Quality assurance (QA) - ANSA set of planned actions to provide confidence that processes
other than testing that influence the quality of the laboratory's results and reports are working as
expected,
individually and collectively is:
Validation - ANS_________ challenges all activities in a new laboratory process to provide a
high degree of assurance that the process will work as intended in the live environment.
Discrepancy - ANSA difference or inconsistency in the outcome of a process, procedure, or test
result is
a/an:
Process-based structure - ANSThis organizational design structure emphasizes the lateral
relationships in an
organization and allows the organization to use resources for customer satisfactions. This
structure focuses around the system driving the structure and the customer defining the
performance.
Theory X- Theory Y model - ANSThis leadership model proposed by Douglas McGregor in 1960
suggests that
managers operate from two sets of expectations about employees' attitudes and abilities that
ultimately influence their work performance.
Goals - ANSSpecific statements of anticipated results that further define the organization's
objectives are:
Plan, do, check, act - ANSThe Shewhart Cycle is a problem solving method that is a
continuous, circular process
which includes the four steps:
Brainstorming - ANSThis method for developing a creative solution to a problem works by
focusing on a problem, coming up with many unbounded solutions, and then pushing the ideas
as far as
possible.
The Six Sigma - ANSThis problem solving methodology includes five interconnected phases:
Define,
, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control.
Equal Pay Act - ANSThis act prohibits wage discrimination between men and women in the
same
establishment who are performing similar work under similar working conditions.
40 - ANSThe Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), passed in 1967, prohibits
discrimination against any person _______ years old or older.
Job description - ANSThe purpose of a ____________ is to document the characteristics of the
job and the requirements of the candidate. Equally important, it acts as a measure against
which employee performance can be assessed.
Competency-based performance evaluations - ANSThis form of evaluation is based on defined
tasks that are taught and assessed by direct observation, during the orientation and periodically
thereafter.
Competency - ANSThe knowledge, skill, ability, or characteristic associated with high
performance on a job, such as problem solving, analytical thinking, or leadership is known as
__________.
Analysis - ANSThis Bloom's Taxonomy level is the ability to break down learned material into its
component parts so that its organizational structure can be understood.
Taxonomy 2 - Interpretive skills - ANSThis ASCP Taxonomy level demonstrates the ability to use
recalled knowledge to
interpret or apply verbal, numeric, or visual data.
Accrued liabilities - ANS__________ represent the accumulation of costs which have been
incurred in operations, but which are not yet due for payment, and thus have not been reflected
as
accounts payable or cash disbursements.
Incremental budget - ANSThis budget addresses only changes like new equipment, new
positions, and new programs. It assumes that all current operations are essential to the process
and working
at its peak performance.
Appraisal costs - ANSThese costs represent the costs of laboratory activities associated with
measuring,
evaluating, or auditing products or services to assure conformance to regulatory,
accreditation, and customer requirements.
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