Forensics Quiz - Post Mortem Interval

What does PMI stand for? 

• pre mortem interval 
• post memory interval 
• post murder interval 
• post mortem interval 

the cooling of body temperature after death

• rigor mortis
• algor mortis
• livor mortis
• autolysis

the stiffening of the skeletal muscles shortly after death

• livor mortis
• autolysis
• rigor mortis
• algor mortis

Rigor mortis peaks how many hours after death?

• 36

• 18

• 8

• 12

During the first 12 hours after death, the body loses heat at a rate of ________.

• 1.4 ^oF/hour (0.78 ^oC/hr)

• 0.7 ^oF/hour (0.39 ^oC/hr)

Which of the following would be an example of a natural death?

• A person dying of cancer

• A person shot to death during a robbery

• A person that drowns

• A person with a self-inflicted gun shot wound

The five ways someone can die, legally

• death
• manner of death
• cause of death
• mechanism of death

Which of the following is NOT a factor in how much the body cools after death?

• the food consumed by the body
• the type of clothing
• body mass
• Ambient temperature

If a body shows no visible rigor, it has probably been dead:

• less than two hours or more than forty-eight hours.
• less than ten hours or more than seventy-two hours.
• more than two hours or less than forty-eight hours.
• less than twenty-four hours or more than seventy-two hours.

Evidence of tampering with the position of a body after death can be obtained by evaluating what?

• Rigor mortis
• Algor mortis
• Livor mortis
• Algor mortis & Livor mortis