ABMDI FINAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS { GRADED
A+}
Which of the following MUST notify the coroner/ME promptly upon
discovery of a suspicious death?
a. law enforcement official
b. funeral director
c. EMT or paramedic
d. ER room physician
e. all of the above - ✔✔e. all of the above
A 35 year old white female, who was employed as a waitress,
unexpectedly dies at work. An autopsy confirms the cause of death as
,bacterial meningitis. Which of the following agencies must be notified
promptly?
a. emergency medical association
b. department of public health
c. department of OSHA
d. department of children and family services
e. food and drug administration - ✔✔b. department of public health
You have received a call in regard to a natural death at a residence. Your
investigation should include:
a. establishing a cause and manner of death at the scene
b. accepting family members' opinions as to the COD
c. contacting the physician of the deceased
d. basing your conclusions on the opinion of paramedics at the scene
,e. forming an opinion as to the COD based on types of meds prescribed -
✔✔c. contacting the physician of the deceased
You are on scene of a homicide and the police tell you that the media
want you to release the subject's name and information about the case.
You should:
a. take them with you to the scene
b. follow office policy and procedures that your office has established
for dealing with media
c. tell the media that you will not give them any information but that you
will let them take pictures of the body
d. let the police make the press release on behalf of your office
e. give the media the basic information - ✔✔b. follow office policy and
procedures that your office has established for dealing with media
In general, which of the following is not normally considered for
organ/tissue procurement purposes?
, a. heart valves
b. long bones and pelvis
c. kidneys
d. tendon and veins
e. reproductive organs - ✔✔e. reproductive organs
The pathologist must be alerted to religious requests from the family:
a. before the victim's body is taken from hospital
b. after the autopsy before the body is taken to the funeral home
c. before the victim's body is taken from the scene
d. only if the religion requires it
e. before the autopsy is performed - ✔✔e. before the autopsy is
performed
Retort - ✔✔a vessel or chamber in which substances are decomposed
by heat
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS { GRADED
A+}
Which of the following MUST notify the coroner/ME promptly upon
discovery of a suspicious death?
a. law enforcement official
b. funeral director
c. EMT or paramedic
d. ER room physician
e. all of the above - ✔✔e. all of the above
A 35 year old white female, who was employed as a waitress,
unexpectedly dies at work. An autopsy confirms the cause of death as
,bacterial meningitis. Which of the following agencies must be notified
promptly?
a. emergency medical association
b. department of public health
c. department of OSHA
d. department of children and family services
e. food and drug administration - ✔✔b. department of public health
You have received a call in regard to a natural death at a residence. Your
investigation should include:
a. establishing a cause and manner of death at the scene
b. accepting family members' opinions as to the COD
c. contacting the physician of the deceased
d. basing your conclusions on the opinion of paramedics at the scene
,e. forming an opinion as to the COD based on types of meds prescribed -
✔✔c. contacting the physician of the deceased
You are on scene of a homicide and the police tell you that the media
want you to release the subject's name and information about the case.
You should:
a. take them with you to the scene
b. follow office policy and procedures that your office has established
for dealing with media
c. tell the media that you will not give them any information but that you
will let them take pictures of the body
d. let the police make the press release on behalf of your office
e. give the media the basic information - ✔✔b. follow office policy and
procedures that your office has established for dealing with media
In general, which of the following is not normally considered for
organ/tissue procurement purposes?
, a. heart valves
b. long bones and pelvis
c. kidneys
d. tendon and veins
e. reproductive organs - ✔✔e. reproductive organs
The pathologist must be alerted to religious requests from the family:
a. before the victim's body is taken from hospital
b. after the autopsy before the body is taken to the funeral home
c. before the victim's body is taken from the scene
d. only if the religion requires it
e. before the autopsy is performed - ✔✔e. before the autopsy is
performed
Retort - ✔✔a vessel or chamber in which substances are decomposed
by heat
