practice ACHE BOG test
82. Compatibility between data-processing units is necessary except when:
a. The costs of individual systems are less than the cost of an integrated system
b. Technological advances are so rapid that obsolescence occurs within a few years
c. Constraints on available space restrict the size of the units that can be installed
d. The information involved is used for a discrete freestanding activity - ANS-D.
A correct statement regarding trustees serving as fiduciaries is that they can:
a. Be indicted for alleged theft of facility funds and the improper expenditure of facility funds for
personal reasons
b. Be released from responsibility by giving the audit committee final authority in high-risk areas
of financial matters, without any action by the whole board
c. Be held personally liable for wrongful acts or omissions by corporate officers or co-trustees by
virtue of their position as trustees
d. Waive their fiduciary responsibility as a community organization - ANS-A.
A hospice may be described as a/an:
a. Intermediate-care facility
b. Extended-care facility that specializes in the treatment of the chronically ill
c. Facility where terminally ill patients can receive special attention
d. Interrelated group of healthcare services - ANS-C.
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 the customer's needs
d. Emphasize specialization. - ANS-C.
,A key reason for choosing board members is because:
a. Other board members want to listen to their opinions
b. Of what they can do for the organization
c. They have high status in the community
d. Physicians will listen to them - ANS-B.
A legitimate reason to release information from a patients medical record is:
a. When subpoenaed by a court order
b. When requested by spouse or next of kin
c. When the patient becomes incompetent
d. When reporting statistics for a research project - ANS-A.
A positive net present value indicates that the investment has a rate or return:
a. Higher than the discount rate used in the calculation
b. Lower than the discount rate used in the calculation
c. Equal to the discount rate used in the calculation
d. Equal to the accounting profit averaged over the life of the investment - ANS-A.
A stop-gap measure that a health service executive might use to manage intergroup conflict,
which allows people to cool down and regain perspective, is:
a. Smoothing
b. Bargaining
c. Integrative problem solving
d. Appealing to super ordinate goals - ANS-A.
A successful healthcare organization usually has a unique and well articulated company
philosophy that presents 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 communicated, understood by employees, and
enforced by executive management
d. Continues a major effort to articulate employee rights in such areas as grievances, affirmative
action, and human rights issues - ANS-C.
A weighted average cost of capital is the:
a. Accounting cost to the organization of producing all required returns to capital
b. Economic cost to the organization of producing all required returns to capital
c. Weighted average required rate of return adjusted downward in accordance with generally
Accepted Accounting Principles
d. Correct discount rate for valuing the total cash flows received by the equity suppliers. -
ANS-B.
Accident rates among personnel continue to rise and are distributed among all departments.
What would be your best initial action in finding a comprehensive solution to this problem?
a. Form a safety committee of key personnel to review reports of all accidents and make
recommendations for corrections
b. Require each department head to analyze his/her department's accidents in order to
determine the causes and find methods of corrections
c. Institute a safety education program by departments
d. Recommend that the personnel committee formulate an effective accident-prevention
program - ANS-A.
All of the following are commonly recognized to be a right of each patient, except:
a. The right to considerate and respectful care
b. The right to receive a reasonable response to his/her requests
c. The right to communicate with a caregiver in the language of the patients choosing
d. For dying patients, the right to receive pain management. - ANS-C.
All of the following are methods used to forecast future demand except:
a. Target buyer intention surveys
82. Compatibility between data-processing units is necessary except when:
a. The costs of individual systems are less than the cost of an integrated system
b. Technological advances are so rapid that obsolescence occurs within a few years
c. Constraints on available space restrict the size of the units that can be installed
d. The information involved is used for a discrete freestanding activity - ANS-D.
A correct statement regarding trustees serving as fiduciaries is that they can:
a. Be indicted for alleged theft of facility funds and the improper expenditure of facility funds for
personal reasons
b. Be released from responsibility by giving the audit committee final authority in high-risk areas
of financial matters, without any action by the whole board
c. Be held personally liable for wrongful acts or omissions by corporate officers or co-trustees by
virtue of their position as trustees
d. Waive their fiduciary responsibility as a community organization - ANS-A.
A hospice may be described as a/an:
a. Intermediate-care facility
b. Extended-care facility that specializes in the treatment of the chronically ill
c. Facility where terminally ill patients can receive special attention
d. Interrelated group of healthcare services - ANS-C.
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 the customer's needs
d. Emphasize specialization. - ANS-C.
,A key reason for choosing board members is because:
a. Other board members want to listen to their opinions
b. Of what they can do for the organization
c. They have high status in the community
d. Physicians will listen to them - ANS-B.
A legitimate reason to release information from a patients medical record is:
a. When subpoenaed by a court order
b. When requested by spouse or next of kin
c. When the patient becomes incompetent
d. When reporting statistics for a research project - ANS-A.
A positive net present value indicates that the investment has a rate or return:
a. Higher than the discount rate used in the calculation
b. Lower than the discount rate used in the calculation
c. Equal to the discount rate used in the calculation
d. Equal to the accounting profit averaged over the life of the investment - ANS-A.
A stop-gap measure that a health service executive might use to manage intergroup conflict,
which allows people to cool down and regain perspective, is:
a. Smoothing
b. Bargaining
c. Integrative problem solving
d. Appealing to super ordinate goals - ANS-A.
A successful healthcare organization usually has a unique and well articulated company
philosophy that presents 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 communicated, understood by employees, and
enforced by executive management
d. Continues a major effort to articulate employee rights in such areas as grievances, affirmative
action, and human rights issues - ANS-C.
A weighted average cost of capital is the:
a. Accounting cost to the organization of producing all required returns to capital
b. Economic cost to the organization of producing all required returns to capital
c. Weighted average required rate of return adjusted downward in accordance with generally
Accepted Accounting Principles
d. Correct discount rate for valuing the total cash flows received by the equity suppliers. -
ANS-B.
Accident rates among personnel continue to rise and are distributed among all departments.
What would be your best initial action in finding a comprehensive solution to this problem?
a. Form a safety committee of key personnel to review reports of all accidents and make
recommendations for corrections
b. Require each department head to analyze his/her department's accidents in order to
determine the causes and find methods of corrections
c. Institute a safety education program by departments
d. Recommend that the personnel committee formulate an effective accident-prevention
program - ANS-A.
All of the following are commonly recognized to be a right of each patient, except:
a. The right to considerate and respectful care
b. The right to receive a reasonable response to his/her requests
c. The right to communicate with a caregiver in the language of the patients choosing
d. For dying patients, the right to receive pain management. - ANS-C.
All of the following are methods used to forecast future demand except:
a. Target buyer intention surveys
