NCRA CTR DATA QUALITY ASSURANCE 121
PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS & CORRECT
ANSWERS LATEST 2025
Quality control - ANSWER-Planned set of activities to monitor quality; insures
completeness and accuracy of case-finding, abstracting, coding, follow-up,
reporting activities
Quality control activities in the cancer registry are performed to evaluate: -
ANSWER-Registry data quality
Quality of registry operations
The Cancer registry quality control program does the following: - ANSWER-
◦Monitor activities in all areas of the registry
◦Establish uniform standards of quality
◦Provide communication and feedback
◦Collect and maintain data on data quality
◦Balance costs and benefits
Linking multiple records for the same primary cancer, linking records from other
states, and linking pathology reports are all a part of the - ANSWER-record
consolidation
,Central Cancer Registry LNMOP annually performs case-finding audits at 20% of
the reporting facilities in the state. The audits are performed to evaluate -
ANSWER-Case incidence completeness
What needs to be provided to data collectors as part of the registry quality
control program to ensure that change is affected? - ANSWER-Communication
and feedback
Record layout - ANSWER-Named group and organization of fields from the data
dictionary into a particular file format, such as the NAACCR data exchange record
What term refers to the set of information that includes the contents, format, and
structure of a database and the relationship between its elements, used to
control access to and manipulation of the database? - ANSWER-Data dictionary
Quality assurance - ANSWER-Monitoring processes and methods to ensure quality
3 Key Components of Data Quality - ANSWER-1. Timeliness - Generate monthly
reports to monitor adherence to timeliness standard; degree which stages
registration process occur schedule
2. Completeness- Measurement of # of cases missed of of missing data
3. Accuracy (Validity)
Timeliness can be monitored by - ANSWER-Accrual method- Evaluation of overall
accumulation of cases over months/yrs
, Process monitoring method - Evaluation of length of time bet. critical events in
data acquisition
Timeliness is critical to a registry quality-control process. The methods for
evaluating timeliness are - ANSWER-Lag-time reports
Lag-time reports - ANSWER-Compare date of diagnosis to date received in central
registry
Acceptance sampling - ANSWER-Acceptance/Rejection of product based on
results of inspection. Errors discovered & corrected
Cases that fail central registry edits sent back to facility to be corrected
Process control methods - ANSWER-Statistical measures to monitor the state of a
process & determine whether it's in/out of control
Identify increase in rejections & notify when intervention needs to take place
Examples of Process control methods - ANSWER-◦Edit rejection rates
◦Death certificate only (DCO) percentage
◦Historical data review
◦Use of 'unknown'
◦Lag time in reporting
PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS & CORRECT
ANSWERS LATEST 2025
Quality control - ANSWER-Planned set of activities to monitor quality; insures
completeness and accuracy of case-finding, abstracting, coding, follow-up,
reporting activities
Quality control activities in the cancer registry are performed to evaluate: -
ANSWER-Registry data quality
Quality of registry operations
The Cancer registry quality control program does the following: - ANSWER-
◦Monitor activities in all areas of the registry
◦Establish uniform standards of quality
◦Provide communication and feedback
◦Collect and maintain data on data quality
◦Balance costs and benefits
Linking multiple records for the same primary cancer, linking records from other
states, and linking pathology reports are all a part of the - ANSWER-record
consolidation
,Central Cancer Registry LNMOP annually performs case-finding audits at 20% of
the reporting facilities in the state. The audits are performed to evaluate -
ANSWER-Case incidence completeness
What needs to be provided to data collectors as part of the registry quality
control program to ensure that change is affected? - ANSWER-Communication
and feedback
Record layout - ANSWER-Named group and organization of fields from the data
dictionary into a particular file format, such as the NAACCR data exchange record
What term refers to the set of information that includes the contents, format, and
structure of a database and the relationship between its elements, used to
control access to and manipulation of the database? - ANSWER-Data dictionary
Quality assurance - ANSWER-Monitoring processes and methods to ensure quality
3 Key Components of Data Quality - ANSWER-1. Timeliness - Generate monthly
reports to monitor adherence to timeliness standard; degree which stages
registration process occur schedule
2. Completeness- Measurement of # of cases missed of of missing data
3. Accuracy (Validity)
Timeliness can be monitored by - ANSWER-Accrual method- Evaluation of overall
accumulation of cases over months/yrs
, Process monitoring method - Evaluation of length of time bet. critical events in
data acquisition
Timeliness is critical to a registry quality-control process. The methods for
evaluating timeliness are - ANSWER-Lag-time reports
Lag-time reports - ANSWER-Compare date of diagnosis to date received in central
registry
Acceptance sampling - ANSWER-Acceptance/Rejection of product based on
results of inspection. Errors discovered & corrected
Cases that fail central registry edits sent back to facility to be corrected
Process control methods - ANSWER-Statistical measures to monitor the state of a
process & determine whether it's in/out of control
Identify increase in rejections & notify when intervention needs to take place
Examples of Process control methods - ANSWER-◦Edit rejection rates
◦Death certificate only (DCO) percentage
◦Historical data review
◦Use of 'unknown'
◦Lag time in reporting
