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CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE IN HEALTHCARE
INFORMATION & MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
(CAHIMS) EXAM A&B LATEST UPDATE
2026-2027 QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
SOLUTIONS
Question: According to the lecture, which of the following was a driving force for coding
standardization and standardized terminology in the 1980s?
a. HIPAA regulations
b. Increased integration of computer systems
c. DRGs
d. Palm pilots - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔c
Question: Which of the following describes a new area of emphasis for the American Health
Information Management Association in the 1990s?
a. Advocating policy for medical records
b. Overseeing hospital information
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c. Ensuring the quality of medical record data
d. Developing the HIT workforce - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔d
Question: According to the lecture which of the following best describes AHIMA's original
constituency?
a. An engineer developing telemedicine devices
b. A physician desiring to apply technology to cancer research
c. A health information manager seeking an administrative role
d. A chief operating officer seeking to integrate healthcare organizations IT systems - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔c
Question: Which of the following, according to the IOM, is a software element of an EHR?
a. Patient support
b. Software
c. Hardware - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a
Question: Which of the following is one of the four key components of any EHR system?
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a. Provides mobility for healthcare workers
b. Provides "longitudinal health data" on individuals
c. Provides secure access by sacrificing efficiency - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b
Question: Most EHR systems today are based on what kind of computer model?
a. Hardware-software
b. Client-server
c. Hosted - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b
Question: What are three things to consider when purchasing an EHR server?
a. Reliability, performance, scalability
b. Size of the unit, performance, power consumption
c. Client-Server, Service Requester, client requests - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a
Question: Name three types of servers you may find in a typical EHR system?
a. Hardware, RAM, Dell
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b. Configuration, terminal, VPN
c. Application, Database, Citrix
d. Internal, external, hosted - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b
Question: Software can be defined as:
a. The nuts and bolts that make things work.
b. The physical components of servers.
c. A collection of computer programs and related data that provide the
instructions telling a computer what to do.
d. A collection of computers and devices connected by communications
channels that facilitates communications among users and allows users
to share resources with other users. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔c
Q:Wxyzab is a small country where the entire population has access to healthcare facilities
owned and operated by the government, and funded by a tax on citizens. However, the current
healthcare infrastructure does not have technologically advanced radiologic imaging facilities,
and a commercial organization is allowed by the government to operate its own diagnostic
imaging facilities, where patients have to pay for services out-of-pocket. This is an example of a
transition of a healthcare system from:
CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE IN HEALTHCARE
INFORMATION & MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
(CAHIMS) EXAM A&B LATEST UPDATE
2026-2027 QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
SOLUTIONS
Question: According to the lecture, which of the following was a driving force for coding
standardization and standardized terminology in the 1980s?
a. HIPAA regulations
b. Increased integration of computer systems
c. DRGs
d. Palm pilots - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔c
Question: Which of the following describes a new area of emphasis for the American Health
Information Management Association in the 1990s?
a. Advocating policy for medical records
b. Overseeing hospital information
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c. Ensuring the quality of medical record data
d. Developing the HIT workforce - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔d
Question: According to the lecture which of the following best describes AHIMA's original
constituency?
a. An engineer developing telemedicine devices
b. A physician desiring to apply technology to cancer research
c. A health information manager seeking an administrative role
d. A chief operating officer seeking to integrate healthcare organizations IT systems - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔c
Question: Which of the following, according to the IOM, is a software element of an EHR?
a. Patient support
b. Software
c. Hardware - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a
Question: Which of the following is one of the four key components of any EHR system?
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a. Provides mobility for healthcare workers
b. Provides "longitudinal health data" on individuals
c. Provides secure access by sacrificing efficiency - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b
Question: Most EHR systems today are based on what kind of computer model?
a. Hardware-software
b. Client-server
c. Hosted - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b
Question: What are three things to consider when purchasing an EHR server?
a. Reliability, performance, scalability
b. Size of the unit, performance, power consumption
c. Client-Server, Service Requester, client requests - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a
Question: Name three types of servers you may find in a typical EHR system?
a. Hardware, RAM, Dell
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b. Configuration, terminal, VPN
c. Application, Database, Citrix
d. Internal, external, hosted - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b
Question: Software can be defined as:
a. The nuts and bolts that make things work.
b. The physical components of servers.
c. A collection of computer programs and related data that provide the
instructions telling a computer what to do.
d. A collection of computers and devices connected by communications
channels that facilitates communications among users and allows users
to share resources with other users. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔c
Q:Wxyzab is a small country where the entire population has access to healthcare facilities
owned and operated by the government, and funded by a tax on citizens. However, the current
healthcare infrastructure does not have technologically advanced radiologic imaging facilities,
and a commercial organization is allowed by the government to operate its own diagnostic
imaging facilities, where patients have to pay for services out-of-pocket. This is an example of a
transition of a healthcare system from:
