(Information Technology for the Health Professions, 4e Lillian Burke, Barbara Weill)
(Test Bank, Answer at the end of this File)
CHAPTER ONE EXAM
MULTIPLE CHOICE Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
1. Information technology includes the use of computers, communications ______________, and computer
literacy.
A. groups
B. tags
C. networks
D. None of the above
2. An electronic device that can accept data as input, process it according to a program, store it, and
produce information as output is called a/an _________________.
A. calculator
B. adding machine
C. multiplication table
D. computer
3. Step-by-step instructions are called a _________________.
A. menu
B. program
C. hardware
D. None of the above
4. A _______ is a computer contained in a touch screen.
A. supercomputer
B. tablet
C. mainframe
D. None of the above
5. A tiny ____________ can be put into a human being and can dispense medication among other things.
A. supercomputer
B. personal digital assistant (PDA)
C. embedded computer
D. minicomputer
6. ________________ take data that humans understand and digitize it, that is, translate it into binary form
of ones and zeroes.
A. Output devices
B. Input devices
C. Storage devices
D. None of the above
7. A/An _________________ manipulates data, doing arithmetic or logical operations on it.
A. output device
B. input device
C. storage device
D. processing unit
8. _____________________ can take complex mathematical data and create simulations of epidemics,
pandemics, and other disasters.
A. Supercomputers
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B. Personal digital assistants (PDAs)
C. Embedded computers
D. Minicomputers
9. __________________ are used in business for input/output intensive purposes, such as generating pay
checks or processing medical insurance claims.
A. Supercomputers
B. Personal digital assistants (PDAs)
C. Mainframes
D. None of the above
10. _______________________ identifies people by their body parts. It includes fingerprints, handprints,
face recognition, and iris scans.
A. Biometrics
B. All security systems
C. Both A and B
D. None of the above
CHAPTER ONE EXAM
FILL-INS Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
1. The term _______________ includes knowledge of computers, the Internet, and computer literacy.
2. A computer manipulates data by following step-by-step instructions called a _______________.
3. _______________ are the largest and most powerful computers at any time. They are used for weather
forecasting and scientific research.
4. _______________ devices take data that humans understand and input it into the computer in digital
form of ons and offs, ones and zeroes that the computer can process.
5. _______________ are the second largest computers at any time. They are used for input/output intensive
operations like generating payroll.
6. ___________ computing refers to “the act of utilizing a network, usually the Internet, to store
information that you want to access from multiple network devices.” The technology allows the user to
access all information via the Internet.
7. The embedded computer is a single-purpose computer on a _______________ of silicon.
8. In a digital computer, all information including text, music, animation, graphics, smell, and sound is
represented by combinations of ones and zeroes, called _______________ or bits.
9. The physical components of a computer are called _______________.
10. _______________ is changeable, temporary, volatile memory.
11. _______________ or firmware contains basic start-up instructions, which are burned into a chip at the
factory; you cannot change the contents.
12. _______________ refers to the programs—the step-by-step instructions that tell the hardware what to
do.
13. The _______________ is a group of programs that manages and organizes the resources of the
computer.
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14. _______________ is a wireless technology that can connect digital devices from computers to medical
devices to cell phones.
15. Transmission over networks is governed by sets of technical standards or rules called
_______________.
CHAPTER TWO EXAM
MULTIPLE CHOICE Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
1. ________________ refers to the use of computers to organize information in health care.
A. Computer informatics
B. Medical computing
C. Medical informatics
D. None of the above
2. _____________________ uses computers to solve biological problems.
A. Biological informatics
B. Bioinformatics
C. Computerized biology
D. Biological computing
3. _____________________ refers to the connection of people and diverse computer systems.
A. Interoperability
B. Systemic computerization
C. Intersystemology
D. None of the above
4. ________________ is the use of computers and software to enter prescriptions and send them to
pharmacies electronically.
A. Computer prescription
B. Elemental prescribing
C. e-prescribing
D. None of the above
5. _____________________ was passed by the U.S. Congress and signed into law in 1996. Its goal was to
make health insurance portable from one job to another and to secure the privacy of medical records.
A. HIPAA
B. HIPPA
C. The Americans with Disabilities Act
D. None of the above
6. ________ has the task of overseeing the adoption and meaningful use of EHRs, setting standards, and
judging the impact.
A. ARRA
B. The Congress
C.The President
D. ONCHIT
7. The _______________ was signed into law on February 17, 2009, by President Obama; it included
billions of dollars for the expansion of health information technology. Through Medicare and Medicaid,
monetary incentives would be offered to doctors and hospitals to adopt EHRs.
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A. Americans with Disabilities Act
B. USA PATRIOT Act
C. Homeland Security Act
D. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
8. The federal government has set a goal of the year ___________ for universal adoption of electronic
records.
A. 2009
B. 2010
C. 2013
D. 2014
9. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. A fully developed electronic health record sends a warning to doctors of adverse drug reactions.
B. No doctors now use electronic health records.
C. No hospitals now use electronic health records.
D. None of the above
10. Which of the following are obstacles in the way of adopting electronic records?
A. Cost
B. Privacy concerns
C. Lack of interoperability
D. All of the above
CHAPTER TWO EXAM
FILL-INS Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
1. The emphasis in _______________ is on the use of technology to organize information in health care.
2. ____________________ (HITECH) which is a part of the ARRA encourages the “Meaningful Use of
Electronic Medical Records,” with 19 billion dollars in incentives through Medicare and Medicaid for
doctors and hospitals to adopt them.
3. The U.S. Government is attempting to make the EHR and e-prescribing universal by
___________________.
4. One of the obstacles in the way of introducing the EHR is ____________.
5. Patients may establish their own records through the________. It is a personal medical record that the
patient can create and maintain at no cost.
6. To be effective in improving care, EHRs have to be fully interoperable (have to be able to communicate
with each other) nationally. A first step toward national interoperability would be regional interoperability.
Regional cooperation is being fostered through the establishment of ___________________ (RHIOsin
which data could be shared within a region.
7. The ____________ Administration, as part of a federal initiative, is to play a key role in developing
electronic records.
8. The ________________ (NHIN) is the infrastructure that would allow communication between RHIOs.
9. The first information systems introduced into hospitals (in the 1960s) were used for
__________________ purposes (managing finances and inventory).
10. A ___________ information system is concerned with the financial details of running a hospital.
