Todays Medical Assistant 3rd Edition Bonewit-West

Today’s Medical Assistant 3rd Edition Bonewit-West Test Bank

Chapter 01: The Health Care System

Bonewit-West: Today’s Medical Assistant, 3rd Edition

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Directions: Choose the best answer. Each question is worth 1.8 points.

• Why is Hippocrates often called the father of Western Medicine?
• He believed that disease was caused by physical and environmental factors that

could be studied.

• He developed “medications” from plant and animal sources to treat certain

diseases.

• He created a medical school using a model that resembles modern medical schools.
• His students swore an oath called the Hippocratic Oath, which is still recited by

graduating physicians.

ANS: A

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• What is the name for treatment that reduces symptoms of a disease, but does not cure the

disease?

• Definitive
• Palliative
• Holistic
• Empirical

ANS: B

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Competency: 3.c.

• When a patient comes to the office for care and then leaves and goes home, what type of care

has the patient received?

• Clinic
• Extended
• Managed
• Ambulatory

ANS: D

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• What type of insurance plan pays a physician separately for each procedure that was

performed?

• Government insurance
• Capitation insurance
• Fee-for-service insurance
• Managed care insurance

ANS: C

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Competency: 8.c. 1 / 4

• Which of the following facilities now functions primarily to provide acute care and diagnostic

services?

• Clinic
• Hospital
• Physician’s office
• Skilled nursing facility/nursing home

ANS: B

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• A system by which a person (or the person’s employer) pays an insurance company a yearly

amount of money in exchange for the insurance company’s paying some or most of the person’s medical expenses for that year is

• Fee-for-service plan
• Health insurance
• Capitation
• Medicare

ANS: B

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Competency: 8.c.

• What trend in modern medicine encourages patients to become more responsible for their own

care?

• Taking active steps to avoid duplication of services and medical errors
• Identifying all patientsTwEitShTnBamAeNaKnSd EdaLteLoEfRb.irCthObMefore providing service
• Coaching patients to make dietary changes, stop smoking, and exercise
• Treating conditions as outpatients to avoid hospitalization

ANS: C

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• The insurance plan called is designed to provide health insurance for

low-income people.

• Medicaid
• Medicare
• Social Security

D. TRICARE

ANS: A

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Competency: 8.c.

• What is the federal insurance plan that provides health insurance for the elderly, the disabled,

and those with end-stage kidney disease?

• Medicaid
• Medicare

C. TRICARE

• Managed Care 2 / 4

ANS: B

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Competency: 8.c.

• What is the current name for the health insurance plan for dependent spouses and children of

active-duty military personnel?

• Medicaid
• Medicare

C. TRICARE

D. CHAMPVA

ANS: C

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Competency: 8.c.

• What type of health care encourages regular checkups, immunizations, and well-child visits?
• Acute care
• Conservative care
• Diagnostic care
• Routine care

ANS: D

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Competency: 8.c.

• What is utilization review?
• A process to determine whether health care is medically necessary
• A means to determine

T ho E w S m T u B c A h N p K at S ie E nt L s L sh E o R ul .d C p O ay M for insurance

• Collection of statistics about the number of cases of specific diseases
• The systematic study of surgical techniques

ANS: A

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Competency: 8.c.

• Which of the following was included in the original model for health maintenance

organizations (HMOs)?

• A network of physicians in the community
• Payment only for visits resulting from illness or disease
• Full-service clinics in which the physicians were employees
• Allowing patient to obtain services at all hospitals in a given geographic area

ANS: C

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Competency: 8.c.

• What is it called when a physician receives one monthly fee from the insurance company for

each subscriber in his or her practice?

• Fee-for-service
• Indemnity
• Incentive reimbursement
• Capitation 3 / 4

ANS: D

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Competency: 8.c.

• What is the name for an insurance plan’s list of approved medications?
• Formulary
• Prescription
• Premium
• Generic

ANS: A

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Competency: 8.c.

• Which of the following occurs first when a patient is seen in the medical office?
• Laboratory testing
• Examination by the physician
• Referral
• Instructions for follow-up care

ANS: B

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• When does a physician participate in a residency program?
• After completing medical school
• Immediately after completing 4 years of college (bachelor’s degree)
• Only after becoming bo

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• At any time when it is convenient during his or her training

ANS: A

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• Which of the following health professionals can manage routine patient care?
• Physician
• Nurse practitioner
• Physician assistant
• All of the above

ANS: D

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• What examination must a physician pass in order to obtain a state license to practice

medicine?

• National Medical Licensing Examination (NMLE)
• National Board Certification Examination (NBCE)
• Physician Licensing Examination (PLE)
• United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE)

ANS: D

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