EPIC CLN251/252 EXAM STUDY
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. VERIFIED
2026.
Which master file controls the default login department? - ANS User (EMP)
A multiple related table is: - ANS The information in the items in the table are all related to
each other.
What record must be created in order for a person to log in to Epic? - ANS User (EMP)
What record must be created for a person or resource that meets certain clinical criteria? -
ANS Provider (SER)
What criteria might be met for a user who is also a provider? - ANS Schedulable
Clinically documents in patient charts
Authorizes
Refers to/from
What record can be created to ease setup and maintenance for groups of users with similar job
roles and set up needs? - ANS User Template (EMP)
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,What record controls the layout and ground rules of Hyperspace? - ANS Role (E2R)
Which records control access to activities and functionality in Epic? - ANS Security Class (ECL)
Which three types of security class should be assigned to every user? - ANS In Basket
Reporting Workbench
Shared
Which type of security class should be assigned to every user of clinical tools? - ANS EpicCare
Which type of security class should be assigned to every user or clinical tools in an
inpatient/hospital setting? - ANS Inpatient
Which type(s) of security class might be assigned to clinical users of specialty modules? -
ANS Application classes as necessary (e.g. Stork, Beacon)
Which items in the user record have unique values that can't be set in a user template? -
ANS Login department
User ID
Password
Link to provider
Link to user template
Which records control options within activities? - ANS Profile (LPR)
Which options within activities are controlled by profiles? - ANS Chart Review tabs
Reports
Note speed buttons
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,How does the system search the profile hierarchy to create a compiled profile? - ANS From
most specific to most general, item by item, some items are all or nothing
Which records are the building blocks of reports? - ANS Print Groups (LPG)
What record can give end users different tools based on context, such as patient age or
encounter type? - ANS Workflow Engine Rule (LOR)
Which records are created to guide clinicians through workflows efficiently? - ANS Navigators
(LVN)
Name the three kinds of a navigator. - ANS Section
Topic
Template
List the entities in the profile hierarchy from most specific to most general. - ANS User
Template > EpicCare Security Class > Department > Location > Service Area > System Definitions
Dr. Simon Stitches needs to log in to Hyperspace, what record do you need to build? -
ANS User Record
Dr. Simon Stitches is scheduled with patients, is an MD, and provides care, what record do you
need to build? - ANS Provider Record
Dr. Simon Stitches is an authorizing meds and orders provider. What record do you need to edit?
- ANS Provider Record
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, Dr. Simon Stitches works at Precision Incision Surgical Associates where they log in to Epic and
has appointments with patients. What records do you need to build/edit? - ANS User Record
(login department)
Provider Record (schedulable department)
Dr. Simon Stitches needs to access tools to help admitted patients at Heal University Medical
Center. What record do you need to build/edit? - ANS Inpatient Security Class
Dr. Simon Stitches wants to see a list of scheduled appointments and admitted patients when
logged in. What record do you need to build/edit? - ANS Role
Dr. Simon Stitches wants to see a list of surgically-relevant reports in Summary and Chart
Review. What record do you need to build/edit? - ANS Profile
Dr. Simon Stitches wants a new Workflow Conductor report that includes a section of pre-
surgery instructions. What records do you need to build/edit? - ANS Print Group
Report
Profile
Dr. Simon Stitches wants a specific navigator for procedure tasks like ordering, documenting and
charging only when they are performing a surgery. What records do you need to build/edit? -
ANS Navigator Section
Navigator Topic
Navigator Template
Workflow Engine Rule
Profile
What is the minimum number of EpicCare Security classes you need for one MD, one RN, and
one LPN? - ANS 3. (One EpicCare security class for the MD's, one for the RN's and one for the
LPN.)
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. VERIFIED
2026.
Which master file controls the default login department? - ANS User (EMP)
A multiple related table is: - ANS The information in the items in the table are all related to
each other.
What record must be created in order for a person to log in to Epic? - ANS User (EMP)
What record must be created for a person or resource that meets certain clinical criteria? -
ANS Provider (SER)
What criteria might be met for a user who is also a provider? - ANS Schedulable
Clinically documents in patient charts
Authorizes
Refers to/from
What record can be created to ease setup and maintenance for groups of users with similar job
roles and set up needs? - ANS User Template (EMP)
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,What record controls the layout and ground rules of Hyperspace? - ANS Role (E2R)
Which records control access to activities and functionality in Epic? - ANS Security Class (ECL)
Which three types of security class should be assigned to every user? - ANS In Basket
Reporting Workbench
Shared
Which type of security class should be assigned to every user of clinical tools? - ANS EpicCare
Which type of security class should be assigned to every user or clinical tools in an
inpatient/hospital setting? - ANS Inpatient
Which type(s) of security class might be assigned to clinical users of specialty modules? -
ANS Application classes as necessary (e.g. Stork, Beacon)
Which items in the user record have unique values that can't be set in a user template? -
ANS Login department
User ID
Password
Link to provider
Link to user template
Which records control options within activities? - ANS Profile (LPR)
Which options within activities are controlled by profiles? - ANS Chart Review tabs
Reports
Note speed buttons
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2
,How does the system search the profile hierarchy to create a compiled profile? - ANS From
most specific to most general, item by item, some items are all or nothing
Which records are the building blocks of reports? - ANS Print Groups (LPG)
What record can give end users different tools based on context, such as patient age or
encounter type? - ANS Workflow Engine Rule (LOR)
Which records are created to guide clinicians through workflows efficiently? - ANS Navigators
(LVN)
Name the three kinds of a navigator. - ANS Section
Topic
Template
List the entities in the profile hierarchy from most specific to most general. - ANS User
Template > EpicCare Security Class > Department > Location > Service Area > System Definitions
Dr. Simon Stitches needs to log in to Hyperspace, what record do you need to build? -
ANS User Record
Dr. Simon Stitches is scheduled with patients, is an MD, and provides care, what record do you
need to build? - ANS Provider Record
Dr. Simon Stitches is an authorizing meds and orders provider. What record do you need to edit?
- ANS Provider Record
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, Dr. Simon Stitches works at Precision Incision Surgical Associates where they log in to Epic and
has appointments with patients. What records do you need to build/edit? - ANS User Record
(login department)
Provider Record (schedulable department)
Dr. Simon Stitches needs to access tools to help admitted patients at Heal University Medical
Center. What record do you need to build/edit? - ANS Inpatient Security Class
Dr. Simon Stitches wants to see a list of scheduled appointments and admitted patients when
logged in. What record do you need to build/edit? - ANS Role
Dr. Simon Stitches wants to see a list of surgically-relevant reports in Summary and Chart
Review. What record do you need to build/edit? - ANS Profile
Dr. Simon Stitches wants a new Workflow Conductor report that includes a section of pre-
surgery instructions. What records do you need to build/edit? - ANS Print Group
Report
Profile
Dr. Simon Stitches wants a specific navigator for procedure tasks like ordering, documenting and
charging only when they are performing a surgery. What records do you need to build/edit? -
ANS Navigator Section
Navigator Topic
Navigator Template
Workflow Engine Rule
Profile
What is the minimum number of EpicCare Security classes you need for one MD, one RN, and
one LPN? - ANS 3. (One EpicCare security class for the MD's, one for the RN's and one for the
LPN.)
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