WGU D033 ACTUAL TEST STUDY GUIDE
SOLVED QUESTIONS 2026 GRADED A+.
⫸ Access controls. Answer: A computer software program designed
to prevent unauthorized use of an information resource
⫸ Addressable standards. Answer: Must be evaluated by the entity to
determine whether or not the standard is reasonable and appropriate
⫸ Administrative information system. Answer: A system that
manages the business of healthcare; is the first information systems to
be used in healthcare. The data collected in this system are mainly
financial or business-oriented in nature, rather than clinical
⫸ Administrative safeguards. Answer: Administrative actions, and
policies and procedures, to manage the selection, development,
implementation, and maintenance of security measure to protect
electronic-protected health information and to manage the conduct of
the covered entity's workforce in relation to the protection of that
information. (45 CFR 160, 162, and 164)
⫸ Administrative simplification. Answer: Improves the efficiency
and effectiveness of the business processes of healthcare by
standardizing the EDI of administrative and financial transactions and
protects the privacy and security of protected health information
(PHI) that is transmitted from one point to another
,⫸ Alpha site. Answer: The first healthcare facility to implement the
information system American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
The SDO for the United States and a representative to the ISO
⫸ American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Answer:
Enacted to stimulate the US economy during a recession that started
in 2007. A significant portion of ARRA was dedicated to expanding
the use of HIT to improve the business efficiency and effectiveness of
HCOs while increasing patient safety and positive health outcomes. It
also enacted an incentive program known as Meaningful Use
⫸ Anesthesia information system. Answer: A system that collects
information on preoperative, operative, and postoperative anesthesia-
related clinical information. This system follows the patient through
the surgical process
⫸ Annotation. Answer: The ability to add to the image in some way;
because the image may be a legal document, the image itself cannot
be altered; however, an overlay to the document will show the
annotation
⫸ ANSI Accredited Standards Committee X12N (ASC X12N).
Answer: Responsible for developing the EDI standards used to share
information needed for health insurance administrative transactions
⫸ Audit controls. Answer: The mechanisms that record and examine
activity in information systems
,⫸ Audit log. Answer: Or audit trail, an electronic footprint of the
actions that occurred in a particular file in an information system or
that were performed by a specific individual
⫸ Audit trails. Answer: The record of information system activities,
such as log-in, log-out, unsuccessful log-ins, print, query, and other
actions
⫸ Audit-reduction tools. Answer: Tools that review the audit trail
and compare it to criteria specified by the CE, which eliminates
routine entries such as the periodic backups
⫸ Authorship. Answer: The origination or creation of recorded
information attributed to a specific individual or entity acting at a
particular time
⫸ Automated codebook encoder. Answer: An encoder that lists
diagnoses and procedures in alphabetic order much like the alphabetic
index
⫸ Back-end speech recognition (BESR). Answer: A speech
recognition technology in which the physician dictates in the
traditional manner and an editor listens to the audio and reviews the
document created
, ⫸ Backscanning. Answer: The process of scanning past health
records into the DMS so there is an existing database of patient
information, making the DMS valuable to the user from the first day
of implementation
⫸ Backward map. Answer: A map that links the two coding systems
in the opposite direction, moving from ICD-10 to ICD-9
⫸ Barcode medication administration record (BC-MAR). Answer:
See Electronic medication administration record (EMAR)
⫸ Best of breed. Answer: Choosing the ISs based on functionality
rather than by vendor 313 314 Glossary
⫸ Best of fit. Answer: The decision to purchase software from a
single vendor
⫸ Beta sites. Answer: The healthcare facilities who subsequently
implement the information system
⫸ Bidder's conference. Answer: A meeting for vendors to come to
the healthcare facility to ask questions about the request for proposal,
the healthcare facility, and other important points
⫸ Biomedical device. Answer: An article, instrument, apparatus, or
machine that is used in the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of
illness or disease, or for detecting, measuring, restoring, correcting, or
SOLVED QUESTIONS 2026 GRADED A+.
⫸ Access controls. Answer: A computer software program designed
to prevent unauthorized use of an information resource
⫸ Addressable standards. Answer: Must be evaluated by the entity to
determine whether or not the standard is reasonable and appropriate
⫸ Administrative information system. Answer: A system that
manages the business of healthcare; is the first information systems to
be used in healthcare. The data collected in this system are mainly
financial or business-oriented in nature, rather than clinical
⫸ Administrative safeguards. Answer: Administrative actions, and
policies and procedures, to manage the selection, development,
implementation, and maintenance of security measure to protect
electronic-protected health information and to manage the conduct of
the covered entity's workforce in relation to the protection of that
information. (45 CFR 160, 162, and 164)
⫸ Administrative simplification. Answer: Improves the efficiency
and effectiveness of the business processes of healthcare by
standardizing the EDI of administrative and financial transactions and
protects the privacy and security of protected health information
(PHI) that is transmitted from one point to another
,⫸ Alpha site. Answer: The first healthcare facility to implement the
information system American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
The SDO for the United States and a representative to the ISO
⫸ American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Answer:
Enacted to stimulate the US economy during a recession that started
in 2007. A significant portion of ARRA was dedicated to expanding
the use of HIT to improve the business efficiency and effectiveness of
HCOs while increasing patient safety and positive health outcomes. It
also enacted an incentive program known as Meaningful Use
⫸ Anesthesia information system. Answer: A system that collects
information on preoperative, operative, and postoperative anesthesia-
related clinical information. This system follows the patient through
the surgical process
⫸ Annotation. Answer: The ability to add to the image in some way;
because the image may be a legal document, the image itself cannot
be altered; however, an overlay to the document will show the
annotation
⫸ ANSI Accredited Standards Committee X12N (ASC X12N).
Answer: Responsible for developing the EDI standards used to share
information needed for health insurance administrative transactions
⫸ Audit controls. Answer: The mechanisms that record and examine
activity in information systems
,⫸ Audit log. Answer: Or audit trail, an electronic footprint of the
actions that occurred in a particular file in an information system or
that were performed by a specific individual
⫸ Audit trails. Answer: The record of information system activities,
such as log-in, log-out, unsuccessful log-ins, print, query, and other
actions
⫸ Audit-reduction tools. Answer: Tools that review the audit trail
and compare it to criteria specified by the CE, which eliminates
routine entries such as the periodic backups
⫸ Authorship. Answer: The origination or creation of recorded
information attributed to a specific individual or entity acting at a
particular time
⫸ Automated codebook encoder. Answer: An encoder that lists
diagnoses and procedures in alphabetic order much like the alphabetic
index
⫸ Back-end speech recognition (BESR). Answer: A speech
recognition technology in which the physician dictates in the
traditional manner and an editor listens to the audio and reviews the
document created
, ⫸ Backscanning. Answer: The process of scanning past health
records into the DMS so there is an existing database of patient
information, making the DMS valuable to the user from the first day
of implementation
⫸ Backward map. Answer: A map that links the two coding systems
in the opposite direction, moving from ICD-10 to ICD-9
⫸ Barcode medication administration record (BC-MAR). Answer:
See Electronic medication administration record (EMAR)
⫸ Best of breed. Answer: Choosing the ISs based on functionality
rather than by vendor 313 314 Glossary
⫸ Best of fit. Answer: The decision to purchase software from a
single vendor
⫸ Beta sites. Answer: The healthcare facilities who subsequently
implement the information system
⫸ Bidder's conference. Answer: A meeting for vendors to come to
the healthcare facility to ask questions about the request for proposal,
the healthcare facility, and other important points
⫸ Biomedical device. Answer: An article, instrument, apparatus, or
machine that is used in the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of
illness or disease, or for detecting, measuring, restoring, correcting, or
