Question: The largest purchaser of healthcare in the US
Answer Options: a. are individuals b. is the government c. is an elephant in Seattle named “Ted” d. are private insurers Correct Answer: b. is the government
Question: About 18% of the money spent on healthcare in the US goes to the pharmaceutical companies and device manufacturers.
Answer Options: True False Correct Answer: True
Question: Precision Medicine
Answer Options: a. is more possible now because the Human Genome has been fully mapped b. refers to delivering the same care to the right person at the right time c. exploits genetic variations among people to leverage better more tailored cures d. Both A and C are correct e. All of the above answers are correct Correct Answer: e. All of the above answers are correct
Question: Medicare Advantage plans are private plans that provide all of the services included in Medicare Parts A and B.
Answer Options: True False Correct Answer: True
Question: Government programs have helped rural areas avoid the provider shortages seen in urban areas.
Answer Options: True False Correct Answer: False
Question: Medicare Advantage plans are private plans that provide all of the services included in Medicare Parts A and B.
Answer Options: True False Correct Answer: True
Question: Government programs have helped rural areas avoid the provider shortages seen in urban areas.
Answer Options: True False Correct Answer: False
Question: EMTALA
Answer Options: a. increases access to care for the indigent b. is active only in states that have approved it c. covers emergency department patients not women in labor d. allows an emergency department to transfer patients to another facility if they don’t have the right insurance Correct Answer: a. increases access to care for the indigent
Question: ADLs
Answer Options: a. seek to define functional limitations for individuals seeking assistance b. include bathing, eating but not transferring c. are no longer used because they are discriminatory d. are used when purchasing LTC insurance Correct Answer: d. are used when purchasing LTC insurance
Question: In most cases, Long Term Care is covered by
Answer Options: a. Medicare b. Foreign billionaires with peppered mustaches c. Medicaid d. Private insurance Correct Answer: c. Medicaid
Question: Digital Health
Answer Options: a. Includes wearable and mobile devices b. Has aggravated health disparities c. can generate vast amounts of data d. All of the above are correct Correct Answer: d. All of the above are correct
Question: Value Based Purchasing
Answer Options: a. is hoped by the government to replace Fee-for-Service payment models b. seeks to provide care at a lower cost without sacrificing quality c. hopes to improve hospital processes and the patient experience d. All of the above are correct. Correct Answer: d. All of the above are correct.
Question: AI-based Natural Language Processing (NLP) can sift through large volumes of diverse and even unstructured data to find the most relevant information and organize it for analysis.
Answer Options: True False Correct Answer: True
Question: According to the articles on AI, data currently in use to formulate AI algorithms is sufficiently diverse in its representation of all peoples.
Answer Options: True False Correct Answer: False
Question: AI could be useful in reducing cognitive workloads and burnout among providers. Fortunately, burnout among physicians and nurses remain low post-pandemic.
Answer Options: True False Correct Answer: False
Question: As air passes to the lungs it passes through the larynx. What is the function of the larynx?
Answer Options: To make noise To humidify the air To filter out airborne pathogens Correct Answer: To make noise
Question: As air passes from the atmosphere to the membrane that separates air from blood it passes through several passages. Which of these traces the correct sequence from atmosphere toward the blood?
Answer Options: pharynx, trachea, bronchi, alveoli trachea, pharynx, bronchi, alveoli bronchi, pharynx, trachea, alveoli bronchi, trachea, pharynx, alveoli Correct Answer: pharynx, trachea, bronchi, alveoli
Question: Which of the following statements is true regarding the trachea and the esophagus?
Answer Options: The trachea carries food to the stomach and the esophagus carries air to the lungs. The esophagus carries food to the stomach and the trachea carries air to the lungs. The esophagus is made of cartilage while the trachea is made of smooth muscle. None of these are correct. Correct Answer: The esophagus carries food to the stomach and the trachea carries air to the lungs.