Chapter 7 Special Deaths

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question and then circle the letter of the correct answer.]

1. The Philippine Constitution provides that “cruel and unusual punishment shall not be inflicted.”
This is embodied in what provision?

a. Article III Sec. 1 par. 19

b. Article III Sec. 2 par. 19
c. Article II Sec. 1 par. 19
d. Article III Sec. 1 par. 18

2. The following are arguments in favor of death penalty, EXCEPT:

a. It is the only method of eliminating the hopeless enemy of the society.

b. Its brutalizing effect is an unproven assumption.
c. It is an irreversible penalty.
d. None of the above.

3. The following arguments against death penalty, EXCEPT:

a. Its brutalizing effect is an unproven assumption.

b. It is an irreversible penalty.
c. Capital punishment violates humanitarian sentiments.
d. None of the above.

4. It is a method of judicial death where a person is made to sit on a chair made of electrical
conducting materials and a current of more than 1,500 volts is put on until the convict dies.

a. Death by Hanging
b. Death by Electrocution
c. Death by Suicide
d. Death by Smothering

5. If a person sentenced to die by electrocution is above seventy (70) years of age, his/her
punishment shall be:

a. commuted to reclusion temporal with the accessory penalties

b. commuted to reclusion perpetua with the accessory penalties
c. set aside and the convict is set free
d. none of the above

6. This is a method of judicial death where the convict is made to stand in an elevated collapsible
platform with a noose around the neck, and the platform suddenly collapsing which causes the
suspension of the body of the convict causing his death.

a. Death by Electrocution
b. Death by Musketry
c. Death by Hanging
d. Death by Smothering

7. Hanging is usually imposed by/to:

a. Military tribunals
b. Persons who are guilty of very grave offense
 c. Court marshal
d. All of the above

8. This method involves making the convict face a firing squad and is put to death by a volley of
fire.

a. Death by Suicide
b. Death by Musketry
c. Death by Hanging
d. Death by Stoning

9. The convict is enclosed in a compartment and an abnoxious or asphyxiating gas is introduced.

This method is called

a. Death by Flaying
b. Death by Electrocution
c. Death by Hanging\
d. Death by Gas chamber

10. Which of the following methods of judicial death is not allowed in the Philippines?

a. Death by gas chamber

b. Death by electrocution
c. Death by Hanging
d. Death by Musketry

11. This method of capital punishment involves mutilating the body usually with a sharp heavy
instrument until death ensues.

a. Cutting asunder
b. Stoning
c. Beheading
d. Crucifixion

12. This method involves the use of guillotine to sever the head.

a. Impaling
b. Cutting asunder
c. Crucifixion
d. Beheading

13. This is the deliberate and painless acceleration of death of a person usually suffering from an
incurable disease

a. Lethal injection
b. Euthanasia
c. Flaying
d. None of the above

14. This type of euthanasia involves the intentional application of the means to shorten the life of a
person.

a. Active euthanasia
b. Passive euthanasia
c. Orthothanasia
d. Dysthanasia
15. This type of euthanasia involves the absence of the application of the means to accelerate
death but the natural course of the disease is allowed to have its way to extinguish the life of a
person.

a. Active euthanasia
b. Active euthanasia on demand
c. Passive euthanasia
d. None of the above

16. It is a type of passive euthanasia where the ill person is allowed to die a natural death without
the application of any treatment.

a. Passive euthanasia on demand

b. Orthothanasia
c. Dysthanasia
d. None of the above

17. It is a type of passive euthanasia where there is an attempt to extend the life span of a person
by use of treatments without which the patient would have died earlier.

a. Passive euthanasia on demand

b. Orthothanasia
c. Dysthanasia
d. None of the above

18. The following are methods of performing euthanasia, EXCEPT:

a. Administration of a lethal dose of poison.

b. Enclosing the patient in a compartment and administering abnoxious gas.
c. Application of a strong electric current.
d. Injection of air into the blood stream.\

19. Who may perform euthanasia?

a. Patient himself
b. Physician
c. a and b
d. None of the above

20. This method of death is also termed as self-destruction and is usually the unfortunate
consequence of mental illness.

a. Drowning
b. Suicide
c. Flaying
d. Euthanasia

21. Which of the following is a method of committing suicide?

a. Hanging
b. Electrocution
c. Poison
d. All of the above

22. This is the deprivation of the regular and constant supply of food and water until the person
dies.

a. Malnutrition
 b. Depression
c. Starvation
d. Marasmus

23. This type of starvation is characterized by the sudden and complete withholding of the food
from a person.

a. Acute starvation
b. Marasmus
c. Kwashiorkor
d. Chronic Starvation

24. This type of starvation occurs when there is a gradual and deficient supply of food.

a. Acute starvation
b. Marasmus
c. Kwashiorkor
d. Chronic Starvation

25. The following factors affect the length of survival during starvation, EXCEPT:

a. Race
b. Sex
c. Age
d. Environment

26. Which of the following is not a symptom of starvation?

a. The pulse is weak.

b. The skin is supple and pink.
c. The face is pale.
d. The voice is faint and weak.

27. Which of the following findings can be observed during post-mortem examination of a person
who died from starvation?

a. Bed sores
b. Pale and wasted muscles
c. Pale and soft brain
d. All of the above

28. Deficiency in protein may result to:

a. Leucopenia
b. Night blindness
c. Osteomalacia
d. Beri-beri

29. Deficiency in vitamin D may cause:

a. Leucopenia
b. Night Blindness
c. Neuritis
d. Osteomalacia

30. What is the basis for a diagnosis of death by starvation?

a. Presence of a malignant disease

b. Presence of concurrent infection such as Tuberculosis
c. Absence of a disease and deprivation of food
d. Both a and b

Answer Keys:

1.
2. C
3. A
4. B
5. B
6. C
7. D
8. B
9. D
10. A
11. A
12. D
13. B
14. A
15. C
16. B
17. C
18. B
19. C
20. B
21. D
22. C
23. A
24. D
25. A
26. B
27. D
28. A
29. D
30. C