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Forensic Medicine: Core Concepts MCQs

Waraq MBBS Review: Forensic Medicine · MBBS / Medicine · 15 practice questions

1. Post-mortem hypostasis becomes fixed after about:

  1. A6 to 8 hours
  2. B48 hours
  3. C1 week
  4. D30 minutes
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A. 6 to 8 hours Livor mortis shifts if the body is moved before it fixes.

2. A bitter almond smell is associated with:

  1. AOrganophosphate
  2. BEthanol
  3. CArsenic
  4. DCyanide
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D. Cyanide Cyanide gives a bitter almond odour.

3. A ligature mark in hanging is typically:

  1. AHorizontal and complete
  2. BCircular with a knot mark on top
  3. CBelow the thyroid cartilage
  4. DOblique and incomplete
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D. Oblique and incomplete In hanging the mark is oblique, high in the neck and incomplete at the suspension point.

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