Forensic Medicine Quiz 3 (Section 3)

Welcome to your Forensic Medicine Quiz 3 (Section 3)

1. 
The hydrostatic test for live birth depends on changes in the specific gravity of

2. 
Match the following:

List-I List-II
(a) Constriction of the neck by the bodyweight through the ligature (i) Drowning
(b) Constriction of the neck by hand (ii) Hanging
(c) Submerger of face in the water (iii) Throttling
(d) Inhalation of poisonous gasses (iv) Poisoning

3. 
The ligature mark in asphyxial death is a

4. 
In which asphyxial death is the tongue protruded?

5. 
Fatal hypoxia occurs when oxygen saturation of arterial blood drops to

6. 
Compression of the body within a narrow space resulting in asphyxia is known as

7. 
A minimum pressure of ______ is required to completely occlude carotid artery

8. 
In the case of hanging, if the knot is situated at the occipital region, is called

9. 
Which of the following features is suggestive of an antemortem hanging?

10. 
Consider the following statements regarding the cause of death in hanging:

(a) Asphyxia is the main cause of death in complete hanging.
(b) Occlusion of neck blood vessels is the main cause in incomplete hanging.
(c) Reflex vagal inhibition theory is no more considered a common cause of death in hanging.
(d) Commonest cause of death in hanging is combined asphyxia and venous congestion.

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11. 
Fracture of the hyoid bone is associated with which of the following asphyxial deaths?

12. 
Cause of death in “Café Coronary” is

13. 
“Glove and Stocking” pattern of lividity is associated in death caused by

14. 
Match the following:

Test done Name of test
(a) Absolute weight of both lungs (i) Breslau’s test
(b) Floatation of lungs in water. (ii) Plocquet’s test
(c) Lung/Body weight ratio (iii) Fodere’s test
(d) Floatation of stomach & intestine (iv) Raygat’s test

15. 
Suspended animation may be seen in which of the following type of deaths?

(a) Burns (b) Drowning (c) Hanging (d) Electrocution

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