EDAC CORRECT TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Hospital boards are ultimately accountable for all of the following EXCEPT:
A. major capital investment
B. organizational activity
C. accomplishments
D. staff satisfaction - ✔✔D. staff satisfaction
✔✔Most hospital are short-stay hospitals, but hospitals in which the length of stay
exceeds ___________ are referred to as long-term-care hospitals.
A. 2 weeks
B. 30 days
C. 3 months
D. 1 year - ✔✔B. 30 days
✔✔According to the AHA, as of 2008, did the U.S. have more urban community
hospitals or more rural community hospitals?
A. more urban community hospitals
B. more rural community hospitals - ✔✔A. more urban community hospitals
✔✔A facility's EOC defines its ___________.
A. culture
B. physical design
C. outcomes - ✔✔A. culture
✔✔Facilities that give patients a wide range of healthcare choices and attempt to meet
consumer needs of convenience and cost reduction are collectively known as
___________.
A. walk-in clinics
B. surgicenters
C. freestanding facilites - ✔✔C. freestanding facilites
,✔✔Which of the following is NOT part of hospital-based outpatient services.
A. clinical services
B. surgical services
C. emergency services
D. long-term care services - ✔✔D. long-term care services
✔✔In the context of evidence-based design, ____________ is the systematic
investigation of tangible facts aimed at gaining knowledge, making discoveries, testing
or revising theories, and applying new knowledge.
A. research
B. information-gathering
C. empirical data - ✔✔A. research
✔✔The EBD process is differentiated from the typical design process because it
_____________.
A. involves staff in design decision making
B. uses research to develop and evaluate design innovations
C. changes the composition of the interdisciplinary design team - ✔✔B. uses research
to develop and evaluate design innovations
✔✔When specific information about the built environment can be recorded over time
and properly measured, what type of relationship between features of the built
environment and outcomes can be asserted?
A. theoretical
B. correlational
C. causal - ✔✔C. causal
✔✔EBD research can be used during and after the construction and occupancy phases,
like a POE, to __________.
A. develop hypotheses about how the design decisions may impact outcomes
B. alter parts of the design as new research is found
C. evaluate the effectiveness of design solutions - ✔✔C. evaluate the effectiveness of
design solutions
✔✔At which phase of the project should stakeholders use research to understand which
environmental elements are the best design options to improve outcomes?
A. predesign/design
B. construction
C. occupancy - ✔✔A. predesign/design
✔✔In the evidence-based design process, which of the following comes FIRST?
A. monitor implementation of design and construction
B. measure post-occupancy performance results
C. collect baseline performance measures
, D. develop a hypothesis - ✔✔D. develop a hypothesis
✔✔In the evidence-based design process, which of the following comes FIRST?
A. find sources for relevant evidence
B. define evidence-based goals and objectives
C. create and innovate evidence-based design concepts
D. develop a hypothesis - ✔✔B. define evidence-based goals and objectives
✔✔This term has a negative connotation with most interior designers, but according to
the US General Services Administration, it means making an organized effort to meet
essential functions at the lowest lifecycle cost while maintaining performance, quality,
reliability, and safety standards.
A. value engineering
B. mechanical engineering
C. systems engineering - ✔✔A. value engineering
✔✔The EBD process can be integrated into ______________ phase of the building
design process.
A. the pre-design
B. the design
C. any
D. the construction - ✔✔C. any
✔✔The phase when a building is outfitted with everything needed to make it ready for
patient care services is called the ____________ phase.
A. programming
B. occupancy
C. commissioning
D. contract - ✔✔C. commissioning
✔✔When a healthcare organization decides to incorporate an EBD process, what is the
most important thing it must have to be successful?
A. establish an interdisciplinary team
B. commitment and careful coordination
C. a researcher on the team - ✔✔B. commitment and careful coordination
✔✔According to the IHI, driving out waste so that all work adds value and serves the
customer;s needs is called _____________.
A. cost-benefit thinking
B. lean thinking
C. sustainable thinking - ✔✔B. lean thinking
✔✔Children's of Alabama is the third largest pediatric facility in the nation (2 million sq
ft) and has been named among the nation's best pediatric hospitals for the last 5 years
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Hospital boards are ultimately accountable for all of the following EXCEPT:
A. major capital investment
B. organizational activity
C. accomplishments
D. staff satisfaction - ✔✔D. staff satisfaction
✔✔Most hospital are short-stay hospitals, but hospitals in which the length of stay
exceeds ___________ are referred to as long-term-care hospitals.
A. 2 weeks
B. 30 days
C. 3 months
D. 1 year - ✔✔B. 30 days
✔✔According to the AHA, as of 2008, did the U.S. have more urban community
hospitals or more rural community hospitals?
A. more urban community hospitals
B. more rural community hospitals - ✔✔A. more urban community hospitals
✔✔A facility's EOC defines its ___________.
A. culture
B. physical design
C. outcomes - ✔✔A. culture
✔✔Facilities that give patients a wide range of healthcare choices and attempt to meet
consumer needs of convenience and cost reduction are collectively known as
___________.
A. walk-in clinics
B. surgicenters
C. freestanding facilites - ✔✔C. freestanding facilites
,✔✔Which of the following is NOT part of hospital-based outpatient services.
A. clinical services
B. surgical services
C. emergency services
D. long-term care services - ✔✔D. long-term care services
✔✔In the context of evidence-based design, ____________ is the systematic
investigation of tangible facts aimed at gaining knowledge, making discoveries, testing
or revising theories, and applying new knowledge.
A. research
B. information-gathering
C. empirical data - ✔✔A. research
✔✔The EBD process is differentiated from the typical design process because it
_____________.
A. involves staff in design decision making
B. uses research to develop and evaluate design innovations
C. changes the composition of the interdisciplinary design team - ✔✔B. uses research
to develop and evaluate design innovations
✔✔When specific information about the built environment can be recorded over time
and properly measured, what type of relationship between features of the built
environment and outcomes can be asserted?
A. theoretical
B. correlational
C. causal - ✔✔C. causal
✔✔EBD research can be used during and after the construction and occupancy phases,
like a POE, to __________.
A. develop hypotheses about how the design decisions may impact outcomes
B. alter parts of the design as new research is found
C. evaluate the effectiveness of design solutions - ✔✔C. evaluate the effectiveness of
design solutions
✔✔At which phase of the project should stakeholders use research to understand which
environmental elements are the best design options to improve outcomes?
A. predesign/design
B. construction
C. occupancy - ✔✔A. predesign/design
✔✔In the evidence-based design process, which of the following comes FIRST?
A. monitor implementation of design and construction
B. measure post-occupancy performance results
C. collect baseline performance measures
, D. develop a hypothesis - ✔✔D. develop a hypothesis
✔✔In the evidence-based design process, which of the following comes FIRST?
A. find sources for relevant evidence
B. define evidence-based goals and objectives
C. create and innovate evidence-based design concepts
D. develop a hypothesis - ✔✔B. define evidence-based goals and objectives
✔✔This term has a negative connotation with most interior designers, but according to
the US General Services Administration, it means making an organized effort to meet
essential functions at the lowest lifecycle cost while maintaining performance, quality,
reliability, and safety standards.
A. value engineering
B. mechanical engineering
C. systems engineering - ✔✔A. value engineering
✔✔The EBD process can be integrated into ______________ phase of the building
design process.
A. the pre-design
B. the design
C. any
D. the construction - ✔✔C. any
✔✔The phase when a building is outfitted with everything needed to make it ready for
patient care services is called the ____________ phase.
A. programming
B. occupancy
C. commissioning
D. contract - ✔✔C. commissioning
✔✔When a healthcare organization decides to incorporate an EBD process, what is the
most important thing it must have to be successful?
A. establish an interdisciplinary team
B. commitment and careful coordination
C. a researcher on the team - ✔✔B. commitment and careful coordination
✔✔According to the IHI, driving out waste so that all work adds value and serves the
customer;s needs is called _____________.
A. cost-benefit thinking
B. lean thinking
C. sustainable thinking - ✔✔B. lean thinking
✔✔Children's of Alabama is the third largest pediatric facility in the nation (2 million sq
ft) and has been named among the nation's best pediatric hospitals for the last 5 years
