QME EXAM 2 NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM

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QME EXAM 2 NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM|

COMPLETE 200 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND

CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED

ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+

Which of the following specialties/disciplines are prohibited from writing a medical legal report in a case where impairment/disability is

being disputed:

• Psychology/Psychiatry
• Chiropractic
• Acupuncture - Can complete the entire report except the impairment

rating

• Dentistry - Correct Answer - C. Acupuncture - Can complete the

entire report except the impairment rating

When a QME receives a request to schedule an evaluation, the QME

must issue a QME Appointment Notification Form to all parties within:

• 60 working days
• 30 working days
• 10 working days
• 5 working days - Correct Answer - D. 5 working days

A QME report is due how many days after the completion of the face-to-

face evaluation: 1 / 4

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• 45 calendar days
• 30 calendar days
• 60 calendar days
• Only after all records have been reviewed - Correct Answer - B. 30

calendar days

A supplemental QME report (no face-to-face evaluation) is due how

many days after the QME receives the request to do the report:

• 20 calendar days
• 30 calendar days
• 45 calendar days
• 60 calendar days - Correct Answer - D. 60 calendar days

When an IW had jobs involving similar work or body mechanics in 1985, 1991, 1998, and 2002 but did not realize she was having a problem requiring treatment and/or causing her impairment/disability

until 2002, what would the Date Of Injury be:

A. 1985

B. 1991

C. 2001

• 2002 - Correct Answer - D. 2002

A QME or AME must address all disputed issues in a claim with the

exception of:

• Medical treatment disputes are now done by an IMR 2 / 4

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• Causation disputes
• Apportionment disputes
• Impairment rating disputes - Correct Answer - A. Medical treatment

disputes are now done by an IMR

Which of the following can a QME or AME not do with regard to the IW being evaluated?

• Request reasonable & necessary diagnostic testing
• Recommend treatment
• Provide treatment on that day, unless it is a medical emergency
• Ask questions regarding the health status of family members -

Correct Answer - C. Provide treatment on that day, unless it is a medical emergency

A QME must retain QME reports for how many years?

• 5
• 7
• 10
• For as long as the QME maintains his/her QME status - Correct

Answer - A. 5

A QME's evaluating a simple and routine low back sprain/strain for 5 minutes that had resolved with no need for further treatment, no need for an impairment rating, there was no apportionment indicated, no need for future medical care and no need to provide a report was objected to because of which of the following reasons 3 / 4

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• A resolved injury with no impairment cannot be the basis for an

admissible report

• The QME spent less than 20 minutes face-to-face time evaluating the

IW with no explanation and did not provide a report

• Apportionment must be at issue for a report to meet the standard of

evidence

• Because the employer/insurance carrier determined that there was no

industrial causation - Correct Answer - B. The QME spent less than 20 minutes face-to-face time evaluating the IW with no explanation and did not provide a report

Apportionment can only be based on which of the following?

• Causation of the permanent disability
• Causation of the injury
• Causation of the need for work limitations/restrictions
• Pre-existing pathology, irrespective of impairment/disability - Correct

Answer - A. Causation of the permanent disability

Which of the following is not a routine Activity of Daily Living, per the AMA Guide to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (5th Ed.)

• Sleep
• Travel
• Ability to work
• Sexual function - Correct Answer - C. Ability to work
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