Registry: Structure, Operations, and
Exam Prep.
What type of budget requires that every line item of a new budget be
justified, even if those items were approved in a previous year's budget?
Response :
A. Top-down budget
B. Zero-based budget
C. Bottom-up budget
D. None of the above - Correct Answer: Correct Answer: ✅✅B. Zero-based
budget
A zero-based budget requires that EVERY LINE ITEM of the BUDGET BE
APPROVED, RATHER THAN ONLY CHANGES to the BUDGET FROM ONE YEAR
to the NEXT.
Zero-based BUDGETING REQUIRES THE BUDGET REQUEST be RE-EVALUATED
THOROUGHLY, STARTING FROM SCRATCH. This type of budgeting process
does not take into account whether the total budget or specific line items
costs are increasing or decreasing.
What do you call a government agency or court writ that has authority to
compel the production of evidence?
Response :
A. Subpoena ad testificandum
B. Subpoena duces tecum
C. Both (a) and (b)
,D. Neither (a) nor (b) - Correct Answer: Correct Answer: ✅✅B. Subpoena
duces tecum
A subpoena is a WRIT by a GOV AGENCY or COURT that has AUTHORITY to
COMPEL TESTIMONY by a WITNESS PRODUCTION of evidence. FAILURE TO
COMPLY with a subpoena can result in a PENALTY BY THE government agency
or court.
Subpoena ad testificandum orders a person to testify before the ordering
authority or face punishment. The subpoena can also request the testimony
to be given by phone or in person.
Subpoena duces tecum - Correct Answer: Correct Answer: ✅✅Orders a
person or organization to BRING PHYSICAL EVIDENCE BEFORE the ORDERING
AUTHORITY or FACE PUNISHMENT. This is often used for requests to mail
copies of documents to the requesting party or directly to court.
Subpoena ad testificandum - Correct Answer: Correct Answer: ✅✅orders a
person to TESTIFY BEFORE the ORDERING AUTHORITY or FACE PUNISHMENT.
The subpoena can also request the testimony to be given by phone or in
person.
The laws that take precedence over all other laws are
Response :
A. Federal laws.
B. State laws.
C. City or municipal laws.
D. State laws that are more stringent than Federal laws. - Correct Answer:
Correct Answer: ✅✅D. State laws that are more stringent than Federal
laws.
,There is a hierarchical structure of legal precedence in this country.
Generally, federal laws have precedence over state laws and state laws have
precedence over city/municipal laws. However, if a state or city/municipal
law is stricter than a federal law, it can take precedence.
It is illegal to
Response :
A. Abstract data from a medical record of a family member.
B. Access medical records of family, friends, or celebrities to read the
information.
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. Neither (a) nor (b) - Correct Answer: Correct Answer: ✅✅B. Access
medical records of family, friends, or celebrities to read the information.
Congress granted regulatory powers to the following agencies
Response :
A. The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program (SEER) and the
North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR).
B. The National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) and the North American
Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR).
C. The National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) and the Commission on
Cancer (CoC).
D. The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program (SEER) and the
National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR). - Correct Answer: Correct
Answer: ✅✅D. The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program
(SEER) and the National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR).
The National Cancer Institute's (NCI) SEER program and the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) NPCR program BOTH HAVE
, CONGRESSIONAL REGULATORY POWERS THAT IMPACT CA WORK. Congress
has empowered these two federal administrative agencies to make laws by
passing "enabling legislation." When these agencies, which are both part of
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, make such laws they are
referred to as regulations.
The NCI oversees the SEER program which is a national system of population-
based registries established in 1971 when Congress passed the National
Cancer Act. SEER data collection began in 1973 with a limited amount of
registries and continues to expand to include even more areas and
demographics today. Currently the following areas are covered by the SEER
program:
Alaska Native Tumor Registry
Arizona Indians
Cherokee Nation
Connecticut
Detroit
Georgia Center for Cancer Statistics
Atlanta
Greater Georgia
Rural Georgia)
Greater Bay Area Cancer Registry
San Francisco-Oakland
San Jose-Monterey)
Greater California
Hawaii
Iowa
Kentucky
Los Angeles