CTR Exam Data Quality/Usage Questions and Answers Rated A

CTR Exam Data Quality/Usage Questions and Answers Rated A True or false? The only information that is requested when a follow-up letter is sent to a physician is the vital status and last date of contact of the patient. False. The follow-up letters usually request information on vital status, the last date of contact, cancer status, and any additional treatment information. Quality control efforts in the cancer registry should target which of the following areas: Casefinding and the reportable list Use of the data standards manuals Data entry errors Which of the following is NOT required to be included in the evaluation of the quality of cancer registry data? Abstract is complete within six months of initial contact with the facility The following is an example of an Edit error. Given the information provided by the edit error message, how should this edit be corrected? Edit: Laterality, Primary Site E: Laterality must be provided for specified paired organs/sites Laterality (295) [0] _ Primary Site (291) [C445] _ _ _ _ Date of Diagnosis (283) [020120xx] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Abstract Text: PATIENT DIAGNOSED WITH MELANOMA ON MID LOWER BACK ON BIOPSY ON 2/1/20xx. 2/25/20xx PATIENT ADMITTED FOR WIDE EXCISION AND SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY. Laterality should be corrected to code 5 Stage is an example of: Ordinal data According to NCI, the standard way of discussing prognosis is by using _________ survival rates. 5-year For the following data set, what is the median? Data: 69 48 Epidemiology The occurrence of disease in human populations When an epidemiologist refers to the distribution of disease, which of the following is being described: Person, place, and time The first step in preparing a statistical report is to Determine the objectives of the report For the following data set, what is the range? Data 65 73 89 56 73 52 47 42 If you studied the mean survival time for two groups of patients (that were given different treatments) and you want to test the significance of their difference, which test would you use? T-test According to the CoC cancer Program Standards Manual v1.2.1, facilities accredited by the Commission on Cancer: Are required to publish and annual report for compliance of Standard 1.12 The standard deviation expresses the spread of data about the ______. Mean If you were to measure a variable on every person in the population you would find the frequency distribution would display a pattern with most of the measurements near the center of the frequency. This is called: Normal distribution The notation (p 0.05) means: The probability of an undesirable result (that which is due to chance) is less than 5%. The information for each case of cancer in the cancer registry database is able to be shared with other cancer registry databases by using a standardized system called: The NAACCR record layout A byte in computer science represents: One character of information Compared to a paper-based cancer registry abstract system, which one of the following would NOT be an advantage of an electronic cancer registry database? Less costly to install and operate The query language recognized by the industry as being the standard is called: SQL In the cancer registry database, a data field is: One item of information Complete the sentence below by selecting the most appropriate word or term from the four options: The _________ recognizes input from the keyboard, sends output to the monitor or printer and keeps track of files and directories on the disk. Operating System The conventional definition of a computer is a: Device that performs high-speed operations or otherwise processes information The value of the cancer registry data lies in its ability to be: Combined and shared with data collected in other registries Which of the following query language statements would accurately select all lymphoma cases with a date of diagnosis of 1/1/2007 and after? It should be noted that for the purposes of this question, the natural wording has been used. SELECT ALL WHERE HISTOLOGY = LYMPHOMA AND DATE OF DIAGNOSIS = 1/1/2007 In most cancer registry databases, the usual screen organization is to group fields: By category, such as demographic, cancer identification, treatment and follow-up In the transmission of cancer registry data from the facility to the National Cancer Data Base, the data fields in the transmission file are organized: According to the NAACCR Record Layout Cancer registry software is an example of a: Specialized computer application The specifications (such as the length of data field, valid codes, etc.) for data items that are required to be in a cancer registry database are determined by which one of the following? Standard setting organization that requires the data item The higher the level of the programming language, the more closely it resembles: Natural Language A benchmark is defined as: A standard against which something can be measured An override flag should be set: Only for cases in which an edit was generated and the combination was determined to be correct ____________ is a quality control method that uses computer algorithms to check the content of data fields against a predetermined set of acceptable codes. Edits CoC accredited cancer programs are required to compare their data with ______ data. NCDB Which of the following best describes the primary objective for cancer programs to establish benchmarks containing national aggregate data? Assess patterns of care and patient outcomes relative to national norms According the Commission on Cancer, who may serve as the Quality Control Coordinator? Any member of the cancer committee According to the Commission on Cancer, at a minimum, which data items should be reviewed during a quality review of the abstract? Class of case, primary site, histology, AJCC stage of disease, first course of treatment, follow-up physicians Computerized data edits have the capability to check for all of the following types of errors, except: The correct histology was coded from the pathology report In adherence to CoC Cancer Program Standard 1.12, the cancer committee develops and disseminates a report of patient or program outcomes on one or more of the following standards: Standards 4.4, 4.5, 4.6 Which one of the following is defined when developing a quality control study: The type of measurement and the limits of acceptability CoC Cancer Program Standard 1.6 specifies that random sampling of a minimum of _____ of the ______ caseload must be reviewed by a physician (with a maximum of 300 cases). 10%, analytic Of the following methods of quality control, which is more effective for identifying consistent errors in all cases in the cancer registry database? Computerized edit checks The first step in the continuous quality control cycle is: Evaluation Basal and squamous cell carcinomas of the skin are not required to be followed if: The case (with any stage) is diagnosed after January 1, 2003 In addition to the requirements specified by the Commission on Cancer, the ______________ may specify that the cancer registry follow other types of cases. Cancer Committee The CoC Cancer Program Standards include two standards related to follow-up rates. This allows cancer registries to: Maintain older data and produce long term survival statistics True of false? A patient with more than one primary is only counted once in the follow-up percentage calculations. True. Once a patient enters the follow-up process, follow-up activites such as generating follow-up letters, is generated on a ____________ basis until current follow-up information can be obtained. Monthly Cases that are a class of case 00 and have a diagnosis date of _____________ or after are no longer required to be followed. 1/1/2006 A patient is considered to be due for follow-up based on which one of the following: Date of last contact A case is considered lost to follow-up when current information has not been obtained within ____ months of the last date of contact recorded in the abstract. 15