Medical Jurisprudence

Question 1

Inherent Rights

Answer 1

to choose patients
to limit practice
to determine appropriate mngt
to avail of hospital services

Question 2

Incidental rights

Answer 2

Right of way
Exemption from execution of instruments and books
To hold private/public offices
To compensation
To membership in med societies

Question 3

Generics Act of 1988

Answer 3

RA 6676

Question 4

3rd conviction of violation against RA 6676 (Generics Act)

Answer 4

P 5,000 - 10,000

30 days suspension of practice

Question 5

Slight physical injuries incapacitate the victim from

Answer 5

1 - 9 days

Question 6

Less serious physical injuries require medical attendance from

Answer 6

10 to less than 30 days

Question 7

Penalties for illegal practice of medicine

Answer 7

1k-10k fine

1-5yrs imprisonment

Question 8

Immediate transplantation after death of donor

Answer 8

Heart
Lung
Kidney
Liver

Question 9

circumscribed extravasation of blood in subcutaeous tissue

Answer 9

petechiae

Question 10

tattooing can be seen from contact up to

Answer 10

24 inches

Question 11

smudging can be seen from contact up to

Answer 11

12 inches

Question 12

flame of gsw is seen up to a distance of

Answer 12

3-6 inches

Question 13

injury caused by sharp-edge instrument

Answer 13

incised wound

Question 14

injury caused by sharp-pointed instrument

Answer 14

punctured wound

Question 15

an injury caused by sharp-pointed and sharp edge instrument

Answer 15

stab wound

Question 16

Compound used as truth serum

Answer 16

hyoscine hydrobromide

Question 17

commonly used drugs for narcoanalysis

Answer 17

sodium amytal / pentothal

hypnotic/anesthetic

Question 18

microchemical exam conclusive of the presence of semen

Answer 18

acid phosphatase test

Question 19

biologic exam to test whether semen is of human origin or not

Answer 19

precipitin test

biological test of Farnum

Question 20

Fingerprints are formed during the

Answer 20

4th month of pregnancy

Question 21

Bones used to determine sex

Answer 21

Pelvis
Skull
Sternum
Femur
Humerus

Question 22

Best microchemical test to determine if stain is blood or not

Answer 22

Teichmann’s test

Hemin crystal test

Question 23

Average time required for death in drowning

Answer 23

2-5 minutes

Question 24

Quantitative determination of chloride content of the blood in the RV and LV

Answer 24

Gettler’s test

difference of 25mmHg

Question 25

Most prominent sign of death

Answer 25

Progressive fall of body temperature

Question 26

Only method of judicial death recognized by our civil law

Answer 26

Death by electrocution

Question 27

Length of survival without food and water

Answer 27

Less than 10 days

Question 28

Length of survival without food (with water)

Answer 28

50-60 days

Question 29

Microorganism that plays a dominant role in decomposition

Answer 29

Clostridium welchi

Question 30

Rigor mortis in the tropics lasts for how many hours

Answer 30

1-2 days

Question 31

Method of choice in infanticide

Answer 31

Throttling

Question 32

Most common accidental smothering in children

Answer 32

overlaying

Question 33

Basis to pronounce a person dead

Answer 33

Somatic death

Question 34

Minimum gestation period compatible with viability of fetus

Answer 34

180 days

Question 35

failure of a female to respond to sexual stimulus

Answer 35

frigidity

Question 36

incestuous marriage is between collateral relatives by blood within

Answer 36

4th civil degree | up to 1st cousin

Question 37

To be a Legitimate child, one must be born _______ days after the marriage or within _______ days after dissolution of marriage

Answer 37

``` 180 days (6 months) or 300 days (10 months) ```

Question 38

IQ of: Idiot Imbecile Feeble-minded

Answer 38

0-20 21-40 41-70

Question 39

``` IQ of: Mild Moderate Severe Profound ```

Answer 39

52 to 67 36 to 51 20-35 less than 20

Question 40

most widely accepted method to measure alcohol and determine drunkenness

Answer 40

blood alcohol concentration

Question 41

Kunkel’s test carried out on a blood sample is used to determine presence of

Answer 41

carbon monoxide

Question 42

En Flagrante Delicto

Answer 42

In blazing offense | caught in the act

Question 43

1st police surgeon and forensic pathologist

Answer 43

Antistius

Question 44

amount of dangerous drugs for lifetime imprisonment

Answer 44

Opium 10g Heroin 10g Metamphetamine hydrochloride 50g Marijuana 500g

Question 45

abrasion commonly seen in hanging and strangulation

Answer 45

friction / pressure abrasion