Informatics Exam 1
What are examples of intermediaries
Banks People who do titles for cars DMV
________ is the field of study that bridges the gap in understanding regarding how information is processed in the mind and in the computer.
Cognitive informatics
What helps to ethically delineate healthcare practice from healthcare information obtained from the Internet? - Specific type of diseases reviewed - Direct provider patient communication - Indirect provider communication - Knowledge of violated privacy law
Direct provider patient communication
A process of various ways of understanding and examining the moral life is called: - Ethics - Values - Mission - Autonomy
Ethics
A healthcare professional creating new knowledge by changing and evolving knowledge based on experience, education, and input from others is ______
Generating knowledge
Which type of port is required to power a flash drive? - Ethernet - USB - Parallel - Serial
USB
What is knowledge applied in a practical way, translated into actions, or uses knowledge and experience to heighten common sense and insight to exercise sound judgment in practical matters? - Information - Wisdom - Connectionism - Knowledge
Wisdom
Aristotle described intuition as knowledge obtained by:
a leap of understanding
What field attempts to capture the complex processes of human thought and intelligence.
artificial intelligence
What do organizational BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policies typically include? - the device must be issued by the organization - the device is subject to routine audits - both the device must be issued by the organization and the device is subject to routine audits - none of these are correct - outside devices are forbidden according to HIPAA
both the device must be issued by the organization and the device is subject to routine audits
T/F: Knowledge workers are those who work with information and generate computer programs to help with knowledge management?
false
T/F: Virtual reality is a two-dimensional, computer-generated "world" where a person (with the right equipment) can move about and interact as if he or she were in the visualized location.
false
Based on the foundation of knowledge model, what do healthcare professionals look for to transform the information into knowledge
feedback
When health agencies provide access to health information on websites they: - are essentially practicing medicine - expect people to follow the advice - are responsible for actions people take as a result - must adhere to responsible information standards
must adhere to responsible information standards
_______ allows users to apply their intellect to accomplish their tasks while the tools housing the information disappear from conscious thought.
transparency
T/F: According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, "The central hypothesis of cognitive science is that thinking can best be understood in terms of representational structures in the mind and computational procedures that operate on those structures."
true
T/F: SDRAM is much faster than conventional nonsynchronous memory.
true
T/F: blockchain technology has the potential to hurt intermediaries
true
Presenting a research project at a national conference is an example of: - Knowledge acquisition - Knowledge dissemination - Knowledge generation - Knowledge processing
- Knowledge dissemination
Clinical decision support systems help users to: - Consider consequences of alternative actions - Provide stores of information - Make decisions in unfamiliar circumstances - All of these are correct.
All of these are correct.
The joint AHIMA-AMIA Task Force identified five domains for informatics competencies for all healthcare workers. They are health information literacy, health informatics skills using the EHR, privacy and confidentiality of health information, health information/data technical security and _________
Computer literacy
A neural network that models the entire nervous system includes all of these, except: - Input units - Output units - Hidden units - Correlating units
Correlating units
What describes using layered architecture with a protected executive layer that allows additional environment subsystems to be added without affecting the executive layer? - Security - Compatibility - Extensibility - Portability
Extensibility
T/F: Using smartphone technology at the patient care bedside will be discouraged by healthcare professionals, because it eliminates a caring presence.
False
_________ is the act of getting knowledge - Knowledge acquisition - Knowledge dissemination - Knowledge generation - Knowledge processing
Knowledge acquisition
_________ is the distribution and sharing of knowledge - Knowledge acquisition - Knowledge dissemination - Knowledge generation - Knowledge processing
Knowledge dissemination
_________ is the creation of new knowledge by changing and evolving knowledge based on one's experience, education, and input from others. - Knowledge acquisition - Knowledge dissemination - Knowledge generation - Knowledge processing
Knowledge generation
_________ is the activity or process of gathering or collecting, perceiving, analyzing, synthesizing, saving or storing, manipulating, conveying, and transmitting knowledge. - Knowledge acquisition - Knowledge dissemination - Knowledge generation - Knowledge processing
Knowledge processing
Thinking is best understood in terms of: - Linguistics - Representational structures - Physiological processes - Biological processes
Representational structures
T/F: HIPAA has improved the privacy and security of patient health information by applying the requirements of the HITECH act to the business associates of covered entities and by enhancing the breach notification requirements of the HITECH act.
false - NOT POSITIVE
T/F: Wisdom entails knowing when and how to apply computer concepts to software design
false - from thingy
_______ refers to information from the system that is used to make modifications in the input, processing actions, or outputs.
feedback
__________ refers to technology based applications that offer easily accessible, accurate, and timely information obtained from a variety of resources and methods and presented in a manner that provides us with the necessary elements to generate new knowledge.
knowledge viability
According to the textbook, in order to promote the exchange of information with others, computers are connected to: - Networks - Blogs - Flash drives - Emails - Market drives
networks
In order to promote the exchange of information with others, computers are connected to: - Flash drives - Networks - Blogs - Emails
networks
T/F: A common thread in all ethics approaches is that they all are goal-oriented approaches to answering questions that have the potential for multiple acceptable answers.
true
T/F: All healthcare workers, regardless of discipline, need a basic understanding of informatics principles
true
T/F: Cache memory is extremely quick memory that holds whatever data and code are being used at any one time.
true
T/F: Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary field that studies the mind, intelligence, and behavior from an information processing perspective.
true
T/F: Ethical dilemmas occur when issues raise questions that cannot be answered with a simple, clearly defined rule, fact, or authoritative view.
true
T/F: Knowledge can be disseminated by recording observations and conclusions in the EHR.
true
T/F: Nursing informatics, as suggested by Graves and Corcoran(1989), is the integration of the sciences of nursing, computer, cognitive, and information to emphasize the nursing process of clinical decisions.
true
T/F: The central processing unit CPU is the computer component that actually executes, calculates, and processes the binary computer code (which consists of various configurations of 0s and 1s), instigated by the operating system and other applications on the computer?
true
T/F: The essence of knowledge has been difficult to define, based on varying viewpoints and beliefs.
true
Does the HIPAA Privacy Rule permit a healthcare provider to share patient information for treatment purpose by fax,email or phone? - Yes - No
yes
Ethics is best described as: - A revolution in health care brought on by technologic change - Ever-changing principles that guide decision making - A goal-oriented approach to answering questions that potentially have multiple acceptable answers - Paradigmatic changes that involve rhythmic processes central to the healthcare system
A goal-oriented approach to answering questions that potentially have multiple acceptable answers
According to the chapter reading, which definition describes the information age? Pick the best answer. - Throughout history, whenever there has been a new discovery. - An age when user models are related to a more complex system. - A period of time when data, information, and knowledge are accessible by more people than ever in history. - A time when data is entered into a variety of devices.
A period of time when data, information, and knowledge are accessible by more people than ever in history.
In the TED Talk about Wireless Transmitting, what technology did Katabi use to measure sleep? - AI - Electrodes - Current Fitbit - Garmin
AI - artificial intelligence
Computer science can facilitate: - Acquiring data and information - Synthesizing knowledge and wisdom - Acquiring data and information, and manipulating data and information - All of these are correct. - Manipulating data and information
Acquiring data and information, and manipulating data and information
The bioethical standard of fidelity emphasizes: - Confidentiality - Privacy - Truthfulness - Adherence to promises
Adherence to promises
For knowledge to be viable, it must be: - Easily accessible - Accurately and timely - Obtained from a variety of sources - All of these are correct
All of these are correct
Developing a national HIT infrastructure is an enormous and extremely complex undertaking that requires: - Financial assets - Technological assets - Human resources - All of these are correct.
All of these are correct.
Essentially, a computer is: - An input-output system - An electronic information processing machine that serves as a tool to manipulate data and information - A machine that accepts data inputted via a variety of devices, processes data through logical and arithmetic rendering, stores the data in memory components, and outputs data and information to the user - All of these are correct.
All of these are correct.
Healthcare professionals need to be familiar with the: - Goals and purposes of the HITECH Act of 2009 - Medicare and Medicaid HIT provisions of the law and the concepts of "meaningful use" and "certified EHR technology" - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 - All of these are correct.
All of these are correct.
Some of the disciplines involved in cognitive science include: - Psychology and philosophy - Neuroscience and linguistics - Biology and physics - Psychology, philosophy, neuroscience, and linguistics. - All of these are correct.
All of these are correct.
The intent of HIPAA was to: - Curtail healthcare fraud and abuse, and enforce standards for health information - Guarantee the security and privacy of health information - Assure health insurance portability for employed persons - All of these are correct.
All of these are correct.
Ethics is best described as: - A revolution in healthcare brought on by technologic change - An approach to answering questions with multiple answers - Ever-changing principles that guide decision making - Paradigmatic changes central to the healthcare system
An approach to answering questions with multiple answers
A type of ROM used by the computer when it's turned on is: - BIOS input/output (I/O) System - Virtual memory - Read only memory - Central processing unit
BIOS input/output (I/O) System
Input into databases to track ethical situations along with the resulting decisions is referred to as: - Support information - Bioinformatics - Practice based evidence - Competent outcomes
Bioinformatics
The scaffolding for analyzing and modeling complicated, multifaceted human performance is provided by: - Computer programs - Cognitive science - Software developers - Intelligence specialists
Cognitive science
What is the component of cognitive science that uses computer modeling through artificial neural networks to try to explain human intellectual abilities? - Epistemology - Wisdom - Connectionism - Knowledge
Connectionism
What describes the broader benefit for implementing a nationwide electronic health record? - Common language for healthcare workers - Data access easier for researchers - Improved quality and care delivery - Facilitate health educators teaching ease
Data access easier for researchers
Experts in computer science strive to understand how the mind processes: - Data and information - Knowledge - Sensory input - None of these are correct.
Data and information
The widespread use of the smartphone has prompted healthcare organizations to: - Ban their use in hospitals - Develop policies for use - Prevent employees from using them - Create enforceable state laws
Develop policies for use
Presenting a research project at a national conference is an example of _________
Disseminating knowledge
To analyze and provide a structure for how the mind processes data and information, cognitive science places its focus on which of the following? - Outputs - End user - Patients - Inputs
End user
The study of the nature and origin of knowledge is: - Perception - Epistemology - Logical analysis - Empiricism
Epistemology
What is the study of what it means to know? - Epistemology - Wisdom - Connectionism - Knowledge
Epistemology
The HIT infrastructure supports using and exchanging information in order to: - Facilitate clinical research and reduce health disparities - Fine entities that do not comply - Both facilitate clinical research and reduce health disparities, and fine entities that do not comply - None of these are correct.
Facilitate clinical research and reduce health disparities
T/F: An oncology practice requires all patients to sign in when they arrive at their office. Is this a violation of HIPAA?
False - but lowkey true?
Collecting health data in a data warehouse and mining that data for new relationships and understanding is an example of:
Generating knowledge
Considering principles of cognitive informatics when designing technology interfaces helps to mitigate: - Information processing - Use of resources - Human mental workload - None of these are correct.
Human mental workload
From which perspective does cognitive science study the mind, intelligence, and behavior? - Philosophical - Sociological - Information processing - Discipline science
Information processing
What best describes computer throughput or processing components? - None of these are correct. - Input devices and the computer monitor are examples of visible throughput components. - Any software can be used to process information no matter what applications are available on the specific computer. - The mouse gets all of the user's attention since it must be manipulated.
Input devices and the computer monitor are examples of visible throughput components.
What is the source of knowledge that causes one to react without thinking? - Reason - Instinct - Intuition - Empirical
Instinct
________ is when one reacts without reason - Instinct - Reason - Perception - Intuition - Logic
Instinct
Applications of cognitive science to health informatics include all of the following, except: - Interoperability of systems - Usability and user centered interfaces - Decision support systems - Terminology development
Interoperability of systems
________ is a way of acquiring knowledge that cannot be obtained by inference, deduction, observation, reason, analysis, or experience. - Instinct - Reason - Perception - Intuition - Logic
Intuition
The two primary input devices on a computer are?
Keyboard and mouse
What refers to the awareness and understanding of a set of information and ways that information can be made useful to support a specific task or arrive at a decision? - Epistemology - Wisdom - Connectionism - Knowledge
Knowledge
Which of the following best describes what is needed in a healthcare professional's decision-making process? - Intuition and logic - Acquisition and dissemination - Collecting and building data - Knowledge and wisdom
Knowledge and wisdom
According to chapter 3, what best describes the benefit of embracing the use of technology in healthcare practices? This also came up in our discussions about AI. - Common practice with today's youth - Knowledge and wisdom development - All major organizations use it - Rapid access to information
Knowledge and wisdom development
What best describes the benefit of embracing the use of technology in healthcare practices? - All major organizations use it - Knowledge and wisdom development - Common practice with today's youth - Rapid access to information
Knowledge and wisdom development
________ is a science that deals with the principles and criteria of validity of inference and demonstration - Instinct - Reason - Perception - Intuition - Logic
Logic
________ is a the science of the formal principles of reasoning - Instinct - Reason - Perception - Intuition - Logic
Logic
What best defines the process of acquiring knowledge through use of the senses? - Perception - Logic - Reasoned actions - Inferences
Perception
________ is the process of acquiring knowledge about the environment or situation by obtaining, interpreting, selecting, and organizing sensory information from seeing, hearing, touching, tasting, and smelling. - Instinct - Reason - Perception - Intuition - Logic
Perception
The term that refers to the ability of the OS to be moved from one hardware architecture to another with few changes is _______
Portability
The term that refers to the ability of the OS to be moved from one hardware architecture to another with few changes is: - Compatibility - Extensibility - Portability - Security
Portability
New technologies used in health care, such as smartphones or Google Glass, create potential ethical issues associated with: - Interoperability - Privacy and confidentiality - The human technology interface - Cognitive load
Privacy and confidentiality
What best explains the benefit of having an informatics expert in a healthcare practice environment? - Facilitate project management - Provide guidance as to what works best - Provide the presence of an authority figure - Recognize poor performance readily
Provide guidance as to what works best
The type of memory that is lost once the system is shut off is: - Read only memory - Cache memory - Flash memory - Random access memory
Random access memory
________ is to collect facts, generalize, and reason out from cause to effect, from effect to cause, from premises to conclusions, from propositions to proofs. - Instinct - Reason - Perception - Intuition - Logic
Reason
The term that refers to the OS incorporating hardware protection for virtual memory and software protection mechanisms for OS resources is: - Security - Compatibility - Extensibility - Portability
Security
The term that refers to the operating system (OS) incorporating hardware protection for virtual memory and software protection mechanisms for OS resources is ________
Security
Current technology is considered wearable if it is: - Larger and easier to handle - Designed by an established company - Smaller and faster - Promoted by a popular singer
Smaller and faster
In addition to exploring the nature of the mind, knowledge representation, language, problem solving, and decision making, cognitive science also includes: - Computer input components such as a keyboard - Knowledge and wisdom generated by healthcare professionals - None of these are correct. - Social factors influencing the design and use of technology
Social factors influencing the design and use of technology
An ethics approach applied to relatively homogenous societies, where beliefs are similar and most societal members shared common values, is known as: - The Hippocratic tradition - A casuist approach - Principlism - Antiprinciplism
The Hippocratic tradition
Which title of HIPAA involves "Preventing Health Care Fraud and Abuse; Administrative Simplification; Medical Liability Reform" : - Title I - Title II - Title III - None
Title II
Data are dirty when there are errors such as:
duplicate entries, incomplete or outdated records
Information science forces on
effectively linking people, information, and technology
T/F: Information is composed of knowledge that was processed using data
false
T/F: The acquisition of knowledge is assured by the ready availability of information from the Internet.
false
T/F: Wisdom entails knowing when and how to apply computer concepts to software design.
false
Another name for data that has meaning is: - mean data - wisdom - information - none of these is correct - data accuracy
information
________ is the awareness and understanding of a set of information and ways that information can be made useful to support a specific task or arrive at a decision
knowledge
When healthcare professionals work with information and generate information and knowledge as a product, they can be described as __________
knowledge workers
From the blended learning video, how is it possible to sense people and track them without any wearables through walls? What analogy was used? Pick the best answer. - body sensors - light waves - radar - currents - sound waves
radar
What is data? - processed information - inputted items that produce information - raw facts - none of these is correct
raw facts
T/F: Artificial intelligence is the field that deals with the conception, development, and implementation of informatics tools based on intelligent technologies. This field attempts to capture the complex processes of human thought and intelligence.
true
T/F: Artificial intelligence principles assist with capturing, mimicking, and creating the complex processes of the mind in informatics tools.
true
T/F: Computers support collaboration, networking, and information exchange.
true
T/F: Information is valuable when it is accessible, accurate, timely, complete, cost effective, flexible, reliable, relevant, simple, verifiable and secure
true
T/F: It is essential that the process used for making ethical decisions be systematic and flexible.
true
T/F: Knowledge may be described as a process that is continuous
true
T/F: Neural networks are interconnected simple processing devices or simplified models of the brain and nervous system that consist of a considerable number of elements or units (analogs of neurons) linked in a pattern of connections (analogs of synapses).
true
T/F: Plug and play" refers to peripheral computer and-ons, such as an iPod or game console, which can be plugged into a serial or other port and instantly used?
true
T/F: Social media is an acceptable form of communication but has the potential for ethical and legal complications.
true
T/F: The Foundation of Knowledge model concepts are knowledge acquisition, knowledge processing, knowledge generation, and knowledge dissemination
true
T/F: The HITECH Act was enacted in 2009 to help stimulate both health care and financial recovery in the United States.
true
T/F: The Information Age is an age when data, information, and knowledge are both accessible and can be manipulated by more people than ever before in history.
true
T/F: Wang (2003) described cognitive informatics (CI) as an emerging transdisciplinary field of study that attempts to bridge the gap of understanding how information is processed in the mind and in the computer.
true
T/F: data can be a random string of letters
true
According to Richie Etwaru's TED Talk, blockchain can help fill what gap? - trust in business - currency market - stock market - providing quality care - quality of life
trust in business
_________ allows opportunities for exchange of ideas between healthcare workers
virtual communication technology
___________ is the synthesis of experience, insight, and reflection
wisdom
The difference between wisdom and knowledge is that: - none of these is correct - wisdom is the synthesis of experience, insight, and reflection - wisdom is the result of data collection and interpretation - wisdom depends on the thoughts of others
wisdom is the synthesis of experience, insight, and reflection