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1. Medicare
a) is purchased by individuals ad families from an insurance
company
b) helps to pay medical costs for low-income families
c) may be provided by an employer
d) is a federal health insurance program for persons 65 years of
age and older
- ANS - D
2. Hospice
a) Provides short-term care until a patient recovers
b) Gives care only in the home setting
c) Focuses on palliative, comfort care and does not treat or cure
the disease
d) Provides care that only focuses on a patient's physical needs
- ANS - C
3. Health promotion includes
a) Immunizations against infectious disease
b) Respiratory, physical, and occupational therapies
c) Learning skills needed to live, work, and enjoy life
, d) Learning about healthy living
- ANS - D
4. Patients in a long-term care center, such as anAssisted Living
Facility (ALF) or a skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
a) Need hospital care
5. B) Are acutely ill
6. c) May be older with chronic diseases, poor nutrition, or poor
health
7. d) Are never able to return home
- ANS - C
8. The goal of rehabilitation and restorative care is
a) Teaching the patient about healthy living
b) Returining patients to their highest possible level of physical
and psychological functioning
c) Returning the patient completely to normal functioning
d) Treating the illness with diet, exercise, and medications
- ANS - B
9. Diagnostic tests, physical exams, surgery, emergency care, and
medications are used in
a) Heath promotion
b) Detection and treatment of disease
c) Rehabilitation and restorative care
d) Disease prevention
- ANS - B
10. When an illness or injury is on-going, is slow or gradual in
onset, and has no known cure, it is referred to as a
, a) Chronic illness
b) Acute illness
c) Terminal illness
d) Pre-existing condition
- ANS - A
11. All of these are members of the health team EXCEPT
a) Occupational therapist
b) Social worker
c) Janitor
d) Cleric
- ANS - C
12. The "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act"
a) Requires everyone to have health insurance
b) Replaces Medicare and Medicaid
c) Is only available to those who can afford health insurance
d) Will not insure those who have chronic illnesses
- ANS - A
13. A person with an acute illness is usually treated in
a) Hospital
b) Long-term care center
c) Assisted living facility
d) Rehabilitation agency
- ANS - A
14. Persons who have problems coping with life events may be
treated in a
a) Mental health center
2026/2027 Updated Verified Multiple
Choices Questions and Solutions A+
Pass Guaranteed
1. Medicare
a) is purchased by individuals ad families from an insurance
company
b) helps to pay medical costs for low-income families
c) may be provided by an employer
d) is a federal health insurance program for persons 65 years of
age and older
- ANS - D
2. Hospice
a) Provides short-term care until a patient recovers
b) Gives care only in the home setting
c) Focuses on palliative, comfort care and does not treat or cure
the disease
d) Provides care that only focuses on a patient's physical needs
- ANS - C
3. Health promotion includes
a) Immunizations against infectious disease
b) Respiratory, physical, and occupational therapies
c) Learning skills needed to live, work, and enjoy life
, d) Learning about healthy living
- ANS - D
4. Patients in a long-term care center, such as anAssisted Living
Facility (ALF) or a skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
a) Need hospital care
5. B) Are acutely ill
6. c) May be older with chronic diseases, poor nutrition, or poor
health
7. d) Are never able to return home
- ANS - C
8. The goal of rehabilitation and restorative care is
a) Teaching the patient about healthy living
b) Returining patients to their highest possible level of physical
and psychological functioning
c) Returning the patient completely to normal functioning
d) Treating the illness with diet, exercise, and medications
- ANS - B
9. Diagnostic tests, physical exams, surgery, emergency care, and
medications are used in
a) Heath promotion
b) Detection and treatment of disease
c) Rehabilitation and restorative care
d) Disease prevention
- ANS - B
10. When an illness or injury is on-going, is slow or gradual in
onset, and has no known cure, it is referred to as a
, a) Chronic illness
b) Acute illness
c) Terminal illness
d) Pre-existing condition
- ANS - A
11. All of these are members of the health team EXCEPT
a) Occupational therapist
b) Social worker
c) Janitor
d) Cleric
- ANS - C
12. The "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act"
a) Requires everyone to have health insurance
b) Replaces Medicare and Medicaid
c) Is only available to those who can afford health insurance
d) Will not insure those who have chronic illnesses
- ANS - A
13. A person with an acute illness is usually treated in
a) Hospital
b) Long-term care center
c) Assisted living facility
d) Rehabilitation agency
- ANS - A
14. Persons who have problems coping with life events may be
treated in a
a) Mental health center
