GRAND CENTRAL 201 ADMIN EXAM
2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Create and Configure Facility Structure: Configure departments to show the Hospital Accounts
form - ANS These settings are found in Hyperspace > Registration/Grand Central System
Definitions > Service Area > Hospital Account Settings. By clicking Dept Settings and selecting
the departments, it sets an item in the department record.
Which of the following units require the Unit Type Field to be set? - ANS Hospital OutPatient
- Unit Type is required for any of the specialty units listed in the options, such as Hospital
Outpatient. If this setting is blank for certain specialty units, they won't fully function.
Create and Configure Facility Structure: Configure a bed to show pertinent information to bed
planners - ANS In Bed Board: Always include
This bed will appear in Bed Planning whether it is occupied or unoccupied.
In Census: Yes
This bed is included in census statistics reporting.
Create and Configure Facility Structure: Attaching two revenue locations to the same parent
revenue location can allow them to share hospital accounts across revenue locations -
ANS True
Create and Configure Facility Structure: On which screen in the department master file can you
specify that the department is an HOD? - ANS ADT Unit/Department Settings
Unit Type: Hospital Outpatient.
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,Create and Configure Facility Structure:
An organization has one service area with several hospitals. Hospital A and B need a setting
configured one way. Hospital C, Hospital D, Hospital E, and Hospital F need the same setting
configured a different way. This setting is available at the department, revenue location, service
area, and facility levels. Given this information, which records should you edit to configure the
settings that all hospitals get what they need? Configure the setting in the fewest number of
records possible. Choose ALL answers that apply.
A. Hospital A-B
B. Hospital C-F
C. The service area
D. The facility - ANS D. The facility (for the majority's setting) and A. Hospital A-B (for the
overrides). Though SA could be an option, it would be best if it is set at the most general level
(Facility) in case the organization creates new service areas so that it will NOT need to be reset
at that additional service area.
Create and Configure Facility Structure:
The parent revenue location is the lowest level of the facility structure for reporting for hospital
billing AR, payments, adjustments and refunds. - ANS True
Create and Configure Facility Structure:
List the setting that determines where a unit appears in Bed Administration - ANS If you
leave the Parent Hospital/ Clinic Area field blank, you won't find your unit in Bed
Administration, a Hyperspace tool used to build and maintain rooms and beds
Grand Central Settings Overview: Define the rule of specificity - ANS If a setting is configured
at multiple levels of the setting's hierarchy, the system uses the most specific level's setting. If
nothing is set at that level, the system looks to the next most specific level's setting.
Facility (MORE GENERAL)
Service Area
Revenue Location
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, Department/Units (MOST SPECIFIC)
Unit Managers: Identify the type of record that controls highlighting on unit managers -
ANS VIEW RECORD
Unit Managers: Configure the unit manager to display specific beds. - ANS Care Area
The care area determines which beds and patients a Unit Manager shows. It also determines
what options appear to users when they right-click a bed or patient.
Unit Managers: Identify where View records records are used - ANS They are used in the Unit
Manager Configuration
Unit Managers: Manager Configuration - ANS The manager configuration is the Unit
Manager itself. It determines which units (DEP) should be managed in the Unit Manager. It
contains care areas and views.
Unit Managers: Which of the following care area types require a view record to be set with the
care area.
A. Patient and Beds
B. Pending in coming Transfers
C. Rooms Only
D. Pending Admissions - ANS B. Pending Incoming Transfers
D. Pending Admission
Pending Admission and Pending Incoming Transfers care areas require the View Field. Care area
that represent rooms and bed do not require this field, and can use the "Default View for
bedded Patient Care Area" set at the Manager Configuration level if left blank.
Unit Managers:
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2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Create and Configure Facility Structure: Configure departments to show the Hospital Accounts
form - ANS These settings are found in Hyperspace > Registration/Grand Central System
Definitions > Service Area > Hospital Account Settings. By clicking Dept Settings and selecting
the departments, it sets an item in the department record.
Which of the following units require the Unit Type Field to be set? - ANS Hospital OutPatient
- Unit Type is required for any of the specialty units listed in the options, such as Hospital
Outpatient. If this setting is blank for certain specialty units, they won't fully function.
Create and Configure Facility Structure: Configure a bed to show pertinent information to bed
planners - ANS In Bed Board: Always include
This bed will appear in Bed Planning whether it is occupied or unoccupied.
In Census: Yes
This bed is included in census statistics reporting.
Create and Configure Facility Structure: Attaching two revenue locations to the same parent
revenue location can allow them to share hospital accounts across revenue locations -
ANS True
Create and Configure Facility Structure: On which screen in the department master file can you
specify that the department is an HOD? - ANS ADT Unit/Department Settings
Unit Type: Hospital Outpatient.
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,Create and Configure Facility Structure:
An organization has one service area with several hospitals. Hospital A and B need a setting
configured one way. Hospital C, Hospital D, Hospital E, and Hospital F need the same setting
configured a different way. This setting is available at the department, revenue location, service
area, and facility levels. Given this information, which records should you edit to configure the
settings that all hospitals get what they need? Configure the setting in the fewest number of
records possible. Choose ALL answers that apply.
A. Hospital A-B
B. Hospital C-F
C. The service area
D. The facility - ANS D. The facility (for the majority's setting) and A. Hospital A-B (for the
overrides). Though SA could be an option, it would be best if it is set at the most general level
(Facility) in case the organization creates new service areas so that it will NOT need to be reset
at that additional service area.
Create and Configure Facility Structure:
The parent revenue location is the lowest level of the facility structure for reporting for hospital
billing AR, payments, adjustments and refunds. - ANS True
Create and Configure Facility Structure:
List the setting that determines where a unit appears in Bed Administration - ANS If you
leave the Parent Hospital/ Clinic Area field blank, you won't find your unit in Bed
Administration, a Hyperspace tool used to build and maintain rooms and beds
Grand Central Settings Overview: Define the rule of specificity - ANS If a setting is configured
at multiple levels of the setting's hierarchy, the system uses the most specific level's setting. If
nothing is set at that level, the system looks to the next most specific level's setting.
Facility (MORE GENERAL)
Service Area
Revenue Location
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, Department/Units (MOST SPECIFIC)
Unit Managers: Identify the type of record that controls highlighting on unit managers -
ANS VIEW RECORD
Unit Managers: Configure the unit manager to display specific beds. - ANS Care Area
The care area determines which beds and patients a Unit Manager shows. It also determines
what options appear to users when they right-click a bed or patient.
Unit Managers: Identify where View records records are used - ANS They are used in the Unit
Manager Configuration
Unit Managers: Manager Configuration - ANS The manager configuration is the Unit
Manager itself. It determines which units (DEP) should be managed in the Unit Manager. It
contains care areas and views.
Unit Managers: Which of the following care area types require a view record to be set with the
care area.
A. Patient and Beds
B. Pending in coming Transfers
C. Rooms Only
D. Pending Admissions - ANS B. Pending Incoming Transfers
D. Pending Admission
Pending Admission and Pending Incoming Transfers care areas require the View Field. Care area
that represent rooms and bed do not require this field, and can use the "Default View for
bedded Patient Care Area" set at the Manager Configuration level if left blank.
Unit Managers:
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