HCD 330 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND
100% CORRECT ANSWERS
1. What is the purpose of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA)?
A) To provide health insurance to uninsured workers
B) To govern workplace environments to ensure that employees have a safe and
healthy work environment
C) To investigate medical malpractice claims
D) To certify healthcare professionals
Correct Answer: B
2. What is epidemiology?
A) The study of healthcare financing systems
B) The study of disease distribution and patterns among populations
C) The study of individual patient treatment outcomes
D) The study of hospital administration
Correct Answer: B
3. Which of the following statements does NOT reflect the responsibilities of the
US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)?
A) To ensure the accuracy of product information
B) To ensure that products, such as food, cosmetics, and medical devices, are safe
for consumers
C) To inspect agricultural products for disease to ensure safety to consumers
D) To regulate pharmaceutical drugs
Correct Answer: C
4. Which of the following statements reflects the responsibilities of the US Food
and Drug Administration (FDA)? (Select ALL correct answers)
, A) To ensure the accuracy of product information
B) To ensure that products, such as food, cosmetics, and medical devices, are safe
for consumers
C) To inspect agricultural products for disease
D) To provide health insurance to the elderly
Correct Answers: A, B
5. Which agency's primary focus is research towards preventing and curing
diseases?
A) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
B) Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
C) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
D) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Correct Answer: C
6. What is public health? (Select ALL correct answers)
A) Science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting physical
health
B) Hygiene education for individuals to ensure a standard of living for health
maintenance
C) Control of community infections
D) Direct surgical intervention for acute conditions
Correct Answers: A, B, C
7. Which agency's primary responsibility is to provide policy, funding, and
oversight of healthcare programs for the elderly and poor?
A) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
B) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
C) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
D) Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Correct Answer: C
8. Which organization was created by the Department of Homeland Security
that presents guiding principles that enable all response partners to prepare and
create a unified national response to disasters and emergencies?
100% CORRECT ANSWERS
1. What is the purpose of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA)?
A) To provide health insurance to uninsured workers
B) To govern workplace environments to ensure that employees have a safe and
healthy work environment
C) To investigate medical malpractice claims
D) To certify healthcare professionals
Correct Answer: B
2. What is epidemiology?
A) The study of healthcare financing systems
B) The study of disease distribution and patterns among populations
C) The study of individual patient treatment outcomes
D) The study of hospital administration
Correct Answer: B
3. Which of the following statements does NOT reflect the responsibilities of the
US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)?
A) To ensure the accuracy of product information
B) To ensure that products, such as food, cosmetics, and medical devices, are safe
for consumers
C) To inspect agricultural products for disease to ensure safety to consumers
D) To regulate pharmaceutical drugs
Correct Answer: C
4. Which of the following statements reflects the responsibilities of the US Food
and Drug Administration (FDA)? (Select ALL correct answers)
, A) To ensure the accuracy of product information
B) To ensure that products, such as food, cosmetics, and medical devices, are safe
for consumers
C) To inspect agricultural products for disease
D) To provide health insurance to the elderly
Correct Answers: A, B
5. Which agency's primary focus is research towards preventing and curing
diseases?
A) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
B) Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
C) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
D) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Correct Answer: C
6. What is public health? (Select ALL correct answers)
A) Science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting physical
health
B) Hygiene education for individuals to ensure a standard of living for health
maintenance
C) Control of community infections
D) Direct surgical intervention for acute conditions
Correct Answers: A, B, C
7. Which agency's primary responsibility is to provide policy, funding, and
oversight of healthcare programs for the elderly and poor?
A) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
B) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
C) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
D) Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Correct Answer: C
8. Which organization was created by the Department of Homeland Security
that presents guiding principles that enable all response partners to prepare and
create a unified national response to disasters and emergencies?
