EPIC BRIDGES PRACTICE PAPER 2026
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
◉ What are the 3 types of patient validation an interface can use?
Answer: Basic Validation, Extended Validation, Identity Duplication
Configuration (IDC)
◉ What kind of alerts can be set up in the Background monitor?
Answer: Rule Based Alerts
◉ _____ is an online tool you can used to document details about
issues you encounter. Answer: Sherlock
◉ What is translation table used for? Answer: used to map more
granular items from database records
◉ What is identity used for? Answer: It is used to map large
database records
◉ What are the three methods you can use to perform migration?
Answer: Data Courier, Pack/unpack database record utilities,
manual migration
, ◉ What is a data courier? Answer: A tool that Epic provides to
facilitate the migration of objects between environments.
◉ What is included in the subset of bridges records that can be
migrated with Data Courier? Answer: tables (translation & general),
error work queues, error steps, radar dashboards, custom columns
used in message searches and error log reports
◉ Communication Daemon Answer: Sends or receives
acknowledgements over a TCP/IP connection
◉ Data Queue Answer: contains Hl7 Messages along with timestamp
information about message processing
◉ Trigger Answer: A single, clearly defined action that a user or
process can take that results in an interface message being created
and sent
◉ Filer daemon Answer: Translates HL7 data into something that
can be stored to the database
◉ The message editor does not perform validation (T/F) Answer:
True. The message editor is a free text editor and has no idea how
the message should look
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
◉ What are the 3 types of patient validation an interface can use?
Answer: Basic Validation, Extended Validation, Identity Duplication
Configuration (IDC)
◉ What kind of alerts can be set up in the Background monitor?
Answer: Rule Based Alerts
◉ _____ is an online tool you can used to document details about
issues you encounter. Answer: Sherlock
◉ What is translation table used for? Answer: used to map more
granular items from database records
◉ What is identity used for? Answer: It is used to map large
database records
◉ What are the three methods you can use to perform migration?
Answer: Data Courier, Pack/unpack database record utilities,
manual migration
, ◉ What is a data courier? Answer: A tool that Epic provides to
facilitate the migration of objects between environments.
◉ What is included in the subset of bridges records that can be
migrated with Data Courier? Answer: tables (translation & general),
error work queues, error steps, radar dashboards, custom columns
used in message searches and error log reports
◉ Communication Daemon Answer: Sends or receives
acknowledgements over a TCP/IP connection
◉ Data Queue Answer: contains Hl7 Messages along with timestamp
information about message processing
◉ Trigger Answer: A single, clearly defined action that a user or
process can take that results in an interface message being created
and sent
◉ Filer daemon Answer: Translates HL7 data into something that
can be stored to the database
◉ The message editor does not perform validation (T/F) Answer:
True. The message editor is a free text editor and has no idea how
the message should look
