CLN 251 CERTIFICATION EXAM QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS 2026
▶ Master files, INI
Master files are like drawers. Answer: Chronicles is divided into
__________ like patient and diagnosis. Each has a three letter identifier
called _________.
▶ 900. Answer: There are over ________ master files in Epic.
▶ Records. Answer: File folders inside the drawers are called:
▶ Contacts
Example: Encounter. Answer: Pieces of paper inside the folder which track
discrete data over time.
▶ Item. Answer: A question on a paper form
▶ Value. Answer: An answer filled in on a paper form
▶ Question mark (?). Answer: Displays a list of records in this master file
in Text.
▶ Shift + F7. Answer: In text, to exit the record from any screen.
▶ Shift + F5. Answer: In text, to display help text for an item.
▶ Page Up. Answer: In text, to go to preceding screen in a record.
▶ Equal sign =. Answer: In text, open the most recently accessed record
▶ Opt. Answer: In text, to jump to initial main menu
▶ User Record (EMP). Answer: What record must be created in order for a
person to log into Epic?
, ▶ Provider Record (SER). Answer: What record must be created for a
person or resource that meets certain clinical criteria?
▶ Schedulable, clinically documents in patient charts, refers to/from.
Answer: What criteria might be met for a user who is also a provider?
▶ User Template (EMP). Answer: What record can be created to ease
setup and maintenance for groups of users with similar job roles and set up
needs?
▶ Role Record (E2R). Answer: What record controls the layout and
ground rules of Hyperspace? How do I get activities?
▶ Security Class (ECL). Answer: Which records control access to activities
and functionality in Epic? What am I allowed to do?
▶ 1. In Basket, 2. Reporting Workbench, 3. Shared. Answer: Which three
types of security class should be assigned to every user?
▶ EpicCare. Answer: Which type of security class should be assigned to
every user of clinical tools?
▶ Inpatient. Answer: Which type of security class should be assigned to
every user or clinical tools in an inpatient/hospital settings?
▶ Applications like Stork, Beacon etc.. Answer: Which types of security
class might be assigned to clinical users of specialty modules?
▶ Login dept, user ID, Password, Link to provider, link to template.
Answer: Which items in the user record have unique values that can't be
set in a user template?
▶ Profile (LPR). Answer: Which record control options within activities?
Now that I'm in an activity, what's it like?
▶ User template>EpicCare Security Class>Department>Location>Service
Area>System Definitions. Answer: List the entities in the profile hierarchy
from most specific to most general.
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS 2026
▶ Master files, INI
Master files are like drawers. Answer: Chronicles is divided into
__________ like patient and diagnosis. Each has a three letter identifier
called _________.
▶ 900. Answer: There are over ________ master files in Epic.
▶ Records. Answer: File folders inside the drawers are called:
▶ Contacts
Example: Encounter. Answer: Pieces of paper inside the folder which track
discrete data over time.
▶ Item. Answer: A question on a paper form
▶ Value. Answer: An answer filled in on a paper form
▶ Question mark (?). Answer: Displays a list of records in this master file
in Text.
▶ Shift + F7. Answer: In text, to exit the record from any screen.
▶ Shift + F5. Answer: In text, to display help text for an item.
▶ Page Up. Answer: In text, to go to preceding screen in a record.
▶ Equal sign =. Answer: In text, open the most recently accessed record
▶ Opt. Answer: In text, to jump to initial main menu
▶ User Record (EMP). Answer: What record must be created in order for a
person to log into Epic?
, ▶ Provider Record (SER). Answer: What record must be created for a
person or resource that meets certain clinical criteria?
▶ Schedulable, clinically documents in patient charts, refers to/from.
Answer: What criteria might be met for a user who is also a provider?
▶ User Template (EMP). Answer: What record can be created to ease
setup and maintenance for groups of users with similar job roles and set up
needs?
▶ Role Record (E2R). Answer: What record controls the layout and
ground rules of Hyperspace? How do I get activities?
▶ Security Class (ECL). Answer: Which records control access to activities
and functionality in Epic? What am I allowed to do?
▶ 1. In Basket, 2. Reporting Workbench, 3. Shared. Answer: Which three
types of security class should be assigned to every user?
▶ EpicCare. Answer: Which type of security class should be assigned to
every user of clinical tools?
▶ Inpatient. Answer: Which type of security class should be assigned to
every user or clinical tools in an inpatient/hospital settings?
▶ Applications like Stork, Beacon etc.. Answer: Which types of security
class might be assigned to clinical users of specialty modules?
▶ Login dept, user ID, Password, Link to provider, link to template.
Answer: Which items in the user record have unique values that can't be
set in a user template?
▶ Profile (LPR). Answer: Which record control options within activities?
Now that I'm in an activity, what's it like?
▶ User template>EpicCare Security Class>Department>Location>Service
Area>System Definitions. Answer: List the entities in the profile hierarchy
from most specific to most general.
