HEALTH POLICY EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Which agency includes and Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
(focusing on terrorism) - Answers :The Department of health and human services
What are different lobby groups - Answers :Grasstop
Direct
Grassroots
The 3 largest lobbying groups are - Answers :US Chamber of commerce
Association of Realtors
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
What type of law governs the relationship between individuals and their government -
Answers :Constitutional Law
Which of the following is an umbrella term that refers to a small group of constitutional
interpretation theories - Answers :Originalism
What is central to legal systems in many countries, particularly those that were
territories of colonies of England - Answers :Common Law
Which of the following refers to a percentage of service costs that patients pay when
they receive services or drugs - Answers :Coinsurance
Prior to the 1968 Medicare Program, what country provided insurance in a manner that
was similar to the United States - Answers :Canada
The Health system of (blank) is a publically funded national health system that is
provided by the government - Answers :Great Britain
In the Canadian health care system, which of the following services are covered under
private insurance - Answers :Dental and vision
The United States continues to provide health care services through patchwork of
private insurance even after the 2010 ACA - Answers :True
Individuals without health insurance pay less for health services because they do not
have the means to pay - Answers :False
The majority of physicians, nurse practitioners, and physicians assistants practice in
primary care - Answers :False
States must exercise their policy powers in order to affect or engage in policy making
related to public health - Answers :False
, Medicare was born out of societal mood that it was important for government to expand
legal rights for the poor and needy - Answers :False
Which domaine is the focus on how the government regulates private individual and
corporations in the name of protection - Answers :Public health policy and law
Policy alternatives should consider the policy that opposing key political actors are
actively proposing - Answers :True
Brainstorming policy alternatives should not contemplate a solution that dreams about if
money were not an object. - Answers :False
Educational attainment and corresponding income levels tend to be strong predictor of
individual and population health - Answers :True
What are the most powerful State/House committees - Answers :House Ways and
Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Which agency provides medical coverage to veterans' family members through its
TRICARE program - Answers :The Department of Defense
What can derail a bill from passing - Answers :A presidential veto
Not enough votes in the senate or house
A committee veto
Partisan politics is negatively impacting the health of states. Which political party suffers
most - Answers :Republican
The president has what policy powers? - Answers :Sign or veto
Executive orders
Agenda setting
Budget proposal
Which strategy is suggests health related challengees, inequities, chronic disease, and
high cost are connected - Answers :Health In all policies
Which policy was enacted because many private hospitals had turned away patients
who were uninsured and could not pay - Answers :Emergency medical treatment and
active labor act
Which historical perspective became dominant in the 1990s and continue to be a
forceful influence today - Answers :Free Market
Which agency includes and Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
(focusing on terrorism) - Answers :The Department of health and human services
What are different lobby groups - Answers :Grasstop
Direct
Grassroots
The 3 largest lobbying groups are - Answers :US Chamber of commerce
Association of Realtors
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
What type of law governs the relationship between individuals and their government -
Answers :Constitutional Law
Which of the following is an umbrella term that refers to a small group of constitutional
interpretation theories - Answers :Originalism
What is central to legal systems in many countries, particularly those that were
territories of colonies of England - Answers :Common Law
Which of the following refers to a percentage of service costs that patients pay when
they receive services or drugs - Answers :Coinsurance
Prior to the 1968 Medicare Program, what country provided insurance in a manner that
was similar to the United States - Answers :Canada
The Health system of (blank) is a publically funded national health system that is
provided by the government - Answers :Great Britain
In the Canadian health care system, which of the following services are covered under
private insurance - Answers :Dental and vision
The United States continues to provide health care services through patchwork of
private insurance even after the 2010 ACA - Answers :True
Individuals without health insurance pay less for health services because they do not
have the means to pay - Answers :False
The majority of physicians, nurse practitioners, and physicians assistants practice in
primary care - Answers :False
States must exercise their policy powers in order to affect or engage in policy making
related to public health - Answers :False
, Medicare was born out of societal mood that it was important for government to expand
legal rights for the poor and needy - Answers :False
Which domaine is the focus on how the government regulates private individual and
corporations in the name of protection - Answers :Public health policy and law
Policy alternatives should consider the policy that opposing key political actors are
actively proposing - Answers :True
Brainstorming policy alternatives should not contemplate a solution that dreams about if
money were not an object. - Answers :False
Educational attainment and corresponding income levels tend to be strong predictor of
individual and population health - Answers :True
What are the most powerful State/House committees - Answers :House Ways and
Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Which agency provides medical coverage to veterans' family members through its
TRICARE program - Answers :The Department of Defense
What can derail a bill from passing - Answers :A presidential veto
Not enough votes in the senate or house
A committee veto
Partisan politics is negatively impacting the health of states. Which political party suffers
most - Answers :Republican
The president has what policy powers? - Answers :Sign or veto
Executive orders
Agenda setting
Budget proposal
Which strategy is suggests health related challengees, inequities, chronic disease, and
high cost are connected - Answers :Health In all policies
Which policy was enacted because many private hospitals had turned away patients
who were uninsured and could not pay - Answers :Emergency medical treatment and
active labor act
Which historical perspective became dominant in the 1990s and continue to be a
forceful influence today - Answers :Free Market
