ODS PRACTICE TEST CANCER REGISTRY
OPERATIONS CLOSED BOOK DOMAIN 2
In a graphical representation of data called............................... shows dots which give
the location and create the effect of density
Map
Polygon
Frequency chart
Pie chart - Answers-map
A major activity of NAACCR is:
Provide standards for coding and editing
Certify registries that meet national data and quality standards
Train and educate registry staff
All of the above - Answers-All of the above
Routine and automated edit checks should be applied to what percent of a registry's
cases? - Answers-100%
The statement that cancer will afflict one-out-of-three people sometime during their
lifetime, is what type of an expression? - Answers-Proportion
For the following data set, what is the median? 57 55 85 24 33 49 94 2 8 51 71 30 91 6
47 50 65 43 41 7 - Answers-48
An example of a confidential data item in a report using cancer registry data is: -
Answers-Address at diagnosis
Which of the following databases will contain information on confidential patient
identifiers, such as name and social security number? - Answers-State central cancer
In a population-based central cancer registry, which of the following occurs in the cancer
case reconciliation process?
Patient that have multiple records are reviewed
A list of patient to determine which ones to delete from the database is generated
A list of patients that have a certain kind of cancer is generated
All of the above - Answers-Patient that have multiple records are reviewed
Which organization publishes a major version of the Edits Metafile? - Answers-NAACCR
The CAnswer Forum is maintained by which of the following organizations? - Answers-
ACoS/CoC
, Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are groups of doctors, hospitals, and other
health care providers, who come together voluntarily to give coordinated high quality
care to the Medicare patients they serve.
CoC means that you may be able to keep a Medi-Cal provider for up to 12 months after
you enroll in a new managed care plan. This includes your primary care doctor,
specialists, and most therapists.
Cases are lost to follow-up if no contact has been made within how many months of the
date of last contact? - Answers-15
The rate of dying in a defined population during a given time period is called....... -
Answers-Mortality rate
The X-axis on a graph is known as the: - Answers-Abscissa
The formula that states the person/time at risk in the population divided by the number
of deaths over a period of time over is... - Answers-Mortality rate
The sum of heights of the bars which represents all cases under analysis so no spaces
are between the bars is a graphical representation of data analysis called.... - Answers-
Histogram
The average relative distance of each point in the data set from the mean is known as
the.... - Answers-Variance
Which of the following types of cases are to be followed per the CoC program
standards?
Non-analytic cases
Cases that are reportable by agreement
Cases of patients whose age exceeds 100 years
None of the above are required to be followed - Answers-None of the above are
required to be followed
A graphical representation of the frequency of events over discrete categories is a ...... -
Answers-Histogram
To be qualified to serve on the Council on Certification, a person must be....... -
Answers-A Certified Tumor Registrar
A formal procedure to check data accuracy against source documents is called: -
Answers-Reabstracting study
Which of the following would not be considered a main method of how health registries
collect data? - Answers-Concurrently (At the same time)
OPERATIONS CLOSED BOOK DOMAIN 2
In a graphical representation of data called............................... shows dots which give
the location and create the effect of density
Map
Polygon
Frequency chart
Pie chart - Answers-map
A major activity of NAACCR is:
Provide standards for coding and editing
Certify registries that meet national data and quality standards
Train and educate registry staff
All of the above - Answers-All of the above
Routine and automated edit checks should be applied to what percent of a registry's
cases? - Answers-100%
The statement that cancer will afflict one-out-of-three people sometime during their
lifetime, is what type of an expression? - Answers-Proportion
For the following data set, what is the median? 57 55 85 24 33 49 94 2 8 51 71 30 91 6
47 50 65 43 41 7 - Answers-48
An example of a confidential data item in a report using cancer registry data is: -
Answers-Address at diagnosis
Which of the following databases will contain information on confidential patient
identifiers, such as name and social security number? - Answers-State central cancer
In a population-based central cancer registry, which of the following occurs in the cancer
case reconciliation process?
Patient that have multiple records are reviewed
A list of patient to determine which ones to delete from the database is generated
A list of patients that have a certain kind of cancer is generated
All of the above - Answers-Patient that have multiple records are reviewed
Which organization publishes a major version of the Edits Metafile? - Answers-NAACCR
The CAnswer Forum is maintained by which of the following organizations? - Answers-
ACoS/CoC
, Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are groups of doctors, hospitals, and other
health care providers, who come together voluntarily to give coordinated high quality
care to the Medicare patients they serve.
CoC means that you may be able to keep a Medi-Cal provider for up to 12 months after
you enroll in a new managed care plan. This includes your primary care doctor,
specialists, and most therapists.
Cases are lost to follow-up if no contact has been made within how many months of the
date of last contact? - Answers-15
The rate of dying in a defined population during a given time period is called....... -
Answers-Mortality rate
The X-axis on a graph is known as the: - Answers-Abscissa
The formula that states the person/time at risk in the population divided by the number
of deaths over a period of time over is... - Answers-Mortality rate
The sum of heights of the bars which represents all cases under analysis so no spaces
are between the bars is a graphical representation of data analysis called.... - Answers-
Histogram
The average relative distance of each point in the data set from the mean is known as
the.... - Answers-Variance
Which of the following types of cases are to be followed per the CoC program
standards?
Non-analytic cases
Cases that are reportable by agreement
Cases of patients whose age exceeds 100 years
None of the above are required to be followed - Answers-None of the above are
required to be followed
A graphical representation of the frequency of events over discrete categories is a ...... -
Answers-Histogram
To be qualified to serve on the Council on Certification, a person must be....... -
Answers-A Certified Tumor Registrar
A formal procedure to check data accuracy against source documents is called: -
Answers-Reabstracting study
Which of the following would not be considered a main method of how health registries
collect data? - Answers-Concurrently (At the same time)
