HSCI 140 EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
True or False? States must exercise their police powers in order to affect or engage in
policymaking related to public health - CORRECT ANSWERS False
Which historical perspective sees physicians as just one of several stakeholders that lay claim to
important rights and interests in the operation of the healthcare system? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Social contract perspective
Which of the following is the most dominant historical health perspective in terms of both
length of time it held favored status and its effect in the actual shaping of health policy and law?
- CORRECT ANSWERS Professional autonomy perspective
In which of the following domains is the central focus on why and how the government
regulates private individuals and corporations in the name of protecting the health, safety, and
welfare of the general public? - CORRECT ANSWERS Public health policy and law
Which historical perspective became dominant in the 1990s and continues to be a forceful
influence today? - CORRECT ANSWERS Free market perspective
True or False? Medicare was borne out of the prevailing societal mood that it was an important
role of government to expand legal rights for the poor and needy. - CORRECT
ANSWERS False
The _________________ domain houses some of the most explosive questions in health policy,
including the morality and legality of abortion - CORRECT ANSWERS bioethics
, The power to ___________________ enables Congress to establish executive branch public
health agencies and to allocate public-health-specific funds to states and localities. - CORRECT
ANSWERS spend money
The free market perspective argues that even the modest version of the __________________,
which heavily influenced health policy and law during the civil rights generation, is overly
regulatory. - CORRECT ANSWERS social contract theory
True or False? It could be said that the Affordable Care Act shows a curbing of the free market
perspective and an elevation of the social contract perspective. - CORRECT ANSWERS true
As a result of the focus on preventing terrorism, which agency includes an Assistant Secretary
for Preparedness and Response? - CORRECT ANSWERS Department of Health and Human
Service
True or False? When a problem is identified as a public policy problem, the only means of
solution involves a government intervention - CORRECT ANSWERS false
Fifteen states require a legislative __________________ or voter approval to raise taxes. -
CORRECT ANSWERS supermajority
True or False? Despite whether the policymaker is a public or private figure, the decision being
made must be authoritative. - CORRECT ANSWERS True
________________ of the U.S. Constitution establishes the executive branch and vests
executive power in the most well-known member of the branch, the president - CORRECT
ANSWERS Article 2
ANSWERS
True or False? States must exercise their police powers in order to affect or engage in
policymaking related to public health - CORRECT ANSWERS False
Which historical perspective sees physicians as just one of several stakeholders that lay claim to
important rights and interests in the operation of the healthcare system? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Social contract perspective
Which of the following is the most dominant historical health perspective in terms of both
length of time it held favored status and its effect in the actual shaping of health policy and law?
- CORRECT ANSWERS Professional autonomy perspective
In which of the following domains is the central focus on why and how the government
regulates private individuals and corporations in the name of protecting the health, safety, and
welfare of the general public? - CORRECT ANSWERS Public health policy and law
Which historical perspective became dominant in the 1990s and continues to be a forceful
influence today? - CORRECT ANSWERS Free market perspective
True or False? Medicare was borne out of the prevailing societal mood that it was an important
role of government to expand legal rights for the poor and needy. - CORRECT
ANSWERS False
The _________________ domain houses some of the most explosive questions in health policy,
including the morality and legality of abortion - CORRECT ANSWERS bioethics
, The power to ___________________ enables Congress to establish executive branch public
health agencies and to allocate public-health-specific funds to states and localities. - CORRECT
ANSWERS spend money
The free market perspective argues that even the modest version of the __________________,
which heavily influenced health policy and law during the civil rights generation, is overly
regulatory. - CORRECT ANSWERS social contract theory
True or False? It could be said that the Affordable Care Act shows a curbing of the free market
perspective and an elevation of the social contract perspective. - CORRECT ANSWERS true
As a result of the focus on preventing terrorism, which agency includes an Assistant Secretary
for Preparedness and Response? - CORRECT ANSWERS Department of Health and Human
Service
True or False? When a problem is identified as a public policy problem, the only means of
solution involves a government intervention - CORRECT ANSWERS false
Fifteen states require a legislative __________________ or voter approval to raise taxes. -
CORRECT ANSWERS supermajority
True or False? Despite whether the policymaker is a public or private figure, the decision being
made must be authoritative. - CORRECT ANSWERS True
________________ of the U.S. Constitution establishes the executive branch and vests
executive power in the most well-known member of the branch, the president - CORRECT
ANSWERS Article 2
