NCCT Practice Test Complete Solutions
Medical and Legal Terms
1. Right and wrong conduct is known as
️ ethics
2. The most common type of medical tort liability is
️ negligence
3. A person being sued is called the
️ defendant
4. The withdrawal of a physician from the care...
NCCT Practice Test Complete Solutions
Medical and Legal Terms
1. Right and wrong conduct is known as
✔️ ethics
2. The most common type of medical tort liability is
✔️ negligence
3. A person being sued is called the
✔️ defendant
4. The withdrawal of a physician from the care of a patient without reasonable notice or discharge from
the patient is
✔️ abandonment
5. An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another is
✔️ assault
6. The health worker is protected by law if it can be determined that he or she acted reasonably as
compared with fellow workers. This is called
✔️ reasonable care
7. Negligence by a professional person is called
✔️ malpractice
8. An act that violates criminal law is called
✔️ crime
,9. The breaking of a law, promise, or duty is called
✔️ breach
10. The ability to see things from another person's point of view is
✔️ empathy
11. The time established for filing lawsuits is
✔️ statute of limitations
12. A writ that commands a witness to appear at a trial or other proceeding and to give testimony is a
✔️ subpoena
13. A wrong committed against another person or the person's property is a
✔️ tort
14. Holding or detaining a person against their will is
✔️ false imprisonment
15. A violation of a person's right not to have their name, photograph, or private affairs exposed or
made public without consent is
✔️ invasion of privacy
16. A major crime for which greater punishment is imposed than for a misdemeanor is
✔️ felony
17. One who institutes a lawsuit is
✔️ plaintiff
,18. A legal statement of how an individual's property is to be distributed after death is
✔️ will
19. Information given by a patient to medical personnel which cannot be disclosed without consent of
the person who gave it is
✔️ privileged communication
20. A rule of conduct made by a government body is
✔️ law
21. Failure to do something that a reasonable person would do under ordinary circumstances that
results in harm to another person or their property is
✔️ negligence
22. Permission granted by a person voluntarily and in his right mind is
✔️ consent
23. Injuring the name and reputation of another person by making false statements to a third person is
✔️ defamation
24. An agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of some definite thing is
✔️ contract
25. Lack of physical or mental fitness is known as
✔️ incompetence
26. The final decision of a court in an action or suit is
✔️ judgment
, 27. Responsibility of an employer for the acts of an employee is
✔️ vicarious liability (Note: The original term should be "vicarious liability" instead of "libel.")
28. A Latin term signifying that a person is not of sound mind is
✔️ non compos mentis
29. A person who is no longer under the care, custody, or supervision of a parent is called
✔️ emancipated minor
30. An impartial panel established to listen to and investigate patients' complaints about medical care or
excessive fees is called a
✔️ medical grievance committee
31. Latin for "things done; deeds," the facts and circumstances attendant to the act in question would
be called
✔️ res gestae
32. Testimony of a witness under oath and written down before trial for possible use when the case
comes to trial is
✔️ deposition
33. A statute that enforces private rights and liabilities, as differentiated from criminal law is called a
✔️ civil law
34. Violation or omission of a legal or moral duty is called
✔️ breach of duty
35. A deliberate physical attack upon a person is called
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