HLST 2040 MIDTERM EXAM COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
\Q\.Database Management Systems (DBMSs) are - ANSWER-✔Software used to
store, edit, delete data, and retrieve data
\Q\.During which decade has health informatics become a domain of its own,
distinct from medical informatics? - ANSWER-✔1970s
\Q\.Gamification relates to the application of game elements for - ANSWER-
✔Non-game purposes
\Q\.Geographic information systems are informatics tools that allow us - ANSWER-
✔To map data to a geographic area
\Q\.Imaging Informatics is a field interested in - ANSWER-✔Methods targeting
tissues and organs
\Q\.3D printers allow us to print - ANSWER-✔Physical 3D Objects from 3D digital
shapes
\Q\.A DBMS allows us to - ANSWER-✔Create tables and their relationships and
insert, update, delete, and query data
, \Q\.A PAN - ANSWER-✔Connects devices in close proximity
\Q\.A primary key (PK) allows us to - ANSWER-✔Uniquely identify a row in a table
\Q\.A token is a mechanism used to communicate messages between computers
on a network with - ANSWER-✔Ring topology
\Q\.Business Intelligence (BI) are - ANSWER-✔Information systems that extract
and analyze data to support the decision-making processes in the institution
\Q\.Cloud computing relates to - ANSWER-✔The use of remote hardware and
software to store, process, and manage data
\Q\.Data warehouses - ANSWER-✔(1) Integrate both internal and external data;
(2) use OLAP
\Q\.During a design, a database table is called - ANSWER-✔An entity
\Q\.Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) is - ANSWER-✔A standard
framework to allow the creation of modular components (called resources) that
can be relatively easily assembled into working systems
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
\Q\.Database Management Systems (DBMSs) are - ANSWER-✔Software used to
store, edit, delete data, and retrieve data
\Q\.During which decade has health informatics become a domain of its own,
distinct from medical informatics? - ANSWER-✔1970s
\Q\.Gamification relates to the application of game elements for - ANSWER-
✔Non-game purposes
\Q\.Geographic information systems are informatics tools that allow us - ANSWER-
✔To map data to a geographic area
\Q\.Imaging Informatics is a field interested in - ANSWER-✔Methods targeting
tissues and organs
\Q\.3D printers allow us to print - ANSWER-✔Physical 3D Objects from 3D digital
shapes
\Q\.A DBMS allows us to - ANSWER-✔Create tables and their relationships and
insert, update, delete, and query data
, \Q\.A PAN - ANSWER-✔Connects devices in close proximity
\Q\.A primary key (PK) allows us to - ANSWER-✔Uniquely identify a row in a table
\Q\.A token is a mechanism used to communicate messages between computers
on a network with - ANSWER-✔Ring topology
\Q\.Business Intelligence (BI) are - ANSWER-✔Information systems that extract
and analyze data to support the decision-making processes in the institution
\Q\.Cloud computing relates to - ANSWER-✔The use of remote hardware and
software to store, process, and manage data
\Q\.Data warehouses - ANSWER-✔(1) Integrate both internal and external data;
(2) use OLAP
\Q\.During a design, a database table is called - ANSWER-✔An entity
\Q\.Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) is - ANSWER-✔A standard
framework to allow the creation of modular components (called resources) that
can be relatively easily assembled into working systems
