SUR 102 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
True or False
A surgical Technology student who photographs a patient and posts the image on the
Internet could be sued for invasion of privacy and HIPAA violation. - Answer -True
Specimen loss, mislabeling, and improper preparation are examples of which of the
following?
a. negligence
b. intentional tort
c. defamation
d. battery - Answer -Negligence
Which of the following legal doctrines would MOST likely apply in the case of a wrong
site surgery or retained foreign body?
a. aeger primo
b. caveat emptor
c. primum non nocere
d. res ipsa loquitur - Answer -Res ipsa loquitur
The broad objectives of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
include all of the following EXCEPT:
a. protect patient privacy
b. reduce health care fraud
c. eliminate medical errors
d. improve patient services - Answer -Eliminate medical errors
Which legal doctrine would be MOST applicable in a case involving failure by the RN
and CST to do proper surgical counts resulting in retention of a foreign object and the
surgeon being found not liable?
a. captain of the ship doctrine
b. primum non nocere
c. doctrine of corporate negligence
d. doctrine of borrowed servant - Answer -Doctrine of borrowed servant
All of the following are components of the surgical patient's medical record EXCEPT:
a. history and physical
b. interdepartmental communications
c. anesthesia record
d. surgeon's preference card - Answer -Surgeon's preference card
In 2004, which of the following agencies created the "Do Not Use" abbreviation list?
a. the Joint Commission (JC)
b. American Medical Association (AMA)
,c. Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
d. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) - Answer -The Joint
Commission (JC)
Which type of legal action is MOST likely in cases involving tort law and operating room
personnel?
a. federal
b. criminal
c. statutory
d. civil - Answer -Civil
For which of the following processes are identification and reporting of unsafe
conditions and hazards MOST critical?
a. unintentional torts
b. advance directives
c. risk management
d. informed consent - Answer -Risk management
The first scrub surgical technologist performs intraoperative tasks under the broad
delegatory authority of the:
a. surgeon
b. anesthesiologist
c. OR supervisor
d. circulating RN - Answer -Surgeon
Which of the following terms describes the system of moral principles and rules that
become standards of conduct for professionals?
a. morals
b. ethics
c. precedents
d. doctrines - Answer -Ethics
Which of the following terms best describes the process of keeping thorough, accurate,
and legal records of a patient's medical care?
a. documentation
b. consent
c. liability
d. accountability - Answer -Documentation
According to the Joint Commission's definition regarding consent to surgical
intervention, which party has "autonomy"?
a. the surgeon
b. anesthesia provider
c. the patient
d. circulating RN - Answer -The patient
, True or False
Living will and durable power of attorney are examples of advance directives in health
care. - Answer -True
What is the term that describes a method of pretrial discovery in which a surgical team
member might answer questions under oath?
a. deposition
b. allegation
c. precedent
d. indictment - Answer -Deposition
All of the following carry the force of state or national legal enforcement EXCEPT:
a. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
b. implementation of the neutral zone
c. scope of practice
d. Patient Self-Determination Act - Answer -Implementation of the neutral zone
The best assurance of safe and individual professional behavior by the CST or CSFA is
a well-developed, unyielding:
a. core curriculum
b. scope of practice
c. surgical conscience
d. liability insurance - Answer -Surgical conscience
Which type of consent applies when emergency circumstances exist when reasonable
providers believe that a patient would agree to treatment, even if no form was signed or
verbal permission given?
a. implied
b. general
c. informed
d. direct - Answer -Implied
What is the name of the type of report sent to risk management in an effort to decrease
the chance of harm to patients or staff or damage to hospital property?
a. informed consent
b. sentinel event
c. Safe Medical Device Act
d. advance directive - Answer -Sentinel event
Which part of the patient's medical record documentation would contain pre-op and
post-op diagnoses, positioning, skin prep, start and stop times, counts, and dressings?
a. advance directive
b. informed consent
c. anesthesia record
d. intraoperative record - Answer -Intraoperative record
True or False
A surgical Technology student who photographs a patient and posts the image on the
Internet could be sued for invasion of privacy and HIPAA violation. - Answer -True
Specimen loss, mislabeling, and improper preparation are examples of which of the
following?
a. negligence
b. intentional tort
c. defamation
d. battery - Answer -Negligence
Which of the following legal doctrines would MOST likely apply in the case of a wrong
site surgery or retained foreign body?
a. aeger primo
b. caveat emptor
c. primum non nocere
d. res ipsa loquitur - Answer -Res ipsa loquitur
The broad objectives of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
include all of the following EXCEPT:
a. protect patient privacy
b. reduce health care fraud
c. eliminate medical errors
d. improve patient services - Answer -Eliminate medical errors
Which legal doctrine would be MOST applicable in a case involving failure by the RN
and CST to do proper surgical counts resulting in retention of a foreign object and the
surgeon being found not liable?
a. captain of the ship doctrine
b. primum non nocere
c. doctrine of corporate negligence
d. doctrine of borrowed servant - Answer -Doctrine of borrowed servant
All of the following are components of the surgical patient's medical record EXCEPT:
a. history and physical
b. interdepartmental communications
c. anesthesia record
d. surgeon's preference card - Answer -Surgeon's preference card
In 2004, which of the following agencies created the "Do Not Use" abbreviation list?
a. the Joint Commission (JC)
b. American Medical Association (AMA)
,c. Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
d. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) - Answer -The Joint
Commission (JC)
Which type of legal action is MOST likely in cases involving tort law and operating room
personnel?
a. federal
b. criminal
c. statutory
d. civil - Answer -Civil
For which of the following processes are identification and reporting of unsafe
conditions and hazards MOST critical?
a. unintentional torts
b. advance directives
c. risk management
d. informed consent - Answer -Risk management
The first scrub surgical technologist performs intraoperative tasks under the broad
delegatory authority of the:
a. surgeon
b. anesthesiologist
c. OR supervisor
d. circulating RN - Answer -Surgeon
Which of the following terms describes the system of moral principles and rules that
become standards of conduct for professionals?
a. morals
b. ethics
c. precedents
d. doctrines - Answer -Ethics
Which of the following terms best describes the process of keeping thorough, accurate,
and legal records of a patient's medical care?
a. documentation
b. consent
c. liability
d. accountability - Answer -Documentation
According to the Joint Commission's definition regarding consent to surgical
intervention, which party has "autonomy"?
a. the surgeon
b. anesthesia provider
c. the patient
d. circulating RN - Answer -The patient
, True or False
Living will and durable power of attorney are examples of advance directives in health
care. - Answer -True
What is the term that describes a method of pretrial discovery in which a surgical team
member might answer questions under oath?
a. deposition
b. allegation
c. precedent
d. indictment - Answer -Deposition
All of the following carry the force of state or national legal enforcement EXCEPT:
a. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
b. implementation of the neutral zone
c. scope of practice
d. Patient Self-Determination Act - Answer -Implementation of the neutral zone
The best assurance of safe and individual professional behavior by the CST or CSFA is
a well-developed, unyielding:
a. core curriculum
b. scope of practice
c. surgical conscience
d. liability insurance - Answer -Surgical conscience
Which type of consent applies when emergency circumstances exist when reasonable
providers believe that a patient would agree to treatment, even if no form was signed or
verbal permission given?
a. implied
b. general
c. informed
d. direct - Answer -Implied
What is the name of the type of report sent to risk management in an effort to decrease
the chance of harm to patients or staff or damage to hospital property?
a. informed consent
b. sentinel event
c. Safe Medical Device Act
d. advance directive - Answer -Sentinel event
Which part of the patient's medical record documentation would contain pre-op and
post-op diagnoses, positioning, skin prep, start and stop times, counts, and dressings?
a. advance directive
b. informed consent
c. anesthesia record
d. intraoperative record - Answer -Intraoperative record
