CT CT Legal & Financial Aspects of Death

Question 1

What document allows a person to designate someone to make healthcare decisions on their behalf if they become incapacitated?

Accepted Answer

Durable power of attorney for healthcare

Answer

Living will

Answer

Do-not-resuscitate order

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Death certificate

Question 2

A living will is best described as which type of document?

Accepted Answer

A legal directive specifying a person's end-of-life medical treatment wishes

Answer

A document that distributes financial assets after death

Answer

A beneficiary designation form for life insurance

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A funeral pre-arrangement contract

Question 3

Which federal law requires healthcare providers to inform patients of their right to create advance directives?

Accepted Answer

Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA)

Answer

HIPAA

Answer

Americans with Disabilities Act

Answer

Medicare Modernization Act

Question 4

A Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) order directs healthcare providers to do what specifically?

Accepted Answer

Not perform CPR if the patient's heart or breathing stops

Answer

Prevent all medical treatment

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Transfer healthcare decisions to a proxy

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Authorize organ donation after death

Question 5

What is the term for the court-supervised legal process for validating a will and distributing a deceased person's estate?

Accepted Answer

Probate

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Testamentary trust

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Intestate succession

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Estate arbitration

Question 6

When a person dies without a valid will, they are said to have died in which legal state?

Accepted Answer

Intestate

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Testate

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Solvent

Answer

In probate