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CSI - Death Investigations: Questions With Solutions1. Deaths are classified by type as:
a. natural, accidental, suicide, homicide (noncriminal and criminal), and
undetermined.
b. natural, accidental, suicide, and murder.
c. accidental, suicide, murder, and voluntary.
d. either by accident or by the hands of another. Right Ans - ANSWER: a
2. Noncriminal homicide includes:
a. justifiable homicide.
b. suicide.
c. voluntary manslaughter.
d. involuntary manslaughter. Right Ans - ANSWER: a
3. Murder is classified as:
a. excusable homicide.
b. nonfelonious homicide.
c. criminal homicide.
d. justifiable homicide. Right Ans - ANSWER: c
4. The criminal or noncriminal, felonious or nonfelonious taking of life by
another human or by an agency, such as a government, is called:
a. murder.
b. homicide.
c. manslaughter.
d. crime against nature. Right Ans - ANSWER: b
5. Premeditation would be a requirement in which case?
a. first-degree murder
b. second-degree murder
c. excusable homicide
d. justifiable homicide Right Ans - ANSWER: a
6. Premeditation is a requirement in which type of crime?
a. first-degree murder
b. second-degree murder
c. third-degree murder
d. manslaughter Right Ans - ANSWER: a
, 7. The first priority in a preliminary homicide investigation is to:
a. render aid to the victim.
b. keep the media away from the area.
c. identify the suspect.
d. assess the safety of the scene. Right Ans - ANSWER: d
8. Staging refers to:
a. the positioning of the victim's body.
b. the manipulation of the scene around the victim's body.
c. both the positioning of the victim's body and the manipulation of the scene
around the victim's body.
d. neither the positioning of the victim's body nor the manipulation of the
scene around the victim's body. Right Ans - ANSWER: c
9. A study of 800 homicide cases found that investigators are more likely to
clear a homicide if:
a. there is at least one witness to the crime.
b. they arrive at the scene within 30 minutes of being notified.
c. the incident is reported within 30 minutes to a 911 dispatcher.
d. at least one witness attended the postmortem examination. Right Ans -
ANSWER: b
10. Which of the following factors can assist in establishing time of death?
a. victim's clothing
b. presence of weapons
c. rigor mortis
d. hair color Right Ans - ANSWER: c
11. Rigor mortis is defined as:
a. desiccation.
b. stiffness of death.
c. adipocere.
d. loss of lividity. Right Ans - ANSWER: b
12. Rigor mortis is at its maximum at about hours after death.
a. six to eight
b. eight to nine
c. 12 to 24
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