LCR4802 - Medical Law EXAM (multiple
choice) Questions And Answers.
A researcher is conducting a study for a new medication to treat diabetes. He also owns stock in
the company that created the medicine. This is most an example of
a) Informed investing
b) Conflict of interest
c) Conflict of research
d) Informed interest - ANSWER>>b) Conflict of interest
The National Organ Transplant Law of 1984
a) Forbids the sale of organs in interstate commerce
b) Permits the sale of organs in interstate commerce
c) Forbids the posthumous use of organs
d) Permits the posthumous use of organs - ANSWER>>a) Forbids the sale of organs in interstate
commerce
All of the following are examples of genetic engineering EXCEPT
a) Human stem cell research
b) Cloning
c) Hormone therapy
d) Gene therapy - ANSWER>>c) Hormone therapy
You are a research nurse who is enrolling a new patient in a study. As part of the informed
consent process, you are required to cover all EXCEPT the following
a) Risks of the treatment
b) Benefits of the treatment
c) Other participants' experiences
d) Placebo use - ANSWER>>c) Other participants' experiences
A research study is being offered to patients for treatment of Alzheimer's disease. The patients
will be assigned a number that will decide which treatment they will receive. This is best an
example of
a) Randomization
b) Chance
c) Numeration
,d) Placebo - ANSWER>>a) Randomization
Which of the following is a researcher required to do when conducting research?
a) Follow AMA and ANA standards
b) Be active with the Institutional Review Board (IRB)
c) Obtain informed consent from the patient
d) All of the above - ANSWER>>d) All of the above
You are a nurse working with a family who is struggling to make a decision whether to
disconnect life support for their daughter who suffered a brain injury. Which is best to discuss
with the family?
a) If continuing life support will give their daughter a chance to recover
b) If continuing life support is legal
c) If the daughter has children
d) If their daughter is a donor - ANSWER>>a) If continuing life support will give their daughter a
chance to recover
For terminally ill patients, there is the option of ___________, which increasing evidence shows
may provide a better way to die.
a) Euthanasia
b) Mercy killing
c) Denial
d) Hospice care - ANSWER>>d) Hospice care
You are caring for a patient who has been in a coma for over two weeks without any sign of
recovery. The patient's family is asking to clarify brain death. You explain a few of the tests that
can be done to confirm brain death, including
a) X-Rays
b) Electrocardiogram (ECG)
c) Blood tests
d) Electroencephalogram (EEG) - ANSWER>>d) Electroencephalogram (EEG)
A physician provides a pain medication prescription to a terminal cancer patient that would
cause death from respiratory depression. What is this best an example of?
a) Passive euthanasia
b) Active euthanasia
c) Assisted death
d) Witholding treatment - ANSWER>>b) Active euthanasia
, Providing artificial nutrition for a feeding tube to a patient who is also on a ventilator is an
example of
a) Extraordinary measures
b) Standard care
c) Provisional care
d) Ordinary measures - ANSWER>>a) Extraordinary measures
This opposed to the controversial practice of _____________ fear is may evolve into a form of
legalized murder.
a) Late-term abortion
b) Hospice care
c) Death penalty
d) Assisted suicide - ANSWER>>d) Assisted suicide
Life-sustaining measures include all EXCEPT the following:
a) A feeding tube to provide nutrition
b) A ventilator to assist breathing
c) Pain medications for comfort
d) Antibiotics to treat infection - ANSWER>>c) Pain medications for comfort
You are explaining the legal perspectives of euthanasia to a patient. The patient wants to know
about assisted suicide or active euthanasia. You explain that active euthanasia is
a) Ethically and morally wrong
b) Possible, but only with specific permission
c) Legal with no implications for the physician providing assistance
d) Illegal with implications for the physician providing assistance - ANSWER>>d) Illegal with
implications for the physician providing assistance
A patient requests that all life-sustaining treatment may be withheld so he can die of natural
causes. This is an example of
a) Active euthanasia
b) Active death
c) Passive euthanasia
d) Assisted suicide - ANSWER>>c) Passive euthanasia
A patient suffered a myocardial infarction at home. Despite CPR and other emergency efforts,
the patient's heart does not work on its own. What has happened to the patient?
a) Brain death
choice) Questions And Answers.
A researcher is conducting a study for a new medication to treat diabetes. He also owns stock in
the company that created the medicine. This is most an example of
a) Informed investing
b) Conflict of interest
c) Conflict of research
d) Informed interest - ANSWER>>b) Conflict of interest
The National Organ Transplant Law of 1984
a) Forbids the sale of organs in interstate commerce
b) Permits the sale of organs in interstate commerce
c) Forbids the posthumous use of organs
d) Permits the posthumous use of organs - ANSWER>>a) Forbids the sale of organs in interstate
commerce
All of the following are examples of genetic engineering EXCEPT
a) Human stem cell research
b) Cloning
c) Hormone therapy
d) Gene therapy - ANSWER>>c) Hormone therapy
You are a research nurse who is enrolling a new patient in a study. As part of the informed
consent process, you are required to cover all EXCEPT the following
a) Risks of the treatment
b) Benefits of the treatment
c) Other participants' experiences
d) Placebo use - ANSWER>>c) Other participants' experiences
A research study is being offered to patients for treatment of Alzheimer's disease. The patients
will be assigned a number that will decide which treatment they will receive. This is best an
example of
a) Randomization
b) Chance
c) Numeration
,d) Placebo - ANSWER>>a) Randomization
Which of the following is a researcher required to do when conducting research?
a) Follow AMA and ANA standards
b) Be active with the Institutional Review Board (IRB)
c) Obtain informed consent from the patient
d) All of the above - ANSWER>>d) All of the above
You are a nurse working with a family who is struggling to make a decision whether to
disconnect life support for their daughter who suffered a brain injury. Which is best to discuss
with the family?
a) If continuing life support will give their daughter a chance to recover
b) If continuing life support is legal
c) If the daughter has children
d) If their daughter is a donor - ANSWER>>a) If continuing life support will give their daughter a
chance to recover
For terminally ill patients, there is the option of ___________, which increasing evidence shows
may provide a better way to die.
a) Euthanasia
b) Mercy killing
c) Denial
d) Hospice care - ANSWER>>d) Hospice care
You are caring for a patient who has been in a coma for over two weeks without any sign of
recovery. The patient's family is asking to clarify brain death. You explain a few of the tests that
can be done to confirm brain death, including
a) X-Rays
b) Electrocardiogram (ECG)
c) Blood tests
d) Electroencephalogram (EEG) - ANSWER>>d) Electroencephalogram (EEG)
A physician provides a pain medication prescription to a terminal cancer patient that would
cause death from respiratory depression. What is this best an example of?
a) Passive euthanasia
b) Active euthanasia
c) Assisted death
d) Witholding treatment - ANSWER>>b) Active euthanasia
, Providing artificial nutrition for a feeding tube to a patient who is also on a ventilator is an
example of
a) Extraordinary measures
b) Standard care
c) Provisional care
d) Ordinary measures - ANSWER>>a) Extraordinary measures
This opposed to the controversial practice of _____________ fear is may evolve into a form of
legalized murder.
a) Late-term abortion
b) Hospice care
c) Death penalty
d) Assisted suicide - ANSWER>>d) Assisted suicide
Life-sustaining measures include all EXCEPT the following:
a) A feeding tube to provide nutrition
b) A ventilator to assist breathing
c) Pain medications for comfort
d) Antibiotics to treat infection - ANSWER>>c) Pain medications for comfort
You are explaining the legal perspectives of euthanasia to a patient. The patient wants to know
about assisted suicide or active euthanasia. You explain that active euthanasia is
a) Ethically and morally wrong
b) Possible, but only with specific permission
c) Legal with no implications for the physician providing assistance
d) Illegal with implications for the physician providing assistance - ANSWER>>d) Illegal with
implications for the physician providing assistance
A patient requests that all life-sustaining treatment may be withheld so he can die of natural
causes. This is an example of
a) Active euthanasia
b) Active death
c) Passive euthanasia
d) Assisted suicide - ANSWER>>c) Passive euthanasia
A patient suffered a myocardial infarction at home. Despite CPR and other emergency efforts,
the patient's heart does not work on its own. What has happened to the patient?
a) Brain death
