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TVET CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, ASSESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION
COUNCIL (TVET CDACC)
Qualification Code : 091205T4PTT
Qualification : Perioperative Theatre Technology Level 5
Unit Code : HE/OS/TT/CC/05/5/A
Unit of Competency : Apply Medical Legal Ethics
WRITTEN ASSESSMENT
ASSESSOR’S GUIDE
SECTION A (20 MARKS)
(These only serves as a guide to expected responses.)
1. Ethics can best be defined as;
A. Sincerity and feelings
B. Religious beliefs
C. Emotional response
D. Moral principle
2. Which is the best person responsible for giving a consent of unconscious patient?
A. Their next of kin
B. Their neighbor
C. Their close colleagues
D. Their boss at work
3. Which of the following is an example of misconduct?
A. Joking with your colleagues at work
B. Calling to report you will not report to work for duty
C. Omitting to give a drug to patient that is out of stock
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D. Receiving gift from patients due to good services offered
4. Patient assault is an example of?
A. Breach of confidentiality
B. Intentional tort
C. Defamation
D. Invasion of privacy
5. Failure to do what is required for you as medical personnel will be termed as;
A. Misconduct
B. Breach of confidentiality
C. Negligence
D. Assault
6. An informed consent can be defined as?
A. Process of discussing the health benefits of a patient undergoing a certain medical
procedure
B. Process of explaining the risk that may occur if the patient does not undergo a
certain medical procedure
C. The process of briefing a patient about their medical condition and treatment
D. The process of politely coercing a patient to undergo a certain procedure
7. The act by a health care provider that deviates from accepted standards of practice which
can cause injury to a patient as known as?
A. Negligence
B. Misconduct
C. Breach of confidentiality
D. Slander
8. Failure to get informed consent from a patient is?
A. Misconduct
B. Negligence
C. Assault
D. Invasion of privacy
9. Communication made with disregard of the truth is referred as?
A. Invasion of privacy
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TVET CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, ASSESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION
COUNCIL (TVET CDACC)
Qualification Code : 091205T4PTT
Qualification : Perioperative Theatre Technology Level 5
Unit Code : HE/OS/TT/CC/05/5/A
Unit of Competency : Apply Medical Legal Ethics
WRITTEN ASSESSMENT
ASSESSOR’S GUIDE
SECTION A (20 MARKS)
(These only serves as a guide to expected responses.)
1. Ethics can best be defined as;
A. Sincerity and feelings
B. Religious beliefs
C. Emotional response
D. Moral principle
2. Which is the best person responsible for giving a consent of unconscious patient?
A. Their next of kin
B. Their neighbor
C. Their close colleagues
D. Their boss at work
3. Which of the following is an example of misconduct?
A. Joking with your colleagues at work
B. Calling to report you will not report to work for duty
C. Omitting to give a drug to patient that is out of stock
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D. Receiving gift from patients due to good services offered
4. Patient assault is an example of?
A. Breach of confidentiality
B. Intentional tort
C. Defamation
D. Invasion of privacy
5. Failure to do what is required for you as medical personnel will be termed as;
A. Misconduct
B. Breach of confidentiality
C. Negligence
D. Assault
6. An informed consent can be defined as?
A. Process of discussing the health benefits of a patient undergoing a certain medical
procedure
B. Process of explaining the risk that may occur if the patient does not undergo a
certain medical procedure
C. The process of briefing a patient about their medical condition and treatment
D. The process of politely coercing a patient to undergo a certain procedure
7. The act by a health care provider that deviates from accepted standards of practice which
can cause injury to a patient as known as?
A. Negligence
B. Misconduct
C. Breach of confidentiality
D. Slander
8. Failure to get informed consent from a patient is?
A. Misconduct
B. Negligence
C. Assault
D. Invasion of privacy
9. Communication made with disregard of the truth is referred as?
A. Invasion of privacy
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