CMA EXAM REVIEW UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

CMA EXAM REVIEW UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
1. If the foot is abducted, it is moved in which direction?
Answer:
outward

Question:
2. A patient sustains severe blunt trauma to the left upper abdomen and requires surgery. The body organ
most likely to be involved is the
Answer:
spleen

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3. right and wrong conduct is
Answer:
ethics

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4. the most common type of medical tort liability is
Answer:
negligence

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5. a person being sued is called
Answer:
the defendant

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6. 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

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7. an unlawfulthreat or attempt to bodily injury to another is
Answer:
assault

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8. the health worker is protected by law if it can be determined that he or she acted reasonable as compared
with fellow workers is called
Answer:
reasonable care

,Question:
9. negligence by a professional person
Answer:
malpractice

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10. an act that violates criminal law is called
Answer:
a crime

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11. the breaking of a law, promise, orduty is called
Answer:
breach

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12. the ability to see things from another's point of view is called
Answer:
empathy

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13. the time established for filing law suits is
Answer:
statute of limitations

Question:
14. A ________ commands a witness to appear at a trial or other procceeding and to give testimony
Answer:
supoena

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15. a wrong committed against one another person or the person's property is
Answer:
tort

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16. holding or detaining a person against his will is
Answer:
false imprisonment

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17. 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 considered
Answer:
invasion of privacy

, Question:
18. a major crime for which is greater punishment is imposed other that a misdemeanor
Answer:
felony

Question:
19. one who institutes a lawsuit is called the
Answer:
plantiff

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20. a legal statement of how an individual's property is to distributed after death is called a
Answer:
will

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21. information given by a patient to medical personnel which cannot be disclosed without consent of the
person who gave it is called
Answer:
privileged communication

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22. a rule of conduct make by a government body is
Answer:
law

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23. failure to do something that reasonable person would do under ordinary circumstances that ends up
causing harm to another person or person's property is
Answer:
negligence

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24. permission granted by a person voluntarily and in his right mind is
Answer:
consent

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25. injurying the name and reputation of another person by makeing false statements to a third person
Answer:
defamation

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26. an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of some definite thing is
Answer:
contract