California Coast HCA 200 Unit 3 Exam US Health Care Systems

Multiple Choice Questions (Enter your answers on the
enclosed answer sheet)
1. John breaks his hip and must be hospitalized for hip
repair surgery. This is an example of
__________ care.
a. primary
b. acute
c. secondary
d. tertiary
2. One advantage of an LLP is __________.
a. ? nancial obligation limits
b. ease of
construction
c. independence
d. simplicity
3. Ambulatory care can be provided in which of the following
setting?
a. home health agency
b. hospice
c. physician’s of? ce
d. EMS of? ce
4. Acute care is described by all of the following except:
a. routine hospitalization and
surgery.
b. implies a level of
urgency.
c. the patient needs
access to health care services immediately.
d. based on the
seriousness, the patient may be admitted to the hospital.
5. Uses of the health information record include all of the
following except:
a. data for research
activities.
b. information for
patient care.
c. data for public
health monitoring.
d. data for ? xing prices of
care delivery with area physicians.
6. Institutional policy is set by the __________.
a. state and federal
regulation
b. governing board
c. administration
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7. ADLs are _________.
a. assessment of
daily living
b. assessment
delivery location
c. activities of daily living
d. alternative
delivery location
8. The two impairments most likely to result in the need for
residential long-term care are
__________.
a. bathing and eating
b. transferring and
bathing
c. continence control and
transferring
d. eating and
continence control
9. Of the group over age 85 that requires assistance,
__________ are in nursing homes.
a. greater than 15%
but less than 20%
b. greater than 10%
but less than 15%
c. less than 5%
d. greater than 5% and less than
10%
10. The most prevalent reason for home health care visits is
__________.
a. chronic illness
b. injury
c. cardiovascular illness
d. cancer
11. Medicaid will cover LTC payment in which situation?
a. The individual has
turned 65.
b. The individual is
disabled.
c. The individual quali? es for
LTC and meets Medicaid’s income test.
d. The individual did
not qualify for LTC insurance.
12. All of the following are categories of nursing home care
except:
a. SNF.
b. ADF.
c. ECF.
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13. Asylums are indicative of which mental illness treatment
period?
a. modern era
b. mid-twentieth
century
c. current era
d. moral era
14. A diagnosis of mental illness is determined _________.
a. solely through
measurable parameters
b. solely through
functional ability
c. through a combination of
objective and subjective data
d. through response
to prior treatment
15. This medical disorder involves the body, mood, and
thoughts.
a. Alzheimer’s
b. Schizophrenia
c. Depression
d. Anxiety disorder
16. Hallucinations are characteristic of __________.
a. schizophrenia
b. anxiety disorders
c. Alzheimer’s
d. depression
17. Hyperventilation and tachycardia often accompany
__________ disorder.
a. panic
b. generalized
anxiety
c. posttraumatic
stress
d.
obsessive-compulsive
18. The State Care Acts __________.
a. centralized ? nancial
responsibility for the care of individuals with mental illness in every
state government
b. called for an
expansion of neuropathology in mental hospitals
c. called for
bringing mental health services to the public in their communities
d. were a federally
funded effort to discover to what extent consumer-operated programs as
an
adjunct to traditional mental health services are effective in improving the
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19. The Act for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen
__________.
a. established the
Massachusetts public health agency
b. required the
quarantine of sailors with a contagious disease
c. provided funds for
the Report of the Sanitary Commission of Massachusetts
d. taxed the salaries of sailors
20. Epidemiology is __________.
a. the study of the history of a
disease
b. determining if
there is more or less of a disease than in the past
c. the continuous
search for and documentation of disease
d. the study of skin
diseases and disorders
21. Monitoring is __________.
a. the study of the
history of a disease
b. determining if there is more
or less of a disease than in the past
c. the study of skin
diseases and disorders
d. the continuous
search for and documentation of disease
22. 100 new cases of cardiovascular disease is a(n)
___________ measure.
a. mortality
b. incidence
c. prevalence
d. risks
23. 20 people died from cardiovascular disease this year,
making it a(n) ___________ measure.
a. mortality
b. incidence
c. prevalence
d. risks
24. The principal agency responsible for protecting the
nation’s health is the ___________.
a. Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
b. Food and Drug
Administration
c. Department of Health and
Human Services
d. Health Resources
and Services Administration
25. This agency provides health care for 25% of Americans.
a. Department of
Health and Human Services
b. Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services
c. Health Resources
and Services Administration
d. Food and Drug
Administration