RHIT EXAM PREP PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
(1) A critical early step in designing an EHR is to develop a(n) ________in which the
characteristics of each data element are defined.
A) Accreditation manual
B) Core content
C) Continuity of care record
D) Data dictionary
- answers-D) Data dictionary
(2) Once hospital discharge abstract systems were developed and their ability to provide
comparative data to hospitals was established, it became necessary to develop:
A) Data sets
B) Data elements
C) Electronic data interchange
D) Bills of mortality
- answers-A) Data sets
(3) In healthcare, data sets serve two purposes. The first is to identify data elements to be
collected about each patient. The second is to:
A) Provide uniform data definitions
B) Guide efforts toward computerization
C) Determine statistical formulas
D) Provide a research database
- answers-A) Provide uniform data defintions
(4) A health information technician is responsible for designing a data collection form to collect
data on patients in an acute-care hospital. The first resource that she should use is:
A) UHDDS
B) UACDS
C) MDS
D) ORYX
- answers-A) UHDDS
(5) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the common healthcare data sets such as
UHDDS and UACDS?
,A) They define minimum data elements to be collected
B) They provide a complete and exhaustive list of data elements that must be collected
C) They provide a framework for data collection to which an individual facility can add data
items
D) The federal government recommends, but does not mandate, implementation of most of the
data sets
- answers-B) They provide a complete and exhaustive list of data elements that must be collected
(6) In a paper-based system, the completion of the chart is monitored in a special area of the
HIM department called the ______ file.
A) Incomplete record
B) Permanent
C) Temporary
D) Remote storage
- answers-A) Incomplete record
(7) Consider the following sequence of numbers. What filing system is being used if these
numbers represent the health record numbers of three records filed together within the filing
system?
36-45-99
37-45-99
38-45-99
A) Straight numerical
B) Terminal digit
C) Middle digit
D) Unit
- answers-B) Terminal digit
(8) The MPI is necessary to physically locate health records within the paper-based storage
system for all types of filing systems, EXCEPT:
A) Alphabetical
B) Middle digit
C) Terminal digit
D) Straight numerical
- answers-A) Alphabetical
(9) The RHIT supervisor for the filing and retrieval section of Community Clinic is developing a
staffing schedule for the year. The clinic is open 260 days per year and has an average of 600
clinic visits per day. The standard for filing records is 60 per hour. The standard for retrieval of
records is 40 records per hour. Given these standards, how many filing hours will be required
daily to retrieve and file records for each clinic day?
A) 6 hours per day
, B) 10 hours per day
C) 15 hours per day
D) 25 hours per day
- answers-D) 25 hours per day
(10) In which of the following systems are all encounters or patient visits filed or linked
together?
A) Serial numbering system
B) Unit numbering system
C) Straight numerical filing system
D) Middle-digit filing system
- answers-B) Unit numbering system
(11) Which of the following is a disadvantage of alphabetical filing?
A) Easy to train new personnel to file
B) Uneven expansion of file shelves or cabinets
C) Ease of creation
D) Relies on an index or authority key
- answers-B) Uneven expansion of file shelves or cabinets
(12) Which of the following is a request from a clinical area to check out a health record?
A) Outguide folder
B) Requisition
C) MPI
D) Patient registry
- answers-B) Requisition
(13) Which of the following statements describes alphabetic filing?
A) File the record alphabetically by the first name, then the last name and the middle initial
B) FIle the record alphabetically by the last name, then the first name and the middle initial
C) File the record alphabetically by the last name, then the middle initial an the first name
D) File the record alphabetically by last name only
- answers-B) File the record alphabetically by the last name, then the first name and the middle
initial
(14) In analyzing the reason for changes in a hospital's Medicare case-mix index over time, the
analyst should start with which of the following levels of detail?
A) Account level
B) MS-DRG level
C) MDC level
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
(1) A critical early step in designing an EHR is to develop a(n) ________in which the
characteristics of each data element are defined.
A) Accreditation manual
B) Core content
C) Continuity of care record
D) Data dictionary
- answers-D) Data dictionary
(2) Once hospital discharge abstract systems were developed and their ability to provide
comparative data to hospitals was established, it became necessary to develop:
A) Data sets
B) Data elements
C) Electronic data interchange
D) Bills of mortality
- answers-A) Data sets
(3) In healthcare, data sets serve two purposes. The first is to identify data elements to be
collected about each patient. The second is to:
A) Provide uniform data definitions
B) Guide efforts toward computerization
C) Determine statistical formulas
D) Provide a research database
- answers-A) Provide uniform data defintions
(4) A health information technician is responsible for designing a data collection form to collect
data on patients in an acute-care hospital. The first resource that she should use is:
A) UHDDS
B) UACDS
C) MDS
D) ORYX
- answers-A) UHDDS
(5) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the common healthcare data sets such as
UHDDS and UACDS?
,A) They define minimum data elements to be collected
B) They provide a complete and exhaustive list of data elements that must be collected
C) They provide a framework for data collection to which an individual facility can add data
items
D) The federal government recommends, but does not mandate, implementation of most of the
data sets
- answers-B) They provide a complete and exhaustive list of data elements that must be collected
(6) In a paper-based system, the completion of the chart is monitored in a special area of the
HIM department called the ______ file.
A) Incomplete record
B) Permanent
C) Temporary
D) Remote storage
- answers-A) Incomplete record
(7) Consider the following sequence of numbers. What filing system is being used if these
numbers represent the health record numbers of three records filed together within the filing
system?
36-45-99
37-45-99
38-45-99
A) Straight numerical
B) Terminal digit
C) Middle digit
D) Unit
- answers-B) Terminal digit
(8) The MPI is necessary to physically locate health records within the paper-based storage
system for all types of filing systems, EXCEPT:
A) Alphabetical
B) Middle digit
C) Terminal digit
D) Straight numerical
- answers-A) Alphabetical
(9) The RHIT supervisor for the filing and retrieval section of Community Clinic is developing a
staffing schedule for the year. The clinic is open 260 days per year and has an average of 600
clinic visits per day. The standard for filing records is 60 per hour. The standard for retrieval of
records is 40 records per hour. Given these standards, how many filing hours will be required
daily to retrieve and file records for each clinic day?
A) 6 hours per day
, B) 10 hours per day
C) 15 hours per day
D) 25 hours per day
- answers-D) 25 hours per day
(10) In which of the following systems are all encounters or patient visits filed or linked
together?
A) Serial numbering system
B) Unit numbering system
C) Straight numerical filing system
D) Middle-digit filing system
- answers-B) Unit numbering system
(11) Which of the following is a disadvantage of alphabetical filing?
A) Easy to train new personnel to file
B) Uneven expansion of file shelves or cabinets
C) Ease of creation
D) Relies on an index or authority key
- answers-B) Uneven expansion of file shelves or cabinets
(12) Which of the following is a request from a clinical area to check out a health record?
A) Outguide folder
B) Requisition
C) MPI
D) Patient registry
- answers-B) Requisition
(13) Which of the following statements describes alphabetic filing?
A) File the record alphabetically by the first name, then the last name and the middle initial
B) FIle the record alphabetically by the last name, then the first name and the middle initial
C) File the record alphabetically by the last name, then the middle initial an the first name
D) File the record alphabetically by last name only
- answers-B) File the record alphabetically by the last name, then the first name and the middle
initial
(14) In analyzing the reason for changes in a hospital's Medicare case-mix index over time, the
analyst should start with which of the following levels of detail?
A) Account level
B) MS-DRG level
C) MDC level
