AHS 321 FINAL EXAM UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Tort
Answer:
A civil wrong committed by one individual against another. May be classified as either intentional or
unintentional. When it is clas-sified as a criminal wrong (assault, battery, false imprisonment), the
wrongdoer can be held liable in a criminal and/or civil action
Question:
2. negligence
Answer:
Omission or commission of an act that a rea-sonably prudent person would or would not do under
given circumstances. It is a form of heedlessness or carelessness that consti-tutes a departure from the
standard of care generally imposed on members of a society
Question:
3. Three types of negligent acts
Answer:
malfeasance, misfeasance, nonfeasance
Question:
4. Malpractice
Answer:
Professional misconduct, improper dis-charge of professional duties, or failure to meet the standard of
care of a professional that results in harm to another; the negli-gence or carelessness of a professional
per-son such as a nurse, pharmacist, physician, or accountant
Question:
5. intentional tort
Answer:
an intentional act that causes harm to anoth-er
Question:
6. assault
Answer:
an intentional act that is designed to make the victim fearful and produces reasonable apprehension of
harm
Question:
7. battery
Answer:
intentional touching of one person by an-other without the consent of the person be-ing touched
Question:
8. false imprisonment
, Answer:
the unlawful restraint of an individual's per-sonal liberty or the unlawful restraint or con-finement of
an individual
Question:
9. defamation of character
Answer:
injury of a person's reputation or character caused by the false statements of another made to a third
person. Includes both libel and slander
Question:
10. invasion of privacy
Answer:
a wrong that invades the right of a person to personal privacy. Disregard for a patient's right to
privacy is legally actionable, partic-ularly when patients are unable to protect themselves adequately
because of uncon-sciousness or immobility.
Question:
11. infliction of mental distress
Answer:
conduct that is so outrageous that is goes beyond the bounds tolerated by a decent society
Question:
12. three elements of a contract
Answer:
offer/communication, consideration, accep-tance
Question:
13. good samaritan laws
Answer:
laws designed to protect those who stop to render aid in an emergency. These laws gen-erally provide
immunity for specified per-sons from a civil suit arising out of care ren-dered at the scene of an
emergency, provid-ed that the one rendering assistance has not done so in a grossly negligent manner
Question:
14. office of government ethics (OGE)
Answer:
an agency within the executive branch of government whose mission and goals is to foster high
ethical standards for employees in the executive branch of government
Question:
15. committee on ethics (house of representa-tives)
Answer:
designated the "supervising ethics office" for the house of reps, only standing committee of the HOR
with membership divided evenly by party -common ethical issues: gifts from outside sources,
between employees, conflicting fi-nancial interests, remedies for financial con-flicts, impartiality in
performing official du-ties, seeking other employment, misuse of position
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Tort
Answer:
A civil wrong committed by one individual against another. May be classified as either intentional or
unintentional. When it is clas-sified as a criminal wrong (assault, battery, false imprisonment), the
wrongdoer can be held liable in a criminal and/or civil action
Question:
2. negligence
Answer:
Omission or commission of an act that a rea-sonably prudent person would or would not do under
given circumstances. It is a form of heedlessness or carelessness that consti-tutes a departure from the
standard of care generally imposed on members of a society
Question:
3. Three types of negligent acts
Answer:
malfeasance, misfeasance, nonfeasance
Question:
4. Malpractice
Answer:
Professional misconduct, improper dis-charge of professional duties, or failure to meet the standard of
care of a professional that results in harm to another; the negli-gence or carelessness of a professional
per-son such as a nurse, pharmacist, physician, or accountant
Question:
5. intentional tort
Answer:
an intentional act that causes harm to anoth-er
Question:
6. assault
Answer:
an intentional act that is designed to make the victim fearful and produces reasonable apprehension of
harm
Question:
7. battery
Answer:
intentional touching of one person by an-other without the consent of the person be-ing touched
Question:
8. false imprisonment
, Answer:
the unlawful restraint of an individual's per-sonal liberty or the unlawful restraint or con-finement of
an individual
Question:
9. defamation of character
Answer:
injury of a person's reputation or character caused by the false statements of another made to a third
person. Includes both libel and slander
Question:
10. invasion of privacy
Answer:
a wrong that invades the right of a person to personal privacy. Disregard for a patient's right to
privacy is legally actionable, partic-ularly when patients are unable to protect themselves adequately
because of uncon-sciousness or immobility.
Question:
11. infliction of mental distress
Answer:
conduct that is so outrageous that is goes beyond the bounds tolerated by a decent society
Question:
12. three elements of a contract
Answer:
offer/communication, consideration, accep-tance
Question:
13. good samaritan laws
Answer:
laws designed to protect those who stop to render aid in an emergency. These laws gen-erally provide
immunity for specified per-sons from a civil suit arising out of care ren-dered at the scene of an
emergency, provid-ed that the one rendering assistance has not done so in a grossly negligent manner
Question:
14. office of government ethics (OGE)
Answer:
an agency within the executive branch of government whose mission and goals is to foster high
ethical standards for employees in the executive branch of government
Question:
15. committee on ethics (house of representa-tives)
Answer:
designated the "supervising ethics office" for the house of reps, only standing committee of the HOR
with membership divided evenly by party -common ethical issues: gifts from outside sources,
between employees, conflicting fi-nancial interests, remedies for financial con-flicts, impartiality in
performing official du-ties, seeking other employment, misuse of position
