The study of poisons and the identification of drugs and other substances in the human body is known as toxicology.

All toxins are manufactured in laboratories.

All alcohols are toxic to the body.

All chemicals are toxic and harmful to the body.

Toxicology is the study of poisons and the identification of drugs and other substances a person may have used for medicinal, recreational or criminal purposes.

Methanol is converted by the liver to arsenic and can destroy the body over time.

Drugs are classified by schedules according to the Drug Classification Act.

Cocaine overdose causes reduced heart rate, reduced body temperature, and low blood pressure.

The definition of death is controversial and there is no agreed-upon definition for this term.

Death is an instant event, not a process.

There is a facility called the “Body Farm” that studies the decomposition variables of human corpses.

Livor mortis is the process of the body stiffening after death.

The study of insect growth and its relevance to criminal investigations is known as forensic zoology.

The body cools by 1.4°F immediately after death and continues to cool at this rate until ambient temperature is met.

Natural death is caused by the interruption and failure of body functions due to age or disease.

Approximate time of death can be determined based on the temperature of a corpse’s liver.

A person who performs autopsies is known as an anthropologist.

Insects can always provide forensic scientists with an infallible method for determining TOD.

Skull remains can help anthropologists determine gender, race, and age.

Maggots will crawl away from the body in order to find a cool dry place to undergo metamorphosis.

Postmortem interval is the time that has elapsed from death to the autopsy.

The number of bones in the body increases from the time of birth to adulthood.

DNA can often be taken from skeletal remains and matched to a family member to determine if a relationship exists.

The ilium is a part of the skull that is present in males and females.

Bones, such as the skull, pelvis, and long bones can be used to identify sex, ancestry, age, height, and/or lifestyle.

The tibia is the longest and strongest bone in the human body.

Which of the following is NOT a method used by toxicologists to identify alcohol in the body?

Which of the following is NOT a role that a toxicologist might perform:

Upon autopsy, the toxicologist and pathologist determine if toxins are in the victim’s system through controlled testing. Which of the following toxicology disciplines would handle post mortem toxicology?

Which of the following is NOT a factor for a toxicologist to consider when determining cause of death?

Which of the following is a way that a Human Performance toxicologist might test for alcohol?

Which of the following is a symptom of cocaine use?

Which organ does alcohol poisoning (over time) most likely negatively affect?

Toxicologists analyze a dead body that is suspected to have died of a drug overdose. The toxicologist observes the body to have blue fingernails and lips. Before the victim died, the EMS workers observed the victim to have low blood pressure and difficulty breathing. Of which of the following drugs did the victim most likely overdose?

A person exhibits slowed reflexes, blurred vision, and poor judgment of distance and has a BAC reading of 0.2. Based on what we have learned about toxins and their effects on the body, this person is most likely under the influence of ___.

Which of the following alcohols is not directly poisonous, but is converted to formaldehyde when processed by the liver and becomes very toxic?

A 95-year old man dies from heart failure. Which of the following manners of death will be listed on his death certificate?

A 19 year-old girl is found dead in the woods of a local park with a broken neck AND a gunshot wound to the left arm. Although Forensic scientists worked on her case, the cause of death could not be pin-pointed. Which of the following manners of death will be listed on the victim’s death certificate?

Which of the following postmortem processes are temporary and only remain present for a maximum of 48 hours?

The pooling of the blood in the body provides a clue as to how long a person has been dead. This discoloration is known as ______.

Which of the following factors is not relevant to determining the time of death of a victim using rigor mortis?

The body of a 27-year-old Asian male was found face down in his apartment. The body exhibited dark purple lividity on the dorsal/back side of the victim. Which of the following is true of this case?

A female body is found in a warehouse with 5 stab wounds to the ventral side of the body. The ambient temperature inside the warehouse is 70.9° F. The internal temperature of the victim is 94.4°F. Approximately how long has the body been dead? (Choose the BEST answer)

Another term that is used in forensics to describe the environmental temperature in which a body is found is known as ____.

When a person dies, their body loses heat energy and the temperature of the corpse will decrease until an equilibrium is reached. This is known as ____.

Which of the following is not a factor in determining TOD?

Approximately how many hours has a person been dead if they exhibit livor mortis, but no rigor mortis is present?

Which of the following BEST describes the definition of death?

The body of a runner was found in the park one early, hot summer morning. The ambient temperature was 89°F (far above normal room temperature). The body displayed rigor in the face and neck area. Which of the following is the BEST prediction for TOD?

A 19 year old female was found dead in her college apartment. Her body was found lying on her back, but lividity was present on her ventral (torso) side. Which of the following best describes this situation.

A 911 call is made to police. Upon arrival to the crime scene (10:00 pm), investigators discover the body of a black male who has been hung. The liver temperature of the body registered 93°F. What was the approximate time of death of the victim?

Approximately how long has a body been dead if the temperature of the body is 70.6°F?

Which of the following is a characteristic of blow fly larva during instar I?

A forensic entomologist identifies the following blowfly life cycle stages when observing a decomposing body in the woods: adult blowflies with straight wings eggs larva (at all instars) empty pupa casings as well as occupied pupa casings blowflies with crumpled wings According to this information, which of the following options is the most accurate PMI? *Assume ambient temperatures are normal.

When calculating PMI using insects, which of the following is NOT a factor to consider?

Approximately how many hours has a person been dead if only eggs are found in the orifices of the body?

A 911 call is made to police. Upon arrival to a crime scene, investigators discover the body of a Caucasian female. Instar I and instar II maggots are found on the body along with eggs and swarming adult blowflies. What was the approximate PMI of the victim? *Assume environmental conditions are average.

Which is the correct sequence of developmental stages for blowflies?

Which stage of decomposition correctly identifies when maggots are most active?

A body is found and shows no visible signs of rigor. The body has been dead ___.

To take the temperature of a corpse, forensic investigators insert a thermometer into the ___.

The youngest species in the blow fly life cycle is ____.

A black male body is found with lividity present in the lower back, buttocks, and hamstring area of the legs. Which of the following is most likely true based on the information given to you?

When investigators arrived at the scene (4:30 pm) in the death of famous actress Anna Nicole Smith, they noticed that rigor mortis was present in her legs, but not in her head or neck. According to protocol, which of the following was the most accurate TOD?

You arrive at a crime scene at 10:00 pm where a convenience store has been robbed and the owner of the store has been shot to death. If ambient conditions are ideal, what would be the approximate temperature of the liver if the shooting happened 30 minutes prior to your arrival at the scene?

What is the first step of an autopsy?

A body is brought to you, the pathologist, to determine the cause of death of the victim. Upon observation, you notice that there is severe bleeding in the brain and the head of the victim has been busted open due to blunt force trauma. Which of the following is the BEST guess for the mechanism of death?

The role of a toxicologist is to ___.

Which of the following disciplines of forensic toxicology is responsible for observing and analyzing the effects of alcohol and drugs on the human body? These toxicologists perform analyses of drugs and alcohol in biological samples of evidence.

Which of the following Schedule III drugs causes acne, increased body hair, high blood pressure, and potentially kidney/liver cancer?

Which of the following is NOT true of alcohol and its effects on the human body?

Which of the following is NOT a factor that influences BAC levels?

The stage in an insect’s life cycle when the larva forms a hard, dark capsule around itself and turns into its adult form is known as ___.

The humerus of a Caucasian male was found with a length of 38.2 cm. Which of the following best matches the probable height of the victim?

A forensic anthropologist noted that a set of skeletal remains exhibited the following traits: wide subpubic angle on the pelvis, a completely fused coronal suture, and a skull with a V-shaped mandible. Which description best supports the skeletal findings?

A Caucasian male’s femur is found in the woods. The length measures 52 cm. What is the approximate height of the man?

Which of the following BEST describes a skull of a female?