,Today’s Medical Assistant 3rd Edition Bonewit-West
Test Bank
Chapter 01: The Health Care System
Bonewit-West: Today’s Medical Assistant, 3rd Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
Directions: Choose the best answer. Each question is worth 1.8 points.
1. Why is Hippocrates often called the father of Western Medicine?
A. He believed that disease was caused by physical and environmental factors that
could be studied.
B. He developed “medications” from plant and animal sources to treat certain
diseases.
C. He created a medical school using a model that resembles modern medical schools.
D. His students swore an oath called the Hippocratic Oath, which is still recited by
graduating physicians.
ANS: A
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2. What is the name for treatment that reduces symptoms of a disease, but does not cure the
disease?
A. Definitive
B. Palliative
C. Holistic
D. Empirical
ANS: B
REF: p. 17| CAAHEP Competency (2008):| CAAHEP Competency (2015): V.C.10.| ABHES
Competency: 3.c.
3. When a patient comes to the office for care and then leaves and goes home, what type of care
has the patient received?
A. Clinic
B. Extended
C. Managed
D. Ambulatory
ANS: D
REF: p. 17| CAAHEP Competency (2008): | CAAHEP Competency (2015): | ABHES Competency:
1.a.
4. What type of insurance plan pays a physician separately for each procedure that was
performed?
A. Government insurance
B. Capitation insurance
C. Fee-for-service insurance
D. Managed care insurance
ANS: C
REF: p. 17| CAAHEP Competency (2008): | CAAHEP Competency (2015): VIII.C.1.a.| ABHES
Competency: 8.c.
,5. Which of the following facilities now functions primarily to provide acute care and diagnostic
services?
A. Clinic
B. Hospital
C. Physician’s office
D. Skilled nursing facility/nursing home
ANS: B
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1.a.
6. A system by which a person (or the person’s employer) pays an insurance company a yearly
amount of money in exchange for the insurance company’s paying some or most of the
person’s medical expenses for that year is
A. Fee-for-service plan
B. Health insurance
C. Capitation
D. Medicare
ANS: B
REF: p. 3| CAAHEP Competency (2008):| CAAHEP Competency (2015): VIII.C.1.a.| ABHES
Competency: 8.c.
7. What trend in modern medicine encourages patients to become more responsible for their own
care?
A. Taking active steps to avoid duplication of services and medical errors
B. Identifying all patientsTwEitS
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C. Coaching patients to make dietary changes, stop smoking, and exercise
D. Treating conditions as outpatients to avoid hospitalization
ANS: C
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1.a.
8. The insurance plan called is designed to provide health insurance for
low-income people.
A. Medicaid
B. Medicare
C. Social Security
D. TRICARE
ANS: A
REF: p. 5| CAAHEP Competency (2008):| CAAHEP Competency (2015): VIII.C.1.a.| ABHES
Competency: 8.c.
9. What is the federal insurance plan that provides health insurance for the elderly, the disabled,
and those with end-stage kidney disease?
A. Medicaid
B. Medicare
C. TRICARE
D. Managed Care
, ANS: B
REF: p. 5| CAAHEP Competency (2008):| CAAHEP Competency (2015): VIII.C.1.a.| ABHES
Competency: 8.c.
10. What is the current name for the health insurance plan for dependent spouses and children of
active-duty military personnel?
A. Medicaid
B. Medicare
C. TRICARE
D. CHAMPVA
ANS: C
REF: p. 5| CAAHEP Competency (2008):| CAAHEP Competency (2015): VIII.C.1.a.| ABHES
Competency: 8.c.
11. What type of health care encourages regular checkups, immunizations, and well-child visits?
A. Acute care
B. Conservative care
C. Diagnostic care
D. Routine care
ANS: D
REF: p. 5| CAAHEP Competency (2008):| CAAHEP Competency (2015): VIII.C.1.a.| ABHES
Competency: 8.c.
12. What is utilization review?
A. A process to determine whether health care is medically necessary
B. A means to determine how much patients should pay for insurance
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C. Collection of statistics about the number of cases of specific diseases
D. The systematic study of surgical techniques
ANS: A
REF: p. 6| CAAHEP Competency (2008):| CAAHEP Competency (2015): VIII.C.1.a.| ABHES
Competency: 8.c.
13. Which of the following was included in the original model for health maintenance
organizations (HMOs)?
A. A network of physicians in the community
B. Payment only for visits resulting from illness or disease
C. Full-service clinics in which the physicians were employees
D. Allowing patient to obtain services at all hospitals in a given geographic area
ANS: C
REF: p. 6| CAAHEP Competency (2008):| CAAHEP Competency (2015): VIII.C.1.a.| ABHES
Competency: 8.c.
14. What is it called when a physician receives one monthly fee from the insurance company for
each subscriber in his or her practice?
A. Fee-for-service
B. Indemnity
C. Incentive reimbursement
D. Capitation
Test Bank
Chapter 01: The Health Care System
Bonewit-West: Today’s Medical Assistant, 3rd Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
Directions: Choose the best answer. Each question is worth 1.8 points.
1. Why is Hippocrates often called the father of Western Medicine?
A. He believed that disease was caused by physical and environmental factors that
could be studied.
B. He developed “medications” from plant and animal sources to treat certain
diseases.
C. He created a medical school using a model that resembles modern medical schools.
D. His students swore an oath called the Hippocratic Oath, which is still recited by
graduating physicians.
ANS: A
REF: p. 3| CAAHEP Competency (2008): | CAAHEP Competency (2015): | ABHES Competency:
2. What is the name for treatment that reduces symptoms of a disease, but does not cure the
disease?
A. Definitive
B. Palliative
C. Holistic
D. Empirical
ANS: B
REF: p. 17| CAAHEP Competency (2008):| CAAHEP Competency (2015): V.C.10.| ABHES
Competency: 3.c.
3. When a patient comes to the office for care and then leaves and goes home, what type of care
has the patient received?
A. Clinic
B. Extended
C. Managed
D. Ambulatory
ANS: D
REF: p. 17| CAAHEP Competency (2008): | CAAHEP Competency (2015): | ABHES Competency:
1.a.
4. What type of insurance plan pays a physician separately for each procedure that was
performed?
A. Government insurance
B. Capitation insurance
C. Fee-for-service insurance
D. Managed care insurance
ANS: C
REF: p. 17| CAAHEP Competency (2008): | CAAHEP Competency (2015): VIII.C.1.a.| ABHES
Competency: 8.c.
,5. Which of the following facilities now functions primarily to provide acute care and diagnostic
services?
A. Clinic
B. Hospital
C. Physician’s office
D. Skilled nursing facility/nursing home
ANS: B
REF: p. 2| CAAHEP Competency (2008): | CAAHEP Competency (2015): | ABHES Competency:
1.a.
6. A system by which a person (or the person’s employer) pays an insurance company a yearly
amount of money in exchange for the insurance company’s paying some or most of the
person’s medical expenses for that year is
A. Fee-for-service plan
B. Health insurance
C. Capitation
D. Medicare
ANS: B
REF: p. 3| CAAHEP Competency (2008):| CAAHEP Competency (2015): VIII.C.1.a.| ABHES
Competency: 8.c.
7. What trend in modern medicine encourages patients to become more responsible for their own
care?
A. Taking active steps to avoid duplication of services and medical errors
B. Identifying all patientsTwEitS
hTnaBm
AeNaKnS
dEdaLteLoEfRb.
irC
thObM
efore providing service
C. Coaching patients to make dietary changes, stop smoking, and exercise
D. Treating conditions as outpatients to avoid hospitalization
ANS: C
REF: p. 2| CAAHEP Competency (2008): | CAAHEP Competency (2015): | ABHES Competency:
1.a.
8. The insurance plan called is designed to provide health insurance for
low-income people.
A. Medicaid
B. Medicare
C. Social Security
D. TRICARE
ANS: A
REF: p. 5| CAAHEP Competency (2008):| CAAHEP Competency (2015): VIII.C.1.a.| ABHES
Competency: 8.c.
9. What is the federal insurance plan that provides health insurance for the elderly, the disabled,
and those with end-stage kidney disease?
A. Medicaid
B. Medicare
C. TRICARE
D. Managed Care
, ANS: B
REF: p. 5| CAAHEP Competency (2008):| CAAHEP Competency (2015): VIII.C.1.a.| ABHES
Competency: 8.c.
10. What is the current name for the health insurance plan for dependent spouses and children of
active-duty military personnel?
A. Medicaid
B. Medicare
C. TRICARE
D. CHAMPVA
ANS: C
REF: p. 5| CAAHEP Competency (2008):| CAAHEP Competency (2015): VIII.C.1.a.| ABHES
Competency: 8.c.
11. What type of health care encourages regular checkups, immunizations, and well-child visits?
A. Acute care
B. Conservative care
C. Diagnostic care
D. Routine care
ANS: D
REF: p. 5| CAAHEP Competency (2008):| CAAHEP Competency (2015): VIII.C.1.a.| ABHES
Competency: 8.c.
12. What is utilization review?
A. A process to determine whether health care is medically necessary
B. A means to determine how much patients should pay for insurance
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C. Collection of statistics about the number of cases of specific diseases
D. The systematic study of surgical techniques
ANS: A
REF: p. 6| CAAHEP Competency (2008):| CAAHEP Competency (2015): VIII.C.1.a.| ABHES
Competency: 8.c.
13. Which of the following was included in the original model for health maintenance
organizations (HMOs)?
A. A network of physicians in the community
B. Payment only for visits resulting from illness or disease
C. Full-service clinics in which the physicians were employees
D. Allowing patient to obtain services at all hospitals in a given geographic area
ANS: C
REF: p. 6| CAAHEP Competency (2008):| CAAHEP Competency (2015): VIII.C.1.a.| ABHES
Competency: 8.c.
14. What is it called when a physician receives one monthly fee from the insurance company for
each subscriber in his or her practice?
A. Fee-for-service
B. Indemnity
C. Incentive reimbursement
D. Capitation
