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QME Exam Prep Self Test 2 Questions Verified and Provided with A+ Graded Answers — Latest Updated 2026/2027 Instant Download. Strengthen your preparation for the California Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) examination with a focused review of high-yield workers’ compensation and medical-legal concepts. This exam-focused resource covers the origins and fundamental principles of California workers’ compensation, the Boynton Act, the historic “Grand Bargain,” assured and fixed benefits, exclusive remedy principles, and the major categories of workers’ compensation benefits. Key topics include Medical Treatment, Temporary Disability (TD), Permanent Disability (PD), Death Benefits, Supplemental Job Displacement Benefits (SJDB), temporary disability payment concepts, return-to-work requirements, QME/AME/AQME medical-legal reports, supplemental reports, and the definition of “injury” within the workers’ compensation system. Review important distinctions involving exacerbation versus aggravation of a prior injury, compensable and non-compensable injuries, intoxication, self-inflicted injuries, initial aggressor situations, criminal activity, recreational activities, post-termination psychiatric injuries, and industrial causation. The material also covers psychiatric injury requirements, industrial causation thresholds, employment-duration requirements, permanent disability calculations, impairment ratings, the role of the disability rater, AMA Guides concepts, Permanent and Stationary (P&S) status, Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI), medical stability, apportionment, and employer responsibility for industrially caused permanent disability. Designed for efficient QME exam preparation, rapid review, and reinforcement of essential California workers’ compensation terminology, rules, medical-legal procedures, and high-yield distinctions.

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QME Exam Prep Self
Test 2 Questions
Verified and Provided
with A+ Graded
Answers |Latest
Updated 2026

,Workers' Compensation laws in California originated with the _____ which was passed in ____


A. Almaraz Act; 1905
B. Boynton Act; 1913
C. Blackledge Act; 1910
D. Guzman Act 1924


B. Boynton Act; 1913



The "Grand Bargain" of the workers compensation system involves employers agreeing to
pay assured and fixed benefits for industrial injuries and workers agreeing to: a.
A. reduction in pay to cover the cost of workers' compensation insurance.
B. Accept lower industrial safety oversight by the state.
C. Not sue their employer in civil court for an industrial injury.
D. Exempt Importer/Exporter companies from liability for industrial injury.


D. Exempt Importer/Exporter companies from liability for industrial injury.


The five basic categories of workers' compensation benefits are called:


A. Medical Treatment, Permanent Disability Benefits, Death Benefit, Supplemental Job
Displacement Benefits, Stay-at-Home Stipend.
B. Therapeutic Costs Voucher, Temporary Disability Benefits, Permanent Disability Benefits,
Death Benefits, Supplemental Job Displacement Benefits.
C. Medical Treatment, Temporary Disability Benefits, Permanent Disability Benefits, Death
Benefits, Supplemental Job Displacement Benefits.
D. Medical Treatment, Temporary Disability Benefits, Permanent Disability Benefits, Death
Benefits, Intermediate Benefits, Supplemental Job Displacement Benefits.


C. Medical Treatment, Temporary Disability Benefits, Permanent Disability Benefits, Death
Benefits, Supplemental Job Displacement Benefits.

, Temporary Disability Benefits are paid at the rate of ____ and are usually limited by a ____
time cap.


A. 2/3 of average weekly wages; 2 year
B. 90% of average weekly wages; 2 year
C. 2 /3 of yearly earnings; 1 year
D. ½ the Bosco rate; Seven years


A. 2/3 of average weekly wages; 2 year



Supplemental Job Displacement Benefits are available where:


A. Vocational Rehabilitation costs are deemed unreasonable.
B. The date of injury is before 1/1/13 and the employer does not offer Return-to~Work.
C. The injured worker passes the a Job Proficiency Test.
D. The date of injury is after 1/1/13 and the employer does not offer Return-to-Work


D. The date of injury is after 1/1/13 and the employer does not offer Return-to-Work


Which report, written by an AME, QME, or AQME, does not involve a face-to-face
evaluation of an Applicant?


A. Initial (aka "Comprehensive")
B. Re-evaluation (aka "Follow-up")
C. Supplemental
D. Deposition


C. Supplemental

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