Deck 1: The Medical Assistant and the Healthcare Team

Question 1

During what year did the United States formally recognize the medical assistant as an allied health professional?

A) 1989
B)1978
C) 1950
D) 1998

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The majority of medical assistants work in what kind of practice?

A) Inpatient
B) Emergency Room
C) Outpatient
D) Private

Answer 2

C

Question 3

A medical assistant may choose to obtain a certification through which of the following?

A) National Healthcareer Association
B) American Association of Medical Assistants
C) American Medical Technologist
D) All of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

How is the "scope of practice" defined?

A) A boundary that determines what a medical professional may not do based on his or her training, experience, and competency
B) A boundary that determines what a medical professional must do based on his or her training
C) A boundary that determines what a medical professional may not do based on his or her experience
D) A boundary that the medical professional individually determines based on his or her training, experience, or competency

Question 5

Medical ethics that allow the patient to self-govern and choose his or her course of action, making informed decisions regarding their healthcare and making free and unforced choices refers to which of the following?

A) Justice
B) Autonomy
C) Nonmaleficence
D) Beneficence

Question 6

What are the most common kinds of torts found in the healthcare system?

A) Intentional torts
B) Accidental torts
C) Malpractice torts
D) Unintentional torts

Question 7

What are the two basic types of consent in medicine?

A) Implied and Uniformed
B) Implied and Informed
C) Unapplied and Uniformed
D) None of the above

Question 8

What are the two types of defamation of character:

A) Libel and Gossip
B) Slander and Battery
C) Assault and Slander
D) Libel and Slander

Question 9

Contracts that are written and contain a date and a signature between a physician and a patent are called what?

A) Implied
B) Expressed
C) Defamatory
D) Implicit

Question 10

Which of the following are the main legal issues in medicine under the civil laws in medicine?

A) Medical liability/negligence
B) Confidentiality
C) Consent
D) All of the above

Question 11

What must a physician and/or healthcare professional always do to help avoid a lawsuit?

A) Document detailed information
B) Become friends with all patients
C) Talk to other healthcare providers about patients
D) All of the above

Question 12

What type of confidentiality is held as one of the most sacred ethical aspects of healthcare?

A) Personal
B) Physician
C) Patient
D) Colleague

Question 13

Which of the following are examples of advance directives that are prevalent in most states?

A) Living wills
B) Do-Not-Resuscitate
C) Medical power of attorney
D) All of the above

Question 14

Medical assistants can perform what types of duties?

A) Scope of duty
B) Administrative
C) Clinical
D) Only B & C

Question 15

_______ refers to a standard of behavior as well as a personal sense of right and wrong above what is considered legal.

A) Laws
B) Morals
C) Advance directives
D) Ethics

Question 16

Which of the following was a federal act passed in the 1990s to improve the portability of healthcare from one employer to another, simplify administration of health insurance using standardized formats, protect and improve patients' rights by establishing guidelines and enhancing patients' access to records, among other standards?

A) HIPAA
B) AMA
C) AHA
D) HIPO

Question 17

A law that is passed at the federal level is called a(n):

A) Action
B) Tort
C) Law
D) Code

Question 18

Which of the following is one of the three types of bleeding that may need to be controlled by a medical assistant?

A) Capillary
B) Arterial
C) Venous
D) All of the above

Question 19

What is an unforeseen combination of circumstances that result in a call for immediate action called?

A) Good Samaritan law
B) Emergency
C) Tort
D) Scope of Practice

Question 20

The statute of limitations is how long from the date of injury in most states?

A) One year
B) Four years
C) Two years
D) Three years

Question 21

The "Four D's" refer to what type of medical malpractice?

A) Liability
B) Consent
C) Assault
D) Negligence

Question 22

The study of medical liability and the prevention of malpractice are known as _____ _____.

A) Risk management
B) Healthcare liability
C) Risk malpractice
D) Advance directives

Question 23

_______ is the intentional act by a person who threatens bodily harm or attempts to create injury through force, strike, or harm.

A) Battery
B) Malpractice
C) Assault
D) Defamation