SUR 102 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
True or False
A surgical Technology student who photographs a patient and posts the image on the Internet
could be sued for invasion of privacy and HIPAA violation. - ANS True
Specimen loss, mislabeling, and improper preparation are examples of which of the following?
a. negligence
b. intentional tort
c. defamation
d. battery - ANS Negligence
Which of the following legal doctrines would MOST likely apply in the case of a wrong site
surgery or retained foreign body?
a. aeger primo
b. caveat emptor
c. primum non nocere
d. res ipsa loquitur - ANS Res ipsa loquitur
The broad objectives of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) include
all of the following EXCEPT:
a. protect patient privacy
b. reduce health care fraud
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, c. eliminate medical errors
d. improve patient services - ANS Eliminate medical errors
According to the Joint Commission's definition regarding consent to surgical intervention, which
party has "autonomy"?
a. the surgeon
b. anesthesia provider
c. the patient
d. circulating RN - ANS The patient
True or False
Living will and durable power of attorney are examples of advance directives in health care. -
ANS True
What is the term that describes a method of pretrial discovery in which a surgical team member
might answer questions under oath?
a. deposition
b. allegation
c. precedent
d. indictment - ANS Deposition
All of the following carry the force of state or national legal enforcement EXCEPT:
a. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
b. implementation of the neutral zone
c. scope of practice
d. Patient Self-Determination Act - ANS Implementation of the neutral zone
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, The best assurance of safe and individual professional behavior by the CST or CSFA is a well-
developed, unyielding:
a. core curriculum
b. scope of practice
c. surgical conscience
d. liability insurance - ANS Surgical conscience
Which type of consent applies when emergency circumstances exist when reasonable providers
believe that a patient would agree to treatment, even if no form was signed or verbal
permission given?
a. implied
b. general
c. informed
d. direct - ANS Implied
What is the name of the type of report sent to risk management in an effort to decrease the
chance of harm to patients or staff or damage to hospital property?
a. informed consent
b. sentinel event
c. Safe Medical Device Act
d. advance directive - ANS Sentinel event
Which legal doctrine would be MOST applicable in a case involving failure by the RN and CST to
do proper surgical counts resulting in retention of a foreign object and the surgeon being found
not liable?
a. captain of the ship doctrine
b. primum non nocere
c. doctrine of corporate negligence
d. doctrine of borrowed servant - ANS Doctrine of borrowed servant
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, All of the following are components of the surgical patient's medical record EXCEPT:
a. history and physical
b. interdepartmental communications
c. anesthesia record
d. surgeon's preference card - ANS Surgeon's preference card
In 2004, which of the following agencies created the "Do Not Use" abbreviation list?
a. the Joint Commission (JC)
b. American Medical Association (AMA)
c. Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
d. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) - ANS The Joint Commission (JC)
Which type of legal action is MOST likely in cases involving tort law and operating room
personnel?
a. federal
b. criminal
c. statutory
d. civil - ANS Civil
For which of the following processes are identification and reporting of unsafe conditions and
hazards MOST critical?
a. unintentional torts
b. advance directives
c. risk management
d. informed consent - ANS Risk management
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2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
True or False
A surgical Technology student who photographs a patient and posts the image on the Internet
could be sued for invasion of privacy and HIPAA violation. - ANS True
Specimen loss, mislabeling, and improper preparation are examples of which of the following?
a. negligence
b. intentional tort
c. defamation
d. battery - ANS Negligence
Which of the following legal doctrines would MOST likely apply in the case of a wrong site
surgery or retained foreign body?
a. aeger primo
b. caveat emptor
c. primum non nocere
d. res ipsa loquitur - ANS Res ipsa loquitur
The broad objectives of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) include
all of the following EXCEPT:
a. protect patient privacy
b. reduce health care fraud
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, c. eliminate medical errors
d. improve patient services - ANS Eliminate medical errors
According to the Joint Commission's definition regarding consent to surgical intervention, which
party has "autonomy"?
a. the surgeon
b. anesthesia provider
c. the patient
d. circulating RN - ANS The patient
True or False
Living will and durable power of attorney are examples of advance directives in health care. -
ANS True
What is the term that describes a method of pretrial discovery in which a surgical team member
might answer questions under oath?
a. deposition
b. allegation
c. precedent
d. indictment - ANS Deposition
All of the following carry the force of state or national legal enforcement EXCEPT:
a. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
b. implementation of the neutral zone
c. scope of practice
d. Patient Self-Determination Act - ANS Implementation of the neutral zone
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, The best assurance of safe and individual professional behavior by the CST or CSFA is a well-
developed, unyielding:
a. core curriculum
b. scope of practice
c. surgical conscience
d. liability insurance - ANS Surgical conscience
Which type of consent applies when emergency circumstances exist when reasonable providers
believe that a patient would agree to treatment, even if no form was signed or verbal
permission given?
a. implied
b. general
c. informed
d. direct - ANS Implied
What is the name of the type of report sent to risk management in an effort to decrease the
chance of harm to patients or staff or damage to hospital property?
a. informed consent
b. sentinel event
c. Safe Medical Device Act
d. advance directive - ANS Sentinel event
Which legal doctrine would be MOST applicable in a case involving failure by the RN and CST to
do proper surgical counts resulting in retention of a foreign object and the surgeon being found
not liable?
a. captain of the ship doctrine
b. primum non nocere
c. doctrine of corporate negligence
d. doctrine of borrowed servant - ANS Doctrine of borrowed servant
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, All of the following are components of the surgical patient's medical record EXCEPT:
a. history and physical
b. interdepartmental communications
c. anesthesia record
d. surgeon's preference card - ANS Surgeon's preference card
In 2004, which of the following agencies created the "Do Not Use" abbreviation list?
a. the Joint Commission (JC)
b. American Medical Association (AMA)
c. Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
d. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) - ANS The Joint Commission (JC)
Which type of legal action is MOST likely in cases involving tort law and operating room
personnel?
a. federal
b. criminal
c. statutory
d. civil - ANS Civil
For which of the following processes are identification and reporting of unsafe conditions and
hazards MOST critical?
a. unintentional torts
b. advance directives
c. risk management
d. informed consent - ANS Risk management
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