CPHQ Practice Exam Questions and Answers

A.  

prevalence.

B.  

surveillance.

C.  

Incidence.

D.  

sampling.

A.  

organizational culture.

B.  

monetary resource allocation.

C.  

the CQI model selected.

D.  

the type of organization.

A.  

eliminates redundant Ideas generated by team members

B.  

diffuses potential conflict between team members

C.  

ensures effective communication among team members

D.  

encourages equal participation from all team members

A.  

reduced adverse outcomes, culture of patient safety, and expansion of services.

B.  

mission and vision statements, high patient census, and governing body involvement

C.  

physician competence, staff longevity, and high patient satisfaction scores.

D.  

leadership rounds. Increased staff satisfaction, and positive patient outcomes.

A.  

This information facilitates the patient's application for state resources.

B.  

This is a result of an update to the electronic medical record system.

C.  

This evaluates connections between the disease and the living conditions.

D.  

This information is needed to meet a new quality metric.

A.  

review prior three years on wound outcome best practices.

B.  

perform literature search for clinical trials relating to wound care.

C.  

conduct clinical record review of wound care sentinel events.

D.  

search for evidence-based guidelines for wound care.

A.  

1 and 7

B.  

3 and 4

C.  

2 and 5

D.  

6 and 8

A.  

the cost of instructions to implement new guidelines increases yearly.

B.  

the constant evolution of healthcare makes it difficult to keep practice guidelines relevant.

C.  

changing the behavior to improve care is a complex process.

D.  

most practice guidelines only address a single issue, not multiple co-morbidities.

A.  

percent of patients that rate care as "satisfactory" or "highly satisfactory"

B.  

raw number of influenza vaccines given in the annual flu season

C.  

percent of antibiotic prescriptions that meet evidence-based guidelines

D.  

average wait time between check-in and seeing a provider

A.  

determining productivity indicators

B.  

establishing organizational goals

C.  

establishing and controlling a budget

D.  

defining organizational structure