Dead Reckoning Test

What is A petechial hemmorhage?

Causes blood spots to form in the eye Is caused by ruptured capillaries Is the result of pressure being placed on the neck

What are buccal cells?

Cheek cells

Which blood vessel is referred to as the 'widow maker

Cornoary artery

Who is not usually present during a homicide autopsy?

Defense attorney

What was the original cause of death reported in the case of Ted Binion?

Drug overdose

What is Henry Lee's two-word motto that he often uses in court?

Everything equal

As the angle of impact increases from 0 to 90 degrees, a blood drop's mark becomes more elliptical in shape?

False

Bed sheets taken from crime scenes are often used to wrap bodies when they are moved.

False

Blood tests are the preferred method of retrieving DNA evidence. rather than buccal swabs.

False

DNA evidence proved that Anna Anderson was, in fact, Anastasia Romanov.

False

Entomology is a widely accepted forensic science that is welcomed in most courtrooms

False

Higher temperatures tend to slow down the development process of maggots.

False

If organs are in situ, it means they are transposed from the normal positions.

False

In order for evidence to be considered admissible in court, both attorneys have to agree to allow it in?

False

Medical examiners are elected to their position, while coroners are all physicians.

False

Napolean's death was caused by arsenic poisoning.

False

Rigor mortis, algor mortis, and liver mortis are all helpful in determining cause of death?

False

The O.J. Simpson murder case resulted in establishing police detectives and forensic pathologists dedicated to work in criminal investigations.

False

The majority of your blood is made up of solid, cellular components.

False

Urine testing is the best way to establish history of drug use.

False

Which of the following was not a mistake made during the Jon Benet Ramsey investigation?

First responder assumed the kidnapping was actually a homicide

Which is not a layer of hair?

Follicle

The imaginary reference plane passing through the center of the ear hole through the bottom of the eyeball socket is called the:

Frankfurt plane

Blood that is coughed or sneezed out can give the appearance of what type of wound?

Gunshot

Which of the following is not a solid, cellular component of blood?

Plasma

The burden of proof in a criminal case rests with the:

Prosecution

Some pathologists wear mesh gloves during autopsy in order to:

Protect themselves from infectious diseases

Livor mortis refers to:

Refers to the discoloration of skin after deathThis

During an autopsy, if the organs are being examined using the Rokitansky method. they are:

Removed from the body all at once

Which is not a fluid that is usually collected during autopsy

Saliva

What law doctrine states that after a body is buried the family has the greater right to decide whether or not to exhume?

Sanctity of sepulchre

What happened At the crime scene of the Nicole Brown Simpson murder:

She was turned over to prevent lividity from setting in She had blood droplets on her back that were not collected properly

Herb MacDonnell helped prove Susie Mowbray did not kill her husband by:

Showing her nightgown did not have any blood residue on it

During an autopsy, a medical examiner will wear scrubs that are:

Slightly large

What is adipocere?

Soap-like decomposition product caused by the hardening of human fat

The lines of blood that steak out and are connected to the central bloodstain are called:

Spines

What was the ultimate cause of death determined in the case of Ted Binion?

Strangulation

Which is not a manner of death?

Strangulation

The first written account of the use of entomogly involved:

The attraction of bugs to a sickle used in a murder

The outdoor lab in Tennessee used to study stages of decomposition is known as the:

The body farm

Carbon monoxide poisoning is indicated by a 'cherry pink' lividity.

True

Civil cases Are more likely to have expert witnesses than criminal cases?

True

Collateral material is information used to discredit expert witnesses?

True

DNA evidence supports the claim that Thomas Jefferson fathered children of one of his slaves.

True

Expert witnesses are allowed to give their opinion during testimony?

True

Female blowflies can smell a dead organism from up to a mile and a half away

True

Henry Lee examined blood evidence in the O.J. Simpson murder trial.

True

Herb MacDonnell once conducted an experiment in which a girl had her hair soaked in blood.

True

If Princess Diana's accident had occurred in the United States, she probably would have lived.

True

Mitochondrial DNA is inherited directly from one's mother, and is much more abundant than nuclear DNA.

True

Proper evidence collection is more important to the prosecution than the defense.

True

The disappearance of Helle Crafts was difficult to prosecute because there was no body.

True

The term "coroner" is derived from "crowner", the name given to tax collectors in England.

True

There are 206 total bones in the human body.

True

Valuable information in the O.J Simpson murder case could have been obtained if the investigators had taken a picture of a bowl of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream.

True

Are these following steps of DNA fingerprinting in the correct order:

True 1. Cut DNA. 2. Sort according to size 3. Count DNA . 4. Match patterns

A typical autopsy table consists of:

Two tiers, where the top tier has holes to allow the fluid to drain through

Which is not a stage of decomposition?

Wet

The development of bugs in and around a dead body can give information regarding:

Where the death occurred Time of death If the body was tampered with/moved

If fingerprints have become degloved, it means there is no way to get an accurate fingerprint during autopsy.

false

Rigor mortis refers to

stiffening of the muscles due to being oxygen deprived Has completely set in 12 hours after death Is an indicator of time of death

How many bones are in the braincase?

8

What evidence did the author find in relation to the Brando shooting that the police originally missed?

A bullet

What was the first piece of circumstantial evidence that linked Richard Crafts to the murder of his wife?

A chainsaw

The investigation into John F. Kennedy's death is a prime example of how mistakes are made due to:

A lack of national standards for investigating unnatural death

Which two members of the Romanov family were not found?

Anastasia and Alexis

Injuries that occur before death are called:

Antemortem

What information would have been gathered by a medical examiner in the Goldman-Simpson homicide had he been called earlier?

Body temperature Lividity Pictures of ice cream

Entomology is the study of

Bugs

The condition that killed Princess Diana was:

Buildup of blood in the pericardium (area around the heart)

What evidence did Dr. Baden present in the trial of Byron De La Beckwith that was not available prior to the exhumation of Medgar Evans?

Bullet

What is the term that describes a murder by suffocation that leaves no marks of violence?

Burke

What was done to Nicole Brown Simpson's body that potentially caused a loss of evidence?

It was flipped over

Who opened the first F.B.I. forensics lab in 1932?

J. Edgar Hoover

Which type of DNA can distinguish between identical siblings?

Neither nuclear or mitochondrial