HCMT 2061 Final Review (2025/2026)
questions well answered
D- all of the above - correct answer ✔✔In the US which governing agencies set reporting
standards for hospital and pop-based registries?
A- ACoS's CoC
B- NPCR
C- SEER
D- all of the above
C- 95% - correct answer ✔✔What is the casefinding completeness goal for central cancer
registries?
A- 50%
B- 80%
C- 95%
D- 100%
reference date - correct answer ✔✔_____________________ Refers to the effective date on or
after which all reportable cases should be registered in a registry database.
Disease Index - correct answer ✔✔A _____________ is a listing of patients seen in a hospital,
both inpatient and outpatient, with ICD-10-CM diagnostic codes.
suspense list - correct answer ✔✔A case is included on a __________________ during the
casefinding process until appropriate hospital or physician officially reports the case.
,casefinding - correct answer ✔✔_____________________ is the process of identifying the
cases that need to be reported to central cancer registries and for CoC accredited facilities, the
NCDB.
Concurrent Abstracting - correct answer ✔✔______________________ required the registry to
abstract a case in as near real time as possible.
true - correct answer ✔✔A reportable list is developed by each facility and is composed of all
the reportable case types collected by a cancer registry.
-true
-false
false - correct answer ✔✔A hospital with an ACoS approved cancer program is not required to
maintain a cancer registry.
-true
-false
true - correct answer ✔✔It is common for a cancer registry to receive multiple types of
casefinding source documents that belong to the same patient, even if those source documents
have the same admission (or source) date.
-true
-false
false - correct answer ✔✔Hospital-based cancer registries conduct casefinding audits and
manage a process known as death clearance.
-true
-false
, false - correct answer ✔✔The disease index is the primary casefinding source used by central
registries to identify incident cases.
-true
-false
true - correct answer ✔✔Pathology reports can be used to identify potentially reportable cases
for both hospital and nonhospital facilities.
-true
-false
true - correct answer ✔✔Hospitals are responsible to identify the list of ICD-10 codes that are
mandatory to include on the disease index file to meet state reporting requirements.
-true
-false
central registries - correct answer ✔✔_________________is responsible for providing to
hospitals a list of the mandatory and optional ICD-10-CM codes.
false - correct answer ✔✔Monitoring the volume of casefinding sources by facility by year is
sufficient for ensuring complete reporting of casefinding source records.
-true
-false
consolidation - correct answer ✔✔Central registries use a process known as
_________________ to ensure cases are not captured more than once from different facilities.
true - correct answer ✔✔The process of casefinding begins with a clear understanding of which
cases are to be reported.
questions well answered
D- all of the above - correct answer ✔✔In the US which governing agencies set reporting
standards for hospital and pop-based registries?
A- ACoS's CoC
B- NPCR
C- SEER
D- all of the above
C- 95% - correct answer ✔✔What is the casefinding completeness goal for central cancer
registries?
A- 50%
B- 80%
C- 95%
D- 100%
reference date - correct answer ✔✔_____________________ Refers to the effective date on or
after which all reportable cases should be registered in a registry database.
Disease Index - correct answer ✔✔A _____________ is a listing of patients seen in a hospital,
both inpatient and outpatient, with ICD-10-CM diagnostic codes.
suspense list - correct answer ✔✔A case is included on a __________________ during the
casefinding process until appropriate hospital or physician officially reports the case.
,casefinding - correct answer ✔✔_____________________ is the process of identifying the
cases that need to be reported to central cancer registries and for CoC accredited facilities, the
NCDB.
Concurrent Abstracting - correct answer ✔✔______________________ required the registry to
abstract a case in as near real time as possible.
true - correct answer ✔✔A reportable list is developed by each facility and is composed of all
the reportable case types collected by a cancer registry.
-true
-false
false - correct answer ✔✔A hospital with an ACoS approved cancer program is not required to
maintain a cancer registry.
-true
-false
true - correct answer ✔✔It is common for a cancer registry to receive multiple types of
casefinding source documents that belong to the same patient, even if those source documents
have the same admission (or source) date.
-true
-false
false - correct answer ✔✔Hospital-based cancer registries conduct casefinding audits and
manage a process known as death clearance.
-true
-false
, false - correct answer ✔✔The disease index is the primary casefinding source used by central
registries to identify incident cases.
-true
-false
true - correct answer ✔✔Pathology reports can be used to identify potentially reportable cases
for both hospital and nonhospital facilities.
-true
-false
true - correct answer ✔✔Hospitals are responsible to identify the list of ICD-10 codes that are
mandatory to include on the disease index file to meet state reporting requirements.
-true
-false
central registries - correct answer ✔✔_________________is responsible for providing to
hospitals a list of the mandatory and optional ICD-10-CM codes.
false - correct answer ✔✔Monitoring the volume of casefinding sources by facility by year is
sufficient for ensuring complete reporting of casefinding source records.
-true
-false
consolidation - correct answer ✔✔Central registries use a process known as
_________________ to ensure cases are not captured more than once from different facilities.
true - correct answer ✔✔The process of casefinding begins with a clear understanding of which
cases are to be reported.
