CPPS IHI Practice Exam Questions 2026 With Correct
Answers!!
In preparation for new C. Partner with key stakeholders to perform a gap analysis of
antimicrobial stewardship current state to ideal state.
regulatory requirements, a
hospital is creating an
antimicrobial stewardship
committee. What should be
the first step in supporting
this new patient safety
initiative? A. Reach out to
subject matter experts to
gain insight on different
compliance issues.
B. Work with
informationtechnology (IT)
to build antibiotic
indication and time-out
screens.
C. Partner with
keystakeholders to perform
a gap analysis of current
state to ideal state.
D. Review the past
year'sdata to identify the
most commonly grown
pathogens.
,After implementing a new B. ensure an on-site visit verifies that the recalled medication was
product recall system, a sequestered.
hospital was alerted to a
high-risk medication recall.
This medication is in stock in
the emergency department
and oncology unit. To ensure
the effectiveness of the new
system, a patient safety
professional should: A.
require individual
departments to verify that a
search for the recalled
medication was performed.
B. ensure an on-site
visitverifies that the
recalled medication was
sequestered.
C. reconcile the
numberof doses
administered to the
number of doses
purchased.
D. notify the affected
unitsvia fax to remove
recalled meds and to post
recall notices in the units
,An organization is B. present evidence that checklist use reduces practice
implementing a standardized variability.
surgical safety checklist and
encounters resistance from
the perioperative staff. To
improve staff engagement, a
patient safety professional
should:
A. prepare a business
casefor the implementation
of the checklist.
B. present evidence
thatchecklist use reduces
practice variability. C. assure
staff that anesthesia is
responsible for the checklist.
D. delegate checklist
enforcement to nursing.
, An organization has achieved D. preoccupation with failure
92% compliance with a
process measure. The
patient safety professional
believes that the processes
in place are not reliable or
that the results are
attributable to luck. Which of
the following best describes
this characteristic? A.
appreciative inquiry B.
commitment to resilience
C. deference to expertise D.
preoccupation with
failure
A just culture framework D. the organizational response to investigated events is
independent of patient outcome.
provides a means to address
behaviors that undermine a
culture of safety because
A. single outbursts are
differentiated from
consciously chosen acts. B.
preservation of highly valued
team members is a primary
goal.
C. the evaluative
processdoes not consider
personal
performanceshaping
factors.
D. the
organizationalresponse to
investigated events is
independent of patient
outcome.
Answers!!
In preparation for new C. Partner with key stakeholders to perform a gap analysis of
antimicrobial stewardship current state to ideal state.
regulatory requirements, a
hospital is creating an
antimicrobial stewardship
committee. What should be
the first step in supporting
this new patient safety
initiative? A. Reach out to
subject matter experts to
gain insight on different
compliance issues.
B. Work with
informationtechnology (IT)
to build antibiotic
indication and time-out
screens.
C. Partner with
keystakeholders to perform
a gap analysis of current
state to ideal state.
D. Review the past
year'sdata to identify the
most commonly grown
pathogens.
,After implementing a new B. ensure an on-site visit verifies that the recalled medication was
product recall system, a sequestered.
hospital was alerted to a
high-risk medication recall.
This medication is in stock in
the emergency department
and oncology unit. To ensure
the effectiveness of the new
system, a patient safety
professional should: A.
require individual
departments to verify that a
search for the recalled
medication was performed.
B. ensure an on-site
visitverifies that the
recalled medication was
sequestered.
C. reconcile the
numberof doses
administered to the
number of doses
purchased.
D. notify the affected
unitsvia fax to remove
recalled meds and to post
recall notices in the units
,An organization is B. present evidence that checklist use reduces practice
implementing a standardized variability.
surgical safety checklist and
encounters resistance from
the perioperative staff. To
improve staff engagement, a
patient safety professional
should:
A. prepare a business
casefor the implementation
of the checklist.
B. present evidence
thatchecklist use reduces
practice variability. C. assure
staff that anesthesia is
responsible for the checklist.
D. delegate checklist
enforcement to nursing.
, An organization has achieved D. preoccupation with failure
92% compliance with a
process measure. The
patient safety professional
believes that the processes
in place are not reliable or
that the results are
attributable to luck. Which of
the following best describes
this characteristic? A.
appreciative inquiry B.
commitment to resilience
C. deference to expertise D.
preoccupation with
failure
A just culture framework D. the organizational response to investigated events is
independent of patient outcome.
provides a means to address
behaviors that undermine a
culture of safety because
A. single outbursts are
differentiated from
consciously chosen acts. B.
preservation of highly valued
team members is a primary
goal.
C. the evaluative
processdoes not consider
personal
performanceshaping
factors.
D. the
organizationalresponse to
investigated events is
independent of patient
outcome.
