ABMDI FULL STUDY SHEET QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS COLLECTION
●● What are 5 different ways you can describe the level or extent of
rigor mortis?
Answer: Absent
Minimal
Moderate
Advanced
Complete
●● What are 3 categories of descriptors that can be used to describe
livor mortis?
Answer: Coloration: Pink - Purple discoloration
Location on the body
State of fixation: Fixed or Unfixed / Blanchable
,●● How should physical assessments of bodies occur.
Answer: Starting from the head and working your way down, noting
obvious trauma and trace evidence.
●● What considerations should be made when turning over a body
during physical assessment?
Answer: Ensure the body is turned over onto a clean white sheet to
mitigate the loss of any possible trace evidence.
Continue assessment of the posterior as was done to the anterior.
●● What can be done to preserve physical evidence on hands or feet?
Answer: A paper bag can be placed on the hands and feet after
photographing.
●● What considerations should be made prior to handling evidence?
Answer: Do not handle evidence before obtaining fingerprints unless
given permission by the investigating officer in charge.
●● What considerations should be made with personal property?
Answer: Recognize, document and collect all items attached to the body.
, ●● What do bruises on the decedent's body indicate?
Answer: Bruises on the body usually indicate that the person was alive
at the time of injury
●● What are 4 types of searches at a scene?
Answer: Spiral (circular search pattern)
Radial (spoke-like search pattern)
Strip (linear search pattern)
Grid (cross linear search pattern)
●● What are 2 basic measurement techniques for scene examinations?
Answer: Coordinate method (uses a fixed point to measure distance
from)
Triangulation method (uses 2 fixed points to measure distance from)
●● Why may a tox draw be necessary at the scene?
Answer: Some drugs and poisons may deteriorate or metabolize during
the post mortem interval.
AND CORRECT ANSWERS COLLECTION
●● What are 5 different ways you can describe the level or extent of
rigor mortis?
Answer: Absent
Minimal
Moderate
Advanced
Complete
●● What are 3 categories of descriptors that can be used to describe
livor mortis?
Answer: Coloration: Pink - Purple discoloration
Location on the body
State of fixation: Fixed or Unfixed / Blanchable
,●● How should physical assessments of bodies occur.
Answer: Starting from the head and working your way down, noting
obvious trauma and trace evidence.
●● What considerations should be made when turning over a body
during physical assessment?
Answer: Ensure the body is turned over onto a clean white sheet to
mitigate the loss of any possible trace evidence.
Continue assessment of the posterior as was done to the anterior.
●● What can be done to preserve physical evidence on hands or feet?
Answer: A paper bag can be placed on the hands and feet after
photographing.
●● What considerations should be made prior to handling evidence?
Answer: Do not handle evidence before obtaining fingerprints unless
given permission by the investigating officer in charge.
●● What considerations should be made with personal property?
Answer: Recognize, document and collect all items attached to the body.
, ●● What do bruises on the decedent's body indicate?
Answer: Bruises on the body usually indicate that the person was alive
at the time of injury
●● What are 4 types of searches at a scene?
Answer: Spiral (circular search pattern)
Radial (spoke-like search pattern)
Strip (linear search pattern)
Grid (cross linear search pattern)
●● What are 2 basic measurement techniques for scene examinations?
Answer: Coordinate method (uses a fixed point to measure distance
from)
Triangulation method (uses 2 fixed points to measure distance from)
●● Why may a tox draw be necessary at the scene?
Answer: Some drugs and poisons may deteriorate or metabolize during
the post mortem interval.
