NCCT Practice Test questions with
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Right and Wrong conduct is known as - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅ethics
The most common type of medical tort liability is - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅negligence
A person being sued is called the - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅defendant
The withdrawal of a physician from the care of a patient without reasonable notice of such discharge
from the case by the patient is - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅abandonment
An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another is - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅assault
The health worker is protected by law if it can be determined that he or she acted reasonable as
compared with fellow workers. This is called - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅reasonable care
Negligence by a professional person is called - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅malpractice
An act that violates criminal law is called - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅crime
The breaking of a law, promise, or duty is called - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅breach
The ability to see things from another person's point of view is - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅empathy
The time established for filing law suits is - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅statute of limitations
,A writ that commands a witness to appear at a trial or other proceeding and to give testimony is a -
CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅subpoena
A wrong committed against another person or the person's property is a - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅tort
Holding or detaining a person against his will is - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅false imprisonment
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 - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅invasion of privacy
A major crime for which greater punishment is imposed other than a misdemeanor is - CORRECT
ANSWER-✔✔✅felony
One who institutes a lawsuit is - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅plaintiff
A legal statement of how an individual's property is to be distributed after death is - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔✅will
Information given by a patient to medical personnel which cannot be disclosed without consent of the
person who gave it is - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅privileged communication
A rule of conduct made by a government body is - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅law
Failure to do something that a reasonable person would do under ordinary circumstances that ends up
causing harm to another person or a person's property is - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅negligence
Permission granted by a person voluntarily and in his right mind is - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅consent
Injuring the name and reputation of another person by making false statements to a third person is -
CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅defamation
,An agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of some definite thing is -
CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅contract
Lack of physical or mental fitness is known as - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅incompetence
The final decision of a court in an action or suit is - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅judgment
Responsibility of an employer for the acts of an employee is - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅libel
A Latin term signifying that a person is not of sound mind is - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅non compos
mentis
A person who is no longer under the care, custody, or supervision of a parent is called - CORRECT
ANSWER-✔✔✅emancipated minor
An impartial panel established to listen to and investigate patient's complaints about medical care of
excessive fees is called a what committee - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅medical grievance
Latin for "things done; deeds", the facts and circumstances attendant to the act in question would be
called - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅res gestae
Testimony of a witness under oath and written down before trial for possible use when the case comes
to trial is - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅deposition
A statute that enforces private right and liabilities, as differentiated from criminal law is called a -
CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅civil law
Violation or omission of a legal or moral duty is called - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅breach of duty
, A deliberate physical attack upon a person is called - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅battery
Latin for "he who acts through another acts for himself: is called - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅qui facit per
alium facit per se
The branch of study of moral issues, questions, and problems arising in the practice of medicine and in
biomedical research is called - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅bioethics
A statement given concerning some scientific, technical, or professional matter by an expert, such as
physician is called - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅expert testimony
A patient's failure to act prudently and reasonably, or doing that which a reasonable person would not
do under similar circumstances in called - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅contributory negligence
Consent to treatment based on a full understanding of all possible risks of unpreventable results of that
treatment is called - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅assumption of risk
Conduct, courtesy, and manners that are customarily used in a medical office by medical professionals
are known as - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅medical etiquette
An intentional perversion of truth of the purpose of inducing another in reliance upon it to part with
some valuable thing belonging to him or surrender a legal right is called - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅fraud
To interrupt or discontinue a suit temporarily with the intention of resumption at a later date, or to ask
for a continuance is called a - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅suspension
Latin for "things decided"- that is, a matter already decided by judicial authority is called - CORRECT
ANSWER-✔✔✅res judicata
That which is natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any new independent cause, produces an
event, and without which the injury would not have occurred is called - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔✅proximate cause
complete solutions
Right and Wrong conduct is known as - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅ethics
The most common type of medical tort liability is - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅negligence
A person being sued is called the - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅defendant
The withdrawal of a physician from the care of a patient without reasonable notice of such discharge
from the case by the patient is - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅abandonment
An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another is - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅assault
The health worker is protected by law if it can be determined that he or she acted reasonable as
compared with fellow workers. This is called - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅reasonable care
Negligence by a professional person is called - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅malpractice
An act that violates criminal law is called - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅crime
The breaking of a law, promise, or duty is called - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅breach
The ability to see things from another person's point of view is - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅empathy
The time established for filing law suits is - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅statute of limitations
,A writ that commands a witness to appear at a trial or other proceeding and to give testimony is a -
CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅subpoena
A wrong committed against another person or the person's property is a - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅tort
Holding or detaining a person against his will is - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅false imprisonment
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 - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅invasion of privacy
A major crime for which greater punishment is imposed other than a misdemeanor is - CORRECT
ANSWER-✔✔✅felony
One who institutes a lawsuit is - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅plaintiff
A legal statement of how an individual's property is to be distributed after death is - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔✅will
Information given by a patient to medical personnel which cannot be disclosed without consent of the
person who gave it is - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅privileged communication
A rule of conduct made by a government body is - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅law
Failure to do something that a reasonable person would do under ordinary circumstances that ends up
causing harm to another person or a person's property is - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅negligence
Permission granted by a person voluntarily and in his right mind is - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅consent
Injuring the name and reputation of another person by making false statements to a third person is -
CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅defamation
,An agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of some definite thing is -
CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅contract
Lack of physical or mental fitness is known as - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅incompetence
The final decision of a court in an action or suit is - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅judgment
Responsibility of an employer for the acts of an employee is - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅libel
A Latin term signifying that a person is not of sound mind is - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅non compos
mentis
A person who is no longer under the care, custody, or supervision of a parent is called - CORRECT
ANSWER-✔✔✅emancipated minor
An impartial panel established to listen to and investigate patient's complaints about medical care of
excessive fees is called a what committee - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅medical grievance
Latin for "things done; deeds", the facts and circumstances attendant to the act in question would be
called - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅res gestae
Testimony of a witness under oath and written down before trial for possible use when the case comes
to trial is - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅deposition
A statute that enforces private right and liabilities, as differentiated from criminal law is called a -
CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅civil law
Violation or omission of a legal or moral duty is called - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅breach of duty
, A deliberate physical attack upon a person is called - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅battery
Latin for "he who acts through another acts for himself: is called - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅qui facit per
alium facit per se
The branch of study of moral issues, questions, and problems arising in the practice of medicine and in
biomedical research is called - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅bioethics
A statement given concerning some scientific, technical, or professional matter by an expert, such as
physician is called - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅expert testimony
A patient's failure to act prudently and reasonably, or doing that which a reasonable person would not
do under similar circumstances in called - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅contributory negligence
Consent to treatment based on a full understanding of all possible risks of unpreventable results of that
treatment is called - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅assumption of risk
Conduct, courtesy, and manners that are customarily used in a medical office by medical professionals
are known as - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅medical etiquette
An intentional perversion of truth of the purpose of inducing another in reliance upon it to part with
some valuable thing belonging to him or surrender a legal right is called - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅fraud
To interrupt or discontinue a suit temporarily with the intention of resumption at a later date, or to ask
for a continuance is called a - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅suspension
Latin for "things decided"- that is, a matter already decided by judicial authority is called - CORRECT
ANSWER-✔✔✅res judicata
That which is natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any new independent cause, produces an
event, and without which the injury would not have occurred is called - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔✅proximate cause
