HCA EVALUATION EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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✔✔True or False? Health educators teach people about behaviors that promote
wellness and develop and implement strategies to improve the health of both individuals
and communities. - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔True or False? As of 2015, no states required licensure for health educators. -
✔✔TRUE
✔✔Community health educators often educate which of the following groups with
information related to the importance of funding health programs? - ✔✔Legislators
✔✔Which of the following areas employ the lowest numbers of health educators? -
✔✔Social assistance programs
✔✔How many states in the United States require optometrists to be licensed? - ✔✔All
states
✔✔Speech-language pathologists perform which of the following job duties? - ✔✔All of
the choices are correct.
Assess and treat swallowing disorders
Diagnose language disorders
Treat and help prevent communication disorders
✔✔Hearing impairment can take many forms. Which of the below are examples of
those forms? - ✔✔All of the choices are correct.
Inability to hear speech loudly enough
Inability to understand and use speech to communicate
Inability to hear speech clearly
✔✔True or False? The goals of occupational therapy in public schools focus not on
treatment or rehabilitation, but on the resources that an individual child needs to
participate effectively in the educational program. - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔The number of speech-language pathologists in private practice should increase
because hospitals, schools, and nursing care facilities will contain costs by increasingly
contraction out for these services. - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔True or False? Dispensing opticians are also called optometrists. - ✔✔FALSE
,✔✔Some of the reasons the job market is very good for the new optometrist include
which of the following? - ✔✔Increasing vision care needs of an aging population.
✔✔Structured apprenticeships are more commonly available for ophthalmic laboratory
technicians in states where licensing is not mandatory, and these programs are usually
offered by large employers. - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔Speech, language, and swallowing difficulties can result from a variety of causes,
including which of the following? - ✔✔All of the choices are correct.
Hearing loss
Brain injury
Emotional problems
✔✔Which type of therapy refers to therapy provided to those who are recovering from
illness or injury that encourages rehabilitation by performing the activities of daily life? -
✔✔Occupational
✔✔True or False? All dispensing opticians must complete a degree program to enter
the job market. - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔Typical job duties of an occupational therapy aide would include which of the
following? - ✔✔All of the choices are correct.
Restocking or ordering depleted supplies
Prepare materials and assemble equipment
Scheduling appointments and answering the telephone
✔✔True or False? Typical entry-level education for occupational therapy assistants is
an Associate degree; in contrast, occupational therapy aides usually need a Bachelor's
degree. - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔True or False? Occupational therapy assistants and aides work under the direction
of occupational therapists to provide rehabilitative services to patients suffering from
mental, physical, emotional, or developmental impairment. - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔True or False? Even though Medicare covers most of the cost of hearing aids, active
older adults with adequate financial resources are likely to seek services of audiologists
to be fitted for hearing aids in order to maintain an active lifestyle. - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔True or False? Optometrists are qualified to perform eye surgery. - ✔✔FALSE
, ✔✔Which of the following statements about occupational therapists is not true? -
✔✔They prescribe medications to help patients deal with disabilities.
✔✔Typical job duties of an occupational therapy aide would include which of the
following? - ✔✔All of the choices are correct.
Scheduling appointments and answering the telephone
Restocking or ordering depleted supplies
Prepare materials and assemble equipment
✔✔True or False? Optometrists are qualified to treat some other diseases that are
considered "systemic," such as diabetes and high blood pressure. - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔True or False? A doctoral degree from a program accredited by the Council on
Academic Accreditation is the requirement for licensure for entry-level audiologists. -
✔✔TRUE
✔✔True or False? All dispensing opticians must complete a degree program to enter
the job market. - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔The OAT (Optometry Admission Test) consists of which of the following? - ✔✔Four
tests
✔✔A language disorder is defined as all but which of the following? - ✔✔Difficulty
controlling speech production
✔✔True or False? The National Board for Certifying Occupational Therapy certifies
occupational therapy assistants through a national certifying exam. Those who pass the
test are awarded the title Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA). - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔It is not possible for speech therapy to be provided via telepractice. - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔Audiologists work with people who have balance issues related to ear problems. -
✔✔TRUE
✔✔Ophthalmologists are qualified to perform eye surgery. - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔Applicants to occupational therapy assistant programs can improve their chances of
admission by doing which of the following? - ✔✔All of the choices are correct.
Taking high school courses in biology and health
Volunteering in occupational therapy offices
Volunteering in nursing care facilities
SCORED A+
✔✔True or False? Health educators teach people about behaviors that promote
wellness and develop and implement strategies to improve the health of both individuals
and communities. - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔True or False? As of 2015, no states required licensure for health educators. -
✔✔TRUE
✔✔Community health educators often educate which of the following groups with
information related to the importance of funding health programs? - ✔✔Legislators
✔✔Which of the following areas employ the lowest numbers of health educators? -
✔✔Social assistance programs
✔✔How many states in the United States require optometrists to be licensed? - ✔✔All
states
✔✔Speech-language pathologists perform which of the following job duties? - ✔✔All of
the choices are correct.
Assess and treat swallowing disorders
Diagnose language disorders
Treat and help prevent communication disorders
✔✔Hearing impairment can take many forms. Which of the below are examples of
those forms? - ✔✔All of the choices are correct.
Inability to hear speech loudly enough
Inability to understand and use speech to communicate
Inability to hear speech clearly
✔✔True or False? The goals of occupational therapy in public schools focus not on
treatment or rehabilitation, but on the resources that an individual child needs to
participate effectively in the educational program. - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔The number of speech-language pathologists in private practice should increase
because hospitals, schools, and nursing care facilities will contain costs by increasingly
contraction out for these services. - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔True or False? Dispensing opticians are also called optometrists. - ✔✔FALSE
,✔✔Some of the reasons the job market is very good for the new optometrist include
which of the following? - ✔✔Increasing vision care needs of an aging population.
✔✔Structured apprenticeships are more commonly available for ophthalmic laboratory
technicians in states where licensing is not mandatory, and these programs are usually
offered by large employers. - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔Speech, language, and swallowing difficulties can result from a variety of causes,
including which of the following? - ✔✔All of the choices are correct.
Hearing loss
Brain injury
Emotional problems
✔✔Which type of therapy refers to therapy provided to those who are recovering from
illness or injury that encourages rehabilitation by performing the activities of daily life? -
✔✔Occupational
✔✔True or False? All dispensing opticians must complete a degree program to enter
the job market. - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔Typical job duties of an occupational therapy aide would include which of the
following? - ✔✔All of the choices are correct.
Restocking or ordering depleted supplies
Prepare materials and assemble equipment
Scheduling appointments and answering the telephone
✔✔True or False? Typical entry-level education for occupational therapy assistants is
an Associate degree; in contrast, occupational therapy aides usually need a Bachelor's
degree. - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔True or False? Occupational therapy assistants and aides work under the direction
of occupational therapists to provide rehabilitative services to patients suffering from
mental, physical, emotional, or developmental impairment. - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔True or False? Even though Medicare covers most of the cost of hearing aids, active
older adults with adequate financial resources are likely to seek services of audiologists
to be fitted for hearing aids in order to maintain an active lifestyle. - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔True or False? Optometrists are qualified to perform eye surgery. - ✔✔FALSE
, ✔✔Which of the following statements about occupational therapists is not true? -
✔✔They prescribe medications to help patients deal with disabilities.
✔✔Typical job duties of an occupational therapy aide would include which of the
following? - ✔✔All of the choices are correct.
Scheduling appointments and answering the telephone
Restocking or ordering depleted supplies
Prepare materials and assemble equipment
✔✔True or False? Optometrists are qualified to treat some other diseases that are
considered "systemic," such as diabetes and high blood pressure. - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔True or False? A doctoral degree from a program accredited by the Council on
Academic Accreditation is the requirement for licensure for entry-level audiologists. -
✔✔TRUE
✔✔True or False? All dispensing opticians must complete a degree program to enter
the job market. - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔The OAT (Optometry Admission Test) consists of which of the following? - ✔✔Four
tests
✔✔A language disorder is defined as all but which of the following? - ✔✔Difficulty
controlling speech production
✔✔True or False? The National Board for Certifying Occupational Therapy certifies
occupational therapy assistants through a national certifying exam. Those who pass the
test are awarded the title Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA). - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔It is not possible for speech therapy to be provided via telepractice. - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔Audiologists work with people who have balance issues related to ear problems. -
✔✔TRUE
✔✔Ophthalmologists are qualified to perform eye surgery. - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔Applicants to occupational therapy assistant programs can improve their chances of
admission by doing which of the following? - ✔✔All of the choices are correct.
Taking high school courses in biology and health
Volunteering in occupational therapy offices
Volunteering in nursing care facilities
