CTR Exam Data Quality/Usage
Exam 2025 Questions and Answers
True or false? The only information that is requested when a follow-up letter is sent to
a physician is the vital status and last date of contact of the patient. - ANSWER✔✔-
False.
The follow-up letters usually request information on vital status, the last date of contact,
cancer status, and any additional treatment information.
Quality control efforts in the cancer registry should target which of the following areas:
- ANSWER✔✔-Casefinding and the reportable list
Use of the data standards manuals
Data entry errors
Which of the following is NOT required to be included in the evaluation of the quality
of cancer registry data? - ANSWER✔✔-Abstract is complete within six months of initial
contact with the facility
, The following is an example of an Edit error. Given the information provided by the
edit error message, how should this edit be corrected?
Edit: Laterality, Primary Site
E: Laterality must be provided for specified paired organs/sites
Laterality (295) [0] _
Primary Site (291) [C445] _ _ _ _
Date of Diagnosis (283) [020120xx] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Abstract Text:
PATIENT DIAGNOSED WITH MELANOMA ON MID LOWER BACK ON BIOPSY
ON 2/1/20xx. 2/25/20xx PATIENT ADMITTED FOR WIDE EXCISION AND
SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY. - ANSWER✔✔-Laterality should be corrected to
code 5
Stage is an example of: - ANSWER✔✔-Ordinal data
According to NCI, the standard way of discussing prognosis is by using _________
survival rates. - ANSWER✔✔-5-year
For the following data set, what is the median? Data: 96 48 27 72 39 70 7 68 99 36 95 4 6
13 34 74 65 42 28 54 69 - ANSWER✔✔-48
Epidemiology - ANSWER✔✔-The occurrence of disease in human populations
Exam 2025 Questions and Answers
True or false? The only information that is requested when a follow-up letter is sent to
a physician is the vital status and last date of contact of the patient. - ANSWER✔✔-
False.
The follow-up letters usually request information on vital status, the last date of contact,
cancer status, and any additional treatment information.
Quality control efforts in the cancer registry should target which of the following areas:
- ANSWER✔✔-Casefinding and the reportable list
Use of the data standards manuals
Data entry errors
Which of the following is NOT required to be included in the evaluation of the quality
of cancer registry data? - ANSWER✔✔-Abstract is complete within six months of initial
contact with the facility
, The following is an example of an Edit error. Given the information provided by the
edit error message, how should this edit be corrected?
Edit: Laterality, Primary Site
E: Laterality must be provided for specified paired organs/sites
Laterality (295) [0] _
Primary Site (291) [C445] _ _ _ _
Date of Diagnosis (283) [020120xx] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Abstract Text:
PATIENT DIAGNOSED WITH MELANOMA ON MID LOWER BACK ON BIOPSY
ON 2/1/20xx. 2/25/20xx PATIENT ADMITTED FOR WIDE EXCISION AND
SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY. - ANSWER✔✔-Laterality should be corrected to
code 5
Stage is an example of: - ANSWER✔✔-Ordinal data
According to NCI, the standard way of discussing prognosis is by using _________
survival rates. - ANSWER✔✔-5-year
For the following data set, what is the median? Data: 96 48 27 72 39 70 7 68 99 36 95 4 6
13 34 74 65 42 28 54 69 - ANSWER✔✔-48
Epidemiology - ANSWER✔✔-The occurrence of disease in human populations
