ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What is the difference between "" and || in a HL7 message? - CORRECT ANSWER - "" is
a delete field, as where || is just null.
What is the difference between a delete field and a null field? - CORRECT ANSWER -A
delete field will delete the information stored on a record, as where a null indicates no new
information sent, so it will not update that field.
What is the difference between resubmit and retrigger? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Resubmission creates a new message on the data queue and control queue; retriggering creates a
new message entirely, and is useful in situations where you've adjusted an interface's config and
want to test it.
What does the detailed message report show? - CORRECT ANSWER - Errors associated
with the message along with metadata like timestamps and processing information. You can also
jump to many different actions from this report.
What are the three levels at which an error can be logged? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Daemon, message, and local.
What is a local-scoped error? - CORRECT ANSWER - An error with only part of a
message. The rest may have been processed successfully.
What is a daemon-scoped error? - CORRECT ANSWER - An error that indicates a
problem with the interface config, and might require stopping of the interface for resolution.
What is the HL7 format for a date? - CORRECT ANSWER - YYYYMMDD