FOUNDATIONS OF HEALTH SCIENCE FINAL EXAM
STUDY GUIDE UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
Answer:
Italian scientist & artist who used dissection to draw out the human body.
Question:
2. Who was Florence Nightingale?
Answer:
Founder of modern nursing & first female nurse.
Question:
3. Who was Clara Barton?
Answer:
Founder of the American Red Cross (1881).
Question:
4. Who was Hippocrates?
Answer:
Greek doctor who changed the way people thought about medicine; most well known as "the father of
medicine."
Question:
5. Who was Louis Pasteur?
Answer:
French chemist who began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria.
Question:
6. What are Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs)?
Answer:
Care that is mainly directed towards preventative health care.
Question:
7. What is Home Health Care?
Answer:
Medical care that is provided within a patient's home.
Question:
8. What are Rehabilitation Facilities?
Answer:
Facilities that provide physical, occupational, and other types of therapies.
, Question:
9. What are Mental Health Facilities?
Answer:
Facilities that treat patients who struggle with mental disorders or diseases & provide guidance,
counseling, and chemical abuse treatment centers.
Question:
10. What are Emergency Care Services?
Answer:
Provide care for individuals who have experienced an accident or sudden illness.
Question:
11. What are Dental Offices?
Answer:
Offices that provide dental services.
Question:
12. What is an Obstetrician?
Answer:
Medical doctor who specializes in pregnancy & childbirth.
Question:
13. What is a Radiologist?
Answer:
Medical doctor who specializes in x-rays & radiation.
Question:
14. What is a Medical Laboratory Technologist?
Answer:
A medical technologist who studies tissues, fluids, & cells; works under the supervision of a pathologist.
Question:
15. What is a Genetic Counselor?
Answer:
A counselor who provides information to individuals & families about inherited conditions or diseases.
Question:
16. What is an Athletic Trainer?
Answer:
Trainer who prevents & treats athletic injuries.
Question:
17. What is Discretion?
Answer:
To use good judgement.
STUDY GUIDE UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
Answer:
Italian scientist & artist who used dissection to draw out the human body.
Question:
2. Who was Florence Nightingale?
Answer:
Founder of modern nursing & first female nurse.
Question:
3. Who was Clara Barton?
Answer:
Founder of the American Red Cross (1881).
Question:
4. Who was Hippocrates?
Answer:
Greek doctor who changed the way people thought about medicine; most well known as "the father of
medicine."
Question:
5. Who was Louis Pasteur?
Answer:
French chemist who began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria.
Question:
6. What are Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs)?
Answer:
Care that is mainly directed towards preventative health care.
Question:
7. What is Home Health Care?
Answer:
Medical care that is provided within a patient's home.
Question:
8. What are Rehabilitation Facilities?
Answer:
Facilities that provide physical, occupational, and other types of therapies.
, Question:
9. What are Mental Health Facilities?
Answer:
Facilities that treat patients who struggle with mental disorders or diseases & provide guidance,
counseling, and chemical abuse treatment centers.
Question:
10. What are Emergency Care Services?
Answer:
Provide care for individuals who have experienced an accident or sudden illness.
Question:
11. What are Dental Offices?
Answer:
Offices that provide dental services.
Question:
12. What is an Obstetrician?
Answer:
Medical doctor who specializes in pregnancy & childbirth.
Question:
13. What is a Radiologist?
Answer:
Medical doctor who specializes in x-rays & radiation.
Question:
14. What is a Medical Laboratory Technologist?
Answer:
A medical technologist who studies tissues, fluids, & cells; works under the supervision of a pathologist.
Question:
15. What is a Genetic Counselor?
Answer:
A counselor who provides information to individuals & families about inherited conditions or diseases.
Question:
16. What is an Athletic Trainer?
Answer:
Trainer who prevents & treats athletic injuries.
Question:
17. What is Discretion?
Answer:
To use good judgement.
