NCRA CTR Exam Practice Test 2020 Questions And Correct Answers
A central registry has the ability to combine information from several sources. This ability is called: -
✔✔ Record linkage
A computer data edit - ✔✔ Verifies data accuracy
A formal procedure to check data accuracy against source documents is called - ✔✔ Reabstracting
study
A LEEP is a procedure performed on what organ? - ✔✔ Cervix
A main bronchus, pulmonary artery and veins, nerves and lymph vessels enter and leave through the:
- ✔✔ Hilum
A ration is - ✔✔ the total population divided into parts using the SAME unit of measurement over the
SAME time and forming a fraction of them.
A source for quality improvements may include - ✔✔ 1. based on findings of a quality study under
standard 4.7;
2. Actions to address substandard patient care or process performance;
3. Changes to improve upon acceptable patient care or process performance.
According to the Commission on Cancer, the number of presentations at cancer conference, at a
minimum, are ______________ of the annual analytic caseload. - ✔✔ 15%
According to the Commission on Cancer, the number of studies that measure quality of care,
undertaken by a cancer program is determined based on? - ✔✔ Program category, Standard 4.7
Studies of Quality
Adrenal gland, Adrenal Cortex - ✔✔ secretes aldosterones, cortisol, androgens, estrogens, and
progestins
, An important element of a quality control program is - ✔✔ The collection and maintenance of data
on data quality
An old alternative staging system for colon cancer is: - ✔✔ Duke's staging
Another name for pancreaticoduodenetomy is - ✔✔ Whipple Procedure
Asbestos is a causal agent implicated in cancer of which site? - ✔✔ Pleura. AJCC Chapter 37:
Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma, C38.4 pleura, NOS.
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) provides data on - ✔✔ items such as obesity,
exercise, smoking and not being screened.
Biospy is - ✔✔ The removal of tissue from a living patient for the purpose of making a diagnosis by
microscopic examination of the cells.
Body fluids in cytology reports include: - ✔✔ sputum, bronchial washings and brushings, pleural fluid,
peritoneal fluid, spinal fluid, bone marrow aspiration, cervical smears, FNA of
liver/pancreas/breast/lung.
Brachytherapy is - ✔✔ Radiation therapy where the radiation source is close to the tumor. Treat
cervical cancer.
Casefinding timeliness in a central registry is determined by ? - ✔✔ The planned use of the data, and
the agency which the central registry reports to, such as NPCR.
Cases NOT required to be included on the reportable list are - ✔✔ those that include patients seen
only in consultation to establish or confirm a diagnosis or treatment plan.
Central registry provides data on: - ✔✔ incidence, stage and treatment
A central registry has the ability to combine information from several sources. This ability is called: -
✔✔ Record linkage
A computer data edit - ✔✔ Verifies data accuracy
A formal procedure to check data accuracy against source documents is called - ✔✔ Reabstracting
study
A LEEP is a procedure performed on what organ? - ✔✔ Cervix
A main bronchus, pulmonary artery and veins, nerves and lymph vessels enter and leave through the:
- ✔✔ Hilum
A ration is - ✔✔ the total population divided into parts using the SAME unit of measurement over the
SAME time and forming a fraction of them.
A source for quality improvements may include - ✔✔ 1. based on findings of a quality study under
standard 4.7;
2. Actions to address substandard patient care or process performance;
3. Changes to improve upon acceptable patient care or process performance.
According to the Commission on Cancer, the number of presentations at cancer conference, at a
minimum, are ______________ of the annual analytic caseload. - ✔✔ 15%
According to the Commission on Cancer, the number of studies that measure quality of care,
undertaken by a cancer program is determined based on? - ✔✔ Program category, Standard 4.7
Studies of Quality
Adrenal gland, Adrenal Cortex - ✔✔ secretes aldosterones, cortisol, androgens, estrogens, and
progestins
, An important element of a quality control program is - ✔✔ The collection and maintenance of data
on data quality
An old alternative staging system for colon cancer is: - ✔✔ Duke's staging
Another name for pancreaticoduodenetomy is - ✔✔ Whipple Procedure
Asbestos is a causal agent implicated in cancer of which site? - ✔✔ Pleura. AJCC Chapter 37:
Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma, C38.4 pleura, NOS.
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) provides data on - ✔✔ items such as obesity,
exercise, smoking and not being screened.
Biospy is - ✔✔ The removal of tissue from a living patient for the purpose of making a diagnosis by
microscopic examination of the cells.
Body fluids in cytology reports include: - ✔✔ sputum, bronchial washings and brushings, pleural fluid,
peritoneal fluid, spinal fluid, bone marrow aspiration, cervical smears, FNA of
liver/pancreas/breast/lung.
Brachytherapy is - ✔✔ Radiation therapy where the radiation source is close to the tumor. Treat
cervical cancer.
Casefinding timeliness in a central registry is determined by ? - ✔✔ The planned use of the data, and
the agency which the central registry reports to, such as NPCR.
Cases NOT required to be included on the reportable list are - ✔✔ those that include patients seen
only in consultation to establish or confirm a diagnosis or treatment plan.
Central registry provides data on: - ✔✔ incidence, stage and treatment
