AHIMA AHIMA Certifications RHIA Questions & Answers

• Question 1741:

  Pasadena Bay Hospital reports an average LOS in February of 3.7 days with a standard deviation of 20. This tells us that

  A. most patients had a LOS of 3 to 4 days.

  B. there was a small variation in the LOS.

  C. patients at Pasadena Bay stay longer than average.

  D. there was a large variation in the LOS.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 1742:

  Looking more closely at the LOS for these patients. When you calculate the standard deviation the data, you would expect

  

  A. a large standard deviation because the dispersion is large.

  B. a small standard deviation because the dispersion is small.

  C. a large standard deviation because the dispersion is small.

  D. a small standard deviation because the dispersion is large.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 1743:

  Farside Hospital collected the following data on patients discharged on January 1, 2008. measure of central tendency would be most affected by Mallory's extremely long LOS?

  

  A. variance

  B. median

  C. mean

  D. mode

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 1744:

  Phyllis saw Dr. Holland during a scheduled office visit. Dr. Holland prescribed a new medication; Jean called Dr. Holland with a question about her medication. Dr. Holland returned the telephone call and answered Jean's question; Howard was seen by Dr. Holland in the hospital emergency department after having a reaction to his medication; the pharmacy got telephone approval from Dr. Horton for a refill on Jackson's prescription. Which of these interactions fit the definition of a patient encounter?

  A. Phyllis, Jean, Howard, and Jackson

  B. Jackson, Howard, and Jean

  C. Jean, Phyllis, and Howard

  D. Phyllis and Howard

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 1745:

  A small portion of the form you are using for a research study is reproduced below.

  

  A. ordinal data.

  B. ranked data.

  C. nominal data.

  D. discrete data.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 1746:

  You have made a list of the advantages and disadvantages of a measure of central tendency: The

  measure of central tendency you are describing is the

  

  A. mean.

  B. median.

  C. range.

  D. mode.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 1747:

  The median number of minutes with the physician (considering all physicians) is

  

  A. 7 minutes.

  B. 8 minutes.

  C. 8.4 minutes.

  D. 9 minutes.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 1748:

  The mean number of minutes with the physician (considering all physicians) is

  

  A. 7 minutes.

  B. 8 minutes.

  C. 8.4 minutes.

  D. 9 minutes.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 1749:

  Which physician spent the longest average time with patients on that day?

  

  A. Beasley

  B. Wolf

  C. Baumstark

  D. Robinson

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 1750:

  Without even performing any complex calculations, you can get a quick, simple measure of dispersion in the LOS for yesterday's discharges by computing the

  

  A. range of the data set.

  B. mean of the data set.

  C. variance of the data set

  D. coefficient of variation of the data set.

  Correct Answer: A