QME FINAL Examination Test
Questions and Correct Answers
SB-899 reforms of 2004 (Governor Schwarzenegger) primarily addressed the following issues?
✔️✔️Correct Ans-AMA Impairment Guides and MPNs
Which of the following is not a term used in California as ratable "word of art"? ✔️✔️Correct Ans-
Often
Who selects the QME ✔️✔️Correct Ans-Patient
In 1913, the Boynton Act ✔️✔️Correct Ans-Required most employers to have workers' compensation
coverage
A trade-off between Employers and Employees is referred to as ✔️✔️Correct Ans-The Historic
Compromise
You are required to keep and maintain all the medical-legal BILLINGS for _____ years from the date
of examination ✔️✔️Correct Ans-3 years
The employer provides workers' compensation BENEFITS ✔️✔️Correct Ans-regardless of fault
A copy of the notice to request time extension to file a QME report must be sent to ✔️✔️Correct Ans-
Medical Unit at DWC
The employer is required to pay benefits no matter who caused the injury, as long as the injury is
✔️✔️Correct Ans-AOE/COE
If there is a serious and willful misconduct by the employEE the award may be ✔️✔️Correct Ans-
decreased by 1/2
, If the employer is UNINSURED for workers' compensation the injured worker can ✔️✔️Correct Ans-
Sue in Civil Court, Receive punitive damages for pain and suffering, have the District Attorney fine
the Employer
For dates of injuyr AFTER 01/01/2005, a QME must use ✔️✔️Correct Ans-American Medical
Association Guide to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 5th edition
Unlawful discrimination for reporting a work injury is protected under ✔️✔️Correct Ans-L.C. 132a
The chief method to apportion permanent disability is to use the ✔️✔️Correct Ans-subtraction
method
Treating physician reports and medical-legal evaluations are used to establish ✔️✔️Correct Ans-
eligibility for benefits
Unrepresented worker - if the employee does not inform the employer of the selection within ____
days of the assignment of a panel of qualified medical evaluators, then the employer may select the
physician from the panel ✔️✔️Correct Ans-10
SB-228 reforms of 2003 (Governor Davis) primarily addressed the following issues ✔️✔️Correct Ans-
ACOEM Guidelines - 24 visit limit
For a QME evaluation for compensability only (AOE/COE), DO NOT send the QME report to the
following Part(ies)? ✔️✔️Correct Ans-Local DEU
If the injured worker is not hospitalized and misses seven (7) days of work he/she is not paid TD for
✔️✔️Correct Ans-the first three (3) days
"Any person who knowingly presents a false or fraudulent claim for the payment of a loss is guilty of
a crime and may be subject to imprisonment in the state prison for up to ____ years or a fine of up
to $50,000 or both ✔️✔️Correct Ans-five (5) years
Payments to compensate an employee who does not completely recover from an injury ✔️✔️Correct
Ans-PD
Questions and Correct Answers
SB-899 reforms of 2004 (Governor Schwarzenegger) primarily addressed the following issues?
✔️✔️Correct Ans-AMA Impairment Guides and MPNs
Which of the following is not a term used in California as ratable "word of art"? ✔️✔️Correct Ans-
Often
Who selects the QME ✔️✔️Correct Ans-Patient
In 1913, the Boynton Act ✔️✔️Correct Ans-Required most employers to have workers' compensation
coverage
A trade-off between Employers and Employees is referred to as ✔️✔️Correct Ans-The Historic
Compromise
You are required to keep and maintain all the medical-legal BILLINGS for _____ years from the date
of examination ✔️✔️Correct Ans-3 years
The employer provides workers' compensation BENEFITS ✔️✔️Correct Ans-regardless of fault
A copy of the notice to request time extension to file a QME report must be sent to ✔️✔️Correct Ans-
Medical Unit at DWC
The employer is required to pay benefits no matter who caused the injury, as long as the injury is
✔️✔️Correct Ans-AOE/COE
If there is a serious and willful misconduct by the employEE the award may be ✔️✔️Correct Ans-
decreased by 1/2
, If the employer is UNINSURED for workers' compensation the injured worker can ✔️✔️Correct Ans-
Sue in Civil Court, Receive punitive damages for pain and suffering, have the District Attorney fine
the Employer
For dates of injuyr AFTER 01/01/2005, a QME must use ✔️✔️Correct Ans-American Medical
Association Guide to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 5th edition
Unlawful discrimination for reporting a work injury is protected under ✔️✔️Correct Ans-L.C. 132a
The chief method to apportion permanent disability is to use the ✔️✔️Correct Ans-subtraction
method
Treating physician reports and medical-legal evaluations are used to establish ✔️✔️Correct Ans-
eligibility for benefits
Unrepresented worker - if the employee does not inform the employer of the selection within ____
days of the assignment of a panel of qualified medical evaluators, then the employer may select the
physician from the panel ✔️✔️Correct Ans-10
SB-228 reforms of 2003 (Governor Davis) primarily addressed the following issues ✔️✔️Correct Ans-
ACOEM Guidelines - 24 visit limit
For a QME evaluation for compensability only (AOE/COE), DO NOT send the QME report to the
following Part(ies)? ✔️✔️Correct Ans-Local DEU
If the injured worker is not hospitalized and misses seven (7) days of work he/she is not paid TD for
✔️✔️Correct Ans-the first three (3) days
"Any person who knowingly presents a false or fraudulent claim for the payment of a loss is guilty of
a crime and may be subject to imprisonment in the state prison for up to ____ years or a fine of up
to $50,000 or both ✔️✔️Correct Ans-five (5) years
Payments to compensate an employee who does not completely recover from an injury ✔️✔️Correct
Ans-PD
