CIC Practice Questions and Answers
(Latest Update 2025)
For which procedures is the surveillance period for deep
incisional or organ space SSI 90 days? - Correct Answer
✅Craniotomy, CABG
What key infection control activity is defined as the
systematic, ongoing collection, management, analysis, and
interpretation of data followed by the dissemination of these
data to public health programs to stimulate public health
action? - Correct Answer ✅Surveillance
An IP is reading a journal article that states that the data the
authors collected are normally distributed. What does this
mean? - Correct Answer ✅The mean, median, and mode of
the data are equal
What symptoms are indicative of a superficial SSI? - Correct
Answer ✅Pain at the incision site 10 days after breast
reduction with drainage positive for MSSA
When benchmarking data to other facilities, the IP should
analyze the entire process to ensure what conditions are
,CIC Practice Questions and Answers
(Latest Update 2025)
met? - Correct Answer ✅Standardized definitions are used
consistently
Adequate training of personnel to collect, store, manage, and
analyze data
Data are collected using the same nationally validated
methodology
The chi-square test can be used to/if: - Correct Answer
✅Evaluate the effect of a variable on outcomes
Calculate an odds ratio or relative risk
IF each cell of the table is >5
The measure of central tendency most affected by outliers is:
- Correct Answer ✅Mean
,CIC Practice Questions and Answers
(Latest Update 2025)
The p value in statistical test results indicates: - Correct
Answer ✅The probability of having committed a Type I error
Which statistical test is used when the data are small in
numbers? - Correct Answer ✅Fisher's exact
Statistical process control (SPC) charts are used for: - Correct
Answer ✅Monitor process of care
Facilitate the determination of variation
Monitor outcomes
Specificity of a test for infection or disease is calculated as: -
Correct Answer ✅The number of TRUE NEGATIVES divided
by TOTAL # PERSONS WITHOUT DISEASE x100
A measure of dispersion that reflects the variability in values
around the mean is called: - Correct Answer ✅Standard
deviation
, CIC Practice Questions and Answers
(Latest Update 2025)
The most important feature of nonparametric tests is that
they: - Correct Answer ✅Make no assumptions about
variance in populations
The range of the correlation coefficient is: - Correct Answer
✅-1 to 1
If the index of kurtosis is -1.99, then the curve is: - Correct
Answer ✅Relatively flat
As the sample size increases, how is the power of the study
affected? - Correct Answer ✅Power is INCREASED
An extraneous variable that systematically varies
with the independent variable and influences the dependent
variable is a: - Correct Answer ✅Confounding variable
A frequency polygon... - Correct Answer ✅Is useful for
showing 2 sets of data on a single graph
(Latest Update 2025)
For which procedures is the surveillance period for deep
incisional or organ space SSI 90 days? - Correct Answer
✅Craniotomy, CABG
What key infection control activity is defined as the
systematic, ongoing collection, management, analysis, and
interpretation of data followed by the dissemination of these
data to public health programs to stimulate public health
action? - Correct Answer ✅Surveillance
An IP is reading a journal article that states that the data the
authors collected are normally distributed. What does this
mean? - Correct Answer ✅The mean, median, and mode of
the data are equal
What symptoms are indicative of a superficial SSI? - Correct
Answer ✅Pain at the incision site 10 days after breast
reduction with drainage positive for MSSA
When benchmarking data to other facilities, the IP should
analyze the entire process to ensure what conditions are
,CIC Practice Questions and Answers
(Latest Update 2025)
met? - Correct Answer ✅Standardized definitions are used
consistently
Adequate training of personnel to collect, store, manage, and
analyze data
Data are collected using the same nationally validated
methodology
The chi-square test can be used to/if: - Correct Answer
✅Evaluate the effect of a variable on outcomes
Calculate an odds ratio or relative risk
IF each cell of the table is >5
The measure of central tendency most affected by outliers is:
- Correct Answer ✅Mean
,CIC Practice Questions and Answers
(Latest Update 2025)
The p value in statistical test results indicates: - Correct
Answer ✅The probability of having committed a Type I error
Which statistical test is used when the data are small in
numbers? - Correct Answer ✅Fisher's exact
Statistical process control (SPC) charts are used for: - Correct
Answer ✅Monitor process of care
Facilitate the determination of variation
Monitor outcomes
Specificity of a test for infection or disease is calculated as: -
Correct Answer ✅The number of TRUE NEGATIVES divided
by TOTAL # PERSONS WITHOUT DISEASE x100
A measure of dispersion that reflects the variability in values
around the mean is called: - Correct Answer ✅Standard
deviation
, CIC Practice Questions and Answers
(Latest Update 2025)
The most important feature of nonparametric tests is that
they: - Correct Answer ✅Make no assumptions about
variance in populations
The range of the correlation coefficient is: - Correct Answer
✅-1 to 1
If the index of kurtosis is -1.99, then the curve is: - Correct
Answer ✅Relatively flat
As the sample size increases, how is the power of the study
affected? - Correct Answer ✅Power is INCREASED
An extraneous variable that systematically varies
with the independent variable and influences the dependent
variable is a: - Correct Answer ✅Confounding variable
A frequency polygon... - Correct Answer ✅Is useful for
showing 2 sets of data on a single graph
