Deck 10: Program Quality and Fidelity: Managerial and Contextual Considerations

Question 1

What type of accountability is concerned with the program having intended outcomes on the intended audience and recipients?

A) Efficiency accountability
B) Legal accountability
C) Impact accountability
D) Professional accountability

Answer 1

C

Question 2

At what level of the public health pyramid are accountability and attention to quality most readily seen in the vast array of accrediting bodies and certifications for both individual practitioners and healthcare organizations that provide care to patients?

A) Direct services level
B) Enabling services level
C) Population services level
D) Infrastructure level

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which of the following is based on the premise that problems are best addressed through attention to the system as a whole and that employees are the best source of possible solutions?

A) Quality assurance
B) Performance measures
C) Formative evaluations
D) Continuous quality improvement

Answer 3

D

Question 4

What piece of legislation requires that each federal governmental agency "express the performance goals for a particular program activity in an objective, quantifiable, and measurable form"?

A) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
B) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
C) Government Performance Results Act
D) Pay for Performance Act

Question 5

Which of the following is a process by which the level of attainment by an exemplary program is used as a point of comparison to the current level of achievement?

A) Modeling
B) Benchmarking
C) Prototyping
D) Standardizing

Question 6

Change is not always advisable.

Question 7

Define accountability and responsibility, especially in terms of programs.

Question 8

A sample of 20 program participants exercised for the following number of minutes for 3 days: 1: 0 minutes, 2: 10 minutes, 1: 15 minutes, 3: 20 minutes, 4: 30 minutes, 4: 45 minutes, 3: 60 minutes, 1: 75 minutes, and 1: 90 minutes. Create a histogram of these data, using 10-minute increments.

Question 9

What is the chart of the following description.
-Shows many causes with contributing factors into a sequence

Question 10

What is the chart of the following description.
-Gives upper and lower bounds to the mean value

Question 11

What is the chart of the following description.
-Shows separate process steps in sequential order

Question 12

What is the chart of the following description.
-Identifies those few who cause the most problems