CTR Practice Exam Questions
What level of protection is needed for confidential health information within an organization?
a. Maximum protection
b. Minimally required protection
c. Reasonable protection
d. Total protection - *answers *c. Reasonable protection
In the central registry record consolidation process, reports of cancer submitted to the central
registry from hospital cancer registries, pathology laboratories, radiation therapy centers, and
other sources are:
a. Consolidated records
b. Patient records
c. Source records
d. Tumor records - *answers *c. Source records
What is the primary resource for documentation of cancer program activity in a CoC accredited
cancer program?
a. Cancer committee minutes
b. Policy and procedure manual
c. Post survey evaluation
d. Survey application record - *answers *a. Cancer committee minutes
Central Registry A matched its data with data from the Department of Motor Vehicles in state A
to determine date last alive for patients in the database. This process is:
a. Case ascertainment
b. Data linkage
c. Death clearance
d. Record consolidation - *answers *b. Data linkage
, CTR Practice Exam Questions
Peyer patches are often located in which organ?
a. Bladder
b. Brain
c. Kidney
d. Small intestine - *answers *d. Small intestine
What is the class of case for a patient who was diagnosed and received beam radiation for
painful bone metastasis at the reporting facility?
a. 00
b. 14
c. 22
d. 31 - *answers *b. 14
Tumor histology is rhabdomyosarcoma. Primary site is most likely:
a. Blood vessel
b. Bone
c. Skeletal muscle
d. Uterus - *answers *c. Skeletal muscle
What is a pathological staging system based on resection of the tumor and measures the depth
of invasion through the mucosa and bowel wall?
a. Ann Arbor
b. Breslow's depth of invasion
c. Duke's
d. Whitmore - *answers *c. Duke's
What level of protection is needed for confidential health information within an organization?
a. Maximum protection
b. Minimally required protection
c. Reasonable protection
d. Total protection - *answers *c. Reasonable protection
In the central registry record consolidation process, reports of cancer submitted to the central
registry from hospital cancer registries, pathology laboratories, radiation therapy centers, and
other sources are:
a. Consolidated records
b. Patient records
c. Source records
d. Tumor records - *answers *c. Source records
What is the primary resource for documentation of cancer program activity in a CoC accredited
cancer program?
a. Cancer committee minutes
b. Policy and procedure manual
c. Post survey evaluation
d. Survey application record - *answers *a. Cancer committee minutes
Central Registry A matched its data with data from the Department of Motor Vehicles in state A
to determine date last alive for patients in the database. This process is:
a. Case ascertainment
b. Data linkage
c. Death clearance
d. Record consolidation - *answers *b. Data linkage
, CTR Practice Exam Questions
Peyer patches are often located in which organ?
a. Bladder
b. Brain
c. Kidney
d. Small intestine - *answers *d. Small intestine
What is the class of case for a patient who was diagnosed and received beam radiation for
painful bone metastasis at the reporting facility?
a. 00
b. 14
c. 22
d. 31 - *answers *b. 14
Tumor histology is rhabdomyosarcoma. Primary site is most likely:
a. Blood vessel
b. Bone
c. Skeletal muscle
d. Uterus - *answers *c. Skeletal muscle
What is a pathological staging system based on resection of the tumor and measures the depth
of invasion through the mucosa and bowel wall?
a. Ann Arbor
b. Breslow's depth of invasion
c. Duke's
d. Whitmore - *answers *c. Duke's
