WGU C810 Foundations in Healthcare Data
Management Exam 2026/2027 UPDATED
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
• Which guideline should an health information management (HIM) professional follow
for documentation of both paper and electronic records? -✓✓ Original documents
should be maintained in the health record.
• Which data type is a cardiac catheterization examination note an example of? -✓✓
Unstructured data
• A paragraph in a physician's order specifies information about a patient's discharge.
Which type of data is described in this scenario? -✓✓ Unstructured
• A health information manager is responsible for properly destroying records after the
retention period has passed. Which principle for information governance is described in
this scenario? -✓✓ Disposition
• A chief information officer at a hospital is working to improve data security
methodologies within the hospital's electronic health record (EHR). The chief
information officer enlists the help of the hospital's health information management
(HIM) director to help design and enforce the new data security policies, which include
the utilization of a new token system to access the EHR.Which information governance
principle is described in this scenario? -✓✓ Protection
• In a healthcare facility that still uses paper records, a physician is requesting a record
to complete a discharge summary that is now 28 days past due. The record tracker
states that the record has been sent to storage.Which record-keeping principle applies
to this scenario? -✓✓ Availability
• What does a stakeholder analysis of a data governance system identify? -✓✓ Needs
of those interested in the data
• Which organization requires reporting of medical malpractice payments, federal
licensure and certification actions, and adverse clinical privileges actions? -✓✓ National
Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB)
• What is the name of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) external
audit program that works to reduce Medicare improper payments? -✓✓ RACs
• Which assessment do the Conditions of Participation require all home health agencies
to electronically report? -✓✓ OASIS
, • To which organization must a sentinel event be reported? -✓✓ The Joint Commission
• Which model describes the information that flows to more than one regional clinical
data repository (CDR) and requested records sent from one regional authority? -✓✓
Federated
• A local skilled nursing facility (SNF), hospital, and public health agency all participate
in a health information exchange (HIE). The data is pushed from their facilities into one
repository where they all have access to retrieve data when needed.Which model is
described in this scenario? -✓✓ Centralized
• Which quality characteristic describes data that is unaffected when used across all
applications and systems? -✓✓ Consistency
• During a storm, the operation of information systems and data preservation are
threatened, triggering a disaster protocol.Which disaster recovery planning process step
should be taken in this situation? -✓✓ Execute the continuity plan
• An acute care facility is concerned with identity theft and wants to update policies to
detect identity theft in day-to-day operations, take steps to prevent the crime, and
mitigate its damage. Which prevention program element should the facility update? -✓✓
Red Flags Rule
• Which method of disposal would cause compliance issues for records that have met
their required retention? -✓✓ Records that are trashed once reaching their retention
• A hospital's chief executive officer (CEO) notices a spike in complaints about a certain
unit and wants to know the average number of patients admitted to that unit in order to
monitor staff need. Where should the CEO look for this data? -✓✓ Daily census report
• When an entry is made to a disease registry, an automatic format check ensures the
data field for "Present on Admission" (POA) is completed.Which principle of data
stewardship is this an example of? -✓✓ Establishing controls
• A health information management (HIM) director is writing a data dictionary for a new
disease registry.For which area is this HIM director being a data steward? -✓✓ Data
definition
• A report is needed from a disease registry, but patients' names must be de-
identified.Which category of key principles and practices applies to this scenario? -✓✓
Responsibility of health data steward
• A patient is being seen by a physician. The patient describes the reason for the visit
and the history of present illness in detail. The physician records notes electronically at
Management Exam 2026/2027 UPDATED
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
• Which guideline should an health information management (HIM) professional follow
for documentation of both paper and electronic records? -✓✓ Original documents
should be maintained in the health record.
• Which data type is a cardiac catheterization examination note an example of? -✓✓
Unstructured data
• A paragraph in a physician's order specifies information about a patient's discharge.
Which type of data is described in this scenario? -✓✓ Unstructured
• A health information manager is responsible for properly destroying records after the
retention period has passed. Which principle for information governance is described in
this scenario? -✓✓ Disposition
• A chief information officer at a hospital is working to improve data security
methodologies within the hospital's electronic health record (EHR). The chief
information officer enlists the help of the hospital's health information management
(HIM) director to help design and enforce the new data security policies, which include
the utilization of a new token system to access the EHR.Which information governance
principle is described in this scenario? -✓✓ Protection
• In a healthcare facility that still uses paper records, a physician is requesting a record
to complete a discharge summary that is now 28 days past due. The record tracker
states that the record has been sent to storage.Which record-keeping principle applies
to this scenario? -✓✓ Availability
• What does a stakeholder analysis of a data governance system identify? -✓✓ Needs
of those interested in the data
• Which organization requires reporting of medical malpractice payments, federal
licensure and certification actions, and adverse clinical privileges actions? -✓✓ National
Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB)
• What is the name of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) external
audit program that works to reduce Medicare improper payments? -✓✓ RACs
• Which assessment do the Conditions of Participation require all home health agencies
to electronically report? -✓✓ OASIS
, • To which organization must a sentinel event be reported? -✓✓ The Joint Commission
• Which model describes the information that flows to more than one regional clinical
data repository (CDR) and requested records sent from one regional authority? -✓✓
Federated
• A local skilled nursing facility (SNF), hospital, and public health agency all participate
in a health information exchange (HIE). The data is pushed from their facilities into one
repository where they all have access to retrieve data when needed.Which model is
described in this scenario? -✓✓ Centralized
• Which quality characteristic describes data that is unaffected when used across all
applications and systems? -✓✓ Consistency
• During a storm, the operation of information systems and data preservation are
threatened, triggering a disaster protocol.Which disaster recovery planning process step
should be taken in this situation? -✓✓ Execute the continuity plan
• An acute care facility is concerned with identity theft and wants to update policies to
detect identity theft in day-to-day operations, take steps to prevent the crime, and
mitigate its damage. Which prevention program element should the facility update? -✓✓
Red Flags Rule
• Which method of disposal would cause compliance issues for records that have met
their required retention? -✓✓ Records that are trashed once reaching their retention
• A hospital's chief executive officer (CEO) notices a spike in complaints about a certain
unit and wants to know the average number of patients admitted to that unit in order to
monitor staff need. Where should the CEO look for this data? -✓✓ Daily census report
• When an entry is made to a disease registry, an automatic format check ensures the
data field for "Present on Admission" (POA) is completed.Which principle of data
stewardship is this an example of? -✓✓ Establishing controls
• A health information management (HIM) director is writing a data dictionary for a new
disease registry.For which area is this HIM director being a data steward? -✓✓ Data
definition
• A report is needed from a disease registry, but patients' names must be de-
identified.Which category of key principles and practices applies to this scenario? -✓✓
Responsibility of health data steward
• A patient is being seen by a physician. The patient describes the reason for the visit
and the history of present illness in detail. The physician records notes electronically at
