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ACHE BOG BOARD OF GOVERNORS EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
avoid or minimize negative implications of conflict of
interest is:
a) develop a PR plan to address conflict of interest
scenarios
b) not participate in specific decisions where conflict
may exist
c) ensure members submit annual holdings for inspection
d) make the conflict known to those in superior positions -
...ANSWER... ✔ ✔D
The principles of quality improvement require that
executives change their management philosophy from:
A) finding fault with employees to finding problems with
processes
B) finding fault with employees to involving them in the
improvement of processes
C) focusing on enhancing inspection techniques to
focusing on variance
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D) focusing on employee's roles to focusing on process
outcomes - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔A
What type of problem arises when an executive
knowingly allows organization to continue in double
billing
A) an ethical issues but may not be grounds for dismissal
is policy is unclear
B) an actual conflict of interest even absent a direct
economic benefit to executive
C) an ethical problem for the employee if the executive
receives direct economic benefit
D) an ethical problem if it clearly violates state of
federal law - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔B
Which of the following is a unit of measure commonly
used to determine physicians' clinical productivity
A) RVU
B) CMS
C) IPO
D) CPU - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔A
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Which of the following 3rd party reimbursement
methods provides the largest incentive for the provider
to reduce costs
A) charge-based
B) cost-based
C) prospective payment
D) per diem - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔C
Statements of earnings, financial positions, changes in
financial position and retained earnings are required to
be submitted yearly by all
A) publicly owned HCOs
B) privately owned HCOs
C) government owned HCOs
D) faith-based owned HCOs - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔A
Which of the following is an example of a capital
expenditure
A) land purchased for resale
B) surgical equipment with a useful life of 6mo
C) a building with a useful life os 20 yrs
D) medical supplies used in patient care - ...ANSWER...
✔ ✔C
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What is the correct order of stages of accomplishing org
change
A) identifying, planning, implementing, evaluating
B) planning, identifying, evaluating, implementation
C) evaluation, planning, implementation, identifying
D) planning, evaluating, identifying, implementation -
...ANSWER... ✔ ✔A
Boards make better decisions if they use information
that is
A) readily available on their website
B) generated from computer studies of departmental
activity reports
C) summarized in graphs
D) focused on measurable outcomes of service quality
and economic vitality - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔D
The central role of the HCO board includes all of the
following except
A) setting the strategic plan and service values of the
organization
B) support for assessing changing market needs
ACHE BOG BOARD OF GOVERNORS EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
avoid or minimize negative implications of conflict of
interest is:
a) develop a PR plan to address conflict of interest
scenarios
b) not participate in specific decisions where conflict
may exist
c) ensure members submit annual holdings for inspection
d) make the conflict known to those in superior positions -
...ANSWER... ✔ ✔D
The principles of quality improvement require that
executives change their management philosophy from:
A) finding fault with employees to finding problems with
processes
B) finding fault with employees to involving them in the
improvement of processes
C) focusing on enhancing inspection techniques to
focusing on variance
,2|Page
D) focusing on employee's roles to focusing on process
outcomes - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔A
What type of problem arises when an executive
knowingly allows organization to continue in double
billing
A) an ethical issues but may not be grounds for dismissal
is policy is unclear
B) an actual conflict of interest even absent a direct
economic benefit to executive
C) an ethical problem for the employee if the executive
receives direct economic benefit
D) an ethical problem if it clearly violates state of
federal law - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔B
Which of the following is a unit of measure commonly
used to determine physicians' clinical productivity
A) RVU
B) CMS
C) IPO
D) CPU - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔A
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Which of the following 3rd party reimbursement
methods provides the largest incentive for the provider
to reduce costs
A) charge-based
B) cost-based
C) prospective payment
D) per diem - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔C
Statements of earnings, financial positions, changes in
financial position and retained earnings are required to
be submitted yearly by all
A) publicly owned HCOs
B) privately owned HCOs
C) government owned HCOs
D) faith-based owned HCOs - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔A
Which of the following is an example of a capital
expenditure
A) land purchased for resale
B) surgical equipment with a useful life of 6mo
C) a building with a useful life os 20 yrs
D) medical supplies used in patient care - ...ANSWER...
✔ ✔C
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What is the correct order of stages of accomplishing org
change
A) identifying, planning, implementing, evaluating
B) planning, identifying, evaluating, implementation
C) evaluation, planning, implementation, identifying
D) planning, evaluating, identifying, implementation -
...ANSWER... ✔ ✔A
Boards make better decisions if they use information
that is
A) readily available on their website
B) generated from computer studies of departmental
activity reports
C) summarized in graphs
D) focused on measurable outcomes of service quality
and economic vitality - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔D
The central role of the HCO board includes all of the
following except
A) setting the strategic plan and service values of the
organization
B) support for assessing changing market needs
