ANCC IQ DOMAINS 1 TO 5 2026 ETHICS
LEGAL STANDARDS AND PROFESSIONAL
RESPONSIBILITY EXAM PREP RESOURCE
◉ Information in a data warehouse can be used to:
A. Support decision support systems and executive information
systems
B. Support hospital billing and revenue cycles
C. Dispel myths about the cost of care
D. Dispel the need for decision support systems and executive
information systems
Answer: A. Support decision support systems and executive
information systems
◉ Data mining in knowledge data discovery (KDD) allows providers
to:
A. Follow up on the providers' attendance record to meetings
B. Find out who has the most patients in their practice
C. Apply algorithms for extracting patterns that are not typically
apparent to human decision makers Correct
D. Find the best time to take a patient out of the intensive care unit
,Answer: C. Apply algorithms for extracting patterns that are not
typically apparent to human decision makers
◉ The transformation and analysis of information must go through
validation before being used. What is information validation?
A. Process to ensure information in data warehouse is correct,
reliable and consistent
B. Process to ensure information in data warehouse is from the
correct facility
C. Process to ensure information in data warehouse is from the
correct time submission
D. Process to ensure information in data warehouse is correct and
from the correct charts
Answer: A. Process to ensure information in data warehouse is
correct, reliable and consistent
◉ Adult learners who repeatedly cancel attending classes on the
new computer system could be classified as which type of adopter?
A. Early Adopters
B. Early Majority
C. Innovators
D. Late Adopters
Answer: D. Late Adopters
,◉ What is the foundational process that a nurse uses in care of
patients?
A. Information Science
B. Nursing Science
C. Organizational Theory
D. Computer Science
Answer: B. Nursing Science
◉ What is the foundation of knowledge?
A. Information
B. Wisdom
C. Data
D. Bits
Answer: a. information
◉ What is the foundation of wisdom?
A. Information
B. Knowledge
C. Data
D. Bytes
Answer: B. Knowledge
, ◉ What is data?
a. alphanumeric characters
b. discrete entities that are described objectively without
interpretation
c. groups of numbers without context
d. information that has not yet been categorized
Answer: a. alphanumeric characters ???
◉ What is information?
A. The building blocks of wisdom
B. Organized alphanumeric characters
C. Data that are interpreted, organized or structured
D. Data that is used to support decision-making
Answer: C. data that are interpreted, organized and structured.
◉ What is knowledge?
A. The sum of information
B. The categorization of data
C. Information that has been explained and understood
D. Information that is synthesized so that relationships are identified
and formalized
LEGAL STANDARDS AND PROFESSIONAL
RESPONSIBILITY EXAM PREP RESOURCE
◉ Information in a data warehouse can be used to:
A. Support decision support systems and executive information
systems
B. Support hospital billing and revenue cycles
C. Dispel myths about the cost of care
D. Dispel the need for decision support systems and executive
information systems
Answer: A. Support decision support systems and executive
information systems
◉ Data mining in knowledge data discovery (KDD) allows providers
to:
A. Follow up on the providers' attendance record to meetings
B. Find out who has the most patients in their practice
C. Apply algorithms for extracting patterns that are not typically
apparent to human decision makers Correct
D. Find the best time to take a patient out of the intensive care unit
,Answer: C. Apply algorithms for extracting patterns that are not
typically apparent to human decision makers
◉ The transformation and analysis of information must go through
validation before being used. What is information validation?
A. Process to ensure information in data warehouse is correct,
reliable and consistent
B. Process to ensure information in data warehouse is from the
correct facility
C. Process to ensure information in data warehouse is from the
correct time submission
D. Process to ensure information in data warehouse is correct and
from the correct charts
Answer: A. Process to ensure information in data warehouse is
correct, reliable and consistent
◉ Adult learners who repeatedly cancel attending classes on the
new computer system could be classified as which type of adopter?
A. Early Adopters
B. Early Majority
C. Innovators
D. Late Adopters
Answer: D. Late Adopters
,◉ What is the foundational process that a nurse uses in care of
patients?
A. Information Science
B. Nursing Science
C. Organizational Theory
D. Computer Science
Answer: B. Nursing Science
◉ What is the foundation of knowledge?
A. Information
B. Wisdom
C. Data
D. Bits
Answer: a. information
◉ What is the foundation of wisdom?
A. Information
B. Knowledge
C. Data
D. Bytes
Answer: B. Knowledge
, ◉ What is data?
a. alphanumeric characters
b. discrete entities that are described objectively without
interpretation
c. groups of numbers without context
d. information that has not yet been categorized
Answer: a. alphanumeric characters ???
◉ What is information?
A. The building blocks of wisdom
B. Organized alphanumeric characters
C. Data that are interpreted, organized or structured
D. Data that is used to support decision-making
Answer: C. data that are interpreted, organized and structured.
◉ What is knowledge?
A. The sum of information
B. The categorization of data
C. Information that has been explained and understood
D. Information that is synthesized so that relationships are identified
and formalized
