HSA4431 EXAM 2 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS
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ANSWERS BRAND NEW EXAM ALREADY GRADED A+ PASS
Operations research is defined as "understanding the behavioral aspects
of subjective decision making" Ans✓✓✓ False
One of the key areas where operations research methods can contribute
to improving healthcare is in the modeling of patient volumes and flow
through organizations and health systems Ans✓✓✓ True
A bottleneck occurs when capacity exceeds demand and resources wait
for work. Ans✓✓✓ False
Successful de-bottlenecking includes determination if the bottleneck is
the result of an inability to handle demand at all times, or just at a
specific point in time, as well as to discover if other barriers to
throughput exist Ans✓✓✓ True
Capacity refers to the amount of resources or assets that exist to serve
the demand Ans✓✓✓ True
There is no such thing as an optimal solution to eliminate wait time
Ans✓✓✓ False
Wait times generally do not influence bottlenecks in a healthcare process
Ans✓✓✓ False
, Measurement of productivity in hospitals is not as common as in other
industries Ans✓✓✓ ?
Physicians and researchers agree that measurement problems exist with
regard to healthcare outputs Ans✓✓✓ True
Activity indicators accurately capture all inputs to a production function
Ans✓✓✓ False
Capital has little impact in a production function Ans✓✓✓ False
Hospitals do not need to seek consistency in output measurement, since
all outputs are similar Ans✓✓✓ True
Trial and error is common in developing labor schedules, but rarely does
it produce efficient or optimal labor costs Ans✓✓✓ True
Efficiency and effectiveness are terms that can be used interchangeably
Ans✓✓✓ False
Projects are ongoing efforts in a healthcare organization, having an
indeterminate end date Ans✓✓✓ False
WITH DETAILED VERIFIED AND 100% ACCURATE
ANSWERS BRAND NEW EXAM ALREADY GRADED A+ PASS
Operations research is defined as "understanding the behavioral aspects
of subjective decision making" Ans✓✓✓ False
One of the key areas where operations research methods can contribute
to improving healthcare is in the modeling of patient volumes and flow
through organizations and health systems Ans✓✓✓ True
A bottleneck occurs when capacity exceeds demand and resources wait
for work. Ans✓✓✓ False
Successful de-bottlenecking includes determination if the bottleneck is
the result of an inability to handle demand at all times, or just at a
specific point in time, as well as to discover if other barriers to
throughput exist Ans✓✓✓ True
Capacity refers to the amount of resources or assets that exist to serve
the demand Ans✓✓✓ True
There is no such thing as an optimal solution to eliminate wait time
Ans✓✓✓ False
Wait times generally do not influence bottlenecks in a healthcare process
Ans✓✓✓ False
, Measurement of productivity in hospitals is not as common as in other
industries Ans✓✓✓ ?
Physicians and researchers agree that measurement problems exist with
regard to healthcare outputs Ans✓✓✓ True
Activity indicators accurately capture all inputs to a production function
Ans✓✓✓ False
Capital has little impact in a production function Ans✓✓✓ False
Hospitals do not need to seek consistency in output measurement, since
all outputs are similar Ans✓✓✓ True
Trial and error is common in developing labor schedules, but rarely does
it produce efficient or optimal labor costs Ans✓✓✓ True
Efficiency and effectiveness are terms that can be used interchangeably
Ans✓✓✓ False
Projects are ongoing efforts in a healthcare organization, having an
indeterminate end date Ans✓✓✓ False
