WGU D033 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Information System - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an automated system that uses
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computer hardware and software to record, manipulate, store, recover, and
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disseminate data (that is, a system that receives and processes input and
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provides output) |
Financial applications - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-software applications that handle
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patient accounts, budgets, and other financial activities
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Mainframe computers - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-large computers that are used by
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the government and other organizations that require speed and the ability to
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process large amounts of data.
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Dumb Terminals - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-all of the processing is performed at
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the server or mainframe
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Cloud Computing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a system that operates on a computer
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that is owned and maintained by a vendor.
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Intranet - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a private information network that uses
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Internet technologies; however, its servers are located inside a firewall or
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security barrier so that the general public cannot gain access to information
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housed within the network
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Health Information Exchange - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the exchange of health
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information electronically between providers and others with the same level of
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interoperability.
Evidence-based medicine - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-healthcare services based on
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,clinical methods that have been thoroughly tested through controlled, peer-
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reviewed biomedical studies | |
Clinical pathways - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a tool designed to coordinate
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multidisciplinary care planning for specific diagnoses and treatments | | | | | | |
clinical practice guidelines - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-provide a detailed, step-by-
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step guide used by healthcare practitioners to make knowledge-based decisions
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related to patient care and issued by an authoritative organization such as a
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medical society. |
Health Informatics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-scientific discipline that is concerned
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with the cognitive, information-processing, and communication tasks of
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healthcare practice, education, and research, including the information science
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and technology to support these tasks
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Data Analytics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the science of examining raw data with
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the purpose of drawing conclusions about that information
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Data mining - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-process of extracting and analyzing large
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volumes of data from a database for the purpose of identifying hidden and
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sometimes subtle relationships or patterns and using those relationships to
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predict behaviors. |
dashboards - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-reports of process measures to help leaders
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follow progress to assist with strategic planning
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descriptive statistics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-set of statistical techniques used to
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describe data, such as means, frequency distributions, and standard deviations;
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describes the characteristics of a specific group or a population
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inferential statistics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-set of statistical techniques that
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, allows researchers to make generalizations about a population's characteristics
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on the basis of a sample's characteristics,
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predictive modeling - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-process used to identify patterns
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that can be used to predict the odds of a particular outcome based on the
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observed data. Uses historical data in order to predict what is likely to happen in
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the future. |
certified health data analyst (CHDA) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-advanced
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certification covers data management, data analytics, and data reporting
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Clinical Information Systems - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-collects and stores medical,
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nursing, clinical ancillary areas (such as radiology and laboratory), and therapy
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department information related to patient care | | | | |
document management system - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-electronic method of
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capturing and managing documents. | | |
target sheets - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-pages that contain only a barcode that
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tells the scanner and, ultimately, the computer the content of the pages that
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follow
file server - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-large PC or other computer that is extremely
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powerful and has a large amount of memory and magnetic hard drive
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abstracting and quality control workstation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-workstation
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is used for indexing and quality control
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backscanning - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-process of scanning past health records
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into the DMS so there is an existing database of patient information
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CORRECT ANSWERS
Information System - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an automated system that uses
| | | | | | | | |
computer hardware and software to record, manipulate, store, recover, and
| | | | | | | | | |
disseminate data (that is, a system that receives and processes input and
| | | | | | | | | | | |
provides output) |
Financial applications - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-software applications that handle
| | | | | | | |
patient accounts, budgets, and other financial activities
| | | | | |
Mainframe computers - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-large computers that are used by
| | | | | | | | | |
the government and other organizations that require speed and the ability to
| | | | | | | | | | | |
process large amounts of data.
| | | |
Dumb Terminals - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-all of the processing is performed at
| | | | | | | | | | |
the server or mainframe
| | |
Cloud Computing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a system that operates on a computer
| | | | | | | | | | |
that is owned and maintained by a vendor.
| | | | | | |
Intranet - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a private information network that uses
| | | | | | | | |
Internet technologies; however, its servers are located inside a firewall or
| | | | | | | | | | |
security barrier so that the general public cannot gain access to information
| | | | | | | | | | | |
housed within the network
| | |
Health Information Exchange - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the exchange of health
| | | | | | | | |
information electronically between providers and others with the same level of
| | | | | | | | | | |
interoperability.
Evidence-based medicine - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-healthcare services based on
| | | | | | | |
,clinical methods that have been thoroughly tested through controlled, peer-
| | | | | | | | |
reviewed biomedical studies | |
Clinical pathways - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a tool designed to coordinate
| | | | | | | | |
multidisciplinary care planning for specific diagnoses and treatments | | | | | | |
clinical practice guidelines - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-provide a detailed, step-by-
| | | | | | | |
step guide used by healthcare practitioners to make knowledge-based decisions
| | | | | | | | | |
related to patient care and issued by an authoritative organization such as a
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
medical society. |
Health Informatics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-scientific discipline that is concerned
| | | | | | | | |
with the cognitive, information-processing, and communication tasks of
| | | | | | | |
healthcare practice, education, and research, including the information science
| | | | | | | | |
and technology to support these tasks
| | | | |
Data Analytics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the science of examining raw data with
| | | | | | | | | | |
the purpose of drawing conclusions about that information
| | | | | | |
Data mining - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-process of extracting and analyzing large
| | | | | | | | | |
volumes of data from a database for the purpose of identifying hidden and
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
sometimes subtle relationships or patterns and using those relationships to
| | | | | | | | | |
predict behaviors. |
dashboards - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-reports of process measures to help leaders
| | | | | | | | | |
follow progress to assist with strategic planning
| | | | | |
descriptive statistics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-set of statistical techniques used to
| | | | | | | | | |
describe data, such as means, frequency distributions, and standard deviations;
| | | | | | | | | |
describes the characteristics of a specific group or a population
| | | | | | | | |
inferential statistics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-set of statistical techniques that
| | | | | | | | |
, allows researchers to make generalizations about a population's characteristics
| | | | | | | | |
on the basis of a sample's characteristics,
| | | | | |
predictive modeling - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-process used to identify patterns
| | | | | | | | |
that can be used to predict the odds of a particular outcome based on the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
observed data. Uses historical data in order to predict what is likely to happen in
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
the future. |
certified health data analyst (CHDA) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-advanced
| | | | | | | |
certification covers data management, data analytics, and data reporting
| | | | | | | |
Clinical Information Systems - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-collects and stores medical,
| | | | | | | |
nursing, clinical ancillary areas (such as radiology and laboratory), and therapy
| | | | | | | | | | | |
department information related to patient care | | | | |
document management system - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-electronic method of
| | | | | | | |
capturing and managing documents. | | |
target sheets - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-pages that contain only a barcode that
| | | | | | | | | | |
tells the scanner and, ultimately, the computer the content of the pages that
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
follow
file server - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-large PC or other computer that is extremely
| | | | | | | | | | | |
powerful and has a large amount of memory and magnetic hard drive
| | | | | | | | | | |
abstracting and quality control workstation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-workstation
| | | | | | | |
is used for indexing and quality control
| | | | | |
backscanning - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-process of scanning past health records
| | | | | | | | |
into the DMS so there is an existing database of patient information
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