Cancer Registry Management: Questions
and Answers exam with complete
SOLUTIONS
Cancer in humans was first seen: - ANSIn 2500 B.C.
The word cancer was first used by: - ANSThe Greek physician Hippocrates
The term surveillance as applied to public health means: - ANSMonitoring the
occurrence of selected health conditions in the population.
The oldest example of a modern cancer registry is: - ANSThe Hamburg Cancer Registry
in Germany
Which of the following are types of cancer registries?
1. Population-based registries
2. State cancer registries
3. Specialty cancer registries
4. Hospital-based cancer registries - ANS1, 3, and 4
True or False: Every state in the US has a population-based state-wide central cancer
registry: - ANSTrue
True or False: The National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) Cancer SUrveillance
System (CSS) was authorized by National Cancer Act in 1971. - ANSFalse
The first code manual used in cancer registries was published by: - ANSACS -
American Cancer Society
NAACCR's primary role is to represent and serve as a forum for the organization,
operation, quality control, and statistical reporting: - ANSFor population-based cancer
registries
The frist national cancer registry program was established by: - ANSSEER
The International Classification of Diseases for Oncology is published by: - ANSThe
World Health Organization (WHO)
The CTR credential is awarded by: - ANSNCRA
, The cancer registry textbook titled CRM: Principles and Practice is published by: -
ANSNCRA
United States Cancer Statistics (USCS) contains data from: - ANSNPCR and SEER
The Self Instructional Manuals for Tumor Registrars series is published by: - ANSSEER
Accreditation for formal education programs that provide entry-level professional
preparation with a major empahsis in CRM is offered by: - ANSNCRA
One of the biggest challenges to cancer registrars will continue to be: - ANSKeeping up
with changes in data collection, coding and reporting standards.
The use of standard data item definitions facilitates: - ANSTraining procedures for
coders, common editing procedures, comparability of data
Reliability refers to: - ANSHow consistently different people will code the same
circumstances the same way.
In 2010, the way registries transmit dates was changed to improve: -
ANSIntraoperability of date transmission
When an old item is no longer relevant: - ANSOne or more new response categories
may be added to the older item and/or the old item may be dropped, and no longer
coded
New cancer registry data items may be added: - ANSAs a result of
- Medical advances
- Advances in computer communication technology
- More widespread access to and use of registry data
True or False: Registries should never create data items for their own use: - ANSFalse
True or False: A good data item measures information that is usually available to
abstractors. - ANSTrue
If the occupation code sometimes represents the patient's dominant lifetime occupation,
sometimes the current occupation, and sometimes the most recent occupation,
reliability can be improved by changing the codes applied. - ANSFalse
New standard data items for cancer registries are implemented at the beginning of a
diagnosis year. - ANSTrue
NACCR's initial Spanish/Hispanic identification item worked equally well in states with
large Hispanic populations and those with small Hispanic populations. - ANSFalse
and Answers exam with complete
SOLUTIONS
Cancer in humans was first seen: - ANSIn 2500 B.C.
The word cancer was first used by: - ANSThe Greek physician Hippocrates
The term surveillance as applied to public health means: - ANSMonitoring the
occurrence of selected health conditions in the population.
The oldest example of a modern cancer registry is: - ANSThe Hamburg Cancer Registry
in Germany
Which of the following are types of cancer registries?
1. Population-based registries
2. State cancer registries
3. Specialty cancer registries
4. Hospital-based cancer registries - ANS1, 3, and 4
True or False: Every state in the US has a population-based state-wide central cancer
registry: - ANSTrue
True or False: The National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) Cancer SUrveillance
System (CSS) was authorized by National Cancer Act in 1971. - ANSFalse
The first code manual used in cancer registries was published by: - ANSACS -
American Cancer Society
NAACCR's primary role is to represent and serve as a forum for the organization,
operation, quality control, and statistical reporting: - ANSFor population-based cancer
registries
The frist national cancer registry program was established by: - ANSSEER
The International Classification of Diseases for Oncology is published by: - ANSThe
World Health Organization (WHO)
The CTR credential is awarded by: - ANSNCRA
, The cancer registry textbook titled CRM: Principles and Practice is published by: -
ANSNCRA
United States Cancer Statistics (USCS) contains data from: - ANSNPCR and SEER
The Self Instructional Manuals for Tumor Registrars series is published by: - ANSSEER
Accreditation for formal education programs that provide entry-level professional
preparation with a major empahsis in CRM is offered by: - ANSNCRA
One of the biggest challenges to cancer registrars will continue to be: - ANSKeeping up
with changes in data collection, coding and reporting standards.
The use of standard data item definitions facilitates: - ANSTraining procedures for
coders, common editing procedures, comparability of data
Reliability refers to: - ANSHow consistently different people will code the same
circumstances the same way.
In 2010, the way registries transmit dates was changed to improve: -
ANSIntraoperability of date transmission
When an old item is no longer relevant: - ANSOne or more new response categories
may be added to the older item and/or the old item may be dropped, and no longer
coded
New cancer registry data items may be added: - ANSAs a result of
- Medical advances
- Advances in computer communication technology
- More widespread access to and use of registry data
True or False: Registries should never create data items for their own use: - ANSFalse
True or False: A good data item measures information that is usually available to
abstractors. - ANSTrue
If the occupation code sometimes represents the patient's dominant lifetime occupation,
sometimes the current occupation, and sometimes the most recent occupation,
reliability can be improved by changing the codes applied. - ANSFalse
New standard data items for cancer registries are implemented at the beginning of a
diagnosis year. - ANSTrue
NACCR's initial Spanish/Hispanic identification item worked equally well in states with
large Hispanic populations and those with small Hispanic populations. - ANSFalse
