Free Workers Compensation Practice Questions
Maine Casualty exam (series 12-ME-44) — 99 practice questions.
Subtopics: Workers comp board, Employer coverage, Exempt employers, Uninsured employer, Exclusive remedy, Covered employees, Independent contractors, Waiting period, First payment, Payment without prejudice, Late payment penalty, Total incapacity, Maximum benefit, Partial incapacity, Specific loss, Death benefits, Burial expenses, Notice of injury, Medical care, Medical examinations, Reinstatement, Rehabilitation, Mental stress, Preexisting conditions, Arising out of employment, Policy cancellation, Experience rating, Merit rating, Retrospective rating, Part One, Part Two, Part Three other states, Premium basis, Experience modification, Disability classifications, Medical benefits, 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, 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. The mission of the Maine Workers' Compensation Board includes:
Ensuring prompt delivery of benefits legally due
The Board's mission is to serve employees and employers by ensuring compliance, prompt delivery of benefits legally due, dispute prevention and resolution, and labor-management cooperation.
2. How may a private Maine employer subject to the Workers' Compensation Act secure payment of compensation?
Buy a workers' compensation policy or self-insure as allowed
Every private employer, including an independent contractor who hires employees, must secure compensation by purchasing a WC policy or self-insuring under section 403.
3. Maine employers are not required to buy workers' compensation coverage for employees engaged in:
Domestic service
Section 401(1) excuses employers of domestic service employees and, if employer's liability coverage is maintained, certain seasonal or casual agricultural laborers.
4. A Maine farm employing seasonal or casual agricultural laborers is excused from buying workers' compensation for them if it maintains employer's liability insurance of at least:
$25,000 with $5,000 medical payments
The exemption requires an employer's liability policy with total limits of at least $25,000 and medical payment coverage of at least $5,000.
Practice: Workers Compensation
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