RHIT Domain 2(Chapters 4 to 7) Sayles,
Review Test Questions and Answers
Question 1
Which of the following developed the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders?
a. Mental Health Association
b. American Psychiatric Association
c. Mental Health Foundation
d. World Psychiatric Association
Correct Answer
American Psychiatric Association
Question 2
Which of the following is the process of execution implementation, and management
of databases within healthcare?
a. Database management
b. Database elements
c. Database life cycle
d. Database operations cycle
Correct Answer
Database life cycle
Question 3
The ______________ characteristic of quality data is the data being completely free from
any errors?
a. Accuracy
b. Precision
c. Comprehensiveness
d. Consistency
Correct Answer
Accuracy
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,Question 4
What is the information identifying the patient (such as name health record number,
address, and telephone number) called?
a. Accession data
b. Indicator data
c. Reference data
d. Demographic data
Correct Answer
Demographic data
Question 5
WHO defines ___________ as a reference classification.
a. SNOMED CT
b. DSM-5
c. ICF
d. ICD-O-3
Correct Answer
International Classification of Functioning (ICF)
Question 6
Case finding is a method used to ___.
a. Identify patients who have been seen or treated in a facility for a particular disease
or condition for inclusion in a registry
b. Define which cases are to be included in a registry
c. Identify trends and changes in the incidence of disease
d. Identify facility-based trends
Correct Answer
Identify patients who have been seen or treated in a facility for a particular disease
or condition for inclusion in a registry
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,Question 7
An accumulation of numeric or alphanumeric representations or codes for exchanging
or storing information is a ___________.
a. Nomenclature
b. Code system
c. Concept system
d. Data set
Correct Answer
Code system
Question 8
Review of disease indexes pathology reports and radiation therapy reports is part of
which function in the cancer registry?
a. Case definition
b. Case-finding
c. Follow-up
d. Reporting
Correct Answer
Case-finding
(a method used to identify the patients who have been seen or treated in the facility
for the particular disease or condition of interest to the registry. After cases have
been identified, extensive information is abstracted from the patients' paper-based
health records into the registry database or extracted from other databases and
automatically entered into the registry database.)
Question 9
Which of the following materials is documented in an emergency care record?
a.Minimum Data Set
b.Time and means of the patient's arrival
c. Patient's complete medical history
d.APGAR
Correct Answer
Time and means of the patient's arrival
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, Question 10
A/n ________________________ is a communication tool that during clinical
documentation improvement is used to communicate between a clinical
documentation improvement professional and the provider?
a. Query
b. Outcomes and Assessment Information Set (OASIS)
c. Data Elements for Emergency Department Systems (DEEDS)
d. Uniform Ambulatory Care Data Set (UACDS)
Correct Answer
Query
Question 11
Which of the following is clinical data?
a.Patient consent
b.Physician orders
c.Patient registration
d. Name of insurance company
Correct Answer
Physician orders
Question 12
The standardized HEDIS data elements are collected by _________.
a. Acute care hospitals
b. Certified survey vendors
c. Healthcare purchasers
d. Consumers
Correct Answer
Acute care hospitals
(Clinics and hospitals collect the standardized HEDIS (Healthcare Effectiveness Data
and Information System) data elements from health records.)
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Review Test Questions and Answers
Question 1
Which of the following developed the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders?
a. Mental Health Association
b. American Psychiatric Association
c. Mental Health Foundation
d. World Psychiatric Association
Correct Answer
American Psychiatric Association
Question 2
Which of the following is the process of execution implementation, and management
of databases within healthcare?
a. Database management
b. Database elements
c. Database life cycle
d. Database operations cycle
Correct Answer
Database life cycle
Question 3
The ______________ characteristic of quality data is the data being completely free from
any errors?
a. Accuracy
b. Precision
c. Comprehensiveness
d. Consistency
Correct Answer
Accuracy
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,Question 4
What is the information identifying the patient (such as name health record number,
address, and telephone number) called?
a. Accession data
b. Indicator data
c. Reference data
d. Demographic data
Correct Answer
Demographic data
Question 5
WHO defines ___________ as a reference classification.
a. SNOMED CT
b. DSM-5
c. ICF
d. ICD-O-3
Correct Answer
International Classification of Functioning (ICF)
Question 6
Case finding is a method used to ___.
a. Identify patients who have been seen or treated in a facility for a particular disease
or condition for inclusion in a registry
b. Define which cases are to be included in a registry
c. Identify trends and changes in the incidence of disease
d. Identify facility-based trends
Correct Answer
Identify patients who have been seen or treated in a facility for a particular disease
or condition for inclusion in a registry
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,Question 7
An accumulation of numeric or alphanumeric representations or codes for exchanging
or storing information is a ___________.
a. Nomenclature
b. Code system
c. Concept system
d. Data set
Correct Answer
Code system
Question 8
Review of disease indexes pathology reports and radiation therapy reports is part of
which function in the cancer registry?
a. Case definition
b. Case-finding
c. Follow-up
d. Reporting
Correct Answer
Case-finding
(a method used to identify the patients who have been seen or treated in the facility
for the particular disease or condition of interest to the registry. After cases have
been identified, extensive information is abstracted from the patients' paper-based
health records into the registry database or extracted from other databases and
automatically entered into the registry database.)
Question 9
Which of the following materials is documented in an emergency care record?
a.Minimum Data Set
b.Time and means of the patient's arrival
c. Patient's complete medical history
d.APGAR
Correct Answer
Time and means of the patient's arrival
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, Question 10
A/n ________________________ is a communication tool that during clinical
documentation improvement is used to communicate between a clinical
documentation improvement professional and the provider?
a. Query
b. Outcomes and Assessment Information Set (OASIS)
c. Data Elements for Emergency Department Systems (DEEDS)
d. Uniform Ambulatory Care Data Set (UACDS)
Correct Answer
Query
Question 11
Which of the following is clinical data?
a.Patient consent
b.Physician orders
c.Patient registration
d. Name of insurance company
Correct Answer
Physician orders
Question 12
The standardized HEDIS data elements are collected by _________.
a. Acute care hospitals
b. Certified survey vendors
c. Healthcare purchasers
d. Consumers
Correct Answer
Acute care hospitals
(Clinics and hospitals collect the standardized HEDIS (Healthcare Effectiveness Data
and Information System) data elements from health records.)
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