HITT-1301 HEALTH INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY EXAM WITH
ALL CORRECT & VERIFIED ANSWERS
Which of the following has a certification program for state population-based registries?
a. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
b. American College of Surgeons
c. North American Association of Central Cancer Registries
d. National Trauma Registries Association Correct answer-C
Which of the following is an external user of data?
a. Public health department
b. Medical staff
c. Hospital administrator
d. Director of the clinical laboratory Correct answer-A
Review of disease indexes, pathology reports, and radiation therapy reports is part of which function
in the cancer registry?
a. Case definition
b. Case-finding
c. Follow-up
d. Reporting Correct answer-B
What is the information identifying the patient (such as name, health record number, address, and
telephone number) called?
a. Accession data
b. Indicator data
c. Reference data
d. Demographic data Correct answer-D
Cancer registries receive approval as part of the facility cancer program from which of the following
agencies?
a. American Cancer Society
b. National Cancer Registrar's Association
c. National Cancer Institute
d. American College of Surgeons Correct answer-D
Which national database includes data on all discharged patients regardless of payer?
a. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project
b. Medicare Provider Analysis and Review file
c. Unified Medical Language System
d. Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set Correct answer-A
Which type of registry is used to collect information on an infant born with spina bifida?
a. Operation
b. Newborn
c. Birth defect
d. Trauma Correct answer-C
What agency is responsible for developing the clinical trials database?
, a. National Library of Medicine
b. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
c. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project
d. MEDLINE Correct answer-A
Which law requires the reporting of deaths and severe complications due to devices?
a. Medical Implantation and Transplantation Act of 1986
b. Medical Devices Reporting Act of 1972
c. Food and Drug Modernization Act of 1997
d. Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990 Correct answer-D
Which of the following is a database from the National Health Care Survey that uses the patient
health record as a data source?
a. National Health Provider Inventory
b. National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
c. National Employer Health Insurance Survey
d. National Infectious Disease Inventory Correct answer-B
Which of the following contains a list maintained in diagnosis code number order of patients
discharged from a facility during a particular time period?
a. Physician index
b. Master patient index
c. Disease index
d. Operation index Correct answer-C
Which of the following contains a list maintained in procedure code number order of patients
discharged from a facility during a particular time period?
a. Physician index
b. Master patient index
c. Disease index
d. Operation index Correct answer-D
Which of the following is a collection of secondary data related to patients with a specific diagnosis,
condition, or procedures?
a. Disease index
b. Disease registry
c. Master patient index
d. Trauma registry Correct answer-B
Case finding is a method used to ___.
a. Identify patients who have been seen or treated in a facility for a particular disease or condition
for inclusion in a registry
b. Define which cases are to be included in a registry
c. Identify trends and changes in the incidence of disease
d. Identify facility-based trends Correct answer-A
In a cancer registry, the accession number ___.
a. Identifies all the cases of cancer treated in a given year
b. Is the number assigned to each case as it is entered into a cancer registry
c. Identifies the pathologic diagnosis of an individual cancer
MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY EXAM WITH
ALL CORRECT & VERIFIED ANSWERS
Which of the following has a certification program for state population-based registries?
a. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
b. American College of Surgeons
c. North American Association of Central Cancer Registries
d. National Trauma Registries Association Correct answer-C
Which of the following is an external user of data?
a. Public health department
b. Medical staff
c. Hospital administrator
d. Director of the clinical laboratory Correct answer-A
Review of disease indexes, pathology reports, and radiation therapy reports is part of which function
in the cancer registry?
a. Case definition
b. Case-finding
c. Follow-up
d. Reporting Correct answer-B
What is the information identifying the patient (such as name, health record number, address, and
telephone number) called?
a. Accession data
b. Indicator data
c. Reference data
d. Demographic data Correct answer-D
Cancer registries receive approval as part of the facility cancer program from which of the following
agencies?
a. American Cancer Society
b. National Cancer Registrar's Association
c. National Cancer Institute
d. American College of Surgeons Correct answer-D
Which national database includes data on all discharged patients regardless of payer?
a. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project
b. Medicare Provider Analysis and Review file
c. Unified Medical Language System
d. Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set Correct answer-A
Which type of registry is used to collect information on an infant born with spina bifida?
a. Operation
b. Newborn
c. Birth defect
d. Trauma Correct answer-C
What agency is responsible for developing the clinical trials database?
, a. National Library of Medicine
b. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
c. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project
d. MEDLINE Correct answer-A
Which law requires the reporting of deaths and severe complications due to devices?
a. Medical Implantation and Transplantation Act of 1986
b. Medical Devices Reporting Act of 1972
c. Food and Drug Modernization Act of 1997
d. Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990 Correct answer-D
Which of the following is a database from the National Health Care Survey that uses the patient
health record as a data source?
a. National Health Provider Inventory
b. National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
c. National Employer Health Insurance Survey
d. National Infectious Disease Inventory Correct answer-B
Which of the following contains a list maintained in diagnosis code number order of patients
discharged from a facility during a particular time period?
a. Physician index
b. Master patient index
c. Disease index
d. Operation index Correct answer-C
Which of the following contains a list maintained in procedure code number order of patients
discharged from a facility during a particular time period?
a. Physician index
b. Master patient index
c. Disease index
d. Operation index Correct answer-D
Which of the following is a collection of secondary data related to patients with a specific diagnosis,
condition, or procedures?
a. Disease index
b. Disease registry
c. Master patient index
d. Trauma registry Correct answer-B
Case finding is a method used to ___.
a. Identify patients who have been seen or treated in a facility for a particular disease or condition
for inclusion in a registry
b. Define which cases are to be included in a registry
c. Identify trends and changes in the incidence of disease
d. Identify facility-based trends Correct answer-A
In a cancer registry, the accession number ___.
a. Identifies all the cases of cancer treated in a given year
b. Is the number assigned to each case as it is entered into a cancer registry
c. Identifies the pathologic diagnosis of an individual cancer
