1.   Right and wrong conduct is known as ______.

a.   Empathy

b.   Criminal Law      

c.   Ethics

d.   Licensure

2.   The most common type of medical tort liability is __________.

a.   Negligence

b.   Breach of Contract

c.   Breach of confidence

d.   Fraud and Deceit

a- negligence

3.    A person being sued is called _____.

a.   Plaintiff

b.   Tort

c.   Defendant

d.   Criminal law

c- defendant

4.      The withdrawal of a physician from the care of a patient without reasonable notice of such discharge from the case by the patient is called________.

a.   contract

b.   reasonable care

c.   negligence

d.   abandonment

d- abandonment

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

a.   litigation

b.   assault

c.   crime

d.   libel

b- assault

6. 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 _________.

a.   Statute

b.   Reasonable care

c.   Duty of care

d.   Respondeat Superior

b- reasonable care

7. Negligence by a professional person is called ____________.

a.   invasion of privacy

b.   slander

c.   malpractice

d. tort

c- malpractice

8.  An act that violates criminal law is called ____.

a.   Defamation

b.   Crime

c.   Libel

d.   Slander

 b- crime

9. The breaking of the law, promise, or duty is called ______.

a. statute

b. breach

c. consent

d. incompetent

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

a.   consent

b.   respendeat superior

c.   empathy

d.   ethics

c- empathy

11. The time established for filing law suits is ___

a.   Civil law

b.   Statute or limitations

c.   Contract

d.   no correct answer

b. statue of limitations

12.  A writ that commands a witness to appear at a trial or other proceedings and to  give testimony a(an) _________.

a.   Habeas corpus

b.   Tort of appearance

c.   Subpoena

d.   Tort et a travers

13.       A wrong committed against another or the person’s property is called___________

a.   defamation

b.   libel

c.   tort

d.   plaintiff

c- tort

14. Holding or detaining a person against his will is ___________.

a.   false imprisonment

b.   crime

c.   incompetent

d.   duty of care

a- false imprisonment

15.  A violation of a person’s right not to have his or her name, photograph, or private affairs exposed of made public with out giving consent is called _________

a.   False imprisonment

b.   Malpractice

c.   Invasion of privacy

d.   Statute

 c- invasion of privacy

16. A major crime for which greater punishment is imposed other than misdemeanor is _________

a.   Licensure

b.   Civil law

c.   Tort

d.   Felony

d- felony

17.  One who institutes a lawsuit is _______

a.   Defendant

b.   Plaintiff

c.   Litigation

d.   Respondeat superior

b- plantiff

18. A legal statement of how an individual’s property is to be distributed after  death is _____.

a.   contract

b.   tort

c.   will

d.   judgment

c- will

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

a.   duty of care

b.   respondeat superior

c.   judgment

d.   privileged communication

d- privileged communication

20.   A rule of conduct made by a government body is ____.

a.   tort

b.   law

c.   will

d.   contract

b- law

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

a.   malpractice

b.   negligence

c.   slander

d.   defamation

b- negligence

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

a.   consent

b.   litigation

c.   breach

d.   duty of care

 a- consent

23.    Injuring the name and reputation of another person by making false statements to a third person is ____.

a.   empathy

b.   negligence

c.   defamation

d.   ethics

c- defamation

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

a.   contract

b.   litigation

c.   statute

d.   felony

a- contract

25.  Lack of physical or mental fitness is known as ____.

a.   breach of duty

b.   abandonment

c.   competence

d.   incompetence

d-   incompetence

26.        The final decision of a court in an action or suit is ____.

a.   consent

b.   contract

c.   judgment

d.   licensure

c-  judgement

27.    Responsibility of an employer for the acts of an employee is ____.

a.   libel

b.   malpractice

c.   respondent superior

d.   civil law

 c- respondent superior

28.     A Latin term signifying that a person is not of sound mind is ____.

a.   res gestae

b.   non compos mentis

c.   res judicata

d.   tecum

29.    A person who is no longer under the care, custody, or supervision of a of a parent  is called a(an) ____.

a.   emancipated minor

b.   plaintiff

c.   defendant

d.   tort

 a- emancipateded minor

( or emancipation)

30.      An impartial panel established to listen to and investigate patient’s complaints about medical care or excessive fees is a____ committiee.

a.   medical ethics

b.   medical grievance

c.   civil law

d.   no correct answer

b- medical grievance committee

31.  Latin for “things done; deeds” the facts and circumstances attendant to the act in question would be called ____.

a.   res gestae

b.   locum tenems

c.   tecum

d.   no correct answer

a- res gestae

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

a.   deposition

b.   citation

c.   warrant

d.   expert testimony

a- deposition

33. A statue that enforces private right and liabilities, as differentiated from criminal law is called a ____.

a.   statue of limitations

b.   civil law

c.   medical arbitration

d.   no correct answer

b- civil law

34.      Violation or omission of a legal or moral duty is called ____.

a.   negligence

b.   breach of duty

c.   defamation

d.   malpractice

35.  A deliberate physical attack upon a person is called ____.

a.   assault

b.   battery

c.   slander

d.   contributory negligence

 b- battery

36. Latin for “ he who acts through another acts for himself is called ____.

a.       res gestae

b.       qui facit per alium facit per se

c.       lucum tenems

d.       no correct answer 

b-   qui facit per alium facit per se

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

a.   bioethics

b.   litigation

c.   philosophy

d.   privileged communication

a-   bioethics

38. A statement given concerning some scientific, technical, or professional matter by an expert, such as a physician is called ____.

a.   litigation

b.   expert testimony

c.   medical arbitration

d.   burden of proof

b- expert testimony

39. A patient’s failure to act prudently and reasonably, or doing that which a reasonable person would not do under similar circumstances is called ____.

a.   breach of duty

b.   assumption of risk

c.   contributory negligence

d.   no correct answer

40. Consent to treatment based on a full understanding of all possible risks of unpreventable results of that treatment is called ____.

a.   contributory negligence

b.   fraud

c.   assumption of risk

d.   proximate cause

c- assumption of risk

41.   Conduct, courtesy, and manners that are  customarily used in the medical office by medical  professionals are known as ____.

a.   ethics

b.   moral therapy

c.   precocity

d.   medical etiquette

d- medical etiquette

42.   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 ____.

a.   fraud

b.   negligence

c.   assumption of risk

d.   contributory negligence

a- fraud

43. To interrupt or discontinue a suit temporarily with intention or resumption at a later date; or to ask for a continuance is called ____. 

a.   suspension

b.   judgment

c.   civil law

d.   deposition

a- suspension

44. Latin for “things decided”--that is, a matter already decided by judicial authority is called ____.

a.   res judicata

b.   respondeat superior

c.   locum tenems

d.   no correct answer

45.   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  ____.

a.     negligence

b.     proximate cause

c.      assumption of risk

d.     assault

b- proximate cause

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

a.   res judicata

b.   res ipsa loquitur

c.   locum tenems

d.   res gestae

b- res ipsa loquitur

(Latin for “ the thing speaks for itself’)

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

a.   breach of contract

b.   negligence

c.   proximate cause

d.   ethics

a- breach of contract

48.  What license must a physician have to dispense, prescribe or administer controlled substance?

a.   Lawyers

b.   Narcotic

c.   Business

d.   Occupational

b- narcotic

49.  Unauthorized disclosure or information regarding that patient to a third party may result in ____.

a.   civil liability

b.   medical liability

c.   invasion of privacy

d.   defamation

c- invasion of privacy

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

a.   professional review

b.   hospital review board

c.   peer review

d.   promethium review

(some ncct reviews use a different question:

In legal terms, a review by persons with similar professional qualifications is ______)

51. Under the Peer Review Improvement Act of 1982, the 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. 

a.   procedure

b.   admissions

c.   cost

d.   quality 

b- admissions

52. a fraudulent signature is called ____.

a. endorsement

b. forgery

c. fraud

d. forbearance

53. ____ are defined as what are the right and wrong.

a. Rules

b. Ethics

c. Laws

d. Guidelines

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

a. Reporting physical, emotional or mental abuse

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

c. The use of fetal tissue transplantation for research

d. Reporting to the authorities a suicidal patient

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

a. Gunshot wound

b. Anorexia

c. Drug addiction

d. Pregnancy

It is ____ to deny treatment to an HIV infected patients.

a. illegal

b. moral

c. unethical

d. ethical

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

a. OSHA

b. CLIA

c. CMS

d. HIPAA

58. In the health care field the acronym HIPAA stands for ____.

a. Health Information Adjustment Association

b. History Inquiry of Professional Assertive Assistance

c. Health Insurance Portablility and Accountablility Act

d. Health Inquiry for Permission of Accountability Association ____.

The statement "A physician shall respect the law" is a part of the ____.

a. AAMA Code of Ethics

b. AMA Code of Principles

c. preamble to the constitution of the United States

d. AMA Code of Ethics.

d. AMA Code of Ethics.

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

a. breach of confidentiality

b. malpractice

c. slander

d. manslaughter