CURRENT MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS AND
TREATMENT CERTIFICATION EXAM PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Zenana tells her nurse: "I think Dr. Shepard has poisoned me." She
later dies of mercury poisoning. Prosecution tries to use the statement to
prove Dr. Shepard did poison her. Admissible over hearsay objection?
Answer: No. This is a statement of memory or belief offered to prove the
fact remembered/believed, which is barred by the state-of-mind
exception. It is not a dying declaration because she was not actually
facing imminent death at the time of the statement.
◉ 45 minutes after a car collision, the ambulance attendant testifies that
Sally said, "My leg hurts like crazy." Admissible? Answer: This fits both
the PSI and medical diagnosis exceptions; the statement does not have to
be said to a doctor.
◉ 45 minutes after a car collision, the ambulance attendant testifies that
Sally said, "My leg hurts like crazy." Sally adds, "It's the same leg I
broke five years ago." Is the second statement admissible via state of
mind exception? Answer: It might have been admissible to show which
leg was broken at the time of the crash, but since that can't really be
done without including what leg was broken last time, this statement is
inadmissible. Can be admitted for medical diagnosis.
TREATMENT CERTIFICATION EXAM PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Zenana tells her nurse: "I think Dr. Shepard has poisoned me." She
later dies of mercury poisoning. Prosecution tries to use the statement to
prove Dr. Shepard did poison her. Admissible over hearsay objection?
Answer: No. This is a statement of memory or belief offered to prove the
fact remembered/believed, which is barred by the state-of-mind
exception. It is not a dying declaration because she was not actually
facing imminent death at the time of the statement.
◉ 45 minutes after a car collision, the ambulance attendant testifies that
Sally said, "My leg hurts like crazy." Admissible? Answer: This fits both
the PSI and medical diagnosis exceptions; the statement does not have to
be said to a doctor.
◉ 45 minutes after a car collision, the ambulance attendant testifies that
Sally said, "My leg hurts like crazy." Sally adds, "It's the same leg I
broke five years ago." Is the second statement admissible via state of
mind exception? Answer: It might have been admissible to show which
leg was broken at the time of the crash, but since that can't really be
done without including what leg was broken last time, this statement is
inadmissible. Can be admitted for medical diagnosis.
