Forensic Pathology Practice Questions

Question 1

Police inquest is NOT required in:

Accepted Answer

Natural death due to disease in elderly person at home

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Suicide

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Murder

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Death in police custody

Question 2

A 42-year-old man is found hanging from a ceiling beam with a rope around his neck. At autopsy, which of the following findings would be most consistent with suicidal hanging rather than homicidal strangulation?

Accepted Answer

Inverted V-shaped mark

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Circular continuous mark

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Horizontal ligature mark

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Multiple parallel marks

Question 3

All are useful in knowing the time since death Except

Accepted Answer

Postmortem bruising

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Postmortem staining

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Cooling of the body

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Rigor mortis

Question 4

Forensic entomology is a study of -

Accepted Answer

Time of death

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Manner of death

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Mode of death

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Identification of disease

Question 5

Identify the stain shown in the liver section.

Accepted Answer

Gordon and Sweet's reticulin stain

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Warthin starry

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Steiner silver stain

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Grimelius silver stain

Question 6

In a case of alleged sexual assault followed by homicide, the victim's body shows rigor mortis fully developed in all muscles, stomach contents show partially digested food, and rectal temperature is 30°C (ambient temperature 25°C). Synthesize this information to estimate the postmortem interval:

Accepted Answer

12-18 hours

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6-8 hours

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24-36 hours

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2-4 hours

Question 7

A forensic pathologist examining a burnt body finds pugilistic attitude, heat fractures of skull bones, and epidural hematoma. Evaluate the significance of these findings in determining whether burns occurred ante-mortem or post-mortem:

Accepted Answer

All findings can occur post-mortem and cannot definitively establish timing

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All findings confirm ante-mortem burns

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Only pugilistic attitude confirms ante-mortem burns

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Only epidural hematoma suggests ante-mortem injury

Question 8

A victim of alleged homicide shows a wound with abraded, contused, and inverted margins with presence of fibrous tissue bridges at the base. The skull underneath shows a linear fracture. Analyze the nature of injury:

Accepted Answer

Lacerated wound caused by blunt force

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Penetrating wound caused by firearm

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Chop wound caused by heavy sharp weapon

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Incised wound caused by sharp weapon

Question 9

A body recovered from a river shows pink-white, sodden, wrinkled skin on palms and soles with epidermis easily peeling off. The internal organs show putrefactive changes. Analyze the postmortem interval:

Accepted Answer

2-3 days of immersion

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More than 3 weeks of immersion

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6-12 hours of immersion

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1-2 weeks of immersion

Question 10

A 25-year-old woman is brought dead to the emergency. Body shows bilateral symmetric lividities on both front and back. On autopsy, organs are found to be severely decomposed while the body surface appears relatively preserved. What is the most likely explanation?

Accepted Answer

Body was repeatedly turned after death

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Death due to septicemia

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Death occurred in water

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Refrigeration of body was done

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