NR599 Final Study Guide
Test Bank Verified Questions
Answers 2026/ 2027 HEALTH
INFORMATICS FINAL EXAM
1. Health informatics is both a __________ as well as
a(n) __________.
Correct Answer: Profession, discipline
2. What is the main idea of the subsection titled "Why
Informatics in Healthcare: An Example"?
Correct Answer: An interoperable healthcare system
that provides clear, concise patient data and information
among institutes is lacking in many facilities, and its
presence would greatly facilitate things such as patient
transfers.
3. Which of the following statements about EHRs is
false?
Correct Answer: By 2014, 50% of physicians in the US
, had implemented an EHR, with another 13% in the
process of implementing one.
4. The __________ is one of the oldest, and still widely
used methods for building and implementing software
applications in the IT arena.
Correct Answer: SDLC
5. What is the primary difference between an open and
closed system?
Correct Answer: An open system has a semipermeable
boundary and therefore will filter both inputs and outputs
when interacting with the environment.
6. A primary characteristic used to analyze an open
system includes?
Correct Answer: Structure, purpose, and function
7. Which statement describes the measurement of
information as defined by the Shannon and Weaver
model?
Correct Answer: The amount of information is
measured by the extent the message decreases entropy.
8. On its own, the number 190 is an example of data.
Correct Answer: True
9. Knowing when and how to use knowledge is referred
to as wisdom.
Correct Answer: True
, 10. The three types of learned behaviors are: (1)
cognitive, (2) long-term memory, and (3)
psychomotor.
Correct Answer: False
11. Innovators are the group that will test out new
technology but are not usually seen as leaders within
an organization.
Correct Answer: True
12. Implementation, planning, and evaluation are
part of the Staggers and Nelson systems life cycle,
which is a guide for informatics projects.
Correct Answer: True
13. The butterfly effect describes a situation in which
a minor change in input can have a major change on
output. This aspect of a chaotic system illustrates the
property of:
Correct Answer: The reiterative feedback loop
14. Reverberation is when change is expanded,
creating an unintended consequence down the line,
producing an initial change.
Correct Answer: True
15. The top three uses of the US Army's telehealth
network includes all of the following but:
Correct Answer: Otolaryngology
Test Bank Verified Questions
Answers 2026/ 2027 HEALTH
INFORMATICS FINAL EXAM
1. Health informatics is both a __________ as well as
a(n) __________.
Correct Answer: Profession, discipline
2. What is the main idea of the subsection titled "Why
Informatics in Healthcare: An Example"?
Correct Answer: An interoperable healthcare system
that provides clear, concise patient data and information
among institutes is lacking in many facilities, and its
presence would greatly facilitate things such as patient
transfers.
3. Which of the following statements about EHRs is
false?
Correct Answer: By 2014, 50% of physicians in the US
, had implemented an EHR, with another 13% in the
process of implementing one.
4. The __________ is one of the oldest, and still widely
used methods for building and implementing software
applications in the IT arena.
Correct Answer: SDLC
5. What is the primary difference between an open and
closed system?
Correct Answer: An open system has a semipermeable
boundary and therefore will filter both inputs and outputs
when interacting with the environment.
6. A primary characteristic used to analyze an open
system includes?
Correct Answer: Structure, purpose, and function
7. Which statement describes the measurement of
information as defined by the Shannon and Weaver
model?
Correct Answer: The amount of information is
measured by the extent the message decreases entropy.
8. On its own, the number 190 is an example of data.
Correct Answer: True
9. Knowing when and how to use knowledge is referred
to as wisdom.
Correct Answer: True
, 10. The three types of learned behaviors are: (1)
cognitive, (2) long-term memory, and (3)
psychomotor.
Correct Answer: False
11. Innovators are the group that will test out new
technology but are not usually seen as leaders within
an organization.
Correct Answer: True
12. Implementation, planning, and evaluation are
part of the Staggers and Nelson systems life cycle,
which is a guide for informatics projects.
Correct Answer: True
13. The butterfly effect describes a situation in which
a minor change in input can have a major change on
output. This aspect of a chaotic system illustrates the
property of:
Correct Answer: The reiterative feedback loop
14. Reverberation is when change is expanded,
creating an unintended consequence down the line,
producing an initial change.
Correct Answer: True
15. The top three uses of the US Army's telehealth
network includes all of the following but:
Correct Answer: Otolaryngology
