PH 450 MIDTERM 1 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026
The WHO defined health as the "state of complete physical, mental and social well being anot not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity" in the organization's constitution in 1946 and continues
unchanged through today. - Answers True
Scientists generally use these five Determinants of Health - Answers Behaviors, Socioeconomic
Conditions, Access to Care, Physical Environment, Biological Factors.
The social and physical environment can shape an individual's behaviors and include all factors that
affect the individual's life- positively or negatively- all of which are out of their immediate or direct
control - Answers True
Wealthier Americans tend to be better in health than poorer Americans primarily because of
differences in - Answers Education, Behavior, Environment
Healthcare disparities and health disparities are the same - Answers False
The higher the income, the more likely one is to - Answers Access Care, Receive Care and be satisfied
with care
Health policy is defined as "authoritative decisions made in the legislature, executive or judicial
branches of government that are intended to direct or influence the actions, behaviors or decisions of
others - Answers False
What are the three interconnected phases of public policy? - Answers Formulation, Implementation
and Modification
Judicial Branch - Answers Interprets Policy
Legislative Branch - Answers Formulate Policy
Executive Branch - Answers Implements Policy
Which branch of government balances health policy with other policy domains - Answers Legislative
Policies can take several forms - Answers Laws, Rules or Regulations, Implementation decisions and
Judicial Decisions
Laws enacted at any level of government are policies - Answers True
Judicial decisions are another form of public policy established by administrative agencies responsible
for implementing laws - Answers False
Effectively Managing medicare requires the federal government to undertake a complex and diverse
set of management tasks, including the following - Answers 1. Implementing and evaluating medicare
policies and operations
2. Developing and implementing a complrehensive strategic plan to carry out Medicare's mission and
objectives
3. Identifying program vulnerabilities and implementing strategies to eliminate fraud, waste and
abuse in Medicare
All of the various forms of health policies fit into three basic categories- allocative, regulatory and
theoretical - Answers False
The most credible arguments for policy intervention in the nation's domestic activities begin with the
identification of situations in which markets are not functioning properly - Answers True
The basic categories of regulatory health policies include: - Answers 1. Markey Entry- restricting
regulations
2. Price or rate setting regulations
3. Quality- control regulations
4. Market- preserving controls
5. Social regulations
Health Status and health determinants have a synergistic relationship - Answers True
Clean Air Act - Answers Physical Environment
Statutes limiting smoking - Answers Human Behavior
CHIP reauthorization act - Answers Social Factors
Health services resources that are heavily influenced by policies - Answers Money, workforce and
technology
The founders established a government in which the powers to create, implement and adjudicate
laws were separated into legislative, executive and judicial branches - Answers True
Which is NOT true?
1. Each branch of government is balanced by powers in the other two coequal branches
, 2. The president can't veto the laws of congress
3. The congress confirms or rejects many of the president's appointments
4. The justices of the Supreme Court, who can overturn unconstitutional laws, are appointed by the
president and confirmed by the senate. - Answers The president can't veto the laws of congress
Health and Human Services is the federal government's backup agency for protective the health of
Americans and providing essential human services, excluding those who are most vulnerable. -
Answers False
The first step in the legislative process is the following: - Answers The introduction of a bill- which is a
piece of proposed legislation- to Congress
Each state in the United States is a sovereign government unto itself - Answers True
Which of the following is true?
1. Each state has two branches of government and the duties of each branch are very different from
those in the federal government
2. The state government's executive branch passes laws and oversees the legislative branch
3. The judicial branch of the state government determines the constitutionality of laws and
adjudicates violations of the law. - Answers The judicial branch of the state government determiens
the constitutionality of laws and adjudicates violations of the law
Which of the following is NOT a cooperative strategy indicator? - Answers Tangible goal is to get as
much as they can
Health policies are made in the contet of policy markets that operate like traditional economic
markets in many ways. - Answers True
Demander - Answers Individuals who consider such policies relevant to the pursuit of their own health
Supplier - Answers Elected legislators, whether members of the US congress, state legislatures or city
councils.
Demander - Answers Individuals who consider such policies as means to some other desired end
The Policymaking Iron Triangle includes - Answers Agency, Legislative Committee and Interest Groups
Federalism is a system of government "in which sovereignty is shared (between two or more levels of
government) so that on some matters the national government is supreme and on others the states,
regions or provincial governments are supreme" - Answers True
Match the following
A. Dual Federalism
B. Creative Federalism
C. Cooperative Federalism
D. Interactive Federalism
E. Modern Federalism - Answers A. 1789- 1900
B. 1960- 1970
C. 1900-1960
D.2000- Present
E. 1970- 2000
Which of the following is a concurrent power of the federal government and the State government -
Answers Establish courts
The Medicaid Program prohibits states from innovating and experimenting within the federal
parameters of the program - Answers False
Each state in the United States is a sovereign government unto itself - Answers True
There are three kinds of Medicaid- program waivers, all of which are derived from the sections of the
SSA. Match the following
A. Section 11b(b) Medicaid waivers
B. Section 1332 Waivers
C. Section 1915 Medicaid Waivers - Answers A. Research and Demonstration Projects
B. The ACA and state policy innovation
C. Managed Care or Freedom of Choice Waivers
The legalization of marijuana is an issue for which the federal power to regulate interstate commerce
and the police power of the states collide - Answers True
The Social Security Act of 1935 addressed the following key issue - Answers Incentives for maternal
and child health
The WHO defined health as the "state of complete physical, mental and social well being anot not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity" in the organization's constitution in 1946 and continues
unchanged through today. - Answers True
Scientists generally use these five Determinants of Health - Answers Behaviors, Socioeconomic
Conditions, Access to Care, Physical Environment, Biological Factors.
The social and physical environment can shape an individual's behaviors and include all factors that
affect the individual's life- positively or negatively- all of which are out of their immediate or direct
control - Answers True
Wealthier Americans tend to be better in health than poorer Americans primarily because of
differences in - Answers Education, Behavior, Environment
Healthcare disparities and health disparities are the same - Answers False
The higher the income, the more likely one is to - Answers Access Care, Receive Care and be satisfied
with care
Health policy is defined as "authoritative decisions made in the legislature, executive or judicial
branches of government that are intended to direct or influence the actions, behaviors or decisions of
others - Answers False
What are the three interconnected phases of public policy? - Answers Formulation, Implementation
and Modification
Judicial Branch - Answers Interprets Policy
Legislative Branch - Answers Formulate Policy
Executive Branch - Answers Implements Policy
Which branch of government balances health policy with other policy domains - Answers Legislative
Policies can take several forms - Answers Laws, Rules or Regulations, Implementation decisions and
Judicial Decisions
Laws enacted at any level of government are policies - Answers True
Judicial decisions are another form of public policy established by administrative agencies responsible
for implementing laws - Answers False
Effectively Managing medicare requires the federal government to undertake a complex and diverse
set of management tasks, including the following - Answers 1. Implementing and evaluating medicare
policies and operations
2. Developing and implementing a complrehensive strategic plan to carry out Medicare's mission and
objectives
3. Identifying program vulnerabilities and implementing strategies to eliminate fraud, waste and
abuse in Medicare
All of the various forms of health policies fit into three basic categories- allocative, regulatory and
theoretical - Answers False
The most credible arguments for policy intervention in the nation's domestic activities begin with the
identification of situations in which markets are not functioning properly - Answers True
The basic categories of regulatory health policies include: - Answers 1. Markey Entry- restricting
regulations
2. Price or rate setting regulations
3. Quality- control regulations
4. Market- preserving controls
5. Social regulations
Health Status and health determinants have a synergistic relationship - Answers True
Clean Air Act - Answers Physical Environment
Statutes limiting smoking - Answers Human Behavior
CHIP reauthorization act - Answers Social Factors
Health services resources that are heavily influenced by policies - Answers Money, workforce and
technology
The founders established a government in which the powers to create, implement and adjudicate
laws were separated into legislative, executive and judicial branches - Answers True
Which is NOT true?
1. Each branch of government is balanced by powers in the other two coequal branches
, 2. The president can't veto the laws of congress
3. The congress confirms or rejects many of the president's appointments
4. The justices of the Supreme Court, who can overturn unconstitutional laws, are appointed by the
president and confirmed by the senate. - Answers The president can't veto the laws of congress
Health and Human Services is the federal government's backup agency for protective the health of
Americans and providing essential human services, excluding those who are most vulnerable. -
Answers False
The first step in the legislative process is the following: - Answers The introduction of a bill- which is a
piece of proposed legislation- to Congress
Each state in the United States is a sovereign government unto itself - Answers True
Which of the following is true?
1. Each state has two branches of government and the duties of each branch are very different from
those in the federal government
2. The state government's executive branch passes laws and oversees the legislative branch
3. The judicial branch of the state government determines the constitutionality of laws and
adjudicates violations of the law. - Answers The judicial branch of the state government determiens
the constitutionality of laws and adjudicates violations of the law
Which of the following is NOT a cooperative strategy indicator? - Answers Tangible goal is to get as
much as they can
Health policies are made in the contet of policy markets that operate like traditional economic
markets in many ways. - Answers True
Demander - Answers Individuals who consider such policies relevant to the pursuit of their own health
Supplier - Answers Elected legislators, whether members of the US congress, state legislatures or city
councils.
Demander - Answers Individuals who consider such policies as means to some other desired end
The Policymaking Iron Triangle includes - Answers Agency, Legislative Committee and Interest Groups
Federalism is a system of government "in which sovereignty is shared (between two or more levels of
government) so that on some matters the national government is supreme and on others the states,
regions or provincial governments are supreme" - Answers True
Match the following
A. Dual Federalism
B. Creative Federalism
C. Cooperative Federalism
D. Interactive Federalism
E. Modern Federalism - Answers A. 1789- 1900
B. 1960- 1970
C. 1900-1960
D.2000- Present
E. 1970- 2000
Which of the following is a concurrent power of the federal government and the State government -
Answers Establish courts
The Medicaid Program prohibits states from innovating and experimenting within the federal
parameters of the program - Answers False
Each state in the United States is a sovereign government unto itself - Answers True
There are three kinds of Medicaid- program waivers, all of which are derived from the sections of the
SSA. Match the following
A. Section 11b(b) Medicaid waivers
B. Section 1332 Waivers
C. Section 1915 Medicaid Waivers - Answers A. Research and Demonstration Projects
B. The ACA and state policy innovation
C. Managed Care or Freedom of Choice Waivers
The legalization of marijuana is an issue for which the federal power to regulate interstate commerce
and the police power of the states collide - Answers True
The Social Security Act of 1935 addressed the following key issue - Answers Incentives for maternal
and child health
