Exam 3 Qs

• Ch11: A majority of federal dollars are spent on... c. Military defense.
• Ch11: What do we mean when we say that TANF is now a disentitlement... a. The grants to states do not automatically go up each year.
• Ch11: A possible "moral hazard" of the welfare system is... b. The belief that the benefits available to welfare recipients are not available to

  the working poor.
• Ch11: President Clinton stated he would "End welfare as we know it." This means that... c. Welfare is no longer an entitlement program.
• Ch11: When President Clinton promised to "End welfare as we know it,” he intended to... b. Modify welfare to make it more efficient and effective.
• Ch11: In 2008 the average federal SSI payment was $___ a month... d. 539.
• Ch11: One of the reasons people oppose welfare is that... b. People need an incentive to work, and welfare is a disincentive.
• Ch11: The percent of TANF recipients who eventually return to it... a. 75 percent.
• Ch11: The percent of TANF children who live with their father only is... a. 10 percent.
• Ch11: Following the implementation of PRWORA, the size of TANF caseloads... c. Increases with poverty rates.
• Ch11: The number of SSI recipients who are disabled is about... c. 6.5 million.
• Ch11: What amount of resources will disqualify a person from receiving SSI benefits... d. more than $2,000.
• Ch11: In 2009, what was the approximate number of SSI recipients in millions... d. 7.6.
• Ch11: John was born in a very poor neighborhood and has had a life of privation. There wasn’t a good school in his neighborhood, and as a result, his education was very deficient. John has had difficulty finding a good job, in particular because he does not own a car and public transportation is very inefficient in the city he lives in. He has had a couple of runs-in with the law and likes to drink. According to welfare reformers of the 1990’s he is.... a. Behaviorally poor.
• Ch11: The TANF block grant has four specific work requirements. Which of the following is NOT one of the work requirements... d. Participants must work 40 hours a week in a job with benefits.
• Ch12: Approximately how many million Americans lack health insurance coverage... d. 33.
• Ch12: Health care in the US is a contentious issue because people disagree on whether... c. Access should be a right or a privilege.
• Ch11: Health savings accounts are... b. A tax-free shelter for people with high-deductible health insurance.
• Ch12: An individual medical savings account is... c. An idea supported by conservatives.
• Ch12: A single-payer system would have... a. Discontinued private health insurance coverage.
• Ch12: Lauren is 19 weeks pregnant and is suffering from severe eclampsia and chooses to terminate the pregnancy... c. Either federal or private funds can be used to pay for the abortion.
• Ch12: Of these countries, which one has the highest infant mortality rates... d. The United States of America.
• Ch12: Most health care costs in the United States are paid... a. By private insurers.
• Ch12: Medicaid was enacted in... a. 1965.
• Ch12: In 2013, the expenditure for physician and clinical services was... c. The third largest.
• Ch12: The largest share of SCHIP funds come from the federal government. This is __% of the funds... c. 65.
• Ch12: In 2014, national health care expenditures in the United States were approximately... d. $3 trillion.
• Ch12: Francisco, who is Hispanic, is 22. He lives with his parents in a low-cost neighborhood. He is likely to... b. Have no health care coverage.
• Ch12: Medicare is part of the... Social Security Act program.
• Ch12: The following is NOT part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act... d. All hospitals must provide abortions on demand.
• Ch13: Adherents to the eugenics movement dealt with the mentally ill by... c. Involuntary sterilizations.
• Ch13: A problem with preventive commitment is that... b. It can be problematic when adequate resources are not available.
• Ch13: Intravenous Drug Users became dangerous to society because of... b. An increase in the incidence of AIDS.
• Ch13: Mental health parity refers to... d. A law equalizing insurance coverage for physical and some mental illnesses.
• Ch13: Mental health parity is problematic because it... a. Does not cover clients who are not employed.
• Ch13: Since the 1980s, there has been... d. A decrease in both federal and state funding for mental health services.
• Ch13: How many draftees were rejected for military service during World War II because of perceived mental illness... d. 25 percent.
• Ch13: What law enabled NIMH to reform mental health care provision... b. Community mental health centers act of 1963.
• Ch13: What does secondary prevention seek to do... b. Detect mental illness early and intervene to prevent problems from worsening.
• Ch13: What does primary prevention seek to do... c. Eliminate the cause of mental illness.