CTR EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS | ALREADY GRADED A+
Supraglottis, glottis and subglottis are subsites of the: -CORRECT ANSWER Larynx
The inpatient medical record disease index is most useful for which Cancer Registry
Activity? -CORRECT ANSWER Casefinding
Ann Arbor Staging System -CORRECT ANSWER Malignant Lymphoma
Integumentary -CORRECT ANSWER Skin
A hormonal agent -CORRECT ANSWER Tamoxifen
A classification for non-hodkins lymphoma? -CORRECT ANSWER Follicular small
cleaved cell and large cell
A lymphoma would most likely arise in? -CORRECT ANSWER Waldeyers ring
Lymph node chains behind the knees? -CORRECT ANSWER Popliteal
CEA is used for which cancer? -CORRECT ANSWER Colon
,A neoplastic disease characterized by an excess of red blood cells is known as: -
CORRECT ANSWER Polycythemia Vera
Which form of chemoembolization is not coded as treatment? -CORRECT ANSWER
Presurgical emboliation of hypervascular tumors such as mengiomas
The laterality of a midline tumor in a paired organ site should be coded as: -CORRECT
ANSWER 5-midline
Who is responsible for establishing the attendance requirements for the cancer
conferences? -CORRECT ANSWER Cancer Committee
A disaster recovery plan is -CORRECT ANSWER A way to make sure that
computerized registry data is backed up every night and is easily recoverable.
The best source for casefinding is: -CORRECT ANSWER Pathology reports
The 5 key components of an approved cancer program: -CORRECT ANSWER Cancer
Committee, Conferences, Quality Improvement, Cancer Registry and Clinical Services.
A program receives non-accreditation at survey if there are ____ deficincies -
CORRECT ANSWER 8
,An example of a protected health information in a cancer abstract is: -CORRECT
ANSWER Name of patient
The COC requires that cases submitted to the NCDB for the most recent accession
year must satisfy the established criteria by ________? -CORRECT ANSWER As
designated in the Call for Data.
The date of diagnosis for a patient diagnosed in utero: -CORRECT ANSWER Is the
actual date of diagnosis.
If a patient is multiracial and one of the races is Hawaiian: -CORRECT ANSWER
Hawaiian should be coded as race number one.
One of the reasons for coding if cases were diagnosed by ambiguous terminology is: -
CORRECT ANSWER To better understand how frequently these terms are used for
diagnosis.
A cancer registrar who is abstracting can be the coordinator of: -CORRECT ANSWER
Cancer Registry quality control
The first course of treatment consists of -CORRECT ANSWER All Cancer-directed
treatment regardless of where it takes place.
, The accession number -CORRECT ANSWER Never changes even if the reference
date changes
A patient is in the registry database with a dx of prostate cancer. Now he has a
diagnosis of Meningioma. His second sequence number is: -CORRECT ANSWER 60
Sequence number for Brain Cancers -CORRECT ANSWER 60
Most active organization in the US for the establishment and approval of hospital cancer
programs -CORRECT ANSWER Commission on Cancer
Enucleation is a surgical procedure for which of the following? -CORRECT ANSWER
Ocular Melanoma
Encephalography is a radiography procedure performed on which of the following sites:
-CORRECT ANSWER Brain
The lower edge of the junction between the right and left main stem bronchi is called
the: -CORRECT ANSWER Carina
Salpingostomy is a procedure on which of the following organs? -CORRECT ANSWER
Fallopian Tube
SOLUTIONS | ALREADY GRADED A+
Supraglottis, glottis and subglottis are subsites of the: -CORRECT ANSWER Larynx
The inpatient medical record disease index is most useful for which Cancer Registry
Activity? -CORRECT ANSWER Casefinding
Ann Arbor Staging System -CORRECT ANSWER Malignant Lymphoma
Integumentary -CORRECT ANSWER Skin
A hormonal agent -CORRECT ANSWER Tamoxifen
A classification for non-hodkins lymphoma? -CORRECT ANSWER Follicular small
cleaved cell and large cell
A lymphoma would most likely arise in? -CORRECT ANSWER Waldeyers ring
Lymph node chains behind the knees? -CORRECT ANSWER Popliteal
CEA is used for which cancer? -CORRECT ANSWER Colon
,A neoplastic disease characterized by an excess of red blood cells is known as: -
CORRECT ANSWER Polycythemia Vera
Which form of chemoembolization is not coded as treatment? -CORRECT ANSWER
Presurgical emboliation of hypervascular tumors such as mengiomas
The laterality of a midline tumor in a paired organ site should be coded as: -CORRECT
ANSWER 5-midline
Who is responsible for establishing the attendance requirements for the cancer
conferences? -CORRECT ANSWER Cancer Committee
A disaster recovery plan is -CORRECT ANSWER A way to make sure that
computerized registry data is backed up every night and is easily recoverable.
The best source for casefinding is: -CORRECT ANSWER Pathology reports
The 5 key components of an approved cancer program: -CORRECT ANSWER Cancer
Committee, Conferences, Quality Improvement, Cancer Registry and Clinical Services.
A program receives non-accreditation at survey if there are ____ deficincies -
CORRECT ANSWER 8
,An example of a protected health information in a cancer abstract is: -CORRECT
ANSWER Name of patient
The COC requires that cases submitted to the NCDB for the most recent accession
year must satisfy the established criteria by ________? -CORRECT ANSWER As
designated in the Call for Data.
The date of diagnosis for a patient diagnosed in utero: -CORRECT ANSWER Is the
actual date of diagnosis.
If a patient is multiracial and one of the races is Hawaiian: -CORRECT ANSWER
Hawaiian should be coded as race number one.
One of the reasons for coding if cases were diagnosed by ambiguous terminology is: -
CORRECT ANSWER To better understand how frequently these terms are used for
diagnosis.
A cancer registrar who is abstracting can be the coordinator of: -CORRECT ANSWER
Cancer Registry quality control
The first course of treatment consists of -CORRECT ANSWER All Cancer-directed
treatment regardless of where it takes place.
, The accession number -CORRECT ANSWER Never changes even if the reference
date changes
A patient is in the registry database with a dx of prostate cancer. Now he has a
diagnosis of Meningioma. His second sequence number is: -CORRECT ANSWER 60
Sequence number for Brain Cancers -CORRECT ANSWER 60
Most active organization in the US for the establishment and approval of hospital cancer
programs -CORRECT ANSWER Commission on Cancer
Enucleation is a surgical procedure for which of the following? -CORRECT ANSWER
Ocular Melanoma
Encephalography is a radiography procedure performed on which of the following sites:
-CORRECT ANSWER Brain
The lower edge of the junction between the right and left main stem bronchi is called
the: -CORRECT ANSWER Carina
Salpingostomy is a procedure on which of the following organs? -CORRECT ANSWER
Fallopian Tube
