EPIC CLN 251/252 EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
WELL VERIFIED ANSWERS|100% GUARANTEED TO
PASS CONCEPTS|| LATEST 2025/2026
What record controls details within activities like the tabs in Chart Review, or the default
report in Snapshot? -CORRECT ANSWER Profiles
If you wanted to know the record name of the Snapshot report, how could you find that
out? -CORRECT ANSWER Go to Session Information Report and click the link to
Enable Report and Print Group IDs
Is the Plan activity a report-based or navigator-based activity? -CORRECT ANSWER
Navigator-based activity
How could you see the names of the records if you want to duplicate or modify the Plan
activity? -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER CTRL + ALT + SHIFT, F12, F10
What type of record changes a workspace based on context? -CORRECT CORRECT
ANSWER Workflow Engine Rule
Where do you link a Workflow Engine Rule? -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER Profile
Access to functionality -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER Security Points
Groups of points that grant access to similar functionality -CORRECT CORRECT
ANSWER Security Types
Groups of points of a certain type that you build and give to users -CORRECT
CORRECT ANSWER Security Classes
What is Epic's database management system called? -CORRECT CORRECT
ANSWER Chronicles
True or False: You can use Record Viewer to edit data in a record. -CORRECT
CORRECT ANSWER False: Record Viewer only allows you to view data.
When you document on the patient as a clinician, what is the data you are entering
called? -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER Value
A report is a collection of individual... -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER Print Groups
,What activity should an end user use to view the names and ID numbers of print groups
in Hyperspace? -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER Session Information Report
True or False: Builders in charge of editing master file records can only do so in text. -
CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER TRUE
How can you quickly exit a record from any screen? -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER
Shift + F7
How do you see help text information in a text session? -CORRECT CORRECT
ANSWER Shift + F5
True or False: Any profile record can be linked at any level in the hierarchy. -CORRECT
CORRECT ANSWER TRUE
True or False: The profile controls access to activities in Hyperspace. -CORRECT
CORRECT ANSWER False. The profile controls the options available within activities.
A user logs in and is affected by two profiles: a department level and a System
Definitions level. When the two have competing values, which values override which? -
CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER Department overrides System level
What is the maximum number of profiles that can contribute to a compiled profile? -
CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER 6
True or False: To create a navigator, you work in the following master files: Section
(SEC), Topic (TPC), and Template (TMP). -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER False.
(LVN)
Fill in the blank: A navigator topic record contains navigator __________ records -
CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER Section
True or False: A navigator template record can link to more than one topic record. -
CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER TRUE
If you type a caption of 'Charting' into a navigator topic record, who will see that in
Hyperspace, and in what place will they see it? -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER It is
what the end user sees as the display text in the table of contents for the navigator
In which record do you link a Workflow Engine rule? -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER
Profile
How does the system know which Workflow Engine rule to use -CORRECT CORRECT
ANSWER The Workflow Engine rule linked to the most specific level in the profile
hierarchy is the rule that will be consulted.
,True or False. If the patient encounter does not match conditions in a Workflow Engine
rule, the system looks for a rule in the next level of the profile hierarchy. -CORRECT
CORRECT ANSWER False. Settings found in the role and compiled profile for the
patient encounter will be used. The system will not look for additional Workflow Engine
rules at other levels in the profile hierarchy.
True or False. Once a rule matches on conditions and carries out directives, the system
always keeps looking for more conditions to evaluate. -CORRECT CORRECT
ANSWER False. The system will only continue evaluating the rule if the first set of
directives specifies "continue afterwards".
What function does security perform in Epic? -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER
Security controls access to functionality‐ what a user is or is not allowed to do in the
system.
Explain the difference between a security class and a security point -CORRECT
CORRECT ANSWER A security point grants access to a single piece of functionality;
it's like a key. A security class is a collection of security points, like a key ring. Users are
assigned a security class.
What security types does every user need? Choose all that apply. -CORRECT
CORRECT ANSWER In Basket, Reporting Workbench, and Shared
Which type of security controls access to hospital functionality, like the MAR and
Flowsheets? -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER Inpatient
Who or what needs a user record? -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER Everyone that
logs in to Epic
Which of the following is a setting made in an individual user record which cannot be set
with user templates? Choose all that apply. -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER Default
login department, Link to user template, ID/password
Give an example of someone who would need a provider record but NOT a user record.
Explain why. -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER A physician in your community who
gets referrals from your physicians, but who does not have access to log in to your Epic
system
Why do MRI machines and classrooms need to have records in the Provider master
file? -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER They need to be scheduled resources
True or False: In the provider record, you can link to the corresponding user record or a
user template. -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER False. The linking is established in
the user record. Multiple users may not be linked to the same provider record.
, What function does the role record perform in Epic? -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER
A role record determines the layout and ground rules of Hyperspace.
Which of the following settings are controlled by the role record? Choose all that apply. -
CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER Default startup activities, Maximum number of
workspaces, Automatic timeout settings
Explain the difference between role and security. -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER
Security determines a user's access to functionality. Role determines where the user
goes in Hyperspace to access that functionality.
Which of the following are required to access a list in the Category List Maintenance
activity? -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER You need the INI and item number.
Your organization has a category list in your production environment with values that
are no longer used. Does Epic recommend deleting or deactivating those values? -
CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER Deactivate values in a production environment.
Deleting values in a production environment will erase any historical use of that value.
In Category List Maintenance activity, the message: "Release Range: All Categories"
means the catrgory list is Epic controlled system list and is uneditable. -CORRECT
CORRECT ANSWER TRUE
Which master file controls the default login department? -CORRECT CORRECT
ANSWER User (EMP)
A multiple related table is: -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER The information in the
items in the table are all related to each other.
What record must be created in order for a person to log in to Epic? -CORRECT
CORRECT ANSWER User (EMP)
What record must be created for a person or resource that meets certain clinical
criteria? -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER Provider (SER)
What criteria might be met for a user who is also a provider? -CORRECT CORRECT
ANSWER Schedulable
Clinically documents in patient charts
Authorizes
Refers to/from
What record can be created to ease setup and maintenance for groups of users with
similar job roles and set up needs? -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER User Template
(EMP)
What record controls the layout and ground rules of Hyperspace? -CORRECT
CORRECT ANSWER Role (E2R)
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What record controls details within activities like the tabs in Chart Review, or the default
report in Snapshot? -CORRECT ANSWER Profiles
If you wanted to know the record name of the Snapshot report, how could you find that
out? -CORRECT ANSWER Go to Session Information Report and click the link to
Enable Report and Print Group IDs
Is the Plan activity a report-based or navigator-based activity? -CORRECT ANSWER
Navigator-based activity
How could you see the names of the records if you want to duplicate or modify the Plan
activity? -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER CTRL + ALT + SHIFT, F12, F10
What type of record changes a workspace based on context? -CORRECT CORRECT
ANSWER Workflow Engine Rule
Where do you link a Workflow Engine Rule? -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER Profile
Access to functionality -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER Security Points
Groups of points that grant access to similar functionality -CORRECT CORRECT
ANSWER Security Types
Groups of points of a certain type that you build and give to users -CORRECT
CORRECT ANSWER Security Classes
What is Epic's database management system called? -CORRECT CORRECT
ANSWER Chronicles
True or False: You can use Record Viewer to edit data in a record. -CORRECT
CORRECT ANSWER False: Record Viewer only allows you to view data.
When you document on the patient as a clinician, what is the data you are entering
called? -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER Value
A report is a collection of individual... -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER Print Groups
,What activity should an end user use to view the names and ID numbers of print groups
in Hyperspace? -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER Session Information Report
True or False: Builders in charge of editing master file records can only do so in text. -
CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER TRUE
How can you quickly exit a record from any screen? -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER
Shift + F7
How do you see help text information in a text session? -CORRECT CORRECT
ANSWER Shift + F5
True or False: Any profile record can be linked at any level in the hierarchy. -CORRECT
CORRECT ANSWER TRUE
True or False: The profile controls access to activities in Hyperspace. -CORRECT
CORRECT ANSWER False. The profile controls the options available within activities.
A user logs in and is affected by two profiles: a department level and a System
Definitions level. When the two have competing values, which values override which? -
CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER Department overrides System level
What is the maximum number of profiles that can contribute to a compiled profile? -
CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER 6
True or False: To create a navigator, you work in the following master files: Section
(SEC), Topic (TPC), and Template (TMP). -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER False.
(LVN)
Fill in the blank: A navigator topic record contains navigator __________ records -
CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER Section
True or False: A navigator template record can link to more than one topic record. -
CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER TRUE
If you type a caption of 'Charting' into a navigator topic record, who will see that in
Hyperspace, and in what place will they see it? -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER It is
what the end user sees as the display text in the table of contents for the navigator
In which record do you link a Workflow Engine rule? -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER
Profile
How does the system know which Workflow Engine rule to use -CORRECT CORRECT
ANSWER The Workflow Engine rule linked to the most specific level in the profile
hierarchy is the rule that will be consulted.
,True or False. If the patient encounter does not match conditions in a Workflow Engine
rule, the system looks for a rule in the next level of the profile hierarchy. -CORRECT
CORRECT ANSWER False. Settings found in the role and compiled profile for the
patient encounter will be used. The system will not look for additional Workflow Engine
rules at other levels in the profile hierarchy.
True or False. Once a rule matches on conditions and carries out directives, the system
always keeps looking for more conditions to evaluate. -CORRECT CORRECT
ANSWER False. The system will only continue evaluating the rule if the first set of
directives specifies "continue afterwards".
What function does security perform in Epic? -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER
Security controls access to functionality‐ what a user is or is not allowed to do in the
system.
Explain the difference between a security class and a security point -CORRECT
CORRECT ANSWER A security point grants access to a single piece of functionality;
it's like a key. A security class is a collection of security points, like a key ring. Users are
assigned a security class.
What security types does every user need? Choose all that apply. -CORRECT
CORRECT ANSWER In Basket, Reporting Workbench, and Shared
Which type of security controls access to hospital functionality, like the MAR and
Flowsheets? -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER Inpatient
Who or what needs a user record? -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER Everyone that
logs in to Epic
Which of the following is a setting made in an individual user record which cannot be set
with user templates? Choose all that apply. -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER Default
login department, Link to user template, ID/password
Give an example of someone who would need a provider record but NOT a user record.
Explain why. -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER A physician in your community who
gets referrals from your physicians, but who does not have access to log in to your Epic
system
Why do MRI machines and classrooms need to have records in the Provider master
file? -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER They need to be scheduled resources
True or False: In the provider record, you can link to the corresponding user record or a
user template. -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER False. The linking is established in
the user record. Multiple users may not be linked to the same provider record.
, What function does the role record perform in Epic? -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER
A role record determines the layout and ground rules of Hyperspace.
Which of the following settings are controlled by the role record? Choose all that apply. -
CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER Default startup activities, Maximum number of
workspaces, Automatic timeout settings
Explain the difference between role and security. -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER
Security determines a user's access to functionality. Role determines where the user
goes in Hyperspace to access that functionality.
Which of the following are required to access a list in the Category List Maintenance
activity? -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER You need the INI and item number.
Your organization has a category list in your production environment with values that
are no longer used. Does Epic recommend deleting or deactivating those values? -
CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER Deactivate values in a production environment.
Deleting values in a production environment will erase any historical use of that value.
In Category List Maintenance activity, the message: "Release Range: All Categories"
means the catrgory list is Epic controlled system list and is uneditable. -CORRECT
CORRECT ANSWER TRUE
Which master file controls the default login department? -CORRECT CORRECT
ANSWER User (EMP)
A multiple related table is: -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER The information in the
items in the table are all related to each other.
What record must be created in order for a person to log in to Epic? -CORRECT
CORRECT ANSWER User (EMP)
What record must be created for a person or resource that meets certain clinical
criteria? -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER Provider (SER)
What criteria might be met for a user who is also a provider? -CORRECT CORRECT
ANSWER Schedulable
Clinically documents in patient charts
Authorizes
Refers to/from
What record can be created to ease setup and maintenance for groups of users with
similar job roles and set up needs? -CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER User Template
(EMP)
What record controls the layout and ground rules of Hyperspace? -CORRECT
CORRECT ANSWER Role (E2R)
