RHIT EXAM PREP PRACTICE
QUESTIONS (DATA ANALYSIS AND
MANAGEMENT) QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADE A+
2026
(1) A critical early step in designing an EHR is to develop a(n) ________in which the
characteristics of each data element are defined.
A) Accreditation manual
B) Core content
C) Continuity of care record
D) Data dictionary - answer-D) Data dictionary
(2) Once hospital discharge abstract systems were developed and their ability to
provide comparative data to hospitals was established, it became necessary to
develop:
A) Data sets
B) Data elements
C) Electronic data interchange
D) Bills of mortality - answer-A) Data sets
(3) In healthcare, data sets serve two purposes. The first is to identify data elements to
be collected about each patient. The second is to:
A) Provide uniform data definitions
B) Guide efforts toward computerization
C) Determine statistical formulas
,D) Provide a research database - answer-A) Provide uniform data defintions
(4) A health information technician is responsible for designing a data collection form to
collect data on patients in an acute-care hospital. The first resource that she should use
is:
A) UHDDS
B) UACDS
C) MDS
D) ORYX - answer-A) UHDDS
(5) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the common healthcare data sets
such as UHDDS and UACDS?
A) They define minimum data elements to be collected
B) They provide a complete and exhaustive list of data elements that must be collected
C) They provide a framework for data collection to which an individual facility can add
data items
D) The federal government recommends, but does not mandate, implementation of
most of the data sets - answer-B) They provide a complete and exhaustive list of data
elements that must be collected
(6) In a paper-based system, the completion of the chart is monitored in a special area
of the HIM department called the ______ file.
A) Incomplete record
B) Permanent
C) Temporary
D) Remote storage - answer-A) Incomplete record
, (7) Consider the following sequence of numbers. What filing system is being used if
these numbers represent the health record numbers of three records filed together
within the filing system?
36-45-99
37-45-99
38-45-99
A) Straight numerical
B) Terminal digit
C) Middle digit
D) Unit - answer-B) Terminal digit
(8) The MPI is necessary to physically locate health records within the paper-based
storage system for all types of filing systems, EXCEPT:
A) Alphabetical
B) Middle digit
C) Terminal digit
D) Straight numerical - answer-A) Alphabetical
(9) The RHIT supervisor for the filing and retrieval section of Community Clinic is
developing a staffing schedule for the year. The clinic is open 260 days per year and has
an average of 600 clinic visits per day. The standard for filing records is 60 per hour. The
standard for retrieval of records is 40 records per hour. Given these standards, how
many filing hours will be required daily to retrieve and file records for each clinic day?
A) 6 hours per day
B) 10 hours per day
C) 15 hours per day
D) 25 hours per day - answer-D) 25 hours per day
QUESTIONS (DATA ANALYSIS AND
MANAGEMENT) QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADE A+
2026
(1) A critical early step in designing an EHR is to develop a(n) ________in which the
characteristics of each data element are defined.
A) Accreditation manual
B) Core content
C) Continuity of care record
D) Data dictionary - answer-D) Data dictionary
(2) Once hospital discharge abstract systems were developed and their ability to
provide comparative data to hospitals was established, it became necessary to
develop:
A) Data sets
B) Data elements
C) Electronic data interchange
D) Bills of mortality - answer-A) Data sets
(3) In healthcare, data sets serve two purposes. The first is to identify data elements to
be collected about each patient. The second is to:
A) Provide uniform data definitions
B) Guide efforts toward computerization
C) Determine statistical formulas
,D) Provide a research database - answer-A) Provide uniform data defintions
(4) A health information technician is responsible for designing a data collection form to
collect data on patients in an acute-care hospital. The first resource that she should use
is:
A) UHDDS
B) UACDS
C) MDS
D) ORYX - answer-A) UHDDS
(5) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the common healthcare data sets
such as UHDDS and UACDS?
A) They define minimum data elements to be collected
B) They provide a complete and exhaustive list of data elements that must be collected
C) They provide a framework for data collection to which an individual facility can add
data items
D) The federal government recommends, but does not mandate, implementation of
most of the data sets - answer-B) They provide a complete and exhaustive list of data
elements that must be collected
(6) In a paper-based system, the completion of the chart is monitored in a special area
of the HIM department called the ______ file.
A) Incomplete record
B) Permanent
C) Temporary
D) Remote storage - answer-A) Incomplete record
, (7) Consider the following sequence of numbers. What filing system is being used if
these numbers represent the health record numbers of three records filed together
within the filing system?
36-45-99
37-45-99
38-45-99
A) Straight numerical
B) Terminal digit
C) Middle digit
D) Unit - answer-B) Terminal digit
(8) The MPI is necessary to physically locate health records within the paper-based
storage system for all types of filing systems, EXCEPT:
A) Alphabetical
B) Middle digit
C) Terminal digit
D) Straight numerical - answer-A) Alphabetical
(9) The RHIT supervisor for the filing and retrieval section of Community Clinic is
developing a staffing schedule for the year. The clinic is open 260 days per year and has
an average of 600 clinic visits per day. The standard for filing records is 60 per hour. The
standard for retrieval of records is 40 records per hour. Given these standards, how
many filing hours will be required daily to retrieve and file records for each clinic day?
A) 6 hours per day
B) 10 hours per day
C) 15 hours per day
D) 25 hours per day - answer-D) 25 hours per day
