LEGAL MEDICINE

Raff Sienes dela Peňa

1. Bleeding underneath the skin with the development of swelling to a newly form cavity
is known as –
a. Contusion b. Incision
c. Hematoma d. Hemorrhage
2. A person allowed to gives his/her opinion or conclusion on a given scientific evidence
is considered.
a. Interrogator b. Expert witness
c. Prosecutor d. Judge
3. The following are not medical certification or report except….
a. Death Certificate b. Physical examination report
c. Birth certificate d. Autopsy

4. Transient loss of consciousness with temporary cessation of the vital functions of the
body.
a. Death b. Coma
c. Suspended animation d. Rigor mortis
5. It is the oxygen carrier of the blood.
a. Plasma c. Erythrocytes
b. Hemoglobin d. Fibrin
6. The body of the crime or actual commission of the crime.
a. Relevant Evidence b.photography and audio
c. physical Evidence d. Corpus Delicti
7. It is a branch of medicine that deals with application of medical knowledge for the
purpose of law and administration of justice.
a.Legal Medicine b. Forensic
c. Medical Jurisprudence d.none of the above
8. A proof of fact or facts from which, taken either singly or collectively maybe informed
as necessary of probable consequence.
a. Expert Evidence b.Circumstantial Evidence
c.CorpusDelicti Evidence d.Competent Evidence
9. What is a form of evidence taken orally or in writing the answers to questions
propounded by the counsel and presiding officer of the court?
a. Testimonial Evidence b. Documentary Evidence
c. Physical Evidence d. Direct Evidence
10. What is that evidence which suffixes for the proof of a particular fact until
contradicted by other evidences?
a. Prima Facie Evidence b. Relevant Evidence
c. Training Evidence d. Associate Evidence

11. .An evidence which refers to the direction to prove a fact in issue as determine by the
rules of substantive law.
a. Expert Evidence b. Direct Evidence
c. Material Evidence d. Description
12. It is a rule of conduct, just and obligatory laid by legitimate powers for common
observance and benefit.
a. Forensic b. Law
c.Legal Medicine d.Medico-Legal System
13. In what year the first medical textbook printed including pertinent instruction related
to medico- legal practice and included in pre curriculum of college of medicine
University of Sto. Tomas?
a.1858 b. 1895
c.1919 d. 1904
14.
What is a written evidence presented to the court by the expert witness about the subject
matter in dispute.
a.Experimental Evidence b.Documentary Evidence
c. Expert Evidence d. Relevant Evidence
15 . Rigor Mortis or Post Mortem Rigidity would suggest ________________.
a. cause of death b. time of death
c. duration of death d. kind of death

16. Who was considered to be the the first Medico legal officer and the chief physician
of the Egypt on King Zoser’s regime and builder of the first pyramid?
a. Plato b. Imhotep
c. Aristotle d. Socrates

17. It is any evidence which proves the fact in dispute without the aid of any inference or
presumption.
a. Direct evidence b. Prima facie evidence
c. Material Evidence d. Competent evidence

18. The application of medical and other basic sciences in crime detection and
investigation is referring to?
a. Criminalistics b. Forensic
c.Law d. all of the above
19. Female pelvis diameter is _______ compared with male pelvis.
a. Greater b. Equal
c. Lesser d. Less significant
20. It is the system used in the Philippines at present which is handled by a medico-legal
officer who is a registered physician duly qualified to practice medicine in the
Philippines.
a. Medical Jurisprudence c. Medico- Legal System
b. Medical Evidence d.Physical Evidence
21. The following judicial execution carried out in the Philippines, except.
a. Musketry b. lethal injection
c. Judicial hanging d. electrocution
22. A sharp-pointed instrument can caused ?
a. incised wound b. punctured wound
 c. stab wound d. lacerated wound
23. Who was considered as the Father of Medicine ?
a. Aristotle b. Hippocrates
c. Plato d. Socrates
24. The test conducted to determine if the blood is of human origin or not refers to:
a. Precipitin test b. Takayama test
c. Benzidine test d. Parrafin test
25. Dark discoloration observable on the parts of a cadaver which are nearest to the
ground
a. Rigor mortis b. Hematoma
c. Cadaver spasm d. Livor mortis
26. When the wounded body part is the heart, the wound is
a. Non – mortal b. Deep wound
c. Mortal d. Fatal wound
e. All of these
27. When a woman is physically untouched. She is considered
a. Moral virgin d. Virgo – intacta
b. Demi – virgin e. Physical virgin
c. None of these
28. The following are wounds brought about by a blunt instrument, except
a. Contusion d. Lacerated wound
b. Hematoma e. Incised wound
c. none of these
29. A sharp – pointed instrument can caused
a. incised wound b. punctured wound
c. stab wound d. lacerated wound
30. As to the manner of infliction, how will you classify those wound inflicted by means
of bolo, blunt instrument and axe?
a. Thrust or stab b. Rubbing or abrasion
c. Sliding d. Hit

31. The pain on account of the involvement of the sensory nerve is called –
a. dolor d. loss of function
b. calor e. none of these
c. rubor
32. Which of these refers to the physical incapacity of either sex to allow or grant to the
other legitimate sexual gratification?
a. Impotency d. Pregnancy
b. Sterility e. all of these
c. Senility
33. The tearing or rupture of muscle fibers is known as
a. sprained d. dislocation
b. strained e. simple fracture
 c. A or E
34. Children conceived by prostitute are called
a. Manceres d. Incestuous
b. Sacrilegious e. Illegitimate
c. Adulterous
35. When the temperature of the dead’s body suddenly rises due to rapid and early
putrefactive changes or some internal changes, it is undergoing –
a. Post – mortem caloricity
b. Rivor mortis
c. Post – mortem rigidity
d. Post – mortem flaccidity
36. Which of the following terms refers to the injury found at site of the application of
force?
a. Coup injury
b. Extensive injury
c. Contre coup
d. Coup contre coup
e. Locus minoris resitancia
37. Gaseous poison which emanates from the incomplete combustion of fuels causes
death on the victim by preventing the normal transportation and supply of oxygen to the
cells forming carboxyhemoglobin
a. Carbon dioxide b. Carbon monoxide
c. Sulfur dioxide d. Ammonia
38. Poisons are more absorbed rapidly through the body when in the form of
a. Liquid d. solid state
b. gaseous e. none of these
c. Aerosol
39. Protein found in human hair is referred to as
a. Fibrinogen d. choline
b. Lecithin e. none of these
c. keratin
40. The poisonous substance derived from the bullfrog is
a. Picrotoxin d. Dexedrine
b. Dilantin e. none of these
c. Bufotoxin
41. he most popular preliminary test fort the presence of blood is
a. Acid phosphatase c. Benzidine
c. Millions test d. Guaiacum test

42. The first chief of the Medico- legal Division of the Bureau of Investigation
a. Paulus Zacchlas b. Dr. Enrique V. delos Santos
c. Dr. Mariano Lara d. Dr. Sixto delos Angeles
43. The following are signs of death EXCEPT:
a. Cooling of the body c. Cessation of respiration
 b. Heating of the body d. Cessation of heart function &
circulation

44. What is known as the reproduction of an impression made on soft surface by utilizing
casting materials?
a. Moulage b. Metallic aides
c. Dry fusion d. Plaster of paris
45. Molecular death is a kind of death where:
a. It occurs immediately after death
b. It is usually pronounced by the physician
c. There is a transient loss of vital functions of the body
d. There is loss of life of the individual cells of the body
46. The following judicial executions were exercised in the Philippines except:
a. Musketry b. Electrocution
c. Lethal injection d. Judicial hanging
47. The sum total of all reaction of tissues or organs for which the activities of the living
cells are necessary:
a. Inflammation b. Physical reaction
c. Vital reaction d. Chemical reaction
48. If post mortem rigidly would suggest approximate time of death, Cadaveric spasm
will suggest ______________?
a. Age of the victim b.Duration of death
c. Cause of death d. None of the above
49. The following are types of medical evidence, except:
a. Photographic evidence
b. Experimental evidence
c. Testimonial evidence
d. Autoptic evidence              
50. Some scientific methods of identification are the following, except:
a. Fingerprinting
b. Handwriting
c. Dental identification
d. Identification by close friends and relatives
51. he greater the number of points of similarities and dissimilarities of
    two persons compared, the greater the probability for the
    conclusion to be correct is found in the
          A.    Law of Municipality of Evidence in Identification   
          B.    All of the these
          C.    Identification by Comparison and Exclusion
          D.    Law of Super Imposition                   
52. In the strict sense of the word, Forensic Medicine means
          A.    application of medicine to legal cases
          B.    application of medical science to elucidate legal problems
          C.    knowledge of law in relation to practice of medicine
          D.    none of the above
          E.    all of the above                                 
53. The different test to determine peripheral circulation are the
    following, except 
          A.    Magnus test
          B.    Diaphanous test
          C.    I card’s test
          D.    Winslow’s test
54. The following officials of the Philippine Government are authorized to
    conduct death investigation, except -
          A.    Public Prosecutor
          B.    Judges of the regional trial court
          C.    Director PNP
          D.    SOCO team                                      
  
55. The following are kinds of death, which one is not?
          A.    Somatic or Clinical Death
          B.    State of Suspended Animation
          C.    Cellular or Molecular Death
          D.    Regulated Death        
56. Comprehensive study of dead body, performed by a trained
      Physician, to determine the cause of death:
          A.    Autopsy
          B.    Biophsis
          C.    Dissection   
          D.    Physicians              
57. Articles and materials found in the crime scene:
          A.    Physical evidence
          B.    Associative evidence
          C.    Evidence
          D.    Tracing evidence         
58. Circumscribed extravation of blood or subcutaneous tissue or
      underneath the mucous membrane.
          A.    Contusion
          B.    Petechia
          C.    Abrasion
          D.    All of them    
59. The whole body in this stage becomes rigid due to the contraction of the muscles.
          A.    Cadaver   Spasm
          B.    Stage of primary Flaccidity
          C.    Rigor mortis
          D.    None of these       
60. It is any unusual pattern of sexual behavior including habitual,
      preference and completing need for sexual gratification by any
      means except sexual intercourse which results to bodily 
      excitement
          A.    Virginity
          B.    Sexual intercourse
          C.    Prostitution
          D.    Sexual deviation                              
61. An open wound produced by a sharp-pointed instrument and is
      characterized by a small opening of the wound.
          A.    Gunshot wound
          B.    Stab wound
          C.    Shrapnel wound
          D.    Punctured wound
62. A physical injury wherein the offended victim is incapacitated for
      work or requires medical assistance for 10 days or more.
          A.    Slight physical injury   
          B.    Mutilation
          C.    Serious physical injury
          D.    less serious physical injury 
63. The specimen that is preferably used in the determination of
      abused drugs in the body.
          A.    blood
          B.    saliva
          C.    body fluid
          D.    urine         
64. The complete, continuous, persistent cessation of respiration,
      circulation and almost all brain function of an organism. 
          A.    Apparent death
          B.    Molecular death
          C.    Cellular Death
          D.    Somatic death  
65. DNA stands for
          A.    Deonatural Acid
          B.    Deoxyribonucleic  Acid
          C.    Denaturalized  Acid
          D.    Deoxy Nucleic Acid   
66. The cause of death of a person who immediately died because of
      lack of oxygen for around 3 to five minutes.
          A.    Stroke
          B.    Asphyxia
          C.    Stupor
          D.    Exhaustion       
67. The most serious burn involving skin, nerves, muscles and bones,
      causing death due to loss of fluids and electrolytes in
      the body and massive infection.  
          A.    First Degree Burn
          B.    Second Degree Burn
          C.    Third Degree Burn
          D.    Sunburn   
68.   A discoloration of the body after death when the blood tends to 
     pool in the blood vessels of the most  dependent portions
     of the body and starts 20 to 30 minutes after death and is 
     completed by 12 hours.
          A.    livor mortis
          B.    primary flaccidity
          C.    maceration
          D.    rigor mortis  
69.  A wound which if inflicted in the body so serious that it will  
     endanger one’s life.
          A.    mortal wound
          B.    trauma
          C.    coup injury
          D.    superficial wound
70. A wound produced by a blunt instrument such as club and stone.
          A.    incised wound
          B.    hack wound
          C.    lacerated wound
          D.    punctured wound 
71.  A displacement of the articular surface of the bone without 
     external wounds.
          A.    Hematoma
          B.    Fracture
          C.    Sprain
          D.    Dislocation
72. A condition of exposure to cold temperature of certain parts of  
     the body which produces mechanical disruption of cell structure
     characterized by cold stiffening and diminished body temperature.   
          A.    immersion foot
          B.    trench foot
          C.    frostbite
          D.    gangrene  
73. A condition of women who have had one or more sexual
     experience but not had conceived a child.
          A.    virgo-intacta
          B.    demi-virginity
          C.    moral virginity
          D.    physical virginity 
74. Fixed discoloration of the blood clothed inside the blood vessels
     or  has diffused to different parts of the body temperature.
          A.    hypostatic lividity
          B.    diffusion lividity
          C.    hyper lividity
          D.    rigor mortis 
75. Transient loss of consciousness with temporary cessation of the vital functions of the
body.
a. Death
b. Coma
 c. Suspended animation
d. Rigor mortis
76. The application of medical and other basic sciences in crime detection and
investigation is referring to?
a. Criminalistics b. Forensic
c. Law d. all of the above
77. What is the break of the continuity of the skin?
A. Vital reaction
B. Wound
C. Injury
D. all of these
78. Refers to the details after an autopsy has been completed. This section entitled " Final
diagnosis ".

a. Autopsy Report
b. Necropsy Report
c. Pathologicaal Report
d. All of them
79. A kind of evidence that can be addressed to the senses of the court.
A. Real Evidence
B. Testimonial Evidence
C. Experimental evidence
D. Documentary Evidence
80. It is the cessation of life of the individual cells in the body which occurs one a time
after somatic death.
a. death
b. molecular death
c. biologic death
d. sociologic death
81. What kind of fly that is always present in decaying cadaver?
a. flea b. blow fly
c. arm fly d. Maggots
82. What is the standard deepness of grave in burial ?
a. 7 feet
b. 7 meters
c. 6 feet
d. 6 meters
83. Is the laceration or rupture of the hymen as the result of sexual intercourse.
a. sex
b. punctured
c. laceration
d. Defloration
84. It is the V-shaped appearance of the vagina as the two labia minora unite posteriorly.
a. vaginal canal
b. flechette
c. fourchette
 d. none of these
85. _____is an elastic and pulp and its medical borders are usually in close contact with
each other so as to cover the labia minora and the clitoris. It is sufficient that rape is
consummated if it is touched by the male organ.
a. labia minora
b. labia majora
c. clittoris
d. none of these
86. A kind of virginity when state of not knowing the nature of sexual life and not having
experienced sexual relation.

a. Phisical virginity
b. Moral Virginity
c. demi- Virginity
d. virgo intacta
87. Refer to a condition of a woman who permits any form of sexual liberties as long as
they abstain from rupturing the hymen by sexual act.
a. Phisical virginity
b. Moral Virginity
c. demi- Virginity
d. virgo intacta
88. As to classification of violent death, this is called reckless imprudence, negligence,
lack of skill or foresight.
a. Accidental death
b. Negligent death
c. Suicidal death
d. Parricidal death
89. This is the deliberate and painless acceleration of death of a person usually suffering
from an incurable or distressing disease.
a. Death
b. Violent death
c. Euthanasia
d. Murder
90. Any break in the natural continuity of any tissue produced by physical violence.
a. Wound
b. Mortal wound
c. Non-mortal wound
d. All of them
91. On the medicolegal aspects of sex crimes, VIRGINITY is sometimes the issue
specially on the victim of sexual attack. What do you call a person whose body is pure
and had no sexual intercourse, although her mind and heart is impure.
a. Virtuous female
b. Moral virgin
c. Physical virgin
d. None of these
92. What do you call the civil status of the child in relation to his/her mother or father.
 a. Paternity
b. Filiation
c. Infanticide
d. Incest
93. A kind of wound produced on oneself without the intention of ending one’s life.
a. Suicide wound
b. Defense wound
c. Self- inflicted wound
d. All of them
94. Wound in which is the result of a person’s instinctive reaction of self-protection.
a. Suicide wound
b. Defense wound
c. Self- inflicted wound
d. All of them

95. Defined as the breakage or solution in the continuity of the bone tissues.
a. Wound
b. Fracture
c. Sprain
D.none of these
96. A type of injury where it cannot be found on the site of application but on the
opposite site.
a. Coup injury
b. Contre coup
c. Coup contre coup injury
d. None of them
97. Wound produced by sharp pointed with sharp edged instrument.
a.  incised wound
b. Stabbed wound
c. lacerated wound
d. punctured wound 
98. A condition where there is a removal of the body fluid before decomposition sets in
that resulted in the shrinking and preservation of the dead body.
a. Maceration
b. Marbolization
c. Mummification
d. All of them
99. The formation of a soft friable and brownish white greasy substance in a soft fatty
tissues of the body after death.
a. Saponification
b. Oil formation
c. Mummification
d. All of them
100. It denotes knowledge of law for medical application.
a.Legal Medicine b. Forensic Medicine
c. Medical Jurisprudence d. All of them