WGU C810 Master Questions with Verified Answers (Correct Update)
Question 1: Which form of review is conducted after
a patient is discharged from an acute
care facility in order to obtain information about trends and patterns of documentation?
Answer: Closed-record review
Question 2: Which guideline should an health information management (HIM) professional
follow for documentation of both paper
and electronic records?
Answer: Original documents should be maintained in
the health record.
Question 3: Which data type is a cardiac catheterization examination note an example of?
Answer: Unstructured data
Question 4: A paragraph in a physician's order specifies information about a patient's
discharge. Which type of data is described
in this scenario?
Answer: Unstructured
Question 5: A health information manager is responsible for properly destroying records after
the retention period has passed.
Which principle for information governance is described in this scenario?
Answer: Disposition
Question 6: A chief information officer at a hospital is working to improve data security
methodologies within the hospital's electronic health record (EHR). The chief information
officer enlists the help of the
hospital's health information management (HIM) director to help design and
enforce the new data security policies,
which include the utilization of a new
token system to access the EHR. Which
information governance principle is described in this scenario?
Answer: Protection
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,Question 7: In a healthcare facility that still uses paper records, a physician is requesting a
record to complete a discharge summary
that is now 28 days past due. The record
tracker states that the record has been
sent to storage. Which record-keeping
principle applies to this scenario?
Answer: Availability
Question 8: What does a stakeholder analysis of a
data governance system identify?
Answer: Needs of those interested in the data
Question 9: Which organization requires reporting of Na
medical malpractice payments, federal
licensure and certification actions, and
adverse clinical privileges actions?
Answer: ational Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB)
Question 10: What is the name of the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
external audit program that works to reduce Medicare improper payments?
Answer: RACs (Recovery Audit Contractors)
Question 11: Which assessment do the Conditions
of Participation require all home health
agencies to electronically report?
Answer: OASIS (Outcome and Assessment Information
Set)
Question 12: To which organization must a sentinel
event be reported?
Answer: The Joint Commission
Question 13: Which model describes the information
that flows to more than one regional clinical data repository (CDR) and requested
records sent from one regional authority?
Answer: Federated
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,Question 14: A local skilled nursing facility (SNF), hospital, and public health agency all
participate in a health information exchange
(HIE). The data is pushed from their facilities into one repository where they all
have access to retrieve data when needed. Which model is described in this scenario?
Answer: Centralized
Question 15: Which quality characteristic describes
data that is unaffected when used across
all applications and systems?
Answer: Consistency
Question 16: During a storm, the operation of information systems and data preservation
are threatened, triggering a disaster protocol. Which disaster recovery planning
process step should be taken in this situation?
Answer: Execute the continuity plan
Question 17: An acute care facility is concerned with
identity theft and wants to update policies to detect identity theft in day-to-day
operations, take steps to prevent the
crime, and mitigate its damage. Which
prevention program element should the
facility update?
Answer: Red Flags Rule
Question 18: Which method of disposal would cause
compliance issues for records that have
met their required retention?
Answer: Records that are trashed once reaching their
retention
Question 19: A hospital's chief executive officer (CEO)
notices a spike in complaints about a certain unit and wants to know the average
number of patients admitted to that unit
in order to monitor staff need. Where
should the CEO look for this data?
Answer: Daily census report
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, Question 20: When an entry is made to a disease registry, an automatic format check ensures
the data field for "Present on Admission"
(POA) is completed. Which principle of
data stewardship is this an example of?
Answer: Establishing controls
Question 21: A health information management (HIM)
director is writing a data dictionary for
a new disease registry. For which area is
this HIM director being a data steward?
Answer: Data definition
Question 22: A report is needed from a disease
registry, but patients' names must be
de-identified. Which category of key principles and practices applies to this scenario?
Answer: Responsibility of health data steward
Question 23: A patient is being seen by a physician. The patient describes the reason
for the visit and the history of present
illness in detail. The physician records
notes electronically at the point of care.
Which technology supports point-of-service documentation for this visit?
Answer: Electronic health record (EHR)
Question 24: What is the best definition of a care path? P
Answer: rotocol for the process of care
Question 25: What are the standards related to archiv- D
ing images?
Answer: gital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM)
Question 26: How often are national morbidity data
reported?
Answer: Weekly
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Question 1: Which form of review is conducted after
a patient is discharged from an acute
care facility in order to obtain information about trends and patterns of documentation?
Answer: Closed-record review
Question 2: Which guideline should an health information management (HIM) professional
follow for documentation of both paper
and electronic records?
Answer: Original documents should be maintained in
the health record.
Question 3: Which data type is a cardiac catheterization examination note an example of?
Answer: Unstructured data
Question 4: A paragraph in a physician's order specifies information about a patient's
discharge. Which type of data is described
in this scenario?
Answer: Unstructured
Question 5: A health information manager is responsible for properly destroying records after
the retention period has passed.
Which principle for information governance is described in this scenario?
Answer: Disposition
Question 6: A chief information officer at a hospital is working to improve data security
methodologies within the hospital's electronic health record (EHR). The chief information
officer enlists the help of the
hospital's health information management (HIM) director to help design and
enforce the new data security policies,
which include the utilization of a new
token system to access the EHR. Which
information governance principle is described in this scenario?
Answer: Protection
Page 1
,Question 7: In a healthcare facility that still uses paper records, a physician is requesting a
record to complete a discharge summary
that is now 28 days past due. The record
tracker states that the record has been
sent to storage. Which record-keeping
principle applies to this scenario?
Answer: Availability
Question 8: What does a stakeholder analysis of a
data governance system identify?
Answer: Needs of those interested in the data
Question 9: Which organization requires reporting of Na
medical malpractice payments, federal
licensure and certification actions, and
adverse clinical privileges actions?
Answer: ational Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB)
Question 10: What is the name of the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
external audit program that works to reduce Medicare improper payments?
Answer: RACs (Recovery Audit Contractors)
Question 11: Which assessment do the Conditions
of Participation require all home health
agencies to electronically report?
Answer: OASIS (Outcome and Assessment Information
Set)
Question 12: To which organization must a sentinel
event be reported?
Answer: The Joint Commission
Question 13: Which model describes the information
that flows to more than one regional clinical data repository (CDR) and requested
records sent from one regional authority?
Answer: Federated
Page 2
,Question 14: A local skilled nursing facility (SNF), hospital, and public health agency all
participate in a health information exchange
(HIE). The data is pushed from their facilities into one repository where they all
have access to retrieve data when needed. Which model is described in this scenario?
Answer: Centralized
Question 15: Which quality characteristic describes
data that is unaffected when used across
all applications and systems?
Answer: Consistency
Question 16: During a storm, the operation of information systems and data preservation
are threatened, triggering a disaster protocol. Which disaster recovery planning
process step should be taken in this situation?
Answer: Execute the continuity plan
Question 17: An acute care facility is concerned with
identity theft and wants to update policies to detect identity theft in day-to-day
operations, take steps to prevent the
crime, and mitigate its damage. Which
prevention program element should the
facility update?
Answer: Red Flags Rule
Question 18: Which method of disposal would cause
compliance issues for records that have
met their required retention?
Answer: Records that are trashed once reaching their
retention
Question 19: A hospital's chief executive officer (CEO)
notices a spike in complaints about a certain unit and wants to know the average
number of patients admitted to that unit
in order to monitor staff need. Where
should the CEO look for this data?
Answer: Daily census report
Page 3
, Question 20: When an entry is made to a disease registry, an automatic format check ensures
the data field for "Present on Admission"
(POA) is completed. Which principle of
data stewardship is this an example of?
Answer: Establishing controls
Question 21: A health information management (HIM)
director is writing a data dictionary for
a new disease registry. For which area is
this HIM director being a data steward?
Answer: Data definition
Question 22: A report is needed from a disease
registry, but patients' names must be
de-identified. Which category of key principles and practices applies to this scenario?
Answer: Responsibility of health data steward
Question 23: A patient is being seen by a physician. The patient describes the reason
for the visit and the history of present
illness in detail. The physician records
notes electronically at the point of care.
Which technology supports point-of-service documentation for this visit?
Answer: Electronic health record (EHR)
Question 24: What is the best definition of a care path? P
Answer: rotocol for the process of care
Question 25: What are the standards related to archiv- D
ing images?
Answer: gital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM)
Question 26: How often are national morbidity data
reported?
Answer: Weekly
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