HIM 410 FINAL EXAM PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Nonphysician practitioners (NPPs) include:
a) Osteopaths
b) Dentists
c) Physician assistants
d) None of the above - Answers - c) Physician assistants
Primary care is:
a) Longitudinal
b) The portal to the healthcare system
c) Holistic
d) All of the above - Answers - d) All of the above
Allied health professionals include:
a) Osteopaths
b) Dentists
c) Physician assistants
d) None of the above - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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
d) the practice of public health was not based on scientific methods. - Answers - b)
physicians were skeptical of the government taking control of medical practice.
The basic source of the physician distribution problem in the U.S. is:
a) Lack of health care coverage for all
b) The need-based model
c) Lack of awareness that there is a problem
d) A shortage of MDs - Answers - c) Lack of awareness that there is a problem
Which type of health care facility employs the most people in the U.S.?
a) Physicians' offices and clinics
b) Hospitals
c) Nursing and personal care facilities
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Nonphysician practitioners (NPPs) include:
a) Osteopaths
b) Dentists
c) Physician assistants
d) None of the above - Answers - c) Physician assistants
Primary care is:
a) Longitudinal
b) The portal to the healthcare system
c) Holistic
d) All of the above - Answers - d) All of the above
Allied health professionals include:
a) Osteopaths
b) Dentists
c) Physician assistants
d) None of the above - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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
d) the practice of public health was not based on scientific methods. - Answers - b)
physicians were skeptical of the government taking control of medical practice.
The basic source of the physician distribution problem in the U.S. is:
a) Lack of health care coverage for all
b) The need-based model
c) Lack of awareness that there is a problem
d) A shortage of MDs - Answers - c) Lack of awareness that there is a problem
Which type of health care facility employs the most people in the U.S.?
a) Physicians' offices and clinics
b) Hospitals
c) Nursing and personal care facilities
