Question: Since ACA was passed in 2010, there have been many efforts to have the bill thrown out or at least watered down. Most attempts have been unsuccessful. However, one key element of ACA was successful, which was to:
Answer Choices:
a. eliminate health care exchanges., b. overturn expanded Medicaid availability., c. eliminate the tax penalty for the individual mandate., d. reduce Medicare spending to fund coverage for non-Medicare recipients., e. expand regulation of the private health insurance market.
Answer: c. eliminate the tax penalty for the individual mandate.
Question: There is some remaining sodium hydroxide-methanol solution that we have to dispose of. This solution poses several hazards, which of the following does NOT apply for the sodium hydroxide-methanol solution?
Answer Choices:
a) Corrosive
b) Explosive
c) Flammable
d) Toxic
Answer: b) Explosive
Question: Which of these hazards could be removed by adding small amounts of a certain solution?
Answer Choices:
a) Toxicity
b) Corrosiveness
c) Flammability
d) Neither of them
Answer: b) Corrosiveness
Question: A health insurance arrangement where individuals have access to health care in exchange for a set premium is called:
Answer Choices:
a. third-party payment system, b. managed care organization, c. accountable care organization (ACO), d. price discrimination system, e. price transparency system
Answer: b. managed care organization.
Question: The direct effect of a shortage of hospital beds in a hospital services market is:
Answer Choices:
a. upward pressure on the price of a hospital stay, b. downward pressure on the price of a hospital stay, c. a decrease in the demand for hospital beds, d. an increase in the supply of hospital beds, e. a construction boom to eliminate the shortage
Answer: a. upward pressure on the price of a hospital stay.
Question: Marie: I passed out because of the blast. What happened after I was pulled out of the lab?
Answer Choices:
a) Evacuate the building
b) Trigger alarm and break the circuit
c) Close the fume hood
d) Extinguish the fire
Answer: d) Extinguish the fire
Question: If price elasticity is known to be -0.15, what happens to quantity when the price of services at Urban General falls by 10 percent?
Answer Choices:
a. Quantity demanded rises by 5.0 percent., b. Quantity demanded falls by 5.0 percent., c. Quantity demanded falls by 2.5 percent., d. Quantity demanded increases by 1.5 percent., e. Quantity demanded increases by 15.0 percent.
Answer: c. Quantity demanded falls by 2.5 percent.
Question: Suppose robotic technology improves the results of abdominal surgery—less time to perform the surgery, faster recovery times, and fewer mistakes. What is the impact of this new technology on the market for abdominal surgery?
Answer Choices:
a. Demand for robot-assisted surgery will increase, and prices will rise., b. Hospitals will be slow to adopt the new technology, fearing that it may result in lower prices., c. Demand for robot-assisted surgery will increase, and prices will fall., d. The demand for surgical assistants will increase.
Answer: c. Demand for robot-assisted surgery will increase, and prices will fall.
Answer Options:
a) Methanol gets very volatile at high temperature
b) Sodium hydroxide is flammable
c) The magnetic stirrer splashes base in all directions
d) Produced biodiesel is explosive
Correct Answer: a) Methanol gets very volatile at high temperature
Question: How different is medical care from other commodities? Arrow (1963) based his thesis on a number of characteristics that contribute to the unique nature of medical care. All of the following characteristics were listed by Arrow, except:
Answer Choices:
a. Barriers to entry, b. Asymmetric information, c. Primary payment from insurance, d. Preponderance of not-for-profit providers, e. Trust
Answer: d. Preponderance of not-for-profit providers.
Question: All of the following will change the demand for office visits to a physician, except:
Answer Choices:
a. Unusually cold and damp weather during the winter, b. Television advertising by drug manufacturers to promote a new over-the-counter influenza treatment, c. Layoffs at the local plant, causing a decrease in the number of people with health insurance in the community, d. A change in the price of an office visit, e. A sudden illness
Answer: d. A change in the price of an office visit
Question: A family suspects that AIDS dementia is occurring in their adult child who is HIV positive. Which symptom confirms the suspicion?
Answer Choices:
A) Refuses to see friends or to return their phone calls, B) Increased intervals of sleep 18 out of 24 hours, C) Exhibits angry outbursts when the subject of dying is approached, D) A change has recently occurred in handwriting.
Answer: D) A change has recently occurred in handwriting.
Question: Imagine the two following scenarios: 1. You pour a small amount of non-halogenated solvent into the halogenated waste. 2. You pour a small amount of halogenated solvent into the non-halogenated waste. Which damage analysis is right?
Answer Choices:
a) They are equally bad
b) Small amounts don’t matter – both are no problem
c) 1. is worse than 2.
d) 2. is worse than 1.
Answer: d) 2. is worse than 1.
Question: Which of the following solvents would be disposed in the halogenated solvent waste?
Answer Choices:
a) Hexane
b) Acetone
c) Ethanol
d) Dichloromethane
Answer: d) Dichloromethane
Question: A client presents with the onset of a severe headache, fever, nuchal rigidity, and a petechial rash on arms and legs. The nurse recognizes the client is exhibiting symptoms of which condition?
Answer Choices:
A) Intracerebral hemorrhage, B) Rocky mountain spotted fever, C) Cerebrovascular accident (CVA), D) Meningococcal meningitis.
Answer: D) Meningococcal meningitis.
Question: Suppose you are a politician being criticized in a debate for your commitment to reducing the growth of medical spending. Which of the following is the most appropriate response?
Answer Choices:
a. High health care spending is harmful to our economic well-being., b. There is empirical evidence that medical spending should be capped at 15 percent of GDP., c. Fixing treatment prices will lead to greater innovation., d. Reducing wasteful health care spending could provide additional funding to the education sector., e. Other developed nations spend far less of their GDP on health care.
Answer: d. Reducing wasteful health care spending could provide additional funding to the education sector.
Question: Since ACA was passed in 2010, there have been many efforts to have the bill thrown out or at least watered down. Most attempts have been unsuccessful. However, one key element of ACA was successful, which was to:
Answer Choices:
a. eliminate health care exchanges., b. overturn expanded Medicaid availability., c. eliminate the tax penalty for the individual mandate., d. reduce Medicare spending to fund coverage for non-Medicare recipients., e. expand regulation of the private health insurance market.
Answer: c. eliminate the tax penalty for the individual mandate.
Question: There is some remaining sodium hydroxide-methanol solution that we have to dispose of. This solution poses several hazards, which of the following does NOT apply for the sodium hydroxide-methanol solution?
Answer Choices:
a) Corrosive
b) Explosive
c) Flammable
d) Toxic
Answer: b) Explosive
Question: Which of these hazards could be removed by adding small amounts of a certain solution?
Answer Choices:
a) Toxicity
b) Corrosiveness
c) Flammability
d) Neither of them
Answer: b) Corrosiveness
Question: A health insurance arrangement where individuals have access to health care in exchange for a set premium is called:
Answer Choices:
a. third-party payment system, b. managed care organization, c. accountable care organization (ACO), d. price discrimination system, e. price transparency system
Answer: b. managed care organization.
Question: The direct effect of a shortage of hospital beds in a hospital services market is:
Answer Choices:
a. upward pressure on the price of a hospital stay, b. downward pressure on the price of a hospital stay, c. a decrease in the demand for hospital beds, d. an increase in the supply of hospital beds, e. a construction boom to eliminate the shortage
Answer: a. upward pressure on the price of a hospital stay.
Question: Marie: I passed out because of the blast. What happened after I was pulled out of the lab?
Answer Choices:
a) Evacuate the building
b) Trigger alarm and break the circuit
c) Close the fume hood
d) Extinguish the fire
Answer: d) Extinguish the fire
Question: If price elasticity is known to be -0.15, what happens to quantity when the price of services at Urban General falls by 10 percent?
Answer Choices:
a. Quantity demanded rises by 5.0 percent., b. Quantity demanded falls by 5.0 percent., c. Quantity demanded falls by 2.5 percent., d. Quantity demanded increases by 1.5 percent., e. Quantity demanded increases by 15.0 percent.
Answer: c. Quantity demanded falls by 2.5 percent.
Question: Suppose robotic technology improves the results of abdominal surgery—less time to perform the surgery, faster recovery times, and fewer mistakes. What is the impact of this new technology on the market for abdominal surgery?
Answer Choices:
a. Demand for robot-assisted surgery will increase, and prices will rise., b. Hospitals will be slow to adopt the new technology, fearing that it may result in lower prices., c. Demand for robot-assisted surgery will increase, and prices will fall., d. The demand for surgical assistants will increase.
Answer: c. Demand for robot-assisted surgery will increase, and prices will fall.
Answer Options:
a) Methanol gets very volatile at high temperature
b) Sodium hydroxide is flammable
c) The magnetic stirrer splashes base in all directions
d) Produced biodiesel is explosive
Correct Answer: a) Methanol gets very volatile at high temperature
Question: How different is medical care from other commodities? Arrow (1963) based his thesis on a number of characteristics that contribute to the unique nature of medical care. All of the following characteristics were listed by Arrow, except:
Answer Choices:
a. Barriers to entry, b. Asymmetric information, c. Primary payment from insurance, d. Preponderance of not-for-profit providers, e. Trust
Answer: d. Preponderance of not-for-profit providers.
Question: All of the following will change the demand for office visits to a physician, except:
Answer Choices:
a. Unusually cold and damp weather during the winter, b. Television advertising by drug manufacturers to promote a new over-the-counter influenza treatment, c. Layoffs at the local plant, causing a decrease in the number of people with health insurance in the community, d. A change in the price of an office visit, e. A sudden illness
Answer: d. A change in the price of an office visit
Question: A family suspects that AIDS dementia is occurring in their adult child who is HIV positive. Which symptom confirms the suspicion?
Answer Choices:
A) Refuses to see friends or to return their phone calls, B) Increased intervals of sleep 18 out of 24 hours, C) Exhibits angry outbursts when the subject of dying is approached, D) A change has recently occurred in handwriting.
Answer: D) A change has recently occurred in handwriting.
Question: Imagine the two following scenarios: 1. You pour a small amount of non-halogenated solvent into the halogenated waste. 2. You pour a small amount of halogenated solvent into the non-halogenated waste. Which damage analysis is right?
Answer Choices:
a) They are equally bad
b) Small amounts don’t matter – both are no problem
c) 1. is worse than 2.
d) 2. is worse than 1.
Answer: d) 2. is worse than 1.
Question: Which of the following solvents would be disposed in the halogenated solvent waste?
Answer Choices:
a) Hexane
b) Acetone
c) Ethanol
d) Dichloromethane
Answer: d) Dichloromethane
Question: A client presents with the onset of a severe headache, fever, nuchal rigidity, and a petechial rash on arms and legs. The nurse recognizes the client is exhibiting symptoms of which condition?
Answer Choices:
A) Intracerebral hemorrhage, B) Rocky mountain spotted fever, C) Cerebrovascular accident (CVA), D) Meningococcal meningitis.
Answer: D) Meningococcal meningitis.
Question: Suppose you are a politician being criticized in a debate for your commitment to reducing the growth of medical spending. Which of the following is the most appropriate response?
Answer Choices:
a. High health care spending is harmful to our economic well-being., b. There is empirical evidence that medical spending should be capped at 15 percent of GDP., c. Fixing treatment prices will lead to greater innovation., d. Reducing wasteful health care spending could provide additional funding to the education sector., e. Other developed nations spend far less of their GDP on health care.
Answer: d. Reducing wasteful health care spending could provide additional funding to the education sector.