Mock RHIA Exam with Accurate
Solutions
A ___ uses a private tunnel through the Internet as a transport medium between
locations for secure access and transmission. - ANS-VPN
A 16-year old male was treated at your facility for a closed head injury. The patient's 18-
year old wife accompanied him to the hospital and signed the consent for admission
and treatment because of the patient's incapacity at the time. The patient has requested
that copies of his medical records be sent to his attorney. Who should sign the
authorization to release the records? - ANS-the patient
A 19-year old former patient faxes a request to your facility requesting the release of his
medical records of all episodes of care to the Army. The release of information clerk
should - ANS-send the records as requested
A 335-bed hospital opened a new wing on June 1 of a nonleap year, increasing its bed
count to 350 beds. The total bed count days for the calendar year at the hospital was -
ANS-125,485
A clerk's work performance has diminished dramatically during the past 2 weeks. The
supervisor initiates a discussion with the clerk, during which the clerk reveals that he
recently accepted that he has an alcohol addiction. The clerk states an intention to quit
drinking completely. The supervisor should - ANS-refer the clerk to the facility's
Employee Assistance Program
A number of key elements for your facility's computerized patient record are still input by
clerical staff from handwritten data entry sheets. You are concerned about the transfer
of data. If the vital signs stored in the database are not what were originally recorded,
the impact on patient care could be severe. You are concerned about the ___ of the
data. - ANS-validity
a p value of less than 0.05 is what researchers commonly use to reject the null
hypothesis. A smaller p value may place interpretation of the results of the student at
risk for a - ANS-Sampling error
A patient who was admitted to the hospital on January 14 and discharged on March 2 in
a non-leap year has a length of stay of - ANS-47 days
A piece of objective data collected upon initial assessment of the patient is the - ANS-
vital signs
, A portion of a deficiency slip from review of a patient chart shows:
...Missing Signature: Patient history
...Missing Signature: Operative report
...Missing Report: Operative report
The patient was discharged yesterday. Which missing part is most concerning? - ANS-
Missing operative report
A quantitative drug assay was performed for a patient to determine digoxin level.
80050 General health panel
80101 Drug screen, qualitative; single drug class method (eg. immunoassay, enzyme
assay), each drug class
80162 Digoxin (therapeutic drug assay, quantitative examination)
80166 Doxepin (therapeutic drug assay, quantitative exmaination) - ANS-80162 Digoxin
(therapeutic drug assay, quantitative examination)
A small portion of the form you are using for a research study is reproduced here:
Male 1
Female 2
This is an example of - ANS-nominal data
A supervisor reviews a job to determine the required content, skills, knowledge, abilities,
and responsibilities for the position. The tasks are grouped and lines of responsibility
and authority are defined. The supervisor is writing a job - ANS-description
A technique that uncovers new information from existing information by probing data
sets is known as - ANS-data mining
Access to radiologic images has been improved through the use of which of the
following?
1. PACS
2. CPOE
3. LOINC
4. EDMS - ANS-1. PACS
According to CPT, a biopsy of the breast that involves removal of only a portion of the
lesion for pathologic examination is - ANS-incisional
Alan has type 1 diabetes with hypertension that is currently controlled with medication.
Alan was admitted through the ED for an emergency appendectomy. Following surgery,
Solutions
A ___ uses a private tunnel through the Internet as a transport medium between
locations for secure access and transmission. - ANS-VPN
A 16-year old male was treated at your facility for a closed head injury. The patient's 18-
year old wife accompanied him to the hospital and signed the consent for admission
and treatment because of the patient's incapacity at the time. The patient has requested
that copies of his medical records be sent to his attorney. Who should sign the
authorization to release the records? - ANS-the patient
A 19-year old former patient faxes a request to your facility requesting the release of his
medical records of all episodes of care to the Army. The release of information clerk
should - ANS-send the records as requested
A 335-bed hospital opened a new wing on June 1 of a nonleap year, increasing its bed
count to 350 beds. The total bed count days for the calendar year at the hospital was -
ANS-125,485
A clerk's work performance has diminished dramatically during the past 2 weeks. The
supervisor initiates a discussion with the clerk, during which the clerk reveals that he
recently accepted that he has an alcohol addiction. The clerk states an intention to quit
drinking completely. The supervisor should - ANS-refer the clerk to the facility's
Employee Assistance Program
A number of key elements for your facility's computerized patient record are still input by
clerical staff from handwritten data entry sheets. You are concerned about the transfer
of data. If the vital signs stored in the database are not what were originally recorded,
the impact on patient care could be severe. You are concerned about the ___ of the
data. - ANS-validity
a p value of less than 0.05 is what researchers commonly use to reject the null
hypothesis. A smaller p value may place interpretation of the results of the student at
risk for a - ANS-Sampling error
A patient who was admitted to the hospital on January 14 and discharged on March 2 in
a non-leap year has a length of stay of - ANS-47 days
A piece of objective data collected upon initial assessment of the patient is the - ANS-
vital signs
, A portion of a deficiency slip from review of a patient chart shows:
...Missing Signature: Patient history
...Missing Signature: Operative report
...Missing Report: Operative report
The patient was discharged yesterday. Which missing part is most concerning? - ANS-
Missing operative report
A quantitative drug assay was performed for a patient to determine digoxin level.
80050 General health panel
80101 Drug screen, qualitative; single drug class method (eg. immunoassay, enzyme
assay), each drug class
80162 Digoxin (therapeutic drug assay, quantitative examination)
80166 Doxepin (therapeutic drug assay, quantitative exmaination) - ANS-80162 Digoxin
(therapeutic drug assay, quantitative examination)
A small portion of the form you are using for a research study is reproduced here:
Male 1
Female 2
This is an example of - ANS-nominal data
A supervisor reviews a job to determine the required content, skills, knowledge, abilities,
and responsibilities for the position. The tasks are grouped and lines of responsibility
and authority are defined. The supervisor is writing a job - ANS-description
A technique that uncovers new information from existing information by probing data
sets is known as - ANS-data mining
Access to radiologic images has been improved through the use of which of the
following?
1. PACS
2. CPOE
3. LOINC
4. EDMS - ANS-1. PACS
According to CPT, a biopsy of the breast that involves removal of only a portion of the
lesion for pathologic examination is - ANS-incisional
Alan has type 1 diabetes with hypertension that is currently controlled with medication.
Alan was admitted through the ED for an emergency appendectomy. Following surgery,
