CTR exam quizzes
Which of the following is a permissible disclosure of confidential patient
information from the cancer registry?
a. To a facility not involved with the patient's
care b. To another registry for follow-up
purposes
c. To the patient
d. To the patient's attorney - ANS b. To another registry for follow-up purposes
What is a source of cancer incidence and survival data from population-based
cancer registries covering approximately 34.6% of U.S. population?
a. ACoS CoC
b. CDC NPCR
c. NAACCR
d. NCI SEER Program - ANS d. NCI SEER Program
1. Medical data that are combined without patient identifiers are:
a. Aggregate data
b. Confidential data
c. Population-based data
d. Unusable data - ANS a. Aggregate data
,Which of the following information must healthcare organizations protect?
a. Employee information
b. Individually identifiable patient health information
c. Information about the organization
d. All of the above - ANS d. All of the above
Terrie Tumor Registrar completes a productivity sheet at the end of each
day listing tasks completed that day. This is a form of:
a. Budget
b. Step assessment
c. Time motion
study
d. Work flow chart - ANS c. Time motion study
The use of a password to verify that a person is who they purport to be before
they are granted access to confidential data is:
a. Audit trail
b. Encryption
c. Firewall
d. User authentication - ANS d. User authentication
All of the state cancer registries in the United States are required to submit their
data to:
a. The CDC National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR)
,b. The NCI SEER Program
c. Either CDC/NPCR or NCI/SEER
d. None of the above - ANS c. Either CDC/NPCR or NCI/SEER
Caitlin Cancer Registrar is the cancer registry manager. She received a budget
for the registry from the office of the facility's chief financial officer. This type of
budget is:
a. Bottom-up
b. Capital
c. Operating
d. Top-down - ANS d. Top-down
Danielle Data Manager is preparing to submit data from the hospital cancer
registry to the state central registry. What is used to facilitate the data
exchange? a. Firewall
b. NAACCR data exchange record layout
c. Record linkage
d. Signed permission to release information - ANS b. NAACCR data exchange
record layout
The ability for a cancer registry to incorporate electronic data from an external
source into the registry and the ability for external recipients to incorporate
registry data for their use is:
, a. Interoperability
b. Not permitted
c. Semantic
d. Syntactic - ANS a. Interoperability
What type of cancer registry is designed to determine cancer patterns among
various populations, monitor cancer trends over time, and evaluate cancer
control efforts?
a. Familial
b. Hospital-based
c. Population-based
d. Specialty - ANS c. Population-based
What is the nationwide oncology outcomes database for accredited cancer
programs in the United States?
a. GLOBOCAN
b. National Cancer Data Base (NCDB)
c. National Program of Cancer Registries
SEER Program - ANS b. National Cancer Data Base (NCDB)
HIPAA and other regulations give patients the right to:
a. Review any of the organization's business records on them
b. Review central cancer registry information on them
Which of the following is a permissible disclosure of confidential patient
information from the cancer registry?
a. To a facility not involved with the patient's
care b. To another registry for follow-up
purposes
c. To the patient
d. To the patient's attorney - ANS b. To another registry for follow-up purposes
What is a source of cancer incidence and survival data from population-based
cancer registries covering approximately 34.6% of U.S. population?
a. ACoS CoC
b. CDC NPCR
c. NAACCR
d. NCI SEER Program - ANS d. NCI SEER Program
1. Medical data that are combined without patient identifiers are:
a. Aggregate data
b. Confidential data
c. Population-based data
d. Unusable data - ANS a. Aggregate data
,Which of the following information must healthcare organizations protect?
a. Employee information
b. Individually identifiable patient health information
c. Information about the organization
d. All of the above - ANS d. All of the above
Terrie Tumor Registrar completes a productivity sheet at the end of each
day listing tasks completed that day. This is a form of:
a. Budget
b. Step assessment
c. Time motion
study
d. Work flow chart - ANS c. Time motion study
The use of a password to verify that a person is who they purport to be before
they are granted access to confidential data is:
a. Audit trail
b. Encryption
c. Firewall
d. User authentication - ANS d. User authentication
All of the state cancer registries in the United States are required to submit their
data to:
a. The CDC National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR)
,b. The NCI SEER Program
c. Either CDC/NPCR or NCI/SEER
d. None of the above - ANS c. Either CDC/NPCR or NCI/SEER
Caitlin Cancer Registrar is the cancer registry manager. She received a budget
for the registry from the office of the facility's chief financial officer. This type of
budget is:
a. Bottom-up
b. Capital
c. Operating
d. Top-down - ANS d. Top-down
Danielle Data Manager is preparing to submit data from the hospital cancer
registry to the state central registry. What is used to facilitate the data
exchange? a. Firewall
b. NAACCR data exchange record layout
c. Record linkage
d. Signed permission to release information - ANS b. NAACCR data exchange
record layout
The ability for a cancer registry to incorporate electronic data from an external
source into the registry and the ability for external recipients to incorporate
registry data for their use is:
, a. Interoperability
b. Not permitted
c. Semantic
d. Syntactic - ANS a. Interoperability
What type of cancer registry is designed to determine cancer patterns among
various populations, monitor cancer trends over time, and evaluate cancer
control efforts?
a. Familial
b. Hospital-based
c. Population-based
d. Specialty - ANS c. Population-based
What is the nationwide oncology outcomes database for accredited cancer
programs in the United States?
a. GLOBOCAN
b. National Cancer Data Base (NCDB)
c. National Program of Cancer Registries
SEER Program - ANS b. National Cancer Data Base (NCDB)
HIPAA and other regulations give patients the right to:
a. Review any of the organization's business records on them
b. Review central cancer registry information on them
