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The crime of less serious physical injury is committed when the victim is
LEGAL MEDICINE WRITTEN COWE incapacitated or requires medical attendance for a period of
October 24, 2008 A. less than 9 days C. from 10 to 30 days
B. from 9 to 20 days D. more than 30 days
MCQ: Choose the best answer
12. Formation of blackish-brown sloughs is a characteristic lesion produced by
1. The inherent power of the state to promulgate laws not in contravention with A. Sulphuric acid C. Potash
the constitution B. Nitric acid D. Hydrochloric acid
for the promotion of public health , welfare and safety is known as
A. political stability of the state 13. Pugilistic or boxer’s attitude is observed when the cause of death is
B. police power of the state A. drowning C. electrocution
C. self-preservation duty of the state B. burning D. strangulation
D. delegated power of the state
14. This is claimed to be a specific feature of electrical injury
2. Corpus delicti means A. Metallization C. Electrical necrosis
A. a subpoena B. Flaky opacities of the lens D. Superficial carbonization
B. the body of the victim of a crime
C. evidences 15. A sport that is sometimes described as “organized brutality” or “carnage”
D. confession before the court A. Car racing C. Boxing
B. Basketball D. Wrestling
3. This is an evidence made known or addressed to the senses of the court
A. Autoptic evidence C. Experimental evidence 16. Sexual intercourse with a female under the age 12 year of age is considered
B. Testimonial evidence D. Documentary evidence A. Simple seduction C. Adultery
B. Qualified seduction D. Statutory rape
4. Types of physical evidences, EXCEPT
A. Corpus delicti evidence C. Testimonial evidence 17. The test for semen, a saturated solution of picric acid is added to the stained
B. Associative evidence D. Tracing evidence cloth.
A. Florence test C. Berberio’s test
5. This drug is used as “truth serum” B. Puramen reaction D. Ganguli’s method
A. Sodium amytal C. Ethyl alcohol
B. Sodium penthotal D. Hyoscine hydrobromide 18. Crime committed which tends to excite sex or produce voluntary lewd emotion
A. White slavery C. Acts of lasciviousness
6. Cooling of the body B. Fellatio D.Abduction
A. Algor mortis C. Livor mortis
B. Rigor mortis D. Da mortis 19. Infanticide is the killing of a child less than
A. 24 hours C. 1 month
7. Post-mortem rigidity is also called, EXCEPT B. 3 days D. 3 weeks
A. Death stiffening C. Rigor mortis
B. Death struggle of the muscle D. Muscular irritability 20. In a paternity suit, a blood typing test
A. has no legal importance
8. Rigor mortis in the tropical countries lasts on the average for about _____ B. may prove conclusively that the alleged father is the real father
during cold weather C. may demonstrate that the alleged father could have been the real
A. 24 hours only C. 48 to 72 hours father
B. 24 to 48 hours D. 12 hours only D. may establish that the alleged father could not have been the real
father
9. Accumulation of blood in the most dependent portions of the dead body
A. suggillation C. hematoma
B. ecchymosis D. petechiae
21. The demonstration of impotence is important
10. A man partook of a heavy meal at 7:00 PM, subsequently he died, in his sleep A. as a ground for divorce
and on autopsy, his stomach was half empty. The approximate time of death B. as a ground for legal separation
was C. as evidence in defense of an alleged father in a paternity suit
A. 10 PM B. 1 AM C. 3 AM D. 5 AM D. as a disqualification from a marriage license
22. The feeling as if grains of sand are lying under the skin or small insects crawling
on
the skin giving rise to itching sensation common among cocaine users is called
A. Cocaine body packer C. Hadfield syndrome
B.Magnan syndrome D. Stonewalling

23. Stonewalling is associated with

A. Cocaine C. Marijuana
B. LSD D. Pentobarbital

24. Rugby sniffers abuse this deliriant content of Rugby

A. Benzene C. Acetone
B. Toluene D. Chloroform

25. . Termination of the Patient-Physician relationship. Which is not valid?

A. Death of the patient
B. Abrupt withdrawal of the physician
C. Discharge of the physician by the patient
D. Incapacity or death of the physician

26. Right incidental in the privilege to practice medicine

A. Right to choose patient
B. Right to limit the practice of his profession
C. Right to avail hospital services
D. Right to compensation

27. The right of the patient to be left alone and be free from unwarranted publicity
A. Right to religious belief C. Right of treatment
B. Right of privacy D. Right to confidential
information

28. It is a wrongdoing independent of contract

A. Tort C. Breach of contract
B. Medical malpraxis D. Dereliction

29. Doctrine of res ipsa loquitur

A. Doctrine of ostensible agent C. Borrowed servant doctrine
B. Captain-of-the ship doctrine D. Doctrine of common
knowledge

30. “The thing speaks for itself”

A. Doctrine of ostensible agent C. Doctrine of foreseeability
B. Doctrine of res ipsa loquitur D. Rescue doctrine