Towsley-Cook: Ethical and Legal Issues for Imaging Professionals,
2nd Edition
Chapter 1: Ethical and Legal Foundations
Test Bank
TRUE/FALSE
1. Lawsuits involving imaging professionals are brought only under civil tort law.
True
False
ANS: F
Lawsuits involving imaging professionals are most often brought under tort law but can also
involve administrative and criminal law.
REF: Page: 17
2. Imaging professionals should immediately consult with their supervisor or the legal department
if served with interrogatories regarding any legal action.
True
False
ANS: T
Because interrogatories are so important and can be used to contradict testimony at trial, an
imaging professional should never answer them without consultation and advice of the defense
attorney. The supervisor or legal department should be able to direct the imaging professional to
that attorney.
REF: Page: 18
3. Administrative law governs the licensure of the imaging professional.
True
False
ANS: T
Administrative law determines the licensing and regulation of the practice of imaging
professionals and also determines some employer-employee relations.
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, Test Bank 1-2
REF: Page: 16
4. It is unlikely that an imaging professional would be sued or that the professional's actions or
involvement in a procedure would form the basis for a lawsuit against their facility.
True
False
ANS: F
The imaging professional is constantly exposed to situations that can result in litigation and may
be required to participate in that litigation.
REF: Page: 17
5. Imaging professionals and students are an integral part of the risk management program in their
facility.
True
False
ANS: T
Although facilities generally employ risk managers to maintain efficiency and quality of care,
each staff and student imaging professional must take responsibility as a risk manager and be
aware that risk is always present.
REF: Page: 19
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Ethics may be considered:
a. challenges
b. opportunities
c. a system
d. all of the above
ANS: D
Ethics may be defined as the system or code of conduct and morals advocated by a particular
individual or group. It also is the study of acceptable conduct and moral judgment. Ethics is a
system of understanding determinations and motivations based on individual conceptions of right
and wrong.
REF: Page: 2
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, Test Bank 1-3
2. An awareness of conduct, aims, and qualities is involved in the definition of:
a. consequentialism.
b. paternalism.
c. professionalism.
d. virtue ethics.
ANS: C
The imaging professional works in a challenging and changing environment. To respond
appropriately to the many potential biomedical ethical dilemmas they will face, imaging
professionals must be able to apply the basic concepts of professionalism—an awareness of the
conduct, aims, and qualities defining a given profession.
REF: Page: 8
3. Deontology is the opposite of:
a. virtue ethics.
b. reality.
c. beneficence.
d. teleology.
ANS: D
Consequentialism, or teleology, bases decisions on the consequences or outcomes of a given act.
It evaluates the good of an activity by assessing whether immediate harm is balanced with future
benefit. Consequentialism advocates providing the greatest good for the greatest number.
Deontology bases decision making on individual motives and morals rather than consequences.
It is therefore the opposite of teleology. Deontology examines the significance of actions
themselves.
REF: Page: 9
4. The ethical model that involves sharing, trust, and the pursuit of common goals is the:
a. paternalistic model.
b. covenantal model.
c. contractual model.
d. collegial model.
ANS: D
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, Test Bank 1-4
The collegial model describes a more cooperative method of providing health care for the
patient. It involves sharing, trust, and the pursuit of common goals. An imaging professional who
takes time to get to know the patient and works with the patient to reach a mutual understanding
is working within the collegial model. This model may be helpful in addressing patients’
emotional needs and engaging their cooperation.
REF: Page: 11
5. Ethical questions generally involve:
a. conflicting values.
b. only one right answer.
c. easy answers.
d. none of the above.
ANS: A
Values determine both personal and professional ethics; therefore ethical questions generally
involve conflicts between values. A value is a quality or standard that is desirable or worthy of
esteem in itself. Values are expressed in behaviors, language, and the standards of conduct that
the imaging professional endorses or tries to maintain.
REF: Page: 4
6. Ethics was born because:
a. legal issues demanded them.
b. humans needed to get along as a group.
c. scholars needed to justify their existence.
d. none of the above.
ANS: B
Ethics was born of necessity when humans first realized that certain behaviors were required for
people to get along as a group. As time passed, certain individuals were credited with providing
bricks in the foundation of ethics.
REF: Page: 4
7. Values clarification includes:
a. organizing values.
b. individual beliefs about truth and reality.
c. dictating others’ actions.
d. a and b.
Copyright © 2007, 1999 by Mosby, Inc., an affiliate of Elsevier Inc.
2nd Edition
Chapter 1: Ethical and Legal Foundations
Test Bank
TRUE/FALSE
1. Lawsuits involving imaging professionals are brought only under civil tort law.
True
False
ANS: F
Lawsuits involving imaging professionals are most often brought under tort law but can also
involve administrative and criminal law.
REF: Page: 17
2. Imaging professionals should immediately consult with their supervisor or the legal department
if served with interrogatories regarding any legal action.
True
False
ANS: T
Because interrogatories are so important and can be used to contradict testimony at trial, an
imaging professional should never answer them without consultation and advice of the defense
attorney. The supervisor or legal department should be able to direct the imaging professional to
that attorney.
REF: Page: 18
3. Administrative law governs the licensure of the imaging professional.
True
False
ANS: T
Administrative law determines the licensing and regulation of the practice of imaging
professionals and also determines some employer-employee relations.
Copyright © 2007, 1999 by Mosby, Inc., an affiliate of Elsevier Inc.
, Test Bank 1-2
REF: Page: 16
4. It is unlikely that an imaging professional would be sued or that the professional's actions or
involvement in a procedure would form the basis for a lawsuit against their facility.
True
False
ANS: F
The imaging professional is constantly exposed to situations that can result in litigation and may
be required to participate in that litigation.
REF: Page: 17
5. Imaging professionals and students are an integral part of the risk management program in their
facility.
True
False
ANS: T
Although facilities generally employ risk managers to maintain efficiency and quality of care,
each staff and student imaging professional must take responsibility as a risk manager and be
aware that risk is always present.
REF: Page: 19
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Ethics may be considered:
a. challenges
b. opportunities
c. a system
d. all of the above
ANS: D
Ethics may be defined as the system or code of conduct and morals advocated by a particular
individual or group. It also is the study of acceptable conduct and moral judgment. Ethics is a
system of understanding determinations and motivations based on individual conceptions of right
and wrong.
REF: Page: 2
Copyright © 2007, 1999 by Mosby, Inc., an affiliate of Elsevier Inc.
, Test Bank 1-3
2. An awareness of conduct, aims, and qualities is involved in the definition of:
a. consequentialism.
b. paternalism.
c. professionalism.
d. virtue ethics.
ANS: C
The imaging professional works in a challenging and changing environment. To respond
appropriately to the many potential biomedical ethical dilemmas they will face, imaging
professionals must be able to apply the basic concepts of professionalism—an awareness of the
conduct, aims, and qualities defining a given profession.
REF: Page: 8
3. Deontology is the opposite of:
a. virtue ethics.
b. reality.
c. beneficence.
d. teleology.
ANS: D
Consequentialism, or teleology, bases decisions on the consequences or outcomes of a given act.
It evaluates the good of an activity by assessing whether immediate harm is balanced with future
benefit. Consequentialism advocates providing the greatest good for the greatest number.
Deontology bases decision making on individual motives and morals rather than consequences.
It is therefore the opposite of teleology. Deontology examines the significance of actions
themselves.
REF: Page: 9
4. The ethical model that involves sharing, trust, and the pursuit of common goals is the:
a. paternalistic model.
b. covenantal model.
c. contractual model.
d. collegial model.
ANS: D
Copyright © 2007, 1999 by Mosby, Inc., an affiliate of Elsevier Inc.
, Test Bank 1-4
The collegial model describes a more cooperative method of providing health care for the
patient. It involves sharing, trust, and the pursuit of common goals. An imaging professional who
takes time to get to know the patient and works with the patient to reach a mutual understanding
is working within the collegial model. This model may be helpful in addressing patients’
emotional needs and engaging their cooperation.
REF: Page: 11
5. Ethical questions generally involve:
a. conflicting values.
b. only one right answer.
c. easy answers.
d. none of the above.
ANS: A
Values determine both personal and professional ethics; therefore ethical questions generally
involve conflicts between values. A value is a quality or standard that is desirable or worthy of
esteem in itself. Values are expressed in behaviors, language, and the standards of conduct that
the imaging professional endorses or tries to maintain.
REF: Page: 4
6. Ethics was born because:
a. legal issues demanded them.
b. humans needed to get along as a group.
c. scholars needed to justify their existence.
d. none of the above.
ANS: B
Ethics was born of necessity when humans first realized that certain behaviors were required for
people to get along as a group. As time passed, certain individuals were credited with providing
bricks in the foundation of ethics.
REF: Page: 4
7. Values clarification includes:
a. organizing values.
b. individual beliefs about truth and reality.
c. dictating others’ actions.
d. a and b.
Copyright © 2007, 1999 by Mosby, Inc., an affiliate of Elsevier Inc.
