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NCCT Practice Test Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
Right and Wrong conduct is known as - Answer✔️✔️-ethics
The most common type of medical tort liability is - Answer✔️✔️-negligence
A person being sued is called the - Answer✔️✔️-defendant
The withdrawal of a physician from the care of a patient without
reasonable notice of such discharge from the case by the patient is -
Answer✔️✔️-abandonment
An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another is -
Answer✔️✔️-assault
The health worker is protected by law if it can be determined that he or she
acted reasonable as compared with fellow workers. This is called -
Answer✔️✔️-reasonable care
Negligence by a professional person is called - Answer✔️✔️-malpractice
An act that violates criminal law is called - Answer✔️✔️-crime
The breaking of a law, promise, or duty is called - Answer✔️✔️-breach
The ability to see things from another person's point of view is -
Answer✔️✔️-empathy
The time established for filing law suits is - Answer✔️✔️-statute of
limitations
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A writ that commands a witness to appear at a trial or other proceeding
and to give testimony is a - Answer✔️✔️-subpoena
A wrong committed against another person or the person's property is a -
Answer✔️✔️-tort
Holding or detaining a person against his will is - Answer✔️✔️-false
imprisonment
A violation of a person's right not to have his or her name, photograph, or
private affairs exposed of made public without giving consent is -
Answer✔️✔️-invasion of privacy
A major crime for which greater punishment is imposed other than a
misdemeanor is - Answer✔️✔️-felony
One who institutes a lawsuit is - Answer✔️✔️-plaintiff
A legal statement of how an individual's property is to be distributed after
death is - Answer✔️✔️-will
Information given by a patient to medical personnel which cannot be
disclosed without consent of the person who gave it is - Answer✔️✔️-
privileged communication
A rule of conduct made by a government body is - Answer✔️✔️-law
Failure to do something that a reasonable person would do under ordinary
circumstances that ends up causing harm to another person or a person's
property is - Answer✔️✔️-negligence
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Permission granted by a person voluntarily and in his right mind is -
Answer✔️✔️-consent
Injuring the name and reputation of another person by making false
statements to a third person is - Answer✔️✔️-defamation
An agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of
some definite thing is - Answer✔️✔️-contract
Lack of physical or mental fitness is known as - Answer✔️✔️-incompetence
The final decision of a court in an action or suit is - Answer✔️✔️-judgment
Responsibility of an employer for the acts of an employee is - Answer✔️✔️-
libel
A Latin term signifying that a person is not of sound mind is - Answer✔️✔️-
non compos mentis
A person who is no longer under the care, custody, or supervision of a
parent is called - Answer✔️✔️-emancipated minor
An impartial panel established to listen to and investigate patient's
complaints about medical care of excessive fees is called a what committee
- Answer✔️✔️-medical grievance
Latin for "things done; deeds", the facts and circumstances attendant to the
act in question would be called - Answer✔️✔️-res gestae
Testimony of a witness under oath and written down before trial for
possible use when the case comes to trial is - Answer✔️✔️-deposition
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A statute that enforces private right and liabilities, as differentiated from
criminal law is called a - Answer✔️✔️-civil law
Violation or omission of a legal or moral duty is called - Answer✔️✔️-breach
of duty
A deliberate physical attack upon a person is called - Answer✔️✔️-battery
Latin for "he who acts through another acts for himself: is called -
Answer✔️✔️-qui facit per alium facit per se
The branch of study of moral issues, questions, and problems arising in the
practice of medicine and in biomedical research is called - Answer✔️✔️-
bioethics
A statement given concerning some scientific, technical, or professional
matter by an expert, such as physician is called - Answer✔️✔️-expert
testimony
A patient's failure to act prudently and reasonably, or doing that which a
reasonable person would not do under similar circumstances in called -
Answer✔️✔️-contributory negligence
Consent to treatment based on a full understanding of all possible risks of
unpreventable results of that treatment is called - Answer✔️✔️-assumption
of risk
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NCCT Practice Test Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
Right and Wrong conduct is known as - Answer✔️✔️-ethics
The most common type of medical tort liability is - Answer✔️✔️-negligence
A person being sued is called the - Answer✔️✔️-defendant
The withdrawal of a physician from the care of a patient without
reasonable notice of such discharge from the case by the patient is -
Answer✔️✔️-abandonment
An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another is -
Answer✔️✔️-assault
The health worker is protected by law if it can be determined that he or she
acted reasonable as compared with fellow workers. This is called -
Answer✔️✔️-reasonable care
Negligence by a professional person is called - Answer✔️✔️-malpractice
An act that violates criminal law is called - Answer✔️✔️-crime
The breaking of a law, promise, or duty is called - Answer✔️✔️-breach
The ability to see things from another person's point of view is -
Answer✔️✔️-empathy
The time established for filing law suits is - Answer✔️✔️-statute of
limitations
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A writ that commands a witness to appear at a trial or other proceeding
and to give testimony is a - Answer✔️✔️-subpoena
A wrong committed against another person or the person's property is a -
Answer✔️✔️-tort
Holding or detaining a person against his will is - Answer✔️✔️-false
imprisonment
A violation of a person's right not to have his or her name, photograph, or
private affairs exposed of made public without giving consent is -
Answer✔️✔️-invasion of privacy
A major crime for which greater punishment is imposed other than a
misdemeanor is - Answer✔️✔️-felony
One who institutes a lawsuit is - Answer✔️✔️-plaintiff
A legal statement of how an individual's property is to be distributed after
death is - Answer✔️✔️-will
Information given by a patient to medical personnel which cannot be
disclosed without consent of the person who gave it is - Answer✔️✔️-
privileged communication
A rule of conduct made by a government body is - Answer✔️✔️-law
Failure to do something that a reasonable person would do under ordinary
circumstances that ends up causing harm to another person or a person's
property is - Answer✔️✔️-negligence
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Permission granted by a person voluntarily and in his right mind is -
Answer✔️✔️-consent
Injuring the name and reputation of another person by making false
statements to a third person is - Answer✔️✔️-defamation
An agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of
some definite thing is - Answer✔️✔️-contract
Lack of physical or mental fitness is known as - Answer✔️✔️-incompetence
The final decision of a court in an action or suit is - Answer✔️✔️-judgment
Responsibility of an employer for the acts of an employee is - Answer✔️✔️-
libel
A Latin term signifying that a person is not of sound mind is - Answer✔️✔️-
non compos mentis
A person who is no longer under the care, custody, or supervision of a
parent is called - Answer✔️✔️-emancipated minor
An impartial panel established to listen to and investigate patient's
complaints about medical care of excessive fees is called a what committee
- Answer✔️✔️-medical grievance
Latin for "things done; deeds", the facts and circumstances attendant to the
act in question would be called - Answer✔️✔️-res gestae
Testimony of a witness under oath and written down before trial for
possible use when the case comes to trial is - Answer✔️✔️-deposition
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A statute that enforces private right and liabilities, as differentiated from
criminal law is called a - Answer✔️✔️-civil law
Violation or omission of a legal or moral duty is called - Answer✔️✔️-breach
of duty
A deliberate physical attack upon a person is called - Answer✔️✔️-battery
Latin for "he who acts through another acts for himself: is called -
Answer✔️✔️-qui facit per alium facit per se
The branch of study of moral issues, questions, and problems arising in the
practice of medicine and in biomedical research is called - Answer✔️✔️-
bioethics
A statement given concerning some scientific, technical, or professional
matter by an expert, such as physician is called - Answer✔️✔️-expert
testimony
A patient's failure to act prudently and reasonably, or doing that which a
reasonable person would not do under similar circumstances in called -
Answer✔️✔️-contributory negligence
Consent to treatment based on a full understanding of all possible risks of
unpreventable results of that treatment is called - Answer✔️✔️-assumption
of risk
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