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MULTIPLElCHOICE
1. Thelhistoricallrootsloflcomputerlsciencelcanlbeltracedlto:
a. languageldevelopment,lespeciallylEnglish.
b. mathematicslandlengineering.
c. librarylscience.
d. medicinelandlnursing.
ANS:l B
Thelhistoricallrootsloflcomputerlsciencelcanlbeltracedlbackltolmathematicslandlengineering.lThelhis
toricallrootsloflinformationlsciencelbeganlinllibrarylscience.lLanguageldevelopmentlandlmedicinela
ndlnursinglarelnotlthelrootsloflcomputerlscience.
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2. Thelhistoricallrootsloflinformationlsciencelcanlbeltracedlto:
a. languageldevelopment,lespeciallylEnglish.
b. mathematicslandlengineering.
c. librarylscience.
d. medicinelandlnursing.
ANS:l C
Thel historicall rootsl ofl informationl sciencel beganl inl libraryl science.l Thel historicall rootsl oflcomputerl
sciencelcanlbeltracedlbackltolmathematicslandlengineering.lLanguageldevelopment
andlmedicinelandlnursinglarelnotlthelrootsloflinformationlscience.
DIF: CognitivelLevel:lUnderstand REF:l l pp.l3-4
3. Thelfirstlbookltolincludeltheltermlnursinglinformaticslinltheltitlelwaslwrittenlinlthe:
a. 1960s.
b. 1970s.
c. 1980s.
d. 1990s.
ANS:l C
Thelfirstlbookltolincludeltheltermlnursinglinformaticslinltheltitlelwaslpublishedlinl1988.
DIF: CognitivelLevel:lRemember REF:l l p.l6
4. Aslknowledgeldevelopslandlexpandslwithinlaldiscipline,lwhichlinformationlsourcelwilllincludelthel
oldestlbutlbestlorganizedlrepresentationloflthatlknowledge?
a. Conferencelpresentations
b. Conferencelproceedings
c. Journallarticles
d. Books
ANS:l D
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, Thelinformationlsourcelthatlincludesltheloldestlbutlbestlorganizedlrepresentationloflknowledgelislbo
oks.
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5. Whichltechnicalldevelopmentlcreatedlaltensionlbetweenlcentralizedlandldecentralizedlcomputerlma
nagementlinlhealthcare?
a. Theldevelopmentloflpunchlcards
b. Theleliminationloflpunchlcards
c. Theldevelopmentloflthelmainframelcomputer
d. Theldevelopmentloflthelpersonallcomputer
ANS:l D
Thel developmentl ofl thel personall computerl createdl tensionl betweenl centralizedl andl decentralize
dl computerl managementl inl healthcare.l Thelotherl responsesl highlightl aspectslofldecentralizedlcompute
rlmanagement.
DIF: CognitivelLevel:lApply REF:l l p.l3
6. Whichloflthelfollowinglislnotlalmemberlorganizationlbutlratherlalgrouploflorganizations?
a. AMIA
b. HIMSS
c. AHIMA
d. ANI
ANS:l D
ThelAlliancelforlNursinglInformaticsl(ANI)lislanlorganizationloflorganizations.lThislislnotlalmembe
rlgroup.lAMIA,lHIMSS,landlAHIMAlarelalllmemberlgroups.
DIF: CognitivelLevel:lRemember REF:l l p.l7
7. Whichlstatementlconcerningleducationallprogramslinlhealthlinformaticslislcorrect?
a. Alllhealthlinformaticslprogramslarelofferedlatlthelgraduatellevel.
b. Informaticslprogramslofferedlbylmedicallschoolslalwayslrequirelstudentsltolhavelear
nedlanlMDlforladmission.
c. Alll healthl informaticsl programsl arel locatedl withinl health-
relatedl departmentsl orlschoolslsuchlaslnursing,lmedicine,lorlpharmacy.
d. Healthl informaticsl programsl rangel froml certificatel programsl offeredl atl thelco
mmunityl collegel levell tol post-
doctorall programsl offeredl atl majorl researchlinstitutions.
ANS:l D
Thelcorrectlresponselislhealthlinformaticslprogramslrangelfromlcertificatelprogramslofferedlatlthelc
ommunitylcollegellevelltolpost-
doctorallprogramslofferedlatlmajorlresearchlinstitutions.lNotlalll informaticslprogramslrequirelanlM
D,larelatlthelgraduatellevel,lorlarellocatedlwithinlschoolsloflhealthlsciences.
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8. Whichlstatementlrelatedltolcertificationlinlhealthlinformaticslislcorrect?
a. Almaster’slinlnursinglislrequiredltolsitlforlthelNIlexaminationlofferedlbylANCC.
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, b. TolbelcertifiedlinlclinicallinformaticslinlassociationlwithlAMIA,lonelmustlfirstlbelalphys
ician.
c. TherelarelnolspecificleducationallrequirementslforlCPHIMSlcertificationlthroughlHI
MSS,lbutlthreelyearsloflfull-timelclinicallexperiencelinlhealthlITlislrequired.
d. TolbelcertifiedlaslCPHIMS,lyoulmustlbelalnurse.
ANS:l B
TolbelcertifiedlinlclinicallinformaticslinlassociationlwithlAMIA,lonelmustlfirstlbelalphysician.
Youl dol notl needl tol havel anl MSNl tol sitl forlthel NIl examl byl thel ANCC.l Therel arel specificl requireme
ntslforlCPHIMS,lbutlbeinglalnurselislnotloneloflthem.
DIF: CognitivelLevel:lApply REF:l l p.l11
MULTIPLElRESPONSE
9. Theltermlinformaticslislderivedlfrom:l(Selectlalllthatlapply.)
a. Dutch.
b. English.
c. Russian.
d. Arabic.
e. French.
ANS:l B,lC,lE
Theltermlinformaticslwaslderivedlfromlthelfollowingllanguages:lEnglish,lRussian,landlFrench.
DIF: CognitivelLevel:lUnderstand REF:l l p.l4
10. WhenlthelAMIAlmodellislused,lwhichlsubfieldslarelcategorizedlaslclinicallinformatics?l(Selectlalllt
hatlapply.)
a. Medicallinformatics
b. Nursinglinformatics
c. Dentallinformatics
d. Chemicallinformatics
e. Businesslinformatics
ANS:l A,lB,lC
WhenlthelAMIAlmodellislused,lthelfollowingldisciplineslarelcategorizedlaslclinicallinformatics:lmedi
callinformatics,lnursinglinformatics,landldentallinformatics.lThelotherlresponseslarelnotlclinicallylrel
ated.
DIF: CognitivelLevel:lAnalyze REF:l l p.l14
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