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Professional Growth & Development (test 2)

Prepared by: Angelo Marc S. Rio, RN
NAME: SCORE: / 100

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer for the following questions. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED

1. Which of the following is not included 6. The public health midwife should be
in professional ethics? guided by which of the following principles
a. Good grooming when she joins a labor union?
b. Relationship with others a. Going on strike is the best action to
c. Behavior in public and private do when asking for a higher salary
d. Encroaching in the roles and b. Government employees can join
functions of other disciplines labor unions and go on strike
c. None of these
2. A health center midwife can work d. Joining an organization is a right
harmoniously with the other members of the guaranteed in the constitution
health team by:
a. Not interfering in their functions 7. Which of the following laws require that
b. Telling co-workers the fault of fellow prescribed medicines should be in generic
midwife name?
c. Not interfering with their illegal acts a. RA 6675 c. RA 7365
d. Covering up their deficiencies b. RA 7392 d. RA 7893

3. The midwifery curriculum prepares a 8. Unprofessional conduct means?

midwife to do which of the following? a. Violation of the ethical code
a. Handle normal deliveries b. Incapacity or inability to perform her
b. Take care of post caesarean patients duties
c. Treat early pneumonia with c. Failure in the board examination
antibiotics d. Failure to perform one’s duties
d. Treat diarrhea with oresol and other
home fluids 9. Which of the following is true about the
Code of Ethics for Midwives?
4. As a registered midwife who wants to a. A midwife who has accepted to
work in London legally, you must have take care of a patient should render
following documents except: service diligently and effectively
a. Working visa b. A midwife. is duty bound by
b. Valid passport professional ethics to reveal any information
c. Certificate of work experience given by her patient
d. Tourist visa c. A practicing midwife may receive a
commission for referral of patient made by
5. To become a registered midwife, a her
student-midwife should first do which of the d. A midwife working in a health care
following after graduation? facility should join a health team only at her
a. Take the midwifery licensure own discretion
exam
b. File her application for registration 10. While attending to a mother in labor,
at PRC the midwife failed to check the fetal heart
c. Join the IMAP as a regular member beat and has thus failed to recognize that
d. Post a sign outside her house that the fetus is in distress. This failure to assess
she can already accept home delivery correctly will make the midwife:
services a. Excused since she is not allowed to
handle complicated cases
b. Less liable because the physician was
not around at the time of delivery
c. Less liable because she is only a
newly registered midwife
d. Legally liable for negligence

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11. The following statements are true of the 19. Doing a thing which a person should not
functions of the POEA except: do or not doing a thing which a person
a. Placement of Filipino workers for should do is called:
employment abroad it a. Misdemeanor
b. Issuance of passport and visa b. Negligence
c. Monitoring of activities of private c. Incompetence
recruitment agencies d. Felony
d. Hiring workers on government to
government basis 20. Who among the following midwives
is an independent midwife practitioner?
12. Which of the following organizations is a. A midwife who manages her own
mainly concerned with the welfare of birthing home
midwifery students? b. A supervising midwife in a city health
a. APSOM c. CHED department
b. DOH d. IMAP c. A midwife who works in a family
planning clinic managed by an NGO
13. The physical aspect of one's personality d. The principal of a school of midwifery
includes one of the following factors:
a. Religion c. Intelligence 21. What indicates a mandatory
b. Emotional stability d. Health obligation to do something?
a. Duty c. Obligation
14. Which requirement is not required for a b. Responsibility d. Function
midwife to complete if she applies for a work
in a foreign country? 22. If a midwife admits her guilt in a
a. Pay placement fee of the crime she committed, her liability will be:
recruitment agency a. Justified c. Mitigated
b. Secure a passport b. Aggravated d. Exempted
c. Obtain a working visa
d. Verify with POEA if the recruitment 23. Government recognition of the
agency is accredited school of midwifery is called:
a. Award c. Accreditation
15. Which of the following science deals with b. License d. Permit
the morality of human acts:
a. Anthropology 24. Which of the following words
b. Biology describes the science of correct thinking?
c. Logic a. Ethics
d. Ethics b. Psychology
c. Sociology
16. A reliable guide for a newly appointed d. Logic
midwife regarding her roles and
responsibilities in her new position is: 25. The responsibilities of a midwife to
a. Her own ideas and decisions her adult patients are the following except:
b. Reading the textbook in ethics a. Always ask the consent of
c. Job description the immediate family before providing
d. Endorsement by friends working in intervention to her patient
the same facility b. Attend to her patient
carefully and conscientiously
17. You are a successful practicing private c. Guard as a sacred trust any
midwife operating a lying-in clinic with confidential information entrusted to her by
eight-bed capacity. According to DOH her patient
licensing and regulation, you are required to d. Provide to her patients the
have your lying-in clinic licensed. This is full benefit of her professional training and
embodied in RA? experience
a. 7883
b. 7392 26. Which of the following is meant by
c. 4226 ethics?
d. 7160 a. Long established practice that has
been handed down from one generation to
18. The ethical principle which means the another generation
greatest good for the greatest number is b. Knowledge of the origin and
the: interpretation of laws
a. Principle of Two-Fold Effect c. The general structure and attitudes
b. Utilitarian Principle of social groups
c. The Golden Rule d. Philosophical science dealing
d. Principle on the Origin & Destruction with the morality of the human acts
of Life

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27. When applying for a staff midwife 33. The following statements are traditional
position in a hospital you should address responsibilities of health center midwife
your letter of application to the: except:
a. Head nurse of the delivery room a. Home visit to a newborn until the
b. Principal of the school from where cord is off
you graduated b. Health teachings to pregnant women
c. Chief nurse of the hospital concerning importance of breast feeding
d. Director of the hospital c. Doing home visits to pregnant and
postpartum women
28. An unmarried midwife has a live-in d. Treatment of simple pneumonia
partner. ln our society, this act is considered cases at home
as:
a. Unprofessional 34. The salary of a midwife working in a
b. Immoral private or government entity is subject
c. Criminal annually to what tax?
d. Illegal a. Realty tax
b. Income tax
29. According to RA 1080, a midwife who c. Value added tax
passes the Midwifery Board Examination will d. Community tax
be considered as:
a. Qualified to be a staff midwife in a 35. Registered practicing midwives are
private hospital required to pay privilege tax except those
b. Capable of working abroad working in:
c. Civil service eligible a. Lying in centers
d. Qualified to teach b. Schools of midwifery
c. Government agencies
30. Your application as a midwife in a d. Private practice
government hospital was accepted and as a
professional, the points to be followed 36. Which Presidential decree refers to the
during the interview are the following, limitation of the number of children to four
except: for tax exemption?
a. Ask the interviewer about the nature a. PD 48
of the job and salary b. PD 658
b. Thank the interviewer at the end of c. PD 996
the interview d. PD 69
c. Answer all the questions honestly
and directly 37. Which of the following acts is not a
d. Ask the secretary if you are cause for removal of a member of the
already accepted Midwifery Board?
a. Guilty of immorality by committing
31. You are a supervising midwife assigned adultery
in the OB ward. To motivate your b. Serious negligence in performing
subordinates to perform their job efficiently duties and functions
and effectively, your actions will be to: c. Under investigation for charges
a. Reprimand in public, praise in private of committing irregularities in the board
b. Tell co-workers the deficiencies in examination
their job d. Incompetence
c. Give due recognition to a job well
done 38. Which of the following is the well-known
d. Inform the higher authorities the Local Government Code?
simple errors your supervisee has a. RA 7624
committed b. RA 7277
c. RA 4226
32. A health center midwife after being d. RA 7160
trained in family planning is expected to
perform her role in providing pre-marriage 39. A very intelligent newly graduate
counseling session to prospective couples. midwife opened a lying-in clinic in her
Which of these skills does she need most in community. She attends to deliveries of both
this activity? primis and multiparas. The action of the
a. Communication and analytical midwife is considered as: 1 L '
b. Technical and analytical a. Illegal
c. Communication and human b. Negligence
relations c. Within the scope of midwifery
d. Organizational and technical functions
d. Misdemeanor

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40. E.O. 51 refers to which of the 47. A midwife inserted a vaginal packing
following laws: to control bleeding and failed to remove it
a. Generics Act of 1968 resulting in infection. The action of the
b. Milk Code midwife is considered negligence based on
c. Safe Motherhood what doctrine?
d. Magna Carta of Public Health a. Force majeure
Workers b. Respondeat superior
c. Res ipsa loquitor
41. Which of the following is an example of d. Misdemeanor
crime with an aggravating circumstance?
a. The midwife attended a 48. You are a health center midwife for 8
delivery and the mother died because of years. You were called to attend to a home
heart attack delivery of G2P1 woman. You found out that
b. The midwife was not able to the presentation is breech. What is the best
attend to the home delivery because she action to be considered?
was sick a. Perform version to turn the baby to
c. The midwife attended a cephalic presentation
delivery and the baby died because of b. Accompany the woman to the
congenital heart disease hospital
d. The midwife performed c. Give her oxytocin to hasten delivery
an induced abortion for free d. Attend to the delivery only if you
have attended a breech delivery before
42. The law that stipulates the proper
conduct of public officials and employees: 49. You are a health center midwife,
a. RA 7164 thus, you are responsible for prenatal clinic
b. RA 6713 activities. A patient came for a checkup and
c. RA 6675 informs you that she did not have
d. RA 1612 menstruation since she delivered a year ago.
The following can be used as a guide in
43. A student midwife was called to determining her EDC, except:
attend to a normal delivery and she charged a. Ask her to recall the first date of
the patient for her services. She: quickening
a. Can be held liable for malpractice b. Measure the height of the fundus
b. ls not held liable since she is only a c. Refer the patient for ultrasound
student d. Check for the presenting part
c. ls exempted from liability 50. Which of the following are elements of a
d. ls justified in her action valid contract?
a. All of these
44. A written declaration of a man's b. Consent of both parties
decision which says what should be done c. Subject matter of the
with his possessions upon his death is contract
known as: d. Cause or reason of the
a. Contract contract
b. Power
c. Will 51. A midwife agreed to assist in a home
d. Consent delivery for a fee of P1500. The cause of the
contract is:
45. Accidents which human prudence can a. Professional fee
neither prevent nor foresee? b. Service of the midwife
a. Respondeat superior c. Midwife
b. Do ut des d. Pregnant woman
c. Res ipsa loquitor
d. Force majeure 52. A prescription to be valid should contain
the following information except:
46. When a midwife works as a private duty a. Age and name of client
nurse to a cancer patient who has just b. Address of the patient
undergone surgical operation, she is c. Name and professional registration
committing: number of prescriber
a. Negligence d. Date of prescription
b. Malpractice
c. Unethical conduct 53. You have learned from your training
d. Incompetence in CARI that early pneumonia can now be
treated at home with cotrimoxazole. The
duration of the treatment is:
a. 4 days c. 3 days
b. 5 days d. 7 days

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54. Which of the following qualities are 62. If a midwife failed to teach the
essential for a midwife to have in counseling mother techniques of breastfeeding and the
her patients? mother developed mastitis, the midwife is
a. All of these liable for:
b. Acceptance a. Not liable because the mother is
c. Empathy already an adult
d. Genuineness b. Malfeasance
c. Negligence
55. When the state takes personal d. Malpractice
property for public use, it is exercising:
a. Police power 63. The following statements are causes of
b. Power of imminent domain revocation/suspension of license except:
c. Power to tax a. A pending criminal case in
d. Graft and corruption court
b. Use of fraud in obtaining
56. The following statements are license
considered essential in making a working c. Serious ignorance
contract valid except: d. Serious negligence
a. Subject matter of contract is not
contrary to law 64. A midwife accidentally injures a patient
b. Parties involved are of legal age while doing her duty but without intention of
c. The contract have at least 4 inflicting such harm. Her action is considered
witnesses as:
d. Both parties have voluntarily a. Exempted because she is a midwife
accepted the terms of contract b. Not liable because she is just doing
her duty
57. A word for word written account of c. She is liable of negligence
what transpired between the patient and the d. She is liable of malpractice
midwife is called:
a. Interview 65. All of the following is true about birth
b. Process recording registration except:
c. Anecdotal report a. Hilots should be assisted by midwife
d. Role play in filling up the birth registration form
58. Which of the following functions of a b. The birth should be registered
registered midwife is considered traditional? with the DOH
a. Piercing the earlobe of a baby girl for c. The birth assistant should register
earring the birth
b. Pill dispensing d. Birth registration should be done
c. Handling normal delivery within 30 days after the birth of the baby
d. IUD insertion
66. A midwife who does not comply with
59. Which is considered a murder? the terms of the contract with her employer
a. Performing euthanasia can be accused of:
b. Killing a person during a vehicular a. Breach of confidentiality
accident b. Incompetence
c. Killing a person in self-defense c. Breach of contract
d. Indirect abortion d. Negligence

60. If a hospital performed tubal ligation on 67. If a midwife prescribes drugs, even if
a patient without informed consent, the she uses the generic name, she is guilty of:
persons who participated in the procedure a. Ignorance
can be held liable for: b. Negligence
a. Mutilation c. Malpractice
b. Homicide d. Incompetence
c. Serious physical injuries
d. Grave coercion 68. You refused to assist a doctor in
performing a criminal abortion, you are not
61. A public health midwife employed for 5 liable because:
years gave a DMPA injection to the client a. It is illegal in the Philippines
without the proper training on family b. The patient is a minor
planning. The midwife is guilty of: c. You have a right to refuse to follow
a. Unethical conduct doctor’s orders
b. Misdemeanor d. You are allowed to refuse if it is
c. Negligence against your religion
d. Malpractice

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69. In case of violators where the complaint 76. Which function of a midwife is not
is lodged to the Board of Midwifery, the included in the description provided for by
litigants and witness maybe summoned by: the Midwifery Act of 1992?
a. Summons a. Management of normal deliveries
b. Writ of habeas corpus b. Suturing perineal lacerations
c. Subpoena duces tecum c. Administration of intravenous fluid
d. Subpoena during obstetrical hemorrhage
d. Performing internal examination
70. Under RA 7392, a nurse before being in patients manifesting signs of
issued a certificate of registration should: abortion
a. Submit only 20 actually handled
delivery cases without taking the board 77. A person who makes a false statement
exam in an affidavit commits:
b. Take the board examination for a. Perjury
midwives b. Oral defamation
c. Submit to the Board 20 actually c. Slander
handled delivery cases certified by d. Falsification of documents
supervisor or director of the hospital
d. Submit to the Board 20 actually 78. Insanity as a defense is an:
handled delivery cases certified by the a. Exempting circumstance
supervisor or director of the hospital b. Mitigating circumstance
and pass the board examination for c. Alternative circumstance
midwives d. Aggravating circumstance

71. A law enacted by congress is called: 79. Which is a crime against a person’s civil
a. Presidential Decree status?
b. Executive Order a. Simulation of birth
c. Republic Act b. Slander
d. Board Resolution c. Theft
d. Murder
72. This is the drug of choice in the
treatment of early pneumonia: 80. The old Midwifery Law:
a. Cotrimoxazole a. RA 2644
b. Salbutamol b. RA 1080
c. Penicillin c. RA 2382
d. Erythromycin d. RA 877
81. The first part of the letter of applications
73. Health in the Hands of the people by the is the:
year 2000 is. a. Purpose of the letter
a. People in the community will be b. Qualifications of the applicant
self reliant c. Reference persons
b. People are utilizing health centers for d. Source of information
their needs
c. People who can afford to pay for 82. The summary of a person’s skills,
health care should be encouraged to go to abilities and personal qualities is written in
private hospitals the:
d. Community still prefers the dole-out a. Application letter
mentality b. Cover letter
c. Curriculum vitae
74. As a midwife which of the following d. Resume
activities can you best implement in the
prevention and control of measles? 83. The Latin equivalent means “to be
a. Immunization strong”
b. Refer cases to hospitals a. Ideals c. Values
c. Treat the measles cases b. Etiquette d. Law
d. Information dissemination to the
community about measles 84. When a health service is provided only
to persons who can afford it such as
75. The scope of Midwifery Licensure cosmetic surgery, the principle of justice
Examination does not include: applied is:
a. Principles of Bacteriology a. To each person an equal share
b. Domiciliary Midwifery b. To each person according to
c. Pharmacology contribution.
d. Criminology c. To each person according to free
market exchange
d. To each person according to merit

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85. When a midwife puts the bed in the 95. A midwife who refuses to follow the
lowest position because the patient is in order of her superior is committing:
danger of having a convulsion at any time, a. Insubordination
she is observing the: b. Malpractice
a. Principle of Beneficence c. Negligence
b. Principle of Non-maleficence d. Ignorance
c. Principle of Autonomy
d. Principle of Justice 96. Under RA 7392, a midwife can legally
administer to an obstetric patient which of
86. World Health Day which focuses on the the following drugs?
need for a healthy lifestyle is celebrated on: a. Antibiotic
b. Oxytocin
a. April 7 c. April 4 c. Contraceptive pills
b. April 10 d. April 9 d. IUD

87. Which correctly defines veracity? 97. In order to be a recipient of the benefits
a. Truthfulness provided by the Magna Carta, a midwife
b. Justice should be employed in the following, except:
c. Loyalty a. St. Luke’s Hospital
d. Duty b. Rural Health Unit
c. Philippine General Hospital
88. The duty of health care providers to do d. City Health Office
good and what is best to their patient is
embodied in the: 98. All of the following are Filipino citizens
a. Principle of beneficence except:
b. Principle of justice a. Any person born in the
c. Principle of autonomy Philippines
d. Principle of nonmaleficence b. Persons whose mother is a Filipino
citizen
89. Informed consent is based on the c. Persons who are naturalized Filipino
principle of: citizens
a. Principle of beneficence d. Persons whose father is a Filipino
b. Principle of justice citizen
c. Principle of autonomy
d. Principle of nonmaleficence 99. The most important document that a
90. The President do not issue a/an? midwife should bring with her every day the
a. Executive order board examination is her:
b. Republic act a. School identification card
c. Letter of instruction b. Notice of Admission
d. Presidential decree c. Pencil and ball pen
d. Test questionnaire and answer sheet
91. This law aims to control air pollution:
a. PD 825 100. An examinee passes their Midwifery
b. RA 8749 Licensure examination if she obtains:
c. PD 651 a. An average rating of 60%
d. RA 9275 b. No grade below 75% in any subject
c. An average rating of 75%
2. The PRC license is valid for a period of: d. An average rating of 80%
a. One year
b. Two years
c. Three years
d. Four years

93. A registered nurse-midwife can be a

member of IMAP as a/an:
a. Affiliate member
b. Associate member
c. Regular member
d. Active member

94. Performing all acts necessary for a

crime but not obtaining the desired crime or
result is what kind of felony?
a. Attempted felony
b. Frustrated felony
c. Consummated felony
d. Alternative felony

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