WGU D033 OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT AND PRE -
ASSESSMENT NEWEST 2026 TEST BANK| D033
HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
OA & PA EXAM WITH COMPLETE REAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS/
ALREADY GRADED A+ (MOST RECENT!!)
A primary care clinic encourages its physicians to engage in patient-
centered care by actively partnering with patients during healthcare
decision-making. Which technology in the clinic's health information
system (HIS) supports this process?
A. Patient portal
B. Patient billing
C. Patient monitoring
D. Patient identification - Correct Answer - Patient portal
Which medication-related area has benefited from the use of an
electronic health record (EHR)?
A. Reduced pharmacy personnel turnover
B. Bypassed pharmacy dispensing system
C. Eliminated physician-specific log-in verification
D. Improved patient verification with prescribed medication - Correct
Answer - Improved patient verification with prescribed medication
A nurse on the night shift is preparing to discharge a patient. The patient
would like to know the facility charge of the chest X-ray received during
the exam. The night shift nurse was unable to access the chargemaster
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,under her log-in credentials. Which type of access does the night shift
nurse need?
A. Single sign-on
B. Two-factor authentication
C. Role-based authentication
D. Context-based authentication - Correct Answer - Role-based
authentication
A master patient index (MPI) analyst has been assigned to combine
duplicate health record numbers. A health information management
(HIM) technician has been assigned to help but cannot access the
hospital information system (HIS). Which type of authentication does
the technician need in order to help?
A. User-based
B. Role-based
C. Context-based
D. Emergency access - Correct Answer - User-based
Malware was introduced to a hospital information system when an end-
user clicked on a link containing a virus. The virus invaded all
computers in the department and brought most of the work to a
standstill. Which strategy plan would re-establish functionality and
access while the virus is being extracted?
A. Contingency plan
B. Unified computer plan
C. Malicious software plan
D. Information systems response plan - Correct Answer - Contingency
plan
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,Which feature of a quality indicator system is critical to health
information management (HIM) department functions, in addition to
abstracting clinical information?
A. Dictating
B. Reporting
C. Translating
D. Coding assignment - Correct Answer - Reporting
What is used to automate the dispensing of a patient's medication,
ensuring the right medication is given to the right patient?
A. Medication reconciliation
B. Pharmacy information system
C. Electronic medication prescription
D. Bar coded medication administration - Correct Answer - Bar coded
medication administration
A quality improvement manager is meeting with school board and other
community members to provide information from the past year on
patients admitted to their emergency department due to drug overdose.
where will the QI manager most efficiently find this information?
A. HIM Department
B. Social Services Database
C. Trauma Registry
D. Electronic Health Record - Correct Answer - C. Trauma Registry
An insurance company recently signed a contract to insure 300 factory
workers in South Dakota. After each of the insured completes the
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, required physical and blood work required by the insurance company,
the insurance company performs this type of analysis to predict the risk
they've assumed in insuring this company. After performing this
analysis, the data shows that approximately one-third of the insured will
develop heart disease within the next 10 years, unless they make
changes now in diet and lifestyle choices. Identify a data mining
technique that is used in this situation.
A. Association rule learning
B. Cluster Analysis
C. Anomaly detection
D. Regression analysis - Correct Answer - D. Regression Analysis
A manufacturer of a flu vaccine issued an urgent recall of LOT
XYZ1234 that a clinic was using for the past month. Which unique
identifier helps in locating patients who were vaccinated?
A. Medical record number
B. Social Security Number
C. Primary key of flu vaccine
D. Foreign key of flu vaccine - Correct Answer - C. Primary key of flu
vaccine
What has improved because of electronic document management
systems?
A. Data quality
B. Workflow management
C. Online analytical processing (OLAP)
D. Optical character recognition (OCR) - Correct Answer - Workflow
management
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ASSESSMENT NEWEST 2026 TEST BANK| D033
HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
OA & PA EXAM WITH COMPLETE REAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS/
ALREADY GRADED A+ (MOST RECENT!!)
A primary care clinic encourages its physicians to engage in patient-
centered care by actively partnering with patients during healthcare
decision-making. Which technology in the clinic's health information
system (HIS) supports this process?
A. Patient portal
B. Patient billing
C. Patient monitoring
D. Patient identification - Correct Answer - Patient portal
Which medication-related area has benefited from the use of an
electronic health record (EHR)?
A. Reduced pharmacy personnel turnover
B. Bypassed pharmacy dispensing system
C. Eliminated physician-specific log-in verification
D. Improved patient verification with prescribed medication - Correct
Answer - Improved patient verification with prescribed medication
A nurse on the night shift is preparing to discharge a patient. The patient
would like to know the facility charge of the chest X-ray received during
the exam. The night shift nurse was unable to access the chargemaster
pg. 1
,under her log-in credentials. Which type of access does the night shift
nurse need?
A. Single sign-on
B. Two-factor authentication
C. Role-based authentication
D. Context-based authentication - Correct Answer - Role-based
authentication
A master patient index (MPI) analyst has been assigned to combine
duplicate health record numbers. A health information management
(HIM) technician has been assigned to help but cannot access the
hospital information system (HIS). Which type of authentication does
the technician need in order to help?
A. User-based
B. Role-based
C. Context-based
D. Emergency access - Correct Answer - User-based
Malware was introduced to a hospital information system when an end-
user clicked on a link containing a virus. The virus invaded all
computers in the department and brought most of the work to a
standstill. Which strategy plan would re-establish functionality and
access while the virus is being extracted?
A. Contingency plan
B. Unified computer plan
C. Malicious software plan
D. Information systems response plan - Correct Answer - Contingency
plan
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,Which feature of a quality indicator system is critical to health
information management (HIM) department functions, in addition to
abstracting clinical information?
A. Dictating
B. Reporting
C. Translating
D. Coding assignment - Correct Answer - Reporting
What is used to automate the dispensing of a patient's medication,
ensuring the right medication is given to the right patient?
A. Medication reconciliation
B. Pharmacy information system
C. Electronic medication prescription
D. Bar coded medication administration - Correct Answer - Bar coded
medication administration
A quality improvement manager is meeting with school board and other
community members to provide information from the past year on
patients admitted to their emergency department due to drug overdose.
where will the QI manager most efficiently find this information?
A. HIM Department
B. Social Services Database
C. Trauma Registry
D. Electronic Health Record - Correct Answer - C. Trauma Registry
An insurance company recently signed a contract to insure 300 factory
workers in South Dakota. After each of the insured completes the
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, required physical and blood work required by the insurance company,
the insurance company performs this type of analysis to predict the risk
they've assumed in insuring this company. After performing this
analysis, the data shows that approximately one-third of the insured will
develop heart disease within the next 10 years, unless they make
changes now in diet and lifestyle choices. Identify a data mining
technique that is used in this situation.
A. Association rule learning
B. Cluster Analysis
C. Anomaly detection
D. Regression analysis - Correct Answer - D. Regression Analysis
A manufacturer of a flu vaccine issued an urgent recall of LOT
XYZ1234 that a clinic was using for the past month. Which unique
identifier helps in locating patients who were vaccinated?
A. Medical record number
B. Social Security Number
C. Primary key of flu vaccine
D. Foreign key of flu vaccine - Correct Answer - C. Primary key of flu
vaccine
What has improved because of electronic document management
systems?
A. Data quality
B. Workflow management
C. Online analytical processing (OLAP)
D. Optical character recognition (OCR) - Correct Answer - Workflow
management
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