NCCT Prep- Medical Assissting 2011 Law and Ethics

1. A person who is no longer under the care,custody, or supervision of a parent is called an

Emacvipated minor

Plaintiff

Defendant

Tort

2. Permission granted by a person voluntarily and in his right mind is

Consent

Litigation

Breach

Duty of care

3. A major crime for which greater punishment is imposed other than a misdemeanor is

Licensure

Civil law

Tort

Felony

4. _______ is a federal regulation that requires health care professionals to protect the privacy and confidentiality of patients' health information

OSHA

CLIA

HIPAA

CMS

5. What license must a physician have to dispense, prescribe or administer controlled substances?

Occupational

Lawyers

Narcotic

Business

6.

the final decision of a court in an action or suit is

Consent

Contract

Judgment

Licensure

7. An agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of some definite thing is

Contract

Litigation

Statute

Felony

8. The rule of conduct made by a government body is

Tort

Law

Will

Contract

9. A ______ is a leagal statement of how an individual's property is to be distributed after death.

Contract

Judgment

Tort

Will

10. A violation of a person's right not to have his or her name, photograph, or private affairs exposed of made public without gibing consent is

Invasion of privacy

False imprisonment

Malpractice

Statute

11. A writ that commands a witness to appear at a trial or other proceeding and to give testimony is a

Habeas corpus

Tort of appearance

Subpoena

Tort et a travers

12. An act that violates criminal law is called

Crime

Defamation

Libel

Slander

13. Right and wrong conduct is known as

Empathy

Criminal law

Ethics

Licensure

14. The ability to see things from another person's point of view is

Empathy

Ethics

Respondeat superior

Consent

15. Injuring the name and reputation of another person by aking false statements to a third person is

Defamation

Ethics

Negligence

Empathy

16. The withdrwal of a physician from the care of a patient without reasonable notice of such discharge from the case by the patient is

Abandonment

Reasonable care

Contract

Negligence

17. Latin for "he who acts through another acts for himself" is called

Res gestae

Qui facit per alium facit per se

Locum tenems

No correct answer

18. Holding or detaining a person against his will is

False imprisonment

Crime

Incompetent

Duty of care

19. A fraudulent signature is called

Fraud

Endorsement

Forbearance

Forgery

20. The breaking of a law, promise, or duty is called

Incompetent

Consent

Breach

Statute

21. Information given by a patient to medical personnel which cannot be disclosed without consent of the person who gave it is______

Duty of care

Respondeat superior

Judgment

Privileged communication

22. Lack of physical or mentalfitness is known as

Breach of duty

Abandonment

Competence

Incompetence

23. A physician must have the patient's permission in writing to reveal any confidential information except for which of the following?

Pregnancy

Drug addiction

Gunshot wound

Anorexia

24. A person being sued is called the

Criminal law

Tort

Plaintiff

Defendant

25. A latin term signifying that a person is not of sound mind is

Res gestae

Non compos mentis

Res judicata

Tecum

26. An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another is

Assault

Litigation

Libel

Crime

27. One who institutes a lawsuit is

Plaintiff

Defendant

Litigation

Respondeat superior

28. The time established for filing law suits is

Civil law

Contract

Statute of limitations

No correct answer

29. In the health care field the acronym HIPAA stands for _______

Health Information Adjustment Association

Health Inquiry for Permission of Accountability Association

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

History Inquiry of Professional Assertive Assistance

30. Conduct, courtesy, and manners that are customarily used in a medical office by medical professionals are known as_____

Precocity

Moral therapy

Ethics

Medical etiquette

31. The branch of study of moral issues, questions, and problems arising in the practice of medicine and in biomedical research is called

Bioethics

Litigation

Philosophy

Privileged communication

32. Negligence by a professional person is called

Invasion of privacy

Slander

Malpractice

Tort

33. Under the Peer Review Improvement Act of 1982, Peer Review Organizations are responsible for the review for appropriateness and necessity of putting a patient into the hospital by a process known as_______review.

Procedure

Cost

Admissions

Forbearance

34. To interrupt or discontinue a suit temporarily with the intention or resumption at a later date, or to ask for a continuance is called a ________

Deposition

Judgment

Civil law

Suspension

35. A patient's failure to act prudently and reasonably, or doing that which a reasonable person would not do under similar circumstances is called_____

Breach of duty

Contributory negligence

Assumption of risk

No correct answer

36. Which one of the following might involve a decision based upon bioethics

Reporting to the authorities a suicidal patient

The use of fetal tissue transplantation for research

Reporting physical, emotional or mental abuse

Treating a 16 year old girl who is pregnant without parental consent

37. Consent to treatment based on a full understanding of all possible risks of unpreventable results of that treatment is ______

Assumption of risk

Fraud

Contributory negigence

Proximate cause

38. Responsibility of an employer for the acts of an employee is

Libel

Malpractice

Respondeat superior

Civil law

39. A statement giben concerning some scientific, tehnical, or professional matter by an expert, such as a physician is called_______

Litigation

Expert testimony

Medical arbitration

Burden of proof

40. Latin for "things decided" ----that is, a matter already decided by judicial authority is called______

Locum tenems

Res judicata

Respondeat superior

No correct answer

41. ______ are defined as what are right and wrong.

Ethics

Laws

Rules

Guidelines

42. Latin for "things done; deeds"; the facts and circumstances attendant to the act in question would be called...

Res gestae

Locum tenems

Tecum

No correct answer

43. It is_________ to deny treatment to an HIV infected patient.

Unethical

Moral

Illeagal

Ethical

44. A deliberate physical attack upon a person is called

Assault

Battery

Slander

Contributory negligence

45. Testimony of a witness under oath and written down before trial for possible use when the case comes to trial is

Disposition

Citation

Warrent

Expert testimony

46. An impartial panel established to listen to and investigate patient's complaints about medical care or exvessive fees is called a _______ committee.

Medical ethics

Medical grievance

Civil law

No correct answer

47. Unauthorized disclosure of information regarding any patient to a third party may result in_____

Invasion of privacy

Civil law liability

Defamation of character

Medical liability

48. Failure to do something that is reasonable person would do under ordinary circumstances that ends up causing harm to another person or a person's property is

Malpractice

Negligence

Slander

Defamation

49. Failure to achieve an agreed upon result, even when the highest degree of skill has been used, is called_______

Ethics

Negligence

Breach of contract

Proximate cause

50. A statute that enforces private right and iabilities, as differentaited from criminal law is called a

Statute of limitations

Civil law

Medical arbitration

No correct answer

51. A wrong committed against another person or person's property is a

Defamation

Libel

Tort

Plaintiff

52. Violation or omission of a legal or moral duty is called

Negligence

Breach of duty

Defamation

Malpractice

53. Medical research is often published in medical journals that are evaluated by members of the medical community through a process known as

Promethium review

Hospital review

Professional review

Peer review

54. The health worker is protected by law if it can be determined that he or she acted reasonable as compared with fellow workers. this is called...

Duty of care

Statute

Respondeat superior

Reasonable care

55. The statement " A physician shall respect the law" is part of the ________

AAMA Code of Ethics

AMA Code of Ethics

Preamble to the constitution of the United States

AMA Code of Principles

56. The most common type of medical tort liability is

Negligence

Breach of contract

Breach of confidence

Fraud and deceit

57. That which in natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any new independent cause, produces an event, and without which the injury would not have occurred is ______

Assault

Negligence

Proximate cause

Assumption of risk

58. The presumption or inference of negligence when an accident is otherwise unable to be explained in terms of ordinary and known experience is called________

Res ipsa loquitur

Locum tenems

Res judicata

Res gestae

59. An intentional perversion of truth for the purpose of inducing another in reliance upon it to part with some valuable thing belonging to him or to surrender a legal right is called________

Contributory negligence

Negligence

Assumption of risk

Fraud

60. Which of these generally results from an act of carelessness, without an intent to harm

Slander

Malpractice

Breach of confidentiality

Manslaughter

NCCT Prep- Medical Assissting 2011 Law and Ethics

1. A person who is no longer under the care,custody, or supervision of a parent is called an

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Permission granted by a person voluntarily and in his right mind is

3. A major crime for which greater punishment is imposed other than a misdemeanor is

4. _______ is a federal regulation that requires health care professionals to protect the privacy and confidentiality of patients' health information

5. What license must a physician have to dispense, prescribe or administer controlled substances?

6. the final decision of a court in an action or suit is

7. An agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of some definite thing is

8. The rule of conduct made by a government body is

9. A ______ is a leagal statement of how an individual's property is to be distributed after death.

10. A violation of a person's right not to have his or her name, photograph, or private affairs exposed of made public without gibing consent is

11. A writ that commands a witness to appear at a trial or other proceeding and to give testimony is a

12. An act that violates criminal law is called

13. Right and wrong conduct is known as

14. The ability to see things from another person's point of view is

15. Injuring the name and reputation of another person by aking false statements to a third person is

16. The withdrwal of a physician from the care of a patient without reasonable notice of such discharge from the case by the patient is

17. Latin for "he who acts through another acts for himself" is called

18. Holding or detaining a person against his will is

19. A fraudulent signature is called

20. The breaking of a law, promise, or duty is called

21. Information given by a patient to medical personnel which cannot be disclosed without consent of the person who gave it is______

22. Lack of physical or mentalfitness is known as

23. A physician must have the patient's permission in writing to reveal any confidential information except for which of the following?

24. A person being sued is called the

25. A latin term signifying that a person is not of sound mind is

26. An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another is

27. One who institutes a lawsuit is

28. The time established for filing law suits is

29. In the health care field the acronym HIPAA stands for _______

30. Conduct, courtesy, and manners that are customarily used in a medical office by medical professionals are known as_____

31. The branch of study of moral issues, questions, and problems arising in the practice of medicine and in biomedical research is called

32. Negligence by a professional person is called

33. Under the Peer Review Improvement Act of 1982, Peer Review Organizations are responsible for the review for appropriateness and necessity of putting a patient into the hospital by a process known as_______review.

34. To interrupt or discontinue a suit temporarily with the intention or resumption at a later date, or to ask for a continuance is called a ________

35. A patient's failure to act prudently and reasonably, or doing that which a reasonable person would not do under similar circumstances is called_____

36. Which one of the following might involve a decision based upon bioethics

37. Consent to treatment based on a full understanding of all possible risks of unpreventable results of that treatment is ______

38. Responsibility of an employer for the acts of an employee is

39. A statement giben concerning some scientific, tehnical, or professional matter by an expert, such as a physician is called_______

40. Latin for "things decided" ----that is, a matter already decided by judicial authority is called______

41. ______ are defined as what are right and wrong.

42. Latin for "things done; deeds"; the facts and circumstances attendant to the act in question would be called...

43. It is_________ to deny treatment to an HIV infected patient.

44. A deliberate physical attack upon a person is called

45. Testimony of a witness under oath and written down before trial for possible use when the case comes to trial is

46. An impartial panel established to listen to and investigate patient's complaints about medical care or exvessive fees is called a _______ committee.

47. Unauthorized disclosure of information regarding any patient to a third party may result in_____

48. Failure to do something that is reasonable person would do under ordinary circumstances that ends up causing harm to another person or a person's property is

49. Failure to achieve an agreed upon result, even when the highest degree of skill has been used, is called_______

50. A statute that enforces private right and iabilities, as differentaited from criminal law is called a

51. A wrong committed against another person or person's property is a

52. Violation or omission of a legal or moral duty is called

53. Medical research is often published in medical journals that are evaluated by members of the medical community through a process known as

54. The health worker is protected by law if it can be determined that he or she acted reasonable as compared with fellow workers. this is called...

55. The statement " A physician shall respect the law" is part of the ________

56. The most common type of medical tort liability is

57. That which in natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any new independent cause, produces an event, and without which the injury would not have occurred is ______

58. The presumption or inference of negligence when an accident is otherwise unable to be explained in terms of ordinary and known experience is called________

59. An intentional perversion of truth for the purpose of inducing another in reliance upon it to part with some valuable thing belonging to him or to surrender a legal right is called________

60. Which of these generally results from an act of carelessness, without an intent to harm

6.

the final decision of a court in an action or suit is