QME Exam Bank
QME Exam Bank – Verified questions
and answers for 2025/2026. Complete
prep resource to help you practice,
review, and succeed on the QME
certification exam
Opinions/conclusions must be made with reasons constituting:
A. Medical Probability
B. Medical Possibility
C. Medical Certainty –
Correct Answer :A. Medical probability
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Which of the below statements are true?
A. Any doctor/acupuncturist who has treated the worker cannot be the QME
B. If a QME becomes a PTP, they can no longer be the QME
C. The PTP can talk to the QME
D. ML 100 - Missed appointment does not imply that compensation is necessarily owed
E. All of the above –
Correct Answer :E. All of the above
Which of the below statements are false?
A. An injury could have/may have happened/it is possible indicates substantial evidence
B. The standard to prove causation is not medical certainty, but a reasonable medical
probability
C. An injury may be cumulative
D. An injury may be specific
E. An injury may be specific and cumulative –
Correct Answer :A. An injury could have/may have happened/it is possible indicates substantial
evidence
Benefits available to the injured worker are:
A. Medical treatment
B. Temporary disability payments
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C. Permanent disability payments
D. Vocational rehabilitation services
E. Death benefits
F. All of the above –
Correct Answer :F. All of the above
Which of the below statements are false?
A. Pre-injury status means the condition has resolved
B. Permanent and stationary (P&S) means that the condition will never change
C. Discharged as cured means the condition has resolved
D. P&S means that residual impairment or disability exists
E. Impairment is considered permanent when it has reached MMI –
Correct Answer :B. Permanent and stationary (P&S) means that the condition will never
change
Which reports are admissible at the WCAB?
A. Reports from the PTP
B. Reports from the QME or AME
C. Secondary treating physician reports
D. Consulting reports
E. A and B –
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Correct Answer :E. A and B
WPI refers to:
A. Whole Permanent Impairment
B. With Partial Impairment
C. Without Personal Involvement
D. Whole Person Impairment
E. Whole Person Injury –
Correct Answer :D. Whole Person Impairment
100% total disability is presumed to exist in which of the following injuries?
A. Loss of both of the worker's eyes or the sight thereof
B. Loss of both of the worker's hands or use thereof
C. Practically total paralysis
D. A brain injury resulting in incurable mental incapacity or insanity
E. All of the above –
Correct Answer :E. All of the above
Which of the below statements are false?
A. QME panels are picked within geographic region of the worker's home residence
B. QMEs are not limited to the number of office locations to evaluate injured workers
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QME Exam Bank – Verified questions
and answers for 2025/2026. Complete
prep resource to help you practice,
review, and succeed on the QME
certification exam
Opinions/conclusions must be made with reasons constituting:
A. Medical Probability
B. Medical Possibility
C. Medical Certainty –
Correct Answer :A. Medical probability
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Which of the below statements are true?
A. Any doctor/acupuncturist who has treated the worker cannot be the QME
B. If a QME becomes a PTP, they can no longer be the QME
C. The PTP can talk to the QME
D. ML 100 - Missed appointment does not imply that compensation is necessarily owed
E. All of the above –
Correct Answer :E. All of the above
Which of the below statements are false?
A. An injury could have/may have happened/it is possible indicates substantial evidence
B. The standard to prove causation is not medical certainty, but a reasonable medical
probability
C. An injury may be cumulative
D. An injury may be specific
E. An injury may be specific and cumulative –
Correct Answer :A. An injury could have/may have happened/it is possible indicates substantial
evidence
Benefits available to the injured worker are:
A. Medical treatment
B. Temporary disability payments
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C. Permanent disability payments
D. Vocational rehabilitation services
E. Death benefits
F. All of the above –
Correct Answer :F. All of the above
Which of the below statements are false?
A. Pre-injury status means the condition has resolved
B. Permanent and stationary (P&S) means that the condition will never change
C. Discharged as cured means the condition has resolved
D. P&S means that residual impairment or disability exists
E. Impairment is considered permanent when it has reached MMI –
Correct Answer :B. Permanent and stationary (P&S) means that the condition will never
change
Which reports are admissible at the WCAB?
A. Reports from the PTP
B. Reports from the QME or AME
C. Secondary treating physician reports
D. Consulting reports
E. A and B –
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Correct Answer :E. A and B
WPI refers to:
A. Whole Permanent Impairment
B. With Partial Impairment
C. Without Personal Involvement
D. Whole Person Impairment
E. Whole Person Injury –
Correct Answer :D. Whole Person Impairment
100% total disability is presumed to exist in which of the following injuries?
A. Loss of both of the worker's eyes or the sight thereof
B. Loss of both of the worker's hands or use thereof
C. Practically total paralysis
D. A brain injury resulting in incurable mental incapacity or insanity
E. All of the above –
Correct Answer :E. All of the above
Which of the below statements are false?
A. QME panels are picked within geographic region of the worker's home residence
B. QMEs are not limited to the number of office locations to evaluate injured workers
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