EPIC AMB 400 EXAMS TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What are three big things defined in the OCC record? - ✔✔1. Display items (class,
status, priority...)
2. Summary sentence items
3. Controlled items
✔✔Questions can be restricted by... - ✔✔A patients age and sex
✔✔What five masterfiles are commonly used as part of procedure and/or medication
setup? - ✔✔SmartText, Order composer config, question, procedure category, result
component
✔✔When building an OCC record, there are two options for the "ordering type" field.
What are they? - ✔✔Procedure and Medication
✔✔What two details limit the use of an OCC record? - ✔✔Ordering type and Ordering
context
✔✔When building an OCC record, there are many options for the "ordering context"
field. What are two? - ✔✔Ambulatory and Inpatient
✔✔Procedures with a code type of CPT are... (CPT stands for...) - ✔✔licensed property
of the American Medical Association (CPT stands for current procedural terminology)
✔✔To activate the procedure, the proc type must be... - ✔✔charge
✔✔orderable, performable, and chargeable define a procedure's ... - ✔✔purpose
✔✔If a procedure is orderable, it means - ✔✔something must be done
✔✔If a procedure is performable, it means - ✔✔something must be documented, but
not charged
✔✔If a procedure is chargeable, it means - ✔✔it can be billed for
✔✔A procedure should not have both of these two purposes - ✔✔orderable and
chargeable
✔✔Can a procedure have a purpose of historical? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔Should chargeable records be clinically active or inactive? - ✔✔Inactive
,✔✔Where can you use smart text with a functional type of "MR Orders"? -
✔✔Comments field
✔✔T/F: Procedures that are orderables should be marked as active for billing. -
✔✔False
✔✔If you list Glucose as a result component in a Glucose Accucheck procedure record,
how does that affect the end user who results this rest? - ✔✔This result component
displays by default.
✔✔What is a result component? - ✔✔It's a field on the "enter/edit resuts" screen where
you'd enter a result.
✔✔Dr. Quartz complains that whenever he orders any diagnostic imaging testing for
any patient, the question "Is the patient pregnant?" appears. What setup is wrong? -
✔✔The linked question record should have been limited to females of a certain age.
✔✔If you choose a display item that has "Collapsed" in its name, how does that appear
in the Order Composer? - ✔✔It appears as a hyperlink.
✔✔Where do we get our medication records? - ✔✔Third party vendors
✔✔When you order a medication, then make system changes to the record, do you
need to exit the patient space and re-enter for those changes to be reflected? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔In a medication record, what does an "S" represent? - ✔✔The start date
✔✔Are dose buttons found on the Outpatient Order Composer Button Selections
screen? - ✔✔No. They get their own screen.
✔✔What are three rounding considerations (in the context of medications)? - ✔✔The
medication unit (like mg), the administration unit (like tablet), and the dispense unit (for
pharmacy measurements).
✔✔"Dispense as written" means - ✔✔dispense the brand name product
✔✔What's the "dispensible product" - ✔✔it's the generic name of the medication.
✔✔Can you allow non-discrete sigs for medications? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔What is the purpose of the dispensable product field in a medication record? - ✔✔It
links that medication record to the dispensable product medication record
,✔✔T/F: If you set up a "use free text" button for dose, then administration instructions
automatically appear as a display item. - ✔✔False
✔✔T/F: The presence of item buttons for the Route field has no impact on whether the
Route field is a display item in the Order Compser. - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F: The display items that appear when the Additional Order Details hyperlink is
clicked in the Order Composer are not set up in an OCC of context = ambulatory. -
✔✔True
✔✔Are user preference lists built by end users or administrators? - ✔✔End Users
✔✔Are system preference lists built by end users or administrators? - ✔✔Administrators
✔✔In which masterfile are System Preference Lists defined? - ✔✔Profile
✔✔How many masterfiles are there for preference lists? What are they? - ✔✔There are
2 masterfiles. Preference List Editor (EPD) and Preference List Composer (LPF).
✔✔For which masterfiles would you use composer-based preference lists? -
✔✔Mediations and Procedures.
✔✔If you're not building a preference list of medications or procedures, which
preference list master file should you use? - ✔✔Use the Preference List Editor (as
opposed to the Composer).
✔✔Do values set in Composer based preference lists override the values in the
medication or procedure records? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔If you've turned off the ability to have user preference lists in system defs, can you
turn the ability on for an individual user? - ✔✔No
✔✔T/F: In a procedure preference list record, you must create at least one section. -
✔✔True
✔✔T/F: When you enter override details for a procedure in the Preference List
Composer, end users see those overrride details when the select that procedure from
both the Pref List and Databse Lookup tabs. - ✔✔False
✔✔What term is used for each item in an order record? - ✔✔Property
✔✔Order type is one property of an order record. What are some possible values? -
✔✔Medication, Microbiology, referral
, ✔✔Order transmittal rules function much like... - ✔✔Workflow Engine Rules.
✔✔While WE rules address the question: "What tools should this user have for the
encounter with this patient?" Order transmittal rules address the question: ... - ✔✔What
should happen with this signed order?
✔✔The Order transmittal rule evaluates... - ✔✔properties related to a signed order
✔✔What are the two main pieces of an order transmittal rule? - ✔✔Condition and
Directive
✔✔What are the three types of directives? - ✔✔Do, Set, Send
✔✔What does the send directive do? - ✔✔It sends information about the order to a
destination (printer, pool, etc...)
✔✔What does the set directive do? - ✔✔It changes a value in the order record
✔✔What does the do directive do? - ✔✔It executes an extension record (code).
✔✔What are the three key elements of a send diretive? - ✔✔Report, Destination, Count
✔✔What is the rule record hierarchy from top to bottom? - ✔✔workstation, order
transmittal group, department, location, service area, facility
✔✔Is the destination map hierarchy just like the rule hierarchy? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔What kind of directive could cause charge triggering for an order? - ✔✔The set
directive
✔✔T/F: For the send, do, and set directives, the final step order transmittal does is to
consult the destination map master file. - ✔✔False
✔✔What are the three levels results routing would consult when trying to send a result?
Write them in the order of consultation. - ✔✔Provider, Department, System Definitions
✔✔What record is an In Basket pool? - ✔✔Registry record
✔✔Where would you link a results routing scheme record? - ✔✔To one of the records in
the results routing hierarchy (provider, department, system definitions).
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What are three big things defined in the OCC record? - ✔✔1. Display items (class,
status, priority...)
2. Summary sentence items
3. Controlled items
✔✔Questions can be restricted by... - ✔✔A patients age and sex
✔✔What five masterfiles are commonly used as part of procedure and/or medication
setup? - ✔✔SmartText, Order composer config, question, procedure category, result
component
✔✔When building an OCC record, there are two options for the "ordering type" field.
What are they? - ✔✔Procedure and Medication
✔✔What two details limit the use of an OCC record? - ✔✔Ordering type and Ordering
context
✔✔When building an OCC record, there are many options for the "ordering context"
field. What are two? - ✔✔Ambulatory and Inpatient
✔✔Procedures with a code type of CPT are... (CPT stands for...) - ✔✔licensed property
of the American Medical Association (CPT stands for current procedural terminology)
✔✔To activate the procedure, the proc type must be... - ✔✔charge
✔✔orderable, performable, and chargeable define a procedure's ... - ✔✔purpose
✔✔If a procedure is orderable, it means - ✔✔something must be done
✔✔If a procedure is performable, it means - ✔✔something must be documented, but
not charged
✔✔If a procedure is chargeable, it means - ✔✔it can be billed for
✔✔A procedure should not have both of these two purposes - ✔✔orderable and
chargeable
✔✔Can a procedure have a purpose of historical? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔Should chargeable records be clinically active or inactive? - ✔✔Inactive
,✔✔Where can you use smart text with a functional type of "MR Orders"? -
✔✔Comments field
✔✔T/F: Procedures that are orderables should be marked as active for billing. -
✔✔False
✔✔If you list Glucose as a result component in a Glucose Accucheck procedure record,
how does that affect the end user who results this rest? - ✔✔This result component
displays by default.
✔✔What is a result component? - ✔✔It's a field on the "enter/edit resuts" screen where
you'd enter a result.
✔✔Dr. Quartz complains that whenever he orders any diagnostic imaging testing for
any patient, the question "Is the patient pregnant?" appears. What setup is wrong? -
✔✔The linked question record should have been limited to females of a certain age.
✔✔If you choose a display item that has "Collapsed" in its name, how does that appear
in the Order Composer? - ✔✔It appears as a hyperlink.
✔✔Where do we get our medication records? - ✔✔Third party vendors
✔✔When you order a medication, then make system changes to the record, do you
need to exit the patient space and re-enter for those changes to be reflected? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔In a medication record, what does an "S" represent? - ✔✔The start date
✔✔Are dose buttons found on the Outpatient Order Composer Button Selections
screen? - ✔✔No. They get their own screen.
✔✔What are three rounding considerations (in the context of medications)? - ✔✔The
medication unit (like mg), the administration unit (like tablet), and the dispense unit (for
pharmacy measurements).
✔✔"Dispense as written" means - ✔✔dispense the brand name product
✔✔What's the "dispensible product" - ✔✔it's the generic name of the medication.
✔✔Can you allow non-discrete sigs for medications? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔What is the purpose of the dispensable product field in a medication record? - ✔✔It
links that medication record to the dispensable product medication record
,✔✔T/F: If you set up a "use free text" button for dose, then administration instructions
automatically appear as a display item. - ✔✔False
✔✔T/F: The presence of item buttons for the Route field has no impact on whether the
Route field is a display item in the Order Compser. - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F: The display items that appear when the Additional Order Details hyperlink is
clicked in the Order Composer are not set up in an OCC of context = ambulatory. -
✔✔True
✔✔Are user preference lists built by end users or administrators? - ✔✔End Users
✔✔Are system preference lists built by end users or administrators? - ✔✔Administrators
✔✔In which masterfile are System Preference Lists defined? - ✔✔Profile
✔✔How many masterfiles are there for preference lists? What are they? - ✔✔There are
2 masterfiles. Preference List Editor (EPD) and Preference List Composer (LPF).
✔✔For which masterfiles would you use composer-based preference lists? -
✔✔Mediations and Procedures.
✔✔If you're not building a preference list of medications or procedures, which
preference list master file should you use? - ✔✔Use the Preference List Editor (as
opposed to the Composer).
✔✔Do values set in Composer based preference lists override the values in the
medication or procedure records? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔If you've turned off the ability to have user preference lists in system defs, can you
turn the ability on for an individual user? - ✔✔No
✔✔T/F: In a procedure preference list record, you must create at least one section. -
✔✔True
✔✔T/F: When you enter override details for a procedure in the Preference List
Composer, end users see those overrride details when the select that procedure from
both the Pref List and Databse Lookup tabs. - ✔✔False
✔✔What term is used for each item in an order record? - ✔✔Property
✔✔Order type is one property of an order record. What are some possible values? -
✔✔Medication, Microbiology, referral
, ✔✔Order transmittal rules function much like... - ✔✔Workflow Engine Rules.
✔✔While WE rules address the question: "What tools should this user have for the
encounter with this patient?" Order transmittal rules address the question: ... - ✔✔What
should happen with this signed order?
✔✔The Order transmittal rule evaluates... - ✔✔properties related to a signed order
✔✔What are the two main pieces of an order transmittal rule? - ✔✔Condition and
Directive
✔✔What are the three types of directives? - ✔✔Do, Set, Send
✔✔What does the send directive do? - ✔✔It sends information about the order to a
destination (printer, pool, etc...)
✔✔What does the set directive do? - ✔✔It changes a value in the order record
✔✔What does the do directive do? - ✔✔It executes an extension record (code).
✔✔What are the three key elements of a send diretive? - ✔✔Report, Destination, Count
✔✔What is the rule record hierarchy from top to bottom? - ✔✔workstation, order
transmittal group, department, location, service area, facility
✔✔Is the destination map hierarchy just like the rule hierarchy? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔What kind of directive could cause charge triggering for an order? - ✔✔The set
directive
✔✔T/F: For the send, do, and set directives, the final step order transmittal does is to
consult the destination map master file. - ✔✔False
✔✔What are the three levels results routing would consult when trying to send a result?
Write them in the order of consultation. - ✔✔Provider, Department, System Definitions
✔✔What record is an In Basket pool? - ✔✔Registry record
✔✔Where would you link a results routing scheme record? - ✔✔To one of the records in
the results routing hierarchy (provider, department, system definitions).
