IAHSS BASIC HEALTHCARE CORE MAIN QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is a division of which of the
following?
A. The Joint Commission
B. OSHA
C. US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
d. long-term ACUTE CARE (ltac) - ✔✔C. CMS is a division of HHS.
✔✔Which of the following are credentialed to admit patients to the hospital?
A. Interns
B. Attending physicians
C. Hospitalists
D. Residents - ✔✔B. ATTENDING PHYSICIANS are credentialed to admit patients to
the hospital.
✔✔Who is the patient's advocate during a hospital stay?
A. Physician
B. Social Services
C. Admitting clerk
D. Nurse - ✔✔D. The NURSE is the patient's advocate during a hospital stay.
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a typical function of the business office?
A. Registration
B. Environmental Services
C. Cashier
D. Accounts Receivable - ✔✔B. ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES is NOT a typical
function of the business office.
✔✔The act of a patient using someone else's information to fraudulently obtain medical
services is called what?
,A. Medication-seeking patient
B. Suspicious activity
C. Identification hijacking
D. Medical identity theft - ✔✔D. The act of a patient using someone else's information to
fraudulently obtain medical services is called MEDICAL IDENTITY THEFT.
✔✔Access to patient information is limited to those who "need to know" by which of the
following?
A. FBI
B. OSHA
C. HIPPA
D. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) - ✔✔C. Access to patient information is
limited to those who "need to know" by HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY ACT (HIPPA)
✔✔True or false: Escorts for valuables and cash should be at the same time each day
and should follow the same route to the facility.
A. True
B. False - ✔✔B. FALSE
Escorts for valuables and cash SHOULD NOT be at the same time each day and
SHOULD NOT follow the same route to the facility.
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a function security provides for the business
office/financial services area?
A. Patrol
B. Customer relations
C. Refunding payment
D. Investigations - ✔✔C. REFUNDING PAYMENT is NOT a function security provides
for the business office/financial services area.
✔✔Which of the following defines over-the-counter medications?
A. Anything that one can inject, inhale or absorb into the body that is designed to
improve a condition.
B. Remedies or cures
C. Do not require a prescription and are generally displayed on the consumer side of
the pharmacy counter
D. Controlled substances - ✔✔C. Medications that DO NOT REQUIRE A
PRESCRIPTION AND ARE GENERALLY DISPLAYED ON THE CONSUMER SIDE OF
THE PHARMACY COUNTER defines over-the-counter medications.
✔✔Which of the following are examples of schedule II substances?
A. Heroin, marijuana, methaqualone
B. Morphine, cocaine, methadone
C. Codeine, Vicodin, OxyContin
, D. Darvon, Valium, Xanax - ✔✔B. MORPHINE, COCAINE and METHADONE are
examples of schedule II substances.
✔✔Which of the following is NOT an example of a drug diversion method?
A. Fraudulent prescription
B. Falsify a patient's chart
C. Keep unused drugs after surgery
D. Obtain a prescription from your physician - ✔✔D. OBTAIN A PRESCRIPTION FROM
YOUR PHYSICIAN is NOT an example of a drug diversion.
✔✔In which year was the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) enacted?
A. 1970
B. 1972
C. 1968
D. 1984 - ✔✔A. 1970 is the year the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) was enacted.
✔✔Which of the following staff may enter the compounding area in a pharmacy?
A. Housekeeping aide
B. Licensed pharmacist
C. Pharmacy secretary
D. Pharmacy technician - ✔✔B. The compounding area (where drugs are stored and
prepared) may only be entered by, or in the presence of, A LICENSED PHARMACIST.
✔✔Which of these conditions make it difficult to work effectively with behavioral
patients?
A. Age and ethnicity
B. Reputation of the healthcare organization
C. Short wait periods
D. Drug and alcohol impairment - ✔✔D. DRUG AND ALCOHOL IMPAIRMENT make it
difficult to work effectively with behavioral patients.
✔✔The Joint Commission requires that risk assessments be conducted how often?
A. Every two years
B. Every six months
C. Every year
D. Monthly - ✔✔C. The Joint Commission requires that risk assessments be conducted
EVERY YEAR.
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a type of mental health unit?
A. Closed caption
B. Open
C. Closed
D. Outpatient - ✔✔A. CLOSED CAPTION is NOT a type of mental health unit.
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is a division of which of the
following?
A. The Joint Commission
B. OSHA
C. US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
d. long-term ACUTE CARE (ltac) - ✔✔C. CMS is a division of HHS.
✔✔Which of the following are credentialed to admit patients to the hospital?
A. Interns
B. Attending physicians
C. Hospitalists
D. Residents - ✔✔B. ATTENDING PHYSICIANS are credentialed to admit patients to
the hospital.
✔✔Who is the patient's advocate during a hospital stay?
A. Physician
B. Social Services
C. Admitting clerk
D. Nurse - ✔✔D. The NURSE is the patient's advocate during a hospital stay.
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a typical function of the business office?
A. Registration
B. Environmental Services
C. Cashier
D. Accounts Receivable - ✔✔B. ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES is NOT a typical
function of the business office.
✔✔The act of a patient using someone else's information to fraudulently obtain medical
services is called what?
,A. Medication-seeking patient
B. Suspicious activity
C. Identification hijacking
D. Medical identity theft - ✔✔D. The act of a patient using someone else's information to
fraudulently obtain medical services is called MEDICAL IDENTITY THEFT.
✔✔Access to patient information is limited to those who "need to know" by which of the
following?
A. FBI
B. OSHA
C. HIPPA
D. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) - ✔✔C. Access to patient information is
limited to those who "need to know" by HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY ACT (HIPPA)
✔✔True or false: Escorts for valuables and cash should be at the same time each day
and should follow the same route to the facility.
A. True
B. False - ✔✔B. FALSE
Escorts for valuables and cash SHOULD NOT be at the same time each day and
SHOULD NOT follow the same route to the facility.
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a function security provides for the business
office/financial services area?
A. Patrol
B. Customer relations
C. Refunding payment
D. Investigations - ✔✔C. REFUNDING PAYMENT is NOT a function security provides
for the business office/financial services area.
✔✔Which of the following defines over-the-counter medications?
A. Anything that one can inject, inhale or absorb into the body that is designed to
improve a condition.
B. Remedies or cures
C. Do not require a prescription and are generally displayed on the consumer side of
the pharmacy counter
D. Controlled substances - ✔✔C. Medications that DO NOT REQUIRE A
PRESCRIPTION AND ARE GENERALLY DISPLAYED ON THE CONSUMER SIDE OF
THE PHARMACY COUNTER defines over-the-counter medications.
✔✔Which of the following are examples of schedule II substances?
A. Heroin, marijuana, methaqualone
B. Morphine, cocaine, methadone
C. Codeine, Vicodin, OxyContin
, D. Darvon, Valium, Xanax - ✔✔B. MORPHINE, COCAINE and METHADONE are
examples of schedule II substances.
✔✔Which of the following is NOT an example of a drug diversion method?
A. Fraudulent prescription
B. Falsify a patient's chart
C. Keep unused drugs after surgery
D. Obtain a prescription from your physician - ✔✔D. OBTAIN A PRESCRIPTION FROM
YOUR PHYSICIAN is NOT an example of a drug diversion.
✔✔In which year was the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) enacted?
A. 1970
B. 1972
C. 1968
D. 1984 - ✔✔A. 1970 is the year the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) was enacted.
✔✔Which of the following staff may enter the compounding area in a pharmacy?
A. Housekeeping aide
B. Licensed pharmacist
C. Pharmacy secretary
D. Pharmacy technician - ✔✔B. The compounding area (where drugs are stored and
prepared) may only be entered by, or in the presence of, A LICENSED PHARMACIST.
✔✔Which of these conditions make it difficult to work effectively with behavioral
patients?
A. Age and ethnicity
B. Reputation of the healthcare organization
C. Short wait periods
D. Drug and alcohol impairment - ✔✔D. DRUG AND ALCOHOL IMPAIRMENT make it
difficult to work effectively with behavioral patients.
✔✔The Joint Commission requires that risk assessments be conducted how often?
A. Every two years
B. Every six months
C. Every year
D. Monthly - ✔✔C. The Joint Commission requires that risk assessments be conducted
EVERY YEAR.
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a type of mental health unit?
A. Closed caption
B. Open
C. Closed
D. Outpatient - ✔✔A. CLOSED CAPTION is NOT a type of mental health unit.
