ELCS Exam 1 Questions and answers
2025
HIPAA .- .ANS✓✓-Health .Insurance .Portability .and .Accounting .Act
PHI .- .ANS✓✓-protected .health .information
PHI .is... .- .ANS✓✓-
any .INFORMATION .that .is
.transmitted/maintained .in .ANY .MEDIUM, .created .or .received .by .healthcare .prov
iders/institutions .that .relates
.to/describes .past, .present, .or .future
.physical/mental .HEALTH .CONDITION .of .an .individual .-
or- .past, .present, .future .PAYMENT .for .healthcare, .that .could .be .used .to .IDENTI
FY .THE .INDIVIDUAL.
Types .of .protected .data .under .HIPAA .- .ANS✓✓-
1. .written .documentation .& .all .paper .records, .including .labels .from .medicines .a
nd .ID .bracelets
2. .spoken/verbal .information .- .including .voice .mail
3. .Electronic .databases .& .any .electronic .information .- .including .research, .ePHI .
stored .on .computer, .PDA, .memory .card, .USB, .or .other .electronic .media
4. .Photos .and .digital .images
18 .identifiers .considered .PHI .- .ANS✓✓-1. .Name
2. .Address
3. .Dates
4. .Fax .#
5. .Email
6. .SSN
7. .Telephone .#
8. .Health .plan .beneficiary .#
,9. .Account .#
10. .Medical .records .#
11. .License .#
12. .Vehicle .#
13. .Device .identifiers/serial .#
14. .Biometrics .(finger/voice .print)
15. .URLs
16. .Photos
17. .IP .address
18. .Any .other .unique .identifying .#, .characteristic .or .code
NADFEST .(1-7) .- .ANS✓✓-Name
Address
Dates
Fax .#
Email .address
SSN
Telephone .#
HAM .(8-10) .- .ANS✓✓-Health .plan .beneficiary .#
Account .#
Medical .records .#
LVD .- .ANS✓✓-License .#
Vehicle .identifier ./ .serial .#
Device .identifier ./ .serial .#
BUPIA .- .ANS✓✓-Biometrics .(finger/voice .print)
URLs
Photographs
IP .addresses
Any .other .unique .identifier
Any .of .these .18 .identifiers .combine .with .reference .to .diagnosis .or .medical .con
dition .is .PHI, .and .sharing .inappropriately .is .HIPAA .violation .- .ANS✓✓-NADFEST
.HAM .LVD .BUPIA
ALARA .- .ANS✓✓-As .Low .As .Reasonably .Achievable .(lowest .radiation .possible)
How .to .achieve .ALARA .- .ANS✓✓--USE .PROPER .EQUIPMENT
, -PRESCRIBE .APPROPRIATE .DENTAL .RADIOGRAPHS
Proper .equipment .- .ANS✓✓--Filtration
-Collimation
-Position-indicating .device
-Good .technique
Filtration .- .ANS✓✓-uses .Aluminum .discs
what .do .aluminum .discs .do? .- .ANS✓✓--
filter .out .long .wavelength, .low .energy .x-rays, .low .penetrating .x-rays
-total .number .of .photons .decreases, .but .mean .energy .of .beam .increases
*Essentially .filtering .out .useless, .weak .photons*
Total .filtration .required? .- .ANS✓✓-2.5 .mm .of .Aluminum
Collimation .- .ANS✓✓--restricts .the .size .and .shape .of .beam
-reduces .the .volume .of .patient .tissue .that .is .irradiated
How .is .collimation .achieved. .What .are .the .standards? .- .ANS✓✓--
Lead .plate .with .central .hole .(like .a .shield)
-plate .can .be .round .or .rectangular
*Rectangular .> .round
-Federal .regulations: .X-ray .beam .< .2.75 .inches .at .skin
Position-indicating .device, .aka... .- .ANS✓✓-THE .CONE
-longer .is .better
(shorter .the .cone, .more .broad .the .beam .- .like .a .shotgun .barrel)
2025
HIPAA .- .ANS✓✓-Health .Insurance .Portability .and .Accounting .Act
PHI .- .ANS✓✓-protected .health .information
PHI .is... .- .ANS✓✓-
any .INFORMATION .that .is
.transmitted/maintained .in .ANY .MEDIUM, .created .or .received .by .healthcare .prov
iders/institutions .that .relates
.to/describes .past, .present, .or .future
.physical/mental .HEALTH .CONDITION .of .an .individual .-
or- .past, .present, .future .PAYMENT .for .healthcare, .that .could .be .used .to .IDENTI
FY .THE .INDIVIDUAL.
Types .of .protected .data .under .HIPAA .- .ANS✓✓-
1. .written .documentation .& .all .paper .records, .including .labels .from .medicines .a
nd .ID .bracelets
2. .spoken/verbal .information .- .including .voice .mail
3. .Electronic .databases .& .any .electronic .information .- .including .research, .ePHI .
stored .on .computer, .PDA, .memory .card, .USB, .or .other .electronic .media
4. .Photos .and .digital .images
18 .identifiers .considered .PHI .- .ANS✓✓-1. .Name
2. .Address
3. .Dates
4. .Fax .#
5. .Email
6. .SSN
7. .Telephone .#
8. .Health .plan .beneficiary .#
,9. .Account .#
10. .Medical .records .#
11. .License .#
12. .Vehicle .#
13. .Device .identifiers/serial .#
14. .Biometrics .(finger/voice .print)
15. .URLs
16. .Photos
17. .IP .address
18. .Any .other .unique .identifying .#, .characteristic .or .code
NADFEST .(1-7) .- .ANS✓✓-Name
Address
Dates
Fax .#
Email .address
SSN
Telephone .#
HAM .(8-10) .- .ANS✓✓-Health .plan .beneficiary .#
Account .#
Medical .records .#
LVD .- .ANS✓✓-License .#
Vehicle .identifier ./ .serial .#
Device .identifier ./ .serial .#
BUPIA .- .ANS✓✓-Biometrics .(finger/voice .print)
URLs
Photographs
IP .addresses
Any .other .unique .identifier
Any .of .these .18 .identifiers .combine .with .reference .to .diagnosis .or .medical .con
dition .is .PHI, .and .sharing .inappropriately .is .HIPAA .violation .- .ANS✓✓-NADFEST
.HAM .LVD .BUPIA
ALARA .- .ANS✓✓-As .Low .As .Reasonably .Achievable .(lowest .radiation .possible)
How .to .achieve .ALARA .- .ANS✓✓--USE .PROPER .EQUIPMENT
, -PRESCRIBE .APPROPRIATE .DENTAL .RADIOGRAPHS
Proper .equipment .- .ANS✓✓--Filtration
-Collimation
-Position-indicating .device
-Good .technique
Filtration .- .ANS✓✓-uses .Aluminum .discs
what .do .aluminum .discs .do? .- .ANS✓✓--
filter .out .long .wavelength, .low .energy .x-rays, .low .penetrating .x-rays
-total .number .of .photons .decreases, .but .mean .energy .of .beam .increases
*Essentially .filtering .out .useless, .weak .photons*
Total .filtration .required? .- .ANS✓✓-2.5 .mm .of .Aluminum
Collimation .- .ANS✓✓--restricts .the .size .and .shape .of .beam
-reduces .the .volume .of .patient .tissue .that .is .irradiated
How .is .collimation .achieved. .What .are .the .standards? .- .ANS✓✓--
Lead .plate .with .central .hole .(like .a .shield)
-plate .can .be .round .or .rectangular
*Rectangular .> .round
-Federal .regulations: .X-ray .beam .< .2.75 .inches .at .skin
Position-indicating .device, .aka... .- .ANS✓✓-THE .CONE
-longer .is .better
(shorter .the .cone, .more .broad .the .beam .- .like .a .shotgun .barrel)
