Mid Term EXAM Flashcards
Bloodwork results from the laboratory information systems, mammogram reports and films from radiology information systems, a listing of chemotherapy agents administered to the patient from the pharmacy information system are all delivered into the patient’s EHR. These different information systems that feed information into the EHR are called ________.
A. Interoperability
B. Clinical decision support system
C. Continuity of care record
D. Source systems
Source Systems
The identification of who documented a note in the heath record is known as
A. Authentication
B. Authorship
C. Patient identification
D. Validation
Authorship
What is the benefit of front-end speech recognition
A. The document is available immediately upon completion of the dictation.
B. It does not impact the physician
C. It eliminates data quality issues
D. It speeds availability of the document
It speeds availability of the document
The healthcare facility has decided to adopt a tool that helps with multidisciplinary care planning. Select the tool that meets this criteria.
A. Clinical practice guidelines
B. Electronic health record
C. Clinical Pathways
D. Clinical provider order entry
Clinical Pathways
Amanda uploads her diet and fitness log from her smartwatch to her doctors office EHR. She also adds information about her previous medical history. What type of system is Amanda using?
A. CPOE
B. CCR
C. PHR
D. CDSS
PHR
The purpose of meaningful use is:
A. Improve healthcare quality, safety, and efficiency
B. Support the exchange of data across heathcare entities
C. Aid in coding and billing
D. Provide documentation standards
Improve healthcare quality, safety, and efficiency
Contemporary HIM practices focus on ________.
A. Data and information
B. Processing health records
C. Processes
D. Workflow
Data and information
A process used to identify what is likely to happen the future is known as _______.
A. Predictive modeling
B. Inferential statistics
C. Descriptive statistics
D. Data modeling
Predictive modeling
The combination of paper and electronic health records is called _________.
A. Hybrid
B. Half and half
C. Combo
D. Healthy
Hybrid
A home health agency has intalled a _______ where they store forms, policies, other resources for employees.
A. Firewall
B. Intranet
C. Extranet
D. Internet
Intranet
One of the first significat historical milestones in the development of systems is:
A. Interoperability
B. Clinical decision support
C. Computer-based record
D. CPOE
CPOE
An EHR that has been evaluated by a member of the office of the National Coordinator-Authorized Certification Bodies (ONC-ACBs) and verified that it meets the criteria set by the Meaningful Use incentive programs.
Certified EHR technology
Preprogrammed clinical decision support designed to assist the user through making an entry appropriately.
Computerized provider order entry(CPOE)
Also called narrative data, can be entered in a free text format by the user, usually by typing.
Unstructured data
A core data set, which is the most relevant administrative, demographic, and clinical information about a patient’s healthcare, covering one or more healthcare encounters.
Continuity of care record (CCR)
A permanent record of significant information listed in chronological order and maintained across time, ideally from birth to death.
Longitudinal health record
Edit checks identify ________.
A. Current Data
B. Illogical data
C. Accurate data
D. Outdated data
Illogical data
Which of the following is an example of information?
A. The number of denials has decreased by 45 percent over the past year.
B. HIM professionals roles have changed
C. Heathcare facilities utilize tablets and cellular phones
D. Mary was admitted to the hospital with a myocardial infarction.
The number of denials has decreased by 45 percent over the past year
Which of the following is a use of secondary data sources?
A. Research
B. Determining diagnosis
C. Consulting with another physician for patient care
D. Determining what test to order
Research
The point of care documentation is improved because __________.
A. It uses wireless technology
B. It uses evidence-based medicine
C. It is created as soon as the care is provided
D. It uses clinical practice guidelines
It is created as soon as the care is provided.
The fact that there is missing data would be identified in _________.
A. Data analysis
B. Authorship
C. Data cleansing
D. Data mapping
Data cleansing
A tools designed to coordinate multidisciplinary care planning for specific diagnosis and treatments.
Clinical pathways
Healthcare services based on clinical methods that have been thoroughly tested through controlled peer-reviewed biomedical studies.
Evidence-based medicine
A tool that provides a detailed, step-by-step guide used by healthcare practitioners to make knowledge-based decisions related to patient care and issued by an authoritative organization such as a medical society.
Clinical practice guidelines
A discipline that emphasizes safety in healthcare through the prevention, reduction, reporting, and analysis of medical errors that often lead to adverse effects.
Patient safety
A set of the statistical techniques used to describe data such as means, frequency distributions, and standard deviations.
Descriptive statistics
Is set of statistical techniques that allows researchers to make generalizations about a population’s characteristics on the basis of a sample’s characteristics, such as HIM professionals continuing education efforts
Inferential statistics
To make conclusions about a population, use ______.
A. Descriptive statistics
B. Inferential statistics
C. Data modeling
D. Predictive modeling
Inferential statistics
Which of the following allows the healthcare provider to spend more time with patients instead of completing documentation tasks?
A. DQA
B. DQM
C. BESR
D. FESR
BESR
The process of extracting and analyzing large volumes of data from a database for the purpose of identifying hidden and sometimes subtle relationships that would be unnoticed without the analysis.
Data mining
A process of identifying patterns that can be used to predict the odds of a particular outcome based on observed data.
Predictive modeling
Raw facts and figures
Data
The science of examining raw data with the purpose of drawing conclusions about that information. This information then can be used to make business decisions concerning which services to provide and how to improve patient care.
Data analytics
The exchange of health information electronically between providers and others with the same level of interoperability.
Health information exchange (HIE)
A scientific discipline that is concerned with the cognitive, information-processing, and communication tasks of heathcare practice, education, and research, including the information science and technology to support these tasks.
Health informatics
What is used by the HIM professional as a method to detect whether elements of the patient’s health care record are missing?
A. Data cleansing
B. Qualitative analysis
C. Quantitative analysis
D. Data Mapping
Quantitative analysis
Choose one of the following statements to defend the need for version control.
A. Version control is required to manage screen design
B. Version control is required to manage documents
C. Version control is required to overcome issues related to copying and pasting
D. Version control is required to determine edits that have been failed
Version control is required to manage documents.
What component of an EHR provides communication between clinical and administrative staff members, offers access to various results reporting from lab and radiology, and to even communicate with patients?
A. Registration - admission, discharge, transfer (R-ADT)
B. Clinical decision support
C. Clinical messaging
D. Document management system
Clinical messaging
The first information systems used in healthcare were _________.
A. Mainframes
B. EHR
C. Dashboard
D. Financial applications
Financial applications
Identify the data analytics tool that includes frequency distributions.
A. Predictive modeling
B. Descriptive statistics
C. Data mining
D. Inferential statistics
Descriptive statistics
Edit checks ensure that __________.
A. The health record is complete
B. The data entered is accurate for that patient
C. The data entered is at the level appropriate for the situation
D. The format is appropriate for the data element
The format is appropriate for the data element.
A screen that allows for both free text and structured data entry is an example of ________.
A. Secondary data source
B. Direct data entry
C. Template-based data entry
Template-based data entry
Which of the following is a true statement about evidence-based medicine?
A. Evidence-based medicine is using the EHR to provide care
B. Evidence-based medicine is following policies and procedures established by the healthcare facility
C. Evidence-based medicine is services that have been peer tested
D. Evidence-based medicine is the latest and greatest technology
Evidence-based medicine is services that have been peer tested.
Uses a system of connections of private internet networks outside and organizations firewall and uses Internet technology to enable collaborative applications to allow external users to access the IS.
Extranet
A private information network that is similar to the Internet in that it uses Internet technologies; however, its servers are located inside a firewall or security barrier so that the general public can not gain access to information housed within the network.
Intranet
A system that operates on a computer that is owned and maintained by a vendor. Data storage is at a remote location and information is moved via the Internet.
Cloud computing
An electronic record of health-related information on an individual that conforms to nationally recognized interoperability standards and that can be created, managed, and consulted by authorized clinicians and staff across more than one healthcare organization.
Electronic health record(EHR)
A computer used at the point of care, which involves a wireless computer mounted on a mobile cart that can be moved from patient to patient.
Computer on Wheels (COW)
All of the processing is performed at the server or mainframe, used to input patient data, capturing various patient or clinical data for reporting purposes.
Dumb terminal
A nurse tried to enter a temperature of 134ﾟdegrees, and the system would not accept it. what is this an example of?
A. Data collection
B. Hot spot
C. Edit check
D. Data reliability
Edit Check
The admission coordinator tried to enter the patient’s insurance type and the appropriate insurance was not one of the options. This is a problem with ________.
A. Data definition
B. Data relevancy
C. Data timeliness
D. Data Comprehensiveness
Data Comprehensiveness
The benefit of a personal computer over a dumb terminal is that _________.
A. Processing is performed at the server
B. Processing is performed on the PC
C. It contains a firewall
D. It contains a network
Processing is performed on the PC
Which of the following is NOT a barrier to EHR adoption?
A. Ability to prescribe medication safely
B. Limited health IT workforce
C. Cost
D. Suitability of products to meet practice needs
Ability to prescribe medication safely
What type of data integrity error occurs when patient A’s information is documented in patient B’s health record?
A. Patient identification
B. Authorship
C. Amendment error
D. Dictation error
Patient identification
Large computers that are used by the government and other organizations that require speed and the ability to process large amounts of data.
Mainframe computer
The place or location where the physician administers services to the patient, such as the patient’s bedsides.
Point of Care (POC)
Software applications that handle patient accounts, budgets, and other financial activities.
Financial applications
Advanced certification sponsored by AHIMA that covers data management, data analytics, and data reporting.
Certified Health Data Analyst (CHDA)
An automated system that uses computer hardware and software to record, manipulate, store, recover, and disseminate data.
Information system
Reports of process measures to help leaders follow progress to assist with strategic planning. Provides the status on key measures.
Dashboard
The facility wants to use historical data to determine what will happen in the future. This is known as _________.
A. Predictive modeling
B. Data modeling
C. Descriptive statistics
D. Inferential statistics
Predictive modeling
To reduce health disparities, what system is used to remind and ensure that all female emergency department patients over the age of 50 complaining of any pain above the waist are screened for acute myocardial infarction?
A. Clinical decision support system
B. Interoperability
C. Continuity of care record
D. Source systems
Clinical decision support system
That HIM director assessed a vendor’s _________ to determine if the supplies that she ordered had been shipped.
A. Firewall
B. Internet
C. Intranet
D. Extranet
Extranet
What is the term used to describe foundation systems that collect administrative and clinical data that make up the EHR?
A. Connectivity systems
B. Specialty clinical systems
C. Source systems
D. Smart peripherals
Source systems
The EHR indicates that Dr. Smith wrote the January 12th progress note at 11:04 a.m. We know he wrote it due to _________.
A. Integrity
B. Validation
C. Identification
D. Authorship
Authorship
Which of the following statements justifies the use of a dashboard?
A. It utilizes statistical techniques
B. It monitors key measures
C. It manages information system projects
D. It facilitates budget development
It monitors key measures
The impact of information systems specifically on HIM professionals includes _________.
A. The need to assign diagnosis and procedure codes
B. Skills required
C. Improving patient safety
D. Improving access to health information
Skills required
TRUE/FALSE: Data quality measures are used to compare healthcare facilities.
True
What term is used to describe EHR systems that have been tested and certified to perform up to national standards?
A. ONC
B. CPOE
C. CERT
D. CEHRT
CEHRT
The field that uses technology to manipulate and use information to improve healthcare is known as __________.
A. Population health
B. Data analytics
C. Data modeling
D. Health informatics
Health informatics
Which of the following is NOT a reason that many healthcare facilities were slow to adopt EHRs?
A. Concerns about technology B. Privacy and security concerns C. Financial constraints D. Fear of consumer dissatisfaction E. A lack of standards
Fear of consumer dissatisfaction
An EHR system is programmed by the vendor to not release certain patient data because it is considered proprietary to the vendor and HCO. The vendor is protecting its own business interests above that of the patient. This is an example of _________.
A. Health information blockin
B. HIPAA security breach
C. Continuity of care record
D. Graphical user interface
Health information blockin
Hidden patterns are identified through the use of __________.
A. Health informatics
B. Data mining
C. Predictive modeling
D. Dashboards
Data mining
Which of the following is the best field for a radio button?
A. State
B. Lab test result
C. Gender
D. Principal diagnosis
Gender
What type of data field is most appropriate for the health record number?
A. Radio button
B. Numeric
C. Text box
D. Autonumbering
Autonumbering
Which component at the EHR is designed to track and report outbreaks of infectious diseases and childhood immunization levels to public health officials?
A. Health information exchange
B. Population health
C. Results reporting
D. Continuity of care record
Population health
The ability of a computer information systems to receive and transmit data from any other computer information system without loss of the integrity, security and accuracy on a consistent basis so that information can be used in a meanful way is termed _________.
A. Longitudinal
B. Infrastructure
C. CEHRT
D. Interoperability
Interoperability
A missing document would fall under what type of data quality characteristic?
A. Consistency
B. Accuracy
C. Comprehensiveness
D. Definition
Comprehensiveness
Barcodes may be used to improve _________.
A. Data analysis
B. Health information exchange
C. Patient safety
D. Health informatics
Patient safety
What is used to compare actual patient information to a standard created by an accreditation, organization, government agency, or other group to determine the quality of care provided?
A. Data quality management
B. Data quality Measure
C. Data mapping
D. Edit check
Data Quality Measure
Using COW or WOW will help to improve _________.
A. Interoperability
B. Documentation
C. Analysis of data
D. Cloud computing
Documentation
Which of the following is an example of a primary data source?
A. Cancer registry
B. Index
C. Database
D. Health record
Health record
A permanent record of significant information listed in chronological order and maintained across time, ideally from birth to death.
Longitudinal health record
The lead federal agency spearheading this national effort to improve patient safety and health outcomes.
Office of the National Coordinator for HIT (ONC)
Information systems that capture and feed data into the electronic health record.
Source systems
Also called narrative data, can be entered in a free text format by the user, usually by typing.
Unstructured Data
Preprogrammed clinical decision support designed to assist the user through making an entry appropriately.
Computerized provider order entry (CPOE)
An EHR that has the evaluated by a member National Coordinator-authorized certification bodies (ONC-ACBs) and verified that it meets the criteria set by the meaningful use incentive programs.
Certified EHR Technology
A software that automates many of the medication administration processes in a healthcare facility.
Electronic medication administration record (EMAR)
A core data set, which is the most relevant administrative, demographic, and clinical information about a patient’s healthcare, covering one or more healthcare encounters.
Continuity of care record (CCR)
An electronic or paper health record maintained and updated by individuals that can be used to collect, track, and share past and current information about their health or the health of someone in their care.
Personal health record (PHR)
A secure method of communication between the healthcare provider and the patient, just the providers, or the provider and payer.
Patient-provider portal
Identify the true statement about the intranet.
A. It is used to access employee resources
B. It is a synonym for internet
C. It is used to communicate with vendors
D. It is used by patients
It is used to access employee resources.
What data quality characteristic ensures that data supports the reason for the collection of the data?
A. Constancy
B. Precision
C. Currency
D. Definition
Precision
Identify the statement that is true about amending a health record.
A. The author of an entry should be able to alter the health record at any time
B. Health records cannot be amended
C. Anyone should be able to alter the health record at anytime
D. Any documentation deleted should be retrievable if needed
Any documentation deleted should be retrievable if needed.
What process uses barcodes to efficiently deliver medications and ensures the patient gets the right drug?
A. PHR
B. CPOE
C. EMR
D. BC-MAR
BC-MAR
Qualitative analysis reviews the quality of _________.
A. Screen design
B. The data dictionary
C. Forms in the heath record
D. Documentation in the heath record
Documentation in the health record.
Ensures that like data are the same on each document or computer screen.
Data consistency
The level of detail at which the attributes and values of heathcare data are refined.
Data Granularity
Data should be recorded in an appropriate period of time after the event and should be available to the user when needed.
Data timeliness
The patient’s health record must be complete and all required data must be included.
Data Comprehensiveness
Data that are free of identifiable errors.
Data accuracy
Extent to which healthcare-related data are useful for the purposes for which they were collected.
Data relevancy
Data items can be easily obtainable by authorized users.
Data accessibility
Ensures that there is justification for the need to collect the data.
Data precision
The specific meaning of a healthcare-related data element.
Data definition
Ensures that data are up to date.
Data currency
Which of the following is a review of the health record to ensure that standards are met and to determine the adequacy of entries documenting the quality of care?
A. Quantitative analysis
B. Qualitative analysis
C. Data mapping
D. Data cleansing
Qualitative Analysis
A doctor is reviewing lab results on a patient in his office. The EHR screen displays one set of results in red with a flashing asterisk and also shows that this result is three times higher than the expected value. This is an example of an _________.
A. Structured data
B. Unstructured data
C. Reminder
D. Alert
Alert
What is the all-inclusive term that refers to the monitors, computers, programming, and processes that are used by facilities and patients when collecting, storing, or using electronic health data.
A. EHR
B. HIT
C. EMAR
D. PHR
HIT
The drop-down menu field would be the best choice in field type for _________.
A. State
B. Date of admission
C. Weight
D. Address
State
Ensuring that only the most recent report is available for viewing is known as ___________.
A. Validation
B. Documentation integrity
C. Authorship
D. Version control
Version control
The process of recording healthcare-related data in a health record system or clinical database.
Data capture
The type of data that comes from a patient when talking about symptoms or the reason for coming to the heathcare facility.
Primary Data Source
Manual Data entry methods such as keyboards, mouse, or other devices used for entering data into the computer.
Direct Data entry
Data source that is derived from other data sources and includes indices, registries, and other databases.
Secondary Data source
A type of help message that is triggered when that cursor is placed on top of a data field.
Hot spot
TRUE/FALSE: An EHR is an electronic collection of all the patient’s health information and clinical care that is stored, managed, and referred to by authorized members of one healthcare entity, much like the actual paper health record only in digital or electronic form.
False
Identify the field type that is the BEST choice for capturing the patient’s street address.
A. Free text
B. Check box
C. Drop-down menu
D. Radio buttons
Free text
TRUE/FALSE: Natural language processing is technology that converts human language (structured or unstructured) into data that can be translated then manipulated by computer systems.
True
Which of the following is a true statement about technology?
A. It has had little impact on healthcare and health information management
B. It provides the data needed to improve patient care and conduct research
C. It has not improved the quality of care provided to patients
D. It eliminated the need to evidence-based medicine
It provides the data needed to improve patient care and conduct research.
Wired networking became popular in the ________.
A. 1980s
B. 1970s
C. 1990s
D. 1960s
1990s
To ensure that Jonesville family practice invests in a EHR system that meets our exceeds meaningful use requirements so that they receive their incentive payments, what should they look for in and EHR?
A. CPOE
B. BC-MAR
C. Hybrid systems
D. CEHRT
CEHRT
The interdisciplinary field whose goal is to improve healthcare is known as _________.
A. Mapping specialist
B. Health information management
C. Data analytics
D. Health informatics
Health informatics
In order to data map two systems, the concepts must be
A. Identical
B. Similar
C. Merged
D. Clinically significant
Similar
Identify the true statement about EHR.
A. The EHR stores information about the population, not individuals
B. The EHR is available only to HIM professionals
C. The EHR allows flexibility by not requiring recognized standards
D. The EHR implementation was encouraged through the Meaningful Use program
The EHR implementation was encouraged through the meaningful use program.
A record that incorporates all health and medical information from the time a baby is born until that person dies is referred to as a _________.
A. EMR
B. Longitudinal record
C. BC-MAR
D. PHR
Longitudinal record
What term is used to describe activities and charting that happen at the patient’s bedside or while the patient is actively receiving care?
A. POC
B. CDS
C. BC-MAR
D. CPOE
POC
Data analytics tools include
A. Barcodes
B. Dashboard
C. Clinical Pathway
D. EHR
Dashboard
TRUE/FALSE: unstructured data is captured using drop-down menus and check boxes.
False
Data integrity is exhibited when data _________.
A. Is reliable and effective for its purpose
B. Is complete, accurate, consistent, and timely
C. Edits have been passed
D. Has been reviewed by the author
Is complete, accurate, consistent, and timely
What collection of patient data and information is sent to the receiving healthcare facility when a patient is transferred to additional care after the acute phase of illness?
A. PHR
B. CPOE
C. CCR
D. CDSS
CCR
To ensure authentication of data entries, which type of signature is the most secure?
A. Virtual
B. Electronic
C. Handwritten
D. Digital
Digital
TRUE/FALSE: Data mapping is the process of checking internal consistency and duplication as well as identifying outliners and missing data.
False
A significant amount of investment of funds to support stand-alone deployment and utilization of EHRs was provided by:
A. ONC
B. Meaningful Use
C. HITECH
D. HIPAA
HITECH
What is used to retrieve a list of all of Dr. Smith’s patients?
A. Metadata
B. Query
C. Data definition
D. Data dictionary
Query
In a database model, the concept of patient is an example of an _________.
A. Data flow diagram
B. CASE software
C. Entity
D. Relationship
Entity
The decision has been made to perform some data mining to determine where the skilled nursing facilities is profitable and where there is loss. identify a data mining technique that could be used.
A. Data modeling
B. Association rule learning
C. Normalization
D. Computer-aided software engineering
Association rule learning
The user needs a list of all the patients that were diagnosed with a cerebral infarction or a cerebral hemorrhage. This is an example of a situation where what type of search should be used?
A. Truncation
B. Structured query language
C. Boolean search
D. Wildcard search
Boolean search
The best choice for field type to assign the health record number is _________.
A. Numeric
B. Alphanumeric
C. Alphabetic
D. Autonumbering
Autonumbering
The user entered the social security number as 123456789 and it was displayed as 123-45-6789. This is an example of a _______.
A. DBMS
B. Query
C. Mask
D. Wildcard
Mask
The data that describes other data in order to facilitate data quality is found in the _________.
A. Data definition language
B. Data dictionary
C. Data standard
D. Data definition
Data dictionary
In the data warehouse, the patient’s last name and first name are entered into separate fields. This is an example of what?
A. Key field
B. “Slicing and dicing”
C. Query
D. Normalization
Normalization
What should be created in order to show how users will use the IS?
A. OLAP
B. Data model
C. Use case
D. Data flow diagram
Use case
Differentiate between the network database model and the hierarchical data model.
A. The network data model is organized in tables and the hierarchical in a tree format
B. The network data model stores objects like video and the hierarchical does not
C. The network data model has has parents/child and the hierarchical has owners/members
D. The hierarchical data model has parents/child and the network has owners/members
The hierarchical data model has parents/child and the network has owners/members.
In order to utilize numeric fields, the data being entered must be appropriate for __________.
A. Any data that is represented in numbers
B. Calculations
C. Code numbers
D. Date/time
Calculations
I database that is flexible and easy to use was recently installed. The data is stored in rows and columns much like a spreadsheet. What type of database must have been installed?
A. Network database
B. Relational database
C. Object-oriented database
D. Hierarchical database
Relational database
An organized collection of data, text, references, or pictures in a standardized format, typically stored in a computer system for multiple applications.
Database
In the EHR and other clinical information systems, this unique identifier is typically the health record number.
Primary Key
A query method whereby the user only has to point and click to choose tables and fields contained in the database.
QBE
A data access architecture that allows the user to retrieve specific information from a large volume of data.
OLAP
The following question was typed into the system: How many patients were discharged on November 12, 2013? This is an example of what type of query?
A. Query by example
B. Natural language query
C. Data manipulation language
D. Structured query language
Natural language query
Identify the true statement about a data warehouse.
A. The data warehouse contains data solely from the clinical information systems
B. All data warehouses contain the same data
C. The data warehouse is updated in real time
D. The data in the data warehouse depends on how the database will be used
The data in the data warehouse depends on how the database will be used.
In order to manipulate data in the relational database, the data administrator needs to know how to use ____________.
A. Physical data model
B. Data modeling
C. Structured query language
C. Computer-aided software engineering
Structured query language
The role of the database management system is to __________.
A. Delete data when the need for it is over
B. Collect data
C. Report data
D. Control and manipulate the database
Control and manipulate the database
A database will be created to be used solely for a research study that is being conducted. Identify the best choice.
A. Data repository
B. Data warehouse
C. Relational database model
D. Data mart
Data mart
What tool would one use to illustrate how data moves through the IS?
A. Data dictionary
B. Data flow diagram
C. A type of data model
D. Entity-relationship diagram
Data flow diagram
The date of birth is an example of a _________.
A. Data field
B. Key field
C. File
D. Record
Data field
What type of data mining technique should I use to group diagnoses?
A. Regression analysis
B. Anomaly detection
C. Classification analysis
D. Association rule learning
Classification analysis
The hierarchical data base relationships are called _________.
A. Table
B. Parent and child
C. Structured
D. Owners and members
Parent and child
An attribute is _________.
A. An assumption about an entity
B. A type of data model
C. A fact about an entity
D. Defined by the data dictionary
A fact about an entity
Identify the level in the data model that describes how the data is stored within the database.
A. Data manipulation language
B. Physical data model
C. Logical data model
D. Conceptual data model
Physical data model
A zip code is which type of field?
A. Alphabetic
B. Numeric
C. Autonumbering
D. Alphanumeric
Alphanumeric
A database model that uses a table as the basis for the design is _________.
A. Network
B. Object-oriented
C. Hierarchical
D. Relational
Relational
The radiology images and video will be stored in a database. Identify the database model that should be utilized.
A. Relational database model
B. Network database model
C. Hierarchical database model
D. Object-oriented database model
Object-oriented database model
The data model that addresses the data requirements is the ________.
A. Relational data model
B. Conceptual data model
C. Physical data model
D. Logical data model
Logical data model
Java is used in what type of database?
A. Multidimensional
B. Relational
C. Object-oriented
D. Hierarchical
Object-oriented
What is the term used when queries are limited by words such as “and”?
A. Data dictionary
B. SQL
C. Boolean search
D. Natural language queries
Boolean search
What component defines the length of a field?
A. Data dictionary
B. Data definition language
C. Data control language
D. Data manipulation language
Data dictionary
An advantage to a database is that it ________.
A. Establishes data sets
B. Controls the data stored in it
C. Stores data using flat files
D. Reduces redundancy
Reduces redundancy
Which of the following could be used as the primary key for the physician entity?
A. Date of birth
B. SSN
C. Last name
D. Address
SSN
Information collected on a single patient is found in a _________.
A. Row
B. File
C. Field
D. Record
Record
The design of the database needed for the organization. It should be based on the organization’s strategic plan and should identify the data elements to be collected and the relationship between them.
Data modeling
A subset of the data warehouse designed for a single purpose or specialized use.
Data mart
The process of extracting and analyzing large volumes of data from a database for the purpose of identifying hidden and sometimes subtle relationships that would be unnoticed without the analysis.
Data mining
An open-structure database(not dedicated to the software of any particular vendor or data supplier) in which data from multiple information systems are stored so that an integrated, multidisciplinary view of the data can be achieved in a single source.
Data repository
A database that makes it possible to access data from multiple databases and combine results into a single query and reporting interface.
Data warehouse
The term used to describe breaking data elements into the level of detail needed to retrieve the data is
A. Primary key
B. Database management system
C. Data definitions
D. Normalization
Normalization
Data about data is known as __________.
A. Query
B. Mask
C. Metadata
D. Data definition
Metadata
Data repositories are __________.
A. Used solely for clinical data
B. An open-structure database
C. A database used solely for video or audio
D. A proprietary database
An open-structure database
