Cancer Registry and Data Management:
Key Concepts and Standards Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
The organization that oversees the ODS Exam administration and
credential maintenance is: -
correct answer ✅NCRA
Cancer surveillance and day-to-day work of cancer registrars are
impacted by advancements in: Cancer Treatment, Diagnosis,
Technology, All the above -
correct answer ✅All of the above
Which agent is responsible for many tumor, node, and metastasis
(TNM) edits? -
correct answer ✅CoC
After completing death clearance follow-back and no further
information is located, what happens to those cases? -
correct answer ✅Entered in the registry as a DCO case
The type of cancer registry that maintains data on all patients
diagnosed and/or treated for cancer at a facility and focuses on
improving patient care is a: -
correct answer ✅Hospital registry
, Cancer Registry and Data Management:
Key Concepts and Standards Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Volunteering to serve on a hospital committee, state cancer
registrar association, or NCRA committees are ways to cost-
effectively gain: -
correct answer ✅Leadership skills
What 3 basic steps should be taken at the central registry to ensure
the most value of case level data for geographical analyses? (check
all that apply) -
correct answer ✅address verification, address correction, address
geocoding
The professional code of ethics for registrars is published by which
of the following organizations? -
correct answer ✅NCRA
Death clearance is the process of matching registered _____ in a
population against reportable conditions in the cancer registry
database. -
correct answer ✅deaths
Key Concepts and Standards Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
The organization that oversees the ODS Exam administration and
credential maintenance is: -
correct answer ✅NCRA
Cancer surveillance and day-to-day work of cancer registrars are
impacted by advancements in: Cancer Treatment, Diagnosis,
Technology, All the above -
correct answer ✅All of the above
Which agent is responsible for many tumor, node, and metastasis
(TNM) edits? -
correct answer ✅CoC
After completing death clearance follow-back and no further
information is located, what happens to those cases? -
correct answer ✅Entered in the registry as a DCO case
The type of cancer registry that maintains data on all patients
diagnosed and/or treated for cancer at a facility and focuses on
improving patient care is a: -
correct answer ✅Hospital registry
, Cancer Registry and Data Management:
Key Concepts and Standards Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Volunteering to serve on a hospital committee, state cancer
registrar association, or NCRA committees are ways to cost-
effectively gain: -
correct answer ✅Leadership skills
What 3 basic steps should be taken at the central registry to ensure
the most value of case level data for geographical analyses? (check
all that apply) -
correct answer ✅address verification, address correction, address
geocoding
The professional code of ethics for registrars is published by which
of the following organizations? -
correct answer ✅NCRA
Death clearance is the process of matching registered _____ in a
population against reportable conditions in the cancer registry
database. -
correct answer ✅deaths
