CTR PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
COMPLETE ANSWERS GRADED
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Your Exam Plug
, Which hospitals are required to submit data to the state cancer registry? - Answer: All hospitals
Which types of cancer registries can receive CoC approval for their cancer programs? - Answer:
Hospital-based registries
Specialty cancer registries may collect data - Answer: From specific facilities and on familial
cancers.
Cancer registries in the United States have the reputation of being the most complete and
highest quality public health surveillance systems because of - Answer: A. The training and
certification of Certified Cancer Registrars (CTRs).
B. Comprehensive case identification.
Hospital and population-based cancer registries collect cancer data to - Answer: Be aggregated
by a Federal agency.
The caBIG was sponsored by the - Answer: National Cancer Institute (NCI).
The Certified Tumor Registrar (CTR) credential is awarded by the - Answer: D. National Cancer
Registrars Association (NCRA).
What term refers to an element in a document on the web that links to a whole document or to
a specific element within a document? - Answer: Hyperlink
What term refers to a unique numeric identifier assigned to machines on the Internet or an
intranet? - Answer: IP address
What expression(s) is used to describe the capability of different registries being able to read,
write and exchange data via a common set of exchange formats? - Answer: Interoperability
COMPLETE ANSWERS GRADED
A+
Your Exam Plug
, Which hospitals are required to submit data to the state cancer registry? - Answer: All hospitals
Which types of cancer registries can receive CoC approval for their cancer programs? - Answer:
Hospital-based registries
Specialty cancer registries may collect data - Answer: From specific facilities and on familial
cancers.
Cancer registries in the United States have the reputation of being the most complete and
highest quality public health surveillance systems because of - Answer: A. The training and
certification of Certified Cancer Registrars (CTRs).
B. Comprehensive case identification.
Hospital and population-based cancer registries collect cancer data to - Answer: Be aggregated
by a Federal agency.
The caBIG was sponsored by the - Answer: National Cancer Institute (NCI).
The Certified Tumor Registrar (CTR) credential is awarded by the - Answer: D. National Cancer
Registrars Association (NCRA).
What term refers to an element in a document on the web that links to a whole document or to
a specific element within a document? - Answer: Hyperlink
What term refers to a unique numeric identifier assigned to machines on the Internet or an
intranet? - Answer: IP address
What expression(s) is used to describe the capability of different registries being able to read,
write and exchange data via a common set of exchange formats? - Answer: Interoperability
