OPERATIONS & MANAGEMENT – Flashcards
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1. Rachel Registrar is on break and tries to access a department store website from her work desktop. Access to the website is denied. The device restricting access is a: a. Firewall b. Local area network (LAN) c. Lock d. Virus protection
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a. Firewall Source: Cancer Registry Management Principles and Practice for Hospitals and Central Registries, 3rd Edition; p. 76
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2. Which of the following is a permissible disclosure of confidential patient information from the cancer registry? a. To a facility not involved with the patient's care b. To another registry for follow-up purposes c. To the patient d. To the patient's attorney
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b. To another registry for follow-up purposes Source: Cancer Registry Management Principles and Practice for Hospitals and Central Registries, 3rd Edition; p. 64
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3. What is a source of cancer incidence and survival data from population-based cancer registries covering approximately 28% of U.S. population? a. ACoS CoC b. CDC NPCR c. NAACCR d. NCI SEER Program
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d. NCI SEER Program Source: SEER website: http://seer.cancer.gov/about/overview.html
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4. Medical data that are combined without patient identifiers are: a. Aggregate data b. Confidential data c. Population-based data d. Unusable data
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a. Aggregate data Source: Cancer Registry Management Principles and Practice for Hospitals and Central Registries, 3rd Edition; p. 43
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5. Which of the following information must healthcare organizations protect? a. Employee information b. Individually identifiable patient health information c. Information about the organization d. All of the above
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d. All of the above Source: Cancer Registry Management Principles and Practice for Hospitals and Central Registries, 3rd Edition; p. 63
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6. Terrie Tumor Registrar completes a productivity sheet at the end of each day listing tasks completed that day. This is a form of: a. Budget b. Step assessment c. Time motion study d. Work flow chart
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c. Time motion study Source: Cancer Registry Management Principles and Practice for Hospitals and Central Registries, 3rd Edition; p. 37
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7. The use of a password to verify that a person is who they purport to be before they are granted access to confidential data is: a. Audit trail b. Encryption c. Firewall d. User authentication
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d. User authentication Source: Cancer Registry Management Principles and Practice for Hospitals and Central Registries, 3rd Edition; p. 71
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8. All of the state cancer registries in the United States are required to submit their data to: a. The CDC National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) b. The NCI SEER Program c. Either CDC/NPCR or NCI/SEER d. None of the above
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c. Either CDC/NPCR or NCI/SEER Resource: http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/npcr/
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9. Caitlin Cancer Registrar is the cancer registry manager. She received a budget for the registry from the office of the facility's chief financial officer. This type of budget is: a. Bottom-up b. Capital c. Operating d. Top-down
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d. Top-down Source: Cancer Registry Management Principles and Practice for Hospitals and Central Registries, 3rd Edition; p. 38
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10. The organization that formulates and publishes systems to classify cancer to be used for selecting effective treatment, determining prognosis, and evaluating cancer control measures is the a. American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) b. Commission on Cancer (CoC) c. North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) d. Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program
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a. American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Source: Cancer Registry Management Principles and Practice for Hospitals and Central Registries, 3rd Edition; p. 320
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11. Danielle Data Manager is preparing to submit data from the hospital cancer registry to the state central registry. What is used to facilitate the data exchange? a. Firewall b. NAACCR data exchange record layout c. Record linkage d. Signed permission to release information
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b. NAACCR data exchange record layout Source: Cancer Registry Management Principles and Practice for Hospitals and Central Registries, 3rd Edition; p. 79
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12. Which registry organization has expertise in coordinating research across countries? a. European Network of Cancer Registries (ENCR) b. International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) c. NCI SEER Program d. World Health Organization (WHO)
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b. International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Source: Cancer Registry Management Principles and Practice for Hospitals and Central Registries, 3rd Edition; p. 457
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13. The Cancer Program of the Medical Center on XYZ Air Force Base submits their cases to the Automated Central Tumor Registry (ACTUR) and to the National Cancer Database (NCDB). The cancer program has a a. Hospital/institution-based cancer registry b. Network cancer registry c. Non-population-based cancer registry d. Population-based central cancer registry
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a. Hospital/institution-based cancer registry Source: Cancer Registry Management Principles and Practice for Hospitals and Central Registries, 3rd Edition; p. 6
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14. The ability for a cancer registry to incorporate electronic data from an external source into the registry and the ability for external recipients to incorporate registry data for their use is: a. Interoperability b. Not permitted c. Semantic d. Syntactic
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a. Interoperability Source: Cancer Registry Management Principles and Practice for Hospitals and Central Registries, 3rd Edition; p. 81
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15. What type of cancer registry is designed to determine cancer patterns among various populations, monitor cancer trends over time, and evaluate cancer control efforts? a. Familial b. Hospital-based c. Population-based d. Specialty
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c. Population-based Source: Cancer Registry Management Principles and Practice for Hospitals and Central Registries, 3rd Edition; p. 7
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16. What is the nationwide oncology outcomes database for accredited cancer programs in the United States? a. GLOBOCAN b. National Cancer Data Base (NCDB) c. National Program of Cancer Registries d. SEER Program
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b. National Cancer Data Base (NCDB) Source: Cancer Registry Management Principles and Practice for Hospitals and Central Registries, 3rd Edition; p. 315
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17. HIPAA and other regulations give patients the right to: a. Review any of the organization's business records on them b. Review central cancer registry information on them c. Review information on them in the cancer registry d. Review their own medical records kept by the organization
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d. Review their own medical records kept by the organization Source: Cancer Registry Management Principles and Practice for Hospitals and Central Registries, 3rd Edition; p. 64
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18. The resource for detailed specifications and codes for each data item in the data exchange record layout is: a. Cancer Program Standards 2012: Ensuring Patient-Centered Care b. Facility Oncology Registry Data Standards (FORDS) c. NAACCR Volume II Data Standards and Data Dictionary d. SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual
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c. NAACCR Volume II Data Standards and Data Dictionary Sources: Cancer Registry Management Principles and Practice for Hospitals and Central Registries, 3rd Edition; p. 12 NAACCR Volume II Data Standards and Data Dictionary Version 14, Chapter 1
