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 Part 2 - The Test

1) Human error in medicine:

A) Can cause adverse events

B) Are problems of psychology and engineering

C) A & B

D) None of the above

2) An accident is:

A) An adverse outcome after an error

B) An unplanned, expected, and undesired event

C) A & B

D) None of the above

3) Input Error or Misperception:

A) The input data are incorrectly perceived

B) An incorrect intention is formed based on that misperception

C) The wrong action is performed predicated on the incorrect intention

D) All the above

4) Error of omission is an error characterized by:

A) An inappropriate object, action, place, or time instead of the appropriate object, action, place, or time

B) The leaving out of an appropriate step in a process

C) The adding of a normally appropriate step to a process

D) None of the above

5) A medical error is an error that happens in a medical setting and is made by someone who:

A) Gave the appropriate dose of medication

B) Is engaged in a medical activity

C) Has poor handwriting

6) To reduce the probability of error, one can work on:

7) User problems in the use of medical equipment are of concern because of their effect on:

8) The frequency of relatively harmless events is hard to determine because they:

9) In a typical user error mishap:

10) Because not all errors can be eliminated: