HIM Final Exam Question and answers
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First responders - correct answer ✔In terms of health vulnerability, which of the following is not an
example of a vulnerable population?
a. Rural residents
b. Breastfeeding mothers
c. Homeless people
d. First responders
Dissociation - correct answer ✔When working with a vulnerable Cambodian refugee, what is a
symptom that is likely to be encountered?
a. Dissociation
b. Obesity
c. Smoking
d. Alcohol abuse
Higher Socioeconomic Status - correct answer ✔When examining the case of a vulnerable individual,
what would be a hopeful sign?
a. Having prior health insurance
b. Dissociation
c. Higher socioeconomic status
d. Use of Medicare
,Mental disorder - correct answer ✔Which need characteristic is found in about 1 in 6 US adults?
a. Mental disorder
b. Obesity
c. Smoking
d. Asthma
Promotion of prenatal care - correct answer ✔Which policy would have broad effects in eliminating
disparities in access to health care?
a. Promotion of prenatal care
b. Taxing cigarettes
c. Needle exchange program
d. Subsidies to farmers locally producing fresh vegetables
True - correct answer ✔T or F: Vulnerability refers to populations that are more susceptible to illness.
True - correct answer ✔T or F: Black Americans are more likely to have vulnerability, in terms of health,
than white Americans.
True - correct answer ✔T or F: The cost of retroviral therapy makes fighting HIV infection prohibitively
expensive for many patients in developing countries.
False - correct answer ✔T or F: The Action Plan is a subsection of the ACA.
, False - correct answer ✔T or F: Hospitals of all types have spent about $100 billion in the last 2 decades
on caring for uninsured patients.
Vulnerability - correct answer ✔Denotes susceptibility to negative events. From a health perspective,
vulnerability refers to the likelihood of experiencing poor health or illness. Poor health can be
manifested physically, psychologically, and socially.
African Americans - correct answer ✔What demographic has shorter life expectancies?
Lung cancer - correct answer ✔What is the number one cancer in people of Laotian origin?
Eating disorders - correct answer ✔Male football players have more _______ than female athletes.
Developmental Vulnerability - correct answer ✔Refers to the rapid and cumulative physical and
emotional changes that characterize childhood, and the potential effects that illness, injury, or untoward
family and social circumstances can have on a child's life-course trajectory.
2nd - correct answer ✔Mental health ranks _______ after ischemic heart disease as a burden on health
and productivity.
Health Policy - correct answer ✔A speech given by a public official to urge Americans to stop smoking is
an example of which of the following?
Exponential - correct answer ✔Funding increases for the NIH since the mid-1930s can best be
described as ___________.
Use the media to raise awareness of the health benefits of cruciferous vegetables. - correct answer
✔Which would come first in making a health care policy to encourage people to eat more cruciferous
vegetables?
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First responders - correct answer ✔In terms of health vulnerability, which of the following is not an
example of a vulnerable population?
a. Rural residents
b. Breastfeeding mothers
c. Homeless people
d. First responders
Dissociation - correct answer ✔When working with a vulnerable Cambodian refugee, what is a
symptom that is likely to be encountered?
a. Dissociation
b. Obesity
c. Smoking
d. Alcohol abuse
Higher Socioeconomic Status - correct answer ✔When examining the case of a vulnerable individual,
what would be a hopeful sign?
a. Having prior health insurance
b. Dissociation
c. Higher socioeconomic status
d. Use of Medicare
,Mental disorder - correct answer ✔Which need characteristic is found in about 1 in 6 US adults?
a. Mental disorder
b. Obesity
c. Smoking
d. Asthma
Promotion of prenatal care - correct answer ✔Which policy would have broad effects in eliminating
disparities in access to health care?
a. Promotion of prenatal care
b. Taxing cigarettes
c. Needle exchange program
d. Subsidies to farmers locally producing fresh vegetables
True - correct answer ✔T or F: Vulnerability refers to populations that are more susceptible to illness.
True - correct answer ✔T or F: Black Americans are more likely to have vulnerability, in terms of health,
than white Americans.
True - correct answer ✔T or F: The cost of retroviral therapy makes fighting HIV infection prohibitively
expensive for many patients in developing countries.
False - correct answer ✔T or F: The Action Plan is a subsection of the ACA.
, False - correct answer ✔T or F: Hospitals of all types have spent about $100 billion in the last 2 decades
on caring for uninsured patients.
Vulnerability - correct answer ✔Denotes susceptibility to negative events. From a health perspective,
vulnerability refers to the likelihood of experiencing poor health or illness. Poor health can be
manifested physically, psychologically, and socially.
African Americans - correct answer ✔What demographic has shorter life expectancies?
Lung cancer - correct answer ✔What is the number one cancer in people of Laotian origin?
Eating disorders - correct answer ✔Male football players have more _______ than female athletes.
Developmental Vulnerability - correct answer ✔Refers to the rapid and cumulative physical and
emotional changes that characterize childhood, and the potential effects that illness, injury, or untoward
family and social circumstances can have on a child's life-course trajectory.
2nd - correct answer ✔Mental health ranks _______ after ischemic heart disease as a burden on health
and productivity.
Health Policy - correct answer ✔A speech given by a public official to urge Americans to stop smoking is
an example of which of the following?
Exponential - correct answer ✔Funding increases for the NIH since the mid-1930s can best be
described as ___________.
Use the media to raise awareness of the health benefits of cruciferous vegetables. - correct answer
✔Which would come first in making a health care policy to encourage people to eat more cruciferous
vegetables?
