MA100 Exam 1 Practice Questions
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2026 Updated.
Why is Hippocrates often called the father of Western medicine?
A. he believed that disease was caused by physical and environmental factors that could be
studied
B. He developed medications from plant animal sources to treat certain diseases.
C. He created a medical school using a model that resembles modern medical schools.
D. His students swore an oath called the Hippocratic oath, which is still recited by graduating
physicians - Answer A. He believes the disease was caused by physical and environmental
factors that could be studied.
What is the name for treatment that reduces symptoms of a disease but does not cure the
disease?
A. Definitive.
B. Palliative.
C. Holistic.
D. Empirical. - Answer B. Palliative
When a patient comes to the office for care and then leaves and goes home what type of care
has a patient received?
A. Clinic.
B. Extended.
C. Managed.
D. Ambulatory. - Answer D. Ambulatory
What type of insurance plan pays a physician separately for each procedure that was
performed?
A. Government insurance.
B. Capitation insurance.
C. Fee for service insurance.
D. Managed care insurance. - Answer C. Fee for service insurance.
Which of the following facilities now functions primarily to provide acute care and diagnostic
services?
A. Clinic
,B. Hospital.
C. Physicians office.
D. Skilled nursing facility/nursing home. - Answer B. Hospital
What is the system by which a person (or the person's employer) pays an insurance company a
yearly amount of money in exchange for the insurance companies paying some or most of the
persons medical expenses for that year?
A. Life insurance
B. Health insurance.
C. Capitation.
D. Formulary. - Answer B. Health insurance.
What trend in modern medicine encourages patients to become more responsible for their own
care?
A. Taking active steps to avoid duplication of services and medical errors.
B. Identifying all patients with name and date of birth before providing service.
C. Coaching patients to make dietary changes, stop smoking and exercise.
D. Treating conditions as outpatient to avoid hospitalization. - Answer C. Coaching patients
to make dietary changes, stop smoking and exercise.
The insurance plan called ________ is designed to provide health insurance for low income
people
A. Medicaid.
B. Medicare.
C. Social Security.
D. TRICARE. - Answer A. Medicaid.
What is the federal insurance plan that provides health insurance for the elderly the disabled
and those with end-stage kidney disease?
A. Medicaid.
B. Medicare.
C. TRICARE.
D. Managed care - Answer c. TRICARE.
What is the current name for the health insurance plan for dependent spouses and children of
active duty military personnel?
A. Medicaid.
, B. Medicare.
C. TRICARE.
D. CHAMPVA - Answer C. Tricare
What type of health care encourages regular check ups, immunizations and well child visits?
A. acute care.
B. Conservative care.
C. Diagnostic care.
D. Routine care. - Answer D. Routine care
What is utilization review?
A. a process to determine whether healthcare is medically necessary
B.a means to determine how much patients should pay for insurance
C. Collection of statistics about the number of cases of specific diseases.
D.the systematic study of surgical techniques - Answer A.a process to determine whether
healthcare is medically necessary
Which of the following was included in the original model for health maintenance
organizations? (HMOs)
A. A network of physicians in the community.
B. Payment only for visits resulting from illness or disease.
C. Full service clinics in which the physicians were employees.
D. Allowing patient to obtain services at all hospitals in given geographic area. - Answer C.
Full service clinics in which of the physicians were employees.
What is it called when a physician receives one monthly fee from the insurance company for
each subscriber in his or her practice?
A. Fee for service.
B. Indemnity.
C. Incentive reimbursement.
D. Capitation. - Answer D. Capitation.
What is the name for an insurance plans list of approved medication's?
A. formulary
B. Prescription.
C. Premium.
with Guaranteed Pass Solutions 2025-
2026 Updated.
Why is Hippocrates often called the father of Western medicine?
A. he believed that disease was caused by physical and environmental factors that could be
studied
B. He developed medications from plant animal sources to treat certain diseases.
C. He created a medical school using a model that resembles modern medical schools.
D. His students swore an oath called the Hippocratic oath, which is still recited by graduating
physicians - Answer A. He believes the disease was caused by physical and environmental
factors that could be studied.
What is the name for treatment that reduces symptoms of a disease but does not cure the
disease?
A. Definitive.
B. Palliative.
C. Holistic.
D. Empirical. - Answer B. Palliative
When a patient comes to the office for care and then leaves and goes home what type of care
has a patient received?
A. Clinic.
B. Extended.
C. Managed.
D. Ambulatory. - Answer D. Ambulatory
What type of insurance plan pays a physician separately for each procedure that was
performed?
A. Government insurance.
B. Capitation insurance.
C. Fee for service insurance.
D. Managed care insurance. - Answer C. Fee for service insurance.
Which of the following facilities now functions primarily to provide acute care and diagnostic
services?
A. Clinic
,B. Hospital.
C. Physicians office.
D. Skilled nursing facility/nursing home. - Answer B. Hospital
What is the system by which a person (or the person's employer) pays an insurance company a
yearly amount of money in exchange for the insurance companies paying some or most of the
persons medical expenses for that year?
A. Life insurance
B. Health insurance.
C. Capitation.
D. Formulary. - Answer B. Health insurance.
What trend in modern medicine encourages patients to become more responsible for their own
care?
A. Taking active steps to avoid duplication of services and medical errors.
B. Identifying all patients with name and date of birth before providing service.
C. Coaching patients to make dietary changes, stop smoking and exercise.
D. Treating conditions as outpatient to avoid hospitalization. - Answer C. Coaching patients
to make dietary changes, stop smoking and exercise.
The insurance plan called ________ is designed to provide health insurance for low income
people
A. Medicaid.
B. Medicare.
C. Social Security.
D. TRICARE. - Answer A. Medicaid.
What is the federal insurance plan that provides health insurance for the elderly the disabled
and those with end-stage kidney disease?
A. Medicaid.
B. Medicare.
C. TRICARE.
D. Managed care - Answer c. TRICARE.
What is the current name for the health insurance plan for dependent spouses and children of
active duty military personnel?
A. Medicaid.
, B. Medicare.
C. TRICARE.
D. CHAMPVA - Answer C. Tricare
What type of health care encourages regular check ups, immunizations and well child visits?
A. acute care.
B. Conservative care.
C. Diagnostic care.
D. Routine care. - Answer D. Routine care
What is utilization review?
A. a process to determine whether healthcare is medically necessary
B.a means to determine how much patients should pay for insurance
C. Collection of statistics about the number of cases of specific diseases.
D.the systematic study of surgical techniques - Answer A.a process to determine whether
healthcare is medically necessary
Which of the following was included in the original model for health maintenance
organizations? (HMOs)
A. A network of physicians in the community.
B. Payment only for visits resulting from illness or disease.
C. Full service clinics in which the physicians were employees.
D. Allowing patient to obtain services at all hospitals in given geographic area. - Answer C.
Full service clinics in which of the physicians were employees.
What is it called when a physician receives one monthly fee from the insurance company for
each subscriber in his or her practice?
A. Fee for service.
B. Indemnity.
C. Incentive reimbursement.
D. Capitation. - Answer D. Capitation.
What is the name for an insurance plans list of approved medication's?
A. formulary
B. Prescription.
C. Premium.
