Epic Bridges Certification Exam | Latest Verified Questions and Detailed Answers

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Epic Bridges Certification Exam | Latest Verified
Questions and Detailed Answers

OVERVIEW DESCRIPTION:
This Comprehensive set of multiple-choice questions is designed for the Epic Bridges
Certification exam, an assessment administered by Epic Systems Corporation that
evaluates a candidate’s ability to configure, monitor, and troubleshoot interfaces within the
Epic electronic health record environment. The exam content spans HL7 message structure
and encoding, the roles of the Communication, Event, and Filer Daemons, error handling
with the three-bucket strategy, use of Epic-specific tools such as the Application Interface
Program (AIP), Application Interface Variables (AIV), Message Viewer, and Interface
Monitor, as well as familiarity with X12 and FHIR exchange standards.

QUESTION 1
In an HL7 v2 message, which segment contains the message type, trigger event, and

message control ID?
A. EVN

B. PID
C. MSH

D. OBX
CORRECT ANSWER: C


EXPERT RATIONALE: The MSH (Message Header) segment defines the message type
(MSH-9), trigger event, and unique message control ID (MSH-10), making it essential for

message routing and acknowledgment.

QUESTION 2

What is the default field separator character used in the MSH segment of a standard
HL7 v2 message?
A. ^

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B. |

C. ~
D. &

CORRECT ANSWER: B

EXPERT RATIONALE: The pipe character (|) is defined as the field separator immediately

after the "MSH" literal, and all other encoding characters are specified in MSH-1 and
MSH-2.


QUESTION 3
In the HL7 v2 encoding characters, which character separates components within a field?

A. |
B. ^

C. &
D. ~

CORRECT ANSWER: B

EXPERT RATIONALE: The caret (^) is the default component separator, allowing fields

like patient name (family^given^middle) to be parsed into subparts.

QUESTION 4

A customer wants to send custom data not defined in the standard HL7 segments.
Which type of segment should be used?

A. OBX
B. NTE

C. Z-segment
D. MSA

CORRECT ANSWER: C

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EXPERT RATIONALE: Z-segments are site-defined segments that allow organizations to

transmit non-standard data within an HL7 message while maintaining compliance with
the HL7 standard.


QUESTION 5
In an HL7 ADT^A01 message, which segment carries the patient’s date of birth and

administrative sex?
A. PID

B. PV1
C. NK1

D. IN1
CORRECT ANSWER: A


EXPERT RATIONALE: The PID (Patient Identification) segment contains demographic
fields such as date of birth (PID-7) and administrative sex (PID-8).


QUESTION 6
Which HL7 segment is used to convey the results of an observation, such as a lab value,

in an ORU message?
A. OBR
B. OBX
C. NTE

D. SPM
CORRECT ANSWER: B


EXPERT RATIONALE: The OBX (Observation/Result) segment carries individual
observation values, units, reference ranges, and abnormal flags within an ORU^R01

message.

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QUESTION 7

An ORM message is used to communicate what type of information?
A. Patient demographics

B. Observation results
C. General order information

D. Financial billing
CORRECT ANSWER: C


EXPERT RATIONALE: ORM (Order Message) is the HL7 message type used to transmit
orders, such as pharmacy, radiology, or lab orders, from a sending application to a

fulfilling system.

QUESTION 8

In the MSH segment, what is the correct position for specifying the receiving
application?

A. MSH-3
B. MSH-5

C. MSH-7
D. MSH-9
CORRECT ANSWER: B

EXPERT RATIONALE: MSH-5 is designated as the Receiving Application, MSH-6 is

Receiving Facility, and MSH-3 is Sending Application, following standard HL7 field
assignments.


QUESTION 9
Which delimiter is used to separate repeating fields in HL7 v2 messages?

A. ~
B. |