CHIMA EXAM PREP UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND ACCURATE ANSWERS FULL STUDY
MATERIAL
●● 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
AND ACCURATE ANSWERS FULL STUDY
MATERIAL
●● 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
