CAISS EXAM 2026 (THORAX) | CERTIFIED ABBREVIATED
INJURY SCALE SPECIALIST EXAM | ASSOCIATION FOR
THE ADVANCEMENT OF AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE | ALL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | UPDATED
VERSION
When detailed information regarding an injury is lacking, what
descriptor is often used? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------NFS
NFS can refer to what two components of a code? ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------1) injury unspecified
2) severity unspecified
Should patients with AIS code 9 injuries be included in research
studies? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------NO
An articular fracture involves what structure? ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------JOINT
,A fracture with three or more fragments with proximal and distal
fragments not touching is defined as what? ---------CORRECT ANSWER---
--------------complex
When two ends of a bone are not aligned the fracture is called what? ---
------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------displaced
When multiple bone fragments are present a fracture is called what? ---
------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------comminuted
Origins of AIS (3) ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------1) Standardized
system
2) Classify type/severity of injury from MVC
3) Consensus
Injury descriptors are organized _________________________ ? ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Anatomically
,Injury severity is ranked relative to its importance to
_______________? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------The whole
body
AIS reflects severity of single injuries and are unaffected by what three
things? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------1) time
2) sequela
3) outcome
What type of scale does AIS use? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
6 point ordinal scale
Which type of measurement is more variable? Anatomic or Physiologic?
---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Physiologic
Is clinical training necessary for collecting injury data? ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------NO
, AIS is based on what three (3) factors? ---------CORRECT ANSWER---------
--------1) anatomically- based
2) consensus driven
3) global
Severity is NOT contingent upon what two (2) factors? ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------1) Outcome
2) time
Numerical ranking of severity: 1 ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
minor
Numerical ranking of severity: 2 ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
moderate
Numerical ranking of severity: 3 ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
serious
INJURY SCALE SPECIALIST EXAM | ASSOCIATION FOR
THE ADVANCEMENT OF AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE | ALL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | UPDATED
VERSION
When detailed information regarding an injury is lacking, what
descriptor is often used? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------NFS
NFS can refer to what two components of a code? ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------1) injury unspecified
2) severity unspecified
Should patients with AIS code 9 injuries be included in research
studies? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------NO
An articular fracture involves what structure? ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------JOINT
,A fracture with three or more fragments with proximal and distal
fragments not touching is defined as what? ---------CORRECT ANSWER---
--------------complex
When two ends of a bone are not aligned the fracture is called what? ---
------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------displaced
When multiple bone fragments are present a fracture is called what? ---
------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------comminuted
Origins of AIS (3) ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------1) Standardized
system
2) Classify type/severity of injury from MVC
3) Consensus
Injury descriptors are organized _________________________ ? ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Anatomically
,Injury severity is ranked relative to its importance to
_______________? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------The whole
body
AIS reflects severity of single injuries and are unaffected by what three
things? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------1) time
2) sequela
3) outcome
What type of scale does AIS use? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
6 point ordinal scale
Which type of measurement is more variable? Anatomic or Physiologic?
---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Physiologic
Is clinical training necessary for collecting injury data? ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------NO
, AIS is based on what three (3) factors? ---------CORRECT ANSWER---------
--------1) anatomically- based
2) consensus driven
3) global
Severity is NOT contingent upon what two (2) factors? ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------1) Outcome
2) time
Numerical ranking of severity: 1 ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
minor
Numerical ranking of severity: 2 ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
moderate
Numerical ranking of severity: 3 ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
serious
