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