HL7 Certification Exam Questions With Correct Answers

HL7 Certification Exam Questions With
Correct Answers

1. cA c____________ cis cthe catomic cunit cof cdata ctransferred cbetween csystems cand
cis ca
collection cof cdata cthat csends cinformation cabout can cevent cin cthe chealthcare
centerprise.


a. cMessage
b. cField
c. cElement
d. cSegment c- ccorrect canswers✔✔Answer:

a. cMessage

2. cAn cHL7 cMessage cis cintended cto cpass cinformation cabout ca cdistinct cevent cfrom
cone
computer cto canother.

a. cTrue
b. cFalse c- ccorrect canswers✔✔Answer:

a. cTrue

3. cWhat cshould cthe cfirst csegment cof can cHL7 cMessage cbe?

a. cEVN c(Event cInformation) csegment
b. cMSH c(Message cHeader) csegment
c. cPID c(Patient cInformation) csegment
d. cPV1 c(Patient cVisit) csegment c- ccorrect canswers✔✔Answer:

b. cMSH c(Message cHeader) csegment

4. cUsing cthe cdefault cencoding, ceach cHL7 cSegment cshould cend cwith c___.
a. cASCII ccharacter c04 c(End cof ctransmission)
b. cASCII ccharacter c06 c(Acknowledge)
c. cASCII ccharacter c08 c(Backspace)
d. cASCII ccharacter c13 c(carriage creturn) c- ccorrect canswers✔✔Answer:

d. cASCII ccharacter c13 c(carriage creturn)

5. cWhen cdefining can cHL7 cMessage, cthe csegments cmay cbe c________.

,a. cOptional cor crepeated
b. cRequired cor coptional
c. cRequired, coptional cor crepeated
d. cNone cof cthe cabove c- ccorrect canswers✔✔Answer:

c. cRequired, coptional cor crepeated

6. cIf ca cmessage ctype ccontains coptional cand/or crepeating csegments, ctwo cinstances
cof cthe
message ctype cmay ccontain cdifferent cnumbers cof csegments.

a. cTrue
b. cFalse c- ccorrect canswers✔✔Answer:

a. cTrue

7. cA cmessage ctype cmay cbe cassociated cwith cmore cthan cone________.

a. cField
b. cComponent
c. cTrigger cevent
d. cElement c- ccorrect canswers✔✔Answer:

c. cTrigger cevent

8. cThere cis ca cone-to-many crelationship cbetween ctrigger cevent ccodes cand cmessage
types.

a. cTrue
b. cFalse c- ccorrect canswers✔✔Answer:

b. cFalse

9. cThe cADT cMessage ctype cis cused cto ctransmit cinformation crelated cto ca cpatient's
c_____.


a. cAdmission, cDischarge cand cTransfer
b. cAppointment cpreferences
c. cObservation cresults
d. cUnsolicited cdisplay cupdate cmessage c- ccorrect canswers✔✔Answer:

a. cAdmission, cDischarge cand cTransfer

10. cThe cORU cMessage ctype cis cused cto ctransmit cinformation crelated cto ca cpatient's
c______.

,a. cAdmission, cDischarge cand cTransfer
b. cAppointment cpreferences
c. cObservation cresults
d. cUnsolicited cdisplay cupdate cmessage c- ccorrect canswers✔✔Answer:

c. cObservation cresults

11. cWhich cmessages care cnot csent cin cresponse cto ca cspecific cquery cfrom ca cuser cor
can
application?

a. cUnsolicited
b. cSolicited
c. cBoth cA cand cB
d. cNone cof cthe cabove c- ccorrect canswers✔✔Answer c: ca.
a. cUnsolicited
Explanation c: cUnsolicited cupdates care cnot csent cin cresponse cto ca cspecific cquery
cfrom can cuser cor can capplication


12. cWhich cstandard cdefines ca cseries cof cpredefined clogical cformats cfor cpackaging
healthcare cdata cin cthe cform cof cmessages cto cbe ctransmitted camong ccomputer
systems?

a. cLOINC
b. cSNOMED
c. cHealth cLevel cSeven c(HL7)
d. cDICOM c- ccorrect canswers✔✔Answer:

c. cHealth cLevel cSeven c(HL7)

13. cWhich cchapter cof cthe cHL7 cStandard ccontains crules cthat care cused cby
coriginating csystems cto cbuild cmessages cand cby cdestination csystems cto cinterpret cthe
cmessage cdata cthey creceive cand cthe cformation cand ccommunication cof cmessages cin
cgeneral?


a. cChapter c1
b. cChapter c2
c. cChapter c3
d. cChapter c4 c- ccorrect canswers✔✔Answer:

b. cChapter c2

14. cHL7 cconceptually coperates cat cthe cseventh clevel cof cthe cISO cmodel cfor cOpen
cSystem
Interconnection c(OSI).

, a. cTrue
b. cFalse c- ccorrect canswers✔✔Answer:

a. cTrue

15. cName cthe cenvironments cthat csupport ca crobust ctransport clevel, cbut cdo cnot cmeet
cthe
high clevel crequirements?

a. cTCP/IP
b. cDECNET
c. cSNA
d. cAll cof cthe cabove c- ccorrect canswers✔✔Answer:

d. cAll cof cthe cabove

16. cWhich care cthe cISO cand cproprietary cnetworks cthat cimplement cup cto
cpresentation clevel
and cother chigh clevel cservices?
a. cIBM's cSNA cLU6.2
b. cSUN cMicrosystems's cNFS
c. cDECNET
d. cSNA c- ccorrect canswers✔✔Answer:

a. cIBM's cSNA cLU6.2
b. cSUN cMicrosystems's cNFS

17. cIn can cenvironment cwhere ctwo cor cmore capplications crunning con cthe csame
cphysical cand/or clogical cmachine care cnot ctightly cintegrated, cmessaging ccapabilities
cmay cbe
provided cby cinter-process ccommunications cservices c(e.g., cPipes cin ca cUNIX
cSystem).


a. cTrue
b. cFalse c- ccorrect canswers✔✔Answer:

a. cTrue

18. cThe cchapter cof cthe cHL7 cStandard cthat cdefines cmessage cstructures cfor cthe
transmission cof cnew cor cupdated cdemographic cand cvisit cinformation cabout cpatients
cis
called c___

a. cFinancial cManagement
b. cObservation cReporting
c. cOrder cEntry