CPHIMS CORE EXAM SET 2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What are current measurement goals of eCQMs for both Medicare and Medicaid? -
✔✔All of the above: Patient safety, population/public health, and clinical
process/effectiveness.
✔✔What medical specialty covers sinus issues and swallowing difficulty? -
✔✔Otolaryngology.
✔✔Which is NOT an eligible hospital objective/measure? - ✔✔Providing up-to-date
hardware for clinicians.
✔✔What is Natural Language Processing? - ✔✔A branch of artificial intelligence (AI)
that helps computers understand, interpret, and manipulate human language.
✔✔What is a noted disadvantage of clinical decision support (CDS)? - ✔✔All of the
above: Data integrity, lack of maintenance and governance, clinical burnout and
documentation burden.
✔✔Which of the following is NOT one of the Five Rights of CDS? - ✔✔Right facility.
✔✔Which of the following is not an objective of the systems analysis phase? -
✔✔Create software, hardware and network requirements documentation.
✔✔When defining problems and opportunities, major areas of change can occur in
which areas? - ✔✔Clinical, Administrative, financial and infrastructure.
✔✔What is the value of performing a cost-benefit analysis? - ✔✔To determine how long
it will take to achieve the payback period of the investment.
✔✔What key elements should be included when presenting analysis to executive
leadership? - ✔✔Possible changes in project implementation, requirements that may
change, sensitivity to internal challenges, and expectations of operational processes.
✔✔Which of the following tools is not commonly used for conducting a needs analysis?
- ✔✔Gap analysis.
✔✔What are the typical priorities taken into consideration when assessing a project? -
✔✔Patient safety and security, timeliness, ease of processes, standardization.
✔✔What process results in documentation of what the system actually does? -
✔✔Requirement analysis.
, ✔✔What does DMAIC stand for? - ✔✔Define, measure, analyze, improve, control.
✔✔What is important to have in a work plan when managing projects and resources? -
✔✔It should plan the intended workflow processes by managing personnel.
✔✔What information is collected as part of the RFP process? - ✔✔Define, measure,
analyze, improve, control.
✔✔What document protects organizations from having their confidential information
shared without consent? - ✔✔Non-disclosure agreement.
✔✔Identify two key aspects of the Design phase. - ✔✔Compatibility and interoperability.
✔✔Which role is typically not represented in a system design team? - ✔✔Board
member.
✔✔Which of the following must be considered during system design? - ✔✔All of the
above: system monitoring, disaster recovery, usability.
✔✔What do detailed technical specifications address? - ✔✔All except government
regulations.
✔✔Which of the following is not a phase of the Usability Maturity Model (UMM)? -
✔✔Optimized - continuous improvement applied.
✔✔What can poorly written technical requirements lead to? - ✔✔Positive vendor
relationships.
✔✔Which of the following is not included in the Data Management International (DAMA)
framework? - ✔✔Data value analysis.
✔✔What is included in the Technology Adoption Curve? - ✔✔All of the above:
Innovators, technology enthusiasts, early adopters, visionaries, late majority
conservatives.
✔✔What could functional requirements include? - ✔✔Workflow design.
✔✔What is a characteristic of a request for proposal? - ✔✔A collection of documents
with detailed requirements.
✔✔What does implementation execution include? - ✔✔Definition of the team's roles
and responsibilities.
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What are current measurement goals of eCQMs for both Medicare and Medicaid? -
✔✔All of the above: Patient safety, population/public health, and clinical
process/effectiveness.
✔✔What medical specialty covers sinus issues and swallowing difficulty? -
✔✔Otolaryngology.
✔✔Which is NOT an eligible hospital objective/measure? - ✔✔Providing up-to-date
hardware for clinicians.
✔✔What is Natural Language Processing? - ✔✔A branch of artificial intelligence (AI)
that helps computers understand, interpret, and manipulate human language.
✔✔What is a noted disadvantage of clinical decision support (CDS)? - ✔✔All of the
above: Data integrity, lack of maintenance and governance, clinical burnout and
documentation burden.
✔✔Which of the following is NOT one of the Five Rights of CDS? - ✔✔Right facility.
✔✔Which of the following is not an objective of the systems analysis phase? -
✔✔Create software, hardware and network requirements documentation.
✔✔When defining problems and opportunities, major areas of change can occur in
which areas? - ✔✔Clinical, Administrative, financial and infrastructure.
✔✔What is the value of performing a cost-benefit analysis? - ✔✔To determine how long
it will take to achieve the payback period of the investment.
✔✔What key elements should be included when presenting analysis to executive
leadership? - ✔✔Possible changes in project implementation, requirements that may
change, sensitivity to internal challenges, and expectations of operational processes.
✔✔Which of the following tools is not commonly used for conducting a needs analysis?
- ✔✔Gap analysis.
✔✔What are the typical priorities taken into consideration when assessing a project? -
✔✔Patient safety and security, timeliness, ease of processes, standardization.
✔✔What process results in documentation of what the system actually does? -
✔✔Requirement analysis.
, ✔✔What does DMAIC stand for? - ✔✔Define, measure, analyze, improve, control.
✔✔What is important to have in a work plan when managing projects and resources? -
✔✔It should plan the intended workflow processes by managing personnel.
✔✔What information is collected as part of the RFP process? - ✔✔Define, measure,
analyze, improve, control.
✔✔What document protects organizations from having their confidential information
shared without consent? - ✔✔Non-disclosure agreement.
✔✔Identify two key aspects of the Design phase. - ✔✔Compatibility and interoperability.
✔✔Which role is typically not represented in a system design team? - ✔✔Board
member.
✔✔Which of the following must be considered during system design? - ✔✔All of the
above: system monitoring, disaster recovery, usability.
✔✔What do detailed technical specifications address? - ✔✔All except government
regulations.
✔✔Which of the following is not a phase of the Usability Maturity Model (UMM)? -
✔✔Optimized - continuous improvement applied.
✔✔What can poorly written technical requirements lead to? - ✔✔Positive vendor
relationships.
✔✔Which of the following is not included in the Data Management International (DAMA)
framework? - ✔✔Data value analysis.
✔✔What is included in the Technology Adoption Curve? - ✔✔All of the above:
Innovators, technology enthusiasts, early adopters, visionaries, late majority
conservatives.
✔✔What could functional requirements include? - ✔✔Workflow design.
✔✔What is a characteristic of a request for proposal? - ✔✔A collection of documents
with detailed requirements.
✔✔What does implementation execution include? - ✔✔Definition of the team's roles
and responsibilities.
