CTR PRACTICE CERTIFICATION SCRIPT
2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ 11. What sends notifications of treatment expectations and year-to-date
concordance with performance measures to ensure that the program's cancer
patients are receiving evidenced-based cancer care?a. Cancer Program
Practice Profile Reports (CP3R)b. National Cancer Database (NCDB)c.
National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)d. Rapid Quality
Reporting System (RQRS)Source: CoC Cancer Program Standards:
Ensuring Patient-Centered Care 2016 Edition; Standard 5.2 p. 74.
Answer: d. Rapid Quality Reporting System (RQRS)
◍ The prefix "peri" (as in the word pericardium) means:A) behindB) withinC)
beforeD) around.
Answer: D) around
◍ 26. Which statement is most accurate concerning the CLP's responsibilities
related to the Accountability measures?a. The CLP responsibilities are the
same as other members of the cancer committee.b. The CLP must report to
the cancer committee on the Accountability measures a minimum of 4 times
per year.c. The CLP must report to the cancer committee on the
Accountability measures annually.d. The CLP must report to the cancer
committee on the Accountability measures once during the first quarter of
the year and once during the last quarter of the. year.Source: CoC Cancer
Program Standards: Ensuring Patient-Centered Care 2016 Edition; Standard
4.3, p. 64.
Answer: b. The CLP must report to the cancer committee on the
Accountability measures a minimum of 4 times per year.
◍ 7. A 10 percent sample of abstracts from Hospital A for a specified time
, period was selected from the central registry database. Specified data items
were coded by central registry quality control staff using the text provided
on the abstract and compared to the codes on the submitted abstract. What
type of quality control procedure is this?a. Casefinding studyb.
Reabstracting studyc. Recoding auditd. Visual editingSource: Cancer
Registry Management Principles and Practice for Hospitals and Central
Registries, 3rd Edition; p. 203.
Answer: c. Recoding audit
◍ Which of the following is NOT a primary intracerebral tumor?A)
astrocytomaB) adenocarcinomaC) glioblastomaD) medulloblastoma.
Answer: B) adenocarcinoma
◍ What is the minimal number of cases required to be discussed at cancer
conference in proportion to the annual analytic caseload:A) 5%B) 15%C)
2%D) 10%.
Answer: B) 15%
◍ What is the most common cause of death from female pelvic
malignancies?A) bladderB) cervixC) ovaryD) vulva.
Answer: C) ovary
◍ Which of the following specimens, when positive, would be considered
cytologic diagnostic confirmation of malignancy?A) Mastectomy
specimenB) Polypectomy specimenC) Needle aspiration of tumorD)
Bronchial biopsy.
Answer: C) Needle aspiration of tumor
◍ 10. Patient was admitted with axillary adenopathy. Aspiration biopsy of
axillary lymph node diagnosed metastatic melanoma. Primary site was not
identified. What is the primary site on the abstract?a. Axillary lymph nodeb.
Skin of axillac. Skin NOSd. UnknownSource: STORE 2018, p. 22.
Answer: c. Skin NOS
◍ 15. Cancer registry staff at Hospital DD create an abstract for a cancer
patient within one week of hospital discharge and add information from later
, visits or other sources as it becomes available. This process is:a.
Casefindingb. Concurrent abstractingc. Follow-upd. Suspense
systemSource: Cancer Registry Management Principles & Practices for
Hospitals and Central Registries, p. 138.
Answer: b. Concurrent abstracting
◍ In a report that you prepare using data from the registry, which of the
following should NOT be included?A) site distributionB) sex distributionC)
descriptive statisticsD) statistical inferences.
Answer: D) statistical inferences
◍ E-codes are an example of:A) errors returned from NCDBB) extranodal
lymphoma descriptionsC) extra surgeries to obtain clear marginsD)
complication codes to be recorded in the abstract.
Answer: D) complication codes to be recorded in the abstract
◍ You are working for a private hospital and performing follow-up on a
patient. Which would be the best potential source for follow-up
information?A) contact the patient's insurance companyB) contact the
primary care physicianC) contact the patientD) contact the patient's nearest
relative.
Answer: B) contact the primary care physician
◍ A tumor which has metastasized to the first chain of nodes that drain the
primary organ would be staged:A) localizedB) regional by direct
extensionC) regional by metastasis to regional lymph nodesD) disseminated.
Answer: C) regional by metastasis to regional lymph nodes
◍ Supraglottis, glottis, and subglottis are subsites of:A) hypopharynxB)
larynxC) nasopharynxD) trachea.
Answer: B) larynx
◍ 19. Which of the following statements is accurate according to the
requirements of the Cancer Registry Quality Control Plan?a. Minimum
required scope of evaluation is 15 percent of annual analytic caseload3b.
Documentation only has to be maintained on Review criteria and Cases
2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ 11. What sends notifications of treatment expectations and year-to-date
concordance with performance measures to ensure that the program's cancer
patients are receiving evidenced-based cancer care?a. Cancer Program
Practice Profile Reports (CP3R)b. National Cancer Database (NCDB)c.
National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)d. Rapid Quality
Reporting System (RQRS)Source: CoC Cancer Program Standards:
Ensuring Patient-Centered Care 2016 Edition; Standard 5.2 p. 74.
Answer: d. Rapid Quality Reporting System (RQRS)
◍ The prefix "peri" (as in the word pericardium) means:A) behindB) withinC)
beforeD) around.
Answer: D) around
◍ 26. Which statement is most accurate concerning the CLP's responsibilities
related to the Accountability measures?a. The CLP responsibilities are the
same as other members of the cancer committee.b. The CLP must report to
the cancer committee on the Accountability measures a minimum of 4 times
per year.c. The CLP must report to the cancer committee on the
Accountability measures annually.d. The CLP must report to the cancer
committee on the Accountability measures once during the first quarter of
the year and once during the last quarter of the. year.Source: CoC Cancer
Program Standards: Ensuring Patient-Centered Care 2016 Edition; Standard
4.3, p. 64.
Answer: b. The CLP must report to the cancer committee on the
Accountability measures a minimum of 4 times per year.
◍ 7. A 10 percent sample of abstracts from Hospital A for a specified time
, period was selected from the central registry database. Specified data items
were coded by central registry quality control staff using the text provided
on the abstract and compared to the codes on the submitted abstract. What
type of quality control procedure is this?a. Casefinding studyb.
Reabstracting studyc. Recoding auditd. Visual editingSource: Cancer
Registry Management Principles and Practice for Hospitals and Central
Registries, 3rd Edition; p. 203.
Answer: c. Recoding audit
◍ Which of the following is NOT a primary intracerebral tumor?A)
astrocytomaB) adenocarcinomaC) glioblastomaD) medulloblastoma.
Answer: B) adenocarcinoma
◍ What is the minimal number of cases required to be discussed at cancer
conference in proportion to the annual analytic caseload:A) 5%B) 15%C)
2%D) 10%.
Answer: B) 15%
◍ What is the most common cause of death from female pelvic
malignancies?A) bladderB) cervixC) ovaryD) vulva.
Answer: C) ovary
◍ Which of the following specimens, when positive, would be considered
cytologic diagnostic confirmation of malignancy?A) Mastectomy
specimenB) Polypectomy specimenC) Needle aspiration of tumorD)
Bronchial biopsy.
Answer: C) Needle aspiration of tumor
◍ 10. Patient was admitted with axillary adenopathy. Aspiration biopsy of
axillary lymph node diagnosed metastatic melanoma. Primary site was not
identified. What is the primary site on the abstract?a. Axillary lymph nodeb.
Skin of axillac. Skin NOSd. UnknownSource: STORE 2018, p. 22.
Answer: c. Skin NOS
◍ 15. Cancer registry staff at Hospital DD create an abstract for a cancer
patient within one week of hospital discharge and add information from later
, visits or other sources as it becomes available. This process is:a.
Casefindingb. Concurrent abstractingc. Follow-upd. Suspense
systemSource: Cancer Registry Management Principles & Practices for
Hospitals and Central Registries, p. 138.
Answer: b. Concurrent abstracting
◍ In a report that you prepare using data from the registry, which of the
following should NOT be included?A) site distributionB) sex distributionC)
descriptive statisticsD) statistical inferences.
Answer: D) statistical inferences
◍ E-codes are an example of:A) errors returned from NCDBB) extranodal
lymphoma descriptionsC) extra surgeries to obtain clear marginsD)
complication codes to be recorded in the abstract.
Answer: D) complication codes to be recorded in the abstract
◍ You are working for a private hospital and performing follow-up on a
patient. Which would be the best potential source for follow-up
information?A) contact the patient's insurance companyB) contact the
primary care physicianC) contact the patientD) contact the patient's nearest
relative.
Answer: B) contact the primary care physician
◍ A tumor which has metastasized to the first chain of nodes that drain the
primary organ would be staged:A) localizedB) regional by direct
extensionC) regional by metastasis to regional lymph nodesD) disseminated.
Answer: C) regional by metastasis to regional lymph nodes
◍ Supraglottis, glottis, and subglottis are subsites of:A) hypopharynxB)
larynxC) nasopharynxD) trachea.
Answer: B) larynx
◍ 19. Which of the following statements is accurate according to the
requirements of the Cancer Registry Quality Control Plan?a. Minimum
required scope of evaluation is 15 percent of annual analytic caseload3b.
Documentation only has to be maintained on Review criteria and Cases
