MHA 708 EXAM B HEALTHCARE POLICY
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Questions 1–20: Government Structure & Policymaking Process
Question 1: Which branch of government has the constitutional authority to initiate revenue
bills?
A. Executive Branch
B. Judicial Branch
C. House of Representatives
D. Senate
✔✔✔ANSW✔✔: C
Rationale: The Origination Clause (Article I, Section 7) requires that all bills for raising revenue
originate in the House of Representatives.
Question 2: What is the primary function of the Judicial Branch in healthcare policy?
A. Creating new healthcare laws
,B. Enforcing Medicare regulations
C. Interpreting laws and reviewing constitutionality
D. Approving the federal budget
✔✔✔ANSW✔✔: C
Rationale: The Judicial Branch interprets laws and determines whether they align with the
Constitution.
Question 3: How many voting members are in the U.S. House of Representatives?
A. 100
B. 435
C. 538
D. 50
✔✔✔ANSW✔✔: B
Rationale: The House has 435 voting members, apportioned by state population.
Question 4: Which of the following best describes "statutory authority"?
A. Power granted directly by the Constitution
B. Power granted to executive agencies by Congress to create regulations
C. Power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional
D. Power of the President to veto legislation
✔✔✔ANSW✔✔: B
Rationale: Statutory authority is the power Congress delegates to agencies (e.g., CMS, HHS) to
create regulations that have the force of law.
,Question 5: What are the three sequential phases of the policymaking process?
A. Implementation, Evaluation, Termination
B. Formulation, Implementation, Modification
C. Agenda Setting, Legislation, Adjudication
D. Drafting, Debating, Enacting
✔✔✔ANSW✔✔: B
Rationale: The three phases are formulation (creating policy), implementation (putting into
practice), and modification (adjusting over time).
Question 6: Which branch of government is responsible for enforcing healthcare laws such as
the Affordable Care Act?
A. Legislative
B. Executive
C. Judicial
D. Administrative
✔✔✔ANSW✔✔: B
Rationale: The Executive Branch, through agencies like HHS and CMS, enforces and implements
healthcare laws.
Question 7: What is the role of the Senate in the legislative process?
A. Originate revenue bills
B. Confirm presidential appointments and ratify treaties
C. Enforce regulations
D. Interpret laws
✔✔✔ANSW✔✔: B
, Rationale: The Senate provides advice and consent on presidential appointments (including HHS
secretaries, federal judges) and ratifies treaties.
Question 8: Which of the following is an example of an executive agency involved in healthcare
policy?
A. House Ways and Means Committee
B. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
C. Supreme Court
D. Congressional Budget Office
✔✔✔ANSW✔✔: B
Rationale: CMS is an executive agency under HHS that administers Medicare, Medicaid, and
other health programs.
Question 9: What is the concept of "checks and balances" in healthcare policy?
A. Ensuring all branches have equal power
B. Allowing each branch to limit the powers of the others
C. Giving the President total control over healthcare
D. Eliminating judicial review of healthcare laws
✔✔✔ANSW✔✔: B
Rationale: Checks and balances ensure that no single branch becomes too powerful; each
branch can constrain the others.
Question 10: Which committee in the House has primary jurisdiction over Medicare and
Medicaid funding?
NEWEST 2026 ACTUAL EXAM| LSUS MHA
708 EXAM B REVIEW WITH COMPLETE
REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS/ ALREADY GRADED
A+ (MOST RECENT!!)
Questions 1–20: Government Structure & Policymaking Process
Question 1: Which branch of government has the constitutional authority to initiate revenue
bills?
A. Executive Branch
B. Judicial Branch
C. House of Representatives
D. Senate
✔✔✔ANSW✔✔: C
Rationale: The Origination Clause (Article I, Section 7) requires that all bills for raising revenue
originate in the House of Representatives.
Question 2: What is the primary function of the Judicial Branch in healthcare policy?
A. Creating new healthcare laws
,B. Enforcing Medicare regulations
C. Interpreting laws and reviewing constitutionality
D. Approving the federal budget
✔✔✔ANSW✔✔: C
Rationale: The Judicial Branch interprets laws and determines whether they align with the
Constitution.
Question 3: How many voting members are in the U.S. House of Representatives?
A. 100
B. 435
C. 538
D. 50
✔✔✔ANSW✔✔: B
Rationale: The House has 435 voting members, apportioned by state population.
Question 4: Which of the following best describes "statutory authority"?
A. Power granted directly by the Constitution
B. Power granted to executive agencies by Congress to create regulations
C. Power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional
D. Power of the President to veto legislation
✔✔✔ANSW✔✔: B
Rationale: Statutory authority is the power Congress delegates to agencies (e.g., CMS, HHS) to
create regulations that have the force of law.
,Question 5: What are the three sequential phases of the policymaking process?
A. Implementation, Evaluation, Termination
B. Formulation, Implementation, Modification
C. Agenda Setting, Legislation, Adjudication
D. Drafting, Debating, Enacting
✔✔✔ANSW✔✔: B
Rationale: The three phases are formulation (creating policy), implementation (putting into
practice), and modification (adjusting over time).
Question 6: Which branch of government is responsible for enforcing healthcare laws such as
the Affordable Care Act?
A. Legislative
B. Executive
C. Judicial
D. Administrative
✔✔✔ANSW✔✔: B
Rationale: The Executive Branch, through agencies like HHS and CMS, enforces and implements
healthcare laws.
Question 7: What is the role of the Senate in the legislative process?
A. Originate revenue bills
B. Confirm presidential appointments and ratify treaties
C. Enforce regulations
D. Interpret laws
✔✔✔ANSW✔✔: B
, Rationale: The Senate provides advice and consent on presidential appointments (including HHS
secretaries, federal judges) and ratifies treaties.
Question 8: Which of the following is an example of an executive agency involved in healthcare
policy?
A. House Ways and Means Committee
B. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
C. Supreme Court
D. Congressional Budget Office
✔✔✔ANSW✔✔: B
Rationale: CMS is an executive agency under HHS that administers Medicare, Medicaid, and
other health programs.
Question 9: What is the concept of "checks and balances" in healthcare policy?
A. Ensuring all branches have equal power
B. Allowing each branch to limit the powers of the others
C. Giving the President total control over healthcare
D. Eliminating judicial review of healthcare laws
✔✔✔ANSW✔✔: B
Rationale: Checks and balances ensure that no single branch becomes too powerful; each
branch can constrain the others.
Question 10: Which committee in the House has primary jurisdiction over Medicare and
Medicaid funding?
