SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY CH 2 TAKE HOME QUIZ UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Which of the following is an example of an intentional tort pertaining to surgical patient care?
a. A patient suffers a burn due to hot instruments.
b. Restraints are used on a patient who threatens to leave.
c. A tissue specimen is misplaced by a transporter.
d. A retained surgical sponge is discovered in subsequent procedure. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅b.
Restrains are used on a patient who threatens to leave.
Which of the following legal doctrines would MOST likely apply in the case of a wrong site surgery or
retained foreign body?
a. anger primo
b. caveat emptor
c. primum non nocere
d. res ipsa loquitur - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅d. res ipsa loquitur
The phrase " departure from the standard of care" BEST describes which of the following legal terms?
a. larceny
b. liability
c. malpractice
d. negligence - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅d. negligence
Which of the following legal terms is best described as "professional misconduct that results in harm to
another"?
a. allegation
b. liability
, c. malpractice
d. negligence - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅c. malpractice
What is the term that describes a method of pretrial discovery in which a surgical team member might
answer questions under oath?
a. allegation
b. deposition
c. indictment
d. precedent - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅b. deposition
Which of the following torts would be classified and unintentional?
a. battery
b. defamation
c. foreign bodies left in patient
d. invasion of patient privacy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅c. foreign bodies left in patient
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. direct
b. implied
c. informed
g. general - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅b. implied
A special consent form would be required for which of the following situations during a hospital
admission?
a. chest x-ray
ANSWERS
Which of the following is an example of an intentional tort pertaining to surgical patient care?
a. A patient suffers a burn due to hot instruments.
b. Restraints are used on a patient who threatens to leave.
c. A tissue specimen is misplaced by a transporter.
d. A retained surgical sponge is discovered in subsequent procedure. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅b.
Restrains are used on a patient who threatens to leave.
Which of the following legal doctrines would MOST likely apply in the case of a wrong site surgery or
retained foreign body?
a. anger primo
b. caveat emptor
c. primum non nocere
d. res ipsa loquitur - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅d. res ipsa loquitur
The phrase " departure from the standard of care" BEST describes which of the following legal terms?
a. larceny
b. liability
c. malpractice
d. negligence - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅d. negligence
Which of the following legal terms is best described as "professional misconduct that results in harm to
another"?
a. allegation
b. liability
, c. malpractice
d. negligence - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅c. malpractice
What is the term that describes a method of pretrial discovery in which a surgical team member might
answer questions under oath?
a. allegation
b. deposition
c. indictment
d. precedent - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅b. deposition
Which of the following torts would be classified and unintentional?
a. battery
b. defamation
c. foreign bodies left in patient
d. invasion of patient privacy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅c. foreign bodies left in patient
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. direct
b. implied
c. informed
g. general - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅b. implied
A special consent form would be required for which of the following situations during a hospital
admission?
a. chest x-ray
