Which of the following types of law is created by a legislative body?
Statutory Law
Which of the following types of law is determined by court decisions through the interpretation of
existing law?
Case Law
Which of the following types of law is created by an agency through written regulations?
Administrative Law
The violation of which type of law leads to a criminal action?
Public Law
An unjustifiable attempt to touch another person can lead to what charge?
Assault
The intentional touching of another person without consent can lead to what charge?
Battery
A violation of private law may lead to which of the following?
Civil Action
Which of the following is the term for an injury to one person for which another person, who
caused the injury, is legally responsible?
Tort
Which of the following is the legal basis for most medical malpractice cases?
Unintentional tort
Which of the following is the legal term for a person claiming to have been harmed?
Plaintiff
What does the term "liable" mean?
Legally responsible
Which of the following terms represents the failure to perform an action that is consistent with
the accepted standard of care?
Negligence
Which of the following terms refers to the agreement of medical opinion on appropriate patient
care in a given situation?
Accepted standard care
, Which of the following is not a penalty for HIPAA violation?
Loss of job
Which of the following is not considered PHI (Protected Health Information)?
Patient payments
What type of consent is acceptable in emergency situations?
Written consent
What is the term given to the period of time allowed to file civil action?
Joint Commission
Quantitative methods used to monitor the quality of procedures to ensure accurate test results:
QC quality control
Represents the major goal of total quality management (TQM) programs:
CQI continuous quality improvement
A larger set of methods used to guarantee quality patient care, including patient preparation and
specimen collection and transport protocols
QA quality assurance
The philosophy that sees the potential for improvement in every area, no matter how the current
performance level:
TQM total quality management
A collection of the entire set of approaches used by the institution to provide patient satisfaction:
TQM
Laboratory document that contains information about the underlying testing and other protocols:
Procedure manual
Document containing information about laboratory schedules, patient preparation, and
specimen handling:
Directory services
A phlebotomist is most responsible for controlling for which of the following types of variables in
test results?
Preanalytic
A delay in reporting test results is considered what type of variable?
Postanalytic
Statutory Law
Which of the following types of law is determined by court decisions through the interpretation of
existing law?
Case Law
Which of the following types of law is created by an agency through written regulations?
Administrative Law
The violation of which type of law leads to a criminal action?
Public Law
An unjustifiable attempt to touch another person can lead to what charge?
Assault
The intentional touching of another person without consent can lead to what charge?
Battery
A violation of private law may lead to which of the following?
Civil Action
Which of the following is the term for an injury to one person for which another person, who
caused the injury, is legally responsible?
Tort
Which of the following is the legal basis for most medical malpractice cases?
Unintentional tort
Which of the following is the legal term for a person claiming to have been harmed?
Plaintiff
What does the term "liable" mean?
Legally responsible
Which of the following terms represents the failure to perform an action that is consistent with
the accepted standard of care?
Negligence
Which of the following terms refers to the agreement of medical opinion on appropriate patient
care in a given situation?
Accepted standard care
, Which of the following is not a penalty for HIPAA violation?
Loss of job
Which of the following is not considered PHI (Protected Health Information)?
Patient payments
What type of consent is acceptable in emergency situations?
Written consent
What is the term given to the period of time allowed to file civil action?
Joint Commission
Quantitative methods used to monitor the quality of procedures to ensure accurate test results:
QC quality control
Represents the major goal of total quality management (TQM) programs:
CQI continuous quality improvement
A larger set of methods used to guarantee quality patient care, including patient preparation and
specimen collection and transport protocols
QA quality assurance
The philosophy that sees the potential for improvement in every area, no matter how the current
performance level:
TQM total quality management
A collection of the entire set of approaches used by the institution to provide patient satisfaction:
TQM
Laboratory document that contains information about the underlying testing and other protocols:
Procedure manual
Document containing information about laboratory schedules, patient preparation, and
specimen handling:
Directory services
A phlebotomist is most responsible for controlling for which of the following types of variables in
test results?
Preanalytic
A delay in reporting test results is considered what type of variable?
Postanalytic
