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HIS Test Bank Chapter 8 Questions

1- Which of the following was NOT identified in the text as one of the four core functions of an IT department?




... Answer is D)
2- Data center management is a subgroup of which of the four core functions of an IT department?




... Answer is A)
3- Who is the most senior IT executive that managers the IT department and is seen as the executive who can successfully lead the organization in its efforts to apply IT to advance its strategies.




... Answer is C)
4- Which organization has identified seven key attributes/competencies of CIOs and offers intensive "boot camp" training sessions for professional development of CIOs?




... Answer is B)
5- The CIO should always report to the CEO of the organization.


... Answer is B)
6- Which IT leadership role is a relatively new position and emerged as a result of the growing interest in adopting clinical information systems and leveraging those systems to improve care?




... Answer is D)
7- Which IT staff member works with programmers and vendor staff members to test new systems and system upgrades, recommend solutions, and determine whether program requirements have been met?




... Answer is B)
8- Applications programmers write programs to handle specific user tasks, such as a program to track inventory within an organization.


... Answer is A)
9- Which IT staff member plans, designs, coordinates, and coordinates system security measures?




... Answer is D)
10- Which of the following workgroup members of an analytics group acts as a liaison between the technical and clinical teams and helps the technical team understand and interpret clinical data as s/he seeks to build algorithms that mimic clinical workflow?




... Answer is C)
11- Decentralized decision making occurs when an organization has a highly structured hierarchy in which decisions are made by a few senior leaders.


... Answer is B)
12- Which of the following is a benefit of a decentralized decision making structure?




... Answer is A)
13- Most IT services in a health care organization are either fully centralized or decentralized.


... Answer is B)
14- Although a person might report to someone else according to the organizational chart,s/he should report to the project manager during a specific project.


... Answer is A)
15- Which of the following is NOT a reason identified in the text that an organization might outsource IT functions?




... Answer is B)
16- __________ is a desirable approach in assessing IT services that brings a level of objectivity to the assessment process.




... Answer is C)
17- According to the textbook, all of the following are areas that should be assessed when evaluating IT effectiveness except:




... Answer is D)
18- Spending a low percentage of the operating budget on IT means that underinvestment is occurring and the IT budget should be increased.


... Answer is B)
19- Which of the following is NOT a common metric regarding infrastructure?




... Answer is C)
20- Of the eight core IT processes that must be managed for an effective IT department, which competency involves development of IT staff skills and retention of IT talent?




... Answer is A)

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