COMLEX LEVEL 1 PRACTICE ACTUAL
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⫸ Patient Self-Determination Act Answer: Requires, that at time of
admission:
1) Ask patients if they have *Advanced Directives*
2) Inform patients of their rights to accept or refuse medical treatment
3) Incorporate Advanced Directives into patient medical records
⫸ The Stafford Act Answer: The Stafford *Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act*
-Authorizes the President to issue a major disaster or an emergency
declaration in response to an event that overwhelms state or local
government
-If enacted, the local government can have access to *funds and services
from FEMA*
⫸ A physician is unwilling to perform heart surgery on a patient with
HIV. What is your next step? Answer: Refer the patient to a different
cardiothoracic surgeon
, ⫸ Low levels of literacy often lead to *adverse health outcomes*. What
is one way a physician may communicate to a patient with low literacy
levels? Answer: Use *visual aids*
-E.g. drawings, videos, etc.
⫸ A fellow physician is smelling of alcohol on the job. What do you
do? Answer: Report him to state medical board and inform chief of staff,
etc.
⫸ Capitation Answer: Contract b/t a physician and a HMO in which a
*flat fee per patient* is paid each month
⫸ Bundled payment Answer: Reimbursement on the basis of expected
cost of the course of treatment
-Ex: *if a patient underwent a surgical procedure, the entire team is
compensated with a "bundled payment" instead of separate payments to
each provider*
⫸ Federal Privacy Rule Answer: -Medical records are *owned by the
provider that constructed them*
-However, *patients have the right to see and get a copy of these
records*
⫸ Who *owns* a patient's medical records? Answer: Physician who
constructed them
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⫸ Patient Self-Determination Act Answer: Requires, that at time of
admission:
1) Ask patients if they have *Advanced Directives*
2) Inform patients of their rights to accept or refuse medical treatment
3) Incorporate Advanced Directives into patient medical records
⫸ The Stafford Act Answer: The Stafford *Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act*
-Authorizes the President to issue a major disaster or an emergency
declaration in response to an event that overwhelms state or local
government
-If enacted, the local government can have access to *funds and services
from FEMA*
⫸ A physician is unwilling to perform heart surgery on a patient with
HIV. What is your next step? Answer: Refer the patient to a different
cardiothoracic surgeon
, ⫸ Low levels of literacy often lead to *adverse health outcomes*. What
is one way a physician may communicate to a patient with low literacy
levels? Answer: Use *visual aids*
-E.g. drawings, videos, etc.
⫸ A fellow physician is smelling of alcohol on the job. What do you
do? Answer: Report him to state medical board and inform chief of staff,
etc.
⫸ Capitation Answer: Contract b/t a physician and a HMO in which a
*flat fee per patient* is paid each month
⫸ Bundled payment Answer: Reimbursement on the basis of expected
cost of the course of treatment
-Ex: *if a patient underwent a surgical procedure, the entire team is
compensated with a "bundled payment" instead of separate payments to
each provider*
⫸ Federal Privacy Rule Answer: -Medical records are *owned by the
provider that constructed them*
-However, *patients have the right to see and get a copy of these
records*
⫸ Who *owns* a patient's medical records? Answer: Physician who
constructed them
