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CTR EXAM: 381 Questions And Answers
Quiz: Which of the following is a permissible disclosure of
confidential patient information from the cancer registry?
a. to a facility not involved with the patient's care
b. to the pt
c. to another registry for f/u purposes
d. to the pt's attorney - √Answer :To another registry for f/u purposes
Quiz :What is a source of ca incidence & survival data from pop-
based ca registries covering ~28% of US pop?
a. ACoS CoC
b. CDC NPCR
c. NAACCR
d. NCI SEER program - √Answer :NCI SEER program
Quiz :Medical data that are combined w/o pt identifiers are:
a. Aggregate data
b. Confidential data
c. Pop-based data
d. Unusable data - √Answer :Aggregate data
Quiz :Which of the following information must healthcare
organizations protect?
a. employee information
b. information about the organization
c. individually identifiable pt health information
d. all the above - √Answer :All the above
Quiz :Terrie Tumor Registrar ompletes a productivity sheet at the end
of each day listing tasks completed that day. This is a form of:
a. budget
b. time motion study
c. step assessment
d. work flow chart - √Answer :Time motion study
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Quiz :The use of password to verify that a person is who they purport
to be before they are granted access to confidential data is:
a. audit trail
b. encryption
c. firewall
d. user authentication - √Answer :User authetication
Quiz :All of the state ca registries in the US are required to submit
their data to:
a. the CDC National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR)
b. the NCI SEER Program
c. Either CDC/NPCR or NCI/SEER
d. None o fthe above - √Answer :Eiither CDC/NPCR or NCI/SEER
Quiz :Caitlin Cancer Registrar is the cancer registry manager. She
received a budget for the registry from the office of the facility's chief
financial officer This type of budget is:
a. bottom-up
b. capital
c. operating
d. top-down - √Answer :top-down
Quiz :The organization that formulates & publishes systems to
classify ca to be used for selecting effective tx, determining
prognosis, and evaluating ca control measures in the:
a. AJCC
b. NAACCR
c. CoC
d. SEER PROGRAM - √Answer :AJCC
Quiz :Danielle Data Manager is preparing to submit data from the
hospital cancer registry to the state CR. What is used to facilitate the
data exchange?
a. Firewall
b. NAACCR data exchange record layout
c. Record linkage
d. SEER program - √Answer :NAACCR data exchange record layout
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Quiz :The CP of the medical center on XYZ Air Force Base submits
their cases to the Automated Central Tumor Registry (ACTUR) & to
the NCDB. The CP has a:
a. Hospital/institution-based ca registry
b. Network ca registry
c. non-pop based cancer registry
d. pop-based central cancer registry - √Answer :Hospital/institution-
based ca registry
Quiz :The ability for a cancer registry to incorporate electronic data
from an external source into the registry and the ability for external
recipients to incorporate registry data for their use is:
a. interoperability
b. not permitted
c. semantic
d. syntactic - √Answer :interoperability
Quiz :What type of CR is designated to determine cancer patterns
among various pop, monitor ca trends over time, and evaluate ca
control efforts?
a. familial
b. hospital-based
c. pop-based
d. specialty - √Answer :pop-based
Quiz :What is the nationwide onc outcomes database for accrediated
ca programs in the US?
a. GLOBOCAN
b. NCDB
c. NPCR
d. SEER Program - √Answer :NCDB
Quiz :HIPAA and other regulations give pts the right to:
a. Review any of the organization's business records on them
b. Review central ca registry information on them
c. Review information on them ca registry
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d. Review their own medical records kept by the organization -
√Answer :Review their own medical records kept by the organization
Quiz :The resource ffor detailed specifications and codes for each
data item in the data exhange record layout is:
a. Cancer program standards
b. FORDS
c. NAACCR Volume II Data Standards and Data Dictionary
d. SEER Program Coding & Staging Manual - √Answer :NAACCR
Volume II Data Standards & Data Dictionary
Quiz :Lymph-vascular invasion is the presence of tumor cells in:
a. Distant mets sites
b. LN(s)
c. Lymphatic channels or blood vessels
d. The thymus - √Answer :Lymphatic channels or blood vessels
Quiz :The final dx on the path report documents Nottingham score of
8. The primary site is most likely:
a. Brain
b. Breast
c. Kidney
d. Skin - √Answer :Breast
Quiz :Freestanding path labs may be a casefinding source for a:
a. Community hospital cancer program
b. NCDB
c. Network ca program
d. State central cancer registry - √Answer :State central ca registry
Quiz :Pt admitted to hospital on 2/1/16 w/ congestive heart failure. On
2/2/16 the pt had a CT that showed a mass in the lung, probably
malig. On 2/3/16 the pt had a partial lobectomy. Path report
documented RUL mass, adenoca, confined to the lung. What is the
date of first contact?
a. 2/1/16
b. 2/2/16
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CTR EXAM: 381 Questions And Answers
Quiz: Which of the following is a permissible disclosure of
confidential patient information from the cancer registry?
a. to a facility not involved with the patient's care
b. to the pt
c. to another registry for f/u purposes
d. to the pt's attorney - √Answer :To another registry for f/u purposes
Quiz :What is a source of ca incidence & survival data from pop-
based ca registries covering ~28% of US pop?
a. ACoS CoC
b. CDC NPCR
c. NAACCR
d. NCI SEER program - √Answer :NCI SEER program
Quiz :Medical data that are combined w/o pt identifiers are:
a. Aggregate data
b. Confidential data
c. Pop-based data
d. Unusable data - √Answer :Aggregate data
Quiz :Which of the following information must healthcare
organizations protect?
a. employee information
b. information about the organization
c. individually identifiable pt health information
d. all the above - √Answer :All the above
Quiz :Terrie Tumor Registrar ompletes a productivity sheet at the end
of each day listing tasks completed that day. This is a form of:
a. budget
b. time motion study
c. step assessment
d. work flow chart - √Answer :Time motion study
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Quiz :The use of password to verify that a person is who they purport
to be before they are granted access to confidential data is:
a. audit trail
b. encryption
c. firewall
d. user authentication - √Answer :User authetication
Quiz :All of the state ca registries in the US are required to submit
their data to:
a. the CDC National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR)
b. the NCI SEER Program
c. Either CDC/NPCR or NCI/SEER
d. None o fthe above - √Answer :Eiither CDC/NPCR or NCI/SEER
Quiz :Caitlin Cancer Registrar is the cancer registry manager. She
received a budget for the registry from the office of the facility's chief
financial officer This type of budget is:
a. bottom-up
b. capital
c. operating
d. top-down - √Answer :top-down
Quiz :The organization that formulates & publishes systems to
classify ca to be used for selecting effective tx, determining
prognosis, and evaluating ca control measures in the:
a. AJCC
b. NAACCR
c. CoC
d. SEER PROGRAM - √Answer :AJCC
Quiz :Danielle Data Manager is preparing to submit data from the
hospital cancer registry to the state CR. What is used to facilitate the
data exchange?
a. Firewall
b. NAACCR data exchange record layout
c. Record linkage
d. SEER program - √Answer :NAACCR data exchange record layout
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Quiz :The CP of the medical center on XYZ Air Force Base submits
their cases to the Automated Central Tumor Registry (ACTUR) & to
the NCDB. The CP has a:
a. Hospital/institution-based ca registry
b. Network ca registry
c. non-pop based cancer registry
d. pop-based central cancer registry - √Answer :Hospital/institution-
based ca registry
Quiz :The ability for a cancer registry to incorporate electronic data
from an external source into the registry and the ability for external
recipients to incorporate registry data for their use is:
a. interoperability
b. not permitted
c. semantic
d. syntactic - √Answer :interoperability
Quiz :What type of CR is designated to determine cancer patterns
among various pop, monitor ca trends over time, and evaluate ca
control efforts?
a. familial
b. hospital-based
c. pop-based
d. specialty - √Answer :pop-based
Quiz :What is the nationwide onc outcomes database for accrediated
ca programs in the US?
a. GLOBOCAN
b. NCDB
c. NPCR
d. SEER Program - √Answer :NCDB
Quiz :HIPAA and other regulations give pts the right to:
a. Review any of the organization's business records on them
b. Review central ca registry information on them
c. Review information on them ca registry
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d. Review their own medical records kept by the organization -
√Answer :Review their own medical records kept by the organization
Quiz :The resource ffor detailed specifications and codes for each
data item in the data exhange record layout is:
a. Cancer program standards
b. FORDS
c. NAACCR Volume II Data Standards and Data Dictionary
d. SEER Program Coding & Staging Manual - √Answer :NAACCR
Volume II Data Standards & Data Dictionary
Quiz :Lymph-vascular invasion is the presence of tumor cells in:
a. Distant mets sites
b. LN(s)
c. Lymphatic channels or blood vessels
d. The thymus - √Answer :Lymphatic channels or blood vessels
Quiz :The final dx on the path report documents Nottingham score of
8. The primary site is most likely:
a. Brain
b. Breast
c. Kidney
d. Skin - √Answer :Breast
Quiz :Freestanding path labs may be a casefinding source for a:
a. Community hospital cancer program
b. NCDB
c. Network ca program
d. State central cancer registry - √Answer :State central ca registry
Quiz :Pt admitted to hospital on 2/1/16 w/ congestive heart failure. On
2/2/16 the pt had a CT that showed a mass in the lung, probably
malig. On 2/3/16 the pt had a partial lobectomy. Path report
documented RUL mass, adenoca, confined to the lung. What is the
date of first contact?
a. 2/1/16
b. 2/2/16
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