HCMT 2060 FINALS EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the primary role of a cancer registrar? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅To systematically collect,
abstract, manage, and analyze cancer patient data.
What are the key responsibilities of a cancer registrar? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Identifying new cancer
diagnoses, abstracting clinical and demographic information, ensuring data accuracy, reporting cases,
protecting patient confidentiality, and supporting cancer surveillance and research.
What does cancer surveillance involve? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The systematic collection, analysis,
interpretation, and dissemination of cancer data for public health purposes.
What historical milestones mark the development of cancer registration? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Creation of early cancer registries in the 17th and 18th centuries, establishment of
hospital-based registries in the early 1900s, and development of population-based systems in the 20th
century.
What significant event regarding cancer was first recorded in 1629? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Cancer was
first mentioned as a cause of death in England's Bills of Mortality.
What was the significance of the year 1913 in cancer registration history? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The
American Cancer Society (ACS) was established.
What is the SEER Program and when did it begin? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The Surveillance,
Epidemiology, and End Results Program began collecting data in 1973.
What was established by the National Cancer Act passed in 1971? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The SEER
Program and a significant increase in the NCI budget.
What is the purpose of the Cancer Registries Amendment Act passed in 1992? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅To establish the CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR).
, What are the three principal types of cancer registries? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Hospital Registries,
Population-based Registries, and Specialty Registries.
What does the term 'casefinding' refer to in the context of cancer registration? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅The process of identifying and recording new cancer diagnoses.
What is the role of the Certified Tumor Registrar (CTR)? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅To ensure the quality
and accuracy of cancer data collected by registries.
What organization was formed in 1987 to support cancer registries? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The North
American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR).
What is the significance of the year 1942 in cancer registration history? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The
Danish Cancer Registry was founded, becoming the oldest functioning national population registry.
What does the term 'big data' refer to in modern cancer surveillance? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The
integration of vast amounts of data to guide research, prevention, treatment advances, and public
health policy.
What year was the Certified Tumor Registrar credential created? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1983
What is the primary focus of hospital registries? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅To collect data on cancer
patients diagnosed and/or treated at a specific facility.
What was the first known systematic information on cancer collected? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅London's General Census in 1728.
What was the purpose of the National Cancer Act passed in 1937? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅To establish
the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
What is the significance of the year 2000 in relation to cancer registrars? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) for medical registrars was added to the U.S. Census.
What is the primary role of a cancer registrar? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅To systematically collect,
abstract, manage, and analyze cancer patient data.
What are the key responsibilities of a cancer registrar? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Identifying new cancer
diagnoses, abstracting clinical and demographic information, ensuring data accuracy, reporting cases,
protecting patient confidentiality, and supporting cancer surveillance and research.
What does cancer surveillance involve? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The systematic collection, analysis,
interpretation, and dissemination of cancer data for public health purposes.
What historical milestones mark the development of cancer registration? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Creation of early cancer registries in the 17th and 18th centuries, establishment of
hospital-based registries in the early 1900s, and development of population-based systems in the 20th
century.
What significant event regarding cancer was first recorded in 1629? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Cancer was
first mentioned as a cause of death in England's Bills of Mortality.
What was the significance of the year 1913 in cancer registration history? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The
American Cancer Society (ACS) was established.
What is the SEER Program and when did it begin? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The Surveillance,
Epidemiology, and End Results Program began collecting data in 1973.
What was established by the National Cancer Act passed in 1971? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The SEER
Program and a significant increase in the NCI budget.
What is the purpose of the Cancer Registries Amendment Act passed in 1992? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅To establish the CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR).
, What are the three principal types of cancer registries? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Hospital Registries,
Population-based Registries, and Specialty Registries.
What does the term 'casefinding' refer to in the context of cancer registration? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅The process of identifying and recording new cancer diagnoses.
What is the role of the Certified Tumor Registrar (CTR)? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅To ensure the quality
and accuracy of cancer data collected by registries.
What organization was formed in 1987 to support cancer registries? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The North
American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR).
What is the significance of the year 1942 in cancer registration history? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The
Danish Cancer Registry was founded, becoming the oldest functioning national population registry.
What does the term 'big data' refer to in modern cancer surveillance? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The
integration of vast amounts of data to guide research, prevention, treatment advances, and public
health policy.
What year was the Certified Tumor Registrar credential created? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1983
What is the primary focus of hospital registries? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅To collect data on cancer
patients diagnosed and/or treated at a specific facility.
What was the first known systematic information on cancer collected? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅London's General Census in 1728.
What was the purpose of the National Cancer Act passed in 1937? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅To establish
the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
What is the significance of the year 2000 in relation to cancer registrars? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) for medical registrars was added to the U.S. Census.
