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01In the WHO framework, which component represents delivering health interventions to people?

Practice question Unit: Health Systems

  1. AService delivery ✓ Correct answer

    This block concerns delivering interventions and is one of the six components.

  2. BFinancing

    Financing concerns funding flows rather than the delivery process itself.

  3. CHealth information

    Information supports decisions with data; it is not intervention delivery.

  4. DGovernance

    Governance directs and oversees the system rather than constituting service delivery.

Reference: WHO, Health system building blocks: six-component list. https://extranet.who.int/nhptool/BuildingBlock.aspx

02A national body collects current data on private providers to prioritize action. Which governance behavior is this?

Practice question Unit: Health Systems

  1. ABuild understanding ✓ Correct answer

    Generating reliable intelligence on actors, performance and context defines this behavior.

  2. BAlign structures

    This changes organizational fit with goals; the scenario first generates intelligence.

  3. CEnable stakeholders

    Enabling supplies powers and implementation tools rather than simply gathering data.

  4. DDeliver strategy

    Strategy sets direction and roles; market intelligence informs that choice.

Reference: WHO; Strategic framework, Build understanding, printed pp15–16. https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/health-system-governance/strategy-report-engaging-the-private-health-service-delivery-sector-through-governance-in-mixed-health-systems.pdf?download=true

03What is the primary purpose of HR planning in a health facility?

Practice question Unit: Human Resources

  1. AProvide appropriate numbers and skills for required work ✓ Correct answer

    Planning links numbers, training and roles to facility goals.

  2. BIncrease headcount regardless of skills

    Numbers alone do not address required competencies.

  3. CHire before understanding need

    Hiring should respond to defined need.

  4. DStop reviewing jobs

    Understanding jobs is a necessary planning input.

Reference: OpenStax, section 8-1-achieving-high-performance-through-human-resources-management, paragraph Human resource planning; https://openstax.org/books/introduction-business/pages/8-1-achieving-high-performance-through-human-resources-management

04What is the basic distinction between recruitment and selection?

Practice question Unit: Human Resources

  1. ARecruitment attracts applicants; selection assesses suitability ✓ Correct answer

    Recruitment builds a candidate pool; selection identifies qualified candidates.

  2. BBoth mean paying salaries

    Payroll is compensation, not recruitment or selection.

  3. CSelection always precedes identifying applicants

    Selection requires candidates to assess.

  4. DRecruitment is annual appraisal

    Appraising existing staff is not attracting applicants.

Reference: OpenStax, section 8-2-employee-recruitment, paragraph Recruitment; https://openstax.org/books/introduction-business/pages/8-2-employee-recruitment

05Which sequence matches the three financing functions from resource inflow to payment for services?

Practice question Unit: Financing and Health Insurance

  1. ARevenue raising, pooling, then purchasing ✓ Correct answer

    These distinguish money entering, being pooled, and being allocated to providers.

  2. BPurchasing, diagnosis, then referral

    Diagnosis and referral are care activities, not substitutes for pooling and revenue raising.

  3. CPooling, surgery, then medication

    Surgery and medicines are services and inputs, not the three financing functions.

  4. DOversight alone without raising or allocation

    Oversight supports financing rather than replacing its functions.

Reference: WHO, Overview: three core functions. https://www.who.int/health-topics/health-financing

06Which thinker is associated with the modern bureaucratic model of management?

Practice question Unit: General Management

  1. AMax Weber ✓ Correct answer

    Weber developed bureaucracy based on rules and formal authority.

  2. BFrederick Taylor

    Taylor is associated with scientific management and work analysis, rather than this model.

  3. CAbraham Maslow

    Maslow is associated with needs and motivation.

  4. DFrederick Herzberg

    Herzberg is associated with the two-factor theory of motivation.

Reference: OpenStax, Principles of Management, section 3.5 Administrative and Bureaucratic Management, concept verification; https://openstax.org/books/principles-management/pages/3-5-administrative-and-bureaucratic-management

07A manager collects only evidence supporting a preferred option and ignores contrary evidence. What bias is this?

Practice question Unit: General Management

  1. AConfirmation bias ✓ Correct answer

    The person selects confirmation rather than tests the belief.

  2. BEscalation of commitment

    Escalation persists in a failing course because of prior investment, which is not specified.

  3. CNeutral comparison

    Selective disregard of evidence contradicts neutrality.

  4. DGenerating alternatives

    Collecting support for one option does not expand alternatives.

Reference: OpenStax, section 2-4-barriers-to-effective-decision-making, paragraph confirmation bias; https://openstax.org/books/principles-management/pages/2-4-barriers-to-effective-decision-making

08How does a routine health information system (RHIS) relate to the national HIS?

Practice question Unit: Health Information Systems

  1. AAn integral part of the wider system ✓ Correct answer

    RHIS is part of national information rather than the whole system alone.

  2. BA replacement eliminating all population sources

    Being one part does not abolish surveys or vital registration.

  3. CAn accounting system unrelated to services

    RHIS collects health-service data themselves.

  4. DA separate database that must never connect

    The strategy seeks integration and interoperability.

Reference: WHO/Health Data Collaborative, Overview: RHIS integral part of HIS. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240089204

09A facility selects services grounded in the best available professional knowledge for those who need them. Which quality dimension predominates?

Practice question Unit: Quality Management and Patient Safety

  1. AEffectiveness ✓ Correct answer

    Effectiveness links care to evidence and desired health outcomes.

  2. BAppearance only

    Appearance does not establish service benefit.

  3. CSpeed without appropriateness

    Speed does not compensate for inappropriate care.

  4. DReputation alone

    Reputation is not a substitute for professional knowledge.

Reference: WHO, section WHO-quality, paragraph Effective; https://www.who.int/health-topics/quality-of-care

10What is the starting point for designing services in the modern model of care?

Practice question Unit: Saudi Model of Care

  1. AIndividual needs ✓ Correct answer

    Services start from what the individual needs, then organize facilities and tools around those needs.

  2. BMaximizing inpatient bed use before assessing population needs

    Occupancy is an operational measure; it does not establish an individual’s preventive or treatment needs.

  3. COrganizing pathways solely around facility departments

    Department boundaries reflect facility structure; pathways follow individual needs across levels.

  4. DSelecting services solely around available equipment

    Equipment serves health needs; its availability alone should not determine appropriate services.

Reference: Ministry of Health, section: Person-centered care. https://www.moh.gov.sa/ministry/about/pages/definition-modern-healthcare-model.aspx

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