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Surgical technology for the surgical
technologist Chapter 2 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
The obligation to disclose details for evaluation; commonly used to mean "to be held responsible for" -
answer✔Accountability
A voluntary statement of facts sworn to be true before an authority - answer✔Affidavit
A statement that one expects to be proven as true - answer✔Allegation
In good faith or innocently - answer✔Bona fide
All legal decisions reported on a given legal subject - answer✔Case law
The first pleading filed by plaintiff's attorney in a negligence action - answer✔Complaint
In criminal cases, the person accused of the crime; in civil matters, the person or organization being
sued - answer✔Defendant
A method of pretrial discovery in which questions are answered under oath - answer✔Deposition
Jurisdiction is given to federal courts in cases involving the interpretation and application of the U.S.
Constitution, acts of Congress, and international treaties - answer✔Federal law
A court-appointed protector for a person incapable of making his or her own decisions -
answer✔Guardian
An injury resulting from the activity of health care professionals - answer✔Iatrogenic injury
The formal written accusation from a grand jury - answer✔Indictment
A group of citizens that decides the outcome of a criminal or civil trial - answer✔Jury
The taking of another's property without consent - answer✔Larceny
The evolving set of principles based on court decisions - answer✔Law, common
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Any law prescribed by the action of a legislature - answer✔Law, statutory
An obligation either to do or not do something - answer✔Liability
An obligation either to do or not do something that is the responsibility of the corporate body -
answer✔Liability, corporate
An individual's obligation either to do or not do something - answer✔Liability, personal
Professional misconduct that results in harm to another; professional negligence - answer✔Malpractice
Either the omission (not doing) or commission (doing) of an act that a reasonable and prudent individual
would not do under the same conditions; may be associated with the phrase "departure from the
standard of care" - answer✔Negligence
Reckless disregard for the safety of another; willful indifference - answer✔Negligence, criminal
Intentionally providing false testimony under oath - answer✔Perjury
The person who initiates a lawsuit - answer✔Plaintiff
A legal principle, created by a court decision, that provides an example or authority for judges deciding
similar issues later - answer✔Precedent
The expected conduct of a professional in a given circumstance - answer✔Standard of care
State statutes, regulations, principles, and rules having the force of law - answer✔State law
A court order to appear and testify or produce required documents - answer✔Subpoena
A civil wrong; can be either intentional or unintentional - answer✔Tort
The presentation of evidence in a court of law in order to achieve a resolution or, in a criminal act, to
determine a person's innocence or guilt - answer✔Trial
"The Patient First," guiding principle of AST. - answer✔Aeger primo
The person who is controlling or directing the employee has greater responsibility than the one who is
paying the employee. Courts have frequently found that the surgeon was liable for any negligent act
committed in his or her presence in the operating room under the captain of the ship doctrine.
However, some rulings have found that under the borrowed servant rule, the surgeon is not always
responsible if a surgical technologist or registered nurse on the surgical team fails to carry out a routine
procedure that he or she was properly educated to perform. - answer✔Doctrine of borrowed servant
A health care institution may be found negligent for failing to ensure that an acceptable level of patient
care was provided. Potential employees and medical staff should be carefully screened and that
competent staff should be maintained and monitored for proper performance. - answer✔Doctrine of
corporate negligence
11/05/2024 12:06 PM
Surgical technology for the surgical
technologist Chapter 2 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
The obligation to disclose details for evaluation; commonly used to mean "to be held responsible for" -
answer✔Accountability
A voluntary statement of facts sworn to be true before an authority - answer✔Affidavit
A statement that one expects to be proven as true - answer✔Allegation
In good faith or innocently - answer✔Bona fide
All legal decisions reported on a given legal subject - answer✔Case law
The first pleading filed by plaintiff's attorney in a negligence action - answer✔Complaint
In criminal cases, the person accused of the crime; in civil matters, the person or organization being
sued - answer✔Defendant
A method of pretrial discovery in which questions are answered under oath - answer✔Deposition
Jurisdiction is given to federal courts in cases involving the interpretation and application of the U.S.
Constitution, acts of Congress, and international treaties - answer✔Federal law
A court-appointed protector for a person incapable of making his or her own decisions -
answer✔Guardian
An injury resulting from the activity of health care professionals - answer✔Iatrogenic injury
The formal written accusation from a grand jury - answer✔Indictment
A group of citizens that decides the outcome of a criminal or civil trial - answer✔Jury
The taking of another's property without consent - answer✔Larceny
The evolving set of principles based on court decisions - answer✔Law, common
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11/05/2024 12:06 PM
Any law prescribed by the action of a legislature - answer✔Law, statutory
An obligation either to do or not do something - answer✔Liability
An obligation either to do or not do something that is the responsibility of the corporate body -
answer✔Liability, corporate
An individual's obligation either to do or not do something - answer✔Liability, personal
Professional misconduct that results in harm to another; professional negligence - answer✔Malpractice
Either the omission (not doing) or commission (doing) of an act that a reasonable and prudent individual
would not do under the same conditions; may be associated with the phrase "departure from the
standard of care" - answer✔Negligence
Reckless disregard for the safety of another; willful indifference - answer✔Negligence, criminal
Intentionally providing false testimony under oath - answer✔Perjury
The person who initiates a lawsuit - answer✔Plaintiff
A legal principle, created by a court decision, that provides an example or authority for judges deciding
similar issues later - answer✔Precedent
The expected conduct of a professional in a given circumstance - answer✔Standard of care
State statutes, regulations, principles, and rules having the force of law - answer✔State law
A court order to appear and testify or produce required documents - answer✔Subpoena
A civil wrong; can be either intentional or unintentional - answer✔Tort
The presentation of evidence in a court of law in order to achieve a resolution or, in a criminal act, to
determine a person's innocence or guilt - answer✔Trial
"The Patient First," guiding principle of AST. - answer✔Aeger primo
The person who is controlling or directing the employee has greater responsibility than the one who is
paying the employee. Courts have frequently found that the surgeon was liable for any negligent act
committed in his or her presence in the operating room under the captain of the ship doctrine.
However, some rulings have found that under the borrowed servant rule, the surgeon is not always
responsible if a surgical technologist or registered nurse on the surgical team fails to carry out a routine
procedure that he or she was properly educated to perform. - answer✔Doctrine of borrowed servant
A health care institution may be found negligent for failing to ensure that an acceptable level of patient
care was provided. Potential employees and medical staff should be carefully screened and that
competent staff should be maintained and monitored for proper performance. - answer✔Doctrine of
corporate negligence
