AHIMA AHIMA Certifications RHIA Questions & Answers

• Question 1691:

  A transcription supervisor collected the data displayed below. What kind of data display And, how many errors are attributed to skipped words?

  

  A. This is a Pareto diagram; twelve (12) errors were due to skipped words.

  B. This is a bar chart; eighteen (18) errors were due to skipped words.

  C. This is a Pareto diagram; eighteen (18) errors were due to skipped words.

  D. This is a bar chart; twelve (12) errors were due to skipped words.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 1692:

  The time period of a facility's Institutional Review Board (IRB) or Independent Ethics Committee (IEC) registration with the Department of Health and Human Services (NHS) is

  A. 6 months.

  B. 1 year.

  C. 2 years.

  D. 3 years.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 1693:

  Harry H. Potter was admitted to your hospital to receive a second round of chemotherapy for an invasive tumor. Four days after admission, Harry complained of a sore throat and developed a fever. Harry's throat culture was positive for strep. His strep throat will be

  A. added to the denominator of the hospital's nosocomial infection rate.

  B. added to the numerator of the hospital's community-acquired infection rate.

  C. considered separately because Harry H. Potter is immune suppressed from chemotherapy.

  D. added to the numerator of the hospital's nosocomial infection rate.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 1694:

  What is the biggest problem with the pie graph displayed?

  

  A. There is not enough variation in the patterns to clearly distinguish between females and children.

  B. The total males and females do not equal the total children, adolescents, and adults.

  C. There are no definitions for children, adolescents, and adults.

  D. There is more than one variable displayed on the chart.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 1695:

  The chart above shows a normal distribution. What percentage of the cases fall within the two lines showing the standard distribution between -1 and +1 on either side of the mean?

  

  A. 68%

  B. 75%

  C. 95%

  D. 99%

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 1696:

  The data displayed in the histogram below could best be described as

  

  A. negatively skewed.

  B. positively skewed.

  C. evenly distributed

  D. normally distributed

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 1697:

  You want to construct a data display for a frequency distribution. You will use a

  A. frequency polygon or histogram.

  B. frequency polygon or bar chart.

  C. line graph or histogram.

  D. line graph or bar chart.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 1698:

  Look at the graph below. It is an example of a A. stacked bar chart; it is well constructed.

  

  B. histogram; it is well constructed.

  C. comparison bar chart; it is not well constructed.

  D. frequency polygon; it is not well constructed.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 1699:

  The total number of infections at Happy Valley Hospital during the first quarter (JANMAR) of 2008 was

  

  A. 6.

  B. 12.

  C. 22

  D. 38.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 1700:

  Look again at the graph you used for the last question. From this graph, you can assume that more people

  

  A. were admitted to the facility with infections than without infections.

  B. were admitted to the facility with infections than is typical for U.S. hospitals.

  C. were admitted to the facility with infections than acquired infections in the hospital.

  D. acquired infections in the hospital than were admitted with infections.

  Correct Answer: C