Illinois Nursing Home Administrator Exam #1 |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
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Line Authority - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Line Authority is
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exercised by supervisors who have direct authority and
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responsibility for the work of a unit, including the right to |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
command subordinates to act and to fire them if they disobey.
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Staff Authority - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Staff Authority is
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exercised by someone hired or retained to provide advice or
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technical support which persons in line positions may accept,
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alter, or reject. Examples are legal counsel or RN-consultants. But
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not assistant administrators or assistant department heads:
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these reflect the wishes of the line officers they serve and share
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in their line authority.
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Functional Authority - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Functional|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Authority is limited to certain specialized functions for which one
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has responsibility throughout the facility, even though someone
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else may have line authority over the employees performing
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these activities. E.g., certain personnel functions under a human
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resources director. |\
Unity of Command - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Unity of Command =
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making each employee responsible to one and only one
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supervisor. Employees who report to more than one supervisor
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often experience conflicting orders and divided loyalties. Clear
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lines of authority may promote job satisfaction and thus
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productivity.
, adjudication - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A determination by court of |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
law or an administrative body with quasi-judicial functions.
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amicus curiae - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A person who has no
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right to appear in a pending suit but is allowed by the court to
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introduce argument or evidence, as a "friend of the court".
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assumption of the risk - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A legal theory |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
which states that an individual who is aware of the hazards of an
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activity but engages in that activity nevertheless cannot recover
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damages if he or she is injured by that hazard. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
bona fide - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔In good faith; openly,
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honestly, or innocently; without knowledge or intend of fraud.
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borrowed servant - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An employee|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
temporarily under the control of another, such as a nurse which|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
is employed by a hospital and who is "borrowed" by a surgeon in
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the operating room. The temporary employer will be held
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responsible for the act of the borrowed servant under the |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
doctrine of 'respondeat superior'. |\ |\ |\
comparable worth - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A theory that people |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
doing 'different' jobs that are roughly of equal worth to their
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employer should be paid the same wage, regardless of sex (an
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extension of the Equal Pay Act, requiring equal pay for people
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doing the 'same' job. |\ |\ |\
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
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Line Authority - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Line Authority is
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
exercised by supervisors who have direct authority and
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
responsibility for the work of a unit, including the right to |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
command subordinates to act and to fire them if they disobey.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Staff Authority - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Staff Authority is
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
exercised by someone hired or retained to provide advice or
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
technical support which persons in line positions may accept,
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
alter, or reject. Examples are legal counsel or RN-consultants. But
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
not assistant administrators or assistant department heads:
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
these reflect the wishes of the line officers they serve and share
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
in their line authority.
|\ |\ |\
Functional Authority - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Functional|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Authority is limited to certain specialized functions for which one
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
has responsibility throughout the facility, even though someone
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
else may have line authority over the employees performing
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
these activities. E.g., certain personnel functions under a human
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
resources director. |\
Unity of Command - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Unity of Command =
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
making each employee responsible to one and only one
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
supervisor. Employees who report to more than one supervisor
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
often experience conflicting orders and divided loyalties. Clear
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
lines of authority may promote job satisfaction and thus
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
productivity.
, adjudication - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A determination by court of |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
law or an administrative body with quasi-judicial functions.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
amicus curiae - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A person who has no
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
right to appear in a pending suit but is allowed by the court to
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
introduce argument or evidence, as a "friend of the court".
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
assumption of the risk - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A legal theory |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
which states that an individual who is aware of the hazards of an
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activity but engages in that activity nevertheless cannot recover
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
damages if he or she is injured by that hazard. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
bona fide - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔In good faith; openly,
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honestly, or innocently; without knowledge or intend of fraud.
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borrowed servant - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An employee|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
temporarily under the control of another, such as a nurse which|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
is employed by a hospital and who is "borrowed" by a surgeon in
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
the operating room. The temporary employer will be held
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
responsible for the act of the borrowed servant under the |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
doctrine of 'respondeat superior'. |\ |\ |\
comparable worth - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A theory that people |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
doing 'different' jobs that are roughly of equal worth to their
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
employer should be paid the same wage, regardless of sex (an
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
extension of the Equal Pay Act, requiring equal pay for people
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
doing the 'same' job. |\ |\ |\
