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WGU C810 EXAM AND PRACTICE GUIDE DATA MANAGEMENT
EXAM WITH 300+ QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR
ACTUAL WGU C810 - DATA MANAGEMENT
QUESTION: In the past, Joint Commission standards have focused on promoting the use of a
facility-approved abbreviation list to be used by hospital care providers. With the advent of the
commission's national patient safety goals, the focus has shifted to the - ANSWER-A) Prohibited
use of any abbreviations
B) Use of abbreviations in the final diagnosis
C) Flagrant use of specialty -specific abbreviations
D) Use of prohibited or dangerous abbreviations
D) Use of prohibited or dangerous abbreviations
QUESTION: During a retrospective review of Rose Hunter's inpatient health record, the health
information clerk notes that on day 4 of hospitalization, there was one missed dose of insulin.
Determine what type of review is this clerk performing? - ANSWER-A) Legal review
B) Quantitative analysis
C) Qualitative analysis
D) Utilization review
C) Qualitative analysis
QUESTION: Determine the key data item you would expect to find recorded on an ER record
but would probably NOT see in an acute care record - ANSWER-A) Time and means of arrival
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B) Instructions for follow up care
C) Physical findings
D) Lab/diagnostic results
A) Time and means of arrival
QUESTION: Using a template to collect data for key reports may help to prompt caregivers to
document all required data elements in the patient record. This practice contributes to data -
ANSWER-A) Security
B) Timeliness
C) Comprehensiveness
D) Accuracy
C) Comprehensiveness
QUESTION: Determine the data item to include on a qualitative review checklist of newborn
inpatient health records that need NOT to be included on adult records - ANSWER-A) Condition
on discharge
B) Chief complaint
C) Time and means of arrival
D) APGAR score
D) APGAR score
QUESTION: A qualitative review of a health record reveals that the history and physical for a
patient
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admitted on June 26 was performed on June 30 and transcribed on July 1. Which of the
following statements regarding the history and physical is true in this situation? Completion and
charting of the H&P indicates - ANSWER-A) Compliance with Medicare regulations
B) Compliance with Joint Commission standards
C) Compliance with Joint Commission standards for nonsurgical patients
D) Noncompliance with Joint Commission standards
D) Noncompliance with Joint Commission standards
QUESTION: One record documentation requirement shared by both acute care and emergency
departments is - ANSWER-A) Problem list
B) Patient's condition on discharge
C) Advance directive
D) Time and means of arrival
B) Patient's condition on discharge
QUESTION: In preparation for an upcoming site visit by Joint Commission, you discover that the
number of delinquent records for the preceding month exceeded 50% of discharged patients.
Even more alarming was the pattern you noticed in the type of delinquencies. Which of the
following
represents the most serious pattern of delinquencies? Fifteen percent of delinquent records
show - ANSWER-A) Missing discharge summaries
B) Missing signatures on progress notes
C) Absence of SOAP format in progress notes
D) Missing operative reports
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D) Missing operative reports
QUESTION: For continuity of care, ambulatory care providers are more likely than providers of
acute care services to rely on the documentation found in the - ANSWER-A) Transfer record
B) Interdisciplinary patient care plan
C) Problem list
D) Discharge summary
C) Problem list
QUESTION: Setting up a drop down menu to ensure that the registration clerk collects gender
as male, female, or unknown is an example of ensuring data - ANSWER-A) Reliability
B) Timeliness
C) Validity
D) Precision
D) Precision
QUESTION: While data governance focuses primarily on managing data as it is being created
within a healthcare system, information governance focuses instead on managing - ANSWER-
The output of those systems
QUESTION: The minimum length of time for retaining original medical records is primarily
governed by - ANSWER-A) State law
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WGU C810 EXAM AND PRACTICE GUIDE DATA MANAGEMENT
EXAM WITH 300+ QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR
ACTUAL WGU C810 - DATA MANAGEMENT
QUESTION: In the past, Joint Commission standards have focused on promoting the use of a
facility-approved abbreviation list to be used by hospital care providers. With the advent of the
commission's national patient safety goals, the focus has shifted to the - ANSWER-A) Prohibited
use of any abbreviations
B) Use of abbreviations in the final diagnosis
C) Flagrant use of specialty -specific abbreviations
D) Use of prohibited or dangerous abbreviations
D) Use of prohibited or dangerous abbreviations
QUESTION: During a retrospective review of Rose Hunter's inpatient health record, the health
information clerk notes that on day 4 of hospitalization, there was one missed dose of insulin.
Determine what type of review is this clerk performing? - ANSWER-A) Legal review
B) Quantitative analysis
C) Qualitative analysis
D) Utilization review
C) Qualitative analysis
QUESTION: Determine the key data item you would expect to find recorded on an ER record
but would probably NOT see in an acute care record - ANSWER-A) Time and means of arrival
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B) Instructions for follow up care
C) Physical findings
D) Lab/diagnostic results
A) Time and means of arrival
QUESTION: Using a template to collect data for key reports may help to prompt caregivers to
document all required data elements in the patient record. This practice contributes to data -
ANSWER-A) Security
B) Timeliness
C) Comprehensiveness
D) Accuracy
C) Comprehensiveness
QUESTION: Determine the data item to include on a qualitative review checklist of newborn
inpatient health records that need NOT to be included on adult records - ANSWER-A) Condition
on discharge
B) Chief complaint
C) Time and means of arrival
D) APGAR score
D) APGAR score
QUESTION: A qualitative review of a health record reveals that the history and physical for a
patient
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admitted on June 26 was performed on June 30 and transcribed on July 1. Which of the
following statements regarding the history and physical is true in this situation? Completion and
charting of the H&P indicates - ANSWER-A) Compliance with Medicare regulations
B) Compliance with Joint Commission standards
C) Compliance with Joint Commission standards for nonsurgical patients
D) Noncompliance with Joint Commission standards
D) Noncompliance with Joint Commission standards
QUESTION: One record documentation requirement shared by both acute care and emergency
departments is - ANSWER-A) Problem list
B) Patient's condition on discharge
C) Advance directive
D) Time and means of arrival
B) Patient's condition on discharge
QUESTION: In preparation for an upcoming site visit by Joint Commission, you discover that the
number of delinquent records for the preceding month exceeded 50% of discharged patients.
Even more alarming was the pattern you noticed in the type of delinquencies. Which of the
following
represents the most serious pattern of delinquencies? Fifteen percent of delinquent records
show - ANSWER-A) Missing discharge summaries
B) Missing signatures on progress notes
C) Absence of SOAP format in progress notes
D) Missing operative reports
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D) Missing operative reports
QUESTION: For continuity of care, ambulatory care providers are more likely than providers of
acute care services to rely on the documentation found in the - ANSWER-A) Transfer record
B) Interdisciplinary patient care plan
C) Problem list
D) Discharge summary
C) Problem list
QUESTION: Setting up a drop down menu to ensure that the registration clerk collects gender
as male, female, or unknown is an example of ensuring data - ANSWER-A) Reliability
B) Timeliness
C) Validity
D) Precision
D) Precision
QUESTION: While data governance focuses primarily on managing data as it is being created
within a healthcare system, information governance focuses instead on managing - ANSWER-
The output of those systems
QUESTION: The minimum length of time for retaining original medical records is primarily
governed by - ANSWER-A) State law
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