W/L Ch 2 The Ethics and Legal Considerations Quiz

Question 1

What is the study of ethical issues in medicine?

a. Biometrics
b. Bioethics
c. Macro ethics
d. Micro ethics

Answer 1

b. Bioethics

Question 2

Which of the following is not a sanctionable offence by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT)?

a. Failure to participate in professional activities, share knowledge with colleagues, and investigate new aspects of professional practice
b. Impersonation of a candidate for the examination
c. Failure to perform radiation therapy procedures with reasonable skill and safety
d. Knowingly assisting, aiding, or allowing a person without a current certificate of registration with the ARRT to engage in the practice of radiologic technology, in a jurisdiction that requires such registration

Answer 2

a. Failure to participate in professional activities, share knowledge with colleagues, and investigate new aspects of professional practice

Question 3

Which of the following is a theory of ethics developed by Immanuel Kant?

a. Virtue ethics
b. Communitarianism
c. Contextual ethics
d. Deontology

Answer 3

d. Deontology

Question 4

Who is most closely associated with the stages of grief?

a. Nel Noddings
b. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
c. John Mill
d. Immanuel Kant

Answer 4

b. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Question 5

Which group is responsible for producing the rules of ethics for radiation therapists?

a. American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT)
b. American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT)
c. American Medical Association (AMA)
d. American Hospital Association (AHA)

Answer 5

a. American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT)

Question 6

Utilitarianism is an example of which broad group of ethical theories?

a. Teleology
b. Deontology
c. Virtue ethics

Answer 6

a. Teleology

Question 7

Jeremy Bentham and John Mill are most closely associated with which ethical theory?

a. Communitarianism
b. Egoism
c. Natural law ethics
d. Utilitarianism

Answer 7

d. Utilitarianism

Question 8

What occurs when the obvious solution to a problem is prohibited by institutional constraints?

a. Ethical dilemma
b. Ethical dilemma of justice
c. Ethical distress
d. Locus of authority

Answer 8

c. Ethical distress

Question 9

Allocation of scarce resources is an example of which ethical category?

a. Ethical dilemma
b. Ethical dilemma of justice
c. Ethical distress
d. Locus of authority

Answer 9

b. Ethical dilemma of justice

Question 10

Which patient/provider relationship model is best represented by the informed consent process?

a. Engineering
b. Priestly
c. Collegial
d. Contractual
e. Covenant

Answer 10

e. Covenant

Question 11

Which patient/provider relationship model devalues autonomy?

a. Engineering
b. Priestly
c. Collegial
d. Contractual
e. Covenant

Answer 11

b. Priestly

Question 12

Which of the following is not a source from which values are derived?

a. Money
b. Experience
c. Religion
d. Science

Answer 12

a. Money

Question 13

Who is most closely associated with clarification of values?

a. Immanuel Kant
b. Louis Rath
c. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
d. John Mill

Answer 13

b. Louis Rath

Question 14

Which two ethical principles may clash when dealing with consent?
I.   Beneficence
II.  Nonmaleficence
III. Autonomy
IV. Confidentiality
a.	I and III
b.	I and IV
c.	II and III
d.	II and IV

Answer 14

a. I and III

Question 15

Which of the following is not a recognized exception to patient confidentiality?

a. Genetic disease
b. Abuse
c. Communicable disease
d. Automobile accident

Answer 15

a. Genetic disease

Question 16

What legal document allows the competent adult to provide direction to health care providers regarding their choices under certain circumstances, should the individual no longer be able to make those decisions?

a. Scope of practice
b. Informed consent
c. Durable power of attorney
d. Living will

Answer 16

d. Living will

Question 17

What legal document designates an individual as decision maker for a patient who is no longer capable of making decisions?

a. Scope of practice
b. Informed consent
c. Durable power of attorney
d. Living will

Answer 17

c. Durable power of attorney

Question 18

Which law is best described as personal injury law?

a. Civil law
b. Criminal law
c. Constitutional law
d. Tort law

Answer 18

d. Tort law

Question 19

A civil lawsuit is punishable by which of the following?

a. Loss of property
b. Loss of liberty
c. Loss of life
d. All of the above

Answer 19

a. Loss of property

Question 20

Which doctrine contends that individuals are responsible for their own negligent conduct?

a. Doctrine of foreseeability
b. Doctrine of personal liability
c. Doctrine of res ipsa loquitur
d. Doctrine of respondeat superior

Answer 20

b. Doctrine of personal liability

Question 21

A company being punished for the actions of one of its employees is an example of which doctrine?

a. Doctrine of foreseeability
b. Doctrine of personal liability
c. Doctrine of res ipsa loquitur
d. Doctrine of respondeat superior

Answer 21

d. Doctrine of respondeat superior

Question 22

Risk management programs may include all except which of the following?

a. Malpractice insurance
b. Employee safety
c. Security
d. Fire safety

Answer 22

a. Malpractice insurance

Question 23

According to the radiation therapist’s practice standards, a radiation therapist should meet certain levels of which of the following?

a. Clinical performance
b. Quality performance
c. Professional performance
d. All of the above

Answer 23

d. All of the above

Question 24

Which of the following ethical principles relates to faithfulness or loyalty?

a. Beneficence
b. Maleficence
c. Fidelity
d. Veracity

Answer 24

c. Fidelity

Question 25

The threat of touching or causing harm to an individual is known as which of the following?

a. Assault
b. Battery
c. Libel
d. Slander

Answer 25

a. Assault