RHIT Exam Domain 1 Study Guide
Data elements collected on large populations of individuals and stored in databases are referred to as: -
ANSWER:Aggregate data
To use a data element for aggregation and reporting, the data element must be: - ANSWER:Abstracted or
indexed
Which of the following best represents the definition of the term data? - ANSWER:Patient's laboratory
value is 50.
Which of the following is true about a primary key in a database table? - ANSWER:Uniquely identifies
each row in a table.
A quality goal for the hospital is that 98 percent of the heart attack patients receive aspirin within 24
hours of arrival at the hospital. In conducting an audit of heart attack patients, the data showed that 94
percent of the patients that received aspirin within 24 hours of arriving at the hospital. Given this data,
which of the following actions would be best? - ANSWER:Determine whether there was a medical or
other reason why patients were not given aspirin.
Which tool is used to display performance data over time? - ANSWER:Run chart
David works for an organization that utilizes health record data to prove or disprove the efficacy of a
healthcare treatment. What type of organization does David work for? - ANSWER:Research
Which of the following is an example of how an internal user utilizes secondary data? -
ANSWER:Benchmarking with other facilities
After the types of cases to be included in a registry have been determined, what is the next step in data
acquisition? - ANSWER:Case finding
For research purposes, an advantage of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) is that it: -
ANSWER:Contains data on all payer types
An employee views a patient's electronic health record. It is a trigger event if: - ANSWER:The employee
and patient have the same last name.
As part of your job duties, you are responsible for reviewing audit trails of access to patient information.
All of the following are types of activity that you would monitor except: - ANSWER:Whether the patient
setup an account in the patient portal.
Which of the following is the first step in analyzing data? - ANSWER:Know your objectives or purpose of
the data analysis.
Sometimes data do not follow a normal distribution and are pulled toward the tails of the curve. When
this occurs, it is referred to as having a skewed distribution. Because the mean is sensitive to extreme
values or outliers, it gravitates in the direction of the extreme values thus making a long tail when a
Data elements collected on large populations of individuals and stored in databases are referred to as: -
ANSWER:Aggregate data
To use a data element for aggregation and reporting, the data element must be: - ANSWER:Abstracted or
indexed
Which of the following best represents the definition of the term data? - ANSWER:Patient's laboratory
value is 50.
Which of the following is true about a primary key in a database table? - ANSWER:Uniquely identifies
each row in a table.
A quality goal for the hospital is that 98 percent of the heart attack patients receive aspirin within 24
hours of arrival at the hospital. In conducting an audit of heart attack patients, the data showed that 94
percent of the patients that received aspirin within 24 hours of arriving at the hospital. Given this data,
which of the following actions would be best? - ANSWER:Determine whether there was a medical or
other reason why patients were not given aspirin.
Which tool is used to display performance data over time? - ANSWER:Run chart
David works for an organization that utilizes health record data to prove or disprove the efficacy of a
healthcare treatment. What type of organization does David work for? - ANSWER:Research
Which of the following is an example of how an internal user utilizes secondary data? -
ANSWER:Benchmarking with other facilities
After the types of cases to be included in a registry have been determined, what is the next step in data
acquisition? - ANSWER:Case finding
For research purposes, an advantage of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) is that it: -
ANSWER:Contains data on all payer types
An employee views a patient's electronic health record. It is a trigger event if: - ANSWER:The employee
and patient have the same last name.
As part of your job duties, you are responsible for reviewing audit trails of access to patient information.
All of the following are types of activity that you would monitor except: - ANSWER:Whether the patient
setup an account in the patient portal.
Which of the following is the first step in analyzing data? - ANSWER:Know your objectives or purpose of
the data analysis.
Sometimes data do not follow a normal distribution and are pulled toward the tails of the curve. When
this occurs, it is referred to as having a skewed distribution. Because the mean is sensitive to extreme
values or outliers, it gravitates in the direction of the extreme values thus making a long tail when a
