Information Ordering and Rules Flashcards
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A procedure lists steps to process a complaint: (1) Receive, (2) Log, (3) Assign investigator, (4) Notify complainant, (5) Investigate, (6) Close. A clerk skips step 4 and closes the case at step 6. What is the error?
Answer: Step 4 (notify complainant) was skipped, making the procedure incomplete
All required steps must be completed in sequence; skipping step 4 violates the procedure regardless of outcome.
A rule states: 'Safety inspections are required monthly for Tier 1 facilities and quarterly for Tier 2 facilities.' A Tier 2 facility requests a monthly inspection. What should be done?
Answer: Grant the monthly inspection since it exceeds the minimum requirement
The rule sets minimum inspection frequencies; a facility conducting more frequent inspections than required is compliant.
An alphabetical filing rule requires that names beginning with 'Mc' are treated as if spelled 'Mac.' How would you file 'McAdams' relative to 'Madden' and 'MacArthur'?
Answer: MacArthur → McAdams → Madden
Treating 'Mc' as 'Mac', McAdams files as MacAdams, which comes after MacArthur and before Madden alphabetically.
A seniority rule states: 'In case of layoffs, employees are released in reverse order of seniority.' Five employees have 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 years respectively. If two must be laid off, who goes first?
Answer: The employees with 2 and 4 years of service
Reverse order of seniority means the employees with the least service (2 and 4 years) are released first.
A multi-step verification rule requires all three conditions to be true before releasing funds: (A) Invoice approved, (B) Budget available, (C) Supervisor signed. Conditions A and B are met but C is not. What happens?
Answer: Funds are held because all three conditions must be satisfied
An 'all conditions must be true' rule requires every condition to be satisfied; a single unmet condition blocks the action.
A rule states requests are processed in the order: (1) court orders, (2) supervisor-flagged, (3) standard queue. A standard-queue request that has been waiting 30 days arrives the same day as a newly received supervisor-flagged request. Which is processed first?
Answer: The supervisor-flagged request, because category rank overrides wait time
The rule establishes category priority over time-in-queue; supervisor-flagged requests always precede standard-queue requests.
A procedure requires that corrected documents be initialed and dated by the person making the correction. A clerk corrects an error but only initials the document without adding the date. Is this compliant?
Answer: No, because both initials and date are required
The rule requires both initials and date; omitting the date makes the correction non-compliant regardless of document type.