Legal Aspects Final Exam 2023 with verified solutions
It would be a violation of HIPAA for a health care professional to disclose any
confidential information about the president. (T or F)
True
HIPAA regulations affect all health care facilities and personnel (T or F)
True
Included in matters of privacy is the right to be left alone and to make personal
choices for others. (T or F)
False
Privacy and confidentiality in the medical setting touch upon both legal and
ethical issues. (T or F)
True
The President of the United States must wait in the waiting room like everyone
else for a doctor's appointment. (T or F)
False
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is the cessation of normal functioning of the heart
and lungs. (T or F)
True
It has been legally recognized that individuals have the right to make decisions
affecting their own death. (T or F)
True
Today's technology has reached the point where a fertilized egg can be cloned
and implanted in the wombs of several females for incubation until birth. (T or F)
True
In experiments with monkeys, transplanting fetal tissue into the brain of an
animal with symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease has successfully controlled
the symptoms. (T or F)
True
When HIPAA was signed into law in 1956, there was no Federal Privacy Act for
medical records. (T or F)
False
A health care proxy is a document allowing the individual (principal) to delegate
to another person the legal authority to act on the principal's behalf. (T or F)
False
HIPAA training is a requirement for all medical employees and providers. (T or F)
True
Ethics and bioethics mean the same thing. (T or F)
False
Right to die statutes allow all terminally-ill patients to end their lives through the
voluntary self-administration of lethal or illegal medications, expressly prescribed
by a physician for that purpose. (T or F)
False
Celebrities and politicians do not have rights to privacy because they are public
figures. (T or F)
False
, Behavior that does not take moral principles into consideration is known as
immoral. (T or F)
False
"Values" means principles of thought and conduct that are considered desirable.
(T or F)
True
A variety of influences shape our thoughts and feelings about death and dying,
including family, religion or spirituality, the media, society, and life experiences.
(T or F)
True
The Principles of Medical Ethics from the AAMA are nine standards of conduct
that define the essentials of honorable behavior for the physician. (T or F)
False
Behavior that does not take moral principles into consideration is known as
amoral. (T or F)
True
Tay-Sachs disease is a genetically defective enzyme that causes retardation and
early death in 1 of 3,500 persons of Greek ancestry. (T or F)
False
Calibration is the systematic standardization of quantitative measuring
instruments. (T or F)
True
The study of medical ethics deals with ethical implications of biological research
and applications. (T or F)
False
Both the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) and the American
Medical Technologists (AMT) have documents that speak to ethical and moral
behavior for medical assistants. (T or F)
True
Researchers have found that there is a major difference in the quality of care
between Miami and Oregon based on cost. (T or F)
False
**Paternalism is providing for people's needs but giving them no responsibility or
control over their destiny. (T or F)
True
There are several thousand human genetic diseases, 500 of which are linked to a
defect in a single gene. (T or F)
True
The word "ethics" is derived from the Greek term "ethos," meaning custom,
usage, or character. (T or F)
True
In all U.S. states, a stillborn child is issued a Social Security card, a birth
certificate, and a death certificate. (T or F)
False
A "HIPAA notification" is mandated once a year in order to update the patient file.
(T or F)
It would be a violation of HIPAA for a health care professional to disclose any
confidential information about the president. (T or F)
True
HIPAA regulations affect all health care facilities and personnel (T or F)
True
Included in matters of privacy is the right to be left alone and to make personal
choices for others. (T or F)
False
Privacy and confidentiality in the medical setting touch upon both legal and
ethical issues. (T or F)
True
The President of the United States must wait in the waiting room like everyone
else for a doctor's appointment. (T or F)
False
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is the cessation of normal functioning of the heart
and lungs. (T or F)
True
It has been legally recognized that individuals have the right to make decisions
affecting their own death. (T or F)
True
Today's technology has reached the point where a fertilized egg can be cloned
and implanted in the wombs of several females for incubation until birth. (T or F)
True
In experiments with monkeys, transplanting fetal tissue into the brain of an
animal with symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease has successfully controlled
the symptoms. (T or F)
True
When HIPAA was signed into law in 1956, there was no Federal Privacy Act for
medical records. (T or F)
False
A health care proxy is a document allowing the individual (principal) to delegate
to another person the legal authority to act on the principal's behalf. (T or F)
False
HIPAA training is a requirement for all medical employees and providers. (T or F)
True
Ethics and bioethics mean the same thing. (T or F)
False
Right to die statutes allow all terminally-ill patients to end their lives through the
voluntary self-administration of lethal or illegal medications, expressly prescribed
by a physician for that purpose. (T or F)
False
Celebrities and politicians do not have rights to privacy because they are public
figures. (T or F)
False
, Behavior that does not take moral principles into consideration is known as
immoral. (T or F)
False
"Values" means principles of thought and conduct that are considered desirable.
(T or F)
True
A variety of influences shape our thoughts and feelings about death and dying,
including family, religion or spirituality, the media, society, and life experiences.
(T or F)
True
The Principles of Medical Ethics from the AAMA are nine standards of conduct
that define the essentials of honorable behavior for the physician. (T or F)
False
Behavior that does not take moral principles into consideration is known as
amoral. (T or F)
True
Tay-Sachs disease is a genetically defective enzyme that causes retardation and
early death in 1 of 3,500 persons of Greek ancestry. (T or F)
False
Calibration is the systematic standardization of quantitative measuring
instruments. (T or F)
True
The study of medical ethics deals with ethical implications of biological research
and applications. (T or F)
False
Both the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) and the American
Medical Technologists (AMT) have documents that speak to ethical and moral
behavior for medical assistants. (T or F)
True
Researchers have found that there is a major difference in the quality of care
between Miami and Oregon based on cost. (T or F)
False
**Paternalism is providing for people's needs but giving them no responsibility or
control over their destiny. (T or F)
True
There are several thousand human genetic diseases, 500 of which are linked to a
defect in a single gene. (T or F)
True
The word "ethics" is derived from the Greek term "ethos," meaning custom,
usage, or character. (T or F)
True
In all U.S. states, a stillborn child is issued a Social Security card, a birth
certificate, and a death certificate. (T or F)
False
A "HIPAA notification" is mandated once a year in order to update the patient file.
(T or F)
