MHA 703- Module 2 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
Certification - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The action or process of providing someone or something
with an official document attesting to a status or level of achievement.
Code of Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A guide of principles designed to help professionals
conduct business honestly and with integrity.
Credentialing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The process of establishing the qualifications of licensed
medical professionals and assessing their background and legitimacy.
defensive medicine - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the ordering of tests, procedures, and visits and/or
referrals, or avoidance of high-risk patients or procedures, primarily to reduce malpractice
liability
Licensure - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the granting or regulation of licenses, as for professionals.
Medical Practice Acts - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Laws established in all 50 states that define the
practice of medicine as well as requirements & methods for licensure in a particular state
Professional - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-is a member of a profession or any person who earns a
living from a specified professional activity. The term also describes the standards of education
and training that prepare members of the profession with the particular knowledge and skills
necessary to perform their specific role within that profession.
reciprocity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the practice of exchanging things with others for mutual
benefit, especially privileges granted by one country or organization to another.
, standards of care - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the reasonable degree of care a person should
provide to another person, typically in a professional or medical setting.
Actuarial tables - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-is a table which shows, for each age, what the
probability is that a person of that age will die before their next birthday ("probability of
death").
Contract - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-is a legally binding agreement that defines and governs the
rights and duties between or among its parties.
Insurance - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a means of protection from financial loss
Legal Document - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a document that states some contractual relationship
or grants some right.
Reasonable person Standard - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a theoretical person in the society who
shows average judgment, skill or care in his or her conduct.
Respondent Superior - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The responsibility of an employer or principal for
his agent's or employee's acts performed in the course of employment.
Subpoena ducus tecum - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a writ ordering a person to attend a court and
bring relevant documents.
Upcoding - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-assign an inaccurate billing code to (a medical procedure or
treatment) to increase reimbursement.
Correct Answers
Certification - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The action or process of providing someone or something
with an official document attesting to a status or level of achievement.
Code of Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A guide of principles designed to help professionals
conduct business honestly and with integrity.
Credentialing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The process of establishing the qualifications of licensed
medical professionals and assessing their background and legitimacy.
defensive medicine - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the ordering of tests, procedures, and visits and/or
referrals, or avoidance of high-risk patients or procedures, primarily to reduce malpractice
liability
Licensure - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the granting or regulation of licenses, as for professionals.
Medical Practice Acts - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Laws established in all 50 states that define the
practice of medicine as well as requirements & methods for licensure in a particular state
Professional - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-is a member of a profession or any person who earns a
living from a specified professional activity. The term also describes the standards of education
and training that prepare members of the profession with the particular knowledge and skills
necessary to perform their specific role within that profession.
reciprocity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the practice of exchanging things with others for mutual
benefit, especially privileges granted by one country or organization to another.
, standards of care - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the reasonable degree of care a person should
provide to another person, typically in a professional or medical setting.
Actuarial tables - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-is a table which shows, for each age, what the
probability is that a person of that age will die before their next birthday ("probability of
death").
Contract - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-is a legally binding agreement that defines and governs the
rights and duties between or among its parties.
Insurance - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a means of protection from financial loss
Legal Document - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a document that states some contractual relationship
or grants some right.
Reasonable person Standard - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a theoretical person in the society who
shows average judgment, skill or care in his or her conduct.
Respondent Superior - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The responsibility of an employer or principal for
his agent's or employee's acts performed in the course of employment.
Subpoena ducus tecum - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a writ ordering a person to attend a court and
bring relevant documents.
Upcoding - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-assign an inaccurate billing code to (a medical procedure or
treatment) to increase reimbursement.
