Test 1 Review Questions
A data steward is a person appointed with responsibility for data, usually in a specific domain. a. True b. False
A
A legal hold a. is issued by a court. b. is initiated by an organization's legal counsel. c. requires that the health record be submitted to the court. d. only occurs after the defendant is found liable.
A
Executive support for a DG program is essential for success. a. True b. False
A
Governance is the establishment of policies and the continual monitoring of their proper implementation a. True b. False
A
In which case did the Supreme Court rule that the right to privacy limits governmental authority to regulate contraception? a. Griswold v. Connecticut b. Runyon v. Wright c. Jones v. Kendall d. In re Adams
A
Information consists of related data or facts. a. True b. False
A
Metadata are data that describe other data. a. True b. False
A
Rules are a set of principles and regulations. a. True b. False
A
The executive data council typically establishes the DG program's mission and scope . a. True b. False
A
The party in a civil case that brings the action and has the burden of proof is the ____. a. plaintiff b. prosecutor c. defendant d. judge
A
The tangible health record is owned by the _____. a. healthcareorganization b. patient c. state department of health d. Department of Health and Human Services
A
True or false? A privilege, as it relates to the relationship between physician and patient, means the physician is not permitted to testify in a civil action as a witness about certain information gained as a result of the relationship, unless the patient consents. a. True b. False
A
True or false? Licensure and accreditation standards, and the Medicare Conditions of Participation, are resources that can be used to determine the required content for health records. a. True b. False
A
True or false? One benefit of accreditation to a hospital is that the Medicare program recognizes organizations having the Joint Commission or AOA accreditation as meeting most of the Conditions of Participation, which means the hospital does not have to go through a full Medicare survey. a. True b. False
A
True or false? The difference between a negligent tort and an intentional tort is that in an intentional tort, the person committing the wrongful act does so knowing that harm will likely occur. a. True b. False
A
True or false? The provider-patient relationship is based on a contractual agreement. a. True b. False
A
What is the intention of managed care? a. To manage cost, quality, and access to care b. To manage peer review efforts c. To manage Medicare and Medicaid programs d. To manage the accreditation process
A
Which of the following best describes master data? a. Data that an enterprise maintains about key business entities b. Data that describes other data c. Structured data residing in a database d. Data used to make business decisions
A
Which of the following defines a hospital's mission statement? a. Describes the organization's purpose and the customers it serves b. Describes the organization's ideal future c. Describes the organization's fundamental principlesd. d. Describes the organization's legal and licensing requirements
A
Which of the following identifies the value of a DG program for the organization? a. Business case b. Data model c. Prospectus d. Vision statement
A
Which of the following is best described as a broad category of applications and technologies for gathering, storing, analyzing, and providing access to data to help enterprise users make better business decisions? a. Business intelligence b. Content management c. Database management d. Data governance
A
Which of the following is defined as an integrated set of specification artifacts used to define data requirements, guide integration, and control data assets? a. data architecture b. data governance c. data management d. master data management
A
Which of the following sources of law is the highest law in the United States? a. US Constitution b. Laws of the 50 states c. Common law d. Administrative law
A
Which of the following would be a typical task of content management? a. Developing policies and procedures for categorization of unstructured data b. Identifying reference data sources c. Implementing data warehouses and data marts that store massive amounts of data d. Identifying data quality problems and assessing their root cause
A
Which president expressed unreserved support for national health insurance, for which legislation never passed? a. Harry Truman b. Bill Clinton c. Franklin Roosevelt d. Lyndon Johnson
A
Why is a DG office important to the success of the DG program? a. Provides a communication channel among all DG program participants b. Conducts data mining efforts c. Oversees development of organization data models d. Maintains all data artifacts in a central repository
A
Why was the American Medical Association established? a. To represent the interests of physicians across the country b. To standardize the curriculum for US medical schools c. To develop state licensure systems d. To close most of the existing medical schools to address the problem of oversupply
A
_____ refers to the organization of physicians according to clinical assignment. a. Medical staff classification b. Medical staff bylaws c. Medical staff credentialing d. Case management
A
A data element name is considered which of the following? a. Master data b. Metadata c. Structured data d. Unstructured data
B
A law that is enacted by Congress is a. administrative law. b. statutory law. c. common law. d. constitutional law.
B
A reasonably prudent person is one who a. is polite b. the community believes exhibits appropriate behavior in a given situation. c. is always correct. d. acts as most people would act in a given situation.
B
As illustrated in the DIKW hierarchy, wisdom relates to understanding relationships or context of data. a. True b. False
B
In almost every hospital, the largest clinical department in terms of staffing, budget, specialized services offered, and clinical expertise required is which of the following? a. Diagnostic services b. Patient care services c. Occupational therapy services d. Rehabilitation services
B
Information governance and data governance are the same thing. a. True b. False
B
The _____ bears the ultimate responsibility for the quality of care in a hospital. a. CEO b. board of directors c. medical staff d. medical director
B
The _____ required concurrent review for Medicare and Medicaid patients. a. Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act b. Public Law 92-603 of 1972 c. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 d. Utilization Review Act
B
The ancient _____ developed surgical procedures, documented clinical cases, and created medical books. a. Egyptians b. Greeks c. Phoenicians d. Chinese
B
The federal government became involved in the _______ and malpractice issue through the establishment of the National Practitioner Data Bank under the Healthcare Quality Improvement Act of 1986. a. employment of physicians b. quality of care c. licensure d. pay for performance
B
The one aspect of managed care that has had the greatest impact on healthcare organizations during the past 25 years is _____. a. quality control b. cost control c. risk management d. utilization management
B
To access the rules and regulations regarding implementation of a federal law, one would consult the: a. Congressional Register b. Federal Register c. Journal of American Health Information Management Association d. Rules and regulations are not published, so there is no one place to access them
B
True or false? If a person makes a deliberate threat with the apparent ability to cause physical harm (for example, a very large person threatening to hit a much smaller person), the wrongdoer has committed battery against the smaller person. a. True b. False
B
When launching a DG program it is best to start with a broad scope. a. True b. False
B
Which is the best definition of ambulatory surgery? a. Any surgical procedure that is done in an emergency department b. Any surgical procedure that does not require an overnight hospital stay c. Any surgical procedure that is done on a patient who is brought to the hospital in an ambulance d. Any surgical procedure that is performed in a surgicenter
B
Which of the following best describes structured data? a. Data that do not have a pre-defined data model b. Data organized and interpreted by traditional databases c. Data in documents, emails d. Data about key business entities
B
Which of the following descriptions best describes the Medicaid program? a. Provides healthcare benefits for people aged 65 and older b. Provides healthcare benefits to low-income persons and their children c. Authorizes states to construct new hospitals d. Requires extensive changes in the Medicare program
B
Which of the following identifies and sequences DG project and task priorities a. Data governance executive steering committee b. Data governance steering committee c. Data steward committee d. Data governance office
B
Which of the following statements best describes an integrated delivery system? A. A system of healthcare delivery that ensures that patients obtain appropriate, cost-effective services. B. A group of healthcare organizations that collectively provides a full range of coordinated health- related services. C. A healthcare system that contracts directly with physicians in an independent practice or with one or more multispeciality group practices. D. A healthcare system made up of two or more hospitals that are owned by the same organization.
B
_____ govern(s) the operation of a hospital medical staff. a. Medical staff classification b. Medical staff bylaws c. Medical staff credentialing d. Medical staff committees
B
_____ would be categorized as voluntary hospitals. a. US military hospitals b. University hospitals c. Investor-owned hospitals d. Proprietary hospitals
B
A federal confidentiality statute specifically addresses confidentiality of health information about which of the following types of patients?a. Developmentally disabled b. Elderly c. Drug and alcohol recovery d. Cancer
C
In distinguishing between concurrent and retrospective quality reviews, retrospective reviews refer to activities that evaluate medical care a. before it is provided. b. as it is being given. c. after it has been given. d. provided only by the physician.
C
Individuals who receive acute care services in a hospital are considered what? a. Ambulatory care patients b. Outpatients c. Inpatients d. Long-term care patients
C
Retention of medical records is mandated by __________. a. HIPAA b. Joint Commission standards c. state and federal law d. professional association guidelines
C
The information contained in a patient's health record is owned by the a. Healthcare facility b. Physician c. Patient d. State
C
The party who allegedly committed the wrongdoing is the _____. a. plaintiff b. prosecutor c. defendant d. judge
C
What is the implication regarding the confidentiality of incident reports in a legal proceeding when a staff member documents in the health record that an incident report was completed about a specific incident? a. There is no impact. b. The person making the entry in the health record may not be called as a witness in trial. c. The incident report likely becomes discoverable because it is mentioned in a discoverable document. d. The incident report cannot be discovered even though it is mentioned in a document
C
Where in the British colonies of North America was the first hospital organized? A. Baltimore B. New York City C. Philadelphia D. Boston
C
Which of the following determines the portfolio of DG initiatives? a. Compliance requirements b. Data quality c. Organizational strategy d. Regulations
C
Which of the following four sources of law derives from the English common law and is also known as judge-made or case law? a. Constitutional law b. Statutory law c. Common law d. Administrative law
C
Which of the following is a series of successive stages and has beginning and end points? a. Data governance program b. Master data management c. Life cycle d. Meta data management
C
Which of the following is used to locate, retrieve, and use data? a. Data artifacts b. Master data c. Metadata d. Spreadsheets
C
Which of the following statements most accurately describes funding for the Medicaid program? a. Funding comes from the federal government. b. Funding comes from each state government. c. Funding is a joint federal and state initiative. d. Funding is from private sources.
C
Which of the following would not be considered a data artifact? a. data dictionary b. data flow diagram c. data policy d. use case
C
Why are home healthcare services the fastest-growing sector of Medicare? a. Because patients prefer to receive care at home b. Because of the impact of recent Medicare legislation c. Because of increased economic pressure from third-party payers d. Because hospitals prefer to send patients home early
C
________ hospitals provide long-term care services to patients recuperating from debilitating or chronic illnesses and injuries a. Acute care b. Specialty c. Rehabilitation d. Psychiatric
C
A standard of care is a. what a group of physicians deems to be appropriate treatment. b. what a healthcare professional in a metropolitan setting would do. c. established primarily by accreditation standards. d. what an individual is expected to do or not do in a given situation.
D
Hospitals can be classified by which of the following? a. Type of services provided b. Type of ownership c. Number of beds d. All of the above
D
The VA hospital system was established to provide hospital, nursing home, residential, and outpatient medical and dental care to the veterans of which war? a. World War II b. Korean War c. Vietnam War d. World War I
D
The record custodian typically can testify about which of the following when a party in a legal proceeding is attempting to admit a health record as evidence? 1. Identification of the record as the one subpoenaed 2. The care provided 3. The qualifications of the treating physician 4. Policies and procedures relevant to creation and maintenance of a record a. 1 and 3 only b. 2 and 4 only c. 1 and 2 only d. 1 and 4 only
D
To successfully pursue an action for slander where the words affected the plaintiff's profession: a. Actual harm to reputation must be proven b. Lost wages must be proven c. Dissension between the parties involved must be established d. Actual harm to the plaintiff's reputation is presumed
D
Today, medical school students must pass a test before they can obtain a _____ to practice medicine. a. degree b. residency c. specialty d. license
D
Which of the following best describes the importance assigning data decision rights? a. Guarantee data security b. Assure that HIPAA requirements are met c. Certify that Meaningful Use criteria are met d. Ensure responsibility for data-related decisions and when and how those decisions are made
D
Which of the following is a false statement about a DG program? a. DG requires executive support for success. b. DG applies to data in any format. c. DG is accomplished through a formal organizational structure. d. DG programs are usually the same among organizations.
D
Which of the following occupations is not usually considered to be an allied health profession? a. Dietitian b. Physical therapist c. Emergency medical technician d. Surgeon
D
In what way(s) might a civil case be resolved? 1. Settlement 2. Judgment 3. Dismissal 4. Default judgment a. 1,2,and3 b. 2,3 and 4 c. 1,2,3, and 4 d. 2 and 4
c
