NURSE EXECUTIVE ADVANCED EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) 1993, 2008 - Correct Answers -employment law
United States federal law requiring covered employers to provide employees job-
protected and unpaid leave for qualified medical and family reasons. Qualified medical
and family reasons include: personal or family illness, family military leave, pregnancy,
adoption, or the foster care placement of a child.
civil rights act 1964, 1972 - Correct Answers -title 7 equal opportunity employment;
prohibits discrimination in hiring, promotion, advertising, interviews, testing on basis of
race, color, religion, sex, or origin
respondant superior (vicarious liability) - Correct Answers -corporate liability; an
employer is responsible for the actions of employees performed within the course of
their employment
Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act - Correct Answers -act requires
any hospital that accepts payments from Medicare to provide care to any patient who
arrives in its emergency department for treatment, regardless of the patient's
citizenship, legal status in the United States or ability to pay for the services
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) - Correct Answers -federal agency
that administers and enforces civil rights laws against workplace discrimination;
investigates discrimination complaints based on an individual's race, children, national
origin, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic
information, and retaliation for reporting, participating in, and/or opposing a
discriminatory practice
ADEA age discrimination and employment act of 1967, 1978 - Correct Answers -
Prohibits discrimination above age 40 but younger than 70 in employment & the
workplace
Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) - Correct Answers -responsibility of
ensuring safety at work and a healthful work environment; to prevent work-related
injuries, illnesses and deaths.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) 1993, 2008 - Correct Answers -employment law
United States federal law requiring covered employers to provide employees job-
protected and unpaid leave for qualified medical and family reasons. Qualified medical
and family reasons include: personal or family illness, family military leave, pregnancy,
adoption, or the foster care placement of a child.
civil rights act 1964, 1972 - Correct Answers -title 7 equal opportunity employment;
prohibits discrimination in hiring, promotion, advertising, interviews, testing on basis of
race, color, religion, sex, or origin
respondant superior (vicarious liability) - Correct Answers -corporate liability; an
employer is responsible for the actions of employees performed within the course of
their employment
Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act - Correct Answers -act requires
any hospital that accepts payments from Medicare to provide care to any patient who
arrives in its emergency department for treatment, regardless of the patient's
citizenship, legal status in the United States or ability to pay for the services
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) - Correct Answers -federal agency
that administers and enforces civil rights laws against workplace discrimination;
investigates discrimination complaints based on an individual's race, children, national
origin, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic
information, and retaliation for reporting, participating in, and/or opposing a
discriminatory practice
ADEA age discrimination and employment act of 1967, 1978 - Correct Answers -
Prohibits discrimination above age 40 but younger than 70 in employment & the
workplace
Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) - Correct Answers -responsibility of
ensuring safety at work and a healthful work environment; to prevent work-related
injuries, illnesses and deaths.
