AMCA NAC CORRECT COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Who has the greatest risk of complications from local heat applications?
A) A 10 year-old boy
B) A teenager
c) A 40 year-old woman
D) An older person - ✔✔D
✔✔A physician is required to report all of the following except:
O A) Births
O B) Deaths
© C) Stroke
O D) Communicable diseases - ✔✔C
✔✔A crime punishable by a fine or imprisonment for less than one year is known as a:
A) Misdemeanor
B) Felony
C) Mitigation
D) Arbitration - ✔✔A
✔✔Professional negligence is also called:
A) Malpractice
B) Malfunction
c) Malice
D) Arbitration - ✔✔A
✔✔Which of the following items is the most important for assistive personnel to keep in
mind during their daily routine in medical settings?
A) Burglary
B) Confidentiality
c) Privilege granted to a physician
,D) Consent - ✔✔B
✔✔Under which of the following circumstances is it permissible to release information
from a patient's records?
A) When the patient signs a release
B) When the physician calls to request it
c) When the insurance company signs a release
D) When the patient has signed a living will - ✔✔A
✔✔Deceitful practice or false portrayal of facts either by words or conduct is the
definition of:
A) Battery
B) Discovery
C) Fraud
D) Negligence - ✔✔C
✔✔A very busy phlebotomist misidentifies the patient when collecting a specimen for
transfusion preparation. The possible misdiagnosis of blood type could seen as:
A) Assault
B) Battery
c) Fraud
D) Negligence - ✔✔D
✔✔Unauthorized release of confidential patient information is called:
A) A type of negligence
B) Failure to use due care
C) Invasion of privacy
D) Violation of discovery - ✔✔C
✔✔An example of negligence is when the phlebotomist:
A) Fails to report significant changes in a patient's condition
O B) Forgets to sign out at the nurses' station when draws are complete
O c) is unable to obtain a specimen from a very combative patient
O D) Missed the vein and has to redirect twice to complete the draw - ✔✔A
✔✔You perform a task not allowed by your state. Which is true?
A) If an RN delegated that task, there is no legal problem
B) You could be found guilty of practicing nursing without a license
c Performing the task is allowed if it is in your job description
D) If you completed the task safely, there is no legal problem - ✔✔B
✔✔An RN asks you to start an IV. Which is true?
A) Assistive personnel do not start IVS
B) The RN must supervise your work
, c) You must be trained to start IVS
D) You must know why the person needs the IV - ✔✔A
✔✔You decide to refuse a task. What should you do?
A) Delegate the task to someone else
B) Communicate your concerns to the nurse
c) Ignore the request
D) Talk to the nurse's supervisor - ✔✔B
✔✔Ethical standards:
A) Are federal laws
B) Are state laws
C) Are about right and wrong conduct
D) Are rules stating what you can and cannot do - ✔✔C
✔✔A patient wants to know the reason for an x-ray. Who is responsible for telling him?
A) The doctor
B) You
c) The RN
D) Any health team member - ✔✔A
✔✔Which is not a crime?
A) Negligence
B) Murder
C) Robbery
D) Rape - ✔✔A
✔✔A person asks if you are a nurse. You reply "Yes." This is:
A) Negligence
B) Fraud
c) Libel
D) Slander - ✔✔B
✔✔Civil actions involve:
A) Legal proceedings between private parties
B) Offenses that can lead to imprisonment
c) Regulations established by governments
D) Violent crimes against the state or nation - ✔✔A
✔✔In which of the following situations is it permissible to release information from a
patient's records?
A) When an attorney requests it
B) When the patient's employer requests it
c) when the patient's best friend requests it
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Who has the greatest risk of complications from local heat applications?
A) A 10 year-old boy
B) A teenager
c) A 40 year-old woman
D) An older person - ✔✔D
✔✔A physician is required to report all of the following except:
O A) Births
O B) Deaths
© C) Stroke
O D) Communicable diseases - ✔✔C
✔✔A crime punishable by a fine or imprisonment for less than one year is known as a:
A) Misdemeanor
B) Felony
C) Mitigation
D) Arbitration - ✔✔A
✔✔Professional negligence is also called:
A) Malpractice
B) Malfunction
c) Malice
D) Arbitration - ✔✔A
✔✔Which of the following items is the most important for assistive personnel to keep in
mind during their daily routine in medical settings?
A) Burglary
B) Confidentiality
c) Privilege granted to a physician
,D) Consent - ✔✔B
✔✔Under which of the following circumstances is it permissible to release information
from a patient's records?
A) When the patient signs a release
B) When the physician calls to request it
c) When the insurance company signs a release
D) When the patient has signed a living will - ✔✔A
✔✔Deceitful practice or false portrayal of facts either by words or conduct is the
definition of:
A) Battery
B) Discovery
C) Fraud
D) Negligence - ✔✔C
✔✔A very busy phlebotomist misidentifies the patient when collecting a specimen for
transfusion preparation. The possible misdiagnosis of blood type could seen as:
A) Assault
B) Battery
c) Fraud
D) Negligence - ✔✔D
✔✔Unauthorized release of confidential patient information is called:
A) A type of negligence
B) Failure to use due care
C) Invasion of privacy
D) Violation of discovery - ✔✔C
✔✔An example of negligence is when the phlebotomist:
A) Fails to report significant changes in a patient's condition
O B) Forgets to sign out at the nurses' station when draws are complete
O c) is unable to obtain a specimen from a very combative patient
O D) Missed the vein and has to redirect twice to complete the draw - ✔✔A
✔✔You perform a task not allowed by your state. Which is true?
A) If an RN delegated that task, there is no legal problem
B) You could be found guilty of practicing nursing without a license
c Performing the task is allowed if it is in your job description
D) If you completed the task safely, there is no legal problem - ✔✔B
✔✔An RN asks you to start an IV. Which is true?
A) Assistive personnel do not start IVS
B) The RN must supervise your work
, c) You must be trained to start IVS
D) You must know why the person needs the IV - ✔✔A
✔✔You decide to refuse a task. What should you do?
A) Delegate the task to someone else
B) Communicate your concerns to the nurse
c) Ignore the request
D) Talk to the nurse's supervisor - ✔✔B
✔✔Ethical standards:
A) Are federal laws
B) Are state laws
C) Are about right and wrong conduct
D) Are rules stating what you can and cannot do - ✔✔C
✔✔A patient wants to know the reason for an x-ray. Who is responsible for telling him?
A) The doctor
B) You
c) The RN
D) Any health team member - ✔✔A
✔✔Which is not a crime?
A) Negligence
B) Murder
C) Robbery
D) Rape - ✔✔A
✔✔A person asks if you are a nurse. You reply "Yes." This is:
A) Negligence
B) Fraud
c) Libel
D) Slander - ✔✔B
✔✔Civil actions involve:
A) Legal proceedings between private parties
B) Offenses that can lead to imprisonment
c) Regulations established by governments
D) Violent crimes against the state or nation - ✔✔A
✔✔In which of the following situations is it permissible to release information from a
patient's records?
A) When an attorney requests it
B) When the patient's employer requests it
c) when the patient's best friend requests it
