HIMT 1100 Intro to HIT UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
1928 - CORRECT ANSWER - The first professional association for health information
managers was established in what year?
1918 - CORRECT ANSWER - The hospital standardization program was started by the
American College of Surgeons in what year?
Accreditation - CORRECT ANSWER - The formal approval process for academic
programs in health information management is called what?
Certification - CORRECT ANSWER - The formal process for conferring a health
information management credential is called what?
False (also the Council on Certification (CCHIIM) and the CAHIIM) - CORRECT
ANSWER - T/F: Only the AHIMA board of directors are elected to their positions by
AHIMA members.
house of delegates - CORRECT ANSWER - Legislative body of AHIMA.
Engage (Formerly called Communities of Practice (CoP)) - CORRECT ANSWER - Make
up a virtual network of AHIMA members who communicate via a web-based program managed
by AHIMA.
AHIMA Foundation - CORRECT ANSWER - An arm of AHIMA that actively promotes
education and research in HIM.
True - CORRECT ANSWER - T/F: The mission of the AHIMA: Community of
professionals providing support to members and strengthening the industry and profession.
,NCRA (National Cancer Registrars Association) - CORRECT ANSWER - Which
professional organization sponsors the CTR (Certified Tumor Registrar) certification?
false (Have to take certification exam and each specific requirement must be met.) - CORRECT
ANSWER - T/F: The only requirements for professional certification through the AHIMA
are graduating from an accredited two-year or four-year educatoinal program.
house of delegates - CORRECT ANSWER - Who is responsible for final approval of the
AHIMA Code of Ethics?
Accreditation - CORRECT ANSWER - Which program of AHIMA is concerned with
establishing standards for the content of college programs in HIT and HIM?
true - CORRECT ANSWER - T/F: The primary function of the American Health
Information Management Association is to Promote the accuracy, confidentiality, and
accessibility of health records in every healthcare setting.
raise the standards of surgical practice. - CORRECT ANSWER - The primary goal of the
Hospital Standardization Program was to:
elected by members in state component organizations. - CORRECT ANSWER - Members
of the AHIMA House of Delegates are:
Data resource administrator - CORRECT ANSWER - The new opportunity for HIM
professionals that deals with data repositories and data warehouses.
Active Membership - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the following classes of AHIMA
membership requires that individuals hold an AHIMA credential?
, Board of Directors - CORRECT ANSWER - Responsible for managing the property,
affairs, and operations of AHIMA.
Data administration - CORRECT ANSWER - Not a traditional medical records function.
CAHIIM - CORRECT ANSWER - Accredits academic programs in health information
management.
HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) - CORRECT
ANSWER - Which organization's goal is centered on health information technology?
continuum of care - CORRECT ANSWER - Places emphasis on treating individual
patients at the level of care required by their courses of treatment and extends from their primary
care providers to specialists and ancillary providers.
17.5 - CORRECT ANSWER - As of 2014, what percent of the U.S. economy was
represented by healthcare spending?
true - CORRECT ANSWER - T/F: Occupational therapists are concerned with a patient's
activities of daily living.
False (Medicaid pays the Medicare premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance costs) - CORRECT
ANSWER - T/F: Medicare will pay the Medicaid premiums, deductibles and coinsurance
costs for some low-income Medicaid beneficiaries.
licensed - CORRECT ANSWER - Type of beds in a hospital that are defined by those
authorized by the state
true - CORRECT ANSWER - T/F: To qualify as a Critical Access Hospital, one of the
criteria is to be located in a rural area.
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
1928 - CORRECT ANSWER - The first professional association for health information
managers was established in what year?
1918 - CORRECT ANSWER - The hospital standardization program was started by the
American College of Surgeons in what year?
Accreditation - CORRECT ANSWER - The formal approval process for academic
programs in health information management is called what?
Certification - CORRECT ANSWER - The formal process for conferring a health
information management credential is called what?
False (also the Council on Certification (CCHIIM) and the CAHIIM) - CORRECT
ANSWER - T/F: Only the AHIMA board of directors are elected to their positions by
AHIMA members.
house of delegates - CORRECT ANSWER - Legislative body of AHIMA.
Engage (Formerly called Communities of Practice (CoP)) - CORRECT ANSWER - Make
up a virtual network of AHIMA members who communicate via a web-based program managed
by AHIMA.
AHIMA Foundation - CORRECT ANSWER - An arm of AHIMA that actively promotes
education and research in HIM.
True - CORRECT ANSWER - T/F: The mission of the AHIMA: Community of
professionals providing support to members and strengthening the industry and profession.
,NCRA (National Cancer Registrars Association) - CORRECT ANSWER - Which
professional organization sponsors the CTR (Certified Tumor Registrar) certification?
false (Have to take certification exam and each specific requirement must be met.) - CORRECT
ANSWER - T/F: The only requirements for professional certification through the AHIMA
are graduating from an accredited two-year or four-year educatoinal program.
house of delegates - CORRECT ANSWER - Who is responsible for final approval of the
AHIMA Code of Ethics?
Accreditation - CORRECT ANSWER - Which program of AHIMA is concerned with
establishing standards for the content of college programs in HIT and HIM?
true - CORRECT ANSWER - T/F: The primary function of the American Health
Information Management Association is to Promote the accuracy, confidentiality, and
accessibility of health records in every healthcare setting.
raise the standards of surgical practice. - CORRECT ANSWER - The primary goal of the
Hospital Standardization Program was to:
elected by members in state component organizations. - CORRECT ANSWER - Members
of the AHIMA House of Delegates are:
Data resource administrator - CORRECT ANSWER - The new opportunity for HIM
professionals that deals with data repositories and data warehouses.
Active Membership - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the following classes of AHIMA
membership requires that individuals hold an AHIMA credential?
, Board of Directors - CORRECT ANSWER - Responsible for managing the property,
affairs, and operations of AHIMA.
Data administration - CORRECT ANSWER - Not a traditional medical records function.
CAHIIM - CORRECT ANSWER - Accredits academic programs in health information
management.
HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) - CORRECT
ANSWER - Which organization's goal is centered on health information technology?
continuum of care - CORRECT ANSWER - Places emphasis on treating individual
patients at the level of care required by their courses of treatment and extends from their primary
care providers to specialists and ancillary providers.
17.5 - CORRECT ANSWER - As of 2014, what percent of the U.S. economy was
represented by healthcare spending?
true - CORRECT ANSWER - T/F: Occupational therapists are concerned with a patient's
activities of daily living.
False (Medicaid pays the Medicare premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance costs) - CORRECT
ANSWER - T/F: Medicare will pay the Medicaid premiums, deductibles and coinsurance
costs for some low-income Medicaid beneficiaries.
licensed - CORRECT ANSWER - Type of beds in a hospital that are defined by those
authorized by the state
true - CORRECT ANSWER - T/F: To qualify as a Critical Access Hospital, one of the
criteria is to be located in a rural area.
