ABMDI PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+||BRAND NEW!! 2026/2027
1. ME authority at a death scene comes from:
A. The ME official office policy manual
B. The ME office policy derived from state statutory authority
C. The ME office policy derived from federal statutory authority
D. The coroner official office policy manual
E. The county board of supervisors - CORRECT ANSWER -B
2. When investigating a death, it is best to:
A. Work alone on the investigation
B. Not listen to others or ask questions
C. Use all available resources
D. Disregard how problems affect personnel
E. Assume control of the scene immediately upon arrival - CORRECT ANSWER -C
3. A good point to remember regarding report is that:
A. Good report writing is a skill that comes naturally; some have it, whereas others
will never have it
B. Information is of little use unless it is properly documented and communicated to
others
C. Organization of the report is more important than the information contained in
the report
D. Abbreviations and acronyms are important "shortcuts" to good, efficient report
writing
E. The more medical terminology the better - CORRECT ANSWER -B
4. If you are called to a hospital's ER department to begin an investigation of a death
caused by a firearm, the MEI "scene" is:
A. The ER department
B. The ER department and any part of the hospital leading from the street to the
room
, C. The whole hospital
D. Any location the decedent may have been prior to death
E. Any location the decedent may have been within the past 24 hours - CORRECT
ANSWER -A
5. State systems, or states with a "State Medical Examiner" typically investigate:
A. All deaths that occur within their national "region"
B. All deaths that occur within their state
C. All deaths within their state that fall under statute
D. All deaths within their county
E. All deaths that occur on federal property within the state - CORRECT ANSWER -C
6. You work as an investigator for the medical examiner's office. The local high school
sociology teacher has invited you to give a presentation on "medicolegal death
investigation." Which ONE of the following topics would be MOST appropriate?:
a. Autoerotic deaths
b. Suicide by police
c. Animal deaths
d. The role of the medical examiner
e. Turf wars - Medical examiner investigators vs. Law enforcement -
CORRECT ANSWER -D
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DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+||BRAND NEW!! 2026/2027
1. ME authority at a death scene comes from:
A. The ME official office policy manual
B. The ME office policy derived from state statutory authority
C. The ME office policy derived from federal statutory authority
D. The coroner official office policy manual
E. The county board of supervisors - CORRECT ANSWER -B
2. When investigating a death, it is best to:
A. Work alone on the investigation
B. Not listen to others or ask questions
C. Use all available resources
D. Disregard how problems affect personnel
E. Assume control of the scene immediately upon arrival - CORRECT ANSWER -C
3. A good point to remember regarding report is that:
A. Good report writing is a skill that comes naturally; some have it, whereas others
will never have it
B. Information is of little use unless it is properly documented and communicated to
others
C. Organization of the report is more important than the information contained in
the report
D. Abbreviations and acronyms are important "shortcuts" to good, efficient report
writing
E. The more medical terminology the better - CORRECT ANSWER -B
4. If you are called to a hospital's ER department to begin an investigation of a death
caused by a firearm, the MEI "scene" is:
A. The ER department
B. The ER department and any part of the hospital leading from the street to the
room
, C. The whole hospital
D. Any location the decedent may have been prior to death
E. Any location the decedent may have been within the past 24 hours - CORRECT
ANSWER -A
5. State systems, or states with a "State Medical Examiner" typically investigate:
A. All deaths that occur within their national "region"
B. All deaths that occur within their state
C. All deaths within their state that fall under statute
D. All deaths within their county
E. All deaths that occur on federal property within the state - CORRECT ANSWER -C
6. You work as an investigator for the medical examiner's office. The local high school
sociology teacher has invited you to give a presentation on "medicolegal death
investigation." Which ONE of the following topics would be MOST appropriate?:
a. Autoerotic deaths
b. Suicide by police
c. Animal deaths
d. The role of the medical examiner
e. Turf wars - Medical examiner investigators vs. Law enforcement -
CORRECT ANSWER -D
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whichcONE?
A.c Preparingccasescforccourt
B.c Keepingcothercpartiescinvolved
C.c Anticipatingcfuturecneedscforcinformation
D.c Providingcmedicalcinformationctocthecnewscmedia
E.c HelpingcacforensiccpathologistcdeterminecthecCOD/MODc-cCORRECTcANSWERc-D
8.c AcrecentcinfantcdeathcyoucinvestigatedchascbeenctermedcacSIDScdeathconcthecpreliminary
autopsycreport.cYou,cascthecinvestigator,cmustccontact:
A.c Policecchaplaincwhocwillcrelaycthecfindingsctocthecfamily
B.c TheclocalcSIDScCentercandclocalcpolicecagency
