HSC3111 MIDTERM UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Which is not one of the three dimensions of the Iron Triangle of Healthcare?
Answer:
Efficacy
Question:
2. Physicians in America initially modeled their profes-sion after physicians in which country?
Answer:
England
Question:
3. US life expectancy has steadily improved over the last 50 years.
Answer:
False
Question:
4. What is the biggest healthcare problem for minorities in the United States?
Answer:
Access to healthcare
Question:
5. The Affordable Care Act has also been known as Oba-macare.
Answer:
True
Question:
6. What percentage of the US population has at least one chronic disease?
Answer:
More than 50 percent
Question:
7. Which is not one of the suggestions in the text for preparing for future diseases?
Answer:
Lower healthcare costs
Question:
8. The World Health Organization has predicted that serious epidemics could severely impact the
world's population
Answer:
True
Question:
9. Healthcare expenditures' share of the US gross do-mestic product (GDP) has recently decreased
after in-creasing steadily.
, Answer:
False
Question:
10. The Flexner Report caused the closure of about 35 percent of existing medical schools.
Answer:
True
Question:
11. What technological advance made the centralization of patients into hospitals and physicians
offices more practical?
Answer:
cars and transportation
Question:
12. People are recommended to eat about 2,000 calories per day. how many calories on the average
do Ameri-cans eat per day?
Answer:
3,600
Question:
13. About 10 percent of the elderly account for 50 percent of total us healthcare costs.
Answer:
true
Question:
14. There is little variation in healthcare spending in dif-ferent areas of the United States
Answer:
False
Question:
15. What percentage of black and hispanic children re-ceive medicaid coverage?
Answer:
55 percent
Question:
16. What is an example of a physician extender?
Answer:
Nurse practitioner
Question:
17. A physician extender can perform about 80 to 90 per-cent of medical activities normally done by
a physi-cian.
Answer:
True
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Which is not one of the three dimensions of the Iron Triangle of Healthcare?
Answer:
Efficacy
Question:
2. Physicians in America initially modeled their profes-sion after physicians in which country?
Answer:
England
Question:
3. US life expectancy has steadily improved over the last 50 years.
Answer:
False
Question:
4. What is the biggest healthcare problem for minorities in the United States?
Answer:
Access to healthcare
Question:
5. The Affordable Care Act has also been known as Oba-macare.
Answer:
True
Question:
6. What percentage of the US population has at least one chronic disease?
Answer:
More than 50 percent
Question:
7. Which is not one of the suggestions in the text for preparing for future diseases?
Answer:
Lower healthcare costs
Question:
8. The World Health Organization has predicted that serious epidemics could severely impact the
world's population
Answer:
True
Question:
9. Healthcare expenditures' share of the US gross do-mestic product (GDP) has recently decreased
after in-creasing steadily.
, Answer:
False
Question:
10. The Flexner Report caused the closure of about 35 percent of existing medical schools.
Answer:
True
Question:
11. What technological advance made the centralization of patients into hospitals and physicians
offices more practical?
Answer:
cars and transportation
Question:
12. People are recommended to eat about 2,000 calories per day. how many calories on the average
do Ameri-cans eat per day?
Answer:
3,600
Question:
13. About 10 percent of the elderly account for 50 percent of total us healthcare costs.
Answer:
true
Question:
14. There is little variation in healthcare spending in dif-ferent areas of the United States
Answer:
False
Question:
15. What percentage of black and hispanic children re-ceive medicaid coverage?
Answer:
55 percent
Question:
16. What is an example of a physician extender?
Answer:
Nurse practitioner
Question:
17. A physician extender can perform about 80 to 90 per-cent of medical activities normally done by
a physi-cian.
Answer:
True
