EPIC BRIDGES Exam | Newest and Updated
Questions and Answers | 2026 Review
Guide
• What are the 3 types of patient validation an interface can use? -✓✓ Basic
Validation, Extended Validation, Identity Duplication Configuration (IDC)
• What kind of alerts can be set up in the Background monitor? -✓✓ Rule Based
Alerts
• _____ is an online tool you can used to document details about issues you
encounter. -✓✓ Sherlock
• What is translation table used for? -✓✓ used to map more granular items from
database records
• What is identity used for? -✓✓ It is used to map large database records
• What are the three methods you can use to perform migration? -✓✓ Data
Courier, Pack/unpack database record utilities, manual migration
• What is a data courier? -✓✓ A tool that Epic provides to facilitate the migration
of objects between environments.
• What is included in the subset of bridges records that can be migrated with Data
Courier? -✓✓ tables (translation & general), error work queues, error steps, radar
dashboards, custom columns used in message searches and error log reports
, • Communication Daemon -✓✓ Sends or receives acknowledgements over a
TCP/IP connection
• Data Queue -✓✓ contains Hl7 Messages along with timestamp information
about message processing
• Trigger -✓✓ A single, clearly defined action that a user or process can take that
results in an interface message being created and sent
• Filer daemon -✓✓ Translates HL7 data into something that can be stored to the
database
• The message editor does not perform validation (T/F) -✓✓ True. The message
editor is a free text editor and has no idea how the message should look
• Control Queue -✓✓ maintains a list of messages waiting to be processed. A to-
do list with instructions to send or file messages stored in the data queue
• Messages are manually deleted from the data queue (T/F) -✓✓ They are purged
only by an automated purge job
• You can start only one interface at a time (T/F) -✓✓ false. You can start any or
all of the interfaces in a given interface monitor
Questions and Answers | 2026 Review
Guide
• What are the 3 types of patient validation an interface can use? -✓✓ Basic
Validation, Extended Validation, Identity Duplication Configuration (IDC)
• What kind of alerts can be set up in the Background monitor? -✓✓ Rule Based
Alerts
• _____ is an online tool you can used to document details about issues you
encounter. -✓✓ Sherlock
• What is translation table used for? -✓✓ used to map more granular items from
database records
• What is identity used for? -✓✓ It is used to map large database records
• What are the three methods you can use to perform migration? -✓✓ Data
Courier, Pack/unpack database record utilities, manual migration
• What is a data courier? -✓✓ A tool that Epic provides to facilitate the migration
of objects between environments.
• What is included in the subset of bridges records that can be migrated with Data
Courier? -✓✓ tables (translation & general), error work queues, error steps, radar
dashboards, custom columns used in message searches and error log reports
, • Communication Daemon -✓✓ Sends or receives acknowledgements over a
TCP/IP connection
• Data Queue -✓✓ contains Hl7 Messages along with timestamp information
about message processing
• Trigger -✓✓ A single, clearly defined action that a user or process can take that
results in an interface message being created and sent
• Filer daemon -✓✓ Translates HL7 data into something that can be stored to the
database
• The message editor does not perform validation (T/F) -✓✓ True. The message
editor is a free text editor and has no idea how the message should look
• Control Queue -✓✓ maintains a list of messages waiting to be processed. A to-
do list with instructions to send or file messages stored in the data queue
• Messages are manually deleted from the data queue (T/F) -✓✓ They are purged
only by an automated purge job
• You can start only one interface at a time (T/F) -✓✓ false. You can start any or
all of the interfaces in a given interface monitor
