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Which of the following is a permissible disclosure of confidential patient information from the
cancer registry?
a. to a facility not involved with the patient's care
b. to the pt
c. to another registry for f/u purposes
d. to the pt's attorney - correct answer To another registry for f/u purposes
What is a source of ca incidence & survival data from pop-based ca registries covering ~28% of
US pop?
a. ACoS CoC
b. CDC NPCR
c. NAACCR
d. NCI SEER program - correct answer NCI SEER program
Medical data that are combined w/o pt identifiers are:
a. Aggregate data
b. Confidential data
c. Pop-based data
d. Unusable data - correct answer Aggregate data
Which of the following information must healthcare organizations protect?
a. employee information
b. information about the organization
c. individually identifiable pt health information
d. all the above - correct answer All the above
Terrie Tumor Registrar ompletes a productivity sheet at the end of each day listing tasks
completed that day. This is a form of:
a. budget
b. time motion study
c. step assessment
d. work flow chart - correct answer Time motion study
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The use of password to verify that a person is who they purport to be before they are granted
access to confidential data is:
a. audit trail
b. encryption
c. firewall
d. user authentication - correct answer User authetication
All of the state ca registries in the US are required to submit their data to:
a. the CDC National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR)
b. the NCI SEER Program
c. Either CDC/NPCR or NCI/SEER
d. None o fthe above - correct answer Eiither CDC/NPCR or NCI/SEER
Caitlin Cancer Registrar is the cancer registry manager. She received a budget for the registry
from the office of the facility's chief financial officer This type of budget is:
a. bottom-up
b. capital
c. operating
d. top-down - correct answer top-down
The organization that formulates & publishes systems to classify ca to be used for selecting
effective tx, determining prognosis, and evaluating ca control measures in the:
a. AJCC
b. NAACCR
c. CoC
d. SEER PROGRAM - correct answer AJCC
Danielle Data Manager is preparing to submit data from the hospital cancer registry to the state
CR. What is used to facilitate the data exchange?
a. Firewall
b. NAACCR data exchange record layout
c. Record linkage
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d. SEER program - correct answer NAACCR data exchange record layout
The CP of the medical center on XYZ Air Force Base submits their cases to the Automated
Central Tumor Registry (ACTUR) & to the NCDB. The CP has a:
a. Hospital/institution-based ca registry
b. Network ca registry
c. non-pop based cancer registry
d. pop-based central cancer registry - correct answer Hospital/institution-based ca registry
The ability for a cancer registry to incorporate electronic data from an external source into the
registry and the ability for external recipients to incorporate registry data for their use is:
a. interoperability
b. not permitted
c. semantic
d. syntactic - correct answer interoperability
What type of CR is designated to determine cancer patterns among various pop, monitor ca
trends over time, and evaluate ca control efforts?
a. familial
b. hospital-based
c. pop-based
d. specialty - correct answer pop-based
What is the nationwide onc outcomes database for accrediated ca programs in the US?
a. GLOBOCAN
b. NCDB
c. NPCR
d. SEER Program - correct answer NCDB
HIPAA and other regulations give pts the right to:
a. Review any of the organization's business records on them
b. Review central ca registry information on them
c. Review information on them ca registry
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d. Review their own medical records kept by the organization - correct answer Review their
own medical records kept by the organization
The resource ffor detailed specifications and codes for each data item in the data exhange
record layout is:
a. Cancer program standards
b. FORDS
c. NAACCR Volume II Data Standards and Data Dictionary
d. SEER Program Coding & Staging Manual - correct answer NAACCR Volume II Data Standards
& Data Dictionary
Lymph-vascular invasion is the presence of tumor cells in:
a. Distant mets sites
b. LN(s)
c. Lymphatic channels or blood vessels
d. The thymus - correct answer Lymphatic channels or blood vessels
The final dx on the path report documents Nottingham score of 8. The primary site is most
likely:
a. Brain
b. Breast
c. Kidney
d. Skin - correct answer Breast
Freestanding path labs may be a casefinding source for a:
a. Community hospital cancer program
b. NCDB
c. Network ca program
d. State central cancer registry - correct answer State central ca registry
Pt admitted to hospital on 2/1/16 w/ congestive heart failure. On 2/2/16 the pt had a CT that
showed a mass in the lung, probably malig. On 2/3/16 the pt had a partial lobectomy. Path
report documented RUL mass, adenoca, confined to the lung. What is the date of first contact?
a. 2/1/16
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Which of the following is a permissible disclosure of confidential patient information from the
cancer registry?
a. to a facility not involved with the patient's care
b. to the pt
c. to another registry for f/u purposes
d. to the pt's attorney - correct answer To another registry for f/u purposes
What is a source of ca incidence & survival data from pop-based ca registries covering ~28% of
US pop?
a. ACoS CoC
b. CDC NPCR
c. NAACCR
d. NCI SEER program - correct answer NCI SEER program
Medical data that are combined w/o pt identifiers are:
a. Aggregate data
b. Confidential data
c. Pop-based data
d. Unusable data - correct answer Aggregate data
Which of the following information must healthcare organizations protect?
a. employee information
b. information about the organization
c. individually identifiable pt health information
d. all the above - correct answer All the above
Terrie Tumor Registrar ompletes a productivity sheet at the end of each day listing tasks
completed that day. This is a form of:
a. budget
b. time motion study
c. step assessment
d. work flow chart - correct answer Time motion study
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The use of password to verify that a person is who they purport to be before they are granted
access to confidential data is:
a. audit trail
b. encryption
c. firewall
d. user authentication - correct answer User authetication
All of the state ca registries in the US are required to submit their data to:
a. the CDC National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR)
b. the NCI SEER Program
c. Either CDC/NPCR or NCI/SEER
d. None o fthe above - correct answer Eiither CDC/NPCR or NCI/SEER
Caitlin Cancer Registrar is the cancer registry manager. She received a budget for the registry
from the office of the facility's chief financial officer This type of budget is:
a. bottom-up
b. capital
c. operating
d. top-down - correct answer top-down
The organization that formulates & publishes systems to classify ca to be used for selecting
effective tx, determining prognosis, and evaluating ca control measures in the:
a. AJCC
b. NAACCR
c. CoC
d. SEER PROGRAM - correct answer AJCC
Danielle Data Manager is preparing to submit data from the hospital cancer registry to the state
CR. What is used to facilitate the data exchange?
a. Firewall
b. NAACCR data exchange record layout
c. Record linkage
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d. SEER program - correct answer NAACCR data exchange record layout
The CP of the medical center on XYZ Air Force Base submits their cases to the Automated
Central Tumor Registry (ACTUR) & to the NCDB. The CP has a:
a. Hospital/institution-based ca registry
b. Network ca registry
c. non-pop based cancer registry
d. pop-based central cancer registry - correct answer Hospital/institution-based ca registry
The ability for a cancer registry to incorporate electronic data from an external source into the
registry and the ability for external recipients to incorporate registry data for their use is:
a. interoperability
b. not permitted
c. semantic
d. syntactic - correct answer interoperability
What type of CR is designated to determine cancer patterns among various pop, monitor ca
trends over time, and evaluate ca control efforts?
a. familial
b. hospital-based
c. pop-based
d. specialty - correct answer pop-based
What is the nationwide onc outcomes database for accrediated ca programs in the US?
a. GLOBOCAN
b. NCDB
c. NPCR
d. SEER Program - correct answer NCDB
HIPAA and other regulations give pts the right to:
a. Review any of the organization's business records on them
b. Review central ca registry information on them
c. Review information on them ca registry
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d. Review their own medical records kept by the organization - correct answer Review their
own medical records kept by the organization
The resource ffor detailed specifications and codes for each data item in the data exhange
record layout is:
a. Cancer program standards
b. FORDS
c. NAACCR Volume II Data Standards and Data Dictionary
d. SEER Program Coding & Staging Manual - correct answer NAACCR Volume II Data Standards
& Data Dictionary
Lymph-vascular invasion is the presence of tumor cells in:
a. Distant mets sites
b. LN(s)
c. Lymphatic channels or blood vessels
d. The thymus - correct answer Lymphatic channels or blood vessels
The final dx on the path report documents Nottingham score of 8. The primary site is most
likely:
a. Brain
b. Breast
c. Kidney
d. Skin - correct answer Breast
Freestanding path labs may be a casefinding source for a:
a. Community hospital cancer program
b. NCDB
c. Network ca program
d. State central cancer registry - correct answer State central ca registry
Pt admitted to hospital on 2/1/16 w/ congestive heart failure. On 2/2/16 the pt had a CT that
showed a mass in the lung, probably malig. On 2/3/16 the pt had a partial lobectomy. Path
report documented RUL mass, adenoca, confined to the lung. What is the date of first contact?
a. 2/1/16
