Deck 7: Technology, Applications, and Security

Question 1

Minimum log data for audit trail purposes contain which of the following?

A) File and user identification
B) Transaction
C) Access time
D) All of the above

Answer 1

All of the above

Question 2

Within a health care organization, in what department would you expect to find discussions about transmission control protocol/Internet (TCP/IP)?

A) Patient accounting
B) Medical records
C) Data communication
D) Software development

Answer 2

Data communication

Question 3

A point-of-care health information system includes bedside workstations, biomedical devices, and local area networks (LANs).

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Which of the following would not be an example of an alert found on a CDSS system?

A) "The patient is allergic to this drug."
B) "The patient is receiving a similar drug to this order."
C) "Your password is going to expire in 10 days."
D) "The drug being ordered is on a restricted formulary. Call for approval."

Question 5

What is the term for a field containing redundant data that links two or more tables in a relational database?

A) Key field
B) Logic field
C) Memo field
D) Note field

Question 6

Which is included in a data model?

A) Data content
B) Data structure
C) Storage method
D) All of the above

Question 7

Which is a system designed to acquire, store, retrieve, and display digital images?

A) Registration/admission, discharge, transfer system
B) Database management system
C) Communications order entry system
D) Picture archiving and communication system

Question 8

In a database, a row is a data field.

Question 9

Which of the following is an example of a departmental information system?

A) Executive information
B) Radiology
C) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surveillance
D) Master patient index

Question 10

A common workstation is a minicomputer connected directly to the information warehouse.

Question 11

An industry standard sublanguage, command driven, designed to manipulate relational databases is known as:

A) SQL.
B) HL7.
C) Q&A.
D) R-ADT.

Question 12

Each health care provider organization should have a disaster recovery plan for critical information because:

A) The plan allows for additional reimbursement by third-party payers.
B) The plan is automatically implemented when a new computer is purchased.
C) The plan will attract more highly skilled IT employees.
D) The plan is required by HIPAA.

Question 13

An example of malware is:

A) An attachment to an e-mail message.
B) A Web site that is collecting personal information without permission of the user.
C) A macro that is operating on a computer without permission of the user.
D) None of the above.

Question 14

A wireless network can be secured with the use of:

A) Wired equivalent privacy protocol.
B) A firewall.
C) A virtual private network.
D) All of the above.

Question 15

A point-of-care system includes order entry medical decision support systems.

Question 16

A primary feature that an radio frequency identification device (RFID) tag contains that a bar code does not is:

A) An RFID tag has write-many capabilities.
B) An RFID tag can be printed on labels.
C) An RFID tag number will never be repeated.
D) An RFID tag is less expensive than a bar code.

Question 17

Which of the following is a data input device?

A) Server
B) Scanner
C) Sensor
D) Both b and c

Question 18

An example of a relational database management personal computer software is:

A) PowerPoint.
B) Word.
C) Access.
D) Excel.

Question 19

All the following are data input devices except:

A) Printer.
B) Light pen.
C) Handheld computer.
D) Keyboard.

Question 20

Symbology is the term used to describe:

A) The abbreviation policy for the health care organization.
B) The font in which a machine-readable code is written.
C) The review of illegible handwriting.
D) None of the above.

Question 21

A syndromic surveillance system would be used in treating a patient in a physician's office.

Question 22

Frames are required to be in each Web page containing health information.

Question 23

Executive information systems can access community data systems and other external systems for its stated purposes with appropriate authorization.

Question 24

A user interface is often designed by both users and nonusers of the application.

Question 25

An executive information system is the same as a decision support system.

Question 26

The public keys used in encryption are distributed by the U.S. government.

Question 27

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule specifies specific software applications that are required for two-factor authentication.

Question 28

Standard query language (SQL) is designed to facilitate queries from databases.

Question 29

A good design of a Web page will enable the user to obtain the information in the fewest possible steps.

Question 30

A repository of electronic information about many patients is called a ____________________.

Question 31

Secure socket layer (SSL) is an example of public key/private key encryption.

Question 32

Information can be input and retrieved by use of a personal data assistant.

Question 33

Clinical context object workstation (CCOW) is specifically mentioned in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule.

Question 34

Standard query language (SQL) is a type of database model.

Question 35

Communications technology is the connecting medium for local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs).

Question 36

Hypertext links on a Web page are usually used to reference materials that are available on separate Web site.

Question 37

Voice recognition both records the information being said as well as understands what is being said.

Question 38

Each wireless network has a service set identifier.

Question 39

JAVA compilers are usually found in Web browsers.

Question 40

Results reporting is the process of scanning documents into a system.

Question 41

What is one advantage of using thin-clients when upgrading a software application?

Question 42

List the four popular database models.

Question 43

Within an object-oriented database, there are two objects-a social worker and a nurse. There is a third object, employee, of which the social worker and nurse are members. What does the concept of "inheritance" refer to in this example?

Question 44

Define an ERP.

Question 45

List three functions that an ADT system can support.

Question 46

In the relational model, a patient has two different patient identification numbers from different clinics within a health system. How would the relationship be defined for the patient's social security number and these patient identifiers?

Question 47

Explain what S-HTTP refers to.

Question 48

List one benefit of using an interface engine instead of a point-to-point interface.

Question 49

A physician's office wants to install software to process patient claims to each insurer. Because patients have multiple types of insurance, the software will need to not only transmit the claims but also understand what information needs to be sent to each insurer. Would you choose a two-tier or three-tier architecture for this application? Why?

Question 50

List the two components of a two-tier architecture.

Question 51

List one reason why health care information systems have been able to expand in both scope and presence in most health care organizations.

Question 52

What does the term "store-and-forward" refer to in telemedicine?

Question 53

Give an example of a type of document that would be found on an organization's Intranet.

Question 54

List one difference between thick-client and thin-client computers.

Question 55

What is the term given to the study of medical computing?

Question 56

Contrast a decision-support and an executive information system.

Question 57

What is the hierarchical model effective for?

Question 58

Given the relational database model principles, what is the most effective way to store each patient's address?

Question 59

In what generation language would you find a program generator?

Question 60

What is the program called that contains the set of instructions that tells the computer what to do?

Question 61

What are the typical five roles defined in role-based access control (RBAC)?

Question 62

Provide two examples of what can be read by a biometric device.

Question 63

A hospital is trying to determine the cause in the recent increase in the average length of stay. Explain why a data mining approach to answering this question might be useful.

Question 64

Explain why there are issues with physician licensing in telemedicine.

Question 65

Explain the differences between a data mart and a data repository.