COG170 Cogito Fundamentals Feb
2024/2025 Exam Questions and Answers
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What is the fastest way to create a new dashboard? - ✔✔Dashboard Options >
Create Dashboard
When building custom reports, dashboards, and components, which parts of
your record will be visible and searchable in the Analytics Catalog? - ✔✔Display
name, Tags, and description
You have built a component record. Now, in the Designer UI, you click Add
Component but can't find your component in the catalog. Why not? - ✔✔Your
component isn't enabled.
True or False. Every source dashboard has exactly one view. - ✔✔False. Each
user can create one or more views of a single source dashboard.
True or False. SlicerDicer can be used to report any data that has ever been
entered into Epic. - ✔✔False. SlicerDicer can only be used to report on data that
has been extracted to Caboodle.
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,A SlicerDicer population is showing all smokers with PCPs in your clinic. You
would like to see these patients grouped by their different PCPs, with on bar per
provider. How would you do this? - ✔✔Add a slice.
What controls the list of available measures in SlicerDicer? - ✔✔Measures are
chosen from the list of available SlicerDicer Filters (FDS) Records available in a
Data Model, and the summary functions that apply to that Filter's data type. For
example, you can apply a sum, average, max, or min to a numeric filter, but not
to a string.
On which screen can you choose to integrate dashboard parameters and dates
with your SlicerDicer session? - ✔✔When saving your session.
How does the "Use dashboard dates" setting for a SlicerDicer component
determine the component's behavior on a dashboard? - ✔✔If "Use dashboard
dates" is not selected, the session will always show data for the date range
chose when saving the session. Otherwise the dashboard date range will
immediately update the SlicerDicer session whenever it is changed.
How can you tell if a summary level parameter will affect a SlicerDicer
component on a dashboard? - ✔✔Hover over over the dashboard parameter
and see which components have outlines around them OR Open the SlicerDicer
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,session and check the settings in the "save" or "update" window to see which
dashboard parameters are enabled.
True or False. Creating a new SlicerDicer component from an existing one using
the Explore Detail option will add the new component to the source dashboard.
- ✔✔False. This method will add the SlicerDicer component to a view.
Which of Epic's databases contains real-time data? - ✔✔Chronicles
Which of Epic's databases are relational databases? - ✔✔Clarity & Caboodle
True or False. You can use the Record Viewer to look up a list of columns in the
Clarity Table. - ✔✔False. Use the Record Viewer to view data from a record in
Chronicles. Use the Data Dictionary in the Analytics Catalog to look up the
columns in a Clarity table.
A user ran a report to find all geriatric patients but now wants to limit the
report to only patients who have arthritis. The report includes a column to
display the patient's medical problems. How can the user limit the report to
only arthritic patients without re-running it? - ✔✔Use the Filters tab and filter
the Medical Problem column on the value "arthritis".
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, Who can find a public report in the Analytics Catalog? - ✔✔If a user can see a
template in the Analytics Catalog, they will be able to view and run all the public
reports made from the template.
True or False. A private report is one that anyone can run, but only the creator
can edit. - ✔✔False.
What is the difference between a parameter and a display column? - ✔✔A
parameter is used by the query. It will determine which results are found at run
time. A display column is used to display information about the results that are
found.
What Master File stores one record for every display column in Chronicles? -
✔✔PAF
What should you do before creating a new display column? - ✔✔Check to make
sure there isn't a column already created that you can use.
In the Report Settings window, you are using the Summary Tab to build a
grouped summary. What options are available to you for use in grouping or
aggregating your data? - ✔✔The columns listed in the available and Selected
columns on the display tab.
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2024/2025 Exam Questions and Answers
| Graded A+
What is the fastest way to create a new dashboard? - ✔✔Dashboard Options >
Create Dashboard
When building custom reports, dashboards, and components, which parts of
your record will be visible and searchable in the Analytics Catalog? - ✔✔Display
name, Tags, and description
You have built a component record. Now, in the Designer UI, you click Add
Component but can't find your component in the catalog. Why not? - ✔✔Your
component isn't enabled.
True or False. Every source dashboard has exactly one view. - ✔✔False. Each
user can create one or more views of a single source dashboard.
True or False. SlicerDicer can be used to report any data that has ever been
entered into Epic. - ✔✔False. SlicerDicer can only be used to report on data that
has been extracted to Caboodle.
1|Page
©KERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025.
,A SlicerDicer population is showing all smokers with PCPs in your clinic. You
would like to see these patients grouped by their different PCPs, with on bar per
provider. How would you do this? - ✔✔Add a slice.
What controls the list of available measures in SlicerDicer? - ✔✔Measures are
chosen from the list of available SlicerDicer Filters (FDS) Records available in a
Data Model, and the summary functions that apply to that Filter's data type. For
example, you can apply a sum, average, max, or min to a numeric filter, but not
to a string.
On which screen can you choose to integrate dashboard parameters and dates
with your SlicerDicer session? - ✔✔When saving your session.
How does the "Use dashboard dates" setting for a SlicerDicer component
determine the component's behavior on a dashboard? - ✔✔If "Use dashboard
dates" is not selected, the session will always show data for the date range
chose when saving the session. Otherwise the dashboard date range will
immediately update the SlicerDicer session whenever it is changed.
How can you tell if a summary level parameter will affect a SlicerDicer
component on a dashboard? - ✔✔Hover over over the dashboard parameter
and see which components have outlines around them OR Open the SlicerDicer
2|Page
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,session and check the settings in the "save" or "update" window to see which
dashboard parameters are enabled.
True or False. Creating a new SlicerDicer component from an existing one using
the Explore Detail option will add the new component to the source dashboard.
- ✔✔False. This method will add the SlicerDicer component to a view.
Which of Epic's databases contains real-time data? - ✔✔Chronicles
Which of Epic's databases are relational databases? - ✔✔Clarity & Caboodle
True or False. You can use the Record Viewer to look up a list of columns in the
Clarity Table. - ✔✔False. Use the Record Viewer to view data from a record in
Chronicles. Use the Data Dictionary in the Analytics Catalog to look up the
columns in a Clarity table.
A user ran a report to find all geriatric patients but now wants to limit the
report to only patients who have arthritis. The report includes a column to
display the patient's medical problems. How can the user limit the report to
only arthritic patients without re-running it? - ✔✔Use the Filters tab and filter
the Medical Problem column on the value "arthritis".
3|Page
©KERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025.
, Who can find a public report in the Analytics Catalog? - ✔✔If a user can see a
template in the Analytics Catalog, they will be able to view and run all the public
reports made from the template.
True or False. A private report is one that anyone can run, but only the creator
can edit. - ✔✔False.
What is the difference between a parameter and a display column? - ✔✔A
parameter is used by the query. It will determine which results are found at run
time. A display column is used to display information about the results that are
found.
What Master File stores one record for every display column in Chronicles? -
✔✔PAF
What should you do before creating a new display column? - ✔✔Check to make
sure there isn't a column already created that you can use.
In the Report Settings window, you are using the Summary Tab to build a
grouped summary. What options are available to you for use in grouping or
aggregating your data? - ✔✔The columns listed in the available and Selected
columns on the display tab.
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