WGU HEALTHCARE 315 questions
Which of the following is an example of an outcome-based morality argument in support of the
following statement: The government should assure everyone has access to health care regardless of
ability to pay. Correct Answer: "Providing access to healthcare for everyone regardless of ability to pay
will lower the disease burden and improve society for everyone."
Which of the following descriptions is most closely associated with the healthcare policy and law topical
domain of health policy and law? Correct Answer: Concerned with an individual's access to care, the
quality of this care, and how this care will be financed.
Which of the following is an example of a rule-based morality argument in support of the following
statement: The government should assure everyone has access to health care regardless of ability to
pay. Correct Answer: "It's simply unconscionable that people are forced to go without health care in a
country as wealthy as the United States."
Which of the following best describes the professional autonomy perspective to studying health policy
and law? Correct Answer: Premised on the idea that physicians' scientific knowledge in medical matters
should translate into legal authority to oversee essentially all aspects of delivering health care to
individuals
A person doing nothing in version two of the Trolley Experiment is justified by: Correct Answer:
Deontology (rule-based morality)
Which of the following cases establishes the constitutionality of forced vaccination laws? Correct
Answer: Jacobson v. Massachusetts (1905)
Which of the following is an example of a deontological argument in support of the following statement:
"Medical aid in dying is something terminally ill patients who are mentally competent should have
access to if they so choose." Correct Answer: "The principle of patient autonomy demands that a
terminally ill patient who is mentally competent should have the option for medical aid in dying."
Which of the following best describes the social contract perspective to studying health policy and law?
Correct Answer: Sees physicians as just one of several stakeholders that lay claim to important rights
and interests in the operation of the health system.
Which of the following is an example of a utilitarian argument in support of the following statement:
"Medical aid in dying is something terminally ill patients who are mentally competent should have
access to if they so choose." Correct Answer: "Denying terminally ill patients who are mentally
competent access to medical aid in dying causes those patients to unnecessarily suffer physical pain."
Which of the following best describes the free market perspective to studying health policy and law?
Correct Answer: Argues that commercial competition and consumer empowerment will lead to the
most efficient health system.
, Which is of the following is NOT true regarding Joshua Greene's MRI research investigating brain activity
in relation to the Trolley Experiment? Correct Answer: According to Greene, only decisions reached by
the part of the brain associated with rational decision making can be considered moral.
Which of the following descriptions is most closely associated with the public health policy and law
topical domain of health policy and law? Correct Answer: Why and how the government regulates
private parties in the name of protecting the health, safety, and welfare of the general public.
Which of the following descriptions is most closely associated with the bioethics topical domain of
health policy and law? Correct Answer: all of the above
Which of the following conducts nonpartisan, objective research on legislative issues? Correct Answer:
Congressional Research Service
According to Georges Benjamin, what explains the disconnect between why people generally like their
own care but view the health system as a whole negatively? Correct Answer: People generally like their
own doctors, but get frustrated with the administrative complexity of the health system.
According to an NPR poll, which of the following is NOT true of how Americans view health care. Correct
Answer: None of the other options are correct; they are all true of the findings of an NPR poll discussed
in the assigned content.
Most Americans have a negative view of the U.S. health system as a whole
Most Americans, with the exception of low-income individuals, have a generally positive view of their
own care
Most Americans report noticing little change in their health care as a result of the Affordable Care Act
("ObamaCare")
Which of the following does Dr. Jha characterize as a bad policy that contributes to high health spending
in the U.S.? Correct Answer: A prohibition against importing generic medications manufactured in other
countries
Which of the following is NOT one of the main powers or tools of Congress: Correct Answer: Executive
Orders
Which of the following provides Congress cost estimates of bills and federal mandates to state and local
governments? Correct Answer: Congressional Budget Office
When statutory language is written broadly, what usually occurs? Correct Answer: It is up to an
executive branch agency to fill in the details by issuing policy statements, developing rules, and
ppromulgating regulations
Which of the following is NOT one of the main powers or tools of the U.S. President: Correct Answer:
Appropriations
Which of the following is an executive department agency? Correct Answer: Homeland Security
Which of the following is an independent agency? Correct Answer: Postal Service
Which of the following is an example of an outcome-based morality argument in support of the
following statement: The government should assure everyone has access to health care regardless of
ability to pay. Correct Answer: "Providing access to healthcare for everyone regardless of ability to pay
will lower the disease burden and improve society for everyone."
Which of the following descriptions is most closely associated with the healthcare policy and law topical
domain of health policy and law? Correct Answer: Concerned with an individual's access to care, the
quality of this care, and how this care will be financed.
Which of the following is an example of a rule-based morality argument in support of the following
statement: The government should assure everyone has access to health care regardless of ability to
pay. Correct Answer: "It's simply unconscionable that people are forced to go without health care in a
country as wealthy as the United States."
Which of the following best describes the professional autonomy perspective to studying health policy
and law? Correct Answer: Premised on the idea that physicians' scientific knowledge in medical matters
should translate into legal authority to oversee essentially all aspects of delivering health care to
individuals
A person doing nothing in version two of the Trolley Experiment is justified by: Correct Answer:
Deontology (rule-based morality)
Which of the following cases establishes the constitutionality of forced vaccination laws? Correct
Answer: Jacobson v. Massachusetts (1905)
Which of the following is an example of a deontological argument in support of the following statement:
"Medical aid in dying is something terminally ill patients who are mentally competent should have
access to if they so choose." Correct Answer: "The principle of patient autonomy demands that a
terminally ill patient who is mentally competent should have the option for medical aid in dying."
Which of the following best describes the social contract perspective to studying health policy and law?
Correct Answer: Sees physicians as just one of several stakeholders that lay claim to important rights
and interests in the operation of the health system.
Which of the following is an example of a utilitarian argument in support of the following statement:
"Medical aid in dying is something terminally ill patients who are mentally competent should have
access to if they so choose." Correct Answer: "Denying terminally ill patients who are mentally
competent access to medical aid in dying causes those patients to unnecessarily suffer physical pain."
Which of the following best describes the free market perspective to studying health policy and law?
Correct Answer: Argues that commercial competition and consumer empowerment will lead to the
most efficient health system.
, Which is of the following is NOT true regarding Joshua Greene's MRI research investigating brain activity
in relation to the Trolley Experiment? Correct Answer: According to Greene, only decisions reached by
the part of the brain associated with rational decision making can be considered moral.
Which of the following descriptions is most closely associated with the public health policy and law
topical domain of health policy and law? Correct Answer: Why and how the government regulates
private parties in the name of protecting the health, safety, and welfare of the general public.
Which of the following descriptions is most closely associated with the bioethics topical domain of
health policy and law? Correct Answer: all of the above
Which of the following conducts nonpartisan, objective research on legislative issues? Correct Answer:
Congressional Research Service
According to Georges Benjamin, what explains the disconnect between why people generally like their
own care but view the health system as a whole negatively? Correct Answer: People generally like their
own doctors, but get frustrated with the administrative complexity of the health system.
According to an NPR poll, which of the following is NOT true of how Americans view health care. Correct
Answer: None of the other options are correct; they are all true of the findings of an NPR poll discussed
in the assigned content.
Most Americans have a negative view of the U.S. health system as a whole
Most Americans, with the exception of low-income individuals, have a generally positive view of their
own care
Most Americans report noticing little change in their health care as a result of the Affordable Care Act
("ObamaCare")
Which of the following does Dr. Jha characterize as a bad policy that contributes to high health spending
in the U.S.? Correct Answer: A prohibition against importing generic medications manufactured in other
countries
Which of the following is NOT one of the main powers or tools of Congress: Correct Answer: Executive
Orders
Which of the following provides Congress cost estimates of bills and federal mandates to state and local
governments? Correct Answer: Congressional Budget Office
When statutory language is written broadly, what usually occurs? Correct Answer: It is up to an
executive branch agency to fill in the details by issuing policy statements, developing rules, and
ppromulgating regulations
Which of the following is NOT one of the main powers or tools of the U.S. President: Correct Answer:
Appropriations
Which of the following is an executive department agency? Correct Answer: Homeland Security
Which of the following is an independent agency? Correct Answer: Postal Service
