CHIMA NCE EXAMS SCRIPT UPDATED STUDY QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔A prostate cancer patient is admitted to the hospital for anemia and is complaining
of lethargy and nausea due to chemotherapy. He is given a blood transfusion for the
anemia and discharged home. The MRDX would be?
A. Anemia
B. Lethargy
C. Nausea
D. Prostate cancer - ✔✔Anemia
✔✔You are coding and notice that the health record documents an error in dosage.
What should you code this as?
A. Accidental ingestion
B. Adverse effect
C. Overdose
D. Poisoning - ✔✔Poisoning
✔✔A physician who is an active member in one hospital and applies to admit an
occasional patient to another is applying for what kind of medical staff membership?
A. Active
B. Consulting
C. Courtesy
D. Honorary - ✔✔Courtesy
✔✔What type of database stores data in predefined tables made up of rows and
columns?
A. Hierarchical
B. Object-oriented
C. Object-relational
D. Relational - ✔✔Relational
✔✔The diagnosis stated at the end of the history and physical report is the?
A. Discharge diagnosis
B. Final diagnosis
C. Primary diagnosis
D. Provisional diagnosis - ✔✔Provisional diagnosis
✔✔A health record analyst needs to quickly compare all lab values during one
hospitalization. The record format best suited for this purpose is the?
A. Integrated format
B. Problem-oriented
C. Reverse chronological
D. Source-oriented - ✔✔Reverse chronological
, ✔✔Many facilities do not approve of auto-authentication of entries in a health record.
The primary objection is that?
A. Electronic signatures are not acceptable in many health care facilities.
B. Evidence cannot be provided that the physician reviewed and approved each report.
C. It is too easy to delegate use of computer passwords.
D. Tampering too often occurs with this method of authentication - ✔✔Evidence cannot
be provided that the physician reviewed and approved each report.
✔✔The 'P' in the SOAP note of the problem-oriented medical record means:
A. Plan
B. Problem
C. Prognosis
D. Progress - ✔✔Plan
✔✔An example of an advance directive is a/an:
A. Acknowledgement of having received patient's rights information.
B. Consent to release information
C. Consent to undergo treatment
D. Living will - ✔✔Living will
✔✔Reviewing a paper-based health record to ensure that all entries are documented in
ink is an example of?
A. Concurrent analysis
B. Legal analysis
C. Qualitative analysis
D. Quantitative analysis - ✔✔Legal analysis
✔✔Failure to obtain consent to a medical or surgical procedure might result in an action
against the physician for?
A. Assault
B. Battery
C. Invasion of privacy
D. Negligence - ✔✔Battery
✔✔Rules and principles determined by legislative bodies constitute which type of law?
A. Administrative law
B. Case law
C. Common law
D. Statutory law - ✔✔Statutory law
✔✔Dr. Brown of Richmond General is treating Amy for her ulcer. She was in TLC
General Hospital a year ago. Dr. Brown has asked the TLC General for a copy of her
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔A prostate cancer patient is admitted to the hospital for anemia and is complaining
of lethargy and nausea due to chemotherapy. He is given a blood transfusion for the
anemia and discharged home. The MRDX would be?
A. Anemia
B. Lethargy
C. Nausea
D. Prostate cancer - ✔✔Anemia
✔✔You are coding and notice that the health record documents an error in dosage.
What should you code this as?
A. Accidental ingestion
B. Adverse effect
C. Overdose
D. Poisoning - ✔✔Poisoning
✔✔A physician who is an active member in one hospital and applies to admit an
occasional patient to another is applying for what kind of medical staff membership?
A. Active
B. Consulting
C. Courtesy
D. Honorary - ✔✔Courtesy
✔✔What type of database stores data in predefined tables made up of rows and
columns?
A. Hierarchical
B. Object-oriented
C. Object-relational
D. Relational - ✔✔Relational
✔✔The diagnosis stated at the end of the history and physical report is the?
A. Discharge diagnosis
B. Final diagnosis
C. Primary diagnosis
D. Provisional diagnosis - ✔✔Provisional diagnosis
✔✔A health record analyst needs to quickly compare all lab values during one
hospitalization. The record format best suited for this purpose is the?
A. Integrated format
B. Problem-oriented
C. Reverse chronological
D. Source-oriented - ✔✔Reverse chronological
, ✔✔Many facilities do not approve of auto-authentication of entries in a health record.
The primary objection is that?
A. Electronic signatures are not acceptable in many health care facilities.
B. Evidence cannot be provided that the physician reviewed and approved each report.
C. It is too easy to delegate use of computer passwords.
D. Tampering too often occurs with this method of authentication - ✔✔Evidence cannot
be provided that the physician reviewed and approved each report.
✔✔The 'P' in the SOAP note of the problem-oriented medical record means:
A. Plan
B. Problem
C. Prognosis
D. Progress - ✔✔Plan
✔✔An example of an advance directive is a/an:
A. Acknowledgement of having received patient's rights information.
B. Consent to release information
C. Consent to undergo treatment
D. Living will - ✔✔Living will
✔✔Reviewing a paper-based health record to ensure that all entries are documented in
ink is an example of?
A. Concurrent analysis
B. Legal analysis
C. Qualitative analysis
D. Quantitative analysis - ✔✔Legal analysis
✔✔Failure to obtain consent to a medical or surgical procedure might result in an action
against the physician for?
A. Assault
B. Battery
C. Invasion of privacy
D. Negligence - ✔✔Battery
✔✔Rules and principles determined by legislative bodies constitute which type of law?
A. Administrative law
B. Case law
C. Common law
D. Statutory law - ✔✔Statutory law
✔✔Dr. Brown of Richmond General is treating Amy for her ulcer. She was in TLC
General Hospital a year ago. Dr. Brown has asked the TLC General for a copy of her
