AHIMA AHIMA Certifications RHIA Questions & Answers

• Question 391:

  De-identified information can be released

  A. only with patient consent.

  B. only with IRB approval.

  C. without patient consent.

  D. for public health purposes only.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 392:

  If HIPAA and state law conflicts, which prevails:

  A. HIPAA always

  B. state law always

  C. whichever is more protective of the patient's privacy

  D. HIPAA unless the state law is weaker

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 393:

  Sarah is the director of HIM at a Brandon Community Hospital. This is a small hospital that does not have an alcohol or drug abuse unit, nor does it treat patients of this type. Last night in the ER a patient came in who was diagnosed with acute alcoholism and was transferred to another facility for treatment. Does Brandon Community Hospital have to follow the regulations on the confidentiality of alcohol and drug abuse patients?

  A. yes, if the patient was in withdrawal and any treatment was provided to him

  B. yes, since they treated the patient

  C. no, since they do not have a program and there is no staff whose primary function is to treat these patients

  D. no, since they immediately transferred the patient from the emergency room

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 394:

  You will be choosing the type of encryption to be used for the new EHR. What are your choices?

  A. symmetric and conventional

  B. asymmetric and public key

  C. symmetric and asymmetric

  D. public key and integrity

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 395:

  Cindy, Tiffany, and LaShaundra are all nurses at Desert Sands Health Care. They all have access to the same functions in the information system. It is likely that this facility is using

  A. user-based access.

  B. role-based access.

  C. DAC.

  D. MAC.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 396:

  Mark is an HIM employee who utilizes six different information systems as part of his job. Each of these has a different password. In order to keep up with the password for each system, Mark has written them all on paper and taped it to the back of his wife's picture on his desk. What technology could be used to eliminate this problem for Mark and other employees in the same situation?

  A. role-based access

  B. user-based access

  C. SSO

  D. DAC

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 397:

  Differentiate between authentication and authorization.

  A. Authentication is confirming that you are able to log into the system; authorization is determining what you can do.

  B. Authentication is determining what you can do; authorization is confirming that you are able to log into the system.

  C. Authentication is confirming that you are able to log into the system; authorization is identifying what a user did in the system.

  D. Authentication is determining what you can do and authorization is identifying what a user did in the system.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 398:

  Surf Side Hospital has conducted extensive privacy training for their employees. They trust their employees because it is a small community. There have not been any breaches in the past. They feel that monitoring compliance through an audit trail is not necessary. In this circumstance would it be reasonable to forgo keeping an audit trail?

  A. yes, since it is a small community

  B. no

  C. yes, if there is a hotline where violations can be reported

  D. yes, if employees are well trained

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 399:

  Protected health information includes

  A. only electronic individually identifiable health information.

  B. only paper individually identifiable health information.

  C. individually identifiable health information in any format stored by a health care provider.

  D. individually identifiable health information in any format stored by a health care provider or business associate.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 400:

  The enforcement of the HIPAA privacy rule has been delegated to the

  A. Office of Civil Rights.

  B. CMS.

  C. Joint Commission.

  D. states.

  Correct Answer: A