RHIT EXAM PREP PRACTICE QUESTIONS (Data
Analysis and Management)/98 Q’s and A’s
(1) A critical early step in designing an EHR is to develop a(n) ________in
which the characteristics of each data element are defined.
A) Accreditation manual
B) Core content
C) Continuity of care record
D) Data dictionary - -D) Data dictionary
- (2) Once hospital discharge abstract systems were developed and their
ability to provide comparative data to hospitals was established, it became
necessary to develop:
A) Data sets
B) Data elements
C) Electronic data interchange
D) Bills of mortality - -A) Data sets
- (3) In healthcare, data sets serve two purposes. The first is to identify data
elements to be collected about each patient. The second is to:
A) Provide uniform data definitions
B) Guide efforts toward computerization
C) Determine statistical formulas
D) Provide a research database - -A) Provide uniform data defintions
- (4) A health information technician is responsible for designing a data
collection form to collect data on patients in an acute-care hospital. The first
resource that she should use is:
A) UHDDS
B) UACDS
C) MDS
D) ORYX - -A) UHDDS
- (5) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the common
healthcare data sets such as UHDDS and UACDS?
A) They define minimum data elements to be collected
B) They provide a complete and exhaustive list of data elements that must
be collected
C) They provide a framework for data collection to which an individual facility
can add data items
,D) The federal government recommends, but does not mandate,
implementation of most of the data sets - -B) They provide a complete and
exhaustive list of data elements that must be collected
- (6) In a paper-based system, the completion of the chart is monitored in a
special area of the HIM department called the ______ file.
A) Incomplete record
B) Permanent
C) Temporary
D) Remote storage - -A) Incomplete record
- (7) Consider the following sequence of numbers. What filing system is
being used if these numbers represent the health record numbers of three
records filed together within the filing system?
36-45-99
37-45-99
38-45-99
A) Straight numerical
B) Terminal digit
C) Middle digit
D) Unit - -B) Terminal digit
- (8) The MPI is necessary to physically locate health records within the
paper-based storage system for all types of filing systems, EXCEPT:
A) Alphabetical
B) Middle digit
C) Terminal digit
D) Straight numerical - -A) Alphabetical
- (9) 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 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 - -D) 25 hours per day
- (10) In which of the following systems are all encounters or patient visits
filed or linked together?
, A) Serial numbering system
B) Unit numbering system
C) Straight numerical filing system
D) Middle-digit filing system - -B) Unit numbering system
- (11) Which of the following is a disadvantage of alphabetical filing?
A) Easy to train new personnel to file
B) Uneven expansion of file shelves or cabinets
C) Ease of creation
D) Relies on an index or authority key - -B) Uneven expansion of file shelves
or cabinets
- (12) Which of the following is a request from a clinical area to check out a
health record?
A) Outguide folder
B) Requisition
C) MPI
D) Patient registry - -B) Requisition
- (13) Which of the following statements describes alphabetic filing?
A) File the record alphabetically by the first name, then the last name and
the middle initial
B) FIle the record alphabetically by the last name, then the first name and
the middle initial
C) File the record alphabetically by the last name, then the middle initial an
the first name
D) File the record alphabetically by last name only - -B) File the record
alphabetically by the last name, then the first name and the middle initial
- (14) In analyzing the reason for changes in a hospital's Medicare case-mix
index over time, the analyst should start with which of the following levels of
detail?
A) Account level
B) MS-DRG level
C) MDC level
D) MS-DRG triples, pairs and singles - -D) MS-DRG triples, pairs and singles
- (15) Which of the following tools is usually used to track health records
that have been removed from their permanent storage locations?
A) Deficiency slips
Analysis and Management)/98 Q’s and A’s
(1) A critical early step in designing an EHR is to develop a(n) ________in
which the characteristics of each data element are defined.
A) Accreditation manual
B) Core content
C) Continuity of care record
D) Data dictionary - -D) Data dictionary
- (2) Once hospital discharge abstract systems were developed and their
ability to provide comparative data to hospitals was established, it became
necessary to develop:
A) Data sets
B) Data elements
C) Electronic data interchange
D) Bills of mortality - -A) Data sets
- (3) In healthcare, data sets serve two purposes. The first is to identify data
elements to be collected about each patient. The second is to:
A) Provide uniform data definitions
B) Guide efforts toward computerization
C) Determine statistical formulas
D) Provide a research database - -A) Provide uniform data defintions
- (4) A health information technician is responsible for designing a data
collection form to collect data on patients in an acute-care hospital. The first
resource that she should use is:
A) UHDDS
B) UACDS
C) MDS
D) ORYX - -A) UHDDS
- (5) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the common
healthcare data sets such as UHDDS and UACDS?
A) They define minimum data elements to be collected
B) They provide a complete and exhaustive list of data elements that must
be collected
C) They provide a framework for data collection to which an individual facility
can add data items
,D) The federal government recommends, but does not mandate,
implementation of most of the data sets - -B) They provide a complete and
exhaustive list of data elements that must be collected
- (6) In a paper-based system, the completion of the chart is monitored in a
special area of the HIM department called the ______ file.
A) Incomplete record
B) Permanent
C) Temporary
D) Remote storage - -A) Incomplete record
- (7) Consider the following sequence of numbers. What filing system is
being used if these numbers represent the health record numbers of three
records filed together within the filing system?
36-45-99
37-45-99
38-45-99
A) Straight numerical
B) Terminal digit
C) Middle digit
D) Unit - -B) Terminal digit
- (8) The MPI is necessary to physically locate health records within the
paper-based storage system for all types of filing systems, EXCEPT:
A) Alphabetical
B) Middle digit
C) Terminal digit
D) Straight numerical - -A) Alphabetical
- (9) 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 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 - -D) 25 hours per day
- (10) In which of the following systems are all encounters or patient visits
filed or linked together?
, A) Serial numbering system
B) Unit numbering system
C) Straight numerical filing system
D) Middle-digit filing system - -B) Unit numbering system
- (11) Which of the following is a disadvantage of alphabetical filing?
A) Easy to train new personnel to file
B) Uneven expansion of file shelves or cabinets
C) Ease of creation
D) Relies on an index or authority key - -B) Uneven expansion of file shelves
or cabinets
- (12) Which of the following is a request from a clinical area to check out a
health record?
A) Outguide folder
B) Requisition
C) MPI
D) Patient registry - -B) Requisition
- (13) Which of the following statements describes alphabetic filing?
A) File the record alphabetically by the first name, then the last name and
the middle initial
B) FIle the record alphabetically by the last name, then the first name and
the middle initial
C) File the record alphabetically by the last name, then the middle initial an
the first name
D) File the record alphabetically by last name only - -B) File the record
alphabetically by the last name, then the first name and the middle initial
- (14) In analyzing the reason for changes in a hospital's Medicare case-mix
index over time, the analyst should start with which of the following levels of
detail?
A) Account level
B) MS-DRG level
C) MDC level
D) MS-DRG triples, pairs and singles - -D) MS-DRG triples, pairs and singles
- (15) Which of the following tools is usually used to track health records
that have been removed from their permanent storage locations?
A) Deficiency slips
