Concepts of Athletic Training, Fourth Edition: Practice Quizzes

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Practice Quizzes

Please read each question and select your answer from the choices provided. You must complete all of the questions in order to view your results. At the end of each exam, you have the option to e-mail your results to your instructor.

1: To cause harm to someone, other than a breach of contact, in legal terminology constitutes which one of the following?
	A: Duty
	B: Proximate Cause
	C: Omission
	D: Negligence
	E: Tort

2: Which of the following terms denotes the concept that “the plaintiff is found to be responsible for the injury, in part, or totally?
	A: Duty
	B: Comparative
	C: Negligence
	D: Contributory Negligence
	E: Tort

3: When the plaintiff assumes responsibility for injury, or in other words, he or she agrees to participate when there is a chance of suffering an injury, the athlete’s actions falls under which of the following legal tenets?
	A: Contributory Negligence
	B: Breach of Duty
	C: Tort
	D: Assumption of Risk
	E: None of these

4: Which of the following would not constitute negligence on the part of the coach?
	A: Failure to provide proper equipment
	B: Failure to supervise
	C: Moving or improperly treating an injured athlete
	D: Failure to warn
	E: All of these can constitute negligence

5: The assumption of protection of coaches from litigation based upon their employment by a government agency is known as which one of the following?
	A: Duty
	B: Tort
	C: Act of omission
	D: Assumption of risk
	E: Doctrine of sovereign immunity

6: Which one of the following terms best fits the statement, “the failure to do what a reasonably careful and prudent person would have done under the same or like circumstances”?
	A: Contributory negligence
	B: Breach of duty
	C: Assumption of risk
	D: Negligence

7: Which of the following might be named as a defendant in a school sports-related tort claim?
	A: Coach
	B: Official
	C: School district
	D: Athletic director
	E: All of these could be named

8: From a legal standpoint, coaches employed by governmental agencies enjoy total immunity from lawsuits because of the doctrine of sovereign immunity.
	A: true
	B: false

9: A comprehensive suggested protocol for a preparticipation physical evaluation (PPE) can be obtained by contacting the American Academy of Family Physicians.
	A: true
	B: false

10: According to the text, failure to warn has never been found to be a negligent action on the part of a coach.
	A: true
	B: false

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