Legal Considerations
Which of the following best describes the authority that regulates the practice of medicine with the intent of protecting citizens from harm?
A) Hospital policies
B) State medical practice acts
C) American Medical Association
D) Federal regulations
B) State medical practice acts
Which of the following best describes an example of an incompetent party in a contract?
A)Person with a terminal illness
B)Person over 100 years of age
C)Person under the influence of narcotics or alcohol
D) Person who is legally sane
C)Person under the influence of narcotics or alcoho
Which of the following best describes a professional code of ethics?
A) Brings standards of moral and ethical behavior together in one place
B) Revokes the licenses of unethical practitioners
C) Provides a consistent guide of office protocol
D) Relieves lawmakers of some of their legal responsibilities
A) Brings standards of moral and ethical behavior together in one place
Which of the following best describes the principles of ethical and moral conduct set forth as they relate to the medical assistant?
A) AAMA Code of Ethics
B) Principles as outlined by the provider or employer
C) Hippocratic oath
D) Code of Hammurabi
A) AAMA Code of Ethics
A patient has cancer and tells the provider not to tell family members about the diagnosis. When the medical assistant talks to the patient’s daughter, she states, “I am sorry to hear of your mom’s illness.” What right has been violated?
A) Standard of care
B) Confidentiality
C) Public duty
D) Informed consent
B) Confidentiality
Which of the following best describes the legal violation if a medical assistant practices outside his scope of training?
A)Breach of the standard of care
B) Negligence
C)Public duty
D)Informed consent
A)Breach of the standard of care
Which of the following statements applies to a medical assistant’s knowledge of information in a patient’s life acquired in the course of employment?
A) It should be the topic of office discussions.
B) It is considered confidential information.
C) It should be discussed with the medical assistant’s family.
D) It should be divulged only to the patient’s immediate family members.
B) It is considered confidential information.
Which of the following treatments is considered an ethical issue and has existing laws or regulations directly affecting the issue?
A) Allocation of scarce medical resources
B) Abortion
C) Fetal tissue research
D) All of the above
D) All of the above
Which of the following best describes the tort applicable to the unprivileged touching of one person by another?
A) Battery
B) Libel
C) Invasion of privacy
D) Slander
A) Battery
Which of the following best describes the legal violation if a medical assistant does not use proper positioning to protect a patient from falling from an examination table?
A) Negligence
B) Abandonment
C) Public duty
D) Informed consent
A) Negligence
Which of the following is NOT considered to be one of the five Ps of ethical power?
A) Patience
B) Power
C) Pride
D) Purpose
B) Power
The CDC recommends that voluntary screening for HIV/AIDS become a routine part of medical care for patients between the ages of
A) 15-70
B) 21-65
C) 25-60
D) 13-64
D) 13-64
Which of the following is NOT a reason for a physician to have his license revoked?
A) Unprofessional conduct
B) Conviction of a crime
C) Formally withdrawing from a case
D) Personal or professional incapacity
C) Formally withdrawing from a case
When a patient complains of back pain, shows up for a scheduled appointment, and allows the provider to perform an x-ray to diagnose and treat the ailment, what type of contract exists?
A) Written
B) Expressed
C) Implied
D) Breach
C) Implied
Which of the following refers to a physician’s directive that specifies an individual’s end-of-life wishes?
A) Euthanasia
B) Brain death
C) Advance directive
D) Hospice
C) Advance directive
The Affordable Care Act:
A) helped insure 12 million more people
B) helped more children get health coverage
C) ends all annual limits on care
D) allows young adults under 24 years of age stay on their parents health insurance
B) helped more children get health coverage
Which of the following is a written order naming a specific date, time, and reason to appear in court?
A) Contract
B) Testimony
C) Tort
D) Subpoena
D) Subpoena
Which of the following best describes the main purpose of the Good Samaritan law?
A) Removes legal liability from rescuers
B) Encourages health care professionals to help within their scope of training
C) Allows performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation during rescues
D) Supplements the emergency medical services
B) Encourages health care professionals to help within their scope of training
The process by which the ovum is fertilized in a culture dish, allowed to grow, and then implanted into the uterus is known as which of the following?
A) Surrogacy
B) In vitro fertilization
C) In vitro insemination
D) Ovulation
B) In vitro fertilization
Assisted Reproduction
A) includes only surrogacy.
B) includes only artificial insemination.
C) does not include in vitro fertilization.
D) includes surrogacy, in vitro fertilization, and artificial insemination.
D) includes surrogacy, in vitro fertilization, and artificial insemination.