WGU D033 | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2025/2026
UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION!!
Information System 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 Answer - software applications that handle patient
accounts, budgets, and other financial activities
Mainframe computers 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 Answer - all of the processing is performed at the server or
mainframe
Cloud Computing Answer - a system that operates on a computer that is owned
and maintained by a vendor.
Intranet 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 Answer - the exchange of health information
electronically between providers and others with the same level of
interoperability.
Evidence-based medicine Answer - healthcare services based on clinical
methods that have been thoroughly tested through controlled, peer-reviewed
biomedical studies
Clinical pathways Answer - a tool designed to coordinate multidisciplinary care
planning for specific diagnoses and treatments
clinical practice guidelines 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 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 Answer - the science of examining raw data with the purpose of
drawing conclusions about that information
Data mining 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 Answer - reports of process measures to help leaders follow
progress to assist with strategic planning
, descriptive statistics 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 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 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) Answer - advanced certification covers
data management, data analytics, and data reporting
Clinical Information Systems 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 Answer - electronic method of capturing and
managing documents.
target sheets Answer - pages that contain only a barcode that tells the scanner
and, ultimately, the computer the content of the pages that follow
file server 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 Answer - workstation is used for
indexing and quality control
UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION!!
Information System 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 Answer - software applications that handle patient
accounts, budgets, and other financial activities
Mainframe computers 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 Answer - all of the processing is performed at the server or
mainframe
Cloud Computing Answer - a system that operates on a computer that is owned
and maintained by a vendor.
Intranet 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 Answer - the exchange of health information
electronically between providers and others with the same level of
interoperability.
Evidence-based medicine Answer - healthcare services based on clinical
methods that have been thoroughly tested through controlled, peer-reviewed
biomedical studies
Clinical pathways Answer - a tool designed to coordinate multidisciplinary care
planning for specific diagnoses and treatments
clinical practice guidelines 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 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 Answer - the science of examining raw data with the purpose of
drawing conclusions about that information
Data mining 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 Answer - reports of process measures to help leaders follow
progress to assist with strategic planning
, descriptive statistics 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 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 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) Answer - advanced certification covers
data management, data analytics, and data reporting
Clinical Information Systems 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 Answer - electronic method of capturing and
managing documents.
target sheets Answer - pages that contain only a barcode that tells the scanner
and, ultimately, the computer the content of the pages that follow
file server 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 Answer - workstation is used for
indexing and quality control
