LSUS MHA 705 EXAM 1 ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ systems development life
cycle (SDLC).
Answer: A model used to represent the ongoing process of
developing (or purchasing) information systems
◉ Informatics.
Answer: the science of information management.A field of study that
focuses on the use of tech-nology to improve access to, and
utilization of, information
◉ information management..
Answer: The acquisition, organization, analysis, storage, retrieval,
and dissemination of information to support decision-making
activities
◉ Healthcare informatics.
Answer: the field of information science concerned with the
management
of all aspects of health data and information through
,the application of computers and computer technologies.The field of
information science concerned with the management of all aspects
of health data and information through the application of computers
and computer technologies
◉ information science.
Answer: The study of the nature and principles of information.
◉ Applied healthcare informatics.
Answer: Automated information systems applied to healthcare
delivery business and work-flow processes, including the diagnosis,
therapy, and systems of managing health data and information
within the health-care setting
◉ clinical data repository.
Answer: a component of the
EHR that captures data. A central database that fo-cuses on clinical
information.
◉ data types.
Answer: A technical category of data (text, numbers, cur-rency, date,
memo, and link data) that a field in a database can contain
◉ discrete data.
,Answer: Data that represent separate and distinct val-ues or
observations; that is, data that contain only finite num-bers and have
only specified values.
◉ Free-text data.
Answer: Data that are narrative in nature
◉ structured data.
Answer: Binary, computer-readable data
◉ Diagnostic image data.
Answer: Bit-mapped images used for medi-cal or diagnostic
purposes (for example, chest x-rays or com-puted tomography
scans)
◉ bit-mapped data.
Answer: Data made up of pixels displayed on a horizontal and
vertical grid or matrix
◉ raster image.
Answer: A digital image or digital data made up of pixels in a
horizontal and vertical grid or a matrix instead of lines plotted
between a series of points.
, ◉ pixel.
Answer: An abbreviation for the term picture element, which is
defined by many tiny bits of data or pointsMLA 8th Edition (Modern
Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information
Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA
Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour,
K. M., American Health Information Management Association,
Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information
Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA
Press.
◉ analog.
Answer: Data or information that is not represented in an en-coded,
computer-readable formatMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language
Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management :
Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press,
2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M.,
American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald,
S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts,
Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.
◉ digital.
Answer: 1. A data transmission type based on data that have been
binary encoded 2. A term that refers to the data or information
represented in an encoded, computer-readable formatMLA 8th
Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health
Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol.
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ systems development life
cycle (SDLC).
Answer: A model used to represent the ongoing process of
developing (or purchasing) information systems
◉ Informatics.
Answer: the science of information management.A field of study that
focuses on the use of tech-nology to improve access to, and
utilization of, information
◉ information management..
Answer: The acquisition, organization, analysis, storage, retrieval,
and dissemination of information to support decision-making
activities
◉ Healthcare informatics.
Answer: the field of information science concerned with the
management
of all aspects of health data and information through
,the application of computers and computer technologies.The field of
information science concerned with the management of all aspects
of health data and information through the application of computers
and computer technologies
◉ information science.
Answer: The study of the nature and principles of information.
◉ Applied healthcare informatics.
Answer: Automated information systems applied to healthcare
delivery business and work-flow processes, including the diagnosis,
therapy, and systems of managing health data and information
within the health-care setting
◉ clinical data repository.
Answer: a component of the
EHR that captures data. A central database that fo-cuses on clinical
information.
◉ data types.
Answer: A technical category of data (text, numbers, cur-rency, date,
memo, and link data) that a field in a database can contain
◉ discrete data.
,Answer: Data that represent separate and distinct val-ues or
observations; that is, data that contain only finite num-bers and have
only specified values.
◉ Free-text data.
Answer: Data that are narrative in nature
◉ structured data.
Answer: Binary, computer-readable data
◉ Diagnostic image data.
Answer: Bit-mapped images used for medi-cal or diagnostic
purposes (for example, chest x-rays or com-puted tomography
scans)
◉ bit-mapped data.
Answer: Data made up of pixels displayed on a horizontal and
vertical grid or matrix
◉ raster image.
Answer: A digital image or digital data made up of pixels in a
horizontal and vertical grid or a matrix instead of lines plotted
between a series of points.
, ◉ pixel.
Answer: An abbreviation for the term picture element, which is
defined by many tiny bits of data or pointsMLA 8th Edition (Modern
Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information
Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA
Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour,
K. M., American Health Information Management Association,
Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information
Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA
Press.
◉ analog.
Answer: Data or information that is not represented in an en-coded,
computer-readable formatMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language
Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management :
Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press,
2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M.,
American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald,
S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts,
Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.
◉ digital.
Answer: 1. A data transmission type based on data that have been
binary encoded 2. A term that refers to the data or information
represented in an encoded, computer-readable formatMLA 8th
Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health
Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol.
