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NCMA TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSRight and wrong conduct is known as - Answers -Ethics
The most common type of medical tort liability is - Answers -negligence
A person being sued is caled the - Answers -defendant
The withdrawl of a physician from the care of a patinet without reasonable notice of
such discharge from the case by the patient is - Answers -abandonment
An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another is - Answers -assault
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 - Answers -reasonable care
Negligence by a professional person is called - Answers -malpractice
An act that violates criminal law is called - Answers -crime
The ability to see things from another person's point of view is - Answers -empathy
The breaking of a law, promise or duty is called - Answers -breach
The time established for filing law suits is - Answers -statute of limitations
A writ that commands a witness to appear at a tril or other proceeding and to give
testimony is a(n) - Answers -subpoena
A wrong committed aggainst another person or the person's property is a - Answers -
tort
Holding or detaining a person against his will is - Answers -false imprisonment
Violation or omission of a legal or moral duty is called - Answers -breach of duty
A deliberate physical attack upon a person is called - Answers -battery
Latin for "he who acts through another acts for himself" is called - Answers -qui facit per
alium facit per se
The branch of study of moral issues, questions, and problems arising in the practice of
medicine and in biomedical research is called - Answers -bioethics
A statement given concerning some scientific, technical, or professional matter by an
expert, such as a physician is called - Answers -expert testimony
,A patient's failure to act prudently and reasonably, or doing that which a reasonable
person would not do under similar circumstances is called - Answers -Contributory
negligence
Consent to treatment based on a full understanding of all possible risks of
unpreventable results of that treatment is called - Answers -assumption of risk
Conduct, courtesy, and manners that are customarily used in a medical office by
medical professionals are known as - Answers -medical etiquette
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 -
Answers -fraud
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 - Answers -suspension
Latin for "things decided" - that is, a matter already decided by judicial authority is called
- Answers -res judicata
That which in natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by and newindependant
cause, produces an event, and without which the injury would not have occurred is
called - Answers -proximate cause
The presumption or inference of negligence when an accident is otherwise unable to be
explainedin terms of ordinary and known experience is called - Answers -res ipsa
loqutitour
Failure to achieve an agreed upon results even when the the highest degree of skill has
been used is called - Answers -breach of contract
What licernse must a physician have to dispense, prescribe or administer controlled
substances? - Answers -Narcotic
Unauthorized disclosure of information regarding any patient to a third party may result
in - Answers -invasion of privacy
Medical research is often published in medical journals that are evaluated by members
of the medical community through a process known as - Answers -peer preview
Under the Peer Review Improvement Act of 1982, Peer Review Organizations are
responsible for the review fro appropriateness and necessity of putting a patient into the
hospital by a process known as______________review - Answers -admissions
A fraudulent signature is called - Answers -forgery
,____________are defined as what are right and wrong. - Answers -Ethics
A violation of a person's right not to have his or her name, photograph, or private affairs
exposed of made public without giving consent is - Answers -invasion of privacy
A major crime for which greater punishment is imposed other than a misdemeanor is -
Answers -Felony
One who institutes a lawsuit is - Answers -Plaintiff
A legal statement of how an individual's property is to be distributed after death is -
Answers -Will
Information given by a patient to medical personnel which cannot be disclosed without
consent of the person who gave it is - Answers -Privileged communication
A rule of conduct made by a government body is - Answers -law
Failure to do something that a reasonable person would do under ordinary
circumstances that ends up causing harm to another person or a person's property is -
Answers -negligence
Permission granted by a person voluntarily and his right mind is - Answers -consent
Injuring the name and reputation of another person by making false statements to a
third person is - Answers -defamation
An agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of some definite
thing is - Answers -contract
Lack of physical or mental fitness is known as - Answers -incompetence
The final decision of a court in an action or suit is - Answers -judgement
Responsibility of an employer for the acts of an employee is - Answers -respondeat
superior
A Latin term signifying that a person is not of sound mind is - Answers -non compos
mentis
A person who is no longer under the care, custody, or supervision of a patient is called
a(n) - Answers -emancipated minor
An impartial panel established to listen to and investigae patient's complaints about
medical care or excessive fees is called a committee. - Answers -medical grievance
, Latin for "things done; deeds"; the facts and circumstances attendant to the act in
question would be called - Answers -res gestaes
Testimony of a witness under oath and written down before trial for possible use when
the case comes to trial is - Answers -deposition
A statue that enforces private right and liabilities, as differentiated from criminal law is a
- Answers -civil law
Which one of the following might involve a decision based upon bioethics? - Answers -
The use of fetal tissue transplantation for research
A physician must have a patient's permission in writing to reveal any confidential
information except for which one of the following? - Answers -Gunshot wound
It is __________ to deny treatment to an HIV infected patients. - Answers -unethical
______________ is a federal regulation that requires health care professionals to
protect the privacy and confidentiality of patients health information. - Answers -HIPAA
In the heath cared field the acronym HIPAA stands for - Answers -Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act
The statement "A physician shall respect the law" is part of the - Answers -AMA Code of
Ethics
Which of these generally results from an act of carelessness, without an intent to harm?
- Answers -breach of confidentiality
A bed patient in a hospital is called a(n) - Answers -inpatient
A person who represents either party of an insurance claim is the - Answers -adjuster
A request for payment under an insurance contractor bond is called a(n) - Answers -
claim
Payment made periodically to keep an insurance policy in force is called - Answers -
premium
A person or instituion that gives medical care is a(n) - Answers -provider
Benefits that are made in the form of cash payments are known as - Answers -
indemniies
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