Question 1
What are the most important aspects resulting from a decision made in the health care industry?
monetary increases
consequences
experiences gained
insights gleaned
Question 2
What is a required component to consider for every decision?
alternatives
previous states of the world
examples of past payoffs
current technology
Question 3
The probability of a decision’s possibility must always add up to what?
100
1/100
1
50/50
Question 4
Which is an example of using relevant information for the purpose of determining the potential payoff of a decision?
whether to hire more staff or not
whether to invest in equipment or not
whether or not new technology is developed
adding service hours, minus resource cost, within reasonable estimates of potential volume increases
Question 5
Regardless of the technique chosen to estimate provider times, what should be produced in relation to service times?
flow chart
histogram
scatter plot
regression line graph
Question 6
Which method to determine costs is considered the least accurate way to collect information?
direct observation
random observation
time diary
patient records
provider surveys
Question 7
Which method to determine costs is based on the proportion of time spent on an activity being equal to the proportion of observations made of that particular activity during the work day?
direct observation
random observation
time diary
patient records
provider surveys
Question 8
How is the cost-effectiveness of an intervention defined?
intervention costs divided by benefits
side effects costs divided by benefits
side effects costs minus direct medical care costs saved
intervention and side effects costs divided by benefits
Question 9
What is known as the difference between the earliest and latest start times for an activity?
slack time
delayed activities
total project time
critical path length
Question 10
A Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) should do what?
use a pictorial outline system
create heading for the whole project
be as detailed within project tasks as possible
calculate the work output