HIM 410 FINAL EXAM | ALL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
• Nonphysician practitioners (NPPs) include:
a) Osteopaths
b) Dentists
c) Physician assistants
d) None of the above -✓✓ c) Physician assistants
• Primary care is:
a) Longitudinal
b) The portal to the healthcare system
c) Holistic
d) All of the above -✓✓ d) All of the above
• Allied health professionals include:
a) Osteopaths
b) Dentists
c) Physician assistants
d) None of the above -✓✓ c) Physician Assistants
• Organized medicine
,a) Concerted activities of physicians through the American Medical Association
b) Affiliation of physicians with medical schools
c) Standardized practice of medicine
d) Unionization of physicians -✓✓ a) Concerted activities of physicians through
the American Medical Association
• The roles and responsibilities of health services administrators include:
a) Leadership and strategic direction
b) Departmental management
c) Program oversight
d) All of the above -✓✓ d) All of the above
• The main difference between Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs) and Nurse
Practitioners (NPs) is:
a) CNSs work in hospitals, and NPs work mainly in primary care settings
b) NPs work mainly in hospitals and CNSs work mainly in primary care settings
c) CNSs deliver babies and NPs do not
d) NPs deliver babies and CNSs do not -✓✓ a) CNSs work in hospitals, and NPs
work mainly in primary care settings
• During the World War II period, health insurance became employer-based
because of
a) endorsement from Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans
, b) wage freezes
c) disputes between labor and management about the cost of health care
d) union demands -✓✓ b) wage freezes
• Which of the following is a major criticism of managed care?
a) Managed care is inefficient
b) Utilization may increase
c) Managed care will worsen the physician oversupply
d) Quality of care may be sacrificed -✓✓ d) Quality of care may be sacrificed
• On what grounds have middle-class Americans generally opposed proposals for a
national health insurance program?
a) higher taxes
b) government intervention
c) erosion of personal freedoms
d) cost of health care -✓✓ a) higher taxes
• In the US, public health and private practice of medicine developed separately
because
a) Americans favored private delivery of medical care over public health.
b) physicians were skeptical of the government taking control of medical practice.
c) a public health infrastructure was lacking
ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
• Nonphysician practitioners (NPPs) include:
a) Osteopaths
b) Dentists
c) Physician assistants
d) None of the above -✓✓ c) Physician assistants
• Primary care is:
a) Longitudinal
b) The portal to the healthcare system
c) Holistic
d) All of the above -✓✓ d) All of the above
• Allied health professionals include:
a) Osteopaths
b) Dentists
c) Physician assistants
d) None of the above -✓✓ c) Physician Assistants
• Organized medicine
,a) Concerted activities of physicians through the American Medical Association
b) Affiliation of physicians with medical schools
c) Standardized practice of medicine
d) Unionization of physicians -✓✓ a) Concerted activities of physicians through
the American Medical Association
• The roles and responsibilities of health services administrators include:
a) Leadership and strategic direction
b) Departmental management
c) Program oversight
d) All of the above -✓✓ d) All of the above
• The main difference between Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs) and Nurse
Practitioners (NPs) is:
a) CNSs work in hospitals, and NPs work mainly in primary care settings
b) NPs work mainly in hospitals and CNSs work mainly in primary care settings
c) CNSs deliver babies and NPs do not
d) NPs deliver babies and CNSs do not -✓✓ a) CNSs work in hospitals, and NPs
work mainly in primary care settings
• During the World War II period, health insurance became employer-based
because of
a) endorsement from Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans
, b) wage freezes
c) disputes between labor and management about the cost of health care
d) union demands -✓✓ b) wage freezes
• Which of the following is a major criticism of managed care?
a) Managed care is inefficient
b) Utilization may increase
c) Managed care will worsen the physician oversupply
d) Quality of care may be sacrificed -✓✓ d) Quality of care may be sacrificed
• On what grounds have middle-class Americans generally opposed proposals for a
national health insurance program?
a) higher taxes
b) government intervention
c) erosion of personal freedoms
d) cost of health care -✓✓ a) higher taxes
• In the US, public health and private practice of medicine developed separately
because
a) Americans favored private delivery of medical care over public health.
b) physicians were skeptical of the government taking control of medical practice.
c) a public health infrastructure was lacking
