Cancer Registry Management Prep for ODS
Questions with Complete Verified Correct
Solutions latest update 2025
53. What is a Cancer Registry?--- correct answer --- a cancer
registry is an information system de- signed for the collection,
storage, management, and analysis of data on persons with cancer.
54. Types of Cancer Registries--- correct answer --- 1.
Hospital/institution
2. central- Population based and Non-population based
3. specialty
55. Hospital Registry--- correct answer --- Collects information
about all cancer patients in a particular institution with a focus on
patient care
56. Population Based Registry--- correct answer --- Includes
information from more than one facility in a particular geopolitical
area, such as a state or region.
This data use is for epidemiology
57. Specialized Registry--- correct answer --- Collect and Maintain
data on a specific cancer
Typically get. info from a central registry
,58. Which organization annually publishes a projection of the
numbers of new cancer cases and deaths expected each year in order
to estimate the cancer burden in Cancer Facts and Figures?--- correct
answer --- The American Cancer Society has published Cancer Facts &
Figures annually since 1951
59. Which security safeguard category(ies) is listed under the HIPAA
Security Rule?--- correct answer --- there are three categories of
security safeguards under its Security Rule--- correct answer ---
Administrative
Physical Technical
60. Which type(s) of information may a population-based central
cancer reg- istry give hospitals in their area that participated in the
care of the cancer patient?--- correct answer --- They may share
information with hospitals in their area about follow-up, death
clearance, and treatment received at another facility that participated
in the care of the cancer patient.
61. Which record(s) is typically protected from subpoena?--- correct
answer --- cancer registry ab- stract is derived from the original
medical record therefore not typically subject
to discovery (subpoena); whereas the hospital original medical
records are more commonly subpoenaed.
62. Which law(s) specifies the membership, composition, purpose,
and func- tion of an organization's institutional review board (IRB)?---
correct answer --- Federal Law
,63. Is a medical record number considered confidential or a
nonconfidential?-
--- correct answer --- It is a confidential data items in a cancer patient
record
64. Is a Comorbidity code considered confidential or a
nonconfidential data item?--- correct answer --- a non-confidential
data item that represents the presence of one or more additional
conditions often co-occurring with a primary condition.
65. Which statement(s) is true regarding continuing education hours
required for a CTR-credentialed/ODS professional?--- correct answer -
-- - complete 20 hours of continuing education (CE) credits every two
years to maintain a certified status
-At least 4 of the required 20 CE hours must fall within "Category A" -
i.e., directly assigned stage, extent of disease, and/or site specific
coding principles
- The deadline to submit required CE hours and pay the annual
CTR maintenance fee is January 31.
66. Which newsletter(s) is produced by NCRA?--- correct answer ---
The Connection, a member newsletter published four times a year,
The Update, the organization's e-newsletter which is distributed
biweekly.
67. When can a facility's data be transmitted without administrative
permis- sions?--- correct answer --- Unless there is administrative
, permission, data may not be transmitted by phone, paper, or
electronically to the central cancer registry or any other entity.
68. Availability--- correct answer --- refers to the ability to access,
use, or disclose information as intended by its custodian and to do so
in an effective and efficient time, place, and manner.
69. integrity--- correct answer --- the preservation of the specific
nature, character, and content of information
and the systems in which information is maintained and by which it
may be accessed or controlled.
70. Confidentiality--- correct answer --- the protection of entrusted
information from unauthorized use, access, or disclosure.
71. Which security method(s) uses encryption to provide secure
access to a remote computer over the Internet?--- correct answer ---
virtual private network, or VPN,
72. In 1971 the United States National Cancer Act passed and
established the
?--- correct answer --- NCI's SEER Program.
73. HIPAA's regulations outline standards by which Protected Health
Infor- mation (PHI) can be--- correct answer --- used and disclosed for
treatment, payment, and healthcare operations as well as other
necessary and permitted functions under the law.
74. Which type(s) of data might be collected in a specialty cancer
registry?--- correct answer --- -
Questions with Complete Verified Correct
Solutions latest update 2025
53. What is a Cancer Registry?--- correct answer --- a cancer
registry is an information system de- signed for the collection,
storage, management, and analysis of data on persons with cancer.
54. Types of Cancer Registries--- correct answer --- 1.
Hospital/institution
2. central- Population based and Non-population based
3. specialty
55. Hospital Registry--- correct answer --- Collects information
about all cancer patients in a particular institution with a focus on
patient care
56. Population Based Registry--- correct answer --- Includes
information from more than one facility in a particular geopolitical
area, such as a state or region.
This data use is for epidemiology
57. Specialized Registry--- correct answer --- Collect and Maintain
data on a specific cancer
Typically get. info from a central registry
,58. Which organization annually publishes a projection of the
numbers of new cancer cases and deaths expected each year in order
to estimate the cancer burden in Cancer Facts and Figures?--- correct
answer --- The American Cancer Society has published Cancer Facts &
Figures annually since 1951
59. Which security safeguard category(ies) is listed under the HIPAA
Security Rule?--- correct answer --- there are three categories of
security safeguards under its Security Rule--- correct answer ---
Administrative
Physical Technical
60. Which type(s) of information may a population-based central
cancer reg- istry give hospitals in their area that participated in the
care of the cancer patient?--- correct answer --- They may share
information with hospitals in their area about follow-up, death
clearance, and treatment received at another facility that participated
in the care of the cancer patient.
61. Which record(s) is typically protected from subpoena?--- correct
answer --- cancer registry ab- stract is derived from the original
medical record therefore not typically subject
to discovery (subpoena); whereas the hospital original medical
records are more commonly subpoenaed.
62. Which law(s) specifies the membership, composition, purpose,
and func- tion of an organization's institutional review board (IRB)?---
correct answer --- Federal Law
,63. Is a medical record number considered confidential or a
nonconfidential?-
--- correct answer --- It is a confidential data items in a cancer patient
record
64. Is a Comorbidity code considered confidential or a
nonconfidential data item?--- correct answer --- a non-confidential
data item that represents the presence of one or more additional
conditions often co-occurring with a primary condition.
65. Which statement(s) is true regarding continuing education hours
required for a CTR-credentialed/ODS professional?--- correct answer -
-- - complete 20 hours of continuing education (CE) credits every two
years to maintain a certified status
-At least 4 of the required 20 CE hours must fall within "Category A" -
i.e., directly assigned stage, extent of disease, and/or site specific
coding principles
- The deadline to submit required CE hours and pay the annual
CTR maintenance fee is January 31.
66. Which newsletter(s) is produced by NCRA?--- correct answer ---
The Connection, a member newsletter published four times a year,
The Update, the organization's e-newsletter which is distributed
biweekly.
67. When can a facility's data be transmitted without administrative
permis- sions?--- correct answer --- Unless there is administrative
, permission, data may not be transmitted by phone, paper, or
electronically to the central cancer registry or any other entity.
68. Availability--- correct answer --- refers to the ability to access,
use, or disclose information as intended by its custodian and to do so
in an effective and efficient time, place, and manner.
69. integrity--- correct answer --- the preservation of the specific
nature, character, and content of information
and the systems in which information is maintained and by which it
may be accessed or controlled.
70. Confidentiality--- correct answer --- the protection of entrusted
information from unauthorized use, access, or disclosure.
71. Which security method(s) uses encryption to provide secure
access to a remote computer over the Internet?--- correct answer ---
virtual private network, or VPN,
72. In 1971 the United States National Cancer Act passed and
established the
?--- correct answer --- NCI's SEER Program.
73. HIPAA's regulations outline standards by which Protected Health
Infor- mation (PHI) can be--- correct answer --- used and disclosed for
treatment, payment, and healthcare operations as well as other
necessary and permitted functions under the law.
74. Which type(s) of data might be collected in a specialty cancer
registry?--- correct answer --- -
