CPL250 Beaker Clinical Pathology
Administration Exam Questions and
Verified Answers
Epic's database management system is name - ✔✔Chronicles
A(n) __________ is a date-specific snapshot of the data within a record. -
✔✔Contact
Records within the same __________ have identical items, even though they
may not all have values. - ✔✔Master File (INI)
A(n) __________ is a discrete field within a record. - ✔✔Item
Each __________ stores information about one specific entity in the master file.
- ✔✔Record
A(n) __________ is the data that is stored in an item. - ✔✔Value
End users perform their workflows in __________, which they may just call
"epic". - ✔✔Hyperspace
Which activity in Hyperspace and Classic allows you to look at all of a record's
items and values, provided you know the record's master file and name/ID?
a. Ctrl + Click
b. Category List Maintenace
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,c. Record Viewer
d. System Definitions - ✔✔c. Record Viewer
True or False. If a new record affects end-user workflows, it's best practice to
test that workflow in Classic. - ✔✔False.
When a lab tech logs in to EMC Clinic Lab, which type of record are they logging
in to? Choose only ONE answer.
a. Department (DEP)
b. Laboratory (LDF)
c. Section (LDF)
d. User (EMP) - ✔✔a. Department (DEP)
True or False: A department (DEP) is part of the general Epic facility structure
(not the Beaker facility structure). - ✔✔True.
True or False: If turnaround time values are configured at both the Beaker
facility record and laboratory "A" record, Epic will use the settings defined in the
Beaker facility record for a test performed in lab A. - ✔✔False.
True or False: Section records (LDF) can be linked to more than one laboratory
record (LDF). - ✔✔False.
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,A new laboratory (Verona Lab) at your organization would like their specimen
IDs formatted as follows, where X represents the section code and the counter
begins at 1000. The starting number for the counter (1000) is configured in
which record? Choose only ONE answer.
a. Each section (LDF) that belongs to Verona Lab.
b. Verona Lab's laboratory record (LDF)
c. The Beaker facility record (LDF 1)
d. The general Epic facility record (EAF 1) - ✔✔b. Verona Lab's laboratory record
(LDF)
What pieces of information can you add to your laboratory's specimen ID?
Choose all that apply.
a. Julian day
b. Counter
c. Patient initials
d. Section code - ✔✔a. Julian day
b. Counter
d. Section Code
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, Jamie is setting up the turnaround times for the three labs at her organization.
All three labs require a Default Turnaround ime of 90 minutes for routine tests.
Where can Jamie most efficiently make this configuration?
a. Each affected test (OVT) record
b. Each individual laboratory (LDF) record
c. Each laboratory's department (DEP) record
d. The Beaker facility (LDF 1) record - ✔✔d. The Beaker facility (LDF 1) record
Beaker Facility - ✔✔Exists in parallel with the general facility structure (EAF &
DEP vs LDF)
What is the rule of specificity? - ✔✔The system will use the most specific setting
available (bottom to top).
If a setting is not found at the most specific level, the system keeps looking to
the next most specific level (goes up 1 level)
Department - ✔✔Part of the facility structure in Epic. Departments can only be
linked to one laboratory and vice-a-versa.
Laboratory - ✔✔Discrete laboratories need to be represented with laboratory
records (LDF) in the Beaker facility structure.
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Administration Exam Questions and
Verified Answers
Epic's database management system is name - ✔✔Chronicles
A(n) __________ is a date-specific snapshot of the data within a record. -
✔✔Contact
Records within the same __________ have identical items, even though they
may not all have values. - ✔✔Master File (INI)
A(n) __________ is a discrete field within a record. - ✔✔Item
Each __________ stores information about one specific entity in the master file.
- ✔✔Record
A(n) __________ is the data that is stored in an item. - ✔✔Value
End users perform their workflows in __________, which they may just call
"epic". - ✔✔Hyperspace
Which activity in Hyperspace and Classic allows you to look at all of a record's
items and values, provided you know the record's master file and name/ID?
a. Ctrl + Click
b. Category List Maintenace
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,c. Record Viewer
d. System Definitions - ✔✔c. Record Viewer
True or False. If a new record affects end-user workflows, it's best practice to
test that workflow in Classic. - ✔✔False.
When a lab tech logs in to EMC Clinic Lab, which type of record are they logging
in to? Choose only ONE answer.
a. Department (DEP)
b. Laboratory (LDF)
c. Section (LDF)
d. User (EMP) - ✔✔a. Department (DEP)
True or False: A department (DEP) is part of the general Epic facility structure
(not the Beaker facility structure). - ✔✔True.
True or False: If turnaround time values are configured at both the Beaker
facility record and laboratory "A" record, Epic will use the settings defined in the
Beaker facility record for a test performed in lab A. - ✔✔False.
True or False: Section records (LDF) can be linked to more than one laboratory
record (LDF). - ✔✔False.
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,A new laboratory (Verona Lab) at your organization would like their specimen
IDs formatted as follows, where X represents the section code and the counter
begins at 1000. The starting number for the counter (1000) is configured in
which record? Choose only ONE answer.
a. Each section (LDF) that belongs to Verona Lab.
b. Verona Lab's laboratory record (LDF)
c. The Beaker facility record (LDF 1)
d. The general Epic facility record (EAF 1) - ✔✔b. Verona Lab's laboratory record
(LDF)
What pieces of information can you add to your laboratory's specimen ID?
Choose all that apply.
a. Julian day
b. Counter
c. Patient initials
d. Section code - ✔✔a. Julian day
b. Counter
d. Section Code
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, Jamie is setting up the turnaround times for the three labs at her organization.
All three labs require a Default Turnaround ime of 90 minutes for routine tests.
Where can Jamie most efficiently make this configuration?
a. Each affected test (OVT) record
b. Each individual laboratory (LDF) record
c. Each laboratory's department (DEP) record
d. The Beaker facility (LDF 1) record - ✔✔d. The Beaker facility (LDF 1) record
Beaker Facility - ✔✔Exists in parallel with the general facility structure (EAF &
DEP vs LDF)
What is the rule of specificity? - ✔✔The system will use the most specific setting
available (bottom to top).
If a setting is not found at the most specific level, the system keeps looking to
the next most specific level (goes up 1 level)
Department - ✔✔Part of the facility structure in Epic. Departments can only be
linked to one laboratory and vice-a-versa.
Laboratory - ✔✔Discrete laboratories need to be represented with laboratory
records (LDF) in the Beaker facility structure.
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