TestaBank
MULTIPLEaCHOICE
1. Theahistoricalarootsaofacomputerascienceacanabeatracedato:
a. languageadevelopment,aespeciallyaEnglish.
b. mathematicsaandaengineering.
c. libraryascience.
d. medicineaandanursing.
ANS:aB
Theahistoricalarootsaofacomputerascienceacanabeatracedabackatoamathematicsaandaengineering.aTheahistoricalar
ootsaofainformationascienceabeganainalibraryascience.aLanguageadevelopmentaandmedicineaandanursingaarean
otathearootsaofacomputerascience.
DIF:a a CognitiveaLevel:aUnderstand REF:a p.a3
2. Theahistoricalarootsaofainformationascienceacanabeatracedato:
a. languageadevelopment,aespeciallyaEnglish.
b. mathematicsaandaengineering.
c. libraryascience.
d. medicineaandanursing.
ANS:aC
Theahistoricalarootsaofainformationascienceabeganainalibraryascience.aTheahistoricalarootsaofacomputerascience
acanabeatracedabackatoamathematicsaandaengineering.a Languageadevelopmentaandamedicineaandanursingaarean
otathearootsaofainformationascience.
DIF:a a CognitiveaLevel:aUnderstand REF:a pp.a3-4
3. Theafirstabookatoaincludeatheatermanursingainformaticsainatheatitleawasawrittenainathe:
a. 1960s.
b. 1970s.
c. 1980s.
d. 1990s.
ANS:aC
Theafirstabookatoaincludeatheatermanursingainformaticsainatheatitleawasapublishedaina1988.
DIF:a a CognitiveaLevel:aRemember REF:a p.a6
4. Asaknowledgeadevelopsaandaexpandsawithinaaadiscipline,awhichainformationasourceawillainclude
theaoldestabuta bestaorganizedarepresentationaofathataknowledge?
a. Conferenceapresentations
b. Conferenceaproceedings
c. Journalaarticles
d. Books
ANS:aD
Theainformationasourceathataincludesatheaoldestabutabestaorganizedarepresentationaofaknowledgeaisabooks.
, DIF: CognitiveaLevel:aApply REF:a p.a5
5. Whichatechnicaladevelopmentacreatedaaatensionabetweenacentralizedaandadecentralizedacomputera
managementainahealthcare?
a. Theadevelopmentaofapunchacards
b. Theaeliminationaofapunchacards
c. Theadevelopmentaofatheamainframeacomputer
d. Theadevelopmentaofatheapersonalacomputer
ANS:aD
Theadevelopmentaofatheapersonalacomputeracreatedatensionabetweenacentralizedaandadecentralizedacomputera
managementainahealthcare.aTheaotheraresponsesahighlightaaspectsaofadecentralizedacomputeramanagement.
DIF:a a CognitiveaLevel:aApply REF:a p.a3
6. Whichaofatheafollowingaisanotaaamemberaorganizationabutaratheraaagroupaofaorganizations?
a. AMIA
b. HIMSS
c. AHIMA
d. ANI
ANS:aD
TheaAllianceaforaNursingaInformaticsa(ANI)aisaanaorganizationaofaorganizations.aThisaisanotaaamemberagroup.
aAMIA,aHIMSS,aandaAHIMAaareaallamemberagroups.
DIF: CognitiveaLevel:aRemember REF:a p.a7
7. Whichastatementaconcerningaeducationalaprogramsainahealthainformaticsaisacorrect?
a. Allahealthainformaticsaprogramsaareaofferedaatatheagraduatealevel.
b. Informaticsa programsa offereda bya medicala schoolsa alwaysa requirea studentsa toa havea earneda ana MDa foraad
mission.
c. Allahealthainformaticsaprogramsaarealocatedawithinahealth-
relatedadepartmentsaoraschoolsasuchaasanursing,amedicine,aorapharmacy.
d. Healthainformaticsaprogramsarangeafromacertificateaprogramsaofferedaatatheacommunityacollegealevelatoa pos
t-doctoralaprogramsaofferedaatamajoraresearchainstitutions.
ANS:aD
Theacorrectaresponseaisahealthainformaticsaprogramsarangeafromacertificateaprogramsaofferedaatatheacommuni
tyacollegealevelatoapost-
doctoralaprogramsaofferedaatamajoraresearchainstitutions.aNotaallainformaticsaprogramsarequireaanaMD,aareaata
theagraduatealevel,aoraarealocatedawithinaschoolsaofahealthasciences.
DIF: CognitiveaLevel:aApply REF:a pp.a9-10
, 8. Whichastatementarelatedatoacertificationainahealthainformaticsaisacorrect?
a. Aamaster’sainanursingaisarequiredatoasitaforatheaNIaexaminationaofferedabyaANCC.
b. ToabeacertifiedainaclinicalainformaticsainaassociationawithaAMIA,aoneamustafirstabeaaaphysician.
c. ThereaareanoaspecificaeducationalarequirementsaforaCPHIMSacertificationathroughaHIMSS,abutathreeayearsaof
afull-timeaclinicalaexperienceainahealtha ITaisarequired.
d. ToabeacertifiedaasaCPHIMS,a youamustabeaaanurse.
ANS:aB
ToabeacertifiedainaclinicalainformaticsainaassociationawithaAMIA,aoneamustafirstabeaaaphysician.aYouadoanotane
edatoahaveaanaMSNatoasitaforatheaNIaexamabyatheaANCC.aThereaareaspecificarequirementsaforaCPHIMS,abutabe
ingaaanurseaisanotaoneaofathem.
DIF: CognitiveaLevel:aApply REF:a p.a11
MULTIPLEaRESPONSE
9. Theatermainformaticsaisaderivedafrom:a(Selectaallathataapply.)
a. Dutch.
b. English.
c. Russian.
d. Arabic.
e. French.
ANS:aB,aC,aE
Theatermainformaticsawasaderivedafromatheafollowingalanguages:aEnglish,aRussian,aandaFrench.
DIF: CognitiveaLevel:aUnderstand REF:a p.a4
10. WhenatheaAMIAamodelaisaused,awhichasubfieldsaareacategorizedaasaclinicalainformatics?a(Selectaallathataa
pply.)
a. Medicalainformatics
b. Nursingainformatics
c. Dentalainformatics
d. Chemicalainformatics
e. Businessainformatics
ANS:aA,aB,aC
WhenatheaAMIAamodelaisaused,atheafollowingadisciplinesaareacategorizedaasaclinicalainformatics:amedicalainf
ormatics,anursingainformatics,aandadentalainformatics.aTheaotheraresponsesaareanotaclinicallyarelated.
DIF: CognitiveaLevel:aAnalyze REF:a p.a14
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