QME EXAM NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 350
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SECTION 1 — CLINICAL ASSESSMENT & EVALUATION
Questions 1–75
1. What is the primary purpose of a QME evaluation?
A. To advocate for the injured worker
B. To provide an objective medical-legal evaluation
C. To determine the employee's salary
D. To negotiate a settlement
Answer: B
Rationale: A QME provides an independent medical-legal evaluation
and opinion on disputed medical issues. The evaluator's role is objective
rather than advocacy-based.
2. Which principle is most important when performing a QME
examination?
A. Favor the party who requested the evaluation
B. Remain objective and impartial
C. Avoid reviewing records
D. Accept all subjective complaints as objective findings
Answer: B
Rationale: QME work requires impartial medical analysis. The evaluator
,should consider the history, examination, records, diagnostic studies,
and applicable law without favoring either side.
3. A complete medical history should primarily establish:
A. Only the current pain score
B. The patient's complete relevant clinical history
C. The patient's preferred treatment provider
D. The expected settlement amount
Answer: B
Rationale: A relevant medical history establishes the development of
symptoms, prior conditions, injuries, treatment, functional limitations,
and other factors necessary for medical-legal analysis.
4. Why is a review of prior medical records important?
A. It replaces the physical examination
B. It can establish prior conditions and clinical progression
C. It determines attorney fees
D. It automatically establishes causation
Answer: B
Rationale: Prior records can reveal preexisting conditions, previous
injuries, treatment history, objective findings, and changes over time.
They do not automatically determine causation.
5. Which finding is generally considered objective?
A. "My pain is terrible"
,B. "I feel weak"
C. A documented limitation of range of motion
D. "I believe I cannot work"
Answer: C
Rationale: A measured range-of-motion limitation is an observable or
measurable finding. Subjective symptoms remain important but should
be distinguished from objective findings.
6. What should a QME do when the examinee provides information
inconsistent with the medical records?
A. Automatically accuse the examinee of dishonesty
B. Ignore the records
C. Document and analyze the discrepancy
D. Automatically accept the records
Answer: C
Rationale: Inconsistencies should be identified objectively and
discussed in the medical-legal analysis. The evaluator should avoid
unsupported conclusions about intent.
7. Why is functional history important in a QME evaluation?
A. It determines attorney compensation
B. It helps evaluate the practical effects of the condition
C. It replaces impairment evaluation
D. It establishes employment status automatically
Answer: B
Rationale: Functional information helps the evaluator understand how
, the condition affects activities, work-related functions, and daily
activities.
8. Which approach best addresses subjective complaints?
A. Ignore them
B. Accept every complaint as objectively proven
C. Consider them together with objective findings and records
D. Automatically reject them
Answer: C
Rationale: Subjective complaints are clinically relevant but should be
interpreted in the context of examination findings, diagnostic studies,
history, and records.
9. A physical examination should be:
A. Arbitrary
B. Relevant to the disputed medical issues
C. Limited to the patient's preferred tests
D. Performed without documenting findings
Answer: B
Rationale: The examination should address the body regions and
medical issues relevant to the evaluation and provide findings
supporting the medical conclusions.
10. What is the best way to document an abnormal examination
finding?
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SECTION 1 — CLINICAL ASSESSMENT & EVALUATION
Questions 1–75
1. What is the primary purpose of a QME evaluation?
A. To advocate for the injured worker
B. To provide an objective medical-legal evaluation
C. To determine the employee's salary
D. To negotiate a settlement
Answer: B
Rationale: A QME provides an independent medical-legal evaluation
and opinion on disputed medical issues. The evaluator's role is objective
rather than advocacy-based.
2. Which principle is most important when performing a QME
examination?
A. Favor the party who requested the evaluation
B. Remain objective and impartial
C. Avoid reviewing records
D. Accept all subjective complaints as objective findings
Answer: B
Rationale: QME work requires impartial medical analysis. The evaluator
,should consider the history, examination, records, diagnostic studies,
and applicable law without favoring either side.
3. A complete medical history should primarily establish:
A. Only the current pain score
B. The patient's complete relevant clinical history
C. The patient's preferred treatment provider
D. The expected settlement amount
Answer: B
Rationale: A relevant medical history establishes the development of
symptoms, prior conditions, injuries, treatment, functional limitations,
and other factors necessary for medical-legal analysis.
4. Why is a review of prior medical records important?
A. It replaces the physical examination
B. It can establish prior conditions and clinical progression
C. It determines attorney fees
D. It automatically establishes causation
Answer: B
Rationale: Prior records can reveal preexisting conditions, previous
injuries, treatment history, objective findings, and changes over time.
They do not automatically determine causation.
5. Which finding is generally considered objective?
A. "My pain is terrible"
,B. "I feel weak"
C. A documented limitation of range of motion
D. "I believe I cannot work"
Answer: C
Rationale: A measured range-of-motion limitation is an observable or
measurable finding. Subjective symptoms remain important but should
be distinguished from objective findings.
6. What should a QME do when the examinee provides information
inconsistent with the medical records?
A. Automatically accuse the examinee of dishonesty
B. Ignore the records
C. Document and analyze the discrepancy
D. Automatically accept the records
Answer: C
Rationale: Inconsistencies should be identified objectively and
discussed in the medical-legal analysis. The evaluator should avoid
unsupported conclusions about intent.
7. Why is functional history important in a QME evaluation?
A. It determines attorney compensation
B. It helps evaluate the practical effects of the condition
C. It replaces impairment evaluation
D. It establishes employment status automatically
Answer: B
Rationale: Functional information helps the evaluator understand how
, the condition affects activities, work-related functions, and daily
activities.
8. Which approach best addresses subjective complaints?
A. Ignore them
B. Accept every complaint as objectively proven
C. Consider them together with objective findings and records
D. Automatically reject them
Answer: C
Rationale: Subjective complaints are clinically relevant but should be
interpreted in the context of examination findings, diagnostic studies,
history, and records.
9. A physical examination should be:
A. Arbitrary
B. Relevant to the disputed medical issues
C. Limited to the patient's preferred tests
D. Performed without documenting findings
Answer: B
Rationale: The examination should address the body regions and
medical issues relevant to the evaluation and provide findings
supporting the medical conclusions.
10. What is the best way to document an abnormal examination
finding?
