EPIC CLN251/252 EXAM STUDY QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
Which master file controls the default login department? - CORRECT ANSWER -User (EMP)
A multiple related table is: - CORRECT ANSWER -
The information in the items in the table are all related to each other.
What record must be created in order for a person to log in to Epic? - CORRECT ANSWER -User (EMP)
What record must be created for a person or resource that meets certain clinical criteria? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Provider (SER)
What criteria might be met for a user who is also a provider? - CORRECT ANSWER -Schedulable
Clinically documents in patient charts
Authorizes
Refers to/from
What record can be created to ease setup and maintenance for groups of users with similar job roles
and set up needs? - CORRECT ANSWER -User Template (EMP)
What record controls the layout and ground rules of Hyperspace? - CORRECT ANSWER -Role (E2R)
Which records control access to activities and functionality in Epic? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Security Class (ECL)
Which three types of security class should be assigned to every user? - CORRECT ANSWER -In Basket
Reporting Workbench
Shared
,Which type of security class should be assigned to every user of clinical tools? - CORRECT ANSWER -
EpicCare
Which type of security class should be assigned to every user or clinical tools in an inpatient/hospital s
etting? - CORRECT ANSWER -Inpatient
Which type(s) of security class might be assigned to clinical users of specialty modules? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Application classes as necessary (e.g. Stork, Beacon)
Which items in the user record have unique values that can't be set in a user template? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Login department
User ID
Password
Link to provider
Link to user template
Which records control options within activities? - CORRECT ANSWER -Profile (LPR)
Which options within activities are controlled by profiles? - CORRECT ANSWER -Chart Review tabs
Reports
Note speed buttons
How does the system search the profile hierarchy to create a compiled profile? - CORRECT ANSWER -
From most specific to most general, item by item, some items are all or nothing
Which records are the building blocks of reports? - CORRECT ANSWER -Print Groups (LPG)
What record can give end users different tools based on context, such as patient age or encounter typ
e? - CORRECT ANSWER -Workflow Engine Rule (LOR)
,Which records are created to guide clinicians through workflows efficiently? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Navigators (LVN)
Name the three kinds of a navigator. - CORRECT ANSWER -Section
Topic
Template
List the entities in the profile hierarchy from most specific to most general. - CORRECT ANSWER -
User Template > EpicCare Security Class > Department > Location > Service Area > System Definitions
Dr. Simon Stitches needs to log in to Hyperspace, what record do you need to build? -
CORRECT ANSWER -User Record
Dr. Simon Stitches is scheduled with patients, is an MD, and provides care, what record do you need t
o build? - CORRECT ANSWER -Provider Record
Dr. Simon Stitches is an authorizing meds and orders provider. What record do you need to edit? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Provider Record
Dr. Simon Stitches works at Precision Incision Surgical Associates where they log in to Epic and has app
ointments with patients. What records do you need to build/edit? - CORRECT ANSWER -
User Record (login department)
Provider Record (schedulable department)
Dr. Simon Stitches needs to access tools to help admitted patients at Heal University Medical Center.
What record do you need to build/edit? - CORRECT ANSWER -Inpatient Security Class
Dr. Simon Stitches wants to see a list of scheduled appointments and admitted patients when logged i
n. What record do you need to build/edit? - CORRECT ANSWER -Role
Dr. Simon Stitches wants to see a list of surgically-
relevant reports in Summary and Chart Review. What record do you need to build/edit? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Profile
, Dr. Simon Stitches wants a new Workflow Conductor report that includes a section of pre-
surgery instructions. What records do you need to build/edit? - CORRECT ANSWER -Print Group
Report
Profile
Dr. Simon Stitches wants a specific navigator for procedure tasks like ordering, documenting and chargi
ng only when they are performing a surgery. What records do you need to build/edit? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Navigator Section
Navigator Topic
Navigator Template
Workflow Engine Rule
Profile
What is the minimum number of EpicCare Security classes you need for one MD, one RN, and one LP
N? - CORRECT ANSWER -
3. (One EpicCare security class for the MD's, one for the RN's and one for the LPN.)
What is the minimum number of roles you need for one MD, one RN, and one LPN? -
CORRECT ANSWER -
3. (The two doctors have different options under the Epic and More menus, the RN's have different op
tions from the LPN.)
In addition to the profile set at System Definitions, what is the minimum number of profiles you need
for the three nurses working in the same department? - CORRECT ANSWER -
1. (Since they all see the same Chart Review tabs and reports, they can share a profile record.)
There are 10 technicians and 15 nurses who will need to LOG IN. What master file is being described?
- CORRECT ANSWER -User (EMP)
For ED (ASAP) care, all of the technicians should BE ABLE TO room a patient, transfer a patient within
the ED, and change an ED patient's status. The nurses should BE ABLE TO do those tasks, plus use the
ED Navigator. What master file is being described? - CORRECT ANSWER -Security class (ECL)
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
Which master file controls the default login department? - CORRECT ANSWER -User (EMP)
A multiple related table is: - CORRECT ANSWER -
The information in the items in the table are all related to each other.
What record must be created in order for a person to log in to Epic? - CORRECT ANSWER -User (EMP)
What record must be created for a person or resource that meets certain clinical criteria? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Provider (SER)
What criteria might be met for a user who is also a provider? - CORRECT ANSWER -Schedulable
Clinically documents in patient charts
Authorizes
Refers to/from
What record can be created to ease setup and maintenance for groups of users with similar job roles
and set up needs? - CORRECT ANSWER -User Template (EMP)
What record controls the layout and ground rules of Hyperspace? - CORRECT ANSWER -Role (E2R)
Which records control access to activities and functionality in Epic? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Security Class (ECL)
Which three types of security class should be assigned to every user? - CORRECT ANSWER -In Basket
Reporting Workbench
Shared
,Which type of security class should be assigned to every user of clinical tools? - CORRECT ANSWER -
EpicCare
Which type of security class should be assigned to every user or clinical tools in an inpatient/hospital s
etting? - CORRECT ANSWER -Inpatient
Which type(s) of security class might be assigned to clinical users of specialty modules? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Application classes as necessary (e.g. Stork, Beacon)
Which items in the user record have unique values that can't be set in a user template? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Login department
User ID
Password
Link to provider
Link to user template
Which records control options within activities? - CORRECT ANSWER -Profile (LPR)
Which options within activities are controlled by profiles? - CORRECT ANSWER -Chart Review tabs
Reports
Note speed buttons
How does the system search the profile hierarchy to create a compiled profile? - CORRECT ANSWER -
From most specific to most general, item by item, some items are all or nothing
Which records are the building blocks of reports? - CORRECT ANSWER -Print Groups (LPG)
What record can give end users different tools based on context, such as patient age or encounter typ
e? - CORRECT ANSWER -Workflow Engine Rule (LOR)
,Which records are created to guide clinicians through workflows efficiently? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Navigators (LVN)
Name the three kinds of a navigator. - CORRECT ANSWER -Section
Topic
Template
List the entities in the profile hierarchy from most specific to most general. - CORRECT ANSWER -
User Template > EpicCare Security Class > Department > Location > Service Area > System Definitions
Dr. Simon Stitches needs to log in to Hyperspace, what record do you need to build? -
CORRECT ANSWER -User Record
Dr. Simon Stitches is scheduled with patients, is an MD, and provides care, what record do you need t
o build? - CORRECT ANSWER -Provider Record
Dr. Simon Stitches is an authorizing meds and orders provider. What record do you need to edit? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Provider Record
Dr. Simon Stitches works at Precision Incision Surgical Associates where they log in to Epic and has app
ointments with patients. What records do you need to build/edit? - CORRECT ANSWER -
User Record (login department)
Provider Record (schedulable department)
Dr. Simon Stitches needs to access tools to help admitted patients at Heal University Medical Center.
What record do you need to build/edit? - CORRECT ANSWER -Inpatient Security Class
Dr. Simon Stitches wants to see a list of scheduled appointments and admitted patients when logged i
n. What record do you need to build/edit? - CORRECT ANSWER -Role
Dr. Simon Stitches wants to see a list of surgically-
relevant reports in Summary and Chart Review. What record do you need to build/edit? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Profile
, Dr. Simon Stitches wants a new Workflow Conductor report that includes a section of pre-
surgery instructions. What records do you need to build/edit? - CORRECT ANSWER -Print Group
Report
Profile
Dr. Simon Stitches wants a specific navigator for procedure tasks like ordering, documenting and chargi
ng only when they are performing a surgery. What records do you need to build/edit? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Navigator Section
Navigator Topic
Navigator Template
Workflow Engine Rule
Profile
What is the minimum number of EpicCare Security classes you need for one MD, one RN, and one LP
N? - CORRECT ANSWER -
3. (One EpicCare security class for the MD's, one for the RN's and one for the LPN.)
What is the minimum number of roles you need for one MD, one RN, and one LPN? -
CORRECT ANSWER -
3. (The two doctors have different options under the Epic and More menus, the RN's have different op
tions from the LPN.)
In addition to the profile set at System Definitions, what is the minimum number of profiles you need
for the three nurses working in the same department? - CORRECT ANSWER -
1. (Since they all see the same Chart Review tabs and reports, they can share a profile record.)
There are 10 technicians and 15 nurses who will need to LOG IN. What master file is being described?
- CORRECT ANSWER -User (EMP)
For ED (ASAP) care, all of the technicians should BE ABLE TO room a patient, transfer a patient within
the ED, and change an ED patient's status. The nurses should BE ABLE TO do those tasks, plus use the
ED Navigator. What master file is being described? - CORRECT ANSWER -Security class (ECL)
