CSC Healthcare Informatics Exam #2

Select all statements that apply to MedLine

-Is a service provided by the national library of medicine -allows free access to the full text articles it indexes -indexes journals worldwide

Match The Terms and Statements

Boolean-Operators inch Abstract-A summary of a Evidence based practice-The integrator Wildcard-usually an aste cochrane library-gold standard

TorF A workbook in MS-Excel can contain multiple worksheets

True

TorF Evidence Based practice should consider the unique preferences, concerns, and expectations of each patient.

True

In a spreadsheet, an absolute call reference

indicates a cell's specific location and does not change when copying the formula

In a Microsoft Word Document, a page break

indicates where data starts on a new printed page

There are 5 criterea for evaluating healthcare information on the internent. Name 3 and discuss how they would be applied to evaluating the trustworthiness of the information.

3 criteria for evaluating healthcare information on the internent are source, author, and privacy. The source of the information must be reliable and trustworthy, providing correct and helpful information to the researcher. Therefore, a medical database such as MedLine should be used to find these types of reliabe articles. For the information to be trustworthy, the author must come from a place of clinicle expertise. This will insure the reasercher is being provided with accurate information that will answer their questions. They may want to look into the credentials and affiliations of the author to ensure their readability. Privacy is a final criteria for evaluating trustworthy information. When reserching it is important that no information about the researcher is disclosed, leaving them with the search results they are loking for with no data that they personally looked at a specific article or made a specific search.

TorF A preference for obtaining information from other colleagues is an attribute of Evidence-Based Practice

False

TorF An ezine article is subjected to a complex peer-review process.

False

TorF MS-Word and MS-Powerpoint have GUIs that are strikingly different.

False

TorF Online journals are perceived to have higher content quality than print journals

False

A student is preparing to work on an MS-Word document created by a friend. Upon opening it, the student notices a recurring line of print at the top of each page. The student identifies this as which of the following?

Header

A public health professional is creating a slide presentation on diabetes in anticipation of delivering it to a group considered at high risk of developing the disease. The public health professional embeds a number of graphics in the presentation using which powerpoint view?

Normal

Identify 3 different types of charts available in excel and discuss typical ways that each might be used.

Pie Chart: used to show proportions or percentages of data and should contain 6 or less sections to avoid confusion and an overload of information fo the viewer Bar Charts: used to compare numerical amounts of data ocurring at the same time. Ex: quantitative data collected in the same year. Line Chart: similar to a bar chart but it is used to show how comparitive data fluctuates over a period of time. EX: comparing the spread of disease between different countries.

Match the Terms and Statements

Pivot Chart-An Excel feature Mesh-A controlled vo Theme-a predefined c APA template-A strict writing Transition-Moving from o

A student is preparing a slide presentation for a class project. On a slide with numerous bullet points, the student wishes to display only one bullet point at a time in order to restrict the audience from reading ahead and losing focus on the specific bullet point being presented. The student is performing which of the following?

Progressive Disclosure

When creating a paper using APA style, which of the following sections would appear last?

Reference List

TorF In a presentation, background color and text color should be dissimilar in order to create contrast and increase readability.

True

TorF MS-Excel provides the ability to define custom formulae.

True

TorF PICO is a standard used today to investigate evidence-based practice

True

TorF PubMed is a search interface for the MedLine Library

True

TorF The MS Windows desktop version of MS-Word Provides the ability to manage citations.

True

TorF When evaluating healthcare information on the internet, you must validate its authenticity and trustworthiness.

True