ACHE Practice Exam Questions and Correct Answers
Question 1
A governing board's performance is primarily measured by the
A. balanced scorecard.
B. strategic scorecard.
C. management letter.
D .long-range financial plan.
Correct Answer
b
Question 2
At which of the following stages of team building do parties begin to feel part of a team, benefit from increased group
cohesion, and develop shared leadership?
A. forming
B. norming
C. storming
D. performing
Correct Answer
b
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,Question 3
Which of the following is the FIRST step to take when a physician has a higher inpatient mortality rate compared to other
similar practice physicians?
A. Suspend the physician's medical staff privileges.
B. Initiate an in-depth review of the physician's cases.
C. Refer the physician to the department chief for counseling.
D. Report the physician to the credentialing committee for disciplinary action.
Correct Answer
b
Question 4
Which of the following performance assessment tools contains a mean line and upper and lower limits of the normal
range?
A.line graph
B.Pareto chart
C.control chart
D.histogram
Correct Answer
c
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,Question 5
Which of the following conditions must be met for human subjects to be used in a medical research program?
A.Risks should be clearly explained in a language understandable to each individual subject.
B.Chief executive officer must approve the research program.
C.No reliable animal subjects exist that can be used instead of human subjects.
D.Medical and nursing staff must approve the research program.
Correct Answer
a
Question 6
Which of the following is used to reduce manual entry errors of patient-name and account information?
A.admission, discharge, transfer (ADT)
B.comma-separated values (CSV)
C.graphical user interface (GUI)
D.command-line interface (CLI)
Correct Answer
a
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, Question 7
Which of the following is a document that specifies the set of procedural rules for the operation of an organization's
board?
A.mission, vision, and values statement
B.procedural memoranda
C.strategic plan
D. governance bylaws
Correct Answer
d
Question 8
Which of the following is the BEST tool for evaluating potential mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, or large-scale capital
expenditures?
A.benchmarks
B.long-range financial plan
C.business plan
D.balanced scorecard
Correct Answer
c
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Question 1
A governing board's performance is primarily measured by the
A. balanced scorecard.
B. strategic scorecard.
C. management letter.
D .long-range financial plan.
Correct Answer
b
Question 2
At which of the following stages of team building do parties begin to feel part of a team, benefit from increased group
cohesion, and develop shared leadership?
A. forming
B. norming
C. storming
D. performing
Correct Answer
b
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,Question 3
Which of the following is the FIRST step to take when a physician has a higher inpatient mortality rate compared to other
similar practice physicians?
A. Suspend the physician's medical staff privileges.
B. Initiate an in-depth review of the physician's cases.
C. Refer the physician to the department chief for counseling.
D. Report the physician to the credentialing committee for disciplinary action.
Correct Answer
b
Question 4
Which of the following performance assessment tools contains a mean line and upper and lower limits of the normal
range?
A.line graph
B.Pareto chart
C.control chart
D.histogram
Correct Answer
c
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,Question 5
Which of the following conditions must be met for human subjects to be used in a medical research program?
A.Risks should be clearly explained in a language understandable to each individual subject.
B.Chief executive officer must approve the research program.
C.No reliable animal subjects exist that can be used instead of human subjects.
D.Medical and nursing staff must approve the research program.
Correct Answer
a
Question 6
Which of the following is used to reduce manual entry errors of patient-name and account information?
A.admission, discharge, transfer (ADT)
B.comma-separated values (CSV)
C.graphical user interface (GUI)
D.command-line interface (CLI)
Correct Answer
a
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, Question 7
Which of the following is a document that specifies the set of procedural rules for the operation of an organization's
board?
A.mission, vision, and values statement
B.procedural memoranda
C.strategic plan
D. governance bylaws
Correct Answer
d
Question 8
Which of the following is the BEST tool for evaluating potential mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, or large-scale capital
expenditures?
A.benchmarks
B.long-range financial plan
C.business plan
D.balanced scorecard
Correct Answer
c
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