CHIMA MOCK EXAM COMPREHENSIVE
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GUARANTEED TO PASS
◉ Which stage of the health information life cycle ensures that
necessary safeguards are in place for the appropriate use of patient
information?
a. Governance and accountability
b. Capture and collection
c. Disposition
d. Access, use and dissemination. Answer: a. Governance and
accountability
◉ If a healthcare organization plans to exchange health information
with other organizations, the data created must meet what
international standard?
a. CIHI
b. EHRS BluePrint Version 2
c. IHE Cross Document Sharing profile
d. Heath Level Seven International (HL7). Answer: d. Heath Level
Seven International (HL7)
,◉ An example of unstructured data is:
a. an electrocardiogram
b. digital heart sounds
c. ultrasound data
d. transcribed reports. Answer: d. transcribed reports
◉ An example of discrete, structured data is:
a. free-text boxes on-line
b. nuclear medicine stored as bit mapped
c. medication orders
d. cardiac catheterizations. Answer: c. medication orders
◉ What should be developed for direct charting, voice recognition or
transcribed documents to promote the consistent use of language
and expression?
a. Organization-specific lists of abbreviations, acronyms and
symbols
b. A staff education program on implications to patient safety of
misinterpreted truncated words or characters
, c. Templates
d. Data Dictionary. Answer: c. Templates
◉ Acceptable authentication for electronic records includes the
author using a/an:
a. digital signature or computer key
b. template to track changes
c. initials with corresponding signature legend
d. audit trail. Answer: a. digital signature or computer key
◉ Which of the following in NOT an objective component of SOAP
a. Patients chief complaint
b. Blood Pressure
c. Previous lab or diagnostic test results
d. Vital Sign Measurements. Answer: a. Patients chief complaint
◉ What is the "retraction" as it pertains to health Information?
a. Removing a document from one individual's records and posting it
to another record
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GUARANTEED TO PASS
◉ Which stage of the health information life cycle ensures that
necessary safeguards are in place for the appropriate use of patient
information?
a. Governance and accountability
b. Capture and collection
c. Disposition
d. Access, use and dissemination. Answer: a. Governance and
accountability
◉ If a healthcare organization plans to exchange health information
with other organizations, the data created must meet what
international standard?
a. CIHI
b. EHRS BluePrint Version 2
c. IHE Cross Document Sharing profile
d. Heath Level Seven International (HL7). Answer: d. Heath Level
Seven International (HL7)
,◉ An example of unstructured data is:
a. an electrocardiogram
b. digital heart sounds
c. ultrasound data
d. transcribed reports. Answer: d. transcribed reports
◉ An example of discrete, structured data is:
a. free-text boxes on-line
b. nuclear medicine stored as bit mapped
c. medication orders
d. cardiac catheterizations. Answer: c. medication orders
◉ What should be developed for direct charting, voice recognition or
transcribed documents to promote the consistent use of language
and expression?
a. Organization-specific lists of abbreviations, acronyms and
symbols
b. A staff education program on implications to patient safety of
misinterpreted truncated words or characters
, c. Templates
d. Data Dictionary. Answer: c. Templates
◉ Acceptable authentication for electronic records includes the
author using a/an:
a. digital signature or computer key
b. template to track changes
c. initials with corresponding signature legend
d. audit trail. Answer: a. digital signature or computer key
◉ Which of the following in NOT an objective component of SOAP
a. Patients chief complaint
b. Blood Pressure
c. Previous lab or diagnostic test results
d. Vital Sign Measurements. Answer: a. Patients chief complaint
◉ What is the "retraction" as it pertains to health Information?
a. Removing a document from one individual's records and posting it
to another record
