The means by which someone came to die (Natural, Accidental, Suicide, Homicide, and Undetermined).

• A. Natural
• B. Accidental
• C. Manner of Death
• D. Undetermined

Answer: (C)

The concept being tested is how death is classified in investigations. Deaths are categorized into five manners: natural, accidental, suicide, homicide, and undetermined. The term that describes this overall classification—the umbrella label under which all five possibilities fall—is the manner of death. The other options (natural, accidental, suicide, homicide, and undetermined) are the individual categories that describe specific ways death can occur, whereas “manner of death” is the overarching label used to describe which of those five fits. Also, note that “means” would refer to the mechanism or instrument of death (like a gun or poison), not the broad category of how death occurred.