CPL250 Beaker Clinical Pathology Administration Exam Questions and Verified Answers

CPL250 Beaker Clinical Pathology
Administration Exam Questions and
Verified Answers

Epic's database management system is name - ✔✔Chronicles

A(n) __________ is a date-specific snapshot of the data within a record. -

✔✔Contact

Records within the same __________ have identical items, even though they

may not all have values. - ✔✔Master File (INI)

A(n) __________ is a discrete field within a record. - ✔✔Item

Each __________ stores information about one specific entity in the master file.

- ✔✔Record

A(n) __________ is the data that is stored in an item. - ✔✔Value

End users perform their workflows in __________, which they may just call

"epic". - ✔✔Hyperspace

Which activity in Hyperspace and Classic allows you to look at all of a record's

items and values, provided you know the record's master file and name/ID?

a. Ctrl + Click

b. Category List Maintenace

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,c. Record Viewer

d. System Definitions - ✔✔c. Record Viewer

True or False. If a new record affects end-user workflows, it's best practice to

test that workflow in Classic. - ✔✔False.

When a lab tech logs in to EMC Clinic Lab, which type of record are they logging

in to? Choose only ONE answer.

a. Department (DEP)

b. Laboratory (LDF)

c. Section (LDF)

d. User (EMP) - ✔✔a. Department (DEP)

True or False: A department (DEP) is part of the general Epic facility structure

(not the Beaker facility structure). - ✔✔True.

True or False: If turnaround time values are configured at both the Beaker

facility record and laboratory "A" record, Epic will use the settings defined in the

Beaker facility record for a test performed in lab A. - ✔✔False.

True or False: Section records (LDF) can be linked to more than one laboratory

record (LDF). - ✔✔False.




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,A new laboratory (Verona Lab) at your organization would like their specimen

IDs formatted as follows, where X represents the section code and the counter

begins at 1000. The starting number for the counter (1000) is configured in

which record? Choose only ONE answer.

a. Each section (LDF) that belongs to Verona Lab.

b. Verona Lab's laboratory record (LDF)

c. The Beaker facility record (LDF 1)

d. The general Epic facility record (EAF 1) - ✔✔b. Verona Lab's laboratory record

(LDF)

What pieces of information can you add to your laboratory's specimen ID?

Choose all that apply.

a. Julian day

b. Counter

c. Patient initials

d. Section code - ✔✔a. Julian day

b. Counter

d. Section Code




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, Jamie is setting up the turnaround times for the three labs at her organization.

All three labs require a Default Turnaround ime of 90 minutes for routine tests.

Where can Jamie most efficiently make this configuration?

a. Each affected test (OVT) record

b. Each individual laboratory (LDF) record

c. Each laboratory's department (DEP) record

d. The Beaker facility (LDF 1) record - ✔✔d. The Beaker facility (LDF 1) record

Beaker Facility - ✔✔Exists in parallel with the general facility structure (EAF &

DEP vs LDF)

What is the rule of specificity? - ✔✔The system will use the most specific setting

available (bottom to top).



If a setting is not found at the most specific level, the system keeps looking to

the next most specific level (goes up 1 level)

Department - ✔✔Part of the facility structure in Epic. Departments can only be

linked to one laboratory and vice-a-versa.

Laboratory - ✔✔Discrete laboratories need to be represented with laboratory

records (LDF) in the Beaker facility structure.



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