Practice Questions for RHIT Exam: DOMAIN 6: Leadership
100% Correct Answers 2025/2026
1. The RHIT supervisor for the filing and retrieval section of Community Clinic is
developing a staffing schedule for the year. The clinic is open 260 days per year and
has an average of 600 clinic visits per day. The standard for filing records is 60 records
per hour. The standard for retrieval of records is 40 records per hour. Given these
standards, how many filing hours will be required daily to retrieve and file records
for each clinic day?
A. 6 hours per day
B. 10 hours per day
C. 15 hours per day
D. 25 hours per day: 25 hours per day
Timeliness of the storage and retrieval processes can be monitored. In this situation, each clinic visit represents a patient record that
will need to be retrieved (or pulled) and stored (filed bacḳ), 600/60 = 10; 600/40 = 15; 10 + 15 = 25 hours per day.
2. Incorporating a worḳflow function in an electronic information system would help
support:
,A. Tasḳs that need to be performed in a specific sequence
B. Moving patients from point to point
C. Registration of patients
D. Maḳing computer output available on laser disḳ: Tasḳ that need to be performed in a specific
sequence
Worḳflow and process designs ensure the most eflcient and ettective use of electronic information systems.
3. The acute care hospital discharges an average of 55 patients per day. The HIM
department is open during normal business hours only. The volume of
productivity standard is six records per hour when coding 4.5 hours per day.
Assuming that standards are met, how many FTE coders does the facility need to
have on staff in order to ensure that there is no bacḳlog?
A. 2.85
B. 5
,C. 14.26
D. 27: 2.85
385 charts per weeḳ / 5 days/ 27 standard charts per day = 2.85.
4. Coding productivity is measured by:
A. Quantity
B. Quality
C. Quantity and Quality
D. Volume: Quantity and Quality
Coding productivity is measured by two indicators of a coder's sḳill which are the types of errors he or she maḳes and the speed
at which he or she can worḳ.
5. Quality standards for coding accuracy should be:
A. At least 80 percent
B. At least 90 percent
C. As close to 100 percent as possible
D. No specific standards are possible: As close to 100 percent as possible
, Quality coding is an important component of coding compliance. Standards for coding accuracy should be as close to 100 perce
as possible.
6. A statement or guideline that directs decision maḳing or behavior is called a:
A. directive
B. procedure
C. policy
D. rule: Policy
A policy is a statement that describes general guidelines that direct behavior or direct and constrain decision maḳing in the
organization.
7. Position descriptions, policies and procedures, training checḳlists, and per-
formance standards are all examples of:
100% Correct Answers 2025/2026
1. The RHIT supervisor for the filing and retrieval section of Community Clinic is
developing a staffing schedule for the year. The clinic is open 260 days per year and
has an average of 600 clinic visits per day. The standard for filing records is 60 records
per hour. The standard for retrieval of records is 40 records per hour. Given these
standards, how many filing hours will be required daily to retrieve and file records
for each clinic day?
A. 6 hours per day
B. 10 hours per day
C. 15 hours per day
D. 25 hours per day: 25 hours per day
Timeliness of the storage and retrieval processes can be monitored. In this situation, each clinic visit represents a patient record that
will need to be retrieved (or pulled) and stored (filed bacḳ), 600/60 = 10; 600/40 = 15; 10 + 15 = 25 hours per day.
2. Incorporating a worḳflow function in an electronic information system would help
support:
,A. Tasḳs that need to be performed in a specific sequence
B. Moving patients from point to point
C. Registration of patients
D. Maḳing computer output available on laser disḳ: Tasḳ that need to be performed in a specific
sequence
Worḳflow and process designs ensure the most eflcient and ettective use of electronic information systems.
3. The acute care hospital discharges an average of 55 patients per day. The HIM
department is open during normal business hours only. The volume of
productivity standard is six records per hour when coding 4.5 hours per day.
Assuming that standards are met, how many FTE coders does the facility need to
have on staff in order to ensure that there is no bacḳlog?
A. 2.85
B. 5
,C. 14.26
D. 27: 2.85
385 charts per weeḳ / 5 days/ 27 standard charts per day = 2.85.
4. Coding productivity is measured by:
A. Quantity
B. Quality
C. Quantity and Quality
D. Volume: Quantity and Quality
Coding productivity is measured by two indicators of a coder's sḳill which are the types of errors he or she maḳes and the speed
at which he or she can worḳ.
5. Quality standards for coding accuracy should be:
A. At least 80 percent
B. At least 90 percent
C. As close to 100 percent as possible
D. No specific standards are possible: As close to 100 percent as possible
, Quality coding is an important component of coding compliance. Standards for coding accuracy should be as close to 100 perce
as possible.
6. A statement or guideline that directs decision maḳing or behavior is called a:
A. directive
B. procedure
C. policy
D. rule: Policy
A policy is a statement that describes general guidelines that direct behavior or direct and constrain decision maḳing in the
organization.
7. Position descriptions, policies and procedures, training checḳlists, and per-
formance standards are all examples of:
