Module 17: Quiz Flashcards
Employers are accountable for providing a safe and healthy workplace for employees by setting and enforcing standards. This environment is achieved by providing training, outreach, education, and assistance. Which of the following regulatory agencies oversees this standard?
(A) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
(B) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
(C) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
(D) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
(B) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
A medical assistant should recognize that which of the following provides instructions for an emergency medical technician to follow when transporting an elderly or critically ill patient?
(A) Medical Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment
(B) Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
(C) Patient Self-Determination Act
(D) Patients’ Bill of Rights
(A) Medical Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment
A patient expresses to a medical assistant that he would like to designate his daughter as his healthcare proxy. The assistant should inform him that which of the following is the minimum age to be eligible as a health care proxy?
(A) 14
(B) 16
(C) 21
(D) 18
(D) 18
A medical assistant left her computer unlocked with a patient’s chart visible. Which of the following actions should the assistant take in the future to prevent unauthorized viewing of patient information?
(A) Place privacy filters on the monitor screen
(B) Set up encryption software
(C) Install firewalls
(D) Perform a records audit
(A) Place privacy filters on the monitor screen
Which of the following moral codes should a medical assistant reference when facing an ethical dilemma?
(A) AMA Code of Ethics
(B) Hippocratic Oath
(C) Code of Hammurabi
(D) Percival’s Code
(A) AMA Code of Ethics
A patient believes that her health care privacy has been violated. A medical assistant should know that the patient’s complaint must be filed within how many days?
(A) 30
(B) 90
(C) 180
(D) 365
(C) 180
A medical assistant should recognize that which of the following entities must adhere to HIPAA guidelines?
(A) Workers’ compensation
(B) Public health authorities
(C) State agencies
(D) Health care clearinghouses
(D) Health care clearinghouses
A medical assistant should identify which of the following as the legal document that states the life-saving procedures a patient authorizes in the event he is incapable of verbalizing his desire for medical treatment?
(A) Organ and tissue donation consent
(B) Living will
(C) Durable power of attorney for health care
(D) Do-not-resuscitate order
(B) Living will
Which of the following gives patients the rights over their health care information, including the right to receive a copy of their information, the right to ensure their medical records are correct, and the right to know who had access to their record?
(A) ADA
(B) HIPAA
(C) Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
(D) Protected health information (PHI)
(B) HIPAA
When measuring the vital signs of a 10-year-old child, a medical assistant recognizes indications of abuse. Which of the following actions should the assistant take?
(A) Notify the child’s school counselor
(B) Question the child
(C) Question the child’s parent
(D) Notify the child’s provider
(D) Notify the child’s provider
A medical assistant witnesses a coworker knowingly commit an unlawful and wrongful act. The assistant should identify this act as which of the following types of negligence?
(A) Misfeasance
(B) Malpractice
(C) Malfeasance
(D) Misdemeanor
(C) Malfeasance
A medical assistant sees a coworker take a pain medication from a locked cabinet. The assistant knows that the coworker is a single mother who has a child who was recently injured. Which of the following types of ethical situations does this problem create for the assistant?
(A) Ethical dilemma
(B) Locus of authority issue
(C) Dilemma of justice
(D) Ethical distress
(D) Ethical distress
When designating a medical power of attorney, a medical assistant should identify which of the following people as an acceptable choice for a health care proxy?
(A) The patient’s provider
(B) The executor of the patient’s will
(C) A member of the patient’s faith community
(D) The patient’s attorney
(C) A member of the patient’s faith community
A medical assistant is assisting a provider with a gynecological examination on a patient. The patient says, “My religious beliefs do not allow me to use contraception.” The assistant should expect the provider to make which of the following statements?
(A) “You have the right to make choices regarding your health.”
(B) “You should reconsider your stance on contraception.”
(C) “I am your provider, so you need to listen to my advice.”
(D) “I am very concerned about the potential consequence to your health.”
(A) “You have the right to make choices regarding your health.”
A medical assistant should recognize that once advance directives are in place, they can be updated at which of the following times?
(A) Never
(B) At any time
(C) Every 10 years
(D) Annually
(B) At any time
