ABMDI Exam Questions and Complete
Solutions Graded A+
Official pronouncement of death can: - Answer: Be defermined 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 4 m.o. Infant is found unresponsive in his crib at home. He is rushed to the hospital,
where he is maintained on the respirator for 26 hrs before being declared dead. No external trauma or
disease is noted by the treating physician. - Answer: The coroner has jurisdiction bcuz of the
unexplained death of an infant.
Your office is investigating a suspected SIDS death. You should notify your statewide SIDS program
within: - Answer: As soon as possible following the autopsy.
In general, which of the following are NOT normally considered for organ/tissue procurement purposes?
- Answer: Reproductive organs
Authorization for organ/tissue procurement is considered valid if: - Answer: The decedents legal next of
kin or representitive has given consent.
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.
Anencephalic: - Answer: An infant born without a brain.
Jurisdiction: - Answer: The power or authority a court or office has over individuals or trauma.
The death investigator and a police investigator arrive at the scene within minutes of each other: -
Answer: The best approach is a "team" approach to performing the work.
, In constructing a narrative report, the main idea is to relate: - Answer: An overall and concise view of
what happened.
Choose one of the most important important communication skills for gathering information at the
scene: - Answer: Listen and actively study witnesses.
The pathologist must be altered to religious requests from the family: - Answer: Before the autopsy is
performed.
When communicating with the pathologist, a good investigator distinguishes between a request for
information and a request for an opinion. Which type is this, " what time was the death pronounced?" -
Answer: Request for information.
Common law marriage: - Answer: Marriage that is recognized because the couple have been cohabiting
for a determined length of time, but there has been no legal ceremony.
Disinterment - Answer: The opening of a grave and removal of the body for the purpose of
reexamination or removal to another site.
Euphemism - Answer: A mild or inoffensive term or phrase that is substituted for another, more explicit
term.
Objective report: - Answer: A report made in an independent and unbiased manner, without regard for
personal attitudes or thoughts.
Retort: - Answer: A vessel or chamber in which substances are decomposed by heat.
Statutory: - Answer: Authorized by law.
When obtaining information about a decadent from family, the first priority should always be to obtain
info from: - Answer: The last family member who saw and/or talked with the decedent, or has first hand
knowledge regarding the circumstances surrounding the death and/or medical history.
Solutions Graded A+
Official pronouncement of death can: - Answer: Be defermined 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 4 m.o. Infant is found unresponsive in his crib at home. He is rushed to the hospital,
where he is maintained on the respirator for 26 hrs before being declared dead. No external trauma or
disease is noted by the treating physician. - Answer: The coroner has jurisdiction bcuz of the
unexplained death of an infant.
Your office is investigating a suspected SIDS death. You should notify your statewide SIDS program
within: - Answer: As soon as possible following the autopsy.
In general, which of the following are NOT normally considered for organ/tissue procurement purposes?
- Answer: Reproductive organs
Authorization for organ/tissue procurement is considered valid if: - Answer: The decedents legal next of
kin or representitive has given consent.
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.
Anencephalic: - Answer: An infant born without a brain.
Jurisdiction: - Answer: The power or authority a court or office has over individuals or trauma.
The death investigator and a police investigator arrive at the scene within minutes of each other: -
Answer: The best approach is a "team" approach to performing the work.
, In constructing a narrative report, the main idea is to relate: - Answer: An overall and concise view of
what happened.
Choose one of the most important important communication skills for gathering information at the
scene: - Answer: Listen and actively study witnesses.
The pathologist must be altered to religious requests from the family: - Answer: Before the autopsy is
performed.
When communicating with the pathologist, a good investigator distinguishes between a request for
information and a request for an opinion. Which type is this, " what time was the death pronounced?" -
Answer: Request for information.
Common law marriage: - Answer: Marriage that is recognized because the couple have been cohabiting
for a determined length of time, but there has been no legal ceremony.
Disinterment - Answer: The opening of a grave and removal of the body for the purpose of
reexamination or removal to another site.
Euphemism - Answer: A mild or inoffensive term or phrase that is substituted for another, more explicit
term.
Objective report: - Answer: A report made in an independent and unbiased manner, without regard for
personal attitudes or thoughts.
Retort: - Answer: A vessel or chamber in which substances are decomposed by heat.
Statutory: - Answer: Authorized by law.
When obtaining information about a decadent from family, the first priority should always be to obtain
info from: - Answer: The last family member who saw and/or talked with the decedent, or has first hand
knowledge regarding the circumstances surrounding the death and/or medical history.
