PCA EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
D - correct answer ✔✔Medicare
a) is purchased by individuals ad families from an insurance company
b) helps to pay medical costs for low-income families
c) may be provided by an employer
d) is a federal health insurance program for persons 65 years of age and older
C - correct answer ✔✔Hospice
a) Provides short-term care until a patient recovers
b) Gives care only in the home setting
c) Focuses on palliative, comfort care and does not treat or cure the disease
d) Provides care that only focuses on a patient's physical needs
D - correct answer ✔✔Health promotion includes
a) Immunizations against infectious disease
b) Respiratory, physical, and occupational therapies
c) Learning skills needed to live, work, and enjoy life
d) Learning about healthy living
C - correct answer ✔✔Patients in a long-term care center, such as anAssisted Living Facility
(ALF) or a skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
a) Need hospital care
B) Are acutely ill
,c) May be older with chronic diseases, poor nutrition, or poor health
d) Are never able to return home
B - correct answer ✔✔The goal of rehabilitation and restorative care is
a) Teaching the patient about healthy living
b) Returining patients to their highest possible level of physical and psychological functioning
c) Returning the patient completely to normal functioning
d) Treating the illness with diet, exercise, and medications
B - correct answer ✔✔Diagnostic tests, physical exams, surgery, emergency care, and
medications are used in
a) Heath promotion
b) Detection and treatment of disease
c) Rehabilitation and restorative care
d) Disease prevention
A - correct answer ✔✔When an illness or injury is on-going, is slow or gradual in onset, and has
no known cure, it is referred to as a
a) Chronic illness
b) Acute illness
c) Terminal illness
d) Pre-existing condition
C - correct answer ✔✔All of these are members of the health team EXCEPT
a) Occupational therapist
b) Social worker
c) Janitor
, d) Cleric
A - correct answer ✔✔The "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act"
a) Requires everyone to have health insurance
b) Replaces Medicare and Medicaid
c) Is only available to those who can afford health insurance
d) Will not insure those who have chronic illnesses
A - correct answer ✔✔A person with an acute illness is usually treated in
a) Hospital
b) Long-term care center
c) Assisted living facility
d) Rehabilitation agency
A - correct answer ✔✔Persons who have problems coping with life events may be treated in a
a) Mental health center
b) Skilled care facility
c) Long-term care center
d) Hospice
C - correct answer ✔✔When health care agencies offer services, the focus of care is always
a) To cure illness
b) To give daily personal care
c) The person
d) To provide care after surgery or illness
CORRECT ANSWERS
D - correct answer ✔✔Medicare
a) is purchased by individuals ad families from an insurance company
b) helps to pay medical costs for low-income families
c) may be provided by an employer
d) is a federal health insurance program for persons 65 years of age and older
C - correct answer ✔✔Hospice
a) Provides short-term care until a patient recovers
b) Gives care only in the home setting
c) Focuses on palliative, comfort care and does not treat or cure the disease
d) Provides care that only focuses on a patient's physical needs
D - correct answer ✔✔Health promotion includes
a) Immunizations against infectious disease
b) Respiratory, physical, and occupational therapies
c) Learning skills needed to live, work, and enjoy life
d) Learning about healthy living
C - correct answer ✔✔Patients in a long-term care center, such as anAssisted Living Facility
(ALF) or a skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
a) Need hospital care
B) Are acutely ill
,c) May be older with chronic diseases, poor nutrition, or poor health
d) Are never able to return home
B - correct answer ✔✔The goal of rehabilitation and restorative care is
a) Teaching the patient about healthy living
b) Returining patients to their highest possible level of physical and psychological functioning
c) Returning the patient completely to normal functioning
d) Treating the illness with diet, exercise, and medications
B - correct answer ✔✔Diagnostic tests, physical exams, surgery, emergency care, and
medications are used in
a) Heath promotion
b) Detection and treatment of disease
c) Rehabilitation and restorative care
d) Disease prevention
A - correct answer ✔✔When an illness or injury is on-going, is slow or gradual in onset, and has
no known cure, it is referred to as a
a) Chronic illness
b) Acute illness
c) Terminal illness
d) Pre-existing condition
C - correct answer ✔✔All of these are members of the health team EXCEPT
a) Occupational therapist
b) Social worker
c) Janitor
, d) Cleric
A - correct answer ✔✔The "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act"
a) Requires everyone to have health insurance
b) Replaces Medicare and Medicaid
c) Is only available to those who can afford health insurance
d) Will not insure those who have chronic illnesses
A - correct answer ✔✔A person with an acute illness is usually treated in
a) Hospital
b) Long-term care center
c) Assisted living facility
d) Rehabilitation agency
A - correct answer ✔✔Persons who have problems coping with life events may be treated in a
a) Mental health center
b) Skilled care facility
c) Long-term care center
d) Hospice
C - correct answer ✔✔When health care agencies offer services, the focus of care is always
a) To cure illness
b) To give daily personal care
c) The person
d) To provide care after surgery or illness
