Athletic Training Administration Midterm

A strategic plan is meant to provide program direction over a period of how many years?

5 or more

An individual who agrees with the plans for the program but has a history of untrustworthy behavior is:

A bedfellow

The document that formalizes the terms of a purchase and transmits the intention to buy the product or services is:

A purchase order

The document that accompanies a bid sheet and provides instructions for vendors to bid on supplies, equipment, and services is:

A request for quotation

Athletic training programs are currently accredited by the:

Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE)

Which of the following forms of communication is the least effective?

Communication through a third party

Critically appraised topics (CAT) are helpful tools because they:

Condense research information from peer-reviewed journals

Which is NOT one of the four elements of a sports medicine program vision statement?

Cost analyst

What is the term for an athletic trainer's ability to influence the behavior of a superior?

Counterpower

The scientific discipline concerned with the understanding interactions of humans and other elements of a system is:

Ergonomics

True or False Cover letters should be lengthy, essentially rewriting in narrative form all the highlights of your resume.

False

True or False Resumes should always include your personal information, such as race and religion, so potential employers learn about you.

False

Which standards can help ensure that a manager's performance evaluation fosters practicality?

Feasibility standards

What strategic plan component involves a process of predicting future conditions on the basis of various statistics and indicators describing the past and present situation?

Forecast

What type of organizational chart is most commonly found in sports medicine settings?

Functional

A potential weakness of using television and radio advertisements for promoting a sports medicine facility is the:

High production cost

Which of the following should NOT be part of planning for staff deployment?

Identifying the age of staff

The first undergraduate degree in athletic training was offered in 1948 by which university?

Indiana University

Which method of supervision is likely to cause professional employees such as athletic trainers to feel underappreciated and unfulfilled because it does not emphasize professional development?

Inspection-production method

Which of the following is critical to increased efficiency in a sports medicine program's budgeting process?

Inventory management

Which of the following is an agency from which a clinic- or hospital-based sports medicine program should consider obtaining accreditation during program development?

Joint Commission

Who was the first female president of the National Athletic Trainers' Association?

Julie Max

Which of the following is NOT a member of the athletic training Strategic Alliance?

National Collegiate Athletic Association

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 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 a:

Position description

Incremental and mutually dependent steps that direct the important tasks of the program are:

Processes

All of the following are reasons, according to Drafke (2002), that athletic trainers and others join informal organizational groups EXCEPT:

Profitability

The process that managers use to implement a budget plan is:

Purchasing

True or False Geographical location is an important component to consider during the early planning stages of building a sports medicine facility.

True

True or False Interference in the communication process is common and is inherent in all methods used to transmit a message.

True

True or False The honeymoon effect occurs when a newly hired athletic trainer is granted more authority to implement decisions than is standard in that position.

True

Items in a budget that involve renovations, additions, or modifications to facilities are:

Capital improvements

The National Athletic Trainers' Association was founded in what year and location?

1950, Kansas City, Missouri

The certification examination was first offered by the National Athletic Trainers' Association in what year?

1970

The American Medical Association voted to recognize athletic training as an allied health profession in what year?

1990

An operational plan defines the activities of a program over what time period of operation?

2 years or less

According to the current accreditation standards, baccalaureate programs may not admit, enroll, or matriculate students into the athletic training program after the start of the fall term in what year?

2022

According to Lencioni's five principles of team dysfunction, the unwillingness of team members to acknowledge their own imperfections leads to:

An absence of trust

The Peter Principle states that:

An athletic trainer may become a manager without adequate training

The first decision an athletic trainer in charge of staff makes, consciously or unconsciously, that results in the incorporation of basic value systems, behavioral norms, assumptions, and belief systems present in the organization establishes:

An organizational culture

The level of listening that involves paying particular attention to specific kinds of information is:

Analytical

Once construction begins, who is the representative that the manager 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

What term refers to the aspect of power, granted to either a group or an individual, that legitimizes the right of that group or individual to make a decision for others?

Authority

The professional service award given each year by the NATA Ethnic Diversity Advisory Committee is named in whose honor?

Bill Chisolm

Which of the following is the most common method of fund-raising used to build sports medicine facilities or facilities that will house a sports medicine unit?

Capital campaigns

The budgeting process that requires that the manager list anticipated expenditures for specific categories of program subfunctions is:

Line-item budgeting

The construction model most commonly used for public schools and university facility projects is:

Lump-sum bidding model

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:

Management

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 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 offers scholarships for athletic training students?

NATA Research and Education Foundation

Which of the following, commonly found on agendas, should NOT be included?

New business

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 often make when writing a cover letter and resume is:

Not proofreading for misspellings

What is the process of determining a staff member's workload by comparing the amount of time the person spends on task with outcome measures?

Numeric analysis

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:

Opponents

An example of a commonly practiced evidence-based approach to evaluation of an acute injury is the:

Ottawa Ankle Rules

The budgeting process that breaks the functions of a program down into discrete activities and appropriates funds necessary to accomplish these activities is:

Performance budgeting

An organizational culture that places little emphasis on policy and procedures, allowing each staff member to make his or her own decisions autonomously, is known as a:

Personalistic culture

In which phase of a needs assessment does a manager 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 a manager determine the budgetary implications of alternative solutions for identified needs?

Phase 3

Which of the following terms is considered to be inappropriate terminology in athletic training?

Physician extender

Which of the following is NOT a smart option when choosing an architect?

Pick from a general internet search

One of the main tasks in operating a successful for-profit sports medicine program is:

Planning and implementing a marketing strategy

Once a program statement has been developed for a new sports medicine facility, what will the project architect begin to develop next?

Schematic drawing

What important aspect of the on-site interview for the sports medicine manager and team is often overlooked?

Selling the job or position to the candidate

The number of subordinates who report to a given supervisor is the:

Span of control

One of the largest costs associated with planning a local conference is the:

Speaker honorarium

A candidate who has accepted the terms of employment by phone should receive a formal employment contract that includes the following:

Starting date, length of employment, salary and benefits, position title and responsibilities

The process that identifies a course of action to be taken to bring about a future state of affairs is a:

Strategic plan

An institutional endowment is:

The sum of assets in cash and investments

All the following factors influence the space and 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 the creative use of change and conflict?

Transformational

All of the following should assist managers in improving their ability to track the location and rate of supply usage EXCEPT:

Unrestricted supply access

Which standards can help ensure that a manager's performance evaluation is useful?

Utility standards

The use of ________ hiring criteria enhances the efficiency of the staff selection process and is more likely to produce an athletic training staff that functions well in its role.

Valid

A succinct description of what a program should eventually evolve into or become is a:

Vision statement

Whose ideas were the cornerstone of the Total Quality Management (TQM) movement?

W. Edwards Deming

The budget process that requires that the manager justify every expense without reference to previous spending patterns is:

Zero-based budgeting