RHIT Domain 4 Practice Questions – Data
Management
D) Data dictionary - correct answer ✔✔(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
A) Data sets - correct answer ✔✔(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
A) Provide uniform data defintions - correct answer ✔✔(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
A) UHDDS - correct answer ✔✔(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
B) They provide a complete and exhaustive list of data elements that must be collected - correct
answer ✔✔(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
A) Incomplete record - correct answer ✔✔(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
B) Terminal digit - correct answer ✔✔(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
A) Alphabetical - correct answer ✔✔(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
D) 25 hours per day - correct answer ✔✔(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
B) Unit numbering system - correct answer ✔✔(10) In which of the following systems are all
encounters or patient visits filed or linked together?
A) Serial numbering system
B) Unit numbering system
C) Straight numerical filing system
D) Middle-digit filing system
B) Uneven expansion of file shelves or cabinets - correct answer ✔✔(11) Which of the following
is a disadvantage of alphabetical filing?
A) Easy to train new personnel to file
B) Uneven expansion of file shelves or cabinets
C) Ease of creation
D) Relies on an index or authority key
B) Requisition - correct answer ✔✔(12) Which of the following is a request from a clinical area
to check out a health record?
A) Outguide folder
B) Requisition
Management
D) Data dictionary - correct answer ✔✔(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
A) Data sets - correct answer ✔✔(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
A) Provide uniform data defintions - correct answer ✔✔(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
A) UHDDS - correct answer ✔✔(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
B) They provide a complete and exhaustive list of data elements that must be collected - correct
answer ✔✔(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
A) Incomplete record - correct answer ✔✔(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
B) Terminal digit - correct answer ✔✔(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
A) Alphabetical - correct answer ✔✔(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
D) 25 hours per day - correct answer ✔✔(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
B) Unit numbering system - correct answer ✔✔(10) In which of the following systems are all
encounters or patient visits filed or linked together?
A) Serial numbering system
B) Unit numbering system
C) Straight numerical filing system
D) Middle-digit filing system
B) Uneven expansion of file shelves or cabinets - correct answer ✔✔(11) Which of the following
is a disadvantage of alphabetical filing?
A) Easy to train new personnel to file
B) Uneven expansion of file shelves or cabinets
C) Ease of creation
D) Relies on an index or authority key
B) Requisition - correct answer ✔✔(12) Which of the following is a request from a clinical area
to check out a health record?
A) Outguide folder
B) Requisition
