ABMDI BOARD CERTIFICATION 73
QUESTIONS 2026 FORENSIC TEST
PAPER ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ What agency must be notified in the event of plane crashes?
Answer: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
◉ What agency must be notified of any job-related death?
Answer: OSHA
◉ What agency must be notified of any child death to obtain
information as to previous referrals on the child's family?
Answer: Family and Children's Protection Services
◉ What agency must be notified after a SIDS death had been properly
identified?
Answer: Sudden Infant Death Center
◉ Official pronouncement of death can:
Answer: Be determined by state statute and local customs
◉ Authorization to conduct a medicolegal autopsy must be provided by:
Answer: The coroner or medical examiner when jurisdiction is
established
,◉ A previously healthy four-month-old infant is found unresponsive in
his crib at home. He is rushed to a hospital where he is maintained on a
respirator for 26 hours before being declared dead. No external trauma
or disease is noted by the treating physician.
Answer: The coroner has jurisdiction because of the unexplained death
of an infant
◉ Your office is investigating a suspected SIDS death. You should
notify your state SIDS program
Answer: As soon as possible following autopsy
◉ In general, which are NOT normally considered for organ/tissue
procurement purposes?
Answer: Reproductive orders
◉ Authorization for organ/tissue procurement is considered valid if:
Answer: The decedent's legal next-of-kin or representative has given
consent
◉ Anencephalic
Answer: An infant born without a brain
◉ OPO (organ procurement organization)
Answer: The agency responsible for identifying potential donors,
obtaining consent, and procuring organs
, ◉ Statutes
Answer: Laws enacted by the legislative branch of government
◉ Brain Death
Answer: Final cessation of activity in the central nervous system, as
indicated by a flat electroencephalogram (EEG) or absence of cerebral
blood flow for a predetermined period of time
◉ Cardiac Death
Answer: Final cessation of activity in the cardiovascular system
involving the heart and blood vessels
◉ Coroner is
Answer: Elected
◉ Medical Examiner is
Answer: Appointed
◉ Organs that may be recovered for transplant from brain dead
(respirator decedent) individuals
Answer: - Heart
- Lung
- Liver
QUESTIONS 2026 FORENSIC TEST
PAPER ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ What agency must be notified in the event of plane crashes?
Answer: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
◉ What agency must be notified of any job-related death?
Answer: OSHA
◉ What agency must be notified of any child death to obtain
information as to previous referrals on the child's family?
Answer: Family and Children's Protection Services
◉ What agency must be notified after a SIDS death had been properly
identified?
Answer: Sudden Infant Death Center
◉ Official pronouncement of death can:
Answer: Be determined by state statute and local customs
◉ Authorization to conduct a medicolegal autopsy must be provided by:
Answer: The coroner or medical examiner when jurisdiction is
established
,◉ A previously healthy four-month-old infant is found unresponsive in
his crib at home. He is rushed to a hospital where he is maintained on a
respirator for 26 hours before being declared dead. No external trauma
or disease is noted by the treating physician.
Answer: The coroner has jurisdiction because of the unexplained death
of an infant
◉ Your office is investigating a suspected SIDS death. You should
notify your state SIDS program
Answer: As soon as possible following autopsy
◉ In general, which are NOT normally considered for organ/tissue
procurement purposes?
Answer: Reproductive orders
◉ Authorization for organ/tissue procurement is considered valid if:
Answer: The decedent's legal next-of-kin or representative has given
consent
◉ Anencephalic
Answer: An infant born without a brain
◉ OPO (organ procurement organization)
Answer: The agency responsible for identifying potential donors,
obtaining consent, and procuring organs
, ◉ Statutes
Answer: Laws enacted by the legislative branch of government
◉ Brain Death
Answer: Final cessation of activity in the central nervous system, as
indicated by a flat electroencephalogram (EEG) or absence of cerebral
blood flow for a predetermined period of time
◉ Cardiac Death
Answer: Final cessation of activity in the cardiovascular system
involving the heart and blood vessels
◉ Coroner is
Answer: Elected
◉ Medical Examiner is
Answer: Appointed
◉ Organs that may be recovered for transplant from brain dead
(respirator decedent) individuals
Answer: - Heart
- Lung
- Liver
