AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 1171:

  You are implementing a new information system. You have to deal with issues related to other existing systems such as lack of integrations and differences in how data are stored. These existing systems are called:

  A. hospital information systems
  B. practice management system
  C. legacy systems
  D. continuity of care record
  C. legacy systems

• Question 1172:

  You are heading a research study that includes a patient questionnaire. Five of the questions will be answered using the following scale:

  

  The data collected using this scale is called

  A. cardinal data.
  B. ordinal data
  C. nominal data
  D. continuous data.
  B. ordinal data

• Question 1173:

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  A. 31830
  B. 31750
  C. 31614
  D. 31613
  C. 31614

• Question 1174:

  As the Data Security Officer for your institution, you plan to implement a log-on process for electronic signing that is LEAST susceptible to improper delegation of use. The method you will recommend is

  A. password assigned by system administrator.
  B. password assigned by user.
  C. biometrics-based identifier.
  D. encryption.
  C. biometrics-based identifier.

• Question 1175:

  Mary has recommended using an infrared wireless network for the new clinical informati system. This system will allow the hospital and physicians to communicate no matter where physician's office is located. You tell Mary that that this is not feasible because

  A. the bandwidth is not wide enough.
  B. you can only operate 200 feet away.
  C. infrared is not a type of wireless network.
  D. infrared requires a line of sight.
  D. infrared requires a line of sight.

• Question 1176:

  As the privacy officer of your facility, you have been charged with developing policies and procedures for protecting the confidentiality and security of the clinical data collected in your computerized system. One of the first steps you will take is to judge the value of information processed by your system and classify it. Another step you will need to take is to

  A. authorize access to information collected based on level of data sensitivity.
  B. prevent all nonclinicians' access to any confidential information in the system.
  C. establish firewalls to protect aggregate data collected within your facility.
  D. establish passwords for all customers, both internal and external, who request access to the information in your system.
  A. authorize access to information collected based on level of data sensitivity.

• Question 1177:

  When analyzing discipline problems, which of the following should be considered?

  A. the prior performance of the employee in question
  B. the frequency of the problem
  C. the seriousness of the problem
  D. all of the above
  D. all of the above

• Question 1178:

  A patient is seen in the emergency room of an acute care hospital with tachycardia and hypotension. The patient had received an injection of tetanus toxoid (correct dosage) earlier at his primary care physician's office. Which of the following is the appropriate sequencing for this encounter?

  A. hypotension; tachycardia; accidental poisoning E code (tetanus toxoid)
  B. unspecified adverse reaction to tetanus toxoid; undetermined cause E code (tetanus toxoid)
  C. hypotension; tachycardia; therapeutic use E code (tetanus toxoid)
  D. poisoning code (tetanus toxoid); hypotension; tachycardia; accidental poisoning E code (tetanus toxoid)
  C. hypotension; tachycardia; therapeutic use E code (tetanus toxoid)

• Question 1179:

  HIM personnel charged with the responsibility of bringing a medical record to court would ordinarily do so in answer to a

  A. personal subpoena.
  B. deposition.
  C. subpoena duces tecum.
  D. judgment.
  C. subpoena duces tecum.

• Question 1180:

  An oral consent is binding if it

  A. can be proven or corroborated.
  B. has the signature of the patient.
  C. does not cause confusion.
  D. Occurs only at the time of admission
  A. can be proven or corroborated.