ABMDI CERTIFICATION TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
ANSWERS
●● Bereavement
Answer: Sorrow following the death of a loved one
●● Brain death
Answer: Final cessation of activity in the central nervous system, as
indicated by a flat electroencephalogram (EEG) or absence of cerebral
blood flow for a predetermined period of time
●● Cardiac death
Answer: Final cessation of activity in the cardiovascular system
involving the heart and blood vessels
●● Cessation
Answer: The final stoppage of action
●● Coroner
Answer: Typically an elected official who decides whether a death
occurred under circumstances that require an autopsy, either by law or to
determine manner or cause. A coroner can determine the scope of an
,autopsy and who will perform it if the elected coroner is not qualified.
Only Kansas, Louisiana, North Dakota, and Ohio require, without
exception, that coroners be medical doctors
●● Jurisdiction
Answer: The power or authority a court or office has over individuals or
trauma
●● Legal next-of-kin
Answer: The person from whom the medicolegal death investigator must
secure consent before initiating any procurement activity
●● Medical examiner
Answer: Usually a medical doctor, although not necessarily a highly
trained pathologist. Like a coroner, a medical examiner decides whether
a death occurred under circumstances that may require an autopsy and
who will perform it if the medical examiner is not qualified. A medical
examiner is usually appointed to the position and may have jurisdiction
for a county, district, or state
●● OPO (organ procurement organization)
Answer: The agency responsible for identifying potential donors,
obtaining consent, and procuring organs
●● Postmortem changes
,Answer: Alterations of the body following death, including
decomposition and environmental resuscitative injuries
●● Statutes
Answer: Laws enacted by the legislative branch of government
●● Verify
Answer: Establish or confirm the accuracy of information or evidence
through testimony
●● Vital statistics
Answer: A governmental agency responsible for maintaining a system of
registration and release of records for the public, including birth,
marriage, divorce, and death
●● Antemortem blood sample
Answer: An initial blood sample that usually is obtained when the
subject arrives at the hospital emergency room, before additional
diagnostic or therapeutic treatment is initiated
●● Authorization
Answer: Official permission granted by a superior
●● Common-law marriage
, Answer: A marriage that is recognized because the couple have been
cohabiting for a determined length of time, yet a legal marriage
ceremony has not been performed
●● Confidential
Answer: Revealed in confidence (trust, assurance), to be kept secret
●● Cremation
Answer: The reduction of a dead human body to inorganic bone
fragments by intense heat in a specially designed chamber
●● Demographic information
Answer: Personal identifying and specific information regarding an
individual's age, social security number, gender, address, and so on
●● Disinterment
Answer: The opening of a grave and removal of the body for the purpose
of reexamination or removal to another site
●● Embalmer
Answer: An individual licensed by the state to disinfect, preserve, and
cosmetically restore dead human bodies
●● Euphemism
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
ANSWERS
●● Bereavement
Answer: Sorrow following the death of a loved one
●● Brain death
Answer: Final cessation of activity in the central nervous system, as
indicated by a flat electroencephalogram (EEG) or absence of cerebral
blood flow for a predetermined period of time
●● Cardiac death
Answer: Final cessation of activity in the cardiovascular system
involving the heart and blood vessels
●● Cessation
Answer: The final stoppage of action
●● Coroner
Answer: Typically an elected official who decides whether a death
occurred under circumstances that require an autopsy, either by law or to
determine manner or cause. A coroner can determine the scope of an
,autopsy and who will perform it if the elected coroner is not qualified.
Only Kansas, Louisiana, North Dakota, and Ohio require, without
exception, that coroners be medical doctors
●● Jurisdiction
Answer: The power or authority a court or office has over individuals or
trauma
●● Legal next-of-kin
Answer: The person from whom the medicolegal death investigator must
secure consent before initiating any procurement activity
●● Medical examiner
Answer: Usually a medical doctor, although not necessarily a highly
trained pathologist. Like a coroner, a medical examiner decides whether
a death occurred under circumstances that may require an autopsy and
who will perform it if the medical examiner is not qualified. A medical
examiner is usually appointed to the position and may have jurisdiction
for a county, district, or state
●● OPO (organ procurement organization)
Answer: The agency responsible for identifying potential donors,
obtaining consent, and procuring organs
●● Postmortem changes
,Answer: Alterations of the body following death, including
decomposition and environmental resuscitative injuries
●● Statutes
Answer: Laws enacted by the legislative branch of government
●● Verify
Answer: Establish or confirm the accuracy of information or evidence
through testimony
●● Vital statistics
Answer: A governmental agency responsible for maintaining a system of
registration and release of records for the public, including birth,
marriage, divorce, and death
●● Antemortem blood sample
Answer: An initial blood sample that usually is obtained when the
subject arrives at the hospital emergency room, before additional
diagnostic or therapeutic treatment is initiated
●● Authorization
Answer: Official permission granted by a superior
●● Common-law marriage
, Answer: A marriage that is recognized because the couple have been
cohabiting for a determined length of time, yet a legal marriage
ceremony has not been performed
●● Confidential
Answer: Revealed in confidence (trust, assurance), to be kept secret
●● Cremation
Answer: The reduction of a dead human body to inorganic bone
fragments by intense heat in a specially designed chamber
●● Demographic information
Answer: Personal identifying and specific information regarding an
individual's age, social security number, gender, address, and so on
●● Disinterment
Answer: The opening of a grave and removal of the body for the purpose
of reexamination or removal to another site
●● Embalmer
Answer: An individual licensed by the state to disinfect, preserve, and
cosmetically restore dead human bodies
●● Euphemism
