Healthcare Ethics Exam Practice Tests
Course Introduction
Healthcare Ethics examines the moral principles and values that guide decision-making in medical and healthcare settings. This course explores fundamental ethical theories, patient rights, confidentiality, informed consent, end-of-life issues, resource allocation, and the responsibilities of healthcare professionals to individuals and society. Students will analyze case studies and real-world scenarios to understand and resolve complex ethical dilemmas, considering diverse cultural, legal, and professional perspectives.
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Law and Ethics for Health Professions 7th Edition by Karen Judson BS
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Law and Ethics
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Q1) What is the purpose of formalized codes of ethics in the health care professions?
A) to increase the competence within the profession
B) to revoke the licenses of unethical practitioners
C) to provide a consistent guide for protocol
D) to relieve the lawmaking bodies of their legal responsibilities
E) to establish formal standard of care rules
Answer: A
Q2) Laws applying specifically to the practice of medicine in a certain state are called:
A) Protocol Acts
B) Civil Licensing Acts
C) State Medical Guidelines
D) Medical Practice Acts
E) Administrative Medical Law
Answer: D
Q3) Dishonest or deceitful practices in depriving, or attempting to deprive, another of his or her rights is considered:
Answer: fraud or intentional deceit.
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Chapter 2: Making Ethical Decisions
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Q1) Virtue ethics focuses on the traits, characteristics, and virtues that a moral person should have. Who is the most well-known ethicist to write about this ethical decision making process?
A) Aristotle
B) Immanuel Kant
C) Abraham Maslow
D) Jean Piaget
E) Alasdair MacIntyre
Answer: E
Q2) Which of the following theorists believed that human behavior is based on specific human needs that must often be met in a specific order?
A) Abraham Maslow
B) Jean Piaget
C) Lawrence Kohlberg
D) Immanuel Kant
E) Alasdair MacIntyre
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Working in Health Care
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Q1) A valid out-of-state license is accepted as the basis for issuing a license in a second state without reexamination. This is called:
A) certification
B) accreditation
C) registration
D) reciprocity
E) endorsement
Answer: D
Q2) Which of the following credentials is a voluntary, national examination that shows the level of competency for an individual?
A) certification
B) accreditation
C) registration
D) reciprocity
E) endorsement
Answer: A
Q3) When two or more physicians decide to practice individually, what is this type of practice known as?
Answer: It is known as an associate practice.
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Chapter 4: Law the Courts and Contracts
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Q1) When entering into a contract, certain conditions must pertain to the offer. Which of the following accurately describes one of these conditions?
A) It may only relate to the future.
B) It must be communicated.
C) It must be made under duress.
D) It must be clearly understood by at least one of the parties.
E) Its value must be at least $100.
Q2) A felony is:
A) a less serious criminal act
B) a federal violation of the law
C) punishable by less than one year in prison
D) a civil offense
E) a more serious criminal act
Q3) The law of ________ makes employers liable for the actions of their employees.
A) liability
B) expression
C) the agent
D) agency
E) corporate action
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Chapter 5: Professional Liability and Medical Malpractice
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Q1) When no written contract exists, who chooses an arbitrator to resolve disputes?
A) The American Arbitration Association
B) The two parties select an arbitrator and the two arbitrators select a third to act.
C) The two parties select an arbitrator and the court decides.
D) The court selects an arbitrator of its choosing.
E) Arbitration
Q2) As employers, physicians have general liability for many aspects of their business. Which of the following does not fall under the responsibility of the employers?
A) the practice's buildings and grounds
B) automobiles used in the practice
C) employee safety
D) employees driving to and from the workplace
E) building damage due to bad weather
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Chapter 6: Defenses to Liability Suits
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Q1) Risk management is a process to
A) minimize danger, hazard, and liability.
B) assess liability insurance.
C) manage difficult patients.
D) manage billing and coding to ensure the best reimbursement.
E) assess insurance plans.
Q2) Which of the following insurance policies covers incidents that occurred before the beginning of the new insurance relationship but that have not yet been brought to the insured's attention as a claim?
A) prior acts coverage
B) self-insured coverage
C) claims-made coverage
D) occurrence coverage
E) liability coverage
Q3) Release of tortfeasor is a(n):
A) affirmative defense
B) technical defense
C) denial defense
D) contributory negligence defense
E) comparative negligence defense
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Chapter 7: Medical Records and Informed Consent
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Q1) Medical records should be kept until the applicable statute of limitations period has elapsed. What is the usual timeframe for this period of time?
A) 1 to 3 years
B) 1 to 5 years
C) 2 to 10 years
D) 2 to 7 years
E) 3 to 20 years
Q2) Which of the following aspects of patient care is the most vital factor in the issue of informed consent?
A) patient care
B) patient education
C) patient compliance
D) patient maturity
E) patient's age
Q3) Describe the process to correct an error in a written medical record.
Q4) A physician is employed by a group practice. The physician decides to leave the practice and open his own private practice. May he have the records of the patients he is currently seeing? Why or why not?
Q5) What are the elements of the doctrine of informed consent?
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Chapter 8: Privacy, Security, and Fraud
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Q1) A permission is defined as:
A) a request for records
B) a covered entity
C) a de-identifier
D) a reason under HIPAA to delete the record
E) a reason under HIPAA for disclosing patient information
Q2) What was the first federal law that covered privacy and security for health care information?
Q3) From October 2009 through November 2013, how many complaints about security breaches were filed with the Office of Civil Rights?
A) 569
B) 768
C) 867
D) 985
E) over 1,000
Q4) What is Protected Health Information (PHI)?
Q5) What is a permission under HIPAA?
Q6) What is a firewall?
Q7) Identify the six HIPAA defined permissions.
Q8) What is the purpose of the Federal INCORRECT Claims Act?
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Chapter 9: Physicians Public Duties and Responsibilities
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Q1) Samantha lives next door to a ninety-year-old woman named Ruth. She usually sees Ruth every couple of days in her garden. Recently, Ruth's son Joseph moved in with his mother. Samantha has heard yelling and screaming coming from Ruth's house and has not seen Ruth in several weeks. When she goes over to visit Ruth, Joseph answers the door and will not let Samantha in the house. What should Samantha consider as a first step?
A) Nothing. It is not her business.
B) Call the police.
C) Talk to another neighbor.
D) Demand that Joseph let her in the house.
E) Report the problem to the elder abuse hotline.
Q2) What is forensic medicine?
Q3) A death has occurred under normal circumstances and the body released to the funeral home. Who is responsible for filing the death certificate with the state?
A) the mortician
B) the physician
C) the coroner
D) the hospital
E) the police chief
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Chapter 10: Workplace Legalities
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Q1) What is the purpose of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act of 1988?
Q2) Which of the following information should not be included on an employee's W-2 form?
A) employer tax ID number
B) employee's Social Security number
C) amounts deducted for life insurance
D) total earnings paid by the employer
E) amounts deducted for income tax and Social Security
Q3) Discuss the changes made in 2012 to the Hazard Communication Standard.
Q4) A nursing home administrator sets up programs to give preferential treatment for minorities. This is being done because the current workforce at the nursing home is predominantly white. What is the term for this policy?
A) equal opportunity
B) fair labor standards
C) wage and hour laws
D) affirmative action
E) civil rights
Q5) Describe the circumstances of the Lily Ledbetter case.
Q6) What is the major responsibility for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)?
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Chapter 11: The Beginning of Life and Childhood
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Q1) Which of the following is a right guaranteed to emancipated minors?
A) right to purchase cigarettes
B) right to vote
C) right to buy alcohol
D) right to forgo school attendance
E) right to privacy
Q2) Scientists are able to manipulate DNA within the cells of plants, animals, and other organisms to ensure that certain advantageous traits will appear and be passed on, or that certain harmful traits are eliminated. What is the term for this process?
A) genetic engineering
B) cloning
C) genetic discrimination
D) stem cell manipulation
E) xenotransplantation
Q3) Discuss the difference between a mature minor and an emancipated minor.
Q4) Compare agency adoptions and independent/private adoptions.
Q5) What does the doctrine of parens patriae mean? Give an example.
Q6) What is the safe haven law?
Q7) Discuss the various forms of surrogacy.
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Chapter 12: Death and Dying
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Q1) Autopsies must be performed in cases in which the death is suspicious or due to homicide. Which of the following is true regarding current trends in performing autopsies?
A) Technological advances have made postmortem diagnoses more essential.
B) A reason for fewer autopsies is the unavailability of pathologists in small hospitals.
C) More autopsies are performed today because insurance companies cover them.
D) When an autopsy is mandated by law, family members must give consent.
E) Health care costs have climbed, so fewer autopsies are being done.
Q2) An early custom for mourners was to go barefoot and to wear sackcloth and ashes. What was the purpose of this practice?
A) to show their sorrow
B) to make amends to the dead
C) to avoid making the dead envious
D) to show respect for the dead
E) to follow religious rules
Q3) Define grief.
Q4) What are Roberta Temes's stages of grief?
Q5) Describe hospice.
Q6) Define persistent vegetative state (PVS).
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Chapter 13: Health Care Trends and Forecasts
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true about health information technology?
A) The health industry has lagged behind other industries in adopting technology for the business of health care.
B) The health industry has led other industries in adopting technology for the business of health care.
C) Data storage capabilities are limited in health care.
D) Handheld computers are not yet used in health care.
E) The security of health care records is not a concern in health care.
Q2) Which of the following organizations reimburse health care providers with a focus on the bottom line: making a profit?
A) Medicare
B) Medicaid
C) managed care organizations
D) state children's health insurance program
E) voluntary facilities
Q3) What is the role of social media in health care?
Q4) Identify at least three medical technologies that are a major driving force in health care.
Q5) Define access as it relates to health care.
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