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