Free Workers Compensation Practice Questions
Alaska Casualty exam — 97 practice questions.
Subtopics: Securing compensation, Failure to insure, Stop orders, Uninsured employer defenses, Election of remedies, Exclusive remedy, Contractor liability, Public contracts, Evidence of compliance, Employer injury report, Employee notice, Claim filing, Waiting period, Payment timing, Temporary total disability, Permanent total disability, Maximum rate, Funeral benefit, Choice of physician, Persons not covered, Corporate officers, WC cancellation, Notice to insurer, Assigned risk pool, WC fraud, Nonadmitted WC, No-fault basis, Self-insurer claims, USL&H, Coverage exclusions, Part One, Part Two, Part Three other states, Premium basis, Experience modification, Disability classifications, Medical benefits, Death benefits, FELA, Jones Act, No-fault concept, Course and scope, Occupational disease, Second injury fund, Third-party recovery, Sole proprietors and partners, Independent contractor, Assigned risk plan, Self-insurance, Going and coming rule, Employers liability limits, Elective coverage, Monopolistic states, Competitive state funds, Information page, Part One limits, Part One reimbursement, Part Two types of claims, Part Two third-party-over, Part Two exclusions, Part Two limits, Part Two defense, Part Three, Part Four duties, Part Five premium, Part Six conditions, Maritime endorsements, Alternate employer, Waiver of subrogation, Federal programs, Benefit types, Premium computation, Premium discount, Dividend plans, Excluded employments, Statutory employer, Exclusive remedy exceptions, Uninsured employers, Common law defenses, Part Two exposures, State fund and elective systems
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Sample questions & answers
1. Unless exempt, an Alaska employer must secure payment of workers' compensation by:
Insuring with an authorized insurer or self-insuring
AS 23.30.075(a) requires employers to insure with an authorized workers' compensation insurer or furnish proof of financial ability to pay directly (self-insurance).
2. An Alaska employer convicted of failing to insure its employees for workers' compensation faces a fine of:
A $10,000 fine and up to one year in jail
AS 23.30.075(b) requires a $10,000 fine and allows up to one year of imprisonment; responsible corporate officers are personally liable.
3. If an Alaska employer ignores a Workers' Compensation Board stop order issued for failure to insure, the Board assesses a civil penalty of:
$1,000 a day
AS 23.30.080(d) authorizes stop orders against uninsured employers and a $1,000-a-day civil penalty for failing to comply.
4. When an injured employee sues an Alaska employer that failed to carry required workers' compensation insurance, the employer may NOT defend on the ground that:
The employee assumed the risk of the job
AS 23.30.080(a) and AS 23.30.055 bar an uninsured employer from using assumption of risk, fellow-servant negligence, or ordinary contributory negligence as defenses.
Practice: Workers Compensation
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