Identification Protocols — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Is primary or secondary markings used for bullet fingerprinting?_____

Answer: Both

Flashcard 2: Victims of accident and suicide who are found dead at the scene and resuscitation is deemed pointless are classified under Category _____ of Modified Maastricht classification

Answer: I

Flashcard 3: Section _____ of the IPC deals with Public servant framing an incorrect document with an intent to cause injury.

Answer: 167

Flashcard 4: _____ is the study and interpretation of postmortem processes of human remains

Answer: Forensic taphonomy

Flashcard 5: In case of professional misconduct, the patient's records on demand should be provided within _____ hours.

Answer: 72

Flashcard 6: _____ ballistics is the application of ballistics for forensic purposes.

Answer: Forensic

Flashcard 7: _____ is a method of identification through the examination of the unique details and characteristics found along the edges of individual fingerprint ridges.

Answer: Edgeoscopy

Flashcard 8: Which rule of thumb for estimating the time since death relates the decomposition rates in air, water, and soil in a 1:2:8 ratio?

Answer: Casper's dictum (ratio 1:2:8)

Extra: Casper's Dictum states that decomposition in Air : Water : Soil occurs in a ratio of 1:2:8 (i.e., a body decomposes as much in 1 week in air as it does in 2 weeks in water or 8 weeks buried in soil).