ACHE - BOG Exam - Additional Sample Questions
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Quiz :The interpretation of the healthcare organization's role with respect to
healthcare values would require:
a. Establishing corporate goals and major institutional policies
b. Ensuring that the community served by the facility is well informed about
the organization's goals and performances
c. Developing a mission statement indicating the organization's fundamental
purpose or reason for existence, in order to guide organizational behavior
d. Creating a corporate vision of the organization's govern - Answer :c.
Developing a mission statement indicating the organization's fundamental
purpose or reason for existence, in order to guide organizational behavior
Quiz :Which one of the following statements is in accordance with the
principle of delegation?
a. The executive who subscribes to the principle of delegation knows what
he/she wants to accomplish and exercises control over the work schedule of
subordinates
b. A executive explains how he/she wants things done and points out how the
subordinate's contribution fits into the overall plan
c. A successful executive gives instructions, telling subordinates exactly how
and in what sequence things should be do - Answer :d. In applying the
principle of delegation, an executive makes relatively few decisions personally
and frames orders in a broad general terms.
Quiz :Before submission of the annual business plan to the governing
authority, the plan should be developed by:
a. Recommendations from the finance committee, on the basis of its estimate
of income for the budget year.
b. the heads of the profits center, considering each center's anticipated
revenue and expenses, with the CEO collating
c. Key executives, after receiving recommendations from heads of operating
divisions
d. The heads of the operating divisions, with the CEO collating - Answer :c. Key
executives, after receiving recommendations from heads of operating divisions
Quiz :Most products and services enter a period of decline. Unless compelling
reasons prevail, continuing a declining product or service is costly because:
a. Increased turnover of personnel will occur
,b. Continuation will set an undesirable precedent concerned with maintaining
the status quo
c. The program will consume a disproportionate amount of management time
and delay the search for replacement.
d. The organizations will be perceived as being insensitive to the marketplace -
Answer :c. The program will consume a disproportionate amount of
management time and delay the search for replacement.
Quiz :Once a market research problem has been identified, the researcher's
next step is to:
a. Conduct a literate search
b. Conduct focus groups and collect data
c. Specify information needs
d. Design a data-collection instrument - Answer :c. Specify information needs
Quiz :A key concept for marketing healthcare is to:
a. Maximize the customer's participation in the selling process
b. Advertise and promote existing services
c. Adapt services to customer's needs
d. Emphasize specialization - Answer :c. Adapt services to customer's needs
Quiz :Performance rating scales-which are the oldest and most widely used
performance appraisal procedures - are of two general types: The continuous
scale and the:
a. Equitable scale
b. Discrete Scale
c. Field Rating
d. Behavioral anchored rating - Answer :b. Discrete Scale
Quiz :A successful healthcare organization usually has a unique and well
articulated company philosophy that represents a clear picture of the
organization's objectives, norms and values. Employee motivation to support
this philosophy would be greatest when the company:
a. Maintains a program that provides employees with a wide variety of social,
cultural, and recreational activities
b. Emphasizes financial rewards, including strong employee benefits
c. Provides a training program that is well communi - Answer :c. Provides a
training program that is well communicated, understood by employees, and
enforced by executive managements
, Quiz :One of the techniques most frequently used in industry to aid
management in interpreting a firm's balance sheet is computation of the "acid-
test ratio", which is the ratio of:
a. Current assets to current liabilities
b. total assets to total liabilities
c. cash to short term debt
d. Cash marketable securities, and accounts receivables to current liabilities -
Answer :d. Cash marketable securities, and accounts receivables to current
liabilities
Quiz :The primary reason for the decision to move a freestanding voluntary
facility to an investor-owned healthcare organization is:
a. economy of scale
b. access to equity market
c. access to patient
d. improve visibility in the community - Answer :b. access to equity market
Quiz :The purchasing/receiving process is often the weak link in a healthcare
organization's internal control of its inventory. Which one of the following is
standard procedure in preventing problems in this area?
a. The organization should utilize a decentralized process for the control
receiving
b. Consolidation of receiving and storeroom functions will decrease the
possibility of collusion
c. Review of the process by internal auditor should be done on a routine basis
d. The principle of dual receiv - Answer :d. The principle of dual receiving
accountability as a prerequisite for invoice payment should be enforced
Quiz :Following the completion of a strategic plan and of program
development activities,, the healthcare facility may find it necessary to alter its
physical capacity, to correct code violations, and to improve functional
configuration. To achieve these objectives, the healthcare facility should:
a. Identify accreditation requirements
b. Identify growth plans for patient, ancillary, and support departments
c. Prepare a master facility plan
d. Prepare a physical facilities assessment - Answer :c. Prepare a master
facility plan
Quiz :The primary purpose of a planning task force for a management
information system (MIS) is to:
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