CTR UPDATED Actual Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Supraglottis, glottis and subglottis are subsites of the: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Larynx
The inpatient medical record disease index is most useful for which Cancer Registry
Activity? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Casefinding
Ann Arbor Staging System - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Malignant Lymphoma
Integumentary - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Skin
A hormonal agent - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Tamoxifen
A classification for non-hodkins lymphoma? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Follicular small
cleaved cell and large cell
A lymphoma would most likely arise in? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Waldeyers ring
Lymph node chains behind the knees? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Popliteal
CEA is used for which cancer? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Colon
A neoplastic disease characterized by an excess of red blood cells is known as: - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Polycythemia Vera
Which form of chemoembolization is not coded as treatment? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Presurgical emboliation of hypervascular tumors such as mengiomas
The laterality of a midline tumor in a paired organ site should be coded as: - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔5-midline
,Who is responsible for establishing the attendance requirements for the cancer conferences? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Cancer Committee
A disaster recovery plan is - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A way to make sure that
computerized registry data is backed up every night and is easily recoverable.
The best source for casefinding is: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Pathology reports
The 5 key components of an approved cancer program: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Cancer
Committee, Conferences, Quality Improvement, Cancer Registry and Clinical Services.
A program receives non-accreditation at survey if there are ____ deficincies - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔8
An example of a protected health information in a cancer abstract is: - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Name of patient
The COC requires that cases submitted to the NCDB for the most recent accession year must
satisfy the established criteria by ________? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔As designated in
the Call for Data.
The date of diagnosis for a patient diagnosed in utero: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Is the
actual date of diagnosis.
If a patient is multiracial and one of the races is Hawaiian: - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Hawaiian should be coded as race number one.
One of the reasons for coding if cases were diagnosed by ambiguous terminology is: -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔To better understand how frequently these terms are used for
diagnosis.
, A cancer registrar who is abstracting can be the coordinator of: - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Cancer Registry quality control
The first course of treatment consists of - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔All Cancer-directed
treatment regardless of where it takes place.
The accession number - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Never changes even if the reference date
changes
A patient is in the registry database with a dx of prostate cancer. Now he has a diagnosis of
Meningioma. His second sequence number is: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔60
Sequence number for Brain Cancers - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔60
Most active organization in the US for the establishment and approval of hospital cancer
programs - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Commission on Cancer
Enucleation is a surgical procedure for which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Ocular Melanoma
Encephalography is a radiography procedure performed on which of the following sites: -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Brain
The lower edge of the junction between the right and left main stem bronchi is called the: -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Carina
Salpingostomy is a procedure on which of the following organs? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Fallopian Tube
A transurethral resection is a procedure that: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Removes tissue
from the bladder or prostate.
The most common cancer in both men and women: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Lung
and CORRECT Answers
Supraglottis, glottis and subglottis are subsites of the: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Larynx
The inpatient medical record disease index is most useful for which Cancer Registry
Activity? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Casefinding
Ann Arbor Staging System - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Malignant Lymphoma
Integumentary - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Skin
A hormonal agent - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Tamoxifen
A classification for non-hodkins lymphoma? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Follicular small
cleaved cell and large cell
A lymphoma would most likely arise in? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Waldeyers ring
Lymph node chains behind the knees? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Popliteal
CEA is used for which cancer? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Colon
A neoplastic disease characterized by an excess of red blood cells is known as: - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Polycythemia Vera
Which form of chemoembolization is not coded as treatment? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Presurgical emboliation of hypervascular tumors such as mengiomas
The laterality of a midline tumor in a paired organ site should be coded as: - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔5-midline
,Who is responsible for establishing the attendance requirements for the cancer conferences? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Cancer Committee
A disaster recovery plan is - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A way to make sure that
computerized registry data is backed up every night and is easily recoverable.
The best source for casefinding is: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Pathology reports
The 5 key components of an approved cancer program: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Cancer
Committee, Conferences, Quality Improvement, Cancer Registry and Clinical Services.
A program receives non-accreditation at survey if there are ____ deficincies - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔8
An example of a protected health information in a cancer abstract is: - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Name of patient
The COC requires that cases submitted to the NCDB for the most recent accession year must
satisfy the established criteria by ________? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔As designated in
the Call for Data.
The date of diagnosis for a patient diagnosed in utero: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Is the
actual date of diagnosis.
If a patient is multiracial and one of the races is Hawaiian: - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Hawaiian should be coded as race number one.
One of the reasons for coding if cases were diagnosed by ambiguous terminology is: -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔To better understand how frequently these terms are used for
diagnosis.
, A cancer registrar who is abstracting can be the coordinator of: - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Cancer Registry quality control
The first course of treatment consists of - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔All Cancer-directed
treatment regardless of where it takes place.
The accession number - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Never changes even if the reference date
changes
A patient is in the registry database with a dx of prostate cancer. Now he has a diagnosis of
Meningioma. His second sequence number is: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔60
Sequence number for Brain Cancers - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔60
Most active organization in the US for the establishment and approval of hospital cancer
programs - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Commission on Cancer
Enucleation is a surgical procedure for which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Ocular Melanoma
Encephalography is a radiography procedure performed on which of the following sites: -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Brain
The lower edge of the junction between the right and left main stem bronchi is called the: -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Carina
Salpingostomy is a procedure on which of the following organs? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Fallopian Tube
A transurethral resection is a procedure that: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Removes tissue
from the bladder or prostate.
The most common cancer in both men and women: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Lung
