Latest Updated Revision Multiple
Choice Questions and Answers for
QME Exam 2 Test Complete Rated A.
Under the QME regulations:
A. QME reports are never served on the injured worker.
B. Reports for all specialties must be served on the injured worker, the
applicant attorney, and the defense attorney.
C. A non-psych report must be served on the injured worker, the applicant
attorney, and the defense attorney.
D. Reports must be served by law enforcement.
Verified Answer -C. A non-psych report must be served on the injured
worker, the applicant attorney, and the defense attorney.
A QME need not provide a copy of their psych report to an injured worker
where
A. The defense attorney has so requested.
B. There is a substantial risk of significant adverse or detrimental medical
consequences to the injured worker seeing or receiving a copy of part or
all of the report that contains a mental health record.
C. The employer has so requested
D. The injury involves spinal cord trauma.
Verified Answer -B. There is a substantial risk of significant adverse or
detrimental medical consequences to the injured worker seeing or
receiving a copy of part or all of the report that contains a mental health
record.
,Under the QME regulations, _____ are due within 30 days after the
evaluation; A(n), ____ is due within 60 days after request for such report.
A. Initial and Supplemental Reports; Follow-up Report
B. Follow-up and Supplemental Reports; Initial Report
C. Initial and Follow-up Reports; Supplemental Report
D. Deposition, second part of deposition
Verified Answer -C. Initial and Follow-up Reports; Supplemental Report
Under QME regulation §40, an injured worker may discontinue an
evaluation where there is "Good cause," which includes
A. A work scheduling conflict
B. A strongly held belief by the injured worker that he or she is entitled to
benefits without the need for an evaluation.
C. Physician being thirty minutes late for the evaluation
D. Discriminatory conduct by the evaluator based on race, sex, national
origin, religion, or sexual preference; Abusive, hostile, or rude behavior by
the physician; and Instances where the evaluator requests the injured
worker to submit to unnecessary exams or procedures.
Verified Answer -D. Discriminatory conduct by the evaluator based on
race, sex, national origin, religion, or sexual preference; Abusive, hostile,
or rude behavior by the physician; and Instances where the evaluator
requests the injured worker to submit to unnecessary exams or procedures.
Under the current system, a QME should consult the
A. 4th Edition of the AMA Guides to Impairment
B. 5th Edition of the AMA Guides to Impairment
, C. 6th Edition of the AMA Guides to Impairment
Verified Answer -B. 5th Edition of the AMA Guides to Impairment
Under Almaraz/Guzman analysis, where a strict WPI rating from the AMA
Guides does not accurately describe the effects of impairment on an
injured worker's functioning, the evaluator:
A. Must nonetheless stick to the strict WPI from the applicable table in the
AMA Guides.
B. May consult only other tables within the same chapter of the AMA
guides.
C. May consult alternative tables or chapters that the evaluator feels will
provide a more accurate rating of the injured worker's impairment.
D. May consult only a newer edition of the AMA guides to Impairment
Verified Answer -C. May consult alternative tables or chapters that the
evaluator feels will provide a more accurate rating of the injured worker's
impairment.
For disability rating, the following are conclusively presumed to be 100%
total in character:
A. Only the loss of both legs.
B. Only the loss of both hands.
C. Cauda equina syndrome or upper extremity myelopathy
D. Loss of both eyes or the sight thereof; Loss of both hands or the use
thereof; Practically total paralysis; incurable mental incapacity or insanity.
Verified Answer -D. Loss of both eyes or the sight thereof; Loss of both
hands or the use thereof; Practically total paralysis; incurable mental
incapacity or insanity.
Choice Questions and Answers for
QME Exam 2 Test Complete Rated A.
Under the QME regulations:
A. QME reports are never served on the injured worker.
B. Reports for all specialties must be served on the injured worker, the
applicant attorney, and the defense attorney.
C. A non-psych report must be served on the injured worker, the applicant
attorney, and the defense attorney.
D. Reports must be served by law enforcement.
Verified Answer -C. A non-psych report must be served on the injured
worker, the applicant attorney, and the defense attorney.
A QME need not provide a copy of their psych report to an injured worker
where
A. The defense attorney has so requested.
B. There is a substantial risk of significant adverse or detrimental medical
consequences to the injured worker seeing or receiving a copy of part or
all of the report that contains a mental health record.
C. The employer has so requested
D. The injury involves spinal cord trauma.
Verified Answer -B. There is a substantial risk of significant adverse or
detrimental medical consequences to the injured worker seeing or
receiving a copy of part or all of the report that contains a mental health
record.
,Under the QME regulations, _____ are due within 30 days after the
evaluation; A(n), ____ is due within 60 days after request for such report.
A. Initial and Supplemental Reports; Follow-up Report
B. Follow-up and Supplemental Reports; Initial Report
C. Initial and Follow-up Reports; Supplemental Report
D. Deposition, second part of deposition
Verified Answer -C. Initial and Follow-up Reports; Supplemental Report
Under QME regulation §40, an injured worker may discontinue an
evaluation where there is "Good cause," which includes
A. A work scheduling conflict
B. A strongly held belief by the injured worker that he or she is entitled to
benefits without the need for an evaluation.
C. Physician being thirty minutes late for the evaluation
D. Discriminatory conduct by the evaluator based on race, sex, national
origin, religion, or sexual preference; Abusive, hostile, or rude behavior by
the physician; and Instances where the evaluator requests the injured
worker to submit to unnecessary exams or procedures.
Verified Answer -D. Discriminatory conduct by the evaluator based on
race, sex, national origin, religion, or sexual preference; Abusive, hostile,
or rude behavior by the physician; and Instances where the evaluator
requests the injured worker to submit to unnecessary exams or procedures.
Under the current system, a QME should consult the
A. 4th Edition of the AMA Guides to Impairment
B. 5th Edition of the AMA Guides to Impairment
, C. 6th Edition of the AMA Guides to Impairment
Verified Answer -B. 5th Edition of the AMA Guides to Impairment
Under Almaraz/Guzman analysis, where a strict WPI rating from the AMA
Guides does not accurately describe the effects of impairment on an
injured worker's functioning, the evaluator:
A. Must nonetheless stick to the strict WPI from the applicable table in the
AMA Guides.
B. May consult only other tables within the same chapter of the AMA
guides.
C. May consult alternative tables or chapters that the evaluator feels will
provide a more accurate rating of the injured worker's impairment.
D. May consult only a newer edition of the AMA guides to Impairment
Verified Answer -C. May consult alternative tables or chapters that the
evaluator feels will provide a more accurate rating of the injured worker's
impairment.
For disability rating, the following are conclusively presumed to be 100%
total in character:
A. Only the loss of both legs.
B. Only the loss of both hands.
C. Cauda equina syndrome or upper extremity myelopathy
D. Loss of both eyes or the sight thereof; Loss of both hands or the use
thereof; Practically total paralysis; incurable mental incapacity or insanity.
Verified Answer -D. Loss of both eyes or the sight thereof; Loss of both
hands or the use thereof; Practically total paralysis; incurable mental
incapacity or insanity.
