TEST BANK
** All Chapters included
** Multiple Choice
** True/False
,Table of Contents are given below
Chapter 1. The Dynamic Environment of Health Care
Chapter 2. The Challenge of Change
Chapter 3. Organizational Adaptation and Survival
Chapter 4. Leadership and the Manager
Chapter 5. Planning and Decision Making
Chapter 6. Organizing and Staffing
Chapter 7. Committees and Teams
Chapter 8. Budget Planning and Implementation
Chapter 9. Training and Development: The Backbone of Motivation and Retention
Chapter 10. Adaptation, Motivation, and Conflict Management
Chapter 11. Communication: The Glue That Binds Us Together
Chapter 12. Comprehensive Planning and Accountability Documentation
Chapter 13. Quality Improvement and Control Processes
Chapter 14. Human Resources Management: A Line Manager's Perspective
Chapter 15. Day-to-Day Management for the Health Professional-as-Manager
,Management Principles for Health Professionals
Joan Gratto Liebler, Charles R. McConnell
Chapter 1—The Dynamic Environment of Health Care
Multiple Choice
1. A formal agreement between separately owned and controlled facilities to officially coordinate
and share certain activities is most appropriately referred to as _________.
A) a merger
B) an affiliation
C) a healthcare system
D) a shared-service arrangement
Ans: B
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: The Healthcare Setting: Formal and Organizational Patterns and Levels of Care
Subject: Chapter 1
2. Which of the following is NOT true concerning regulation of the healthcare industry?
A) Health care is one of the more heavily regulated industries in the nation.
B) Current regulatory initiatives are likely to increase the amount of regulation to which health
care is subjected.
C) The most prevalent form of regulation in health care is self-regulation.
D) The majority of regulatory requirements on health care are concerned with cost or quality.
Ans: C
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: The Healthcare Setting: Formal and Organizational Patterns and Levels of Care
Subject: Chapter 1
3. The apparent principal driving force behind the growth of health maintenance organizations
(HMOs) has been ________.
A) the desire of payers to stem excessive cost increases or reduce costs overall
B) the growing tendency of providers to band together in cooperative arrangements
C) the dramatic increase in competition among healthcare providers
D) a desired reduction in the total number of hospital beds available
Ans: A
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: The Managed Care Era
Subject: Chapter 1
4. Two acute care hospitals officially merge. As a result of this merger, all of the following
statements are true, EXCEPT:
, Management Principles for Health Professionals
Joan Gratto Liebler, Charles R. McConnell
Chapter 1—The Dynamic Environment of Health Care
A) they share one license to operate
B) each hospital retains its ownership and control over its original organization
C) debts and assets are combined
D) there is one central board of directors/trustees, with representatives from each
of the two original organizations
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: The Healthcare Setting: Formal and Organizational Patterns and Levels of Care
Subject: Chapter 1
5. Clinicians and researchers seek to more efficiently and rapidly complete the cycle of bench to
bedside to bench. These efforts are termed ____________.
A) fast track dominions
B) virtual healthcare initiatives
C) translational medicine
D) regional health information changes
Ans: C
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: The Impact of Technology
Subject: Chapter 1
True/False
1. Regulation of the healthcare industry exists principally in the form of self-regulation.
Ans: False
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Laws, Regulations, and Accrediting Standards
Subject: Chapter 1
2. In recent decades, government and insurers have exerted control over much of health care’s
money supply.
Ans: True
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: The Managed Care Era
Subject: Chapter 1
** All Chapters included
** Multiple Choice
** True/False
,Table of Contents are given below
Chapter 1. The Dynamic Environment of Health Care
Chapter 2. The Challenge of Change
Chapter 3. Organizational Adaptation and Survival
Chapter 4. Leadership and the Manager
Chapter 5. Planning and Decision Making
Chapter 6. Organizing and Staffing
Chapter 7. Committees and Teams
Chapter 8. Budget Planning and Implementation
Chapter 9. Training and Development: The Backbone of Motivation and Retention
Chapter 10. Adaptation, Motivation, and Conflict Management
Chapter 11. Communication: The Glue That Binds Us Together
Chapter 12. Comprehensive Planning and Accountability Documentation
Chapter 13. Quality Improvement and Control Processes
Chapter 14. Human Resources Management: A Line Manager's Perspective
Chapter 15. Day-to-Day Management for the Health Professional-as-Manager
,Management Principles for Health Professionals
Joan Gratto Liebler, Charles R. McConnell
Chapter 1—The Dynamic Environment of Health Care
Multiple Choice
1. A formal agreement between separately owned and controlled facilities to officially coordinate
and share certain activities is most appropriately referred to as _________.
A) a merger
B) an affiliation
C) a healthcare system
D) a shared-service arrangement
Ans: B
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: The Healthcare Setting: Formal and Organizational Patterns and Levels of Care
Subject: Chapter 1
2. Which of the following is NOT true concerning regulation of the healthcare industry?
A) Health care is one of the more heavily regulated industries in the nation.
B) Current regulatory initiatives are likely to increase the amount of regulation to which health
care is subjected.
C) The most prevalent form of regulation in health care is self-regulation.
D) The majority of regulatory requirements on health care are concerned with cost or quality.
Ans: C
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: The Healthcare Setting: Formal and Organizational Patterns and Levels of Care
Subject: Chapter 1
3. The apparent principal driving force behind the growth of health maintenance organizations
(HMOs) has been ________.
A) the desire of payers to stem excessive cost increases or reduce costs overall
B) the growing tendency of providers to band together in cooperative arrangements
C) the dramatic increase in competition among healthcare providers
D) a desired reduction in the total number of hospital beds available
Ans: A
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: The Managed Care Era
Subject: Chapter 1
4. Two acute care hospitals officially merge. As a result of this merger, all of the following
statements are true, EXCEPT:
, Management Principles for Health Professionals
Joan Gratto Liebler, Charles R. McConnell
Chapter 1—The Dynamic Environment of Health Care
A) they share one license to operate
B) each hospital retains its ownership and control over its original organization
C) debts and assets are combined
D) there is one central board of directors/trustees, with representatives from each
of the two original organizations
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: The Healthcare Setting: Formal and Organizational Patterns and Levels of Care
Subject: Chapter 1
5. Clinicians and researchers seek to more efficiently and rapidly complete the cycle of bench to
bedside to bench. These efforts are termed ____________.
A) fast track dominions
B) virtual healthcare initiatives
C) translational medicine
D) regional health information changes
Ans: C
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: The Impact of Technology
Subject: Chapter 1
True/False
1. Regulation of the healthcare industry exists principally in the form of self-regulation.
Ans: False
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Laws, Regulations, and Accrediting Standards
Subject: Chapter 1
2. In recent decades, government and insurers have exerted control over much of health care’s
money supply.
Ans: True
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: The Managed Care Era
Subject: Chapter 1
