HSC 380 MIDTERM REVIEW WITH 91 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS NEWEST
Native Americans are the only indigenous group to the United States. (T or F) - Ans True
Hispanic is an ethnicity rather than a race. (T or F) - Ans True
are now the second largest emerging majority group in the United States. - Ans
African Americans
Cancer rates are lower among Black women when compared with White women. (T or F) - Ans
False
By treaty rights, own their own lands. - Ans Native Americans
is a term that is used to describe an inevitable change taking place in American
society based on the prediction that by the years 2042-2050, in certain areas in the U.S., the
majority populations will be Hispanic and Black people and other non-majority groups. - Ans
Emerging majority
As a consequence of beliefs, people from different cultures may have different treatment-
seeking behaviors. (T or F) - Ans True
The main racial and ethnic groups, as determined by the , are designated by
category for federal statistics and administrative reporting. - Ans Office of Management and
Budget (OMB)
, If supermarkets build in low-income neighborhoods, but the people in those neighborhoods
cannot afford the food, the outcome is known as a food desert. (T or F) - Ans False
Lack of sufficient health care for some in the United States has led to: - Ans Both poorer health
and health inequality
Food injustice is a result of which of the following factors? - Ans Politics, education, and culture
Generally speaking, health disparity refers to equal status in health among varying racial and
ethnic groups. (T or F) - Ans False
The White population, which is currently the majority population, has a higher health status
than members of the African American/Black population. (T or F) - Ans True
Which of the following studies involved the manipulation of Black men into believing that they
were receiving treatment for syphilis? - Ans The Tuskegee Syphilis Study
Genetics has no substantial basis as the sole explanation of health disparities. (T or F) - Ans
True
are descendants of slaves, and may have inherited the dietary preferences of
slaves that have been passed from one generation to the next. - Ans African Americans
Many undocumented immigrants will have poorer health because they will seek care in
emergency rooms or not seek care at all. (T or F) - Ans True
IQ testing, initially used to determine intellectual capabilities and identify those who were
"intellectually inferior" and "feeble-minded," provided the science that has been used to
formulate and justify current test-based practices and policies. (T or F) - Ans True
ANSWERS NEWEST
Native Americans are the only indigenous group to the United States. (T or F) - Ans True
Hispanic is an ethnicity rather than a race. (T or F) - Ans True
are now the second largest emerging majority group in the United States. - Ans
African Americans
Cancer rates are lower among Black women when compared with White women. (T or F) - Ans
False
By treaty rights, own their own lands. - Ans Native Americans
is a term that is used to describe an inevitable change taking place in American
society based on the prediction that by the years 2042-2050, in certain areas in the U.S., the
majority populations will be Hispanic and Black people and other non-majority groups. - Ans
Emerging majority
As a consequence of beliefs, people from different cultures may have different treatment-
seeking behaviors. (T or F) - Ans True
The main racial and ethnic groups, as determined by the , are designated by
category for federal statistics and administrative reporting. - Ans Office of Management and
Budget (OMB)
, If supermarkets build in low-income neighborhoods, but the people in those neighborhoods
cannot afford the food, the outcome is known as a food desert. (T or F) - Ans False
Lack of sufficient health care for some in the United States has led to: - Ans Both poorer health
and health inequality
Food injustice is a result of which of the following factors? - Ans Politics, education, and culture
Generally speaking, health disparity refers to equal status in health among varying racial and
ethnic groups. (T or F) - Ans False
The White population, which is currently the majority population, has a higher health status
than members of the African American/Black population. (T or F) - Ans True
Which of the following studies involved the manipulation of Black men into believing that they
were receiving treatment for syphilis? - Ans The Tuskegee Syphilis Study
Genetics has no substantial basis as the sole explanation of health disparities. (T or F) - Ans
True
are descendants of slaves, and may have inherited the dietary preferences of
slaves that have been passed from one generation to the next. - Ans African Americans
Many undocumented immigrants will have poorer health because they will seek care in
emergency rooms or not seek care at all. (T or F) - Ans True
IQ testing, initially used to determine intellectual capabilities and identify those who were
"intellectually inferior" and "feeble-minded," provided the science that has been used to
formulate and justify current test-based practices and policies. (T or F) - Ans True
