Test Bank for Health and Health Care Delivery in Canada, 4th Edition 4e by Valerie D. Thompson. Full Chapters test bank - Chap 1 to 10
1. The History of Health Care in Canada
2. The Pre-Colonial History of Health Care and Indigenous Health
3. The Role of the Federal Government in Health Care
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1. When and where was Canada's first medical school established?
a. Saskatoon, in 1868
b. Ottawa, in 1867
c. Montreal, in 1825
d. Kingston, in 1855
ANS: c
PTS: 1
2. In 1834, William Kelly deduced which public health principle?
a. Vaccination can successfully eradicate smallpox.
b. Education is directly related to health.
c. Quarantine effectively contains infections.
d. Sanitation and disease are related.
ANS: d
PTS: 1
3.Which of the following volunteer organizations was involved in the
evolution of health care in Canada?
a. The Order of St. John
b. The Veterans Society
c. The St. Andrew's Society
d. The Canadian Nurses Association
ANS: a
PTS: 1
4.What did the Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act (1957)
propose?
,a. Provinces without a health insurance plan must pay additional federal
tax.
b. Provinces and territories with a health insurance plan would receive
substantial funding from the federal government.
c. Certain services would no longer be funded by the federal
government.
d. Physicians would be allowed to charge a fee for service to the client.
ANS: b
PTS: 1
5. What major change in political thinking occurred in post–World War
II Canada in relation to health care?
a. Universities should educate more nurses.
b. The government should not be required to provide access to primary
health care.
c. Individual families should be responsible for absorbing the cost of
health care.
d. Governments should be responsible for providing basic services like
health care.
ANS: d
PTS: 1
6.What important act was passed by the government of Tommy
Douglas in Saskatchewan in 1947?
a. The Hospital Insurance Act
b. The Medical Care Act
c. The Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act
d. The Canada Health Act
ANS: a
PTS: 1
,7. What important recommendation was embodied in the Hall Report?
a. Individuals should take responsibility for some of their health care
costs.
b. Preventive health measures would be a wise investment.
c. Extra billing should not be part of Canada's health care system.
d. Provinces should retain full control as well as financial responsibility
for health care.
ANS: c
PTS: 1
8.Why did the Established Programs Financing (EPF) mechanism of
funding become inadequate for health care?
a. The government imposed many corporate tax cuts.
b. Health care spending increased dramatically, causing provincial and
territorial overspending.
c. The cost of education took up more dollars than had been anticipated.
d. The population of Canada increased much faster than was anticipated.
ANS: b
PTS: 1
9. Which of the following is a main principle of the Canada Health Act?
a. Health insurance should cover 100% of dental care.
b. Health insurance should cover all medical services.
c. All residents of Canada should be provided with health care.
d. Eligible Canadians should receive accessible health care.
ANS: d
PTS: 1
10. Which amendment to the Canada Health Act did the Romanow
, Report recommend?
a. Canadians should pay user fees when they access the health care
system.
b. Funds for health care should be donated from private sources.
c. The criterion of accountability should be added.
d. Canadians in less accessible areas should pay a higher insurance
premium.
ANS: c
PTS: 1
11. What was the main intent of the Indian Act (1867)?
a. Registration of refugees from India.
b. Recognition of the ‘Shaman' as a powerful healer.
c. Assimilation of Indigenous People.
d. Elimination of smallpox.
ANS: c
PTS: 1
12.Refugees are provided with mental services under what level of
government?
a. Provincial and Territorial governments
b. Federal Interim Health Program
c. Refugees are not provided any health services
d. All levels of government provide mental health services for refugees
ANS: a
PTS: 1
13. Oral history indicates that prior to contact with Europeans,
Indigenous People suffered from which of the following illnesses?
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