M.O.M. FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED ANSWERS 2026/2027
He believed that disease was caused by physical and environmental factors that could
be studied. - ANSWERSWhy is Hippocrates often called the father of Western
Medicine?
Palliative - ANSWERSWhat is the name for treatment that reduces symptoms of a
disease, but does not cure the disease?
Fee-for-service insurance - ANSWERSWhat type of insurance plan pays a physician
separate for each procedure that was performed?
Ambulatory - ANSWERSWhen a patient comes to the office for care and then leaves
and goes home, what type of care has the patient received?
Physician's Office - ANSWERSWhich of the following facilities now functions primarily to
provide acute care and diagnostic services?
Health Insurance - ANSWERSA system by which a person( or the person's employer)
pays an insurance company a yearly amount of money in exchange for the insurance
company's paying some or most of the person's medical expenses for that year is
Medicaid - ANSWERSThe insurance plan called ___________ is designed to provide
health insurance for low-income people.
Examination by the physician - ANSWERSWhich of the following occurs first when a
patient is seen in the medical office?
Routine care - ANSWERSWhat type of health care encourages regular checkups,
immunizations, and well child visits?
Capitation - ANSWERSWhat is it called when a physician receives one monthly fee
from the insurance company for each subscriber in his or her practice?
Formulary - ANSWERSWhat is the name for an insurance plan's list of approved
medications?
True - ANSWERSA medical assistant should avoid using diagnostic terminology in the
medical record.
DETAILED ANSWERS 2026/2027
He believed that disease was caused by physical and environmental factors that could
be studied. - ANSWERSWhy is Hippocrates often called the father of Western
Medicine?
Palliative - ANSWERSWhat is the name for treatment that reduces symptoms of a
disease, but does not cure the disease?
Fee-for-service insurance - ANSWERSWhat type of insurance plan pays a physician
separate for each procedure that was performed?
Ambulatory - ANSWERSWhen a patient comes to the office for care and then leaves
and goes home, what type of care has the patient received?
Physician's Office - ANSWERSWhich of the following facilities now functions primarily to
provide acute care and diagnostic services?
Health Insurance - ANSWERSA system by which a person( or the person's employer)
pays an insurance company a yearly amount of money in exchange for the insurance
company's paying some or most of the person's medical expenses for that year is
Medicaid - ANSWERSThe insurance plan called ___________ is designed to provide
health insurance for low-income people.
Examination by the physician - ANSWERSWhich of the following occurs first when a
patient is seen in the medical office?
Routine care - ANSWERSWhat type of health care encourages regular checkups,
immunizations, and well child visits?
Capitation - ANSWERSWhat is it called when a physician receives one monthly fee
from the insurance company for each subscriber in his or her practice?
Formulary - ANSWERSWhat is the name for an insurance plan's list of approved
medications?
True - ANSWERSA medical assistant should avoid using diagnostic terminology in the
medical record.
