EPIC Clinical Informatics Exam Prep
Questions and Answers
Question 1
SmartLists (ELT) are recognizable in a text box as a collection of characters surrounded
by:
A. Brackets
B. Braces
C. Parentheses
D. None of the above
Correct Answer
B. Braces
Question 2
True or False: When a patient's address is updated during check-in, this address is
stored as a value in Epic.
Correct Answer
True. The items that a record contains are controlled by Epic. The information that is
stored for an item is a value.
Question 3
Who is responsible for reconciling the problem list at discharge?
A. Physician
B. Nurse
C. Unit Clerk
D. Bed Planner
Correct Answer
A. Physician
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,Question 4
True or False: After the ED nurse signed the order panel, she needed to document the
administration of the IV from the MAR activity.
Correct Answer
False. This was all completed within the ED Narrator.
Question 5
Which activity should the nurse primarily use to complete inpatient admission
documentation?
A. Admission Narrator
B. Admission Orders
C. Admission Flowsheets
D. Admission Navigator
Correct Answer
D. Admission Navigator
Question 6
True or False: When assigning the bed request, the bed planner is transferring the
patient to that bed in the system.
Correct Answer
False. The patient won't be transferred until someone confirms the transfer in the
unit manager.
Question 7
What tool should you use to view the names and ID numbers of print groups in
Hyperspace?
A. Reporting Workbench
B. Print Group Information
C. Session Information Report
D. Record Viewer
Correct Answer
C. Session Information Report
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,Question 8
True or False: A nurse needs to acknowledge new active orders before they become
active.
Correct Answer
False. Orders become active once they are released.
Question 9
What are three differences between an Order Panel and an Order Set?
Correct Answer
(answers will vary) An Order Panel is a record in the OSQ master file while an Order
Set is in the PRL master file. Order Sets contain SmartGroups and Sections, Order
Panels only contain orders. Clinicians can create their own Order Panels on the fly.
Clinicians can save a personal version of an Order Set with defaults but cannot build
an Order Set. Order Sets are used for larger workflows and contain many orders
while Order Panels are very focused and contain a much smaller number of orders.
Question 10
Which of the following do Profile (LPR) records control? (choose ALL that apply)
A. Reports available in the Summary activity.
B. Chart Review tabs.
C. Orders available on the Preference List tab when searching orders.
D. Activity tabs available in the patient's chart.
Correct Answer
A. Reports available in the Summary activity.
B. Chart Review tabs.
C. Orders available on the Preference List tab when searching orders.
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, Question 11
Which of the following records make up a basic navigator? (choose all that apply)
A. Navigator Group
B. Navigator Topic
C. Navigator Section
D. Navigator Template
Correct Answer
B. Navigator Topic
C. Navigator Section
D. Navigator Template
Question 12
Typing .my? SmartPhrase in the note section will open up the _________.
Correct Answer
Butler
Question 13
You are supporting a clinicians request to get a BPA changed that is currently
displaying for both physicians and nurses. The clinicians only want the BPA to appear
to your physicians. What record do you need to ask gets changed?
A. Criteria
B. Base
Correct Answer
B. Base
Question 14
What are the organizing records within a Preference List (LPF)? (Choose all that apply)
A. Sections
B. Subsections
C. SmartGroups
Correct Answer
A. Sections
B. Subsections
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Questions and Answers
Question 1
SmartLists (ELT) are recognizable in a text box as a collection of characters surrounded
by:
A. Brackets
B. Braces
C. Parentheses
D. None of the above
Correct Answer
B. Braces
Question 2
True or False: When a patient's address is updated during check-in, this address is
stored as a value in Epic.
Correct Answer
True. The items that a record contains are controlled by Epic. The information that is
stored for an item is a value.
Question 3
Who is responsible for reconciling the problem list at discharge?
A. Physician
B. Nurse
C. Unit Clerk
D. Bed Planner
Correct Answer
A. Physician
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,Question 4
True or False: After the ED nurse signed the order panel, she needed to document the
administration of the IV from the MAR activity.
Correct Answer
False. This was all completed within the ED Narrator.
Question 5
Which activity should the nurse primarily use to complete inpatient admission
documentation?
A. Admission Narrator
B. Admission Orders
C. Admission Flowsheets
D. Admission Navigator
Correct Answer
D. Admission Navigator
Question 6
True or False: When assigning the bed request, the bed planner is transferring the
patient to that bed in the system.
Correct Answer
False. The patient won't be transferred until someone confirms the transfer in the
unit manager.
Question 7
What tool should you use to view the names and ID numbers of print groups in
Hyperspace?
A. Reporting Workbench
B. Print Group Information
C. Session Information Report
D. Record Viewer
Correct Answer
C. Session Information Report
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,Question 8
True or False: A nurse needs to acknowledge new active orders before they become
active.
Correct Answer
False. Orders become active once they are released.
Question 9
What are three differences between an Order Panel and an Order Set?
Correct Answer
(answers will vary) An Order Panel is a record in the OSQ master file while an Order
Set is in the PRL master file. Order Sets contain SmartGroups and Sections, Order
Panels only contain orders. Clinicians can create their own Order Panels on the fly.
Clinicians can save a personal version of an Order Set with defaults but cannot build
an Order Set. Order Sets are used for larger workflows and contain many orders
while Order Panels are very focused and contain a much smaller number of orders.
Question 10
Which of the following do Profile (LPR) records control? (choose ALL that apply)
A. Reports available in the Summary activity.
B. Chart Review tabs.
C. Orders available on the Preference List tab when searching orders.
D. Activity tabs available in the patient's chart.
Correct Answer
A. Reports available in the Summary activity.
B. Chart Review tabs.
C. Orders available on the Preference List tab when searching orders.
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, Question 11
Which of the following records make up a basic navigator? (choose all that apply)
A. Navigator Group
B. Navigator Topic
C. Navigator Section
D. Navigator Template
Correct Answer
B. Navigator Topic
C. Navigator Section
D. Navigator Template
Question 12
Typing .my? SmartPhrase in the note section will open up the _________.
Correct Answer
Butler
Question 13
You are supporting a clinicians request to get a BPA changed that is currently
displaying for both physicians and nurses. The clinicians only want the BPA to appear
to your physicians. What record do you need to ask gets changed?
A. Criteria
B. Base
Correct Answer
B. Base
Question 14
What are the organizing records within a Preference List (LPF)? (Choose all that apply)
A. Sections
B. Subsections
C. SmartGroups
Correct Answer
A. Sections
B. Subsections
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