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Homicide, Death, and Cold Case Investigations MCQ

Is strangulation compression of the neck. ?

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as temporary stiffening of muscles and joints following death.

Rigor mortis

Ridge

Body

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Rigor mortis

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_____ is defined as before death.

Premortem

Cold case

Protecting Order

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Premortem

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_____ is after death; also refers to the examination of a dead body.

Postmortem

Religious

Scientific

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Postmortem

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Is perimortem at, or near, the time of death. ?

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as door-to-door contact with businesses or residents to gather information.

Neighborhood canvass

Exchange

Carrying

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Neighborhood canvass

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_____ is defined as also referred to as factitious disorder, MSP is a mental illness in which a caregiver claims or induces illness of someone whose well-being he or she is in charge of so that the caregiver may receive attention.

Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSP)

Personal

Relatives

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSP)

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_____ is trained pathologist and medical doctor appointed at the county, regional, or state level in many U.S. states.

Medical examiner

Crime Victims’ Rights Act (CVRA)

Material Evidence

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Medical examiner

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Is lividity pooling of body and the blood that can help determine body position after death. ?

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as something used to tie or bind.

Ligature

Social media

Newspaper

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Ligature

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_____ is defined as fatal assault often the end result of an ongoing current or previous abusive intimate relationship.

Intimate partner homicides (IPH)

Down

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Intimate partner homicides (IPH)

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_____ is manner of death open to interpretation.

Equivocal death

Bluestar

Greenstar

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Equivocal death

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Is coroner elected or appointed officials who inquire into the cause and manner of death. ?

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as generally, a crime that is no longer being actively investigated, usually due to a lack of leads or evidence.

Cold case

Abstaining Order

Protecting Order

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Cold case

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_____ is defined as nonpenetrating injury to the body.

Blunt force trauma

Cold case

All of these

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Blunt force trauma

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_____ is suffocation resulting in loss of oxygen.

Asphyxiation

Identification Evidence

Direct Evidence

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Asphyxiation

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Is algor mortis body temperature change after death. ?

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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The living body’s normal temperature of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit changes after death. This is referred to as ______.

Livor mortis

Algor mortis

Rigor mortis

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Algor mortis

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Having sufficient numbers of detectives, training enhancements, and the use of a ______ approach maybe some of the ways case clearances may be increased.

Information gathering

Intelligence-led

Community-oriented

Problem-oriented

Answer

Correct Answer: Problem-oriented

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A victim or suspect may make a statement about what happened while the victim or person has a well-founded belief that they are not going to survive their injuries. This statement is referred to as

Death statement

Dying declaration

Unusable hearsay

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Dying declaration

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The mechanism that caused life to cease is referred to as the ______ of death.

Manner

Reason

Cause

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Cause

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A criminal homicide that appears intentional but lacks evidence of premeditation may result in a charge of ______ murder.

First-degree

Second-degree

Third-degree

Premeditated

Answer

Correct Answer: Second-degree

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The National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) is a program funded by which agency?

FBI

DOJ

ATF

CDC

Answer

Correct Answer: CDC

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There were an estimated 382.9 violent crimes per 100,000 inhabitants in 2017, a rate that fell 0.9 percent when compared with the 2016 estimated violent crime rate and dropped ______ percent from the 2008 estimate.

0.2

2.0

16.5

21.2

Answer

Correct Answer: 16.5

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In 2017, an estimated 1,247,321 violent crimes occurred nationwide, a decrease of ______ percent from the 2016 estimate.

0.2

1.2

2.2

22.2

Answer

Correct Answer: 0.2

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The manner of death is typically made by the medical examiner or corone

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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A heart attack is one of the five manners of death.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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