AHIMA AHIMA Certifications RHIA Questions & Answers

• Question 301:

  Which of the following actions illustrates the use of a participative management style?

  A. discussing suggested approaches of improving productivity and performance with employees

  B. basing decisions on information found in the manual of operations

  C. providing supervision only when requested by employees

  D. micromanaging all aspects and functions performed in the department

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 302:

  In deciding to purchase or lease a new dictation system, the Director of HI Services calculated payback period and rate of return on the investment. The hospital's required payback period is years with a required rate of return of 20%. If the equipment costs $32,000 and generates $8 per year in savings, what would the payback period for this equipment be?

  A. 2 years

  B. 5 years

  C. 3 years

  D. 4 years

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 303:

  When interviewing a prospective employee, which of the following questions is inappropriate ask?

  A. "Can you type?"

  B. "Where may we contact you?"

  C. "What language other than English can you speak or write?"

  D. "Do you own a home?"

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 304:

  Which of the following tasks is the most appropriate for the Health Information Services to delegate to the Supervisor of Record Processing and Statistics?

  A. formulating a record retention policy for the entire facility

  B. reviewing monthly statistical reports to verify accuracy

  C. interviewing applicants for the position of Tumor Registrar

  D. completing a performance rating on the Assistant Director of the department

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 305:

  A basic concept of office layout and workflow is that the

  A. paper and employee move to a predetermined location.

  B. employee moves to the paper.

  C. office layout and workflow should be revised frequently.

  D. paper moves to the employee.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 306:

  The Project Manager is responsible for all of the following functions, EXCEPT:

  A. approval of the budget for the project.

  B. creation of project plan.

  C. recruitment of project team.

  D. recommending plan revisions.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 307:

  Mr. Beasley determined that the rate of absenteeism with three of his employees was 15%. He felt that this was unacceptable and decided that there were two different ways he could handle this situation. He evaluated these alternatives and thought the best thing to do would be to suspend all three for 2 days. Once he implemented this idea, he analyzed the consequences. How would you label this process?

  A. decision making

  B. planning

  C. crisis management

  D. communicating

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 308:

  The supervisor over release of information has requested a meeting with her superior, the Director of Health Information Services. She begins the meeting by describing how overwhelmed she is feeling. She is extremely behind in her work and she doesn't know what she can do to change the situation. In advising the supervisor, the director suggests that perhaps she should begin addressing her problem by attending a management workshop. Which of the following workshop topics is more likely to help the supervisor with her problem?

  A. "Leadership Styles for Women Manager's and Supervisors"

  B. "The Nature of Delegation"

  C. "Understanding Your Employee"

  D. "Writing Skills for the Release of Information Supervisor"

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 309:

  The Director of the Health Information Services Department is developing a plan to convert their existing filing system to a terminal digit filing system. The tool that is most useful to the director in displaying the steps and completion schedule for each phase of the conversion is a

  A. work distribution chart.

  B. Gantt chart.

  C. procedure flowchart.

  D. flow process chart.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 310:

  The expense budget is also known as the

  A. production budget.

  B. operating budget.

  C. contract budget.

  D. profit and loss budget.

  Correct Answer: B