Question 1

Getting a speeding ticket from a state police officer on an interstate highway would be a violation of

Accepted Answer

A) case law. 
B) constitutional law. 
C) Common Law of England. 
D) legislative law.

Question 2

A civil wrong that involves individual property rights is called

Accepted Answer

A) a tort. 
B) negligence. 
C) defamation. 
D) libel.

Question 3

A process by which patients can agree to be treated or refuse to be treated based on information provided by the radiographer about the examination is called _____ consent.

Accepted Answer

A) implied 
B) informed 
C) simple 
D) inadequate

Question 4

Restraining a patient without reason may constitute

Accepted Answer

A) defamation of character. 
B) false imprisonment. 
C) invasion of privacy. 
D) criminal law.

Question 5

At a recent professional meeting of radiographers,an attendee stands up at a business meeting and states that the chairperson uses excessive radiation and violates ALARA daily.The person making these statements would be committing an act of

Accepted Answer

A) civil disobedience. 
B) militant disobedience. 
C) defamation. 
D) fraud.

Question 6

As you perform a mammogram on an anxious patient,she asks you to stop the breast compression and examination because it is getting painful.Your responsibility as a professional is to

Accepted Answer

A) explain to her the importance of compression and continue uninterrupted. 
B) release the compression completely and make the exposure. 
C) get another technologist to perform the examination. 
D) stop the examination at her request and submit the images you have completed.

Question 7

Which of the following is FALSE regarding informed consent?

Accepted Answer

A) The patient must be competent to sign. 
B) The consent form may be obtained after the procedure. 
C) The physician named on the consent form is the only physician who can perform the procedure. 
D) Any condition stated on the consent form must be met.

Question 8

Touching a patient without permission is the legal definition of

Accepted Answer

A) assault. 
B) malpractice. 
C) battery. 
D) perjury.

Question 9

Placing a child in a Pigg-O-Stat without the parent's permission may warrant

Accepted Answer

A) assault. 
B) battery. 
C) false imprisonment. 
D) slander.

Question 10

If bodily harm were to occur to a patient as a result of reckless conduct by the health care provider,this would be deemed

Accepted Answer

A) battery. 
B) assault. 
C) defamation. 
D) slander.

Exam 26: Medical Law