RHIT EXAM PREP PRACTICE QUESTIONS (Data Analysis and
Management)
Health Information Management (HIM)
1. What is the first step in designing an electronic health record (EHR), which defines the characteristics
of each data element?
Answer: Developing a data dictionary.
2. After hospital discharge abstract systems were developed, what was the next step in providing
comparative data to hospitals?
Answer: Developing data sets.
3. What are the two purposes of data sets in healthcare?
Answer: To identify data elements to be collected about each patient and to provide uniform data
definitions.
4. Who is responsible for designing a data collection form to collect data on patients in an acute-care
hospital?
Answer: A health information technician.
5. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of common healthcare data sets like UHDDS and
UACDS?
Answer: They provide a complete and exhaustive list of data elements that must be collected.
,6. Where is the completion of charts monitored in a paper-based system?
Answer: In the incomplete record file.
7. What type of filing system is being used if numbers represent health record numbers filed together
within the system?
Answer: Terminal digit.
8. Is an MPI necessary to locate health records within a paper-based storage system for all types of filing
systems except one?
Answer: Alphabetical.
9. How many filing hours will be required daily to retrieve and file records for each clinic day?
Answer: 25 hours per day.
10. In which system are all encounters or patient visits filed or linked together?
Answer: Unit numbering system.
(16) What is the term that is used to mean ensuring that data are not altered during transmission across
a network or during storage?
A) Media control
B) Integrity
C) Mitigation
D) Audit controls ✔️B) Integrity
, (17) Which of the following filing methods is considered the most efficient?
A) Alphabetical
B) Alphanumeric
C) Straight numeric
D) Terminal digit ✔️D) Terminal digit
(18) The primary purpose of a minimum data set in healthcare is to:
A) Recommend common data elements to be collected in health records
B) Mandate all data that must be contained in a health record
C) Define reportable data for federally funded programs
D) Standardize medical vocabulary ✔️A) Recommend common data elements to be collected in health
records
(19) In long-term care, the resident's care plan is based on data collected in the:
A) UHDDS
B) OASIS
C) MDS
D) HEDIS ✔️C) MDS
(20) Incorporating a workflow function in an electronic information system would help support:
A) Tasks that need to be performed in a specific sequence
B) Moving patients from point to point
C) Registration of patients
D) Making computer output available on a laser disk ✔️A) Tasks that need to be performed in a specific
sequence
Management)
Health Information Management (HIM)
1. What is the first step in designing an electronic health record (EHR), which defines the characteristics
of each data element?
Answer: Developing a data dictionary.
2. After hospital discharge abstract systems were developed, what was the next step in providing
comparative data to hospitals?
Answer: Developing data sets.
3. What are the two purposes of data sets in healthcare?
Answer: To identify data elements to be collected about each patient and to provide uniform data
definitions.
4. Who is responsible for designing a data collection form to collect data on patients in an acute-care
hospital?
Answer: A health information technician.
5. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of common healthcare data sets like UHDDS and
UACDS?
Answer: They provide a complete and exhaustive list of data elements that must be collected.
,6. Where is the completion of charts monitored in a paper-based system?
Answer: In the incomplete record file.
7. What type of filing system is being used if numbers represent health record numbers filed together
within the system?
Answer: Terminal digit.
8. Is an MPI necessary to locate health records within a paper-based storage system for all types of filing
systems except one?
Answer: Alphabetical.
9. How many filing hours will be required daily to retrieve and file records for each clinic day?
Answer: 25 hours per day.
10. In which system are all encounters or patient visits filed or linked together?
Answer: Unit numbering system.
(16) What is the term that is used to mean ensuring that data are not altered during transmission across
a network or during storage?
A) Media control
B) Integrity
C) Mitigation
D) Audit controls ✔️B) Integrity
, (17) Which of the following filing methods is considered the most efficient?
A) Alphabetical
B) Alphanumeric
C) Straight numeric
D) Terminal digit ✔️D) Terminal digit
(18) The primary purpose of a minimum data set in healthcare is to:
A) Recommend common data elements to be collected in health records
B) Mandate all data that must be contained in a health record
C) Define reportable data for federally funded programs
D) Standardize medical vocabulary ✔️A) Recommend common data elements to be collected in health
records
(19) In long-term care, the resident's care plan is based on data collected in the:
A) UHDDS
B) OASIS
C) MDS
D) HEDIS ✔️C) MDS
(20) Incorporating a workflow function in an electronic information system would help support:
A) Tasks that need to be performed in a specific sequence
B) Moving patients from point to point
C) Registration of patients
D) Making computer output available on a laser disk ✔️A) Tasks that need to be performed in a specific
sequence
