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CDIP PRACTICE EXAM 2 NEWEST 2026 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE
150 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
The financial statement that presents a record of operations by showing
revenue and expenses over a period of time is called the:
a.Income statement
b.Balance sheet
c.Statement of cash flows
d.Statement of retained earnings - ANSWER-a An income statement
summarizes the organization's revenue and expense transactions during the
fiscal year. The income statement can be prepared at any point in time and
reflects results up to that point (Shaw and Carter 2014; LaTour et al. 2013,
777).
A set of activities designed to familiarize new employees with their jobs, the
healthcare entity, and work culture is called:
a.Training
b.Job analysis
c.Job rotation
d.Orientation - ANSWER-d After employees have been recruited and
selected, the first step is to introduce them to the organization and their
immediate work setting and functions. New employee orientation
includes a group of activities that introduce the employee to the
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organization's mission, policies, rules, and culture; the department or
workgroup; and the specific job he or she will be performing (Shaw and
Carter 2014; LaTour et al. 2013,731).
The advantage of using internal change agents over external change agents
is that the former can usually:
a.Be accepted by employees as being more objective.
b.Provide a more detailed understanding of healthcare entity's history and
issues.
c.More easily challenge healthcare entity norms and culture.
d.Benchmark the healthcare entity against others. - ANSWER-b Internal
change agents have the clear advantage of being familiar with the
organization, its history, subtle dynamics, secrets, and resources.
Such people are often well respected, securely positioned, and have
the strong interpersonal relationships to foster change. There is an
advantage to recognizing the internal expertise of employees,
maintaining confidentiality of the process, and using people who are
invested in the success of the outcome (Shaw and Carter 2014; LaTour
et al. 2013, 708).
When an effective leader provides employees with information,
responsibility, authority, and trust, this is called:
a.Empowerment
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b.Promotion
c.Vision
d.Delegation - ANSWER-a The trend in modern organizations is to
develop each employee's leadership potential to its full capacity. This
allows the employees to exercise the empowerment they are given,
demonstrate their value to the organization, and perhaps participate in
leadership succession in the organization (Shaw and Carter 2014;
LaTour et al. 2013, 750).
In project management, what is a work breakdown structure?
a.A list of the project deliverables
b.A hierarchical list of the project tasks
c.A document that defines team roles and responsibilities
d.A list of project scope changes - ANSWER-b A project plan starts with a
work breakdown structure (WBS), or task list. The WBS is a hierarchical
list of steps needed to complete the project. This structure provides
levels that are similar to the concept of a book outline. Each level drills
down to more detail. The lowest level is the task level, which is the level
to which resources are assigned and work effort estimates are made
(Shaw and Carter 2014; LaTouretal. 2013,842).
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Anywhere Hospital has implemented a clinical documentation improvement
program. The Director of CDI along with the CMO has decided they will focus
on all targets for documentation improvement. This is:
a.Incorrect as CDI focuses only on Medicare patient populations.
b.Incorrect as CDI focuses only on commercial patient populations.
c.Incorrect as CDI requires a focus on both populations.
d.Appropriate as CDI initiatives are dependent on the needs of
documentation improvement for each individual facility. - ANSWER-d There
is no requirement for a CDI program to focus on a specific payer for
CDI initiatives. The focus is dependent on individual organizational
needs (AHIMA 2014a, 2).
Mr. Blanks is an 86-year-old male complaining of severe abdominal pain and
diarrhea. The patient has recently presented with jaundice, white stools,
swollen gallbladder, and hyperglycemic and hypoglycemic episodes.
Colonoscopy, EGD, with abdominal ultrasound was performed with initial
diagnosis of stomach and pancreatic malignant neoplasm. The patient
underwent gastric resection with pancreactomy. The CDI may want to query
for:
a.Which is the primary neoplasm
b.Type of neoplasm
c.Cause of the jaundice
CDIP PRACTICE EXAM 2 NEWEST 2026 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE
150 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
The financial statement that presents a record of operations by showing
revenue and expenses over a period of time is called the:
a.Income statement
b.Balance sheet
c.Statement of cash flows
d.Statement of retained earnings - ANSWER-a An income statement
summarizes the organization's revenue and expense transactions during the
fiscal year. The income statement can be prepared at any point in time and
reflects results up to that point (Shaw and Carter 2014; LaTour et al. 2013,
777).
A set of activities designed to familiarize new employees with their jobs, the
healthcare entity, and work culture is called:
a.Training
b.Job analysis
c.Job rotation
d.Orientation - ANSWER-d After employees have been recruited and
selected, the first step is to introduce them to the organization and their
immediate work setting and functions. New employee orientation
includes a group of activities that introduce the employee to the
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organization's mission, policies, rules, and culture; the department or
workgroup; and the specific job he or she will be performing (Shaw and
Carter 2014; LaTour et al. 2013,731).
The advantage of using internal change agents over external change agents
is that the former can usually:
a.Be accepted by employees as being more objective.
b.Provide a more detailed understanding of healthcare entity's history and
issues.
c.More easily challenge healthcare entity norms and culture.
d.Benchmark the healthcare entity against others. - ANSWER-b Internal
change agents have the clear advantage of being familiar with the
organization, its history, subtle dynamics, secrets, and resources.
Such people are often well respected, securely positioned, and have
the strong interpersonal relationships to foster change. There is an
advantage to recognizing the internal expertise of employees,
maintaining confidentiality of the process, and using people who are
invested in the success of the outcome (Shaw and Carter 2014; LaTour
et al. 2013, 708).
When an effective leader provides employees with information,
responsibility, authority, and trust, this is called:
a.Empowerment
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b.Promotion
c.Vision
d.Delegation - ANSWER-a The trend in modern organizations is to
develop each employee's leadership potential to its full capacity. This
allows the employees to exercise the empowerment they are given,
demonstrate their value to the organization, and perhaps participate in
leadership succession in the organization (Shaw and Carter 2014;
LaTour et al. 2013, 750).
In project management, what is a work breakdown structure?
a.A list of the project deliverables
b.A hierarchical list of the project tasks
c.A document that defines team roles and responsibilities
d.A list of project scope changes - ANSWER-b A project plan starts with a
work breakdown structure (WBS), or task list. The WBS is a hierarchical
list of steps needed to complete the project. This structure provides
levels that are similar to the concept of a book outline. Each level drills
down to more detail. The lowest level is the task level, which is the level
to which resources are assigned and work effort estimates are made
(Shaw and Carter 2014; LaTouretal. 2013,842).
, 4|Page
Anywhere Hospital has implemented a clinical documentation improvement
program. The Director of CDI along with the CMO has decided they will focus
on all targets for documentation improvement. This is:
a.Incorrect as CDI focuses only on Medicare patient populations.
b.Incorrect as CDI focuses only on commercial patient populations.
c.Incorrect as CDI requires a focus on both populations.
d.Appropriate as CDI initiatives are dependent on the needs of
documentation improvement for each individual facility. - ANSWER-d There
is no requirement for a CDI program to focus on a specific payer for
CDI initiatives. The focus is dependent on individual organizational
needs (AHIMA 2014a, 2).
Mr. Blanks is an 86-year-old male complaining of severe abdominal pain and
diarrhea. The patient has recently presented with jaundice, white stools,
swollen gallbladder, and hyperglycemic and hypoglycemic episodes.
Colonoscopy, EGD, with abdominal ultrasound was performed with initial
diagnosis of stomach and pancreatic malignant neoplasm. The patient
underwent gastric resection with pancreactomy. The CDI may want to query
for:
a.Which is the primary neoplasm
b.Type of neoplasm
c.Cause of the jaundice
