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PCA EXAM 1 2025 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS (VERIFIED)
Terms in this set (77) Q & A
>> 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
-answer- D
>> 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
-answer- C
>> Health promotion includes
a) Immunizations against infectious disease
b) Respiratory, physical, and occupational therapies
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c) Learning skills needed to live, work, and enjoy life
d) Learning about healthy living
-answer- D
>> 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
-answer- C
>> 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
-answer- B
>> Diagnostic tests, physical exams, surgery, emergency care, and medications are used in
a) Heath promotion
b) Detection and treatment of disease
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c) Rehabilitation and restorative care
d) Disease prevention
-answer- B
>> 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
-answer- A
>> All of these are members of the health team EXCEPT
a) Occupational therapist
b) Social worker
c) Janitor
d) Cleric
-answer- C
>> The "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act"
a) Requires everyone to have health insurance
b) Replaces Medicare and Medicaid
PCA EXAM 1 2025 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS (VERIFIED)
Terms in this set (77) Q & A
>> 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
-answer- D
>> 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
-answer- C
>> Health promotion includes
a) Immunizations against infectious disease
b) Respiratory, physical, and occupational therapies
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c) Learning skills needed to live, work, and enjoy life
d) Learning about healthy living
-answer- D
>> 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
-answer- C
>> 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
-answer- B
>> Diagnostic tests, physical exams, surgery, emergency care, and medications are used in
a) Heath promotion
b) Detection and treatment of disease
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c) Rehabilitation and restorative care
d) Disease prevention
-answer- B
>> 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
-answer- A
>> All of these are members of the health team EXCEPT
a) Occupational therapist
b) Social worker
c) Janitor
d) Cleric
-answer- C
>> The "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act"
a) Requires everyone to have health insurance
b) Replaces Medicare and Medicaid
