1. How do public officials, the media, and academics discern the public's policy-relevant attitudes?
Select one:
a.interactive focus groups
b.extensive personal interviews
c.public opinion polling through survey questions
d.direct observation in decision-making situations

2. The federal government's march-in authority, pursuant to the Bayh-Dole Act, has ____.
Select one:
a.been invoked only with respect to health and safety needs
b.been invoked on occasion to bring to market "important new drugs"
c.never been invoked with respect to reasonable price
d.never been invoked against the drug industry

3. To fund the expansion of health insurance coverage of children, Governor Kulongoski proposed an 84.5 cents per package increase in the state's cigarette tax. What was the result?
Select one:
a.The tobacco industry spent $11.4 million to defeat the measure on the basis that it was unfair to smokers and poorer people and an attack on freedom of choice.
b.The measure was referred to the voters and passed with the support of nearly 90 health, business, union, education, and children's advocacy groups.
c.The measure was revised to be a 1% health insurance assessment on the state's 26 largest hospitals and eight largest health insurance companies, which failed to pass because of the opposition of the hospitals and insurers.
d.Democrats held a three-fifths supermajority in the legislature and enacted the tax increase.

4. Employers became the primary purchasers of health insurance through ____.
Select one:
a series of government decisions starting during World War II
b.passage of the Social Security Act under President Franklin Roosevelt
c.passage of ERISA under President Gerald Ford
d.the post-war need to provide health coverage to veterans and their families

5. Title V exemplifies the more successful integration of public health and medical care strategies found in pediatric care compared to adult medicine, including ____.
Select one:
a.immunization programs, newborn screening, and Healthy Start
b.an emphasis on neonatal intensive care units
c.frequent transplant surgeries
d.contraception and abortion services

6. Which statement is accurate regarding the findings of the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging's 2010 survey of local governments?
Select one:
a.Most communities struggled to provide basic preventive screenings and flu shots.
b.Most communities were expanding their "liveable" communities for all ages.
c.Most communities had expanded their services since 2005 to include respite programs for family caregivers.
d.Most communities were only able to maintain services and programs that existed before 2005.

7. Which statement is accurate regarding Canadian physicians in comparison to U.S. physicians?
Select one:
a.Canadian physicians operate in a legal system that is much less forthcoming to civil injury awards.
b.Canadian physicians do not need malpractice insurance if providing care in the public system.
c.Canadian physicians spend nearly four times as much money interacting with health plans and payers.
d.Canadian physicians are rarely trained at publicly-funded universities.

8.Who was the SCHIP legislation intended to reach?
Select one:
a.children in families living at or below the FPL
b.children in families living at or below their state's poverty level
c.children in middle class families
d.children in families earning between 100% and 200% of the FPL
9.Which statement is accurate regarding provincial health plans?
Select one:
a.Provincial health plans normally cover diagnostic testing, medical care, and hospital care.
b.Provincial health plans require modest co-payments and user fees.
c.Provincial health plans prohibit the involvement of private insurers.
d.Provincial health plans usually cover optometry, dentistry, and prescription medications.

10.Which statement is accurate regarding professional participation in the new health system?
Select one:
a.GPs sought to receive capitation (i.e., set fees per patient examined) rather than state salaries but were denied.
b.Hospital-based specialists could no longer maintain private practices.
c.Teaching hospitals largely retained freedom of action.
d.Regional Health Board members oversaw the day to day operations of hospital facilities.

11.One area of difference between this chapter and the burgeoning literature on how Americans think about health reform is its focus on ____.
Select one:
a.the splitters rather than the lumpers
b.the underlying psychological processes that give rise to the public's patterned attitudes
c.statistical documentation of what the public thinks
d.the government's roles in improving public health and providing affordable medical care