age 1 of 43
WGU C224 Research Foundations OA ACTUAL EXAM
2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS
<BRAND NEW VERSION>
notifiable disease .......Answer.........state must report to the CDC
when the diseases are identified by hospitals or other
healthcare facilities
gross death rate .......Answer.........total of inpatient
deaths(NB)/total number of discharges (A&C NB) X 100
net death rate .......Answer.........total number of inpatient
deaths(NB)-48hrs of admin/total number of discharges (NB)-
deaths 48hrs X100
,age 2 of 43
Inpatient Census .......Answer.........number of patients present in
the healthcare facility at a particular point in time
Daily Inpatient Census .......Answer.........daily census data
reported at midnight. includes A & D
Average Daily Census .......Answer.........average number of
inpatients treated during given period of time
total number of inpatient service days/total number of days in
period.
aggregate data .......Answer.........data on group or patients
without identifying any particular patient individually
(aggregate a group, unknown person)
patient-identifiable data .......Answer.........whole record recorded
relating to patient.
,age 3 of 43
transparency .......Answer.........communication, sharing info,
decrease mistrust
Which form of review is conducted after a patient is discharged
from an acute care facility in order to obtain information about
trends and patterns of documentation? .......Answer.........Closed-
record review
Which guideline should an health information management (HIM)
professional follow for documentation of both paper and
electronic records? .......Answer.........Original documents should be
maintained in the health record.
Which data type is a cardiac catheterization examination note
an example of? .......Answer.........Unstructured data
, age 4 of 43
A paragraph in a physician's order specifies information about a
patient's discharge. Which type of data is described in this
scenario? .......Answer.........Unstructured
A health information manager is responsible for properly
destroying records after the retention period has passed. Which
principle for information governance is described in this
scenario? .......Answer.........Disposition
A chief information officer at a hospital is working to improve
data security methodologies within the hospital's electronic
health record (EHR). The chief information officer enlists the help
of the hospital's health information management (HIM) director
to help design and enforce the new data security policies, which
include the utilization of a new token system to access the
EHR.Which information governance principle is described in this
scenario? .......Answer.........Protection
WGU C224 Research Foundations OA ACTUAL EXAM
2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS
<BRAND NEW VERSION>
notifiable disease .......Answer.........state must report to the CDC
when the diseases are identified by hospitals or other
healthcare facilities
gross death rate .......Answer.........total of inpatient
deaths(NB)/total number of discharges (A&C NB) X 100
net death rate .......Answer.........total number of inpatient
deaths(NB)-48hrs of admin/total number of discharges (NB)-
deaths 48hrs X100
,age 2 of 43
Inpatient Census .......Answer.........number of patients present in
the healthcare facility at a particular point in time
Daily Inpatient Census .......Answer.........daily census data
reported at midnight. includes A & D
Average Daily Census .......Answer.........average number of
inpatients treated during given period of time
total number of inpatient service days/total number of days in
period.
aggregate data .......Answer.........data on group or patients
without identifying any particular patient individually
(aggregate a group, unknown person)
patient-identifiable data .......Answer.........whole record recorded
relating to patient.
,age 3 of 43
transparency .......Answer.........communication, sharing info,
decrease mistrust
Which form of review is conducted after a patient is discharged
from an acute care facility in order to obtain information about
trends and patterns of documentation? .......Answer.........Closed-
record review
Which guideline should an health information management (HIM)
professional follow for documentation of both paper and
electronic records? .......Answer.........Original documents should be
maintained in the health record.
Which data type is a cardiac catheterization examination note
an example of? .......Answer.........Unstructured data
, age 4 of 43
A paragraph in a physician's order specifies information about a
patient's discharge. Which type of data is described in this
scenario? .......Answer.........Unstructured
A health information manager is responsible for properly
destroying records after the retention period has passed. Which
principle for information governance is described in this
scenario? .......Answer.........Disposition
A chief information officer at a hospital is working to improve
data security methodologies within the hospital's electronic
health record (EHR). The chief information officer enlists the help
of the hospital's health information management (HIM) director
to help design and enforce the new data security policies, which
include the utilization of a new token system to access the
EHR.Which information governance principle is described in this
scenario? .......Answer.........Protection
