DEATH INVESTIGATION ABMDI EXAM 2026
FORENSIC DEATH INVESTIGATION
ASSESSMENT TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Who is responsible for assembling revised state statutes that a
county jurisdiction must adhere to?
Answer: Secretary of State
◉ If a county contains a military facility, decisions on death
investigations may be made by the ____________________
Answer: Armed Forces Medical Examiner
◉ Deaths on Indian reservations are investigated by the _____
Answer: FBI
◉ Who must be notified in the event of a commercial plane crash?
Answer: NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board)
◉ Who must be notified in the event of a noncommercial plane
crash?
Answer: FAA (Federal Aviation Administration)
,◉ Who must be notified of any job-related deaths?
Answer: OSHA
◉ Family and Children's Protection Services are to be notified of any
child death to...
Answer: Obtain information as to previous referrals on the child's
family
◉ The Sudden Infant Death Center must be contacted after a _____
death has been properly identified
Answer: SIDS
◉ Case information should only be released to those persons who
are authorized to receive the information, which is determined by...
Answer: Individual office policy
◉ After the death is certified, information on the death certificate is
in the ________ ________
Answer: Public domain
◉ How do child death review teams function?
,Answer: As confidential, fact finding groups that exchange detailed
information from the ME/coroners among agencies
◉ What is the goal of child death review teams?
Answer: To improve the management outcome and prevention
strategies in dealing with childhood deaths
◉ Deaths under the jurisdiction of _____/_______ are the largest single
source of organs and tissues that can be legally donated by a
decedents NOK
Answer: ME/coroner
◉ ___________ must be given by NOK before organs can be donated
Answer: Permission
◉ A medical determination of _______ _______ is required before
proceeding with donation
Answer: Brain death
◉ Death occurs when there is either cessation of _______ or _______
Answer: Heart, brain function
, ◉ The _______ determination of death in a medical setting is the
official pronouncement time on the death certificate
Answer: First
◉ ________ and ________ may be obtained in either type of death
Answer: Tissue, bone
◉ Organs may be obtained only in cases in which ______ death occurs
Answer: Brain
◉ What organs may be recovered for transplantation from brain
dead (respirator dependent) individuals?
Answer: Heart, lungs, liver, bone marrow, kidneys, pancreas
◉ Following the initial organ recovery, what tissues may be removed
from individuals with cardiac death (off the respirator)?
Answer: Corneas, skin, middle ears, bone, heart valves, tendons
◉ Eyes must be removed within ___ hours after death whereas the
other tissues may be removed up to 24 hours after death
Answer: 6
◉ When do ME/coroners refuse organ recovery?
FORENSIC DEATH INVESTIGATION
ASSESSMENT TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Who is responsible for assembling revised state statutes that a
county jurisdiction must adhere to?
Answer: Secretary of State
◉ If a county contains a military facility, decisions on death
investigations may be made by the ____________________
Answer: Armed Forces Medical Examiner
◉ Deaths on Indian reservations are investigated by the _____
Answer: FBI
◉ Who must be notified in the event of a commercial plane crash?
Answer: NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board)
◉ Who must be notified in the event of a noncommercial plane
crash?
Answer: FAA (Federal Aviation Administration)
,◉ Who must be notified of any job-related deaths?
Answer: OSHA
◉ Family and Children's Protection Services are to be notified of any
child death to...
Answer: Obtain information as to previous referrals on the child's
family
◉ The Sudden Infant Death Center must be contacted after a _____
death has been properly identified
Answer: SIDS
◉ Case information should only be released to those persons who
are authorized to receive the information, which is determined by...
Answer: Individual office policy
◉ After the death is certified, information on the death certificate is
in the ________ ________
Answer: Public domain
◉ How do child death review teams function?
,Answer: As confidential, fact finding groups that exchange detailed
information from the ME/coroners among agencies
◉ What is the goal of child death review teams?
Answer: To improve the management outcome and prevention
strategies in dealing with childhood deaths
◉ Deaths under the jurisdiction of _____/_______ are the largest single
source of organs and tissues that can be legally donated by a
decedents NOK
Answer: ME/coroner
◉ ___________ must be given by NOK before organs can be donated
Answer: Permission
◉ A medical determination of _______ _______ is required before
proceeding with donation
Answer: Brain death
◉ Death occurs when there is either cessation of _______ or _______
Answer: Heart, brain function
, ◉ The _______ determination of death in a medical setting is the
official pronouncement time on the death certificate
Answer: First
◉ ________ and ________ may be obtained in either type of death
Answer: Tissue, bone
◉ Organs may be obtained only in cases in which ______ death occurs
Answer: Brain
◉ What organs may be recovered for transplantation from brain
dead (respirator dependent) individuals?
Answer: Heart, lungs, liver, bone marrow, kidneys, pancreas
◉ Following the initial organ recovery, what tissues may be removed
from individuals with cardiac death (off the respirator)?
Answer: Corneas, skin, middle ears, bone, heart valves, tendons
◉ Eyes must be removed within ___ hours after death whereas the
other tissues may be removed up to 24 hours after death
Answer: 6
◉ When do ME/coroners refuse organ recovery?
