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HSA 515 Week 5 Midterm Exam Part 1
 
•	Question 1
5 out of 5 points
	
	In 1918, the American College of Surgeons drew up a “constitution” for hospitals setting forth the requirements for the care of the sick. This document was known as			
		
Correct Answer:	  
minimum standard
			
•	Question 2
5 out of 5 points
	
	The primary function of a hospital is to provide			
		

			
•	Question 3
5 out of 5 points
	
	The physician who employed the principles of percussion, auscultation, kept detailed clinical records, and performed numerous surgical procedures was			
		

			
•	Question 4
5 out of 5 points
	
	The American College of Surgeons was founded in 1913 under the leadership of			
		

			
•	Question 5
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	The Obama national health insurance plan is designed to________  discrimination against 
Americans with pre-existing conditions.			
		

			
•	Question 6
5 out of 5 points
	
	The first hospital where anesthesia was first publicly demonstrated in 1846, was conducted at			
		

			
•	Question 7
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	The inventor of the electrocardiograph, which marked the beginning of medicine in the 20th century			
		

			
•	Question 8
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	The person who claimed that the alarming number of deaths from puerperal fever was due to infection transmitted by students who came directly from the dissecting room to take care of maternity patients			
		

			
•	Question 9
5 out of 5 points
	
	The writings of Hippocrates were preserved by			
		
	
•	Question 10
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	Torts and contracts are examples of			
		

			
•	Question 11
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	The federal agency that issues public warnings when hazardous products have been identified			
		

			
•	Question 12
5 out of 5 points
	
	One of the main duties of the legislative branch of government is to			
		

			
•	Question 13
5 out of 5 points
	
	The federal Food and Drug Administration is an agency within the			
		

•	Question 14
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	Government program administered by the states to provide medical services to the medically needy			
		

			
•	Question 15
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	A major function of the executive branch of government			
		

			
•	Question 16
5 out of 5 points
	
	The U.S. Supreme Court consists of			
		

•	Question 17
5 out of 5 points
	
	The federal department responsible for overseeing the nation- social insurance program			
		

			
•	Question 18
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	Legal obligation that requires a person to conform to a specific standard of care to protect others			
		

			
•	Question 19
5 out of 5 points
	
	Example/s of intentional tort(s)			
		

			
•	Question 20
5 out of 5 points
	
	A pharmacist misreads a prescription and fills it with the wrong medication. The cashier accepts payment for the drug and the consumer leaves. The consumer, who had been filling the same prescription for the past two years, ingests the drug and suffers injuries. Who is responsible for the consumer- injuries?			
		

			
•	Question 21
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	The improper performance of a legal act, resulting in injury to another is			
		

			
•	Question 22
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	A person who is physically restrained from leaving a health care facility for not paying a bill is a victim of			
		

			
•	Question 23
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	Defense against recovery in a products liability case is			
		

			
•	Question 24
5 out of 5 points
	
	The intentional performance of an illegal or improper act			
		

			
•	Question 25
5 out of 5 points
	
	The tort of willful and intentional misrepresentation that could cause harm or loss to a person or property