CTR EXAM 4 QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
Which of the following is a permissible disclosure of confidential patient information from the cancer registry?
a. to a facility not involved with the patient's care
b. to the pt
c. to another registry for f/u purposes
d. to the pt's attorney
T...
CTR EXAM 4 QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
Which of the following is a permissible disclosure of confidential patient information from the cancer
registry?
a. to a facility not involved with the patient's care
b. to the pt
c. to another registry for f/u purposes
d. to the pt's attorney
To another registry for f/u purposes
What is a source of ca incidence & survival data from pop-based ca registries covering ~28% of US
pop?
a. ACoS CoC
b. CDC NPCR
c. NAACCR
d. NCI SEER program
NCI SEER program
Medical data that are combined w/o pt identifiers are:
a. Aggregate data
b. Confidential data
c. Pop-based data
d. Unusable data
Aggregate data
Which of the following information must healthcare organizations protect?
a. employee information
b. information about the organization
c. individually identifiable pt health information
d. all the above
All the above
Terrie Tumor Registrar ompletes a productivity sheet at the end of each day listing tasks completed
that day. This is a form of:
a. budget
b. time motion study
c. step assessment
d. work flow chart
Time motion study
The use of password to verify that a person is who they purport to be before they are granted access
to confidential data is:
a. audit trail
b. encryption
c. firewall
d. user authentication
User authetication
All of the state ca registries in the US are required to submit their data to:
a. the CDC National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR)
b. the NCI SEER Program
,c. Either CDC/NPCR or NCI/SEER
d. None o fthe above
Eiither CDC/NPCR or NCI/SEER
Caitlin Cancer Registrar is the cancer registry manager. She received a budget for the registry from the
office of the facility's chief financial officer This type of budget is:
a. bottom-up
b. capital
c. operating
d. top-down
top-down
The organization that formulates & publishes systems to classify ca to be used for selecting effective
tx, determining prognosis, and evaluating ca control measures in the:
a. AJCC
b. NAACCR
c. CoC
d. SEER PROGRAM
AJCC
Danielle Data Manager is preparing to submit data from the hospital cancer registry to the state CR.
What is used to facilitate the data exchange?
a. Firewall
b. NAACCR data exchange record layout
c. Record linkage
d. SEER program
NAACCR data exchange record layout
The CP of the medical center on XYZ Air Force Base submits their cases to the Automated Central
Tumor Registry (ACTUR) & to the NCDB. The CP has a:
a. Hospital/institution-based ca registry
b. Network ca registry
c. non-pop based cancer registry
d. pop-based central cancer registry
Hospital/institution-based ca registry
The ability for a cancer registry to incorporate electronic data from an external source into the
registry and the ability for external recipients to incorporate registry data for their use is:
a. interoperability
b. not permitted
c. semantic
d. syntactic
interoperability
What type of CR is designated to determine cancer patterns among various pop, monitor ca trends
over time, and evaluate ca control efforts?
a. familial
b. hospital-based
c. pop-based
d. specialty
pop-based
,What is the nationwide onc outcomes database for accrediated ca programs in the US?
a. GLOBOCAN
b. NCDB
c. NPCR
d. SEER Program
NCDB
HIPAA and other regulations give pts the right to:
a. Review any of the organization's business records on them
b. Review central ca registry information on them
c. Review information on them ca registry
d. Review their own medical records kept by the organization
Review their own medical records kept by the organization
The resource ffor detailed specifications and codes for each data item in the data exhange record
layout is:
a. Cancer program standards
b. FORDS
c. NAACCR Volume II Data Standards and Data Dictionary
d. SEER Program Coding & Staging Manual
NAACCR Volume II Data Standards & Data Dictionary
Lymph-vascular invasion is the presence of tumor cells in:
a. Distant mets sites
b. LN(s)
c. Lymphatic channels or blood vessels
d. The thymus
Lymphatic channels or blood vessels
The final dx on the path report documents Nottingham score of 8. The primary site is most likely:
a. Brain
b. Breast
c. Kidney
d. Skin
Breast
Freestanding path labs may be a casefinding source for a:
a. Community hospital cancer program
b. NCDB
c. Network ca program
d. State central cancer registry
State central ca registry
Pt admitted to hospital on 2/1/16 w/ congestive heart failure. On 2/2/16 the pt had a CT that showed
a mass in the lung, probably malig. On 2/3/16 the pt had a partial lobectomy. Path report
documented RUL mass, adenoca, confined to the lung. What is the date of first contact?
a. 2/1/16
b. 2/2/16
c. 2/3/16
, d. 2/99/16
2/3/16
Pt w/ endometrial adenoca self-identifes as multiracial. Her mother is Hawaiian, and her father is AA?
What is the code for Race 1?
a. 02: Black
b. 07: Hawaiian
c. 98: Other
d. 99: Unknown
Black
The ca program at General Hosp is accredited by the CoC. The cancer committee at General Hosp
included CIS of the cervix on on its list of reportable cases. For General Hospital, CIS cases are:
a. analytic
b. nonmalig
c. prospective
d. reportable by agreement
Reportable by agreement
Pt w/ stage III colon ca was treated w/ hemicolectomy and Folfox. Folfox is:
a. Hormone therapy
b. Immunotherapy
c. Multi-agent chemotherapy
d. Single-agent chemotherapy
Multi-agent chemotherapy
Pt was admitted w/ AX adenopathy. Aspiration bx of AX LN dx mets melanoma. Primary site was not
identified. What is the primary site on the abstract?
a. AX LN
b. Skin of axilla
c. Skin NOS
d. Unk
Skin NOS
The Ca Committee at General Hosp in Pine Valley, sponsored a smoking cessation program in
conjunction w/ the Pine Valley Public Health Dept. This is an example of a(n): Prevention Program
a. Accountability measure
b. Prevention program
c. Quality improvement measure
d. screening program
Prevention program
Pt has mammo @ ABC Clinic on 4/1/16 w/ impression of RUOQ breast mass, probably malig. Pt has Rt
breast core bx @ DEF Surg Ctr dx duc ca on 4/18/16. Pt was referred to an onc @ GHI Onc Ctr & began
neoadjuvant chemo on 4/29/16. Pt had lumpectomy and SLN bx on 8/29/16 at JKL Hosp w/ residual
DCIS and no mets in LN. What is the pt's date of dx?
a. 4/1/2016
b. 4/8/2016
c. 4/29/2016
d. 8/29/2016
4/1/2016
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