ABMDI Practice Test Questions ( 2025) Comprehensive questions and verified answers|recently testing actual exam questions|get it 100% accurate!

ABMDI Practice Test Questions ( 2025)
Comprehensive questions and verified
answers|recently testing actual exam
questions|get it 100% accurate!
Medical examiner/coroner authority at a death scene comes from - Correct Answers The
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medical examiner/coroner office policy derived from state statutory authority.
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II! When investigating a death, it is best to - Correct Answers Use all available resources.
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II! A good point to remember regarding report writing is that - Correct Answers Information is of
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II! little use unless it is properly documented and communicated to others.
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II! If you are called to a hospital's emergency department to begin the medicolegal death
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II! investigation of a death caused by a firearm, the medicolegal "scene" is - Correct Answers The II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!




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II! State systems, or states with a "State Medical Examiner" typically investigate - Correct Answers
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II! All deaths within their state that fall under statute.
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II! You work as an investigator for the medical examiner's office. The local high school sociology
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II! teacher has invited you to give a presentation on "medicolegal death investigation." Which ONE
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II! of the following topics would be MOST appropriate? - Correct Answers The Role of the Medical
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II! Proper distribution and use of investigative reports include all of the following EXCEPT which
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II! ONE? - Correct Answers Providing medical information to the news media.
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, II! A recent infant death you investigated has been termed a SIDS death on the preliminary autopsy
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II! report. You, as the investigator, must contact - Correct Answers The local SIDS Center and the
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II! local police agency.
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II! When one is writing descriptive information about a death scene, the name, address, and
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II! telephone number of the decedent are all part of the _____________ to be included in the case
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II! file. - Correct Answers Demographic information
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II! The public information officer (PIO) for your jurisdiction requests information regarding an
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II! investigation for exclusive release. The investigator should - Correct Answers Advise the PIO of II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!




II! office policy and decline to provide information that would not otherwise be provided to other
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II! A funeral director contacts you concerning the death of a local physician's spouse. Upon
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II! discovering her dead, the physician called the funeral director and requested that the body be
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II! immediately removed to the funeral home. You should do all of the following EXCEPT - Correct II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!




II! Answers Inquire whether the physician had marital problems.
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II! A businesswoman from out of town is found dead in her motel room, the victim of apparent
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II! homicidal violence. Personal items in the room reveal she is married and lives in an adjoining
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II! state. In order to notify her next-of-kin, the investigator should - Correct Answers Contact the
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II! law enforcement agency in the husband's jurisdiction. Ask them to send a police officer(s) to the
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II! husband's residence and inform him of the death. Request that the officer(s) remain at the
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II! residence and direct the husband to call the investigator's office at that time.
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II! The medicolegal death investigator and a police officer arrive at a death scene within minutes of
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II! each other. - Correct Answers The best approach is a "team" approach to performing the work.
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II! Obtaining information regarding the decedent's medical history is a priority. When discussing this
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II! history with family members, which of the following is least important to consider? - Correct
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