HL7 CERTIFICATION EXAM
(ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS)RATED A+
1. A ____________ is the atomic unit of data transferred between systems and
is a
collec8on of data that sends informa8on about an event in the healthcare
enterprise.
a. Message
b. Field
c. Element
d. Segment
Answer:
a. Message
2. An HL7 Message is intended to pass informa8on about a dis8nct event from
one
computer to another.
a. True
b. False
Answer:
a. True
3. What should the first segment of an HL7 Message be?
a. EVN (Event Informa8on) segment
b. MSH (Message Header) segment
c. PID (Pa8ent Informa8on) segment
d. PV1 (Pa8ent Visit) segment
Answer:
b. MSH (Message Header) segment
4. Using the default encoding, each HL7 Segment should end with ___.
a. ASCII character 04 (End of transmission)
b. ASCII character 06 (Acknowledge)
,c. ASCII character 08 (Backspace)
d. ASCII character 13 (carriage return)
Answer:
d. ASCII character 13 (carriage return)
5. When defining an HL7 Message, the segments may be ________.
a. Op8onal or repeated
b. Required or op8onal
c. Required, op8onal or repeated
d. None of the above
Answer:
c. Required, op8onal or repeated
6. If a message type contains op8onal and/or repea8ng segments, two
instances of the
message type may contain different numbers of segments.
a. True
b. False
Answer:
a. True
7. A message type may be associated with more than one________.
a. Field
b. Component
c. Trigger event
d. Element
Answer:
c. Trigger event
8. There is a one-to-many rela8onship between trigger event codes and
message
types.
a. True
b. False
,Answer:
b. False
9. The ADT Message type is used to transmit informa8on related to a pa8ent's
_____.
a. Admission, Discharge and Transfer
b. Appointment preferences
c. Observa8on results
d. Unsolicited display update message
Answer:
a. Admission, Discharge and Transfer
10. The ORU Message type is used to transmit informa8on related to a
pa8ent's ______.
a. Admission, Discharge and Transfer
b. Appointment preferences
c. Observa8on results
d. Unsolicited display update message
Answer:
c. Observa8on results
11. Which messages are not sent in response to a specific query from a user or
an
applica8on?
a. Unsolicited
b. Solicited
c. Both A and B
d. None of the above
Answer : a.
a. Unsolicited
Explana8on : Unsolicited updates are not sent in response to a specific query
from an user or an applica8on
12. Which standard defines a series of predefined logical formats for packaging
healthcare data in the form of messages to be transmided among computer
systems?
a. LOINC
, b. SNOMED
c. Health Level Seven (HL7)
d. DICOM
Answer:
c. Health Level Seven (HL7)
13. Which chapter of the HL7 Standard contains rules that are used by
origina8ng systems to build messages and by des8na8on systems to interpret
the message data they receive and the forma8on and communica8on of
messages in general?
a. Chapter 1
b. Chapter 2
c. Chapter 3
d. Chapter 4
Answer:
b. Chapter 2
14. HL7 conceptually operates at the seventh level of the ISO model for Open
System
Interconnec8on (OSI).
a. True
b. False
Answer:
a. True
15. Name the environments that support a robust transport level, but do not
meet the
high level requirements?
a. TCP/IP
b. DECNET
c. SNA
d. All of the above
Answer:
d. All of the above
16. Which are the ISO and proprietary networks that implement up to
presenta8on level
(ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS)RATED A+
1. A ____________ is the atomic unit of data transferred between systems and
is a
collec8on of data that sends informa8on about an event in the healthcare
enterprise.
a. Message
b. Field
c. Element
d. Segment
Answer:
a. Message
2. An HL7 Message is intended to pass informa8on about a dis8nct event from
one
computer to another.
a. True
b. False
Answer:
a. True
3. What should the first segment of an HL7 Message be?
a. EVN (Event Informa8on) segment
b. MSH (Message Header) segment
c. PID (Pa8ent Informa8on) segment
d. PV1 (Pa8ent Visit) segment
Answer:
b. MSH (Message Header) segment
4. Using the default encoding, each HL7 Segment should end with ___.
a. ASCII character 04 (End of transmission)
b. ASCII character 06 (Acknowledge)
,c. ASCII character 08 (Backspace)
d. ASCII character 13 (carriage return)
Answer:
d. ASCII character 13 (carriage return)
5. When defining an HL7 Message, the segments may be ________.
a. Op8onal or repeated
b. Required or op8onal
c. Required, op8onal or repeated
d. None of the above
Answer:
c. Required, op8onal or repeated
6. If a message type contains op8onal and/or repea8ng segments, two
instances of the
message type may contain different numbers of segments.
a. True
b. False
Answer:
a. True
7. A message type may be associated with more than one________.
a. Field
b. Component
c. Trigger event
d. Element
Answer:
c. Trigger event
8. There is a one-to-many rela8onship between trigger event codes and
message
types.
a. True
b. False
,Answer:
b. False
9. The ADT Message type is used to transmit informa8on related to a pa8ent's
_____.
a. Admission, Discharge and Transfer
b. Appointment preferences
c. Observa8on results
d. Unsolicited display update message
Answer:
a. Admission, Discharge and Transfer
10. The ORU Message type is used to transmit informa8on related to a
pa8ent's ______.
a. Admission, Discharge and Transfer
b. Appointment preferences
c. Observa8on results
d. Unsolicited display update message
Answer:
c. Observa8on results
11. Which messages are not sent in response to a specific query from a user or
an
applica8on?
a. Unsolicited
b. Solicited
c. Both A and B
d. None of the above
Answer : a.
a. Unsolicited
Explana8on : Unsolicited updates are not sent in response to a specific query
from an user or an applica8on
12. Which standard defines a series of predefined logical formats for packaging
healthcare data in the form of messages to be transmided among computer
systems?
a. LOINC
, b. SNOMED
c. Health Level Seven (HL7)
d. DICOM
Answer:
c. Health Level Seven (HL7)
13. Which chapter of the HL7 Standard contains rules that are used by
origina8ng systems to build messages and by des8na8on systems to interpret
the message data they receive and the forma8on and communica8on of
messages in general?
a. Chapter 1
b. Chapter 2
c. Chapter 3
d. Chapter 4
Answer:
b. Chapter 2
14. HL7 conceptually operates at the seventh level of the ISO model for Open
System
Interconnec8on (OSI).
a. True
b. False
Answer:
a. True
15. Name the environments that support a robust transport level, but do not
meet the
high level requirements?
a. TCP/IP
b. DECNET
c. SNA
d. All of the above
Answer:
d. All of the above
16. Which are the ISO and proprietary networks that implement up to
presenta8on level
