CTR EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Which of the following is a permissible disclosure of confidential patient information from the
cancer registry?
a. to a facility not involved with the patient's care
b. to the pt
c. to another registry for f/u purposes
d. to the pt's attorney - ANS To another registry for f/u purposes
What is a source of ca incidence & survival data from pop-based ca registries covering ~28% of
US pop?
a. ACoS CoC
b. CDC NPCR
c. NAACCR
d. NCI SEER program - ANS NCI SEER program
Medical data that are combined w/o pt identifiers are:
a. Aggregate data
b. Confidential data
c. Pop-based data
d. Unusable data - ANS Aggregate data
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, Which of the following information must healthcare organizations protect?
a. employee information
b. information about the organization
c. individually identifiable pt health information
d. all the above - ANS All the above
Terrie Tumor Registrar ompletes a productivity sheet at the end of each day listing tasks
completed that day. This is a form of:
a. budget
b. time motion study
c. step assessment
d. work flow chart - ANS Time motion study
The use of password to verify that a person is who they purport to be before they are granted
access to confidential data is:
a. audit trail
b. encryption
c. firewall
d. user authentication - ANS User authetication
All of the state ca registries in the US are required to submit their data to:
a. the CDC National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR)
b. the NCI SEER Program
c. Either CDC/NPCR or NCI/SEER
d. None o fthe above - ANS Eiither CDC/NPCR or NCI/SEER
Caitlin Cancer Registrar is the cancer registry manager. She received a budget for the registry
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from the office of the facility's chief financial officer This type of budget is:
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, a. bottom-up
b. capital
c. operating
d. top-down - ANS top-down
The organization that formulates & publishes systems to classify ca to be used for selecting
effective tx, determining prognosis, and evaluating ca control measures in the:
a. AJCC
b. NAACCR
c. CoC
d. SEER PROGRAM - ANS AJCC
Danielle Data Manager is preparing to submit data from the hospital cancer registry to the state
CR. What is used to facilitate the data exchange?
a. Firewall
b. NAACCR data exchange record layout
c. Record linkage
d. SEER program - ANS NAACCR data exchange record layout
The CP of the medical center on XYZ Air Force Base submits their cases to the Automated
Central Tumor Registry (ACTUR) & to the NCDB. The CP has a:
a. Hospital/institution-based ca registry
b. Network ca registry
c. non-pop based cancer registry
d. pop-based central cancer registry - ANS Hospital/institution-based ca registry
The ability for a cancer registry to incorporate electronic data from an external source into the
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registry and the ability for external recipients to incorporate registry data for their use is:
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, a. interoperability
b. not permitted
c. semantic
d. syntactic - ANS interoperability
What type of CR is designated to determine cancer patterns among various pop, monitor ca
trends over time, and evaluate ca control efforts?
a. familial
b. hospital-based
c. pop-based
d. specialty - ANS pop-based
What is the nationwide onc outcomes database for accrediated ca programs in the US?
a. GLOBOCAN
b. NCDB
c. NPCR
d. SEER Program - ANS NCDB
HIPAA and other regulations give pts the right to:
a. Review any of the organization's business records on them
b. Review central ca registry information on them
c. Review information on them ca registry
d. Review their own medical records kept by the organization - ANS Review their own
medical records kept by the organization
The resource ffor detailed specifications and codes for each data item in the data exhange
record layout is:
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a. Cancer program standards
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ANSWERS
Which of the following is a permissible disclosure of confidential patient information from the
cancer registry?
a. to a facility not involved with the patient's care
b. to the pt
c. to another registry for f/u purposes
d. to the pt's attorney - ANS To another registry for f/u purposes
What is a source of ca incidence & survival data from pop-based ca registries covering ~28% of
US pop?
a. ACoS CoC
b. CDC NPCR
c. NAACCR
d. NCI SEER program - ANS NCI SEER program
Medical data that are combined w/o pt identifiers are:
a. Aggregate data
b. Confidential data
c. Pop-based data
d. Unusable data - ANS Aggregate data
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, Which of the following information must healthcare organizations protect?
a. employee information
b. information about the organization
c. individually identifiable pt health information
d. all the above - ANS All the above
Terrie Tumor Registrar ompletes a productivity sheet at the end of each day listing tasks
completed that day. This is a form of:
a. budget
b. time motion study
c. step assessment
d. work flow chart - ANS Time motion study
The use of password to verify that a person is who they purport to be before they are granted
access to confidential data is:
a. audit trail
b. encryption
c. firewall
d. user authentication - ANS User authetication
All of the state ca registries in the US are required to submit their data to:
a. the CDC National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR)
b. the NCI SEER Program
c. Either CDC/NPCR or NCI/SEER
d. None o fthe above - ANS Eiither CDC/NPCR or NCI/SEER
Caitlin Cancer Registrar is the cancer registry manager. She received a budget for the registry
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from the office of the facility's chief financial officer This type of budget is:
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, a. bottom-up
b. capital
c. operating
d. top-down - ANS top-down
The organization that formulates & publishes systems to classify ca to be used for selecting
effective tx, determining prognosis, and evaluating ca control measures in the:
a. AJCC
b. NAACCR
c. CoC
d. SEER PROGRAM - ANS AJCC
Danielle Data Manager is preparing to submit data from the hospital cancer registry to the state
CR. What is used to facilitate the data exchange?
a. Firewall
b. NAACCR data exchange record layout
c. Record linkage
d. SEER program - ANS NAACCR data exchange record layout
The CP of the medical center on XYZ Air Force Base submits their cases to the Automated
Central Tumor Registry (ACTUR) & to the NCDB. The CP has a:
a. Hospital/institution-based ca registry
b. Network ca registry
c. non-pop based cancer registry
d. pop-based central cancer registry - ANS Hospital/institution-based ca registry
The ability for a cancer registry to incorporate electronic data from an external source into the
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registry and the ability for external recipients to incorporate registry data for their use is:
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, a. interoperability
b. not permitted
c. semantic
d. syntactic - ANS interoperability
What type of CR is designated to determine cancer patterns among various pop, monitor ca
trends over time, and evaluate ca control efforts?
a. familial
b. hospital-based
c. pop-based
d. specialty - ANS pop-based
What is the nationwide onc outcomes database for accrediated ca programs in the US?
a. GLOBOCAN
b. NCDB
c. NPCR
d. SEER Program - ANS NCDB
HIPAA and other regulations give pts the right to:
a. Review any of the organization's business records on them
b. Review central ca registry information on them
c. Review information on them ca registry
d. Review their own medical records kept by the organization - ANS Review their own
medical records kept by the organization
The resource ffor detailed specifications and codes for each data item in the data exhange
record layout is:
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a. Cancer program standards
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