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ABMDI TEST FINAL EXAM NEWEST 2026 ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED||
If you are called to a hospital's emergency department to begin
the medicolegal death investigation of a death caused by a
firearm, the medicolegal "scene" is
A. the emergency department.
B. the emergency 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. - ANSWER-A. the emergency department.
State systems, or states with a "State Medical Examiner" typically
investigate
A. all deaths that occur within their national "region" (i.e.,
southwestern, northeastern, etc.)
B. all deaths that occur within their state.
C. all deaths within their state that fall under statute.
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D. all deaths within their county.
E. all deaths that occur on federal property within the state. -
ANSWER-C. all deaths within their state that fall under statute.
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" - ANSWER-D. "The Role of the Medical Examiner"
Proper distribution and use of investigative reports include all of
the following EXCEPT which ONE?
A. preparing cases for court.
B. keeping other involved parties informed.
C. anticipating future needs for information.
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D. providing medical information to the news media.
E. helping a forensic pathologist determine the cause and manner
of death. - ANSWER-D. providing medical information to the news
media.
A recent infant death you investigated has been termed a SIDS
death on the preliminary autopsy report. You, as the investigator,
must contact
A. the police chaplain who will relay the findings to the family.
B. the local SIDS Center and the local police agency.
C. the local police agency; wait on calling the SIDS center until
the cause of death has been finalized.
D. child protection services.
E. the district attorney's office. - ANSWER-B. the local SIDS
Center and the local police agency.
When one is writing descriptive information about a death scene,
the name, address, and telephone number of the decedent are all
part of the _____________ to be included in the case file.
A. family history information
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B. chronological data
C. demographic information
D. medical data
E. graphic information - ANSWER-C. demographic information
The public information officer (PIO) for your jurisdiction requests
information regarding an investigation for exclusive release. The
investigator should
A. advise the PIO of office policy and decline to provide
information that would not otherwise be provided to other news
agencies.
B. provide the information because the PIO understands your
departmental policies and is usually fair in releasing information to
all news outlets.
C. advise the PIO of the information with added request that the
information not be released until a later specified date.
D. decline to provide information stating that the office will make
its own news release at a later time.
ABMDI TEST FINAL EXAM NEWEST 2026 ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED||
If you are called to a hospital's emergency department to begin
the medicolegal death investigation of a death caused by a
firearm, the medicolegal "scene" is
A. the emergency department.
B. the emergency 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. - ANSWER-A. the emergency department.
State systems, or states with a "State Medical Examiner" typically
investigate
A. all deaths that occur within their national "region" (i.e.,
southwestern, northeastern, etc.)
B. all deaths that occur within their state.
C. all deaths within their state that fall under statute.
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D. all deaths within their county.
E. all deaths that occur on federal property within the state. -
ANSWER-C. all deaths within their state that fall under statute.
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" - ANSWER-D. "The Role of the Medical Examiner"
Proper distribution and use of investigative reports include all of
the following EXCEPT which ONE?
A. preparing cases for court.
B. keeping other involved parties informed.
C. anticipating future needs for information.
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D. providing medical information to the news media.
E. helping a forensic pathologist determine the cause and manner
of death. - ANSWER-D. providing medical information to the news
media.
A recent infant death you investigated has been termed a SIDS
death on the preliminary autopsy report. You, as the investigator,
must contact
A. the police chaplain who will relay the findings to the family.
B. the local SIDS Center and the local police agency.
C. the local police agency; wait on calling the SIDS center until
the cause of death has been finalized.
D. child protection services.
E. the district attorney's office. - ANSWER-B. the local SIDS
Center and the local police agency.
When one is writing descriptive information about a death scene,
the name, address, and telephone number of the decedent are all
part of the _____________ to be included in the case file.
A. family history information
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B. chronological data
C. demographic information
D. medical data
E. graphic information - ANSWER-C. demographic information
The public information officer (PIO) for your jurisdiction requests
information regarding an investigation for exclusive release. The
investigator should
A. advise the PIO of office policy and decline to provide
information that would not otherwise be provided to other news
agencies.
B. provide the information because the PIO understands your
departmental policies and is usually fair in releasing information to
all news outlets.
C. advise the PIO of the information with added request that the
information not be released until a later specified date.
D. decline to provide information stating that the office will make
its own news release at a later time.
