Chapter 8 Legal Issues

Chapter 8  Legal Issues

Complete Chapter Questions And Answers
 

Sample Questions

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Changes in Medicare and Medicaid laws and statutory recognition of nursing in advanced practice (including prescriptive authority) are examples of what type of law?
a.
Legislative law
c.
Administrative law
b.
Constitutional law
d.
Common law

ANS: A PTS: 1

2. Law that generally involves relationships between individuals, rather than between the state and individuals, is:
a.
public law.
c.
tort law.
b.
contract law.
d.
civil law.

ANS: D PTS: 1

3. Fraud, invasion of privacy, assault, battery, and false imprisonment are examples of:
a.
intentional torts.
c.
unintentional torts.
b.
malpractice.
d.
negligence.

ANS: A PTS: 1

4. First- and second-degree murder, arson, burgarly, extortion, kidnapping, rape, and robbery are examples of which type of crime?
a.
Misdemeanor
c.
Felony
b.
Precedent
d.
Citation

ANS: C PTS: 1

5. The system of binding rules of action or conduct that governs the behavior of people in respect to relationships with others and with the government is:
a.
ethics.
c.
morals.
b.
law.
d.
intentional tort.

ANS: B PTS: 1