Free Workers Compensation Practice Questions
Kansas Casualty exam (series 12-KS-04) — 100 practice questions.
Subtopics: Exempt employments, Elective coverage, Securing compensation, Failure to insure, Exclusive remedy, Disallowed claims, Statutory employer, Compensability, Disability benefits, Death benefits, Medical benefits, Notice of injury, Workers compensation fund, Residual market, Self-insurance, Administration, Part One, Part Two, Part Three other states, Premium basis, Experience modification, Disability classifications, FELA, USL&H, 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, Waiting period, Going and coming rule, Employers liability limits, 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, Exclusive remedy exceptions, Uninsured employers, Common law defenses, Part Two exposures, State fund and elective systems
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Sample questions & answers
1. The Kansas workers compensation act does NOT apply to:
Agricultural pursuits and employment incident to them
K.S.A. 44-505(a)(1) excludes agricultural pursuits and employments incident thereto, other than state employment.
2. A private Kansas employer is outside the workers compensation act if its total gross annual payroll for the prior year was not more than ___ and it expects the same for the current year.
$20,000
K.S.A. 44-505(a)(2) exempts employers with a total gross annual payroll of not more than $20,000 for the preceding year and a reasonable estimate of the same for the current year.
3. When measuring the $20,000 payroll threshold for the Kansas workers compensation exemption, wages paid to:
Family members by marriage or blood are not counted
K.S.A. 44-505(a)(2) excludes wages paid to employees who are members of the employer's family by marriage or consanguinity.
4. A Kansas employer that is exempt from the workers compensation act may come within the act by:
Filing a written statement of election with the director
K.S.A. 44-505(b) lets an exempt employer come within the act by joining a qualified group-funded pool or filing a written statement of election with the director.
Practice: Workers Compensation
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