Test bank for Essentials of He
Cases, Concepts, and Skills,
Cellucci Test
,1. The germ theory of disease is the foundation of the scientific approach to the practice of
medicine.
a. True
b. False
Answer: _____
2. The Social Security Act of 1935 accomplished which of the following?
a. It changed the social contract between the federal government and US citizens.
b. It provided the foundation for Medicare and Medicaid.
c. It established national health insurance.
d. It included benefits for unemployed workers and victims of industrial accidents, in addition to
direct payments to individuals over the age of 65.
e. Choices a, b, and d
f. All of the above
Answer: _____
3. The insurance that workers receive through their job is called _______________.
a. social insurance
b. community selection
c. employer-sponsored insurance
,d. Medicare
e. a lucky break
Answer: _____
4. If your grandparents have a form of publicly sponsored health insurance, it is most likely to be
which of the following?
a. Medicaid
b. Medicare
c. Social Security
d. Kerr-Mills insurance
e. The senior citizen special
Answer: _____
5. Employer-sponsored insurance was conceived in 1954 with the Internal Revenue Act.
a. True
b. False
Answer: _____
6. The proliferation of health insurance coverage in the post?World War II era, combined with the
, federal government?s investment in research and the growing number of medical schools, medical
students, and medical subspecialties, contributed to dramatic inflation throughout the period from
the end of the war to the 1970s.
a. True
b. False
Answer: _____
7. National health expenditures (NHE) represent which of the following?
a. The amount the federal government spends on healthcare
b. The combined amounts the federal government and the states spend on healthcare
c. The sum total of all amounts Americans spend on healthcare
d. An ever-increasing proportion of the gross domestic product
e. A yardstick for assessing access to patient care
f. All of the above
g. Choices c and d
Answer: _____
8. Which of the following is true about the shift in demographics (i.e., the movement toward having
an older population)?
a. It will affect the mix of care that will be needed by the population.
Cases, Concepts, and Skills,
Cellucci Test
,1. The germ theory of disease is the foundation of the scientific approach to the practice of
medicine.
a. True
b. False
Answer: _____
2. The Social Security Act of 1935 accomplished which of the following?
a. It changed the social contract between the federal government and US citizens.
b. It provided the foundation for Medicare and Medicaid.
c. It established national health insurance.
d. It included benefits for unemployed workers and victims of industrial accidents, in addition to
direct payments to individuals over the age of 65.
e. Choices a, b, and d
f. All of the above
Answer: _____
3. The insurance that workers receive through their job is called _______________.
a. social insurance
b. community selection
c. employer-sponsored insurance
,d. Medicare
e. a lucky break
Answer: _____
4. If your grandparents have a form of publicly sponsored health insurance, it is most likely to be
which of the following?
a. Medicaid
b. Medicare
c. Social Security
d. Kerr-Mills insurance
e. The senior citizen special
Answer: _____
5. Employer-sponsored insurance was conceived in 1954 with the Internal Revenue Act.
a. True
b. False
Answer: _____
6. The proliferation of health insurance coverage in the post?World War II era, combined with the
, federal government?s investment in research and the growing number of medical schools, medical
students, and medical subspecialties, contributed to dramatic inflation throughout the period from
the end of the war to the 1970s.
a. True
b. False
Answer: _____
7. National health expenditures (NHE) represent which of the following?
a. The amount the federal government spends on healthcare
b. The combined amounts the federal government and the states spend on healthcare
c. The sum total of all amounts Americans spend on healthcare
d. An ever-increasing proportion of the gross domestic product
e. A yardstick for assessing access to patient care
f. All of the above
g. Choices c and d
Answer: _____
8. Which of the following is true about the shift in demographics (i.e., the movement toward having
an older population)?
a. It will affect the mix of care that will be needed by the population.
