CLR110 CLARITY DATA MODEL EXAM
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ What activities in Chronicles can be used to look up information
about data?
Answer: - Item Information Window (Ctrl + click)
- Record Viewer
- Item Editor
- Category List Maintenance
◉ When will Ctrl + click not work?
Answer: If the field is read-only or simply incompatible
◉ What does the Record Viewer show?
Answer: The Record Viewer provides a read-only view of raw data in
a Chronicles record.
◉ When should you use Record Viewer?
Answer: When ctrl+click doesn't work to find the INI + Item number
for a piece of data, and you know the specific record or contact
you're interested in
,◉ If you see '101-Inpatient' stored in Record Viewer, what is actually
stored in Clarity
Answer: '101'
◉ I IDM 130 is a networked item that is not filled in for a particular
record. What value will be extracted to Clarity for this item, and
other Chronicles items that are not filled out?
Answer: NULL
◉ What value will be extracted to Caboodle for this item, and other
networked items that are not filled out in Chronicles?
Answer: If the column is a key column, Caboodle will have a -1
letting report writers know that this value was not populated in the
source, while still enforcing referential integrity.
◉ When do null values exist in Clarity?
Answer: Not all fields are populated in Chronicles, ETL data
cleansing deletes incorrectly formatted data, and/or a column is
deprecated and can no longer extract data
◉ What does the Item Editor show?
Answer: The Item Editor shows the definitions of a Chronicles Item.
Note that it does not show a particular value stored in the item.
,Instead, it shows information about how the item behaves for all
values.
◉ What is a category list?
Answer: A category list is a list of defined values that can be stored
in a Chronicles item.
◉ What is the Release Range?
Answer: The Release Range describes which category values are
released by Epic and cannot be changed. Note that any category
values you see in Training that are outside the release range may
differ from what you see back home at your organization.
◉ A Chronicles item stores a single value, but can store a separate
value for each contact on a record. Which of the following could
account for this behavior? (Choose all that apply)
A. Single Response
B. Multiple Response
C. Networked
D. Overtime
E. No-Add
F. Category
, Answer: A and D. If a Chronicles item can store only one value it is a
single response item. If a separate value is stored on each contact the
add type is Overtime.
◉ What is an Add Type?
Answer: An item's Add Type describes how long a piece of data is
valid. It determines whether an item's value is stored on each
contact, or directly to the record.
◉ No-Add
Answer: No-Add items store data directly on a record, not a specific
contact. The value is true for all contacts on the record.
◉ Response-Each-Time
Answer: Response each time items store values separately on each
of a record's contacts. If a response each time item is blank for a
certain contact, it should be considered unknown.
◉ Lookback
Answer: Lookback items store values separately on each contact, but
assume that the last value entered remains true until a new value is
entered.
◉ Difference between overtime and no-add types?
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ What activities in Chronicles can be used to look up information
about data?
Answer: - Item Information Window (Ctrl + click)
- Record Viewer
- Item Editor
- Category List Maintenance
◉ When will Ctrl + click not work?
Answer: If the field is read-only or simply incompatible
◉ What does the Record Viewer show?
Answer: The Record Viewer provides a read-only view of raw data in
a Chronicles record.
◉ When should you use Record Viewer?
Answer: When ctrl+click doesn't work to find the INI + Item number
for a piece of data, and you know the specific record or contact
you're interested in
,◉ If you see '101-Inpatient' stored in Record Viewer, what is actually
stored in Clarity
Answer: '101'
◉ I IDM 130 is a networked item that is not filled in for a particular
record. What value will be extracted to Clarity for this item, and
other Chronicles items that are not filled out?
Answer: NULL
◉ What value will be extracted to Caboodle for this item, and other
networked items that are not filled out in Chronicles?
Answer: If the column is a key column, Caboodle will have a -1
letting report writers know that this value was not populated in the
source, while still enforcing referential integrity.
◉ When do null values exist in Clarity?
Answer: Not all fields are populated in Chronicles, ETL data
cleansing deletes incorrectly formatted data, and/or a column is
deprecated and can no longer extract data
◉ What does the Item Editor show?
Answer: The Item Editor shows the definitions of a Chronicles Item.
Note that it does not show a particular value stored in the item.
,Instead, it shows information about how the item behaves for all
values.
◉ What is a category list?
Answer: A category list is a list of defined values that can be stored
in a Chronicles item.
◉ What is the Release Range?
Answer: The Release Range describes which category values are
released by Epic and cannot be changed. Note that any category
values you see in Training that are outside the release range may
differ from what you see back home at your organization.
◉ A Chronicles item stores a single value, but can store a separate
value for each contact on a record. Which of the following could
account for this behavior? (Choose all that apply)
A. Single Response
B. Multiple Response
C. Networked
D. Overtime
E. No-Add
F. Category
, Answer: A and D. If a Chronicles item can store only one value it is a
single response item. If a separate value is stored on each contact the
add type is Overtime.
◉ What is an Add Type?
Answer: An item's Add Type describes how long a piece of data is
valid. It determines whether an item's value is stored on each
contact, or directly to the record.
◉ No-Add
Answer: No-Add items store data directly on a record, not a specific
contact. The value is true for all contacts on the record.
◉ Response-Each-Time
Answer: Response each time items store values separately on each
of a record's contacts. If a response each time item is blank for a
certain contact, it should be considered unknown.
◉ Lookback
Answer: Lookback items store values separately on each contact, but
assume that the last value entered remains true until a new value is
entered.
◉ Difference between overtime and no-add types?
