RHIT Data Analysis and Management
Questions and Answers
(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 - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-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
B) Master patient indexes
C) Outguides
D) Requisition slips - ANS-C) Outguides
(16) What is the term that is used to mean ensuring that data are not altered
Questions and Answers
(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 - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-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
B) Master patient indexes
C) Outguides
D) Requisition slips - ANS-C) Outguides
(16) What is the term that is used to mean ensuring that data are not altered
