MCQ Ethics PDF

Question: 1 Staus: Answered Mark: 0 / 1 Which of the following terms indicates the approach to justice that depends on distribution of resources according to market principles? Select only one A. Libertarian. Correct Answer B. Utilitarian. Incorrect Answer C. Egalitarian. D. Restorative. E. Social...

Question: 1 Staus: Answered Mark: 0 / 1 Which of the following terms indicates the approach to justice that depends on distribution of resources according to market principles? Select only one A. Libertarian. Correct Answer B. Utilitarian. Incorrect Answer C. Egalitarian. D. Restorative. E. Socialism. Question: 2 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 A 1st year medical student is rotating through an outpatient cardiology clinic. The student accompanies the attending physician while interviewing some patients. The student is surprised to see his cousin's chart on the registration table. He picks up the chart to see why his cousin is coming to the clinic. Which one of the following ethical principles is violated by the medical student looking at his cousin's chart? Select only one A. Confidentiality Correct Answer B. Justice C. Nonmaleficence D. Autonomy E. Beneficence Question: 3 Staus: Answered Mark: 0 / 1 A female patient experienced lower back pain, for which a spinal surgery was recommended. The consent for the operation was taken by a competent neurosurgeon but resulted in nerve damage and partial paralysis. The surgery carried (1–2%) risk of such damage, but the surgeon had not mentioned it despite the patient having asked about risks. A claim of malpractice against the surgeon has been issued. What is the best description for this case? Select only one A. There was civil negligence of not obtaining a proper informed consent. Correct Answer B. There had been negligence in the way the operation was carried out. C. Not telling all risks of the procedure is a type of criminal malpractice. Incorrect Answer D. No negligence; because the patient is alive suffering a minimal harm. E. No negligence, as a competent neurosurgeon has performed the procedure. Question: 4 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 Failure to deliver basic relevant information concerning a surgical procedure may result in: Select only one A. Invalid consent. Correct Answer B. Valid consent. C. Medical errors. D. Therapeutic waiver. E. Therapeutic privilege. Question: 5 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 Which is the best term that defines careless diagnosis, treatment & follow up resulting in serious injury or death of the patient? Select only one A. Negligence. Correct Answer B. Incompetence. C. Unprofessionalism. D. Irresponsibility. E. Misconduct. Question: 6 Staus: Answered Mark: 0 / 1 A physician is caring for a professional football player admitted for an injury. During the hospitalization, the patient develops signs and symptoms highly suggestive of alcohol addiction. The physician finds various staff people looking at the patient’s hospital chart who are not directly involved in patient's care. Which of the following is the best option to protect this patient’s privacy? Select only one A. Ask the nursing supervisor to remove the chart so that no one can get it without showing proper identification. Incorrect Answer B. Confront any staff member found inappropriately looking at the chart, and notify hospital authority of patient confidentiality violation. Correct Answer C. Go through the chart and remove any indication for alcohol use or other embarrassing or stigmatizing matters. D. Inform the patient that because of his VIP status, it will be impossible to ensure confidentiality of his medical record. E. Place a large sticker on the outside of the chart that reads, “VIP Patient: Highly Confidential. Question: 7 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 Which of the following terms describes acting for the good of others without self-interest? Select only one A. Altruism. Correct Answer B. Integrity. C. Responsibility. D. Respect. E. Dignity. Question: 8 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 The Head of Surgery Department notices that two applications for residency job employment in the hospital are very similar "Personal statement contains several similar key phrases". Which of the following is the best action for the head of the Department? Select only one A. Report the plagiarism to the Director to maintain the integrity of the application process. Correct Answer B. Ignore the similarity, because personal statements in applications are unimportant. C. Ignore the plagiarism, because it is too difficult to track the plagiarists. D. Meet the two applicants together to confront and punish them for the plagiarism. E. Do not report the plagiarism and reject both applicants without making an interview. Question: 9 Staus: Answered Mark: 0 / 1 A psychiatrist receives a phone call from a close friend one evening. The friend lost a parent 6 months ago and has been having difficulties concentrating at work and is having sleeping problems. The friend cries and asks if the psychiatrist would provide some medication to help her for depression and lack of sleep. In addition to offering emotional support, which of the following is the best response to do? Select only one A. Advise the friend to take some medications from the pharmacy and give her its name. Incorrect Answer B. Accept the friend as a patient for the usual fee and make an appointment during normal working hours. C. Refuses the request, explaining that the friend has violated the professional ethical boundaries. D. Phone the pharmacist for an antidepressant drug and a sleep medication. E. Refer the friend to a colleague who will provide an urgent health care. Correct Answer Question: 10 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 What is the best statement that could be used as a warning shot to inform someone that he has incurable cancer? Select only one A. I had a hope that your biopsy results would be promising. Sorry. Correct Answer B. I appologize. Your condition is very bad and you will die. C. I am sorry. Your biopsy results show incurable cancer type. D. Sorry. Your case is hopeless and you will pass away. E. Unfortunately,you have an aggressive type of cancer. Question: 11 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 Which of the following statements best proves the patient’s claim of medical malpractice:? Select only one A. A sick doctor breaches the physician-patient relationship. B. Violation of the reasonable standard of care & skills of diagnosis. C. The patient has suffered a compensable injury after taking a medication. D. Indirect physician's related harm occurs to the patient in the hospital. E. The physician breaches his duty causing direct damage to his own patient. Correct Answer Question: 12 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 Which type of memory is responsible for Knowing how to give an injection or making a suture? Select only one A. Procedural. Correct Answer B. Semantic. C. Episodic. D. Short-term. E. Sensory. Question: 13 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 A neurologist sees a new patient for evaluation. Throughout the evaluation, the patient makes superior arrogant remarks about the clinic and appearance of nurses, the professionalism of his staff, and the décor of his office. The neurologist feels annoyed but says nothing to the patient. Afterwards, he tells his office staff with a sarcastic and humorous description of his interview with the patient. Which of the following is an ethical mistake has the physician done? Select only one A. Failure to provide informed consent. B. Failure to respect patient autonomy. C. Failure to respect patient confidentiality. Correct Answer D. Breaching patient beneficence and justice. E. Practicing outside one’s scope of skills. Question: 14 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 Magda is a medical student who tells a patient that she is a student-in-training and will be supervised by a senior doctor while measuring the blood pressure. What is the professional pillar that indicates this student's behaviour? Select only one A. Integrity. Correct Answer B. Altruism. C. Beneficence. D. Justice. E. Compassion. Question: 15 Staus: Answered Mark: 0 / 1 A female physician advertises natural products and treatments for weight loss, hair removal and smoking cessation on her website. She does not show her professional certificates and seems to be inexperienced in meeting guidelines (e.g. physician–patient relationship, documentation and follow-up). Which is the best term describing this situation? Select only one A. Fraud. Correct Answer B. Mal-eficience. Incorrect Answer C. Libel. D. Slander. E. Negligence. Question: 16 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 Which of the following is an example of plagiarism? Select only one A. Submitting data from the internet as your own work. Correct Answer B. Using another’s author photos or graphs with permission. C. Giving proper credit to the source of the written work. D. Fabrication of methods, data, results and reported findings. E. Unreasonable skills and knowledge in health care provision. Question: 17 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 Distribution of sufficient care and resources among patients must be performed in order to achieve: Select only one A. Justice. Correct Answer B. Equality. C. Discrimination. D. Beneficence E. Integrity. Question: 18 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 Consent is invalid in which of the following situations? Select only one A. It is taken under influence of drugs. Correct Answer B. It is informed and voluntary. C. Freely taken from a competent adult. D. It is obtained for therapeutic abortion. E. It is obtained personally and directly. Question: 19 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 When consent is adequately informed and voluntarily given by a competent person, it is most propably: Select only one A. Valid. Correct Answer B. Written. C. Expressed. D. Indirect. E. Open. Question: 20 Staus: Answered Mark: 0 / 1 A doctor asks his colleague to send him patients to do x-ray for them. In return, he will pay him a commission (‫ )عمولة أو سمسرة‬for each patient. What is the best professional and ethical behaviour to be done in this case? Select only one A. Doctors should not accept money for a referral from other colleagues. Correct Answer B. The doctor has the right to give money to his colleague for each x-ray. C. The doctor could take the money to improve health care services. D. The doctor could make a discount for each patient in return. E. Money could be given to the poor patients who cannot pay fees of x-ray. Incorrect Answer Question: 21 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 Consent for examination of a minor is given by: Select only one A. His guardian. Correct Answer B. The patient. C. The doctor. D. His friend. E. His relative. Question: 22 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 A patient with chronic pain comes to a physician's office for a disability evaluation. The psychiatrist finds that the patient has disability, and he completes the required report. A short time later, the patient brings the physician a check written for twice his fees because she is so grateful for the disability report. When the physician refuses to accept any payment above his normal fee, she insists to donate the excess to the poor. What is the clinician’s best response? Select only one A. Accept the money and donate it to the poor in the physician’s name. B. Accept the money and gives it to a disabled patient who cannot pay. C. Ask a trusted colleague to talk to the patient and evaluate whether it is appropriate to accept the extra money. D. Decline the offer politely and explain professional duties and boundaries in this situation. Correct Answer E. Tell the patient the name of the poor patients to make the donation in her own name. Question: 23 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 A female physician provides medical advice on her official website. She receives a message from a woman complaining of breast redness. The physician asks to see the area. The patient sends a photo and the doctor says that this seems to be allergic and writes her a medication. Later on, the patient is diagnosed with a malignant breast disease. This case is an example of: Select only one A. Misdiagnosis and incorrect therapy. Correct Answer B. Breaching of confidentiality. C. Violation of professional boundaries. D. Bad communication skills. E. Misinterpretation of investigation results. Question: 24 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 The first principle of the Nuremberg Code emphasizes the absolute right of the patient to one of the following: Select only one A. Voluntary consent. Correct Answer B. Non-maleficience. C. Self determination. D. Fairness and equity. E. Confidentiality. Question: 25 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 Which of the following is an example of medical error? Select only one A. Too quick administration of fluids. Correct Answer B. Performance of an illegal operation. C. Using agents to attract patients to private clinics. D. Disclosure of patients’ photographs and secrets. E. Improper advertisement against the regulations. Question: 26 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 A patient signs a consent form for a surgical procedure. When asked immediately after his clinic appointment, he is unable to answer any questions about what operation he is having or why he is having it. This indicates: Select only one A. Invalid consent. Correct Answer B. Valid consent. C. Mental capacity. D. Respecting autonomy. E. Paternalism. Question: 27 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 Which of the following is one of the privileges of physicians' profession? Select only one A. Considerable regulation of their day-to-day activities. Correct Answer B. Biased for their families to use health care services. C. Giving health resources only to patients in their private clinics. D. Writing sick medical leaves for persons not deserving them. E. Helping their own patients to get unlawful medications. Question: 28 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 Abdel-Kader is a 35 year old male patient who drank a poisoned coffee and began vomiting. He went to the Toxicology Unit. The responsible physician did not see him as he was very tired and referred him to his family doctor. What duty is breached by the physician in this case? Select only one A. Reasonable care. Correct Answer B. Reasonable skill. C. Reasonable knowledge. D. Effective consultation. E. Respecting autonomy Question: 29 Staus: Answered Mark: 0 / 1 A patient is given a wrong dose of a drug that leads to his death. This could be claimed in the court under which aspect of malpractice: Select only one A. Criminal. B. Civil. Incorrect Answer C. Infamous. D. Civil & criminal. Correct Answer E. Negligence. Question: 30 Staus: Answered Mark: 0 / 1 Which of the following ethical terms refers to what belongs to individuals e.g. bodily integrity, property, space, etc..?. Select only one A. Privacy. Correct Answer B. Confidentiality. C. Best interest. Incorrect Answer D. Paternalism. E. Autonomy. Question: 31 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 Which of the following is an internal cause of anxiety and stress? Select only one A. Poor time management. Correct Answer B. Poor religious interest. C. Family or marital problems. D. Traumatic events such as death. E. Poor relationship with others. Question: 32 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 A medical student in semester one has a training course in Mansoura University Hospital. He is sincerely worried about one of his colleagues who is admitted to the intensive care unit. Which is the best ethical action to do? Select only one A. Respect privacy of your colleague and maintain his confidentiality. Correct Answer B. Ask the attending physician about the student’s illness and reason for admission. C. Go to the student directly to express your support and ask what is happening. D. Obtain your colleague's electronic medical record and read it to know his illness. E. Post an announcement on the medical student class’ Whatsapp groups to visit him. Question: 33 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 Which of the following is an example of cognitive symptoms of stress? Select only one A. Anxious or racing thoughts. Correct Answer B. Muscle aches and stiffness. C. Feeling of guilt sensation. D. Changed speech pattern. E. Sense of loneliness/isolation. Question: 34 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 A physician works in Wady-El-notron prison. He notices unjustified interference with patients’care violating the ethical principles. What is the best ethical action the physician would do? Select only one A. He should notify what happens to the proper authority. Correct Answer B. He should forget what occurrs to avoid losing his job. C. He should talk to his colleagues to support him. D. He should leave his job and search for another. E. He should treat the patient and hide the truth. Question: 35 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 When a psychiatrist reports to the police that a patient intends to harm someone. The psychiatrist is acting according to the principle of: Select only one A. Non-maleficence. Correct Answer B. Fairness. C. Autonomy. D. Beneficence. E. Justice. Question: 36 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 Mental capacity is fundamental for which of the following ethical principles? Select only one A. Autonomy. Correct Answer B. Justice. C. Non-maleficience. D. Beneficence. E. Confidentiality. Question: 37 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 One of the following is against informed consent: Select only one A. The patient is only told about the very common risks. Correct Answer B. Alternative treatments are explained to the patient. C. The patient must understand the whole procedure. D. The patient must be explained in understandable language. E. It should be taken directly from the patient. Question: 38 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 Which of the followings are the stages of memorization? Select only one A. Encoding, storage and retrieval. Correct Answer B. Recall, recognition and forgetting. C. Recall, recognition and relearning D. Recognition,encoding and recall. E. Retrieval ,recognition and relearning. Question: 39 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 Which of the following is the goal of ethical analysis? Select only one A. Comparing the ethical benefits and costs of each possible action. Correct Answer B. Getting one single appropriate solution for ethical dilemmas. C. Giving a solution for situations in which the person has no choice. D. Resolving disagreements and conflicts between health care providers. E. Providing fairness and equity for all persons involved in ethical dilemmas. Question: 40 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 Read this script and answer the question: Junior: We have a female patient who is under age. She comes with her mother for radiological investigation. She is probably pregnant. What should we do? Senior: I’m glad that you decided to talk to me about this. Our patient is 20 and she’s going to be 21 in two weeks but technically she’s still minor by law. What is the best ethical action in this situation? Select only one A. Respect autonomy and confidentiality of the patient. Correct Answer B. Tell the mother of the patient who is practically minor. C. Refer the patient to another radiologist to deal with her. D. Wait until you are sure of pregnancy test and then tell the parents. E. Help the patient to do abortion without informing her mother. Question: 41 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 A 14-year-old boy is brought to hospital with acute appendicitis. The surgical team thinks that he demonstrates sufficient maturity and understanding in order to agree to his operation. This means taking: Select only one A. Assent. Correct Answer B. Dissent. C. Valid consent. D. Implied consent. E. Explicit consent. Question: 42 Staus: Answered Mark: 0 / 1 A disabled patient has spent much of the last 3 years in a specialized spinal cord unit. He has no living relatives or close friends. The patient considers the medical staff as his family, and he asks his personal physician to serve as his healthcare proxy decision maker. Which of the following is the best professional action and why? Select only one A. Disagree; being a proxy and a physician for the patient blurs the professional boundaries. Correct Answer B. Agree as refusing to serve as the patient’s proxy would be a breach of physician responsibility. C. Agree as the physician must respect the professional virtues of altruism and compassion. D. Agree; if the hospital policy allows the physician to serve as the patient’s health care proxy. Incorrect Answer E. Disagree as being the patient's proxy decision maker is against the four ethical principles. Question: 43 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 Many ethical dilemmas involve conflicting ethical principles, and may require that clinicians choose one principle over the other. Identify which of the following choices best applies to the following clinical scenario: A patient who has a history of violence slapping his 8-year-old daughter in front of the therapist just prior to a family therapy session. The daughter is injured. The therapist talks to the man and contacts the local child protective services support unit. Select only one A. Beneficence over confidentiality. Correct Answer B. Beneficence over honesty. C. Confidentiality over beneficence. D. Respect for autonomy over beneficence. E. Respect for autonomy over justice. Question: 44 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 A family doctor works in a small town. One of his regular patients is always friendly when they see each other in the supermarket. The patient invites the physician on facebook. What is the best action the physician would do? Select only one A. Refuse and educate the patient how important to keep a professional relationship. Correct Answer B. Accept; as refusing will be harmful to the physician / patient relationship. C. Accept; as connecting on facebook facilitates communication and follow up. D. Refuse; because this is impolite and the patient is annoying and silly. E. Refuse and block her number in order to end any future relationship. Question: 45 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 A woman presents to the emergency department with her husband after an automobile crash. She is bleeding, and the emergency physician determines that she requires a blood transfusion. The patient is a Jehovah’s Witness and refuses the transfusion. She has decision-making capability, and her husband confirms his wife's religion and her refusal to receive blood products. Which of the following is most appropriate action to do? Select only one A. Contact the psychiatrist to examine the woman whether she has an untreated mental illness. B. Explain to the woman that the physician cannot treat her because he does not want to harm her. C. Obtain an informed consent from the woman's husband to transfuse blood. D. Give the patient a sedative and give her a life-saving blood transfusion. E. Talk to the patient about an alternative treatment to blood transfusion despite it is not the best one. Correct Answer Question: 46 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 You are a director of a poor health care facility with limited resources. You get a sum of money to either give a very expensive treatment for one patient with a rare disease or five patients with a very common and easy-to-treat disease. What ethical approach to justice to distribute this money and acheives a maximum benefit for the five patients? Select only one A. Utilitarian. Correct Answer B. Libertarian. C. Egalitarian. D. Restorative. E. Principlism. Question: 47 Staus: Answered Mark: 0 / 1 What is the best description of the following statement? A benchmark for good medical practice with tailoring of the new developments to specific individual characters. Select only one A. Personalized medicine. Correct Answer B. Consultation. C. Spiritual support. D. Perfectionism. Incorrect Answer E. Professionalism. Question: 48 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 A 4-year-old child with a broken forearm is brought to the emergency department by her baby- sitter. Urgent immediate anaesthesia is needed to achieve satisfactory realignment. Both the baby-sitter & emergency room staff have attempted to reach the child's Select only one A. The doctor should proceed with anaesthesia and treatment of the fractured forearm without consent. Correct Answer B. The baby-sitter’s permission would be sufficient without the parent’s consent. C. Because the parents are unreachable, the doctor should obtain a court order before treatment. D. The doctor must take the parents' consent first before any intervention. E. The doctor should take the consent of relatives if possible before any procedure. Question: 49 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 Which of the following terms indicates a set of regulations established by the government and if violated by individuals, there will be a penalty? Select only one A. Laws. Correct Answer B. Ethics. C. Dilemmas. D. Bioethics. E. Professional standards. Question: 50 Staus: Answered Mark: 0 / 1 Self-determination and taking decision for oneself indicates: Select only one A. Autonomy. Correct Answer B. Altruism. C. Justice. D. Equity. E. Dignity. Incorrect Answer Question: 51 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 A physician uses the official email for questions under the hospital’s protected portal. He receives a complaint from a patient taking lithium (a psychiatric drug) that she feels “a little funny”. The physician replies within 48 hours asking more about symptoms. The patient emails back that she thinks her symptoms are due to exercise in hot weather. Two days later the patient is admitted to the hospital due to lithium toxicity. What is the main mistake in this case? Select only one A. The physician handles the condition over email, not identifying the possible emergency. Correct Answer B. There is a breach of confidentiality as communication occurs through e-mail. C. There is a breach of professional boundaries by e-mailing the patient from the hospital. D. The patient has responded very late telling wrong data about her condition. E. The patient is negligent and she is responsible for the harm happening to her. Question: 52 Staus: Answered Mark: 0 / 1 A female widow begins weekly sessions of exercises with a male physical therapist due to hip joint pain. He gives her his email for questions which are restricted to patient's symptoms at the begining. Then, she tells him that she does exercises while listening to music, and asks what kind of music the therapist likes. He sends her his favourite music, sharing thoughts and feelings in next e-mails. One day, the therapist’s colleague asks him whom he is so busy emailing. When the colleague knows, he raises his eyebrows and makes a facial expression that worries the therapist who immediately stops responding to the patient’s emails. What is the correct statement about this case? Select only one A. It would be difficult to claim the therapist for malpractice as there is no clear harm to the patient, Correct Answer B. A physician-patient relationship is not established and the duty of care to the patient is unclear. Incorrect Answer C. There is no violation of professional boundaries between the therapist and the patient. D. The therapist should consider that the patient is a widow and should provide her an extra care. E. The therapist is professional and follows the ethical guidelines for the online communication. Question: 53 Staus: Answered Mark: 0 / 1 What is the type of claim issued by the doctor against a patient who refuses to pay? Select only one A. Civil. Correct Answer B. Infamous. Incorrect Answer C. Criminal. D. Mal-efficient. E. Civil & criminal. Question: 54 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 In which of the following conditions, a doctor could divulge a patient’s medical information to another health care professional on a strictly "need to know" basis? Select only one A. The patient gives an explicit consent. Correct Answer B. On the request of patient's relatives or family. C. The other physician is a close friend. D. The patient died a long time ago. E. The patient becomes mentally disable. Question: 55 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 You are a physician in your private clinic. One of the pharmaceutical medical representatives tries to convince you to use the company's products, which may not be the best ones for the patients. What is the best ethical behavior in this situation? Select only one A. You must resolve any conflict of interest in the best interest of your patients. Correct Answer B. No problem for using these sfe medical products and receiving free samples. C. You should refuse meeting the representatives of the company. D. You could use the company’s products for you family members. E. Your duty is to use these products to investigate their effectiveness. Question: 56 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 A psychiatrist reports to the police that a patient intended to kill someone. The psychiatrist is acting here according to the ethical principle of: Select only one A. Non-maleficence. Correct Answer B. Honesty. C. Integrity. D. Autonomy. E. Beneficence. Question: 57 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 One of the following is contradicting the doctrine of informed consent: Select only one A. The patient is just told the very common risks. Correct Answer B. Alternative treatments are mentioned to the patient. C. The patient should understand the nature of illness. D. The patient must be explained in a clear language. E. The patient is told about his right to refuse at any time. Question: 58 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 Any dishonorable behaviour of the doctor is defined as: Select only one A. Mal-eficience. B. Incompetence. C. Negligence. D. Error. E. Misconduct. Correct Answer Question: 59 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 The ethical principle that means acting for the best interest of the patient is: Select only one A. Beneficence. Correct Answer B. Respecting autonomy. C. Non-maleficence. D. Justice. E. Fidelity Question: 60 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 Nearly half of Slovenian patients with mesothelioma lived within 30 km of a large asbestos factory, the benefit of data obtained from the Cancer Registry results in: Select only one A. Closure of the factory and stop production of asbestos. Correct Answer B. Follow up of citizens for early cancer detection. C. Improved diagnosis and treatment of mesothelioma. D. Respecting patients' autonomy and beneficence. E. Problematic misuse of personal information in database. Question: 61 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 Which of the following indicates that mental capacity is impaired? Select only one A. The patient is unable to retain the information. Correct Answer B. The patient is not social with other people. C. The patient is unable to read the information. D. The patient is deaf and cannot hear the information. E. The patient makes an unaccepted (unconventional) decision. Question: 62 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 The voluntary giving up of the patient's own right to give an informed informed consent is called: Select only one A. Therapeutic waiver. Correct Answer B. Informed disclosure. C. Therapeutic privilege. D. Refusal of treatment. E. Personal voluntariness. Question: 63 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 A pediatrician refers many patients to her colleague. She asks him to reschedule his outpatients to see one of her patients for a second opinion due to an emergency. However, the patient is not in need of emergency care (in fact, he is the son of the hospital’s director). There is an overlapping duty owed to the colleague 's scheduled patients. What is the best professional behavior in this case? Select only one A. Discuss with the neurologist the conflict of interest and arrange a suitable date for the case which is not urgent. Correct Answer B. Report the neurologist's unprofessional behavior to his manager and the institution’s medical ethics counselling board. C. See the patient outside normal clinic hours or on a weekend day, even if this violates the clinic’s policies. D. Refuse this request and all future referrals from the neurologist to avoid any conflict or overlapping duties. E. Reschedule the outpatients and see the patient as requested to preserve the colleague’s relationship. Question: 64 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 Short Term Memory is characterized by one of the following: Select only one A. Very limited capacity. Correct Answer B. Retain facts and concepts. C. Remember information for days. D. Unlimited storage and duration. E. Recall of personal experiences. Question: 65 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 Which of the following impairs memory: Select only one A. Anxiety and guilt feeling. Correct Answer B. Regular exercise. C. Healthy diet. D. Chunking information. E. Marathon studying session. Question: 66 Staus: Answered Mark: 0 / 1 Professionalism preserves credibility and career security. Which of the following actions is considered a professional behavior? Select only one A. A junior doctor forgets to order a laboratory test for a patient and informs his senior the next day. Correct Answer B. A resident forgets to order a laboratory test for a patient and add an old test result in the patient's record. C. A resident forgets to order a laboratory test for a patient and blames the nurse on duty. D. A doctor performs a research with minimal harm without taking informed consent from participants. E. A plagiarism checker finds out a gross similarity of assignments delivered by five medical students. Incorrect Answer Question: 67 Staus: Answered Mark: 0 / 1 Making an unjustified harmful statement about an organization in any medium is termed: Select only one A. Defamation. Correct Answer B. Falsification. C. Libel. D. Slander. Incorrect Answer E. Assault. Question: 68 Staus: Answered Mark: 0 / 1 A 17-year-old female is treated for depression. Both the adolescent and her mother consented to psychotherapy. However, the depression has not improved and the psychiatrist recommends an antidepressant drug. The mother refuses to consent, due to her history of drug addiction and her refusal to all drugs. The 15-year-old girl wants to try the medication, understands the risks and benefits, and asks if she can consent for herself. The psychiatrist is unclear about state law as it relates to parental consent to treatment. What is the psychiatrist’s first action to do? Select only one A. Consult a colleague or legal counsel to determine at what age, a minor can consent to receive medications without parental consent in that state. Correct Answer B. Prescribe the medication because the adolescent is a mature minor, but do not inform the parent of the decision. C. Refer the patient to another psychiatrist to determine if the patient is legally capable of consent. D. Refuse to prescribe the medication because parental consent is always required when treating a minor. Incorrect Answer E. Prescribe the medication because the adolescent is a mature minor, and inform the parent of the decision. Question: 69 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 Written consent is required for: Select only one A. Pathological autopsy. Correct Answer B. Mass immunization. C. Medico-legal autopsy. D. Treatment of unconscious patient. E. Psychiatric examination of criminals. Question: 70 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 Autonomous, informed agreement of a sound minded person to undergo an operation is defined as: Select only one A. Informed consent. Correct Answer B. Autonomy. C. Confidentiality. D. Competence. E. Expressed consent. Question: 71 Staus: Answered Mark: 1 / 1 A medical student notices an error in the electronic database that contains her grades. The error gives the student an A when in fact she deserves B. She appears to be the only student affected, and the error will never be noticed if she is not pointed out. The student decides to report the grade error. Which of the following virtue is most clearly demonstrated by the medical student’s actions? Select only one A. Responsibility B. Compassion C. Altruism. D. Respect for autonomy E. Honesty Correct Answer