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The basic network protocol that determines the rules used to create and
route packets of data between computers is:
a. HL7.
b. TCP/IP
c. URL.
d. XML. - ANSWER - b. TCP/IP
Rationale: TCP/IP, or the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet
Protocol, is a suite of communication protocols used to interconnect
network devices on the internet. TCP/IP can also be used as a
communications protocol in a private network (an intranet or an
extranet).
Applications that are designed to run on a common platform, operate in
a common environment, and communicate through direct data transfer
are known as:
a. integrated.
b. interfaced.
c. normalized.
d. optimized. - ANSWER - a. integrated
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What is the most common risk to patient privacy and confidentiality?
a. An organization's employees.
b. Inadequate firewall protection.
c. Inadequate system design.
d. Viruses, worms, and Trojan horses - ANSWER - a. An organization's
employees.
The foundation of strategic system planning begins with a review of the:
a. existing computing environment.
b. health care industry.
c. information system plan.
d. organization's business mission. - ANSWER - d. organization's
business mission.
The focus of data analysis is to:
a. collect data from various sources.
b. evaluate data for efficiency.
c. identify data sources for later inclusion.
d. transform data into a usable form. - ANSWER - d. transform data into
a usable form.
Which tool tracks resources, milestones, and time frames associated with
the implementation of a new clinical program?
a. A database.
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b. An expert system.
c. Project management software.
d. Spreadsheet software. - ANSWER - c. Project management software.
What process produces a blueprint that details how hardware and
software meet the needs of the organization?
a. Benchmarking.
b. Feasibility study.
c. System analysis.
d. System design. - ANSWER - d. system design
The problems of an existing system have been identified, along with
possible solutions. What is the next step in the systems analysis stage?
a. A feasibility study.
b. Requirements gathering.
c. Systems design.
d. Systems testing. - ANSWER - a. feasibility study
What type of testing is performed on functionally grouped components
to ensure that the subset works with the entire system?
a. Integration.
b. System.
c. Unit.
d. User acceptance - ANSWER - a. Integration.
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The informatics nurse is working on a chart to demonstrate the
increasing incidence of obesity in the patient population at a health
clinic. The data will represent patients who are of normal weight,
overweight, obese, and morbidly obese, and it will include the
percentage of the total population for each group. This type of data is
most effectively represented by a:
a. bar chart.
b. column chart.
c. line chart.
d. pie chart. - ANSWER - a. pie chart
The organization has agreed to be the first major test site in which
software will be installed. This site is known as a/an:
a. primary site
b. secondary site
c. alpha site
d. beta site - ANSWER - d. beta site
Beta testing is the final stage of testing. Primary and secondary sites are
not appropriate terms and alpha site is an initial phase of testing often
used in development of software.
The informatics nurse specialist is developing a test scenario to
determine if the admissions, discharge and transfer application will work
with the clinical documentation and laboratory results reporting modules
of a larger electronic health record. This is know as:
a. unit testing
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