Epic Skills Assessment Quantitative Reasoning & Math Questions and Answers 2

Question 1

A hospital reduces its average wait time from 45 minutes to 36 minutes. What is the percentage reduction?

Accepted Answer

20%

Answer

Reduction = (45-36)/45 × 100 = 9/45 × 100 = 20%.

Question 2

If a clinic sees 240 patients per week and is open 6 days a week, 8 hours per day, what is the average number of patients seen per hour?

Accepted Answer

5

Answer

Total hours = 6×8=48. Patients per hour = 240/48=5.

Question 3

A medication dose is 0.5 mg/kg. A patient weighs 70 kg. What is the total dose?

Accepted Answer

35 mg

Answer

Dose = 0.5 mg/kg × 70 kg = 35 mg.

Question 4

A department's budget is $500,000. If 60% is allocated to staff, 25% to supplies, and the rest to equipment, how much goes to equipment?

Accepted Answer

$75,000

Answer

Equipment = (100-60-25)% = 15% of $500,000 = $75,000.

Question 5

Test sensitivity = 90%, specificity = 85%, prevalence = 10% in a population of 1,000. How many true positives are expected?

Accepted Answer

90

Answer

True positives = sensitivity × actual positives = 90% × (10% × 1000) = 0.9 × 100 = 90.

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