FACHE BOG EXAMS TEST PAPER 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Which of the following networks is intended to reduce costs and improve quality by
giving access to financial, clinical and administrative information?
a. Community health information network (CHIN)
b. Local area health network (LAHN)
c. Virtual private health network (FPHN)
d. Health file transfer network (HFTN) - ✔✔a. Community health information network
(CHIN)
✔✔When introducing a new information technology system to a healthcare
organization, resistance can be effectively addressed by:
a. Eliminating existing social groups that appear within the organization.
b. Employing a policy of mandated use throughout the organization.
c. Focusing on the system users and being responsive to their needs.
d. Rapidly introducing the system changes to allow the staff to see the cost savings. -
✔✔c. Focusing on the system users and being responsive to their needs.
✔✔Which of the following would be a discrete measure in continuous
improvement?
a. Gender.
b. Weight.
c. Height.
d. Temperature. - ✔✔a. Gender.
✔✔The qui tam provision of the federal False Claims Act is a statute aimed at those
who commit fraud against the government:
a. Have minimal impact in the healthcare industry.
b. Prohibits the citizen from sharing in the recovered funds.
c. Allows any citizen to bring suit in the name of the United States.
d. Can be generated from news media reports. - ✔✔c. Allows any citizen to bring suit in
the name of the United States.
✔✔Which of the following activities is illegal for tax-exempt health
organizations?
a. Allowing an employee to testify before a legislative body regarding pending
decisions which would affect organizations.
b. Lobbying members of Congress for healthcare reform.
c. Endorsing a candidate for public office.
d. Sponsoring a political action committee in a for-profit subsidiary - ✔✔c. Endorsing a
candidate for public office.
✔✔Which statement best describes the status of health organizations under antitrust
law?
,a. The medical staff appointments are exempt from antitrust litigation.
b. They are subject to antitrust law relative to price fixing and boycotts.
c. They are exempt from most antitrust principles because they are "charitable."
d. They are subject to antitrust law, just as any other industry is. - ✔✔d. They are
subject to antitrust law, just as any other industry is.
✔✔Which of the following best summarizes the legal status of the physician patient
relationship?
a. It is based on an expressed or implied contract, from which certain elements of duty
arise.
b. It is based on acceptance of remuneration for services rendered unless charity care
is designated.
c. It has no legal status in that it is a private business relationship, unless the patient is a
Medicare beneficiary.
d. It is governed by the hospital or health system's medical staff bylaws. - ✔✔a. It is
based on an expressed or implied contract, from which certain elements of duty arise.
✔✔A major advantage of capitation for primary care gatekeepers is it:
a. Guarantees primary care physicians will make more money than they ever made in
fee-for-service.
b. Encourages primary care physicians to be more judicious in their referrals to
specialists.
c. Elevates the primary care physician's status in the eyes of his/her patients.
d. Makes it easier for health plans to collect utilization data from physicians. - ✔✔b.
Encourages primary care physicians to be more judicious in their referrals to specialists.
✔✔Bundled pricing (paying a single fee for all services) for such services as total hip
replacement or coronary artery bypass surgery affects physician hospital relationships
by:
a. Reducing the need to devote administrative effort to measuring outcomes and
performance indicators.
b. Putting the physician and hospital at each other's throat fighting over the distribution
of the fee
c. Promoting efforts to collaborate and integrate efforts to provide more efficient care.
d. Guaranteeing that only top quality physicians will be allowed to participate in such
programs. - ✔✔c. Promoting efforts to collaborate and integrate efforts to provide more
efficient care.
✔✔A healthcare executive is serving on the board of a community mental health center.
The mental health center board is evaluating proposals for inpatient psychiatric
services. Proposals were received from the executive's facility and several other
facilities. The healthcare executive should:
a. Participate in the discussion and the vote if the benefits to the community outweigh
possible conflicts of interest.
b. Not participate in the discussion or the vote.
, c. Declare a potential conflict-of-interest and excuse himself or herself from participating
in both the discussion and the vote.
d. Participate in the discussion but not vote on the proposals. - ✔✔d. Participate in the
discussion but not vote on the proposals.
✔✔What is a primary reason for conducting continuing education for staff?
a. Staff will think the organization cares about them.
b. There are significant short-term operating efficiencies.
c. It is a long-term commitment to the patient.
d. The Joint Commission and NCQA required it. - ✔✔c. It is a long-term commitment to
the patient.
✔✔What is the first effect of demographic trends on a health services
organization's strategic planning process?
a. Appraising financing sources and payment levels for programs.
b. Establishing future staff by type and estimating staffing levels.
c. Determining the locations of delivery units for the next period.
d. Determining the range and types of services to be offered. - ✔✔d. Determining the
range and types of services to be offered.
✔✔Managers who use their authority to greatly enhance their salaries,
benefits, and accoutrements of office may be causing a disbenefit to
patients. This personal aggrandizement is known as self dealing and can:
a. Be seen most commonly in for-profit HMOs.
b. Occur only in for-profit organizations.
c. Occur in any health service organization.
d. Be seen only in non-health services field charities. - ✔✔c. Occur in any health service
organization.
✔✔The primary stimuli that causes educational programs to be made available to and
required of staff are the:
a. Legal demands resulting from medical malpractice.
b. Regulations issued by governments at all levels.
c. Demands and expectations of stakeholders.
d. Increasingly stringent expectations of consumers. - ✔✔c. Demands and expectations
of stakeholders.
✔✔Research in behavioral science has consistently found that once basic needs are
met, staff is motivated most:
a. By an incentive payment program.
b. Only by a significant increase in salary.
c. By factors such as being kept informed.
d. When performance sets them apart from the group. - ✔✔c. By factors such as being
kept informed.
WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Which of the following networks is intended to reduce costs and improve quality by
giving access to financial, clinical and administrative information?
a. Community health information network (CHIN)
b. Local area health network (LAHN)
c. Virtual private health network (FPHN)
d. Health file transfer network (HFTN) - ✔✔a. Community health information network
(CHIN)
✔✔When introducing a new information technology system to a healthcare
organization, resistance can be effectively addressed by:
a. Eliminating existing social groups that appear within the organization.
b. Employing a policy of mandated use throughout the organization.
c. Focusing on the system users and being responsive to their needs.
d. Rapidly introducing the system changes to allow the staff to see the cost savings. -
✔✔c. Focusing on the system users and being responsive to their needs.
✔✔Which of the following would be a discrete measure in continuous
improvement?
a. Gender.
b. Weight.
c. Height.
d. Temperature. - ✔✔a. Gender.
✔✔The qui tam provision of the federal False Claims Act is a statute aimed at those
who commit fraud against the government:
a. Have minimal impact in the healthcare industry.
b. Prohibits the citizen from sharing in the recovered funds.
c. Allows any citizen to bring suit in the name of the United States.
d. Can be generated from news media reports. - ✔✔c. Allows any citizen to bring suit in
the name of the United States.
✔✔Which of the following activities is illegal for tax-exempt health
organizations?
a. Allowing an employee to testify before a legislative body regarding pending
decisions which would affect organizations.
b. Lobbying members of Congress for healthcare reform.
c. Endorsing a candidate for public office.
d. Sponsoring a political action committee in a for-profit subsidiary - ✔✔c. Endorsing a
candidate for public office.
✔✔Which statement best describes the status of health organizations under antitrust
law?
,a. The medical staff appointments are exempt from antitrust litigation.
b. They are subject to antitrust law relative to price fixing and boycotts.
c. They are exempt from most antitrust principles because they are "charitable."
d. They are subject to antitrust law, just as any other industry is. - ✔✔d. They are
subject to antitrust law, just as any other industry is.
✔✔Which of the following best summarizes the legal status of the physician patient
relationship?
a. It is based on an expressed or implied contract, from which certain elements of duty
arise.
b. It is based on acceptance of remuneration for services rendered unless charity care
is designated.
c. It has no legal status in that it is a private business relationship, unless the patient is a
Medicare beneficiary.
d. It is governed by the hospital or health system's medical staff bylaws. - ✔✔a. It is
based on an expressed or implied contract, from which certain elements of duty arise.
✔✔A major advantage of capitation for primary care gatekeepers is it:
a. Guarantees primary care physicians will make more money than they ever made in
fee-for-service.
b. Encourages primary care physicians to be more judicious in their referrals to
specialists.
c. Elevates the primary care physician's status in the eyes of his/her patients.
d. Makes it easier for health plans to collect utilization data from physicians. - ✔✔b.
Encourages primary care physicians to be more judicious in their referrals to specialists.
✔✔Bundled pricing (paying a single fee for all services) for such services as total hip
replacement or coronary artery bypass surgery affects physician hospital relationships
by:
a. Reducing the need to devote administrative effort to measuring outcomes and
performance indicators.
b. Putting the physician and hospital at each other's throat fighting over the distribution
of the fee
c. Promoting efforts to collaborate and integrate efforts to provide more efficient care.
d. Guaranteeing that only top quality physicians will be allowed to participate in such
programs. - ✔✔c. Promoting efforts to collaborate and integrate efforts to provide more
efficient care.
✔✔A healthcare executive is serving on the board of a community mental health center.
The mental health center board is evaluating proposals for inpatient psychiatric
services. Proposals were received from the executive's facility and several other
facilities. The healthcare executive should:
a. Participate in the discussion and the vote if the benefits to the community outweigh
possible conflicts of interest.
b. Not participate in the discussion or the vote.
, c. Declare a potential conflict-of-interest and excuse himself or herself from participating
in both the discussion and the vote.
d. Participate in the discussion but not vote on the proposals. - ✔✔d. Participate in the
discussion but not vote on the proposals.
✔✔What is a primary reason for conducting continuing education for staff?
a. Staff will think the organization cares about them.
b. There are significant short-term operating efficiencies.
c. It is a long-term commitment to the patient.
d. The Joint Commission and NCQA required it. - ✔✔c. It is a long-term commitment to
the patient.
✔✔What is the first effect of demographic trends on a health services
organization's strategic planning process?
a. Appraising financing sources and payment levels for programs.
b. Establishing future staff by type and estimating staffing levels.
c. Determining the locations of delivery units for the next period.
d. Determining the range and types of services to be offered. - ✔✔d. Determining the
range and types of services to be offered.
✔✔Managers who use their authority to greatly enhance their salaries,
benefits, and accoutrements of office may be causing a disbenefit to
patients. This personal aggrandizement is known as self dealing and can:
a. Be seen most commonly in for-profit HMOs.
b. Occur only in for-profit organizations.
c. Occur in any health service organization.
d. Be seen only in non-health services field charities. - ✔✔c. Occur in any health service
organization.
✔✔The primary stimuli that causes educational programs to be made available to and
required of staff are the:
a. Legal demands resulting from medical malpractice.
b. Regulations issued by governments at all levels.
c. Demands and expectations of stakeholders.
d. Increasingly stringent expectations of consumers. - ✔✔c. Demands and expectations
of stakeholders.
✔✔Research in behavioral science has consistently found that once basic needs are
met, staff is motivated most:
a. By an incentive payment program.
b. Only by a significant increase in salary.
c. By factors such as being kept informed.
d. When performance sets them apart from the group. - ✔✔c. By factors such as being
kept informed.
