HLTH 305 - Final Exam Review questions
and answers
Which of the following statements best differentiates health policy from healthcare policy?
A. It encompasses a narrower range
B. It encompasses a broader range
C. It is more likely to be privatized
D. It is less likely to be privatized - correct answer ✔✔B. It encompasses a broader range
Which of the following statements best describes how responsibility for health care is divided in
Canada?
A. The federal government pays for the costs and the provinces set the regulations.
B. The federal government sets regulations and provinces administer their systems.
C. The federal government sets regulations and jointly administers the systems with the
provinces.
D. The federal government sets regulations and the provinces pay for the costs. - correct answer
✔✔B. The federal government set regulations and provinces administer their systems.
Which of the following research questions is a researcher adhering to the conflict model of
policy most likely to investigate?
A. Whether the added costs of delivering COVID vaccines via mobile vans compared to fixed
sites are worth it.
B. Whether Pfizer's COVID vaccine is more effective than Moderna's.
C. Whether COVID death rates are greater in for-profit long-term care homes compared to non-
profit long term care homes.
D. Whether rates of COVID infection among teachers in schools where masks are required is less
than in schools where masks are not required. - correct answer ✔✔C. Whether COVID death
,rates are greater in for-profit long-term care homes compared to non-profit long term care
homes.
Betty always votes for politicians who promise to cut taxes and decrease the role of
government. Which of the following best describes how she likely sees society?
A. Medical model
B. Positivist model
C. Polis model
D. Market model - correct answer ✔✔D. Market model
Rollo always votes for politicians who promise to increase government funding for health and
social services. Which of the following best describes how he likely sees society?
A. Positivist model
B. Medical model
C. Market model
D. Polis model - correct answer ✔✔D. Polis model
Which of the following statements about the socio-environmental model of health would the
textbook author most likely say is false?
A. It sees community development as a key way to address health problems.
B. It considers how larger economic, social, and political factors affect health.
C. It focuses on environmental conditions like hazardous living conditions.
D. It is rooted in health individualism. - correct answer ✔✔B. It considers how larger economic,
social, and political factors affect health.
Sally and Charley are discussing whether or not alien lifeforms exist. What type of conversation
are they having?
A. Epistemological
,B. Methodological
C. Ecological
D. Ontological - correct answer ✔✔D. Ontological
On which of these domains does positivism differentiate from interpretivism?
A. Ontology, epistemology, and methodology
B. Ontology and epistemology, but not methodology
C. Methodology but not ontology or epistemology
D. Methodology and epistemology but not ontology - correct answer ✔✔A. Ontology,
epistemology, and methodology
Bella decides to conduct focus groups rather than one-on-one interviews. What type of decision
has she made?
A. Epistemological
B. Ontological
C. Methodological
D. Ecological - correct answer ✔✔C. Methodological
Which of the following social theories posits that a natural reality exists outside of human
interpretation, but that we cannot study it objectively?
A. Critical theory
B. Post-positivism
C. Positivism
D. Interpretivism - correct answer ✔✔B. Post-positivism
Which of the following social theories is most focused on how people perceive of their
experiences?
, A. Interpretivism
B. Positivism
C. Critical theory
D. Post-positivism - correct answer ✔✔A. Interpretivism
Seamus is conducting a statistical analysis of biomechanical data for his undergraduate thesis
project. Which social theory best fits with his project?
A. Positivism
B. Critical Theory
C. Interpretivism
D. Post-Positivism - correct answer ✔✔A. Positivism
Which of the following research instruments are interpretivists least likely to use in their
research?
A. Close-ended survey questions
B. Ethnographic field notes
C. Open-ended interview questions
D. Focus group questions - correct answer ✔✔A. Close-ended survey questions
Stella is designing a post-positivist research project. Which of the following types of data is she
most likely to collect:
A. Quantitative and qualitative
B. Qualitative only
C. Neither quantitative nor qualitative
D. Quantitative only - correct answer ✔✔A. quantitative and qualitative
and answers
Which of the following statements best differentiates health policy from healthcare policy?
A. It encompasses a narrower range
B. It encompasses a broader range
C. It is more likely to be privatized
D. It is less likely to be privatized - correct answer ✔✔B. It encompasses a broader range
Which of the following statements best describes how responsibility for health care is divided in
Canada?
A. The federal government pays for the costs and the provinces set the regulations.
B. The federal government sets regulations and provinces administer their systems.
C. The federal government sets regulations and jointly administers the systems with the
provinces.
D. The federal government sets regulations and the provinces pay for the costs. - correct answer
✔✔B. The federal government set regulations and provinces administer their systems.
Which of the following research questions is a researcher adhering to the conflict model of
policy most likely to investigate?
A. Whether the added costs of delivering COVID vaccines via mobile vans compared to fixed
sites are worth it.
B. Whether Pfizer's COVID vaccine is more effective than Moderna's.
C. Whether COVID death rates are greater in for-profit long-term care homes compared to non-
profit long term care homes.
D. Whether rates of COVID infection among teachers in schools where masks are required is less
than in schools where masks are not required. - correct answer ✔✔C. Whether COVID death
,rates are greater in for-profit long-term care homes compared to non-profit long term care
homes.
Betty always votes for politicians who promise to cut taxes and decrease the role of
government. Which of the following best describes how she likely sees society?
A. Medical model
B. Positivist model
C. Polis model
D. Market model - correct answer ✔✔D. Market model
Rollo always votes for politicians who promise to increase government funding for health and
social services. Which of the following best describes how he likely sees society?
A. Positivist model
B. Medical model
C. Market model
D. Polis model - correct answer ✔✔D. Polis model
Which of the following statements about the socio-environmental model of health would the
textbook author most likely say is false?
A. It sees community development as a key way to address health problems.
B. It considers how larger economic, social, and political factors affect health.
C. It focuses on environmental conditions like hazardous living conditions.
D. It is rooted in health individualism. - correct answer ✔✔B. It considers how larger economic,
social, and political factors affect health.
Sally and Charley are discussing whether or not alien lifeforms exist. What type of conversation
are they having?
A. Epistemological
,B. Methodological
C. Ecological
D. Ontological - correct answer ✔✔D. Ontological
On which of these domains does positivism differentiate from interpretivism?
A. Ontology, epistemology, and methodology
B. Ontology and epistemology, but not methodology
C. Methodology but not ontology or epistemology
D. Methodology and epistemology but not ontology - correct answer ✔✔A. Ontology,
epistemology, and methodology
Bella decides to conduct focus groups rather than one-on-one interviews. What type of decision
has she made?
A. Epistemological
B. Ontological
C. Methodological
D. Ecological - correct answer ✔✔C. Methodological
Which of the following social theories posits that a natural reality exists outside of human
interpretation, but that we cannot study it objectively?
A. Critical theory
B. Post-positivism
C. Positivism
D. Interpretivism - correct answer ✔✔B. Post-positivism
Which of the following social theories is most focused on how people perceive of their
experiences?
, A. Interpretivism
B. Positivism
C. Critical theory
D. Post-positivism - correct answer ✔✔A. Interpretivism
Seamus is conducting a statistical analysis of biomechanical data for his undergraduate thesis
project. Which social theory best fits with his project?
A. Positivism
B. Critical Theory
C. Interpretivism
D. Post-Positivism - correct answer ✔✔A. Positivism
Which of the following research instruments are interpretivists least likely to use in their
research?
A. Close-ended survey questions
B. Ethnographic field notes
C. Open-ended interview questions
D. Focus group questions - correct answer ✔✔A. Close-ended survey questions
Stella is designing a post-positivist research project. Which of the following types of data is she
most likely to collect:
A. Quantitative and qualitative
B. Qualitative only
C. Neither quantitative nor qualitative
D. Quantitative only - correct answer ✔✔A. quantitative and qualitative
