CTR Exam Data Quality/Usage UPDATED
Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
True or false? The only information that is requested when a follow-up letter is sent to a
physician is the vital status and last date of contact of the patient. - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔False.
The follow-up letters usually request information on vital status, the last date of contact,
cancer status, and any additional treatment information.
Quality control efforts in the cancer registry should target which of the following areas: -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Casefinding and the reportable list
Use of the data standards manuals
Data entry errors
Which of the following is NOT required to be included in the evaluation of the quality of
cancer registry data? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Abstract is complete within six months of
initial contact with the facility
The following is an example of an Edit error. Given the information provided by the edit
error message, how should this edit be corrected?
Edit: Laterality, Primary Site
E: Laterality must be provided for specified paired organs/sites
Laterality (295) [0] _
Primary Site (291) [C445] _ _ _ _
Date of Diagnosis (283) [020120xx] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Abstract Text:
PATIENT DIAGNOSED WITH MELANOMA ON MID LOWER BACK ON BIOPSY ON
2/1/20xx. 2/25/20xx PATIENT ADMITTED FOR WIDE EXCISION AND SENTINEL
LYMPH NODE BIOPSY. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Laterality should be corrected to code
5
Stage is an example of: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Ordinal data
, According to NCI, the standard way of discussing prognosis is by using _________ survival
rates. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔5-year
For the following data set, what is the median? Data: 96 48 27 72 39 70 7 68 99 36 95 4 6 13
34 74 65 42 28 54 69 - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔48
Epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The occurrence of disease in human populations
When an epidemiologist refers to the distribution of disease, which of the following is being
described: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Person, place, and time
The first step in preparing a statistical report is to - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Determine the
objectives of the report
For the following data set, what is the range? Data 65 73 89 56 73 52 47 - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔42
If you studied the mean survival time for two groups of patients (that were given different
treatments) and you want to test the significance of their difference, which test would you
use? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔T-test
According to the CoC cancer Program Standards Manual v1.2.1, facilities accredited by the
Commission on Cancer: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Are required to publish and annual
report for compliance of Standard 1.12
The standard deviation expresses the spread of data about the ______. - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Mean
If you were to measure a variable on every person in the population you would find the
frequency distribution would display a pattern with most of the measurements near the center
of the frequency. This is called: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Normal distribution
Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
True or false? The only information that is requested when a follow-up letter is sent to a
physician is the vital status and last date of contact of the patient. - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔False.
The follow-up letters usually request information on vital status, the last date of contact,
cancer status, and any additional treatment information.
Quality control efforts in the cancer registry should target which of the following areas: -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Casefinding and the reportable list
Use of the data standards manuals
Data entry errors
Which of the following is NOT required to be included in the evaluation of the quality of
cancer registry data? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Abstract is complete within six months of
initial contact with the facility
The following is an example of an Edit error. Given the information provided by the edit
error message, how should this edit be corrected?
Edit: Laterality, Primary Site
E: Laterality must be provided for specified paired organs/sites
Laterality (295) [0] _
Primary Site (291) [C445] _ _ _ _
Date of Diagnosis (283) [020120xx] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Abstract Text:
PATIENT DIAGNOSED WITH MELANOMA ON MID LOWER BACK ON BIOPSY ON
2/1/20xx. 2/25/20xx PATIENT ADMITTED FOR WIDE EXCISION AND SENTINEL
LYMPH NODE BIOPSY. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Laterality should be corrected to code
5
Stage is an example of: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Ordinal data
, According to NCI, the standard way of discussing prognosis is by using _________ survival
rates. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔5-year
For the following data set, what is the median? Data: 96 48 27 72 39 70 7 68 99 36 95 4 6 13
34 74 65 42 28 54 69 - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔48
Epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The occurrence of disease in human populations
When an epidemiologist refers to the distribution of disease, which of the following is being
described: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Person, place, and time
The first step in preparing a statistical report is to - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Determine the
objectives of the report
For the following data set, what is the range? Data 65 73 89 56 73 52 47 - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔42
If you studied the mean survival time for two groups of patients (that were given different
treatments) and you want to test the significance of their difference, which test would you
use? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔T-test
According to the CoC cancer Program Standards Manual v1.2.1, facilities accredited by the
Commission on Cancer: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Are required to publish and annual
report for compliance of Standard 1.12
The standard deviation expresses the spread of data about the ______. - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Mean
If you were to measure a variable on every person in the population you would find the
frequency distribution would display a pattern with most of the measurements near the center
of the frequency. This is called: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Normal distribution
