ACHE BOG 2026 Practice Exam Accurate
200 Questions Correctly Answered
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From a marketing viewpoint, the development of standards of practice, clinical
pathways, clinical guidelines and protocols can all be viewed as efforts to deal with
which unique aspect of delivering services:
Heterogeneity.
#15 What purpose do market plans fulfill for the healthcare organization?
Provide specific objectives for utilization attainment the next fiscal year.
#16 The five major functions of marketing are:
Identifying markets, promoting the organization, managing external relationships, strategic
planning, physician recruitment.
#17 Forecasting organizational need for human resources by focusing on specific
position openings that are likely to occur and using these for planning is called:
Demand-pull approach.
#18 A health services organization should use which of the following sequential
processes to help establish human resources (HR) objectives and policies?
Analyze the current HR situation, forecast HR demand, reconcile with the budget, forecast
HR supply.
#19 Probability models that forecast the internal flow of employees from one job
category to another use a:
Transition matrix
#20 Forecasting the internal supply of employees as they move from their current
jobs into others through promotions, lateral moves and terminations is called:
Supply-push approach.
#21 Which of the following describes the conflict management strategy that would
have the most immediate effect on reducing conflict behavior?
,Imposition of formal authority to resolve or suppress conflict.
#22 Multi-rater assessment (360 degrees feedback) of managers in healthcare
organizations is best used:
In the development of a specific action plan by appraises.
#23 Behaviorally anchored rating scales (BARS) for specific jobs can be:
Used to identify components of job behaviors
#24 If the amount of charity care increased from one reporting period to the next,
which of the following would occur?
Unrestricted net assets would decrease.
#25 Which would be a reasonable basis on which to allocate administrative
overhead costs?
Amount of supplies used.
#26 The effective cost of debt is roughly the same for both not-for-profit and
investor-owned organizations because:
The tax deductibility of interest for investor-owned firms offsets the lower coupon rate on
tax-exempt debt.
#27 The master site plan (or master facility plan) for a healthcare organization:
Describes future facility needs (either renovation or new construction) necessary to meet
strategic and operational needs.
#28 Which of the following statements best describes the statistics budget?
It provides input date for other budgets.
#29 All areas of healthcare facilities are subject to safety, convenience and other
regulatory requirements as dictated by the state life safety codes, JCAHO, OSHA, state
fire marshal, etc. Which area of the facility typically has the highest standards?
Patient care areas.
#30 The best way to reduce/contain the costs of distributing supplies throughout an
organization is to:
, Minimize the number of times an item is handled from the time it is received by the
organization to the time it is used.
#31 The objective of maintenance and repair services is to keep the facility and its
equipment operating like new. This goal is best achieved by emphasizing:
Prevention.
#32 The facility's plan for a healthcare organization may include plans for
renovation or new construction, energy requirements, acquisition of new property,
financing options, etc. However, the facility plan begins with an estimate of each
service or department's:
Operational needs.
#33 An important management principle that should guide the development of
information systems in healthcare organizations is to:
Treat information as an essential organizational resource.
#34 Which of the following is a major priority for system development in the
managed care environment?
Development of operational inpatient systems.
#35 Which of the following is considered the best source of information to help a
healthcare organization improve its existing services?
Weekly meetings with staff members to determine organizational deficiencies.
#36 Which of the following is an Example of an asset?
Property, plant and equipment
#37 Which statement about short-term debt reduces liquidity?
Increased use of short-term debt reduces liquidity.
#38 Which of the following is likely to provide useful information for evaluating the
profitability of a hospital's managed care business?
Changes.
#39 A master patient index (MPI) can best be described as:
A relational database containing all identification numbers assigned to patients.
200 Questions Correctly Answered
|Guaranteed Pass |Solved
From a marketing viewpoint, the development of standards of practice, clinical
pathways, clinical guidelines and protocols can all be viewed as efforts to deal with
which unique aspect of delivering services:
Heterogeneity.
#15 What purpose do market plans fulfill for the healthcare organization?
Provide specific objectives for utilization attainment the next fiscal year.
#16 The five major functions of marketing are:
Identifying markets, promoting the organization, managing external relationships, strategic
planning, physician recruitment.
#17 Forecasting organizational need for human resources by focusing on specific
position openings that are likely to occur and using these for planning is called:
Demand-pull approach.
#18 A health services organization should use which of the following sequential
processes to help establish human resources (HR) objectives and policies?
Analyze the current HR situation, forecast HR demand, reconcile with the budget, forecast
HR supply.
#19 Probability models that forecast the internal flow of employees from one job
category to another use a:
Transition matrix
#20 Forecasting the internal supply of employees as they move from their current
jobs into others through promotions, lateral moves and terminations is called:
Supply-push approach.
#21 Which of the following describes the conflict management strategy that would
have the most immediate effect on reducing conflict behavior?
,Imposition of formal authority to resolve or suppress conflict.
#22 Multi-rater assessment (360 degrees feedback) of managers in healthcare
organizations is best used:
In the development of a specific action plan by appraises.
#23 Behaviorally anchored rating scales (BARS) for specific jobs can be:
Used to identify components of job behaviors
#24 If the amount of charity care increased from one reporting period to the next,
which of the following would occur?
Unrestricted net assets would decrease.
#25 Which would be a reasonable basis on which to allocate administrative
overhead costs?
Amount of supplies used.
#26 The effective cost of debt is roughly the same for both not-for-profit and
investor-owned organizations because:
The tax deductibility of interest for investor-owned firms offsets the lower coupon rate on
tax-exempt debt.
#27 The master site plan (or master facility plan) for a healthcare organization:
Describes future facility needs (either renovation or new construction) necessary to meet
strategic and operational needs.
#28 Which of the following statements best describes the statistics budget?
It provides input date for other budgets.
#29 All areas of healthcare facilities are subject to safety, convenience and other
regulatory requirements as dictated by the state life safety codes, JCAHO, OSHA, state
fire marshal, etc. Which area of the facility typically has the highest standards?
Patient care areas.
#30 The best way to reduce/contain the costs of distributing supplies throughout an
organization is to:
, Minimize the number of times an item is handled from the time it is received by the
organization to the time it is used.
#31 The objective of maintenance and repair services is to keep the facility and its
equipment operating like new. This goal is best achieved by emphasizing:
Prevention.
#32 The facility's plan for a healthcare organization may include plans for
renovation or new construction, energy requirements, acquisition of new property,
financing options, etc. However, the facility plan begins with an estimate of each
service or department's:
Operational needs.
#33 An important management principle that should guide the development of
information systems in healthcare organizations is to:
Treat information as an essential organizational resource.
#34 Which of the following is a major priority for system development in the
managed care environment?
Development of operational inpatient systems.
#35 Which of the following is considered the best source of information to help a
healthcare organization improve its existing services?
Weekly meetings with staff members to determine organizational deficiencies.
#36 Which of the following is an Example of an asset?
Property, plant and equipment
#37 Which statement about short-term debt reduces liquidity?
Increased use of short-term debt reduces liquidity.
#38 Which of the following is likely to provide useful information for evaluating the
profitability of a hospital's managed care business?
Changes.
#39 A master patient index (MPI) can best be described as:
A relational database containing all identification numbers assigned to patients.
