HCA Test 1 Questions and Answers |Fall 2025/2026 Update |
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Question 1
Why do we need to look at history to understand healthcare administration/health law?
Correct Answer
• Conflicts of society impede growth of hospitals and contributed to their progress.
• Advances in medicine through the ages led to the rise of the modern-day hospital and improvements in the quality of
patient care.
• Knowledge gained from best practices (e.g., infection control) can lead to progress, while at the same time result in
patient harm if not consistently followed over time.
Question 2
Hindus and healthcare
Correct Answer
built hospitals for crippled and poor; fresh fruits and veggies; massages; maintained rules and personal cleanliness;
physicians took daily baths, wore white, respected confidence of patients, kept hair and nails short
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,Question 3
Greeks and healthcare
Correct Answer
had Hippocrates (father of medicine; described epilepsy, tb, malaria, and ulcers; wrote about fractures, principles of
percussion and auscultation; performed surgery; kept detailed records; came up with HIPPA oath)
Question 4
Romans and Healthcare
Correct Answer
Glazov studied anatomy; thought each organ had function; did dissections of animals; brain was motor of body; not
allowed to use cadavers; four humors (introduced by hypocrites) = imbalance in 4 fluids of body; for 1,300 years
everyone said Galen right until reinssance proved against him.
Question 5
both roman and greeks in healthcare history
Correct Answer
used institutions of hospitals as healing place and haven for poor and weary travelers; Medicine practice rife with
mysticism (driving out devil)
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, Question 6
islamic and healthcare
Correct Answer
Medical care-free to all citizens- 1st nationalized; • Gundishapur-home to world's oldest known teaching hospital
• Inhalation Anesthesia
• Precautions against Adulterated Drugs
• Origination of New Drugs
• Asylums for Mentally Ill
• Brilliant beginnings in Medicine
Question 7
How has war impacted healthcare delivery?
Correct Answer
• Moses laid down rules of Military Hygiene
• Hippocrates - "war is the only proper school for a surgeon"
• Under Romans, Surgery Advanced
Stunted growth of medicine
Telehealth as result - in more recent wars
Question 8
Which invention attributed to Van Leeuwenhoek had a pronounced influence on the creation of the sciences of cytology,
bacteriology, and pathology?
Correct Answer
microscope
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100% Correct Latest
Question 1
Why do we need to look at history to understand healthcare administration/health law?
Correct Answer
• Conflicts of society impede growth of hospitals and contributed to their progress.
• Advances in medicine through the ages led to the rise of the modern-day hospital and improvements in the quality of
patient care.
• Knowledge gained from best practices (e.g., infection control) can lead to progress, while at the same time result in
patient harm if not consistently followed over time.
Question 2
Hindus and healthcare
Correct Answer
built hospitals for crippled and poor; fresh fruits and veggies; massages; maintained rules and personal cleanliness;
physicians took daily baths, wore white, respected confidence of patients, kept hair and nails short
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,Question 3
Greeks and healthcare
Correct Answer
had Hippocrates (father of medicine; described epilepsy, tb, malaria, and ulcers; wrote about fractures, principles of
percussion and auscultation; performed surgery; kept detailed records; came up with HIPPA oath)
Question 4
Romans and Healthcare
Correct Answer
Glazov studied anatomy; thought each organ had function; did dissections of animals; brain was motor of body; not
allowed to use cadavers; four humors (introduced by hypocrites) = imbalance in 4 fluids of body; for 1,300 years
everyone said Galen right until reinssance proved against him.
Question 5
both roman and greeks in healthcare history
Correct Answer
used institutions of hospitals as healing place and haven for poor and weary travelers; Medicine practice rife with
mysticism (driving out devil)
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, Question 6
islamic and healthcare
Correct Answer
Medical care-free to all citizens- 1st nationalized; • Gundishapur-home to world's oldest known teaching hospital
• Inhalation Anesthesia
• Precautions against Adulterated Drugs
• Origination of New Drugs
• Asylums for Mentally Ill
• Brilliant beginnings in Medicine
Question 7
How has war impacted healthcare delivery?
Correct Answer
• Moses laid down rules of Military Hygiene
• Hippocrates - "war is the only proper school for a surgeon"
• Under Romans, Surgery Advanced
Stunted growth of medicine
Telehealth as result - in more recent wars
Question 8
Which invention attributed to Van Leeuwenhoek had a pronounced influence on the creation of the sciences of cytology,
bacteriology, and pathology?
Correct Answer
microscope
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