NCCT Practice Test || QUESTIONS WITH A+
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS.
Right and Wrong conduct is known as correct answers ethics
The most common type of medical tort liability is correct answers negligence
A person being sued is called the correct answers defendant
The withdrawal of a physician from the care of a patient without reasonable notice of such
discharge from the case by the patient is correct answers abandonment
An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another is correct 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 correct answers reasonable care
Negligence by a professional person is called correct answers malpractice
An act that violates criminal law is called correct answers crime
The breaking of a law, promise, or duty is called correct answers breach
The ability to see things from another person's point of view is correct answers empathy
The time established for filing law suits is correct answers statute of limitations
A writ that commands a witness to appear at a trial or other proceeding and to give testimony is a
correct answers subpoena
A wrong committed against another person or the person's property is a correct answers tort
Holding or detaining a person against his will is correct answers false imprisonment
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 correct answers invasion of privacy
A major crime for which greater punishment is imposed other than a misdemeanor is correct
answers felony
One who institutes a lawsuit is correct answers plaintiff
A legal statement of how an individual's property is to be distributed after death is correct
answers will
,Information given by a patient to medical personnel which cannot be disclosed without consent
of the person who gave it is correct answers privileged communication
A rule of conduct made by a government body is correct 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 correct answers negligence
Permission granted by a person voluntarily and in his right mind is correct answers consent
Injuring the name and reputation of another person by making false statements to a third person
is correct answers defamation
An agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of some definite thing is
correct answers contract
Lack of physical or mental fitness is known as correct answers incompetence
The final decision of a court in an action or suit is correct answers judgment
Responsibility of an employer for the acts of an employee is correct answers libel
A Latin term signifying that a person is not of sound mind is correct answers non compos mentis
A person who is no longer under the care, custody, or supervision of a parent is called correct
answers emancipated minor
An impartial panel established to listen to and investigate patient's complaints about medical care
of excessive fees is called a what committee correct answers medical grievance
Latin for "things done; deeds", the facts and circumstances attendant to the act in question would
be called correct answers res gestae
Testimony of a witness under oath and written down before trial for possible use when the case
comes to trial is correct answers deposition
A statute that enforces private right and liabilities, as differentiated from criminal law is called a
correct answers civil law
Violation or omission of a legal or moral duty is called correct answers breach of duty
A deliberate physical attack upon a person is called correct answers battery
Latin for "he who acts through another acts for himself: is called correct 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 correct answers bioethics
A statement given concerning some scientific, technical, or professional matter by an expert,
such as physician is called correct 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 in called correct answers contributory negligence
Consent to treatment based on a full understanding of all possible risks of unpreventable results
of that treatment is called correct answers assumption of risk
Conduct, courtesy, and manners that are customarily used in a medical office by medical
professionals are known as correct answers medical etiquette
An intentional perversion of truth of the purpose of inducing another in reliance upon it to part
with some valuable thing belonging to him or surrender a legal right is called correct answers
fraud
To interrupt or discontinue a suit temporarily with the intention of resumption at a later date, or
to ask for a continuance is called a correct answers suspension
Latin for "things decided"- that is, a matter already decided by judicial authority is called correct
answers res judicata
That which is natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any new independent cause,
produces an event, and without which the injury would not have occurred is called correct
answers proximate cause
The presumption or inference of negligence when an accident is otherwise unable to be
explained in terms of ordinary and known experience is called correct answers res ipsa loquitur
Failure to achieve an agreed upon result, even when the highest degree of skill has been used, is
called correct answers breach of contract
What license must a physician have to dispense, prescribe or administer controlled substances
correct answers narcotic
Unauthorized disclosure of information regarding any patient to a third party may result in
correct answers invasion of privacy
Medical research is often published in medical journals that are evaluated by members of the
medial community through a process known as correct answers peer review
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS.
Right and Wrong conduct is known as correct answers ethics
The most common type of medical tort liability is correct answers negligence
A person being sued is called the correct answers defendant
The withdrawal of a physician from the care of a patient without reasonable notice of such
discharge from the case by the patient is correct answers abandonment
An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another is correct 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 correct answers reasonable care
Negligence by a professional person is called correct answers malpractice
An act that violates criminal law is called correct answers crime
The breaking of a law, promise, or duty is called correct answers breach
The ability to see things from another person's point of view is correct answers empathy
The time established for filing law suits is correct answers statute of limitations
A writ that commands a witness to appear at a trial or other proceeding and to give testimony is a
correct answers subpoena
A wrong committed against another person or the person's property is a correct answers tort
Holding or detaining a person against his will is correct answers false imprisonment
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 correct answers invasion of privacy
A major crime for which greater punishment is imposed other than a misdemeanor is correct
answers felony
One who institutes a lawsuit is correct answers plaintiff
A legal statement of how an individual's property is to be distributed after death is correct
answers will
,Information given by a patient to medical personnel which cannot be disclosed without consent
of the person who gave it is correct answers privileged communication
A rule of conduct made by a government body is correct 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 correct answers negligence
Permission granted by a person voluntarily and in his right mind is correct answers consent
Injuring the name and reputation of another person by making false statements to a third person
is correct answers defamation
An agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of some definite thing is
correct answers contract
Lack of physical or mental fitness is known as correct answers incompetence
The final decision of a court in an action or suit is correct answers judgment
Responsibility of an employer for the acts of an employee is correct answers libel
A Latin term signifying that a person is not of sound mind is correct answers non compos mentis
A person who is no longer under the care, custody, or supervision of a parent is called correct
answers emancipated minor
An impartial panel established to listen to and investigate patient's complaints about medical care
of excessive fees is called a what committee correct answers medical grievance
Latin for "things done; deeds", the facts and circumstances attendant to the act in question would
be called correct answers res gestae
Testimony of a witness under oath and written down before trial for possible use when the case
comes to trial is correct answers deposition
A statute that enforces private right and liabilities, as differentiated from criminal law is called a
correct answers civil law
Violation or omission of a legal or moral duty is called correct answers breach of duty
A deliberate physical attack upon a person is called correct answers battery
Latin for "he who acts through another acts for himself: is called correct 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 correct answers bioethics
A statement given concerning some scientific, technical, or professional matter by an expert,
such as physician is called correct 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 in called correct answers contributory negligence
Consent to treatment based on a full understanding of all possible risks of unpreventable results
of that treatment is called correct answers assumption of risk
Conduct, courtesy, and manners that are customarily used in a medical office by medical
professionals are known as correct answers medical etiquette
An intentional perversion of truth of the purpose of inducing another in reliance upon it to part
with some valuable thing belonging to him or surrender a legal right is called correct answers
fraud
To interrupt or discontinue a suit temporarily with the intention of resumption at a later date, or
to ask for a continuance is called a correct answers suspension
Latin for "things decided"- that is, a matter already decided by judicial authority is called correct
answers res judicata
That which is natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any new independent cause,
produces an event, and without which the injury would not have occurred is called correct
answers proximate cause
The presumption or inference of negligence when an accident is otherwise unable to be
explained in terms of ordinary and known experience is called correct answers res ipsa loquitur
Failure to achieve an agreed upon result, even when the highest degree of skill has been used, is
called correct answers breach of contract
What license must a physician have to dispense, prescribe or administer controlled substances
correct answers narcotic
Unauthorized disclosure of information regarding any patient to a third party may result in
correct answers invasion of privacy
Medical research is often published in medical journals that are evaluated by members of the
medial community through a process known as correct answers peer review
