years
B. Tissue destruction C. 2 years
C. Dental hygiene D. 1 years
D. Medical history
62. What is the term for the red or purplish
discoloration of the skin after death due to blood
54. A woman with type AB blood is pregnant with a
pooling?
man who has type O blood. What are the
A. Algor mortis
possible blood types for their baby?
B. Rigor mortis
A. A only
C. Livor mortis
B. B only
D. Putrefaction
C. A and B
D. A, B, and AB
63. Which of the following is a sign of death that
involves the appearance of a black line on the
55. Which type of death involves the irreversible
sclera?
cessation of brain activity? A. Tache noah de la sclerotiche
A. Brain death B. Tache noir de la sclerotique
B. Cardio-respiratory death C. Tachie noire de la sqlerotique
C. Somatic death D. Tash noir de la scleroteque
D. Cellular death

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64. If two persons die in the same calamity and 72. The following are the signs of death except
their order of death is unknown, which factor is one;
considered for presumption of survivorship? A. Cooling of the Body
A. Location of the bodies B. Changes in the Skin
B. Time of death C. Cessation of Respiration
C. Cause of death D. Changes in the Mind
D. Age and strength of the individuals
73. Which term refers to simply allowing someone
65. What effect does a coffin have on to die naturally without prolonging suffering if
decomposition? there's no hope of recovery?
A. An airtight and hard coffin will slow down A. Active euthanasia
decomposition. B. Dysthanasia
B. An airtight and hard coffin will speed up C. Assisted suicide
decomposition. D. Orthothanasia
C. Coffins have no effect on decomposition.
D. A damaged coffin will slow down 74. What is the term for deliberate and painless
decomposition.. acceleration of death for a person suffering
from an incurable disease?
66. Decomposition is fastest under which A. Active euthanasia
conditions? B. Passive euthanasia
A. Cold and dry environment C. Mercy killing
B. Hot and humid environment D. Assisted suicide
C. Body buried deep underground
D. Body entombed in an airtight coffin 75. Which type of euthanasia involves stopping
treatment that's keeping a person alive?
67. Which microorganism plays a significant role in A. Active euthanasia
the decomposition process? B. Orthothanasia
A. Escherichia coli C. Dysthanasia
B. Salmonella enterica D. Passive euthanasia
C. Staphylococcus aureus
D. Clostridium welchii 76. Which classification of suicide involves self-
destruction due to unresolved personal
68. Decomposition is a process of: problems or mental disease?
A. Food spoilage A. Psychological suicide
B. Breakdown of organic matter B. First degree
C. Photosynthesis C. Justifiable suicide
D. Cellular respiration D. Impulsive suicide

69. Under the Rules of Court, a person is 77. Which of the following is NOT a method of
presumed dead if they are not heard from for performing euthanasia?
how many years? A. Administration of a lethal dose of poison
A. 5 years B. Administration of an antidote
B. 7 years C. Injection of air into the bloodstream
C. 10 years D. Application of strong electric currents
D. None of the above
78. If a physician administers poison to a patient
70. If a person disappeared after the age of without their knowledge or consent, what crime
75, how many years of absence is required to does it constitute?
open their succession? A. Negligence
A. 5 years B. Manslaughter
B. 7 years C. Murder
C. 10 years D. Assisted suicide
D. 15 years
79. What is another term for mercy killing?
71. How long can a flea survive submerged in A. Judicial death
water? B. Orthothanasia
A. Less than 24 hours C. Euthanasia
B. Approximately 24 hours D. Dysthanasia
C. More than 24 hours
D. Exactly 24 hours 80. Which of the following is NOT a method of
capital punishment?
A. Hanging
B. Firing squad
C. Lethal injection
D. Euthanasia
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