PCA EXAM 1 EXAM WITH CORRECT
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Medicare
a) is purchased by individuals ad families from an insurance company
b) helps to pay medical costs for low-income families
c) may be provided by an employer
d) is a federal health insurance program for persons 65 years of age and
older - CORRECT-ANSWERSD
Hospice
a) Provides short-term care until a patient recovers
b) Gives care only in the home setting
c) Focuses on palliative, comfort care and does not treat or cure the disease
d) Provides care that only focuses on a patient's physical needs - CORRECT-
ANSWERSC
Health promotion includes
a) Immunizations against infectious disease
b) Respiratory, physical, and occupational therapies
c) Learning skills needed to live, work, and enjoy life
d) Learning about healthy living - CORRECT-ANSWERSD
Patients in a long-term care center, such as anAssisted Living Facility (ALF)
or a skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
a) Need hospital care
,B) Are acutely ill
c) May be older with chronic diseases, poor nutrition, or poor health
d) Are never able to return home - CORRECT-ANSWERSC
The goal of rehabilitation and restorative care is
a) Teaching the patient about healthy living
b) Returining patients to their highest possible level of physical and
psychological functioning
c) Returning the patient completely to normal functioning
d) Treating the illness with diet, exercise, and medications - CORRECT-
ANSWERSB
Diagnostic tests, physical exams, surgery, emergency care, and medications
are used in
a) Heath promotion
b) Detection and treatment of disease
c) Rehabilitation and restorative care
d) Disease prevention - CORRECT-ANSWERSB
When an illness or injury is on-going, is slow or gradual in onset, and has no
known cure, it is referred to as a
a) Chronic illness
b) Acute illness
c) Terminal illness
d) Pre-existing condition - CORRECT-ANSWERSA
All of these are members of the health team EXCEPT
, a) Occupational therapist
b) Social worker
c) Janitor
d) Cleric - CORRECT-ANSWERSC
The "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act"
a) Requires everyone to have health insurance
b) Replaces Medicare and Medicaid
c) Is only available to those who can afford health insurance
d) Will not insure those who have chronic illnesses - CORRECT-ANSWERSA
A person with an acute illness is usually treated in
a) Hospital
b) Long-term care center
c) Assisted living facility
d) Rehabilitation agency - CORRECT-ANSWERSA
Persons who have problems coping with life events may be treated in a
a) Mental health center
b) Skilled care facility
c) Long-term care center
d) Hospice - CORRECT-ANSWERSA
When health care agencies offer services, the focus of care is always
a) To cure illness
b) To give daily personal care
c) The person
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Medicare
a) is purchased by individuals ad families from an insurance company
b) helps to pay medical costs for low-income families
c) may be provided by an employer
d) is a federal health insurance program for persons 65 years of age and
older - CORRECT-ANSWERSD
Hospice
a) Provides short-term care until a patient recovers
b) Gives care only in the home setting
c) Focuses on palliative, comfort care and does not treat or cure the disease
d) Provides care that only focuses on a patient's physical needs - CORRECT-
ANSWERSC
Health promotion includes
a) Immunizations against infectious disease
b) Respiratory, physical, and occupational therapies
c) Learning skills needed to live, work, and enjoy life
d) Learning about healthy living - CORRECT-ANSWERSD
Patients in a long-term care center, such as anAssisted Living Facility (ALF)
or a skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
a) Need hospital care
,B) Are acutely ill
c) May be older with chronic diseases, poor nutrition, or poor health
d) Are never able to return home - CORRECT-ANSWERSC
The goal of rehabilitation and restorative care is
a) Teaching the patient about healthy living
b) Returining patients to their highest possible level of physical and
psychological functioning
c) Returning the patient completely to normal functioning
d) Treating the illness with diet, exercise, and medications - CORRECT-
ANSWERSB
Diagnostic tests, physical exams, surgery, emergency care, and medications
are used in
a) Heath promotion
b) Detection and treatment of disease
c) Rehabilitation and restorative care
d) Disease prevention - CORRECT-ANSWERSB
When an illness or injury is on-going, is slow or gradual in onset, and has no
known cure, it is referred to as a
a) Chronic illness
b) Acute illness
c) Terminal illness
d) Pre-existing condition - CORRECT-ANSWERSA
All of these are members of the health team EXCEPT
, a) Occupational therapist
b) Social worker
c) Janitor
d) Cleric - CORRECT-ANSWERSC
The "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act"
a) Requires everyone to have health insurance
b) Replaces Medicare and Medicaid
c) Is only available to those who can afford health insurance
d) Will not insure those who have chronic illnesses - CORRECT-ANSWERSA
A person with an acute illness is usually treated in
a) Hospital
b) Long-term care center
c) Assisted living facility
d) Rehabilitation agency - CORRECT-ANSWERSA
Persons who have problems coping with life events may be treated in a
a) Mental health center
b) Skilled care facility
c) Long-term care center
d) Hospice - CORRECT-ANSWERSA
When health care agencies offer services, the focus of care is always
a) To cure illness
b) To give daily personal care
c) The person
