PACS REVIEW TIPS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE
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✔✔Within a PACS server, storage using jukeboxes in a separate location would be
classified as
_________ storage:
a. on-line
b. archive
c. lossless
d. lossy
e. temporary - ✔✔archive
✔✔The ability of a PAC system to automatically search the HIS and RIS for previous
images
and records for patients scheduled the following day is known as:
a. retrieve study
b. archiving
c. get-worklist
d. prefetching - ✔✔prefetching
✔✔To preserve image quality and manipulation features when images are sent to
clinical sites,
DICOM _______ should be included on CDs or DVDs:
a. directories
b. viewers
c. headers
d. service-class providers - ✔✔viewers
✔✔A sub-network connecting segveral storage devices at remote geographic locations
or other
clinical sites is called a(n):
a. SAN
b. WAN
, c. URL
d. LAN - ✔✔SAN
✔✔When one component fails in a storage area network, in order to prevent breaking
connections between other components, all devices are connected:
a. in parallel
b. in series
c. electromagnetically
d. in a bridge circuit - ✔✔in parallel
✔✔The software standard for exchanging electronic text information between
departments and
institutions in a compatible format is:
a. SAN
b. RAID
c. HL7
d. DICOM
e. ALARA - ✔✔HL7
✔✔A true DICOM header is displayed as a bar:
a. at the top of the metadata files
b. at the top of the displayed image
c. at the bottom of the patient's RIS file
d. at the top of the patient's RIS file - ✔✔at the top of the displayed image
✔✔Which of the following is defined as the effective use of medical data and
information to
improve the management and integration of images, efficiency, accuracy and real-time
interactive functionality of imaging services:
a. Hospital information systems
b. Administrative information systems
c. DICOM modality worklists
d. Medical imaging informatics - ✔✔Medical imaging informatics
✔✔Standardization of the way health information is retrieved, exchanged, integrated
and shared
is achieved by:
a. Transmission control protocol (TCP)
b. The Health Level Seven standard
c. The DICOM standard
d. HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) - ✔✔The Health
Level Seven standard
✔✔The electronic version of a patient's chart, used by a particular healthcare provider,
is the:
A+
✔✔Within a PACS server, storage using jukeboxes in a separate location would be
classified as
_________ storage:
a. on-line
b. archive
c. lossless
d. lossy
e. temporary - ✔✔archive
✔✔The ability of a PAC system to automatically search the HIS and RIS for previous
images
and records for patients scheduled the following day is known as:
a. retrieve study
b. archiving
c. get-worklist
d. prefetching - ✔✔prefetching
✔✔To preserve image quality and manipulation features when images are sent to
clinical sites,
DICOM _______ should be included on CDs or DVDs:
a. directories
b. viewers
c. headers
d. service-class providers - ✔✔viewers
✔✔A sub-network connecting segveral storage devices at remote geographic locations
or other
clinical sites is called a(n):
a. SAN
b. WAN
, c. URL
d. LAN - ✔✔SAN
✔✔When one component fails in a storage area network, in order to prevent breaking
connections between other components, all devices are connected:
a. in parallel
b. in series
c. electromagnetically
d. in a bridge circuit - ✔✔in parallel
✔✔The software standard for exchanging electronic text information between
departments and
institutions in a compatible format is:
a. SAN
b. RAID
c. HL7
d. DICOM
e. ALARA - ✔✔HL7
✔✔A true DICOM header is displayed as a bar:
a. at the top of the metadata files
b. at the top of the displayed image
c. at the bottom of the patient's RIS file
d. at the top of the patient's RIS file - ✔✔at the top of the displayed image
✔✔Which of the following is defined as the effective use of medical data and
information to
improve the management and integration of images, efficiency, accuracy and real-time
interactive functionality of imaging services:
a. Hospital information systems
b. Administrative information systems
c. DICOM modality worklists
d. Medical imaging informatics - ✔✔Medical imaging informatics
✔✔Standardization of the way health information is retrieved, exchanged, integrated
and shared
is achieved by:
a. Transmission control protocol (TCP)
b. The Health Level Seven standard
c. The DICOM standard
d. HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) - ✔✔The Health
Level Seven standard
✔✔The electronic version of a patient's chart, used by a particular healthcare provider,
is the:
