2024-2025 ABMDI Registry Practice Exam with Answers (305 Solved Questions)

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The medical examiner/coroner's office legal authority derived is derived from
__________ - Correct Answer-State and local laws
Who is responsible for assembling revised state statutes that a county jurisdiction must
adhere to? - Correct Answer-Secretary of State
If a county contains a military facility, decisions on death investigations may be made by
the ____________________ - Correct Answer-Armed Forces Medical Examiner
Deaths on Indian reservations are investigated by the _____ - Correct Answer-FBI
Who must be notified in the event of a commercial plane crash? - Correct Answer-NTSB
(National Transportation Safety Board)
Who must be notified in the event of a noncommercial plane crash? - Correct Answer-
FAA (Federal Aviation Administration)
Who must be notified of any job-related deaths? - Correct Answer-OSHA
Family and Children's Protection Services are to be notified of any child death to... -
Correct Answer-Obtain information as to previous referrals on the child's family
The Sudden Infant Death Center must be contacted after a _____ death has been
properly identified - Correct Answer-SIDS
Case information should only be released to those persons who are authorized to
receive the information, which is determined by... - Correct Answer-Individual office
policy
After the death is certified, information on the death certificate is in the ________
________ - Correct Answer-Public domain
How do child death review teams function? - Correct Answer-As confidential, fact
finding groups that exchange detailed information from the ME/coroners among
agencies
What is the goal of child death review teams? - Correct Answer-To improve the
management outcome and prevention strategies in dealing with childhood deaths

Deaths under the jurisdiction of _____/_______ are the largest single source of organs
and tissues that can be legally donated by a decedents NOK - Correct Answer-
ME/coroner
___________ must be given by NOK before organs can be donated - Correct Answer-
Permission
A medical determination of _______ _______ is required before proceeding with
donation - Correct Answer-Brain death
Death occurs when there is either cessation of _______ or _______ - Correct Answer-
Heart, brain function
The _______ determination of death in a medical setting is the official pronouncement
time on the death certificate - Correct Answer-First
________ and ________ may be obtained in either type of death - Correct Answer-
Tissue, bone
Organs may be obtained only in cases in which ______ death occurs - Correct Answer-
Brain
What organs may be recovered for transplantation from brain dead (respirator
dependent) individuals? - Correct Answer-Heart, lungs, liver, bone marrow, kidneys,
pancreas
Following the initial organ recovery, what tissues may be removed from individuals with
cardiac death (off the respirator)? - Correct Answer-Corneas, skin, middle ears, bone,
heart valves, tendons
Eyes must be removed within ___ hours after death whereas the other tissues may be
removed up to 24 hours after death - Correct Answer-6
When do ME/coroners refuse organ recovery? - Correct Answer-In deaths of small
children when there is suspected abuse, SIDS, legally significant accidental deaths
In __________ and _________, donation is usually allowed - Correct Answer-Natural
deaths and common accidents
What conditions would make someone ineligible for organ and or tissue donation? -
Correct Answer-AIDS, sepsis, previous history of drug abuse, degenerative disease of
bone and/or nerve, cancer, hepatitis, dementia
What are the 3 major sections of the death certificate? - Correct Answer-Cause and
manner of death, demographic information, and disposition of death certificate

How long does the certifier typically have to establish cause and manner of death or
submit a pending DC? - Correct Answer-5 to 7 days
Who is responsible for completing the demographic information (name, place of birth,
place of death, race, education, and name of spouse) on the DC? - Correct Answer-The
funeral director
Why is it important to complete and release the DC in a timely manner? - Correct
Answer-Delays may result in the family's inability to receive funds, make insurance
claims, transport the body, close bank accounts, and get closure
Certification of the manner of death has great consequences for... - Correct Answer-The
decedents family, institutions, and insurance companies
On the DC, where is the immediate cause of death placed? - Correct Answer-On line A
in Part I
On the DC, where are the proximate causes placed? - Correct Answer-In sequential
order for up to four lines
Diseases injuries, or events, that although they were not the immediate cause and did
not directly relate to death, may have significantly contributed to the death refers to the
__________ section of the DC - Correct Answer-Other Significant Conditions or Part II
What states require coroners to be medical doctors? - Correct Answer-Kansas,
Louisiana, North Dakota, and Ohio
OPO - Correct Answer-Organ Procurement Organization
How is brain death determined? - Correct Answer-Flat electroencephalogram (EEG) or
absence of cerebral blood flow for a predetermined time
Statute - Correct Answer-Laws enacted by the legislative branch of the government
Vital statistics - Correct Answer-A governmental agency responsible for maintaining a
system of death records for the public
Hierarchical succession of NOK, in order of priority: - Correct Answer-Surviving spouse
Surviving children
Surviving parents
Surviving siblings
Surviving grandparents
Other relatives
Embalm - Correct Answer-To preserve the body by draining the blood from the body
and infusing it with alcohols, formaldehyde and dyes under pressure

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Where are the preservatives infused on a body during embalming? - Correct Answer-
Neck (IV cut downs in jugular) or groin (inguinal vessels) or in the abdomen (trocar
piercing)
What temperatures are bodies incinerated at for prolonged periods during a cremation?
- Correct Answer-1300 to 1800 degrees F
Cremations consist of ___ to ____ pounds of ash and bone fragments - Correct
Answer-1,3
Who is responsible for assisting in disinterment of a body? - Correct Answer-Funeral
director
What are the religious beliefs of Orthodox Jews regarding autopsies? - Correct Answer-
Object to autopsy but if an autopsy is necessary, it must be performed before sundown
of the day the person died
What are the religious beliefs of Muslims regarding autopsies? - Correct Answer-No
official concern
What are the religious beliefs of Jehova's witnesses regarding autopsies? - Correct
Answer-Not opposed
What are the religious beliefs of Catholics regarding autopsies? - Correct Answer-Not
opposed
What are the religious beliefs of Laotians (Hmong) regarding autopsies? - Correct
Answer-Generally opposed
What are the religious beliefs of Mexican Catholics regarding autopsies? - Correct
Answer-Opposed unless required by law
What are the religious beliefs of Protestants (including Christian Scientists and non
fundamentalists) regarding autopsies? - Correct Answer-Not opposed
What are the religious beliefs regarding Native Americans regarding autopsies? -
Correct Answer-Generally object to autopsy
Attitudes towards autopsies parallel those about ______ and ________ ________ -
Correct Answer-Tissue, organ donation
Guardianship or power of attorney - Correct Answer-Legal authorization to act on
another individual's behalf, which ceases after death

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Retort - Correct Answer-A vessel or chamber in which substances are decomposed by
heat
When obtaining information about a decedent from family members, the first priority
should always be to obtain information from: - Correct Answer-The family member who
last saw and/or talked with the decedent, or has firsthand knowledge regarding the
circumstances around the death and/or medical history
_____ ___ ________ initiates the chain of custody - Correct Answer-Securing the scene
Death investigators first duty upon arriving at the scene is... - Correct Answer-To
validate the death of the individual
What does verification of a persons death allow for? - Correct Answer-Notification of
NOK
Disposition of remains
Survivor grief resolution
Completion of official records (e.g. DC)
Settlement of estates
Criminal proceedings
Basic human dignity so that family can proceed with disposition
Why is visual identification unreliable? - Correct Answer-Many people bear close
resemblance to one another and when families become aware of sudden, unexpected
death or are viewing the remains, they are often in a highly emotional state, in shock or
denial
What are the advantages of fingerprint identification? - Correct Answer-They retain their
pattern throughout life and they are normally easy to obtain
What are the advantages of dental identification? - Correct Answer-1) Teeth outlast all
other body tissue and resist fire, digestion by animals, and normal decomposition
processes. 2) it takes a small amount of material to achieve an ID. 3) Teeth contain
multiple identifying characteristics
Each of the ___ adult teeth has ___ visible surfaces making a total of ____ surfaces
that are potentially available for identification - Correct Answer-32, 5, 160
What are additional identifying characteristics of teeth if x-rays are taken? - Correct
Answer-Shape and size of the roots and the pulp cavity
What are other valuable identifiers in dental identification? - Correct Answer-Extractions,
restorations and retained baby teeth

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When requesting dental records, the investigator must ask for complete dental records,
which include: - Correct Answer-Dental x-rays, dental charts, referrals, and any models
or photographs of teeth
What features of antemortem X-rays can be compared to postmortem x-rays? - Correct
Answer-Anomalies, prosthesis, surgical wires, pacemakers, implants, injection ports
Mitochondrial DNA from bone can only be compared to the _____ line of relatives -
Correct Answer-Female
What federal government agency performs unidentified person searches if a body
remains unidentified? - Correct Answer-NCIC (National Crime Information Center)
Coordinate method - Correct Answer-Measures an object (body) from two fixed points
Where is the coordinate method usually used? - Correct Answer-Indoors
Triangulation Method - Correct Answer-Measures the object (body) from several widely
separated points of reference
What is the most common and simplest type of death scene sketch? - Correct Answer-
Floor-plan view
This type of death scene sketch depicts the location (either indoors or outdoors) looking
down from above (birds eye view), detailing where evidence was seized and found in
relation to surroundings - Correct Answer-Floor-plan view
In exploded view or cross-projection, the walls are... - Correct Answer-Folded out to
allow for documentation of evidence on or in walls and other vertical surfaces
In Auto processing sketches, each of the numbered areas are searched
_____________ - Correct Answer-Separately
Bruises on the body usually indicate that the person was ______ at time of injury -
Correct Answer-Alive
In determining whether the death occurred at location body was found, a question the
investigator should ask themselves about livor mortis is... - Correct Answer-Is the blood
settling in the parts of the body that are at the lowest level of gravity?
In determining whether the death occurred at location body was found, investigator
should ask themselves if the _____ -______ match the position of the body - Correct
Answer-Blood flow pattern

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American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators