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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many salespeople attended the surgeons convention?
(a) 5,300.
(b) 6,100.
(c) 4,200.
(d) 3,500.
2. How much did a robotic surgery device cost that Gawande's department purchased?
(a) $750,000.
(b) $550,000.
(c) $1,000,000.
(d) $980,000.
3. What is the second most common reason why employees miss work?
(a) Cold.
(b) Migraines.
(c) Flu.
(d) Chronic back pain.
4. How was the woman injured that Gawande had to attend to on a crisp winter Friday?
(a) A fall at work.
(b) Auto accident.
(c) A domestic incident.
(d) A fall at home.
5. How many pages were in the book that listed the schedule of programs at the surgeons convention?
(a) 388.
(b) 78.
(c) 237.
(d) 149.
Short Answer Questions
1. What percentage of workers' compensation payments are paid to sufferers of back pain?
2. How many scientific studies did Gawande find that assessed whether or not luck actually does go bad on Friday the thirteenth?
3. How many companies were registered in attendance at the surgeons convention?
4. For luck, what did Michael Jordon always wear under his Chicago Bulls uniform?
5. For how many years have there been workplace programs to focus on the proper way to lift among other things?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the physician's dodge and why is it necessary?
2. Why was there no reason to operate on Quinlan's back?
3. What is an EKG?
4. What was Hank Goodman's reputation before he lost his license?
5. What is the secret of Shouldice Hospital's success with hernia repairs?
6. Why is there often no mechanical explanation for severe back pain?
7. What is the Texas-sharpshooter fallacy?
8. How do surgeons learn to do new procedures once they are out of training?
9. What is the problem of what might be called everyday bad doctors?
10. Why did Rowland Scott Quinlan have to give up his firm to his partners?
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