COPE HEALTH SCHOLARS WRITTEN EXAM
Questions and Answers GRADED A+ Latest
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Risk factors for myocardial infarction - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Smoking, atherosclerosis, hypertension, hyperlipidemia
Complications from myocardial infarction - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Arrhythmias, CHF, stroke
Pneumonia - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > inflammation of the lungs by
any microorganism
Tuberculosis - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > infectious disease caused by
mycobacterium tuberculosis
Asthma - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Chronic condition characterized
by airway inflammation, bronchoconstriction, and hypersecretion of
mucus
COPD - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease. due to a variety of pulmonary conditions
,Emphysema - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Chronic expiratory airflow
obstruction accompanied by permanent enlargement of the airspace
(alveoli); subset of COPD
Neoplasia - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > uncontrolled, disorderly
proliferation of cells
Benign neoplasia - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > does not metastasize;
can still be harmful (e.g. compress adjacent tissues)
Malignant neoplasia - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > capable of invasion
and metastasis; invasion = spread into adjacent areas; metastasis =
implantation into non-adjacent sites
Patient history - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > chief complaint, history of
present illness, past medical history
CC - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Chief complaint: why is the patient
currently seeking medical attention
HPI - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > history of present illness, detailed
chronological account of the symptoms which prompted the patient to
seek care; location, quality, quantity, severity, timing,
aggravating/relieving factors
,PMH - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > "past medical history"
adult and childhood illnesses, injuries, hospitalizations, surgeries,
immunizations, screening tests and psychiatric visits
Stakeholders in US healthcare system - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Patients (care, goods)
Providers
Regulators (policy, compliance)
Payers (government, private, uninsured)
Community social determinants of health (SDOH)
social determinants of health - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Education,
screening, public health, food, transportation, medication
PP ACA - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Patient Protection & Affordable
Care Act
ObamaCare
Focuses on health coverage for all; spending on prevention; expanding
public programs
Patients in the inpatient setting complain about? - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > Beds, food, service
, Patients in the outpatient setting complain about? - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > Wait times, short time with provider, inability to ask
clarifying questions, lack of follow-up
the 6 vital signs are - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Temperature, pulse
(heart rate), blood pressure, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, pain
level
Can health scholars take vital signs of newly admitted patients? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > No. They can only take vitals signs of patients
whose signs have been taken before.
What can increase body temperature? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Exercise, digestion, drinking a warm beverage, illness, stress, taking a
warm bath, high progesterone after ovulation
What can decrease body temperature? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Sleeping, fainting, illness, drinking a cold beverage, dehydration,
fasting, high estrogen before ovulation
Normal pulse/heart rate - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 60-100 bpm
adults 60-140 bpm children
100-190 bpm toddlers
Questions and Answers GRADED A+ Latest
Versions 2025
Risk factors for myocardial infarction - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Smoking, atherosclerosis, hypertension, hyperlipidemia
Complications from myocardial infarction - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Arrhythmias, CHF, stroke
Pneumonia - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > inflammation of the lungs by
any microorganism
Tuberculosis - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > infectious disease caused by
mycobacterium tuberculosis
Asthma - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Chronic condition characterized
by airway inflammation, bronchoconstriction, and hypersecretion of
mucus
COPD - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease. due to a variety of pulmonary conditions
,Emphysema - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Chronic expiratory airflow
obstruction accompanied by permanent enlargement of the airspace
(alveoli); subset of COPD
Neoplasia - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > uncontrolled, disorderly
proliferation of cells
Benign neoplasia - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > does not metastasize;
can still be harmful (e.g. compress adjacent tissues)
Malignant neoplasia - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > capable of invasion
and metastasis; invasion = spread into adjacent areas; metastasis =
implantation into non-adjacent sites
Patient history - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > chief complaint, history of
present illness, past medical history
CC - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Chief complaint: why is the patient
currently seeking medical attention
HPI - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > history of present illness, detailed
chronological account of the symptoms which prompted the patient to
seek care; location, quality, quantity, severity, timing,
aggravating/relieving factors
,PMH - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > "past medical history"
adult and childhood illnesses, injuries, hospitalizations, surgeries,
immunizations, screening tests and psychiatric visits
Stakeholders in US healthcare system - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Patients (care, goods)
Providers
Regulators (policy, compliance)
Payers (government, private, uninsured)
Community social determinants of health (SDOH)
social determinants of health - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Education,
screening, public health, food, transportation, medication
PP ACA - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Patient Protection & Affordable
Care Act
ObamaCare
Focuses on health coverage for all; spending on prevention; expanding
public programs
Patients in the inpatient setting complain about? - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > Beds, food, service
, Patients in the outpatient setting complain about? - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > Wait times, short time with provider, inability to ask
clarifying questions, lack of follow-up
the 6 vital signs are - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Temperature, pulse
(heart rate), blood pressure, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, pain
level
Can health scholars take vital signs of newly admitted patients? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > No. They can only take vitals signs of patients
whose signs have been taken before.
What can increase body temperature? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Exercise, digestion, drinking a warm beverage, illness, stress, taking a
warm bath, high progesterone after ovulation
What can decrease body temperature? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Sleeping, fainting, illness, drinking a cold beverage, dehydration,
fasting, high estrogen before ovulation
Normal pulse/heart rate - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 60-100 bpm
adults 60-140 bpm children
100-190 bpm toddlers
