BOG PRACTICE EXAM FACHE PRACTICE
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
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From a marketing viewpoint, the development of standards of practice, clinical
pathways, clinical guidelines and protocols can all be viewed as efforts to deal
with which unique aspect of delivering services:
a. Inseparability.
b. Intangibility.
c. Heterogeneity.
d. Perishability. ---- ANSWER----c. Heterogeneity.
What purpose do market plans fulfill for the healthcare organization?
a. Provide a business plan (or plans) as a subset of the organization's
marketing plan.
b. Present general goals for the organization to attain in the next three to
five years.
c. Develop promotion methods to be used in attaining the organization's
objectives.
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d. Provide specific objectives for utilization attainment the next fiscal year. -
--- ANSWER----d. Provide specific objectives for utilization attainment the
next fiscal year.
The five major functions of marketing are:
a. Identifying markets, promoting the organization, recruitment of
providers, managing external relationships, patient selection.
b. Identifying markets, health promotion, managing external relationships,
patient selection, attracting capable workers.
c. Identifying markets, promoting the organization, managing external
relationship, convincing patients to select the organization, attracting capable
workers.
d. Identifying markets, promoting the organization, managing external
relationships, strategic planning, physician recruitment. ---- ANSWER----c.
Identifying markets, promoting the organization, managing external
relationship, convincing patients to select the organization, attracting capable
workers.
Forecasting organizational need for human resources by focusing on specific
position openings that are likely to occur and using these for planning is
called:
a. Demand-pull approach.
b. Supply-push approach.
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c. Succession analysis.
d. Transition matrix. ---- ANSWER----a. Demand-pull approach.
Which of the following third-party reimbursement methods provides the largest
financial incentive for the provider to reduce cost?
a. Charge-based
b. Cost-based
c. Prospective payment
d. Per diem ---- ANSWER----c. Prospective payment
Statements of earnings, financial positions, changes in financial position and
retained earnings are required to be submitted yearly by all:
a. Publicly owned healthcare organizations.
b. Privately owned healthcare organizations.
c. Government owned healthcare organizations.
d. Faith-based owned healthcare organizations. ---- ANSWER----a. Publicly
owned healthcare organizations.
Which of the following is an Example of a capital expenditure?
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a. Land that is purchased for resale.
b. Surgical equipment with a useful life of six months.
c. A building with a useful life of 20 years.
d. Medical supplies used for patient care. ---- ANSWER----c. A building with a
useful life of 20 years.
What is the correct order of stages for accomplishing organization change?
a. Identifying, planning, implementation, evaluation.
b. Planning, identifying, evaluation, implementation.
c. Evaluation, planning, implementation, identifying.
d. Planning, evaluation, identifying, implementation. ---- ANSWER----a.
Identifying, planning, implementation, evaluation.
Boards make better strategic decisions if they use information that is:
a. Readily available on special board website.
b. Generated from computer studies of departmental activity reports.
c. Summarized in graphs for better understanding.