AT Admin Final Exam
An operational plan defines the activities of a program over what time period of operation?
2 years or less
Which of the following forms of communication is the weakest form that can be utilized in the athletic training room?
3rd party communication
The preparticipation physical exam should be conducted how many weeks prior to the start of conditioning and training?
6-8 weeks
An authorization for release of health insurance information under HIPAA is not valid unless is contains a statement informing a patient that his or her health information could be disclosed by the persons to whom the information is being provided.
True
The honeymoon effect occurs when a newly hired athletic trainer is granted more authority to implement decisions than is standard with respect to the norms of the position.
True
The individual whose ideas were the cornerstone of the total quality management or TQM movement was
W. Edwards Deming
the document that formalizes the terms of a purchase and transmits the intent of the sports medicine program to buy the product or services is
a purchase order
The construction model that utilizes the general contractor as part of the design team from the beginning of the project is known as
construction management model
Which is not one of the four elements of a sports medicine program vision statement?
cost analysis
What is the terms for an athletic trainer's ability to influence the behavior of a superior?
counterpower
A set of behaviors that an individual possesses and implements through consistent actions towards diverse surroundings and people is referred to as
cultural awareness
The individuals on a facility planning committee who represent the people that will actually use the facility are
definers
What has occurred when a legally authorized health care provider gives a patient a single dose of medication per a physician's orders?
drug administration
The regulative status that is generally viewed as the least restrictive form of regulation for athletic trainers is known as
exemption
Copies of medical records used to document insurance claims should be maintained in the insurance folder of the patient.
false
Resumes should always include your personal information, such as race and religion, so potential employers learn about you.
false
cover letters should be lengthy, essentially rewriting in narrative form all of the highlights of your resume
false
Which of the following standards can help ensure that an athletic trainer's performance evaluation fosters practicality?
feasibility standards
Which of the following medical information recording methods includes pertinent data about the injury, describes the action that an athletic trainer will take and presents the response of the pt to AT's action plan?
focus charting
what is the term for the strategic plan component involving a process of predicting future conditions on the basis of various statistics and indicators describing the past and present situation?
forecast
Which is the approach to ethical decision making that involves following a clear professional duty believed to be in need of universal implementation?
formalistic
what type of organizational chart is most commonly found in sports medicine settings?
functional
When subjects in an experiment change their behavior simply because they know they are being studied, this is known as?
hawthorne effect
which of the following should not be part of planning for staff deployment?
identifying the age of staff
Which method of supervision is likely to cause professional employees such as athletic trainers to feel underappreciated and unfulfilled since it does not emphasize professional development?
inspection-production method
According to Wright, all of the following are components of the six basic steps in the purchasing process except?
inventory
which of the following is critical to increased efficiency in a sports medicine program is budgeting process?
inventory management
The scope of an athletic trainer's authority is constantly checked by
legitimacy
The budgeting process that requires an athletic trainer to list anticipated expenditures for specific categories of program subfunctions is known as
line-item budgeting
The spouse of an athlete should be asked to sign what type of document if an athlete wishes to continue participation against medical advice?
loss of consortium
The construction model most commonly or traditionally used for public schools and university facility projects is
lump sum bidding model
What is the term for liability-generating conduct associated with an adverse outcome of patient treatment, the common threat faced by all athletic trainers?
malpractice
The element of the leadership process that involves planning, decision making and coordination of a group of people's activities to implement a common goal is known as
management
What is the term for a contract between a policy holder and an insurance company to reimburse a percentage of the cost of the policy holder's medical bill after deductible is met?
medical insurance
A broad and enduring statement of purpose that distinguishes a business from other firms of its type and identifies the scope of operations in product and market terms is known as a :
mission statement
Among the components of supervisory functions most generally acknowledged to be important, the most poorly applied management concept is
motivation
which of the following should not be included in an agenda for an effective meeting but is commonly found on agendas?
new business
All of the following are types of credentialing laws that regulate the practice of athletic training except
nonexemption
One of the biggest mistakes a candidate can make at a job interview is
not coming prepared with questions to ask or answers to questions that might be asked
One unfortunate mistake candidates oftentimes make when writing a cover letter and resume is
not proofreading for misspellings
What is the term for the process of determining a staff member's workload by calculating and comparing the amount of time the person spends on task with outcome measurements?
numeric analysis
A formal employment contract sent to a candidate who has agreed to accept terms of employment by phone should include all the following except:
one copy of a signed contract to return
Persons whom an athletic trainer trusts to give an honest opinion of a sports medicine program, but who have views opposing those of the athletic trainer, are known as
opponents
An example of a commonly practiced evidence based approach to evaluation of an acute injury is the
ottawa ankle rule
the budgeting process that breaks the functions of a sports medicine program down into discrete activities and appropriate funds necessary to accomplish these activities is known as a
performance budget
An organizational culture that places little emphasis on policy and procedures, allowing each staff member to make his or her own decision autonomously, is known as a
personalistic culture
In which phase of a needs assessment does an athletic trainer collect as much information as possible for each identified need in a sports medicine program?
phase 2
In which phase of a needs assessment does an athletic trainer determine the budgetory implications of alternative solutions for identified needs?
phase 3
One of the main tasks in operating a successful for-profit sports medicine program includes
planning and implementing a marketing strategy
Which of the following is not considered a basic component of employee motivation?
policies and procedures
A plan for expressing the organization's intended behavior relative to a specific program subfunction is known as a
policy
A formal document that contains information about the qualifications needed for a job and the work content accountability, and scope of the job is known as a
position description
Which system of medical record keeping organizes information around the physically active patient's specific complaint's?
problem-oriented medical record
Incremental and mutually dependent steps that direct the important tasks of sports medicine program are known as
processes
all of the following are reasons, according to Drafke, that athletic trainers and others joint informal organizational groups except
profitability
the process by which an athletic trainer implements the sports medicine program's budget plan is known as
purchasing
A performance evaluation system for athletic trainers should include all the following concepts except
randomness
Which of the following types of records would be considered an administrative record?
release of medical record form
What is the term for the risk strategy in which an institution accepts the risks associated with an activity or program as part of the general cost of doing business
retention
Which term refers to the planning committee members of a facility design project who are the professional staff members resonsible for delivering programs or services within the new building?
secondary decision makers
An important aspect of the on-site interview that many managers fail to recognize is...
selling the job or position to the candidate
The number of subordinates who report to a given supervisor identified on an organizational chart is known as the
span of control
One of the largest costs associated with planning a local conference is the
speaker honorarium
The process that identifies a course of action to be taken to bring about a future state of affairs in a sports medicine program is known as a
strategic plan
All the following factors influence the space and overall size requirements of a sports medicine facility except
the traffic patterns
The type of leadership that involves the simple exchange of one thing for another in a relationship between two people is
transactional
what type of leadership transcends the day to day administrative requirements of operating an athletic training program by elevating standards through creative use of change and conflict?
transformational
Corresponding with insurance companies and third party payers should be maintained in a separate file from a patient's medical records.
true
Ethical considerations often overlap, contradict, or otherwise interact with issues of law.
true
Ethics is the study of rules based on moral values, standards, and principles that dictate right conduct among members of a society.
true
Excess insurance is another name for secondary insurance coverage.
true
Geographical location is an important component to consider during the early planning stages of building a sports medicine facility.
true
HIPAA defers authority over access to the health records of minors to the individual states.
true
When there is a clear and imminent danger to a patient or client, a certified athletic trainer may breach confidentiality.
true
interference in the communication process is common and is inherent in all methods used to transmit a message in the athletic training environment
true
All of the following should assist athletic trainers in improving their ability to track the location and rate of supply usage except
unrestricted supply access
Which is the approach to ethical decision making that involves an individual's choosing a course of action benefiting the greatest number of people?
utilitarianism
Which of the following standards can help ensure that an Athletic trainer's performance evaluation is useful?
utility standards
The use of which hiring criteria enhances the efficiency of the staff selection process and is more likely to produce an athletic training staff that functions well?
validity
A succint description of what a program should eventually evolve into or become is known as a
vision statement
The budget process that requires an individual to justify every expense without reference to previous spending patterns is known as
zero-based budgeting
what is the most important group in the strategic planning process?
clients
Critically appraised topics are helpful tools because they
condense research information from peer-reviewed journal
the government regulation that requires educational institutions to receive formal written consent from students before educational records are released to a third party is
Federal Education Records Privacy Act
A health care provider participating in a health insurance plan in which the provider receives a fixed fee for services rendered to members of a specific group participating in a(n)
HMO
A certified AT must always follow the rules and regulations established by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
False
An athletic trainer can submit a claim to a school's secondary insurance company prior to receiving an EOB from an athlete's personal insurance.
False
Executives, administrators, and professionals are considered nonexempt employees by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
False
which of the following is an agency from which a clinic or hospital based sports medicine program should consider obtaining accreditation from during program development?
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Once a program statement has been developed for a new sports medicine facility, what will the project architect begin to develop next?
Schematic drawing
According to the insurance industry, which of the following include acute, traumatic injuries independent of any other cause or prior condition?
accidents
the peter principle states that
an athletic trainer may become a manager without adequate training
The first decision an athletic trainer in charge of a staff makes, consciously or unconsiously, for any program that results in the incorporation of basic values, behavioral norms, assumptions, and belief systems present in the organization is know as establishing?
an organizational culture
One form of active listening that involves paying particular attention to specific kinds of information is referred to as
analytical
Once construction begins, who is the representative that the athletic trainer or the institution's planning committee will look to in order to ensure that the building is being constructed according to the approved design standards?
architect
A business plan for a sports medicine clinic would include all the following except
assignment of life insurance
The aspect of power granted to either a group or an individual that legitimizes the right of the group or individual to make a decisions for others is a result of
authority
An individual who agrees with the plans of the athletic trainer for the sports medicine program but has a history of untrustworthy behavior is known as a:
bedfellow
Which of the following is the most common method of fund-raising used to build sports medicine facilities that will house a sports medicine unit?
capital campaign
Items in a budget that involve renovations, additions, or modifications to facilities are known as
capital improvements