Certified Professional in Health Care Risk Management (CPHRM) (CPHRM) Free Practice Test

Question 1

Which of the following has been proven to reduce costs of workers' compensation programs?

A. early return-to-work programs

B. employee assistance programs

C. employee disciplinary actions

D. comprehensive departmental safety analyses

Correct Answer: A

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Question 2

What significantly impacts whether incident reports are discoverable?

A. Staff seniority

B. The patient's insurance plan

C. The color of the incident form

D. State statutes, federal statutes, and case law

Correct Answer: D

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Question 3

Which of the following is the most reliable measure of the effectiveness of an educational program?

A. reduced frequency of claims or suits

B. analysis of written evaluations

C. observable changes in human behavior

D. reduced severity of claims or suits

Correct Answer: C

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Question 4

When a hospital notes that most errors are occurring at the "sharp end," what does that mean?

A. Errors are occurring in billing and contracting

B. Errors occur during direct caregiver-patient interaction (frontline care)

C. Errors occur only in device manufacturing

D. Errors are exclusively leadership decisions

Correct Answer: B

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Question 5

Whenever possible, medication orders should be by:

A. Color coding

B. Verbal shorthand

C. Brand name

D. Dose (explicit numeric dose and units)

Correct Answer: D

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Question 6

A hold-harmless agreement is an important component of which of the following aspects of a risk financing program?

A. third-party liability insurance

B. first-party liability insurance

C. risk retention

D. risk transfer

Correct Answer: D

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Question 7

A hospital's Ethics Committee is seeking advice on a case involving the elective sterilization of an adolescent patient who is developmentally disabled. One of the parents is refusing consent. The risk manager should evaluate which of the following?
* who has consent authority
* competency level of the patient
* diagnosis of the patient
* state statutes and laws

A. 1, 3, and 4 only

B. 2, 3, and 4 only

C. 1, 2, and 4 only

D. 1, 2, and 3 only

Correct Answer: C

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Question 8

A risk manager is reviewing the professional liability insurance policy for the limits of liability. Which of the following should the risk manager review FIRST?

A. exclusions

B. declaration

C. conditions

D. insuring agreement

Correct Answer: B

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