COMPLETE SOLUTIONS - COMPLETE SOLUTIONS Question 1: CEO Compensation...

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Question 1: CEO Compensation should be based on:

• the compensation arrangement with prior CEO
• executive compensation in local corporations with similar

gross revenues

• present day salary plus cost-of living adjustment
• what the institution would have to pay for a similarly

prepared person if that person were employed elsewhere

• what the institution would have to pay for a similarly

prepared person if that person were employed elsewhere

CORRECT ANSWER : d. what the institution would have to pay

for a similarly prepared person if that person were employed elsewhere

Question 2: An essential function of the governing board is to:

• approve the mission, vision, and long-range plan
• focus on strategic planning
• prepare the operating plan
• review the performance of departmental managers

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• approve the mission, vision, and long-range plan

CORRECT ANSWER : a. approve the mission, vision, and long-

range plan

Question 3: The key to enhancing board effectiveness is:

• getting the right people to serve on the board
• supporting and selecting the right CEO
• orientating and training the CEO
• organizing the board's work
• organizing the board's work

CORRECT ANSWER : d. organizing the board's work

Question 4: Members of the medical staff are eligible for full

membership on the governing board in the same manner as other

individuals:

• when not legally prohibited
• when they do not actively practice in the organization
• when they are not full-time employees
• if they are not foreign nationals

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• when not legally prohibited

CORRECT ANSWER : a. when not legally prohibited

Question 5: The Chief Executive Officer:

• is a member of the board
• represents the board internally and externally
• is not a member of the board
• has a contract with the board
• represents the board internally and externally

CORRECT ANSWER : b. represents the board internally and

externally

Question 6: Regarding the budget, the board:

• does not use the budget exercise as a way to improve quality

and productivity

• gets involved in preparing budgets for all operational units
• decides which personnel are needed in top management
• establishes guidelines and makes final choices among

competing opportunities

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• establishes guidelines and makes final choices among

competing opportunities

CORRECT ANSWER : d. establishes guidelines and makes final

choices among competing opportunities

Question 7: The individual or group responsible for establishing

policy, maintaining quality of care, and providing for

institutional management planning is the:

• COO
• Medical Staff Medical Committee
• Governing Body
• CEO
• Governing Body

CORRECT ANSWER : c. Governing Body

Question 8: A correct statement regarding trustee serving as

fiduciaries is that they can:

• be indicted for alleged theft of facility funds and improper

expenditures of facility funds for personal reasons.