RHIT EXAM PREP PRACTICE QUESTIONS (Data Analysis and Management) AND ANSWERS UPDATED 2026

RHIT EXAM PREP PRACTICE
QUESTIONS (Data Analysis and
Management) AND ANSWERS
UPDATED 2026
(1)AAAcriticalAearlyAstepAinAdesigningAanAEHRAisAtoAdevelopAa(n)A________inAwhichAtheAch
aracteristicsAofAeachAdataAelementAareAdefined.


A)AAccreditationAmanual
B)ACoreAcontentA
C)AContinuityAofAcareArecordA
D)ADataAdictionaryA-AAnswerAD)ADataAdictionary


(2)AOnceAhospitalAdischargeAabstractAsystemsAwereAdevelopedAandAtheirAabilityAtoAprovideA
comparativeAdataAtoAhospitalsAwasAestablished,AitAbecameAnecessaryAtoAdevelop:


A)ADataAsets
B)ADataAelements
C)AElectronicAdataAinterchange
D)ABillsAofAmortalityA-AAnswerAA)ADataAsets


(3)AInAhealthcare,AdataAsetsAserveAtwoApurposes.ATheAfirstAisAtoAidentifyAdataAelementsAto
AbeAcollectedAaboutAeachApatient.ATheAsecondAisAto:


A)AProvideAuniformAdataAdefinitions
B)AGuideAeffortsAtowardAcomputerization
C)ADetermineAstatisticalAformulas
D)AProvideAaAresearchAdatabaseA-AAnswerAA)AProvideAuniformAdataAdefintions


(4)AAAhealthAinformationAtechnicianAisAresponsibleAforAdesigningAaAdataAcollectionAformAtoA
collectAdataAonApatientsAinAanAacute-
careAhospital.ATheAfirstAresourceAthatAsheAshouldAuseAis:

,A)AUHDDS
B)AUACDS
C)AMDS
D)AORYXA-AAnswerAA)AUHDDS


(5)AWhichAofAtheAfollowingAisANOTAaAcharacteristicAofAtheAcommonAhealthcareAdataAsetsAsu
chAasAUHDDSAandAUACDS?


A)ATheyAdefineAminimumAdataAelementsAtoAbeAcollected
B)ATheyAprovideAaAcompleteAandAexhaustiveAlistAofAdataAelementsAthatAmustAbeAcollected
C)ATheyAprovideAaAframeworkAforAdataAcollectionAtoAwhichAanAindividualAfacilityAcanAaddAd
ataAitemsA
D)ATheAfederalAgovernmentArecommends,AbutAdoesAnotAmandate,AimplementationAofAmostAof
AtheAdataAsetsA-
AAnswerAB)ATheyAprovideAaAcompleteAandAexhaustiveAlistAofAdataAelementsAthatAmustAbeAc
ollected


(6)AInAaApaper-
basedAsystem,AtheAcompletionAofAtheAchartAisAmonitoredAinAaAspecialAareaAofAtheAHIMAde
partmentAcalledAtheA______Afile.


A)AIncompleteArecord
B)APermanent
C)ATemporary
D)ARemoteAstorageA-AAnswerAA)AIncompleteArecord


(7)AConsiderAtheAfollowingAsequenceAofAnumbers.AWhatAfilingAsystemAisAbeingAusedAifAthes
eAnumbersArepresentAtheAhealthArecordAnumbersAofAthreeArecordsAfiledAtogetherAwithinAthe
AfilingAsystem?
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A)AStraightAnumericalA
B)ATerminalAdigit

, C)AMiddleAdigit
D)AUnitA-AAnswerAB)ATerminalAdigit


(8)ATheAMPIAisAnecessaryAtoAphysicallyAlocateAhealthArecordsAwithinAtheApaper-
basedAstorageAsystemAforAallAtypesAofAfilingAsystems,AEXCEPT:


A)AAlphabetical
B)AMiddleAdigitA
C)ATerminalAdigit
D)AStraightAnumericalA-AAnswerAA)AAlphabetical


(9)ATheARHITAsupervisorAforAtheAfilingAandAretrievalAsectionAofACommunityAClinicAisAdevelop
ingAaAstaffingAscheduleAforAtheAyear.ATheAclinicAisAopenA260AdaysAperAyearAandAhasAanAa
verageAofA600AclinicAvisitsAperAday.ATheAstandardAforAfilingArecordsAisA60AperAhour.ATheA
standardAforAretrievalAofArecordsAisA40ArecordsAperAhour.AGivenAtheseAstandards,AhowAman
yAfilingAhoursAwillAbeArequiredAdailyAtoAretrieveAandAfileArecordsAforAeachAclinicAday?


A)A6AhoursAperAdayA
B)A10AhoursAperAday
C)A15AhoursAperAday
D)A25AhoursAperAdayA-AAnswerAD)A25AhoursAperAday


(10)AInAwhichAofAtheAfollowingAsystemsAareAallAencountersAorApatientAvisitsAfiledAorAlinked
Atogether?


A)ASerialAnumberingAsystemA
B)AUnitAnumberingAsystem
C)AStraightAnumericalAfilingAsystem
D)AMiddle-digitAfilingAsystemA-AAnswerAB)AUnitAnumberingAsystem


(11)AWhichAofAtheAfollowingAisAaAdisadvantageAofAalphabeticalAfiling?


A)AEasyAtoAtrainAnewApersonnelAtoAfile
B)AUnevenAexpansionAofAfileAshelvesAorAcabinets