CASE HISTORY

A woman was allegedly sexually molested by her

boyfriend and was examined by a Medico-Legal
Officer and was found with the following medico-legal
examination findings:

Contusion and abrasion at her face, right

breast and right lower extremities
Color changes of contusion, bluish, abrasions
scab formation dry.
Medico-Legal examination was performed
immediately the following day after the alleged
commission of the crime.
Complete hymenal laceration at 6 oclock
Hymenal orifice admits calibrated test tube
measuring 2.0 cm in cross diameter
Positive for spermatozoa per vaginal smear
Contusion and abrasions at inter-labial area
with scab formation dry and greenish
discoloration of contusion.

1. The possible crime committed by the assailant

was
a. Rape
b. Simple seduction
c. Qualified seduction
d. None of the above
2. Injuries noted during the time of examination
was compatible with any of the following
a. Rape was committed on the alleged
date of commission
b. Attempted rape was committed
c. Medical findings not sufficient with a
medico-legal conclusion
d. All of the above was correct
3. Was the following enumerated medico-legal
findings sufficient for a medical conclusion
a. Sufficient for rape
b. Sufficient for attempted rape
c. All of the above
d. None of the above
4. Hymenal laceration noted was compatible with
a. Rape
b. Attempted rape
c. Not sufficient for a conclusion of rape
d. None of the above
5. Size of hymenal orifice noted on the subject is
sufficient for a conclusion that:
a. Vaginal penetration was completed
b. Attempted vaginal penetration was
attempted
c. Attempted or completed vaginal
penetration cannot be determined
d. None of the above
6. Positive for spermatozoa per vaginal smear
was a conclusive evidence of:
a. Sexual intercourse was consummated
b. Attempt to penetrate vaginal canal
was noted
c. Vaginal penetration was
consummated
d. None of the above

7. Physical injuries noted during the time of

examination was compatible with
a. Rape
b. Attempted rape
c. Medical findings not sufficient for a
conclusion
8. Other possible sexual offense committed on
this case was
a. Simple seduction
b. Qualified seduction
c. Forcible seduction
d. Forcible abduction
MATCHING
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.

Rape
Qualified seduction
Simple seduction
Incestuous seduction
Forcible abduction
Consented abduction
Adultery
Concubinage
Acts of lasciviousness

9. A married woman having sexual intercourse

with a man other than the husband
10. Woman is a virgin between 12-18 years old
11. Unlawful sexual intercourse with a woman
between 12-18 years old with good reputation
12. A married man having sexual intercourse with
a woman other than the wife
13. Mashing of the female breast is an example
14. Sodomy
15. Insertion of foreign objects into the genitalia
16. Carrying away of a woman against her will
with lewd design
17. Carrying away of a virgin woman between 1218 years with her consent with lewd design
18. A father having sexual intercourse with the
daughter
19. Sex with an 11 year old prostitute
20. Carnal knowledge with a woman against her
will
21. Forcing a person to perform oral sex
22. Forcing wife to have sex
23. A man having sex with a married woman and
knows her to be married

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.

Lacerated wound
Incised wound
Stab wound
Punctured wound
Contusion
Abrasion
Hematoma
Hacking wound

24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.

A large incised wound

Caused by a sharp pointed instrument
Contact with rough surface
Ice pick, needle, syringe
Caused by a sharp-edged instrument
Description of its color is important
Cut, slice
Samurai, bolo, ax
Bruise
Blood tumor
Lead pipe, baseball ball
Caused by a blunt object
Open wound caused by a blunt object or
instrument
37. Caused by friction
38. Caused by an object with a sharp point and a
sharp edge
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.
J.

Virgo intact
Demi-virginity
Defloration
True physical virginity
False physical virginity
Superficial hymenal laceration
Deep hymenal laceration
Complete hymenal laceration
Compound/complicated hymenal
laceration
Old healed hymenal laceration

39. Laceration of hymenal due to sexual

intercourse
40. Truly virtuous woman
41. Laceration is up to the base
42. Laceration includes the cervix and anus
43. Laceration is over half but does not reach
base
44. More than 30 days old
45. Hymen is intact and insertion of even the
smallest finger evokes pain
46. Hymen may be intact but admits 1-2 fingers
with ease or no pain
47. Permits all form of sexual liberties except
intercourse
48. Laceration does not reach of width

A.
B.
C.
D.
49.
50.
51.
52.
53.
54.
55.
56.
57.
58.

GSW point of entry

GSW point of exit
Both A and B
None of the Above

Size is usually bigger

May be positive for paraffin test
Tissues are inverted
Size is usually ovaloid or circular
Tissues are everted
Size is usually irregular or stellate shaped
Always negative for paraffin test
Size is usually smaller
Always negative for products of combustion
Contusion collar may be present

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER

59. The Schonbeins test is also known
a. Kastle-Meyers test
b. Phenolpathaloin test
c. Gulacum
d. Benzidine test
60. In the female cranium
a. The styloid process is longer
b. The zygomatic arches and frontal
sinuses are more prominent
c. The forehead is higher and more
oblique
d. The mastoid process is larger
61. It is the prominence of the superficial veins
with reddish-discoloration in the process of
decomposition which develops on both flanks
of the abdomen
a. Putrefaction
b. Marbolization
c. Maceration
d. Adipose formation
62. A common law-husband who kills his wife
whom he
63. The primer is usually made up of:
a. Lead, barium, antimony
b. Lead and barium
c. Lead and antimony
d. Lead, barium and copper
64. To test for semen, a saturated solution of
picric acid to the stained cloth and under the
microscope appearing yellow needle shaped
crystals are seen
a. Forence test
b. Paramen reaction
c. Berberios
d. Gangulis
65. Carnal relation with a female under 12 yeas is
called
a. Simple seduction
b. Qualified seduction
c. Act of lasciviousness
d. Statutory rape

66. When the bullet transverses an organ filled

with fluid, the fluid contents within the organ
are displaced radially away from the bullet
bath producing extensive laceration
a. Hydrostatic force
b. Bullet trajectory
c. Muzzle blast
d. Shock waves
67. Soon after death, blood begins to accumulate
in the most dependent portion of the body
giving rise to
a. Petechiae
b. Hematoma
c. Hypostatic lividity
d. Diffusion lividity
68. The part of a stab wound which serves as a
guide as the manner of infliction is the
a. Shelving
b. Beveling
c. Shelving and beveling
d. Any of the above
69. Post mortem lividity has the following
mechanism
a. Hypostatic pressure
b. Gravitational pressure
c. Diffusion
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
70. The following statements are important in
death determination. Which on e is not valid
a. Civil personality of a natural person is
extinguished by death
b. The property of a person is transmitted
to heirs, if not to government
c. The death of a partner is one of the
cause of dissolution of partnership
agreement
d. The criminal liability of a person is
extinguished by death
71. Of the following kinds of death, which one is
relevant to organ transplantation
a. Somatic death
b. Molecular death
c. State of suspended animation
d. Cellular death
72. In molecular or cellular death, is death of
individual cells in:
a. 3-6 minutes
b.
c. 3-6 hours
d. 20-30 hours
73. the following terms are synonymous with
post-mortem rigidity except:
a. Cadaveric rigidity
b. Post mortem muscular irritability
c. Death struggle of muscles
d. Rigor mortis

74. Which is true with regards to rate putrefaction

a. Infants decompose later
b. Skinny ones decompose more rapidly
than obese persons
c. Bodies of persons whose cause of
death is due to infection decompose
rapidly
d. When the disease condition is
accompanied with nasarca,
decomposition is low
75. One of the statements below is not correct
a. The civil personality of a natural
person is extinguished by death
b. The death of a partner is one of the
causes of dissolution of partnership
c. The ascertainment of death is a
clinical and legal problem
d. The criminal liability of a person is
extinguished by death
76. The effect of the presence or pressure of
gasses in putrefaction
a. Extrusion of the fetus in a gravid
uterus
b. Fluid coming out of both nostrils and
mouth
c. Bloating of the body
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
77. The condition wherein blood merely gravitates
into the most dependent portions of the body
but still in fluid form
a. Diffusion lividity
b. Hypostatic lividity
c. All of the above
d. None of the above
78. How long can spermatozoa survive in the
vaginal canal after sexual intercourse?
a. 24 h
b. 48 h
c. 72 h
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
79. Tattooing is also known as
a. Stippling
b. Soot
c. Smudging
d. Tumbling movement
80. Condition of a woman who permits any of
sexual liberties as long as they abstain from
rupturing the hymen is called
a. Demi-virginity
b. Virgo intact
c. False physical virginity
d. True physical virginity