SIP Exam UPDATED ACTUAL Questions
and CORRECT Answers
An injured employee with dependents is incarcerated for an unrelated offense. Temporary
disability otherwise payable is: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- C. Paid go the employees
dependents LC 3370(d)
What is the maximum temporary disability rate for an injury in 2010? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- D. $986.69
An employee works 40 hours a week and earns $16 per hour. He has a second job working 20
hours per week and warning $12 per hour. If he is unable to work both jobs what is the
temporary disability rate for an injury in 2008 that occurs on the $16 per hour job? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- C. $586.67 LC 4453(c)(2)
What is the maximum temporary disability rate for an injury in 2011? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- $986.69
What is the maximum temporary disability rate for an injury in 2012? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- $1,010.50
What is the maximum temporary disability rate for an injury in 2013? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- $1,066.72
What is the maximum temporary disability rate for an injury in 2014? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- $1,074.64
What is the maximum temporary disability rate for an injury in 2015? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- $1,103.29
What is the maximum temporary disability rate for an injury in 2016? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- $1,128.43
,What benefits should not be considered when calculating average weekly earnings? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- C. Medical Benefits LC 4454
What is not considered indemnity? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A. Litigation expense LC
4454
The first payment of temporary disability is due no later than ___ days after knowledge of the
injury and disability? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- C. 14 LC 4650
The temporary disability rate for a baker with earnings of $1,400 per week, for an injury May
1, 2010 is what? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- C. $933.33
An employee is injured at work and is sent home. He is off work the next day and sees a
doctor two days after the injury; three days after the injury he is hospitalized. When does the
waiting period start? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- D. The date of injury. LC 4652
Aggregate disability payments for an injury in 2006, causing temporary disability shall not
extend for more than: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A. 104 weeks from the commencement
of temporary disability.
A chef with average weekly earnings of $1,300 per week is injured on May16, 2010. After a
period of temporary total disability he returns to work part-time earning $450 per week. What
is the correct wage loss temporary disability rate? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A. $566.67
The injured worker is a maximum earner for an injury July 21, 2006. You are making a
payment of temporary disability in August 2008. What is the correct temporary disability
rate? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- D. Temporary disability computed in accordance with the
temporary disability rate in effect on the date of the payment. LC 4661.5
A Safeway employee breaks his legs while working in 2010 and has 10 weeks of temporary
total disability. He is a maximum earner, recovers fully and has no permanent impairment.
How do you reserve this claim for indemnity? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- C. $9,900 or
$9,866.90
, You receive an Employer's First Report of Injury but accurate weekly wages can not be
determined? How do you determine the temporary disability rate? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- D. Delay payment of temporary disability and request a wage statement.
The examiner received a phone call from the treating doctor's office advising the employee is
released to return to work June 3rd. The examiner failed to document the file but cut off
temporary disability. The employee does not return to work until June 14. The examiner
subsequently receives a call from the employee's supervisor wanting to know why the
employee has not been paid through June 14. You should: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A.
Call the doctor's office and verify the return to work date.
Temporary disability for an injury in 2012 was paid at the incorrect rate (too low). You
should: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- B. Pay the amount due with a self-imposed penalty of
10%.
A seasonal employee works six months a year and is a maximum earner. While not working
he is a minimum earner. What is his temporary disability rate out of season? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Minimum
The employee provides a wage statement for the employee showing irregular earnings. What
is the correct temporary disability rate? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- D. Two-thirds of actual
weekly earnings averaged for this period of time. LC 4453
The employee earns $2,000 per week working six months per year and collects EDD
unemployment benefits the rest of the year. He returns to work and is injured on his first day
back. The correct temporary total disability rate is? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- D.
Maximum temporary disability during the season and $666.67 out of season.
An employee's husband comes to where she works and shoots her as result of a martial
dispute. The injury is: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A. Not compensable because it did not
arise out of the employment
An employment, whose diabetes is out of control, punches out at 3:00 p.m. Before leaving
the company parking lot, he faints and falls fracturing his elbow. You should: - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- A. Pay for the treatment for the fracture and pay for the treatment for the
diabetes so that the fracture can heal.
and CORRECT Answers
An injured employee with dependents is incarcerated for an unrelated offense. Temporary
disability otherwise payable is: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- C. Paid go the employees
dependents LC 3370(d)
What is the maximum temporary disability rate for an injury in 2010? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- D. $986.69
An employee works 40 hours a week and earns $16 per hour. He has a second job working 20
hours per week and warning $12 per hour. If he is unable to work both jobs what is the
temporary disability rate for an injury in 2008 that occurs on the $16 per hour job? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- C. $586.67 LC 4453(c)(2)
What is the maximum temporary disability rate for an injury in 2011? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- $986.69
What is the maximum temporary disability rate for an injury in 2012? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- $1,010.50
What is the maximum temporary disability rate for an injury in 2013? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- $1,066.72
What is the maximum temporary disability rate for an injury in 2014? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- $1,074.64
What is the maximum temporary disability rate for an injury in 2015? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- $1,103.29
What is the maximum temporary disability rate for an injury in 2016? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- $1,128.43
,What benefits should not be considered when calculating average weekly earnings? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- C. Medical Benefits LC 4454
What is not considered indemnity? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A. Litigation expense LC
4454
The first payment of temporary disability is due no later than ___ days after knowledge of the
injury and disability? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- C. 14 LC 4650
The temporary disability rate for a baker with earnings of $1,400 per week, for an injury May
1, 2010 is what? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- C. $933.33
An employee is injured at work and is sent home. He is off work the next day and sees a
doctor two days after the injury; three days after the injury he is hospitalized. When does the
waiting period start? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- D. The date of injury. LC 4652
Aggregate disability payments for an injury in 2006, causing temporary disability shall not
extend for more than: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A. 104 weeks from the commencement
of temporary disability.
A chef with average weekly earnings of $1,300 per week is injured on May16, 2010. After a
period of temporary total disability he returns to work part-time earning $450 per week. What
is the correct wage loss temporary disability rate? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A. $566.67
The injured worker is a maximum earner for an injury July 21, 2006. You are making a
payment of temporary disability in August 2008. What is the correct temporary disability
rate? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- D. Temporary disability computed in accordance with the
temporary disability rate in effect on the date of the payment. LC 4661.5
A Safeway employee breaks his legs while working in 2010 and has 10 weeks of temporary
total disability. He is a maximum earner, recovers fully and has no permanent impairment.
How do you reserve this claim for indemnity? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- C. $9,900 or
$9,866.90
, You receive an Employer's First Report of Injury but accurate weekly wages can not be
determined? How do you determine the temporary disability rate? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- D. Delay payment of temporary disability and request a wage statement.
The examiner received a phone call from the treating doctor's office advising the employee is
released to return to work June 3rd. The examiner failed to document the file but cut off
temporary disability. The employee does not return to work until June 14. The examiner
subsequently receives a call from the employee's supervisor wanting to know why the
employee has not been paid through June 14. You should: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A.
Call the doctor's office and verify the return to work date.
Temporary disability for an injury in 2012 was paid at the incorrect rate (too low). You
should: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- B. Pay the amount due with a self-imposed penalty of
10%.
A seasonal employee works six months a year and is a maximum earner. While not working
he is a minimum earner. What is his temporary disability rate out of season? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Minimum
The employee provides a wage statement for the employee showing irregular earnings. What
is the correct temporary disability rate? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- D. Two-thirds of actual
weekly earnings averaged for this period of time. LC 4453
The employee earns $2,000 per week working six months per year and collects EDD
unemployment benefits the rest of the year. He returns to work and is injured on his first day
back. The correct temporary total disability rate is? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- D.
Maximum temporary disability during the season and $666.67 out of season.
An employee's husband comes to where she works and shoots her as result of a martial
dispute. The injury is: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A. Not compensable because it did not
arise out of the employment
An employment, whose diabetes is out of control, punches out at 3:00 p.m. Before leaving
the company parking lot, he faints and falls fracturing his elbow. You should: - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- A. Pay for the treatment for the fracture and pay for the treatment for the
diabetes so that the fracture can heal.
