QME EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM

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QME EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM

COMPLETE 350 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT

DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)

|ALREADY GRADED A+

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

• 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 - 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 1 / 4

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

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 - ANSWER- C. Ability to work

If impairment for a given condition is not listed in the AMA Guide (5th Ed.), the evaluator may use an impairment value for a listed condition

that more accurately characterizes the IW's impairment, as long as it:

• Is contained within a chapter of the AMA Guide 5th Edition
• Is validated by scientifically and peered reviewed research
• Is an impairment that does not exceed 50%
• Is in ACOEM or MTUS - ANSWER- A. Is contained within a

chapter of the AMA Guide 5th Edition

A low back injury to a sedentary, light work individual such as a secretary may not substantially infringe upon the secretary's ability to 2 / 4

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work, but the same injury in a heavy construction worker might be a career ending injury. Therefore, under SB899, the best way to measure

impairment is based upon:

• Work capacity
• Pre-injury capacity
• The routine Activities of Daily Living which everyone must do

irrespective of their job

• Future medical care needs - ANSWER- C. The routine Activities of

Daily Living which everyone must do irrespective of their job

An injured worker who routinely lifted over 50 pounds repetitively throughout the work day was injured and can now, while being treated and recovering, only lift 20 pounds or less and this injured worker is now being accommodated with light work in a sedentary job. This

situation would be classified as:

• Partial permanent disability
• Temporary permanent disability
• A reasonable accommodation
• Permanent disability - ANSWER- C. A reasonable accommodation

Temporary disability benefits/payments from 2005 forward can last for:

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• 100 weeks
• 104 weeks
• 150 weeks - ANSWER- C. 104 weeks

When an IW contacts a QME to make an appointment, the QME must set the appointment within how many days of the contact?

• 4 weeks
• 60 days
• 120 days
• 10 days - ANSWER- B. 60 days

In a case involving an unrepresented injured worker with a DOI after 2005 where there is a dispute with the employer/insurance carrier, the

following can be selected for evaluation to resolve the dispute:

A. AME

• Each party can select its own QME
• The injured worker can only rely upon the opinion of the PTP
• Panel QME - ANSWER- D. Panel QME

A QME who uses an assisting nurse to take and record vital signs, a historian to review records and interpret them for the QME, and a clerical worker who transcribes the QME's report has done which of the

following:

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