WGU D033 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
Information System - CORRECT ANSWER -an automated system that uses computer hardware
and software to record, manipulate, store, recover, and disseminate data (that is, a system that
receives and processes input and provides output)
Financial applications - CORRECT ANSWER -software applications that handle patient accounts,
budgets, and other financial activities
Mainframe computers - CORRECT ANSWER -large computers that are used by the government
and other organizations that require speed and the ability to process large amounts of data.
Dumb Terminals - CORRECT ANSWER -all of the processing is performed at the server or
mainframe
Cloud Computing - CORRECT ANSWER -a system that operates on a computer that is owned and
maintained by a vendor.
Intranet - CORRECT ANSWER -a private information network that uses Internet technologies;
however, its servers are located inside a firewall or security barrier so that the general public
cannot gain access to information housed within the network
Health Information Exchange - CORRECT ANSWER -the exchange of health information
electronically between providers and others with the same level of interoperability.
,Evidence-based medicine - CORRECT ANSWER -healthcare services based on clinical methods
that have been thoroughly tested through controlled, peer-reviewed biomedical studies
, Clinical pathways - CORRECT ANSWER -a tool designed to coordinate multidisciplinary care
planning for specific diagnoses and treatments
clinical practice guidelines - CORRECT ANSWER -provide a detailed, step-by-step guide used by
healthcare practitioners to make knowledge-based decisions related to patient care and issued
by an authoritative organization such as a medical society.
Health Informatics - CORRECT ANSWER -scientific discipline that is concerned with the cognitive,
information-processing, and communication tasks of healthcare practice, education, and
research, including the information science and technology to support these tasks
Data Analytics - CORRECT ANSWER -the science of examining raw data with the purpose of
drawing conclusions about that information
Data mining - CORRECT ANSWER -process of extracting and analyzing large volumes of data
from a database for the purpose of identifying hidden and sometimes subtle relationships or
patterns and using those relationships to predict behaviors.
dashboards - CORRECT ANSWER -reports of process measures to help leaders follow progress to
assist with strategic planning
descriptive statistics - CORRECT ANSWER -set of statistical techniques used to describe data,
such as means, frequency distributions, and standard deviations; describes the characteristics of
a specific group or a population
inferential statistics - CORRECT ANSWER -set of statistical techniques that allows researchers to
make generalizations about a population's characteristics on the basis of a sample's
characteristics,
ANSWERS
Information System - CORRECT ANSWER -an automated system that uses computer hardware
and software to record, manipulate, store, recover, and disseminate data (that is, a system that
receives and processes input and provides output)
Financial applications - CORRECT ANSWER -software applications that handle patient accounts,
budgets, and other financial activities
Mainframe computers - CORRECT ANSWER -large computers that are used by the government
and other organizations that require speed and the ability to process large amounts of data.
Dumb Terminals - CORRECT ANSWER -all of the processing is performed at the server or
mainframe
Cloud Computing - CORRECT ANSWER -a system that operates on a computer that is owned and
maintained by a vendor.
Intranet - CORRECT ANSWER -a private information network that uses Internet technologies;
however, its servers are located inside a firewall or security barrier so that the general public
cannot gain access to information housed within the network
Health Information Exchange - CORRECT ANSWER -the exchange of health information
electronically between providers and others with the same level of interoperability.
,Evidence-based medicine - CORRECT ANSWER -healthcare services based on clinical methods
that have been thoroughly tested through controlled, peer-reviewed biomedical studies
, Clinical pathways - CORRECT ANSWER -a tool designed to coordinate multidisciplinary care
planning for specific diagnoses and treatments
clinical practice guidelines - CORRECT ANSWER -provide a detailed, step-by-step guide used by
healthcare practitioners to make knowledge-based decisions related to patient care and issued
by an authoritative organization such as a medical society.
Health Informatics - CORRECT ANSWER -scientific discipline that is concerned with the cognitive,
information-processing, and communication tasks of healthcare practice, education, and
research, including the information science and technology to support these tasks
Data Analytics - CORRECT ANSWER -the science of examining raw data with the purpose of
drawing conclusions about that information
Data mining - CORRECT ANSWER -process of extracting and analyzing large volumes of data
from a database for the purpose of identifying hidden and sometimes subtle relationships or
patterns and using those relationships to predict behaviors.
dashboards - CORRECT ANSWER -reports of process measures to help leaders follow progress to
assist with strategic planning
descriptive statistics - CORRECT ANSWER -set of statistical techniques used to describe data,
such as means, frequency distributions, and standard deviations; describes the characteristics of
a specific group or a population
inferential statistics - CORRECT ANSWER -set of statistical techniques that allows researchers to
make generalizations about a population's characteristics on the basis of a sample's
characteristics,
