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EVALUATIVE EXAMINATION
LEGAL MEDICINE
Criminologist Licensure Examination
NAME:

1. Builder of the first pyramid, he was c. Dr. Gregorio T. Lantin

considered as the first or earliest recorded d. Dr. Enrique V. delos Santos
medicolegal expert.
a. Antistius 6. This states that the greater number of
b. Imhotep points of similarities and variations between
c. Paulus Zacchias two persons, the greater the probability of the
d. San Juan de Bautista conclusion to be accurate.
a. Prima Facie evidence rule
2. First chief medico legal officer of the
Philippine Commonwelth. b. Law of multiplicity of evidence in
a. Dr. Sixto delos Angeles identification
b. Dr. Pedro Solis c. Conclusive evidence rule
c. Dr. Gregorio T. Lantin d. Chain of custody of evidence
d. Dr. Enrique V. delos Santos
7. Color of blood when exposed to the
3. Regarded as the Father of Forensic atmosphere.
Medicine. a. Red
a. Antistius b. Clay
b. Imhotep c. Reddish-brown
c. Paulus Zacchias d. Black
d. San Juan de Bautista
8. It has for its characteristics as, bright scarlet
4. Earliest known forensic pathologist or police in color, with high oxygen content and leaves
surgeon, who performed the autopsy of Julius the blood vessel with pressure.
Caesar, reporting that out of the 23 stab a. Arterial blood
wounds, only one penetrated the chest cavity b. Venous blood
between the first and second rib which was c. Menstrual blood
Caesar‟s proximate cause of death. d. Human blood
a. Antistius
b. Imhotep 9. Dark red in color, with low oxygen content
c. Paulus Zacchias and usually does not spill far from the wound.
d. San Juan de Bautista a. Arterial blood
b. Venous blood
5. First chief of the Medico Legal Division of c. Menstrual blood
the Bureau of Investigation. d. Human blood
a. Dr. Sixto delos Angeles
b. Dr. Pedro Solis
10. This blood contains a high number of c. Hemorrhage
deodorleins bacillus, it does not clot and has d. Hematoma
acidic reactions.
a. Arterial blood 16. Wound produced to man‟s instinctive
b. Venous blood reaction of self-preservation to repel attacks or
c. Menstrual blood an aggressor.
d. Human blood a. Defense wound
b. Self-inflicted wound
11. A condition in which foreign matters are c. Patterned wound
introduced in the blood stream blocking the d. Mutilated wound
blood circulation in the finer capillaries and
arteriiles. 17. A wound which resembles the shape or
a. Infection object of the instrument which caused it.
b. Embolism a. Defense wound
c. Hemorrhage b. Self-inflicted wound
d. Hematoma c. Patterned wound
d. Mutilated wound
12. It is the disorder of the fluid balance due to
peripheral deficiency, characterized by the 18. Pulverization of the body into shape with
decreased blood volume, its flow, hemo- the use of intense heat.
concentration and renal deficiency. a. Exhumation
a. Infection b. Cremation
b. Shock c. Charring
c. Hemorrhage d. Pounding
d. Hematoma
19. Prescribed depth of a grave under P.D.
13. Extravasations or loss of blood from the 856, Section 19 of the Code of Sanitation.
circulation due to inflicted wounds in the a. At least ½ meters deep
cardiovascular system. b. At least 1 meters deep
a. Infection c. At least 1 and ½ meters deep
b. Embolism d. At least 2 meters deep
c. Hemorrhage
d. Hematoma 20. A person who died of a communicable
disease must be buried within…
14. The growth and development of micro- a. 6 hours after death, unless the local
organism in the location of the injury or health officer permits otherwise
wound. b. 12 hours after death, unless the
a. Infection health officer permits extension
b. Embolism c. 24 hours after death, unless the
c. Hemorrhage health officer permits extension
d. Hematoma d. 48 hours after death, unless the
health officer permits extension
15. Effusion of blood into the tissue
underneath the skin due to the rupture of 21. A significant difference between the male
blood vessels as a result of the application of a and female skull is that in males, the
blunt force. supercialiary ridges are ______ than compared
a. Contusion with females.
b. Shock a. Less sharp
b. Sharper
 c. More pointed c. 3
d. Smoother d. 4

22. Female pelvis diameter is _______ 28. Refers to a fracture where there is a break
compared with male pelvis. in the bone, loss of alignment of the affected
a. Greater bones and separation of fragment bones.
b. Equal a. Simple fracture
c. Lesser b. Compound fracture
d. Less significant c. Communicated fracture
d. None of these
23. How many minutes is necessary persistent
cessation in respiration, circulation and brain 29. Bleeding usually in the cavity or organs in
function is sufficient to declare a person the body.
clinically dead? a. Internal hemorrhage
a. 10-15 minutes b. Hematoma
b. 15-30 minutes c. Contusion
c. 30-45 minutes d. Internal wound
d. 45-60 minutes
30. Abrasion due to contact with a rough, hard
24. A simple test used to determine cessation object.
of respiration by placing water or mercury in a a. Imprint abrasion
container on top of the chest of a person and b. Pressure abrasion
no visible movement is noticed.
a. Winslov test c. Friction abrasion
b. Florence test d. Graze
c. Barberio‟s test
d. Castle Meyer test 31. Reduction of oxygen in the blood.
a. Hypoxia
25. A muscular change characterized by the b. Asphyxia
softness of the muscles and in which it no c. Hypercapnea
longer responds to mechanical or electrical d. None of the foregoing
stimulus due to the dissolution of proteins.
a. Stage of primary flaccidity 32. Refers to an abrasion due to pressure
b. Stage of secondary flaccidity applied and with accompanying movement
c. Rigor mortis over the skin.
d. Livor mortis a. Pressure abrasion
b. Imprint abrasion
26. In tropical countries, hair and nails are c. Impact abrasion
detached from a dead body in how many days? d. Graze
a. 7
b. 14 33. A nervous disease marked by seizures with
c. 21 convulsion and loss of consciousness.
d. 28 a. Epilepsy
b. Apoplexy
27. Maggots are seen in dead bodies c. Catalepsy
particularly in warm countries within how many d. Uremia
days from death?
a. 1 34. Refers to the accumulation in the blood
b. 2 ordinarily eliminated in the urine; specifically a
toxic condition seen in urinary suppression, d. Livor mortis
marked by nausea, vertigo, vomiting, coma
and convulsion. 40. Average time for the stomach to empty its
a. Epilepsy contents after meals.
b. Apoplexy a. 2 to 3 hours
c. Catalepsy b. 3 to 4 hours
d. Uremia c. 4 to 5 hours
d. 5 to 6 hours
35. LIvor mortis or post mortem lividity is
completed in how many hours when the blood 41. Rate of growth of human hair.
has already clotted or diffused to different a. 0.4 to 0.5 mm./day
parts of the body wherein the discoloration is b. 0.5 to 0.6 mm./day
permanent and darker in color? c. 0.6 to 0.6 mm./day
a. 12 hours d. 0.7 to 0.8 mm./day
b. 24 hours
c. 36 hours 42. A person is considered dead if the rate of
d. 48 hours fall of body temperature is about:
a. 10 to 15⁰F
36. In blood grouping, should there be no b. 15 to 20 ⁰F
agglutination with either group A or B what c. 20 to 25⁰F
would be the particular blood group of the d. 25 to 30⁰F
sample?
a. Group A 43. Sudden inflammation of the pancreas
b. Group B caused by infections carried in the blood
c. Group AB stream. It may follow obstruction of the
d. Group O pancreatic duct and subsequent congestion of
the gland.
37. Period of time wherein human bones will a. Perforated peptic ulcer
not exhibit changes. b. Generalized peritonitis
a. 10 years c. Acute intestinal obstruction
b. 20 years d. Acute pancreatitis
c. 30 years
d. 40 years 44. A break or solution in the continuity of the
38. It is the formation of a soft, friable and skin.
brownish white greasy substance in the soft a. Wound
fatty tissue after death. b. Trauma
a. Saponification c. Bruise
b. Rigor mortis d. Scratch
c. Mummification
d. Maceration 45. A wound which inflicted in the body which
is so serious that it will endanger one‟s life.
39. A discoloration of the body after death a. Non-mortal wound
when the blood tends to pool in the blood b. Mortal wound
vessels of the most dependent portions of the c. Trauma
body and starts 20 to 30 minutes after death d. Coup injury
and is completed by 12 hours.
a. Rigor mortis 46. A collection of blood underneath the skin.
b. Primary flaccidity a. Contusion
c. Maceration b. Bruise
 c. Petechiae
d. Hematoma 53. A wound produced by a blunt instrument
such as log and stone.
47. Straining or tearing of tendons, ligaments a. Punctured wound
and muscles causing skin discoloration and b. Hack wound
extreme pain. c. Lacerated wound
a. Sprain d. Incised wound
b. Contusion
c. Fracture 54. When the person was stabbed by an ice
d. Dislocation pick, what wound would be exhibited?
a. Punctured wound
48. It is a fracture wherein a break of the skin b. Hack wound
and bone is evident. c. Lacerated wound
a. Simple d. Incised wound
b. Compound
c. Comminuted 55. Wound produced by a butcher‟s knife.
d. fracture a. Punctured wound
b. Hack wound
49. A displacement of the articular surface of c. Lacerated wound
the bone without external wounds. d. Incised wound
a. Sprain
b. Fracture 56. The basic building blocks of DNA are as
c. Hematoma follows ACGT, A stands for what?
d. Dislocation a. Adenine
b. Adenide
50. In gunshot wounds, when there is evident c. Adenum
burning of tissues and blackening of the skin, it d. Adenoid
may be ascertained that it is a near contact fire
meaning that the distance of the body to the 57. In crimes which took place twenty years
gun is approximately: ago, what sample should be obtained for DNA
a. 6 inches testing?
b. 12 inches a. Fingernails
c. 18 inches b. Hair
d. 24 inches c. Skeleton
d. Teeth
51. A physical injury which is found at the site
and also the opposite site of the application of 58. It is inherited from the mother found in the
force. mitochondria which is in the cell body.
a. Extensive injury a. Nuclear DNA
b. Coup injury b. Helix
c. Contre coup injury c. Mitochondrial DNA
d. Coup and contre coup injury d. DNA nucleus

52. A physical injury found at the site of the 59. Period of time wherein human bones will
application of force. not exhibit changes.
a. Extensive injury a. 10 years
b. Coup injury b. 20 years
c. Contre coup injury c. 30 years
d. Coup and contre coup injury d. 40 years
 a. Diffusion lividity
60. A complete, continuous, persistent b. Clotting of the blood
cessation of respiration, circulation and almost c. Rigor mortis
all brain function of an organism. d. Hypostatic lividity
a. Somatic death
b. Cellular death 67. Approximate average amount of semen per
c. Molecular death ejaculation under normal conditions.
d. Apparent death a. 2 to 2.5 cubic centimeters
61. Manner of walking of a person which may b. 2.5 to 5 cubic centimeters
be natural or secondary. c. 5 to 10 cubic centimeters
a. Mannerism d. 10 to 15 cubic centimeters
b. Tic
c. Gait 68. DNA, is found in all nucleated cells of the
d. Body language body, it is regarded as the fingerprint of life.
What does it stands for?
62. This muscular change upon death lasts a. Deonatural acid
about 20 to 30 minutes and is characterized by b. Dynamic natural anti-body
the relaxation of the muscles and loss of their c. Deoxyribunucleic acid
natural tone. d. Deoxyribunucliec acid
a. Stage of primary flaccidity
b. Post mortem rigidity 68. A powerful tool in identification which
c. Cadaveric spasm points to the source of biological evidence by
d. Secondary flaccidity matching it with samples from the victims,
suspects and their relatives.
63. Approximate time for the completion of a. DNA profiling
one case for DNA testing. b. Serology
a. Minimum of 2 weeks c. Instrumentation
b. Minimum of 4 weeks d. Forensics
c. Minimum of six weeks
d. Minimum of eight weeks 69. Body fluids routinely tested because they
are good sources of cells.
64. Period of time wherein there body would a. Saliva and tears
be completely skeletonized, under normal b. Semen and saliva
conditions in tropical countries. c. Urine and semen
a. 1 month d. Semen and blood
b. 3 months
c. 6 months 70. Human being‟s tissue attached to the body
d. 12 months which may undergo DNA testing
a. Hair
65. In cases of suicide, what would be the b. Bone
noticeable muscular change c. Skin
a. Cold stiffening d. Fingernails
b. Heat stiffening
c. Instantaneous rigor 71. It is the dissolution of the tissues by the
d. Putrefaction digestive action of its bacteria and enzyme.
a. Primary Flaccidity
66. Fixed discoloration of the blood clothed b. Post mortem rigidity
inside the blood vessels or has diffused to c. Cadaveric spasm
different parts of the body. d. Putrefaction
 b. Demi-virginity
72. Conclusive evidence that the subject c. Physical virginity
person is a female. d. Virgo-intacta
a. Possession of vagina
b. Possession of ovaries 79. Refers to the action of bacteria to a dead
c. Possession of estrogen body.
d. Possession of progesterone a. Flaccidity
b. Rigidity
73. A person with big face and prominent c. LIvidity
cheek bones. d. Putrefaction
a. Hippocratic facie
b. Mongolian facie 80. A condition of exposure to cold
c. Myxedema facie temperature of certain parts of the body which
d. Facies lionine produces mechanical disruption of cell
structure characterized by cold stiffening and
74. Conclusive evidence that a person is a diminished body temperature.
male. a. Gangrene
a. Presence of testis b. Frostbite
b. Presence of androsterone c. Trench foot
c. Presence of penis d. Immersion foot
d. Possession of testosterone
81. Failure of adequate heat elimination related
75. A whitish foam at the mouth and nostrils to the breakdown of sweating mechanism.
due to mucous secretion of the respiratory a. Heat cramp
track after death. b. Heat exhaustion
a. “Cutis anserine” c. Heat stroke
b. Washerwoman d. Burning
c. Champignon d‟ ocume
d. Cadaveric spasm 82. In determining the sex by analyzing the
skeleton, which part is not used?
76. It is a death that occurs due to illness of a. Skull
the body. b. Pelvis
a. Natural death c. Sternum
b. Molecular death d. Tibia
c. Somatic death
d. Apparent death 83. A serious burn involving skin, nerves,
muscles and bones, considered as the most
77. A type of burn produced as a result of the severe burn causing death due to loss of fluids
body coming into contact with a moving and electrolytes in the body and massive
object. infection.
a. Thermal burn a. Sunburn
b. Friction Burn b. P” degree burn
c. Radiation burn c. 2‟ degree burn
d. Electrical burn d. 3‟d degree burn

78. A condition of a woman who has had one 84. A person who is devoid of oxygen for
or more sexual experience but not had around 3 to 5 minutes would die, the cause of
conceived a child. death would be:
a. Moral virginity a. Stupor
 b. Stroke 91. An injury or disease which survived for a
c. Asphyxia prolonged interval which allowed the
d. Exhaustion development of serious suquelae which
becomes the cause of death. It is usually
85. Most effective method in determining sex common to cases involving stab wounds.
of an individual. a. Proximate cause of death or
a. Gonodal test secondary cause of death
b. Social test b. Immediate or primary cause of death
c. Genital test c. Cardio-respiratory arrest
d. Chromosomal test d. Nocturnal death

86. Its medico-legal importance is to 92. Their presence in the cadaver would
approximate the time of death. indicate that death has occurred more than 24
a. Cadaveric spasm hours hence are useful to proximate the time
b. Putrefaction of death.
c. Mascular contraction a. Flies
d. Rigor mortis b. Earthworms
c. Bees
87. Defloration is the laceration of the hymen d. Butterflies
due to:
a. Masturbation 93. A complete study of a dead body,
b. Fingering undertaken by a trained physician.
c. Sodomy a. Autopsy
d. Sexual intercourse b, Embalming
c. Medical examination
88. In cellular or molecular death, death of d. Post-mortem examination
individual cell occurs in:
a. 20 to 30 minutes 94. Average time of decomposition for tropical
b. 3 to 6 hours countries such as the Philippines.
c. 12 to 24 hours a. 12 to 24 hours
d. 24-36 hours b. 24 to 48 hours
c. 36 to 48 hours
89. Most noticeable sign of death d. 48 to 72 hours
a. Cessation of respiration
b. Progressive fall of body temperature 95. After death, the metabolic process inside
c. Insensibility of body and loss of the body ceases, heat is no longer produced
power to move and the body slowly loses its temperature.
d. Cessation of heart action and a. Algor mortis
circulation b. Rigor mortis
c. Cadaveric spasm
90. It applies to disease or trauma kills, d. Suspended animation
wherein there is no chance for complication or
sequelae to develop. 96. Transient loss of consciousness with
a. Proximate cause of death or temporary cassation of the vital functions of
secondary cause of death the body.
b. Immediate or primary cause of death a. Death
c. Cardio-respiratory arrest b. Coma
d. Nocturnal death c. Suspended animation
d. Rigor mortis
97. Hair on the body surface is usually:
a. Thick
b. Tapering gradually to fine points
c. Fine
d. all of the above

98. Characterized by no breathing and heart

action, chill in the body and non-existent
reflexes.
a. Death
b. Coma
c. Suspended animation
d. Rigor mortis

99. The larger the area of contact between the

forces applied on the body, the lesser is the
damage inflicted to the body.
a. Kinetic energy
b. Vital reaction
c. Time
d. Area of transfer

100. A branch of medicine which deals with the

application of medical knowledge to the
purposes of law and in the administration of
justice.
a. Forensic Medicine
c. Legal Medicine
b. Medical Jurisprudence
d. Human Medicine