HCA PROVINCIAL EXAM REVIEWER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(VERIFIED AND WELL DETAILED ANSWERS) LATEST UPDATE
2025/2026
A current trend in the Canadian health care system is to:
A. Increase public spending on hospitals
B. Decrease spending on community-based services
C. Focus on providing more community-based services
D. Promote facility-based services over home care - CORRECT ANSWERS -
The correct answer:
C. Focus on providing more community-based services
2. Home care is an example of:
A. A community-based service
B. A facility-based service
C. A community day program
D. Palliative care - CORRECT ANSWERS - A. A community-based service
3. Which work setting provides acute care?
A. Home care
B. Long-term care facilities
C. Assisted-living facilities
D. Hospitals - CORRECT ANSWERS - D. Hospitals
,4. Which work setting may provide subacute care?
A. Retirement homes
B. Long-term care facilities
C. Group homes
D. Hospices - CORRECT ANSWERS - B. Long-term care facilities
5. What type of service aims to provide a temporary break to family caregivers?
A. Acute care services
B. Palliative care
C. Respite services
D. Outpatient services - CORRECT ANSWERS - C. Respite services
6. Which of the following is an example of a residential facility?
A. Hospital
B. Methadone clinic
C. Private residence
D. Assisted-living facility - CORRECT ANSWERS - D. Assisted-living facility
7. Residents in retirement facilities generally include:
A. People with mental impairment
B. Young adults with physical or other disabilities
C. Frail older adults with multiple health problems
D. Older adults with limited care needs - CORRECT ANSWERS - D. Older
adults with limited care needs
,8. Residents in long-term care facilities generally require:
A. 24-hour nursing care and support services
B. Supervision and limited support services
C. Acute care
D. Housekeeping services, but not meal services - CORRECT ANSWERS - A.
24-hour nursing care and support services
9. In which setting is maintaining a homelike atmosphere especially important?
A. Hospital
B. Doctor's office
C. Community day program
D. Long-term care facility - CORRECT ANSWERS - D. Long-term care facility
4. Which of the following is one of the key determinants of health?
A. Cognitive health B. Biology and genetic endowment
C. Fear and anxiety
D. Change in sexual functioning - CORRECT ANSWERS - B. Biology and
genetic endowment
1. The membership of a health care team is determined by:
A. The client's needs
B. The nurse's needs
C. The physician's needs
D. The needs of the client's family - CORRECT ANSWERS - The correct
answer:
, A. The client's needs
2. Which of the following is a benefit of the team approach to health care?
A. Opportunities for confidentiality
B. Opportunities for delegation
C. Opportunities for collaboration
D. Opportunities for assignment of tasks - CORRECT ANSWERS - C.
Opportunities for collaboration
3. The following statements are about health care teams and facilities. Which is
true?
A. Teams are often interdisciplinary.
B. Family conferences do not include the client.
C. Team members usually work in different locations.
D. Team members have few opportunities to meet. - CORRECT ANSWERS - A.
Teams are often interdisciplinary.
4. In a community setting, who usually assesses, monitors, and evaluates client's
needs and coordinates the services of the health care team?
A. The family physician
B. The case manager
C. The occupational therapist
D. The social worker - CORRECT ANSWERS - B. The case manager
5. Delegation means:
(VERIFIED AND WELL DETAILED ANSWERS) LATEST UPDATE
2025/2026
A current trend in the Canadian health care system is to:
A. Increase public spending on hospitals
B. Decrease spending on community-based services
C. Focus on providing more community-based services
D. Promote facility-based services over home care - CORRECT ANSWERS -
The correct answer:
C. Focus on providing more community-based services
2. Home care is an example of:
A. A community-based service
B. A facility-based service
C. A community day program
D. Palliative care - CORRECT ANSWERS - A. A community-based service
3. Which work setting provides acute care?
A. Home care
B. Long-term care facilities
C. Assisted-living facilities
D. Hospitals - CORRECT ANSWERS - D. Hospitals
,4. Which work setting may provide subacute care?
A. Retirement homes
B. Long-term care facilities
C. Group homes
D. Hospices - CORRECT ANSWERS - B. Long-term care facilities
5. What type of service aims to provide a temporary break to family caregivers?
A. Acute care services
B. Palliative care
C. Respite services
D. Outpatient services - CORRECT ANSWERS - C. Respite services
6. Which of the following is an example of a residential facility?
A. Hospital
B. Methadone clinic
C. Private residence
D. Assisted-living facility - CORRECT ANSWERS - D. Assisted-living facility
7. Residents in retirement facilities generally include:
A. People with mental impairment
B. Young adults with physical or other disabilities
C. Frail older adults with multiple health problems
D. Older adults with limited care needs - CORRECT ANSWERS - D. Older
adults with limited care needs
,8. Residents in long-term care facilities generally require:
A. 24-hour nursing care and support services
B. Supervision and limited support services
C. Acute care
D. Housekeeping services, but not meal services - CORRECT ANSWERS - A.
24-hour nursing care and support services
9. In which setting is maintaining a homelike atmosphere especially important?
A. Hospital
B. Doctor's office
C. Community day program
D. Long-term care facility - CORRECT ANSWERS - D. Long-term care facility
4. Which of the following is one of the key determinants of health?
A. Cognitive health B. Biology and genetic endowment
C. Fear and anxiety
D. Change in sexual functioning - CORRECT ANSWERS - B. Biology and
genetic endowment
1. The membership of a health care team is determined by:
A. The client's needs
B. The nurse's needs
C. The physician's needs
D. The needs of the client's family - CORRECT ANSWERS - The correct
answer:
, A. The client's needs
2. Which of the following is a benefit of the team approach to health care?
A. Opportunities for confidentiality
B. Opportunities for delegation
C. Opportunities for collaboration
D. Opportunities for assignment of tasks - CORRECT ANSWERS - C.
Opportunities for collaboration
3. The following statements are about health care teams and facilities. Which is
true?
A. Teams are often interdisciplinary.
B. Family conferences do not include the client.
C. Team members usually work in different locations.
D. Team members have few opportunities to meet. - CORRECT ANSWERS - A.
Teams are often interdisciplinary.
4. In a community setting, who usually assesses, monitors, and evaluates client's
needs and coordinates the services of the health care team?
A. The family physician
B. The case manager
C. The occupational therapist
D. The social worker - CORRECT ANSWERS - B. The case manager
5. Delegation means:
