HADM 6100 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
One of the Healthy People 2020 goals is to increase quality and years of life. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅True
Quality of life, in terms of health care, depends on daily functioning of the patient before the onset of
illness. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False
In preindustrial America, even untrained people could practice medicine. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅True
In the United States in the early 1800s, most mental asylums were run by the state. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅True
With regard to the legalities pertaining to the Affordable Care Act, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that
federal subsidies were to be made available only to those who purchased health insurance through an
exchange established by a state. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False
What type of justice is based on people's willingness and ability to pay? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Market
Medical sociologists define health as the optimal capacity of an individual to perform which of the
following? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Social roles and tasks
Which of the following has been the primary factor that has shielded the U.S. health care system from a
major overhaul? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Beliefs and values
What is voluntary health insurance? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Private health insurance
If an economist wanted to try to design a health care system based on market justice, which country
would be the best model? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅United States, with a relatively free market
Medicare is designed specifically for three categories of people. Those with chronic heart disease are
specifically covered. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False
, The Rand Health Insurance Experiment demonstrated that utilization could be lowered through cost
sharing. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅True
The United States does not have publicly financed health insurance specifically for the unemployed. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅True
Financing, rather than insurance, creates demand for health care. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False
Private insurance was the supposed source of medical insurance under the ACA. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅True
Risk is generally predictable for which group? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Groups of people
What is self-insurance? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Large employers assume risks and budget for medical
claims
For health insurance purposes, what is the threshold for full-time work under the Affordable Care Act? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅30 hours per week
If you were a strawberry farmer with no outside job, what medical insurance would you probably carry?
- CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Direct-purchase private insurance
What is the largest benefit to an insurance company of having a high number of enrollees? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Pooled risk
Characteristics of the medical home strategy include multidisciplinary practice-based teams and
coordinated care. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅True
Telephone triage, hospice services, and home health care are all examples of a mobile health care
facility. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅True
One of the Healthy People 2020 goals is to increase quality and years of life. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅True
Quality of life, in terms of health care, depends on daily functioning of the patient before the onset of
illness. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False
In preindustrial America, even untrained people could practice medicine. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅True
In the United States in the early 1800s, most mental asylums were run by the state. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅True
With regard to the legalities pertaining to the Affordable Care Act, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that
federal subsidies were to be made available only to those who purchased health insurance through an
exchange established by a state. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False
What type of justice is based on people's willingness and ability to pay? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Market
Medical sociologists define health as the optimal capacity of an individual to perform which of the
following? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Social roles and tasks
Which of the following has been the primary factor that has shielded the U.S. health care system from a
major overhaul? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Beliefs and values
What is voluntary health insurance? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Private health insurance
If an economist wanted to try to design a health care system based on market justice, which country
would be the best model? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅United States, with a relatively free market
Medicare is designed specifically for three categories of people. Those with chronic heart disease are
specifically covered. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False
, The Rand Health Insurance Experiment demonstrated that utilization could be lowered through cost
sharing. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅True
The United States does not have publicly financed health insurance specifically for the unemployed. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅True
Financing, rather than insurance, creates demand for health care. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False
Private insurance was the supposed source of medical insurance under the ACA. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅True
Risk is generally predictable for which group? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Groups of people
What is self-insurance? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Large employers assume risks and budget for medical
claims
For health insurance purposes, what is the threshold for full-time work under the Affordable Care Act? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅30 hours per week
If you were a strawberry farmer with no outside job, what medical insurance would you probably carry?
- CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Direct-purchase private insurance
What is the largest benefit to an insurance company of having a high number of enrollees? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Pooled risk
Characteristics of the medical home strategy include multidisciplinary practice-based teams and
coordinated care. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅True
Telephone triage, hospice services, and home health care are all examples of a mobile health care
facility. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅True
