Forensic Medicine Assessment

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Module 13 — Sexual Violence: Care, Examination & Evidence

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Question 01 • Single best answer

What is the appropriate starting approach to a person reporting sexual assault?

A. Demand visible injury before offering care B. Address health and safety with privacy and a supportive explanation of choices C. Require a particular emotional reaction D. Begin by judging the person's character

Question 02 • Single best answer

How should consent for examination and forensic collection be handled?

A. Treat consent to treatment as consent to every disclosure B. Assume silence always authorizes all sampling C. Explain and obtain the appropriate consent for each component D. Make all care conditional on accepting every procedure

Question 03 • Single best answer

Does a normal genital examination exclude sexual assault?

A. Yes; visible trauma is obligatory B. No; an assault may leave no visible injury C. Yes; every event creates an identical wound D. No; because examination has no clinical value at all

Question 04 • Single best answer

Can hymenal appearance establish previous sexual intercourse?

A. Yes; it provides a reliable binary result B. No; it is not a valid test of sexual history C. Yes; only patient age needs to be added D. Yes; a photograph eliminates uncertainty

Question 05 • Single best answer

Which statement about sexual orientation is appropriate in a medical report?

A. It determines whether an injury is genuine B. It replaces the need for consent C. It establishes an assailant's identity D. It is not itself a disease or proof of an offence

Question 06 • Single best answer

Why should preventive care be assessed promptly after an assault?

A. All treatment must wait for DNA results B. The need disappears if no injury is visible C. Forensic collection automatically prevents infection D. Some interventions have time-sensitive benefit

Question 07 • Single best answer

What does a negative semen test establish by itself?

A. That no assault occurred B. That consent was given C. That the person's account was false D. Only that the test did not detect its target under the sampling conditions

Question 08 • Single best answer

How should important statements in the history be documented?

A. Faithfully, with the source and relevant exact words identified B. Rewritten to fit a legal accusation C. Combined with examiner speculation as fact D. Excluded unless a witness agrees

Question 09 • Single best answer

Which inference is not established by a DNA source association alone?

A. That a genetic comparison was made B. That tested material produced a profile C. That a reference profile was considered D. Whether sexual contact was consensual

Question 10 • Single best answer

What standard applies when examining an alleged assailant?

A. Presumption of medical guilt B. Impartial care, appropriate authority and objective documentation C. Omission of findings that contradict an allegation D. Removal of all confidentiality safeguards automatically

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