PRACTICE QME QUESTIONS FROM EXAM
PACKET ADD QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What info is not essential to determine industrial aggravation of chronic pre-existing
medical condition? - CORRECT ANSWER - An understanding of industrial risk factors
for the condition.
QME Review of Medical Records - CORRECT ANSWER - Review all the records and
summarize all information relevant to disputed issues.
Worker injured june 24, 2008; his vocational rehab benefits - CORRECT ANSWER -
Are replaced by a supplemental job displacement benefit
QME Advertising under labor code: - CORRECT ANSWER - Permitted to advertise
services in a legal journal
Date of Injury (DOI) for Cumulative Injury - CORRECT ANSWER - The date when the
employee first realizes the work-related disability
Employer's must pay for Medical Treatment of any non-industrial condition that
prevents: - CORRECT ANSWER - full implementation of necessary care for the
industrial injury.
Prophylactic Work Restrictions - CORRECT ANSWER - safeguard the injured worker
from further harm.
Reporting Cause of Disability in med-legal report: - CORRECT ANSWER - Mandated to
be direct and definite
QME History of Injury: - CORRECT ANSWER - Inquire about the immediate events
following the injury
Compensable Injury Definition as per Labor Code - CORRECT ANSWER - Includes any
work-related aggravation of a pre-existing physical or mental condition
In med-legal eval written in Nov 2004, lab and diagnostic test results or findings are
_____ factors - CORRECT ANSWER - Objective
AMA Guidelines for Impairment Rating, for persistent pain add 3% for the pain when: -
CORRECT ANSWER - Any case involving excessive pain not already included in the
impairment rating.
State-Established Protocols for QME Evaluations in 2004: - CORRECT ANSWER -
psychiatry, pulmonary, cardiac, neuromusculoskeletal, and immunological evaluations.
PACKET ADD QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What info is not essential to determine industrial aggravation of chronic pre-existing
medical condition? - CORRECT ANSWER - An understanding of industrial risk factors
for the condition.
QME Review of Medical Records - CORRECT ANSWER - Review all the records and
summarize all information relevant to disputed issues.
Worker injured june 24, 2008; his vocational rehab benefits - CORRECT ANSWER -
Are replaced by a supplemental job displacement benefit
QME Advertising under labor code: - CORRECT ANSWER - Permitted to advertise
services in a legal journal
Date of Injury (DOI) for Cumulative Injury - CORRECT ANSWER - The date when the
employee first realizes the work-related disability
Employer's must pay for Medical Treatment of any non-industrial condition that
prevents: - CORRECT ANSWER - full implementation of necessary care for the
industrial injury.
Prophylactic Work Restrictions - CORRECT ANSWER - safeguard the injured worker
from further harm.
Reporting Cause of Disability in med-legal report: - CORRECT ANSWER - Mandated to
be direct and definite
QME History of Injury: - CORRECT ANSWER - Inquire about the immediate events
following the injury
Compensable Injury Definition as per Labor Code - CORRECT ANSWER - Includes any
work-related aggravation of a pre-existing physical or mental condition
In med-legal eval written in Nov 2004, lab and diagnostic test results or findings are
_____ factors - CORRECT ANSWER - Objective
AMA Guidelines for Impairment Rating, for persistent pain add 3% for the pain when: -
CORRECT ANSWER - Any case involving excessive pain not already included in the
impairment rating.
State-Established Protocols for QME Evaluations in 2004: - CORRECT ANSWER -
psychiatry, pulmonary, cardiac, neuromusculoskeletal, and immunological evaluations.
