MDAST 320 FINAL REVIEW EXAM
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Laws are societal, human-made rules that are advisable or obligatory to observe. -
Correct Answers -True
Ethics is easier to define than law. - Correct Answers -False
Decisions related to bioethical situations are influenced by a person's culture. - Correct
Answers -True
Medical specialization means fewer people are involved in personal health care. -
Correct Answers -False
Honesty and integrity are two traits required of the ambulatory health-care professional.
- Correct Answers -True
Ethics are sometimes defined as morals, values, and codes of behavior. - Correct
Answers -True
Discussion of law, ethics, or bioethics will include discussion of the others. - Correct
Answers -True
Medical law addresses licensure of health-care professionals; it does not address client
safety. - Correct Answers -False
Ethics is a set of moral standards. - Correct Answers -True
The personal code of ethics of a physician may vary from that of the medical assistant
or patient. - Correct Answers -True
Laws are: - Correct Answers -obligatory societal rules.
Since federal law permits abortions, a physician is required to perform abortions or risk
being penalized by the state. - Correct Answers -False
Ethical issues include: - Correct Answers -right to refuse immunization.
Bioethical issues: - Correct Answers -relate to biomedical technology and its practices.
,Factors that influence law, ethics, and bioethics include: - Correct Answers -all of the
above.
Ethics is/are: - Correct Answers -different in every culture.
The economics of health care: - Correct Answers -is, in part, driven by medical
technology.
Ethical and bioethical standards can be ____, ____, ____, and ____. - Correct Answers
-personal, organizational, institutional, worldwide
The three Codes of Ethics that apply to worldwide issues are ____, ____, and ____. -
Correct Answers -Geneva Convention Code, Nuremberg Code, Declaration of Helsinki
Who dictates the ethics for an individual health-care employee? - Correct Answers -The
health-care workers themselves
"Bond" is a document banked for an employee to provide a bonus for work well done. -
Correct Answers -False
Providers are responsible for both general liability and professional liability. - Correct
Answers -True
Corporations are easy and inexpensive to establish. - Correct Answers -False
Physician-hospital organizations combine hospitals and insurance companies to offer a
"one-stop shopping approach." - Correct Answers -False
General liability helps a provider to cover any malpractice suits. - Correct Answers -
False
A provider who receives all the profits and takes all the risks is practicing in a: - Correct
Answers -sole proprietorship.
Advantages of a partnership include:
A. increased financial strength.
B. incompatibility of partners.
C. increased managerial skill and shared workload.
D. A and C. - Correct Answers -A and C.
The HMO: - Correct Answers -was introduced to emphasize preventive health care.
Preferred Provider Organizations: - Correct Answers -contract with providers for medical
care to an established number of clients.
, All but one of the following is an example of payment for medical services: - Correct
Answers -bonding
A type of managed care that reimburses providers for their progress toward a fixed goal.
- Correct Answers -P4P
This health plan is one of the largest, not-for-profit HMOs in the country: - Correct
Answers -Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
A HMO makes use of the concept of a primary care provider (PCP) as a method of
controlling costs. This PCP is known as a: - Correct Answers -gatekeeper.
There can only be two partners in a partnership. - Correct Answers -False
A patient pays a co-payment once a year to keep the policy current. - Correct Answers -
False
The physician/owner of the practice is also responsible for the parking lot and its
mainentance. - Correct Answers -True
Medical assistants may be trained for front office, back office or both. - Correct Answers
-True
Continuing education is important for all health care providers. - Correct Answers -True
Once a person receives a medical license, it is valid for life and does not have to be
renewed. - Correct Answers -False
One advantage of a group practice is there is more opportunity for advancement. -
Correct Answers -True
Certification credentials imply that professionals have met certain standards identified
by a particular organization. - Correct Answers -True
The physician assistant (PA) may be licensed, certified, or registered. - Correct Answers
-True
Most licensed practical nurses (LPNs)/licensed vocational nurses (LVNs) give bedside
care in hospitals, nursing homes, and long-term care facilities. - Correct Answers -True
Certification is a self-regulating, credentialing process that is fully voluntary. - Correct
Answers -True
A custodian in a provider's office is considered part of the "team." - Correct Answers -
True
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Laws are societal, human-made rules that are advisable or obligatory to observe. -
Correct Answers -True
Ethics is easier to define than law. - Correct Answers -False
Decisions related to bioethical situations are influenced by a person's culture. - Correct
Answers -True
Medical specialization means fewer people are involved in personal health care. -
Correct Answers -False
Honesty and integrity are two traits required of the ambulatory health-care professional.
- Correct Answers -True
Ethics are sometimes defined as morals, values, and codes of behavior. - Correct
Answers -True
Discussion of law, ethics, or bioethics will include discussion of the others. - Correct
Answers -True
Medical law addresses licensure of health-care professionals; it does not address client
safety. - Correct Answers -False
Ethics is a set of moral standards. - Correct Answers -True
The personal code of ethics of a physician may vary from that of the medical assistant
or patient. - Correct Answers -True
Laws are: - Correct Answers -obligatory societal rules.
Since federal law permits abortions, a physician is required to perform abortions or risk
being penalized by the state. - Correct Answers -False
Ethical issues include: - Correct Answers -right to refuse immunization.
Bioethical issues: - Correct Answers -relate to biomedical technology and its practices.
,Factors that influence law, ethics, and bioethics include: - Correct Answers -all of the
above.
Ethics is/are: - Correct Answers -different in every culture.
The economics of health care: - Correct Answers -is, in part, driven by medical
technology.
Ethical and bioethical standards can be ____, ____, ____, and ____. - Correct Answers
-personal, organizational, institutional, worldwide
The three Codes of Ethics that apply to worldwide issues are ____, ____, and ____. -
Correct Answers -Geneva Convention Code, Nuremberg Code, Declaration of Helsinki
Who dictates the ethics for an individual health-care employee? - Correct Answers -The
health-care workers themselves
"Bond" is a document banked for an employee to provide a bonus for work well done. -
Correct Answers -False
Providers are responsible for both general liability and professional liability. - Correct
Answers -True
Corporations are easy and inexpensive to establish. - Correct Answers -False
Physician-hospital organizations combine hospitals and insurance companies to offer a
"one-stop shopping approach." - Correct Answers -False
General liability helps a provider to cover any malpractice suits. - Correct Answers -
False
A provider who receives all the profits and takes all the risks is practicing in a: - Correct
Answers -sole proprietorship.
Advantages of a partnership include:
A. increased financial strength.
B. incompatibility of partners.
C. increased managerial skill and shared workload.
D. A and C. - Correct Answers -A and C.
The HMO: - Correct Answers -was introduced to emphasize preventive health care.
Preferred Provider Organizations: - Correct Answers -contract with providers for medical
care to an established number of clients.
, All but one of the following is an example of payment for medical services: - Correct
Answers -bonding
A type of managed care that reimburses providers for their progress toward a fixed goal.
- Correct Answers -P4P
This health plan is one of the largest, not-for-profit HMOs in the country: - Correct
Answers -Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
A HMO makes use of the concept of a primary care provider (PCP) as a method of
controlling costs. This PCP is known as a: - Correct Answers -gatekeeper.
There can only be two partners in a partnership. - Correct Answers -False
A patient pays a co-payment once a year to keep the policy current. - Correct Answers -
False
The physician/owner of the practice is also responsible for the parking lot and its
mainentance. - Correct Answers -True
Medical assistants may be trained for front office, back office or both. - Correct Answers
-True
Continuing education is important for all health care providers. - Correct Answers -True
Once a person receives a medical license, it is valid for life and does not have to be
renewed. - Correct Answers -False
One advantage of a group practice is there is more opportunity for advancement. -
Correct Answers -True
Certification credentials imply that professionals have met certain standards identified
by a particular organization. - Correct Answers -True
The physician assistant (PA) may be licensed, certified, or registered. - Correct Answers
-True
Most licensed practical nurses (LPNs)/licensed vocational nurses (LVNs) give bedside
care in hospitals, nursing homes, and long-term care facilities. - Correct Answers -True
Certification is a self-regulating, credentialing process that is fully voluntary. - Correct
Answers -True
A custodian in a provider's office is considered part of the "team." - Correct Answers -
True
