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Chapter 1 Professional Issues in Imaging - Test

front 1 Which of the following is not criterion of a profession? A) A code of ethics guides professional decisions and conduct B) Practitioners have an independent function and control their own practice C) Profession possesses a special body of knowledge that remains constant and does not grow D) A vital human service is performed	back 1 C) Profession possesses a special body of knowledge that remains constant and does not grow
front 2 Any individual practicing in a specific area or discipline is a _____.	back 2 Practitioner
front 3 Which of the following is a professional organization of radiologic technology? A) American Society of Radiographic Technologists B) American Registry of Radiology Professionals C) Radiologic Technologist Professionals D) American Association of Radiology Technologists	back 3 A) American Society of Radiographic Technologists
front 4 What is the purpose of the Practice Standards in Radiography?	back 4 define the practice and establish general criteria to determine compliance

front 5 The practice standards are divided into three sections. Name and deﬁne the sections.	back 5 Professional Performance Standards Quality Performance Standards Clinical Performance Standards
front 6 The right to make decisions concerning one’s own life A) Nonmaleﬁcence B) Autonomy C) Truthfulness D) Justice E) Double effect	back 6 B) Autonomy
front 7 The intent is good, although a bad result may be foreseen A) Nonmaleﬁcence B) Autonomy C) Truthfulness D) Justice E) Double effect	back 7 E) Double effect
front 8 Equal treatment and equal beneﬁts A) Nonmaleﬁcence B) Autonomy C) Truthfulness D) Justice E) Double effect	back 8 D) Justice

front 9 Honesty to patients A) Nonmaleﬁcence B) Autonomy C) Truthfulness D) Justice E) Double effect	back 9 C) Truthfulness
front 10 Duty to refrain from inﬂicting harm A) Nonmaleﬁcence B) Autonomy C) Truthfulness D) Justice E) Double effect	back 10 A) Nonmaleﬁcence
front 11 The radiographer who mistakenly administers an incorrect drug to a patient may be guilty of a A) Tort B) Negligence C) Crime D) Battery	back 11 A) Tort
front 12 As a radiographer, you refuse to work with a patient because you do not care for persons of the patient’s religion. You are guilty of violating A) The law B) The ethics of your profession C) You own moral values D) Both a and b	back 12 D) Both a and b

front 13 Which of the following is not documentation for which you as a radiographer will be accountable in your department when you participate in a procedure. A) Any adverse reactions to medications or treatments received by the patient B) the exposure factors of a radiographic images taken C) the pertinent medical history of the patient D) the diagnostic results of a ny radiographic images taken	back 13 D) the diagnostic results of a ny radiographic images taken
front 14 Professional ethics may be deﬁned as A) A set of principles that govern a course of action B) Standards of any professional person C) The same as not violating the law D) A set of rules and regulations made up by the department in which you work	back 14 A) A set of principles that govern a course of action
front 15 Which of the following is an example of privileged(conﬁdential) information? A) Your friend buys a new car and asks you not to tell anyone about it yet. B) A colleague discusses his stock market holdings with you. C) You assist with a diagnostic study and a large adherent mass is discovered in the colon. D) A fellow student is told that he has the highest grades in the class.	back 15 C) You assist with a diagnostic study and a large adherent mass is discovered in the colon.
front 16 After completing a radiologic technology program, you are employed at the local community hospital in the diagnostic imaging department. You are approached by a colleague who asks you to become a member of the local chapter of your professional organization. You know that you will be expected to pay yearly dues. Which would be your best response to your colleague? A) You explain that you have just begun your ﬁrst job and money is in short supply at this time. B) You laugh and say, “No thanks, I’ve had all of the organization I can take for a while.” C) You join in 1 or 2 years when your ﬁnancial status improves. D) You join at once because you feel that it is an obligation to be a member of your professional organization.	back 16 D) You join at once because you feel that it is an obligation to be a member of your professional organization

front 17 Information about a patient’s condition or prognosis A) May be freely discussed with close relatives B) Must always remain conﬁdential C) Should always be open discussion, since “a well-known fact is no secret” D) Should be discussed only on a co-worker/inter-departmental basis	back 17 B) Must always remain conﬁdential
front 18 If you are unable to solve a professional ethical dilemma, you must present the problem to A) Your attorney B) The ethics committee of the institution for which you work C) Your colleagues D) Your peers	back 18 B) The ethics committee of the institution for which you work
front 19 As a radiographer you are assigned to a diagnostic imaging procedure for which you have had no education. Your best course of action when this occurs would be A) To proceed as best you can B) To ask a colleague for directions and then proceed C) To explain to your superior that you have never worked with this procedure and do not feel competent to perform the procedure without education D) To state that you are ill, and retreat	back 19 C) To explain to your superior that you have never worked with this procedure and do not feel competent to perform the procedure without education
front 20 True or False? If you offer your services at the scene of an accident, you are protected from litigation by the Good Samaritan law.	back 20 True

front 21 If a patient requests to take his or her radiographic images to another institution for consultation, you must remember A) That the patient must present a signed request before the records can be released B) That only the original radiographic images can be released C) That only copies of the original radiographic images can be released	back 21 A) That the patient must present a signed request before the records can be released
front 22 True or False An unconscious child is brought to the emergency suite in your hospital for a diagnostic radiograph. There is no parent or legal guardian with the child. You will proceed with the procedure and will be functioning under the rule of implied consent.	back 22 True
front 23 List three areas in which the radiographer may infringe upon patient rights.	back 23 no data
front 24 Which of the following is not a responsibility of the patient? A) to fulfill financial obligations related to medical care B) to provide an accurate and complete health history C) to keep appointments D) to give the health care team full control regarding decision making	back 24 D) to give the health care team full control regarding decision making

front 25 Covers the acute hospital care and home health care of persons 65 years of age and older A) DRG B) Point of Service plans C) Medicare D) HMOs E) Medicaid	back 25 C) Medicare
front 26 Provides medical care for children and disabled persons A) DRG B) Point of Service plans C) Medicare D) HMOs E) Medicaid	back 26 E) Medicaid
front 27 Groups for payment dependent upon medical diagnosis A) DRG B) Point of Service plans C) Medicare D) HMOs E) Medicaid	back 27 A) DRG
front 28 Attempts to decrease medical care costs by means of preventative medical care A) DRG B) Point of Service plans C) Medicare D) HMOs E) Medicaid	back 28 D) HMOs

front 29 Has primary care physicians who act as gatekeepers for patient care A) DRG B) Point of Service plans C) Medicare D) HMOs E) Medicaid	back 29 B) Point of Service plans
front 30 True or False? Sonographers do not need to obtain personal malpractice insurance policies; they are automatically protected from malpractice suits by their employers	back 30 False
front 31 Which of the following is not an instance of a radiographer infringing upon a patients rights? A) violating the rules of confidentiality B) not providing with results or diagnosis of a diagnostic imaging exam C) ignoring the patient's right to informed consent for a procedure D) violating the right to physical privacy	back 31 B) not providing with results or diagnosis of a diagnostic imaging exam
front 32 Something that is healing pr palliative is _____.	back 32 therapeutic

front 33 A teacher, coach or advisor of conduct is considered a _____.	back 33 mentor
front 34 True or False The document that represents the application of moral principles and moral values for radiologic technology is the AMerican Registry of Radiologic Technologist Standards of Ethics	back 34 True
front 35 True or False? The scope of practice of radiographers is not strictly defined or controlled byt eh profession's own regulating bodies.	back 35 False
front 36 Professional negligence that is the cause of injury or harm to a patient A) malpractice B) Statutory Law C) Common law D) liability E) Regulatory Compliance	back 36 A) malpractice

front 37 Established law that is enacted by a legislative body and punishable by the court system. A) malpractice B) Statutory Law C) Common law D) liability E) Regulatory Compliance	back 37 B) Statutory Law
front 38 Control of a situation or group of laws that supervise a profession A) malpractice B) Statutory Law C) Common law D) liability E) Regulatory Compliance	back 38 E) Regulatory Compliance
front 39 Something that a person is obligated to do or an obligation required to be fulfilled by law; usually an obligation of financial nature A) malpractice B) Statutory Law C) Common law D) liability E) Regulatory Compliance	back 39 D) liability
front 40 Decisions and opinions of courts that are based on local customs and habits of an area within a particular country or state A) malpractice B) Statutory Law C) Common law D) liability E) Regulatory Compliance	back 40 C) Common law

front 41 To stay fixed or firm A) Adhere B) Holistic C) Therapeutic D) Sonographer E) Diagnostic imaging	back 41 A) Adhere
front 42 Healing; palliative; curative A) Adhere B) Holistic C) Therapeutic D) Sonographer E) Diagnostic imaging	back 42 C) Therapeutic
front 43 Modern term for radiography encompassing all specialties devoted to producing a picture of a body part A) Adhere B) Holistic C) Therapeutic D) Sonographer E) Diagnostic imaging	back 43 E) Diagnostic imaging
front 44 The view that an organic or integrated whole has a reality independent of and greater than the sum of its parts A) Adhere B) Holistic C) Therapeutic D) Sonographer E) Diagnostic imaging	back 44 B) Holistic

front 45 A radiologic technologist who uses critical thinking, problem solving, and judgement to perform diagnostic imaging A) Adhere B) Holistic C) Therapeutic D) Sonographer E) Diagnostic imaging	back 45 D) Sonographer
front 46 An inclination or temperament based on personal judgement; prejudice A) Bioethics B) unethical C) deframing D) ethical E) bias	back 46 E) bias
front 47 Conforming to the standards of conduct of a given profession or group A) Bioethics B) unethical C) deframing D) ethical E) bias	back 47 D) ethical
front 48 Not conforming to the standards of conduct of a given profession or group A) Bioethics B) unethical C) deframing D) ethical E) bias	back 48 B) unethical

front 49 to attack or injure a person's reputation A) Bioethics B) unethical C) deframing D) ethical E) bias	back 49 C) deframing
front 50 Moral issues dealing with human life and death A) Bioethics B) unethical C) deframing D) ethical E) bias	back 50 A) Bioethics