COG170 FINAL PAPER QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
◉ Which of the following do you need to create a link from a
dashboard to a given Hyperspace
activity?
A. The activity descriptor for the activity
B. The menu descriptor of the activity
C. The user‐facing name of the activity
D. The parent menu of the activity record
Answer: A. The activity descriptor for the activity
◉ You have built a component record. Now, in the Designer UI,
you click Add Component but can't
find your component in the catalog. Why not?
A. You are trying to add the component to a view instead of to the
source. You can only
add components to the source from the Designer UI.
B. Your component isn't enabled.
C. You haven't refreshed the dashboard! Click ALT + = to refresh.
D. You must not have access to the component. You can only add
components to a
dashboard if you have access to them.
Answer: B. Your component isn't enabled.
,◉ True or False. Every source dashboard has exactly one view.
Answer: False ‐ Each user can create one or more views of a single
source dashboard.
◉ True or False: SlicerDicer can be used to report on any data that
has ever been entered into Epic
Answer: False. SlicerDicer can only be used to report on data that
has been extracted to Caboodle.
◉ A SlicerDicer population is showing all smokers with PCPs in
your clinic. You would like to see these patients grouped by their
different PCPs, with one bar per provider. How would you do this?
Choose only ONE answer.
A. Add a criterion
B. Change your measure
C. Add a slice
D. Change your visualization
Answer: C. Add a slice
◉ Which of Epic's databases contains real‐time data?
A. Chronicles
B. Clarity
C. Caboodle
Answer: A. Chronicles
,◉ Which of Epic's databases are relational databases?
A. Chronicles
B. Clarity
C. Caboodle
Answer: B. Clarity
C. Caboodle
◉ True or False. You can use the Record Viewer to look up a list of
columns in a Clarity Table.
Answer: False. Use the Record Viewer to view data from a record
in Chronicles. Use the Data Dictionary in the Analytics Catalog to
look up the columns in a Clarity table.
◉ Which of Epic's databases contains real‐time data?
A. Chronicles
B. Clarity
C. Caboodle
Answer:
◉ What is the difference between a record and a contact?
Answer: A record is a single entity. What kind of thing depends on
the master file ‐ a record in the patient master file is a patient, a
record in the provider master file is a provider, etc. A contact
, represents a single set of data (usually representing a unique time
period) on that record.
◉ What is the difference between a multiple response item and a
response each time item?
Answer: These refer to different item characteristics. "Multiple
response" refers to a particular Response Type.
A multiple response item can hold multiple answers on one
contact.
"Response each time" refers to a particular Add Type. A response
each time item can hold different answers on different contacts.
◉ True or False: A patient who has been seen twice at your facility
should have two records in the
Patient master file.
Answer: False ‐ The patient should only have one record, but that
record will have two contacts.
◉ A user shows you a field in Hyperspace that they want to report
on. How can you find where in
Chronicles that field files to?
Answer: Control‐click it. If that doesn't work, try using the Record
Viewer.
SOLUTIONS
◉ Which of the following do you need to create a link from a
dashboard to a given Hyperspace
activity?
A. The activity descriptor for the activity
B. The menu descriptor of the activity
C. The user‐facing name of the activity
D. The parent menu of the activity record
Answer: A. The activity descriptor for the activity
◉ You have built a component record. Now, in the Designer UI,
you click Add Component but can't
find your component in the catalog. Why not?
A. You are trying to add the component to a view instead of to the
source. You can only
add components to the source from the Designer UI.
B. Your component isn't enabled.
C. You haven't refreshed the dashboard! Click ALT + = to refresh.
D. You must not have access to the component. You can only add
components to a
dashboard if you have access to them.
Answer: B. Your component isn't enabled.
,◉ True or False. Every source dashboard has exactly one view.
Answer: False ‐ Each user can create one or more views of a single
source dashboard.
◉ True or False: SlicerDicer can be used to report on any data that
has ever been entered into Epic
Answer: False. SlicerDicer can only be used to report on data that
has been extracted to Caboodle.
◉ A SlicerDicer population is showing all smokers with PCPs in
your clinic. You would like to see these patients grouped by their
different PCPs, with one bar per provider. How would you do this?
Choose only ONE answer.
A. Add a criterion
B. Change your measure
C. Add a slice
D. Change your visualization
Answer: C. Add a slice
◉ Which of Epic's databases contains real‐time data?
A. Chronicles
B. Clarity
C. Caboodle
Answer: A. Chronicles
,◉ Which of Epic's databases are relational databases?
A. Chronicles
B. Clarity
C. Caboodle
Answer: B. Clarity
C. Caboodle
◉ True or False. You can use the Record Viewer to look up a list of
columns in a Clarity Table.
Answer: False. Use the Record Viewer to view data from a record
in Chronicles. Use the Data Dictionary in the Analytics Catalog to
look up the columns in a Clarity table.
◉ Which of Epic's databases contains real‐time data?
A. Chronicles
B. Clarity
C. Caboodle
Answer:
◉ What is the difference between a record and a contact?
Answer: A record is a single entity. What kind of thing depends on
the master file ‐ a record in the patient master file is a patient, a
record in the provider master file is a provider, etc. A contact
, represents a single set of data (usually representing a unique time
period) on that record.
◉ What is the difference between a multiple response item and a
response each time item?
Answer: These refer to different item characteristics. "Multiple
response" refers to a particular Response Type.
A multiple response item can hold multiple answers on one
contact.
"Response each time" refers to a particular Add Type. A response
each time item can hold different answers on different contacts.
◉ True or False: A patient who has been seen twice at your facility
should have two records in the
Patient master file.
Answer: False ‐ The patient should only have one record, but that
record will have two contacts.
◉ A user shows you a field in Hyperspace that they want to report
on. How can you find where in
Chronicles that field files to?
Answer: Control‐click it. If that doesn't work, try using the Record
Viewer.
