forensic medicine examiner interview questions and answers

21. Tache noire refers to
a. Postmortem staining
b. Flaccidity of eyeball
c. Wrinkled dusty sclera
d. Maggot growth
Ans: C

22. Rectal temperature does not appreciably fall till what time after death
a. 15-30 mts
b. 30-60 mts
c. 60-90 mts
d. none of the above
Ans: B

23. Postmortem caloricity seen in poisoning from.
a. Arsenic
b. Strychnine
c. Cyanide
d. Organophosphorus
Ans: B

24. Postmortem lividity well developed with in
a. 2 hrs
b. 4 hrs
c. 6 hrs
d. 8 hrs
Ans: B

25. Fixation of postmortem staining occurs in
a. 2 hrs
b. 4 hrs
c. 6 hrs
d. 8 hrs
Ans: C

26. Rigor mortis starts when muscle ATP is reduced below
a. 50%
b. 5%
c. 15%
d. 5%
Ans: C

27. Rigor mortis first evident in
a. Intestine
b. Myocardium
c. Interstitial muscle
d. Eyelids
Ans: D

28. Cutis anserina of rigor mortis due to stiffness of
a. Erector pilorum
b. Biceps
c. Cremaster
d. Diaphragm
Ans: A

29. Rigor mortis does not occur in fetus less than
a. 9 mth
b. 7 mth
c. 6 mth
d. 8 mth
Ans: B

30. In India rigor mortis lasts for
a. 12-24 hrs
b. 24 –48 hrs
c. 36-72 hrs
d. 48-96 hrs
Ans: B