Homicide, Death, and Cold Case Investigations MCQs

Homicide, Death, and Cold Case Investigations MCQs

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

A.   True

B.   False

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

A.   True

B.   False

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

A.   0.2

B.   1.2

C.   2.2

D.   22.2

4: 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.

A.   0.2

B.   2.0

C.   16.5

D.   21.2

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

A.   FBI

B.   DOJ

C.   ATF

D.   CDC

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

A.   First-degree

B.   Second-degree

C.   Third-degree

D.   Premeditated

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

A.   Manner

B.   Reason

C.   Cause

D.   None of these

8: 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

A.   Death statement

B.   Dying declaration

C.   Unusable hearsay

D.   None of these

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

A.   Information gathering

B.   Intelligence-led

C.   Community-oriented

D.   Problem-oriented

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

A.   Livor mortis

B.   Algor mortis

C.   Rigor mortis

D.   None of these

11: Is algor mortis body temperature change after death. ?

A.   True

B.   False

12: _____ is suffocation resulting in loss of oxygen.

A.   Asphyxiation

B.   Identification Evidence

C.   Direct Evidence

D.   All of these

13: _____ is defined as nonpenetrating injury to the body.

A.   Blunt force trauma

B.   Cold case

C.   All of these

D.   None of these

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

A.   Cold case

B.   Abstaining Order

C.   Protecting Order

D.   None of these

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

A.   True

B.   False

16: _____ is manner of death open to interpretation.

A.   Equivocal death

B.   Bluestar

C.   Greenstar

D.   All of these

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

A.   Intimate partner homicides (IPH)

B.   In

C.   Down

D.   All of these

18: _____ is known as something used to tie or bind.

A.   Ligature

B.   Social media

C.   Newspaper

D.   None of these

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

A.   True

B.   False

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

A.   Medical examiner

B.   Crime Victims’ Rights Act (CVRA)

C.   Material Evidence

D.   None of these

21: _____ 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.

A.   Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSP)

B.   Personal

C.   Relatives

D.   None of these

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

A.   Neighborhood canvass

B.   Exchange

C.   Carrying

D.   None of these

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

A.   True

B.   False

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

A.   Postmortem

B.   Religious

C.   Scientific

D.   All of these

25: _____ is defined as before death.

A.   Premortem

B.   Cold case

C.   Protecting Order

D.   All of these

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

A.   Rigor mortis

B.   Ridge

C.   Body

D.   None of these

27: Is strangulation compression of the neck. ?

A.   True

B.   False