ANCC Nursing Informatics Certification Review Exam
ANCC NURSING INFORMATICS CERTIFICATION REVIEW EXAM
LATEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS WITH DETAILED RATIONALES GRADED A+
GUARANTEED PASS- ACE YOUR EXAM
The nurse informaticist (NI) is working on the implementation of a replacement
laboratory system. One major consideration in order to have a fully operational
system is:
A. End-user support
B. Stress testing
C. Executive level support
D. Data conversion - Correct Answer-D. Data Conversion - All responses are
important, but in order to move from one system to another the data needs to be
moved.
The organization has agreed to be the first major test site in which software will
be installed. This site is known as a/an:
A. Primary site
B. Secondary site
C. Alpha site
D. Beta site - Correct Answer-D. Beta site. Beta site testing is the final stage of
testing (usually before commercial release). Primary and secondary sites are not
the appropriate terms and alpha site is an initial phase of testing often used in
development of software.
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The Informatics Nurse Specialist is developing a test scenario to determine if the
admissions, discharge, and transfer application will work with the clinical
documentation and laboratory results reporting modules of a larger electronic
health record. This is known as:
A. Unit testing
B. Acceptance testing
C. Integration testing
D. System Testing - Correct Answer-C. Integration testing - Integration testing is
testing between systems. Unit testing only tests one discrete function and
acceptance testing occurs when users test entire system to determine if the
system meets the specified requirements of the design.
The implementation team has determined that the conversion to the new system
will occur department by department, with two weeks in between each
installation. This is known as:
A. Parallel installation
B. Phased installation
C. Big bang installation
D. Risky installation - Correct Answer-b. phase installation - Phased installation is
when the implementation is done in stages, where one phase leads to another.
HIPPA only applies to organizations that have electronic health records.
True
False - Correct Answer-False
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The Informatics nurse is involved with measure to protect the security and
confidentiality of patient data because:
a. it is a joint commission mandate
b. it is regulated by HIPPA legislation
c. the major cause of security breaches is human error
d. both B and C are correct - Correct Answer-d. It is regulated by HIPPA Legislation
and The Major cause of security breeches is human error.
Controls to protect data privacy and integrity are both logical and:
a. physical
b. analytical
c. theoretical
d. psychological - Correct Answer-b. analytical
Which of the following is not a mechanism for protecting the security of health
data:
a. Automatic sign-offs
b. A Strong Password
c. Having one password per nursing unit
d. Firewalls - Correct Answer-C. Having one password per nursing unit.
An audit trail is :
a. a log of which project meetings and events have been completed
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b. an electronic tool that can track system access by individual user who viewed a
specific client record.
c. a proactive tool to monitor who will be using a system and modifying data.
d. used primarily as a data integrity tool - Correct Answer-b. an electronic tool that
can track system access by individual user who viewed a specific client record.
Data can be represented by all EXCEPT:
a. text
b. audio
c. transmission waves
d. video - Correct Answer-a. text
Things to consider related to disaster planning include:
a. should have only 1 database to make it easier to recover
b. all data should be stored onsite so it is accessible
c. must have a solid communication plan during disaster and recovery.
d. an association or group that shows uniformity - Correct Answer-C. Must have a
solid communication plan during disaster and recover.
Some examples of physical security for healthcare data are fences, walls, locks,
safes, vaults, armed guards, sensors, alarms.
True
False - Correct Answer-TRUE
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ANCC NURSING INFORMATICS CERTIFICATION REVIEW EXAM
LATEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS WITH DETAILED RATIONALES GRADED A+
GUARANTEED PASS- ACE YOUR EXAM
The nurse informaticist (NI) is working on the implementation of a replacement
laboratory system. One major consideration in order to have a fully operational
system is:
A. End-user support
B. Stress testing
C. Executive level support
D. Data conversion - Correct Answer-D. Data Conversion - All responses are
important, but in order to move from one system to another the data needs to be
moved.
The organization has agreed to be the first major test site in which software will
be installed. This site is known as a/an:
A. Primary site
B. Secondary site
C. Alpha site
D. Beta site - Correct Answer-D. Beta site. Beta site testing is the final stage of
testing (usually before commercial release). Primary and secondary sites are not
the appropriate terms and alpha site is an initial phase of testing often used in
development of software.
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, ANCC Nursing Informatics Certification Review Exam
The Informatics Nurse Specialist is developing a test scenario to determine if the
admissions, discharge, and transfer application will work with the clinical
documentation and laboratory results reporting modules of a larger electronic
health record. This is known as:
A. Unit testing
B. Acceptance testing
C. Integration testing
D. System Testing - Correct Answer-C. Integration testing - Integration testing is
testing between systems. Unit testing only tests one discrete function and
acceptance testing occurs when users test entire system to determine if the
system meets the specified requirements of the design.
The implementation team has determined that the conversion to the new system
will occur department by department, with two weeks in between each
installation. This is known as:
A. Parallel installation
B. Phased installation
C. Big bang installation
D. Risky installation - Correct Answer-b. phase installation - Phased installation is
when the implementation is done in stages, where one phase leads to another.
HIPPA only applies to organizations that have electronic health records.
True
False - Correct Answer-False
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The Informatics nurse is involved with measure to protect the security and
confidentiality of patient data because:
a. it is a joint commission mandate
b. it is regulated by HIPPA legislation
c. the major cause of security breaches is human error
d. both B and C are correct - Correct Answer-d. It is regulated by HIPPA Legislation
and The Major cause of security breeches is human error.
Controls to protect data privacy and integrity are both logical and:
a. physical
b. analytical
c. theoretical
d. psychological - Correct Answer-b. analytical
Which of the following is not a mechanism for protecting the security of health
data:
a. Automatic sign-offs
b. A Strong Password
c. Having one password per nursing unit
d. Firewalls - Correct Answer-C. Having one password per nursing unit.
An audit trail is :
a. a log of which project meetings and events have been completed
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b. an electronic tool that can track system access by individual user who viewed a
specific client record.
c. a proactive tool to monitor who will be using a system and modifying data.
d. used primarily as a data integrity tool - Correct Answer-b. an electronic tool that
can track system access by individual user who viewed a specific client record.
Data can be represented by all EXCEPT:
a. text
b. audio
c. transmission waves
d. video - Correct Answer-a. text
Things to consider related to disaster planning include:
a. should have only 1 database to make it easier to recover
b. all data should be stored onsite so it is accessible
c. must have a solid communication plan during disaster and recovery.
d. an association or group that shows uniformity - Correct Answer-C. Must have a
solid communication plan during disaster and recover.
Some examples of physical security for healthcare data are fences, walls, locks,
safes, vaults, armed guards, sensors, alarms.
True
False - Correct Answer-TRUE
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