CHDA EXAM |ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS|BRAND NEW 2026-2027
UPDATE|GRADED A+
Question 1
The variable that may cause the change in a second variable is called the _____________
variable.
CORRECT ANSWER
? Independent
Question 2
The descriptive statistic most often used with nominal and ordinal data is:
Confidence interval
Z-test
Frequency distribution
Median
CORRECT ANSWER
?? Frequency Distribution
Question 3
A report that displays key performance indicators for use by top executives is called a:
Data table
Dashboard
1
,Operations report
Custom report
CORRECT ANSWER
? Dashboard
Question 4
Under the OPPS payment system, the payment is based primarily on:
DRG assignment
The charge for the procedure
the weight of the APCs
The age of the patient
CORRECT ANSWER
?? the weight of the APCs
Question 5
The mean is an appropriate statistic to use to measure which type of data?
Ordinal
Nominal
Ratio
Qualitative
CORRECT ANSWER
? ratio
2
,Question 6
Average length of stay is an example of a:
Inferential statistic
Descriptive statistic
Undefined data element
Unreliable data element
CORRECT ANSWER
? Descriptive statistic
Question 7
The maximum percentage of payment that can be returned to a hospital under the CMS
HVBP program in 2017 and later years is ________.
CORRECT ANSWER
2.0%
Question 8
In which of the following measures of central tendency do one-half of the observations fall
above and one-half of the observations fall below?
Mean
Mode
Median
Geometric mean
3
, CORRECT ANSWER
Median
Question 9
The acronym CMI is defined to be:
Claim with multiple images
Case mix index
Case monitoring implementation
Claims management indicators
CORRECT ANSWER
Case mix index
Question 10
The ICD coding system was originally designed to be a:
Identifier for high resource cases
Method for tracking population movement
Disease tracking system
Data element to drive payment
CORRECT ANSWER
? Disease tracking system
Question 11
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ANSWERS|BRAND NEW 2026-2027
UPDATE|GRADED A+
Question 1
The variable that may cause the change in a second variable is called the _____________
variable.
CORRECT ANSWER
? Independent
Question 2
The descriptive statistic most often used with nominal and ordinal data is:
Confidence interval
Z-test
Frequency distribution
Median
CORRECT ANSWER
?? Frequency Distribution
Question 3
A report that displays key performance indicators for use by top executives is called a:
Data table
Dashboard
1
,Operations report
Custom report
CORRECT ANSWER
? Dashboard
Question 4
Under the OPPS payment system, the payment is based primarily on:
DRG assignment
The charge for the procedure
the weight of the APCs
The age of the patient
CORRECT ANSWER
?? the weight of the APCs
Question 5
The mean is an appropriate statistic to use to measure which type of data?
Ordinal
Nominal
Ratio
Qualitative
CORRECT ANSWER
? ratio
2
,Question 6
Average length of stay is an example of a:
Inferential statistic
Descriptive statistic
Undefined data element
Unreliable data element
CORRECT ANSWER
? Descriptive statistic
Question 7
The maximum percentage of payment that can be returned to a hospital under the CMS
HVBP program in 2017 and later years is ________.
CORRECT ANSWER
2.0%
Question 8
In which of the following measures of central tendency do one-half of the observations fall
above and one-half of the observations fall below?
Mean
Mode
Median
Geometric mean
3
, CORRECT ANSWER
Median
Question 9
The acronym CMI is defined to be:
Claim with multiple images
Case mix index
Case monitoring implementation
Claims management indicators
CORRECT ANSWER
Case mix index
Question 10
The ICD coding system was originally designed to be a:
Identifier for high resource cases
Method for tracking population movement
Disease tracking system
Data element to drive payment
CORRECT ANSWER
? Disease tracking system
Question 11
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