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What is considered the most important legal procedure following a death? |
| | A) | Obituary |
| | B) | Death notice |
| | C) | Official registration of death |
| | D) | Coroner's report |
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What are the different modes of death on a typical death certificate? |
| | A) | Accidental, suspicious, homicidal, and natural |
| | B) | Intentional, suspicious, homicidal, and natural |
| | C) | Accidental, suicidal, homicidal, and natural |
| | D) | Suicidal, unintentional, homicidal, and natural |
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A significant difference between a medical examiner and a coroner is that the |
| | A) | coroner is responsible for suicide prevention efforts whereas the medical examiner is not. |
| | B) | coroner must have specialized training in forensic pathology. |
| | C) | coroner is usually an elected official whereas the medical examiner is usually appointed. |
| | D) | coroners are qualified medical doctors. |
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What is the application of medical knowledge to questions of law? |
| | A) | Medico-legalization |
| | B) | Court appointed medical examination |
| | C) | Forensic pathology |
| | D) | Thanatechnological |
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Except when required by law, an autopsy can be performed only after |
| | A) | the funeral director has been contacted by family and the funeral plans are in place. |
| | B) | the cause of death is determined and the corpse is deemed not contagious. |
| | C) | the next of kin's consent. |
| | D) | the provisions of the Informed Anatomical Donor form are in place. |
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In a study of more than 300 homicides in a major American city, it was found that more than half of the |
| | A) | suspects had experienced significant social disadvantages. |
| | B) | suspects were released before reaching trial. |
| | C) | cases resulted from domestic violence. |
| | D) | cases were directly tied to financial gain. |
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How does the separation of civil and criminal law affect the modern system of justice? |
| | A) | Modern law views the accused as having a problem with a particular person. |
| | B) | Modern law views violence as an outgrowth of social and psychological problems rather than as individual acts. |
| | C) | Modern law considers the accused and the victim as equals in the legal equation. |
| | D) | Modern law views homicide as an act committed against the state rather than against an individual. |
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Research indicates that capital punishment is |
| | A) | an exception to the notion that killing solves problems. |
| | B) | an effective deterrent for criminal behavior. |
| | C) | the strong penalty needed to make the criminal justice system work. |
| | D) | not an effective deterrent to murder. |
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The coffin bell-pull device was invented to |
| | A) | warn the community about impending disasters. |
| | B) | prevent premature burial. |
| | C) | hasten death from plagues. |
| | D) | assist undertakers during burial. |
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Historically, death has been ascertained by the absence of |
| | A) | heartbeat and breathing. |
| | B) | consciousness. |
| | C) | brain waves. |
| | D) | heartbeat and brain waves. |
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All of the following are methods of determining clinical death EXCEPT |
| | A) | cessation of heartbeat. |
| | B) | cessation of breathing. |
| | C) | decomposition of the body's cells. |
| | D) | establishing brain death. |
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An irreversible process of deterioration in the body's systems and organs is |
| | A) | clinical decomposition. |
| | B) | cellular death. |
| | C) | electro-encephalogramic death. |
| | D) | brain death. |
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The Uniform Determination of Death Act was proposed by the |
| | A) | American Bar Association. |
| | B) | President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine. |
| | C) | Harvard Medical School Ad Hoc Committee to Examine Brain Death. |
| | D) | American Medical Association. |
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Where and when was the first 'breathing lung' transplant performed? |
| | A) | South Africa, 1967 |
| | B) | United States, 2012 |
| | C) | Japan, 2001 |
| | D) | United Kingdom, 1989 |
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The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act was revised in what year to simplify organ donation? |
| | A) | 1968 |
| | B) | 1984 |
| | C) | 1998 |
| | D) | 2006 |
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What date was the National Organ Transplant Act Enacted and by whom? |
| | A) | 2008 by registered medical ethicists appointed by the president of the United States |
| | B) | 1991 by the Surgeon General |
| | C) | 1989 by UNOS and OPTN |
| | D) | 1984 by the U.S. Congress |
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Under the provisions of the National Organ Transplantation Act, it is currently illegal to buy or sell human organs and tissues except |
| | A) | eyes. |
| | B) | bone marrow. |
| | C) | hair. |
| | D) | blood. |
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Who regulates organ procurement organizations? |
| | A) | The surgeon general's office |
| | B) | The federal government |
| | C) | The local health department |
| | D) | The National Conference on Commissions |
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Until quite recently, the style used by physicians in Japan for giving information to their patients was called? |
| | A) | "Open door" |
| | B) | "Closed door" |
| | C) | "Free-will" |
| | D) | "Need-to-know" |
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What accounts for the reluctance to actively pursue organ transplantation in Japan? |
| | A) | Japanese physicians practice "open door" medicine. |
| | B) | Japanese are concerned about keeping the body intact. |
| | C) | The criteria for brain death are applied too strictly. |
| | D) | Death is viewed as a medically determined phenomenon. |
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