1. Demography is the study of the characteristics of the human population.
a. True
b. False
2. Data extracted from individual health records and combined to form de-identified information about the patient
group that can be compared and analyzed is called aggregate data.
a. True
b. False
3. The following example is part of a sample: In December, 5 patients left the hospital AMA (Against Medical Advice)
and the hospital is requesting an evaluation of why this occurred.
a. True
b. False
4. A patient who leaves without an order for discharge is considered an AMA (against medical advice).
a. True
b. False
5. The collection, organization, analysis, presentation and interpretation of numerical data is the basic definition of
statistics.
a. True
b. False
6. Theoretical statistics deals with the application of theorems, formulae, rules, and laws to solve real-world problems.
a. True
b. False
7. The number of births, date of deaths, and number of marriages are examples of vital statistics.
a. True
b. False
8. The full term for the abbreviation DIS or DC is discharge.
a. True
b. False
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
9. Identify the term for data that refers to death rates.
a. Mortality
b. Ordinal
c. Morbidity
d. Nominal
10. Data measured in decimal fractions, but recorded to the nearest whole number.
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a. discrete data
b. continuous
data
11. Identify the term for data that gathers data on the prevalence of disease.
a. Mortality
b. Nominal
c. Morbidity
d. Ordinal
12. Which of the following is an example of demographic information?
a. Patient’s date of birth
b. Patient’s date of
admission
c. Neither a nor b
d. Both a and b
13. The term “constant” is defined as the following:
a. Something that only assumes one
value
b. Something that can change
14. Indicate whether the data represented in the following example is part of a population or a sample:
A coder in the Health Information Department has coded 1,000 charts in the past month and her supervisor plans to check
10% of the charts.
a. Sample
b. Population
15. Identify a use of data collected by the HIM Department.
a. Adding medical services
b. Planning a building expansion
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b
16. Identify the major reason(s) for collecting and using statistical data.
a. Management decisions
b. Patient care decisions
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b
17. Which statement is correct?
a. Data are based on facts.
b. Data are collected at the end of a patient's stay.
c. Data are collected only on patients only on
observations.
d. Data are never collected on inpatient admissions.
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18. An HIM professional, specific to statistical data, may:
a. collect data
b. define the data
elements
c. present the data
d. all of the above
19. Financial data, medical service data, and staffing data are best defined as what type of data?
a. Management statistical
data
b. Patient care statistical data
20. Identify the term for data that combines scores in some way.
a. Discrete
b. Grouped
c. Nominal
d. Ordinal
21. Which of the following is an example of a constant?
a. A patient’s blood
pressure
b. A patient’s date of birth
c. A patient’s heart rate
d. A patient’s age
22. Identify the term that describes and analyzes a given group without drawing conclusions.
a. Descriptive
statistics
b. Inferential statistics
23. Identify the term that provides information based on data from a sample and draws a conclusion about the subject of
the data.
a. Descriptive
statistics
b. Inferential statistics
24. This entity is concerned with health promotion and prevention of diseases.
a. NCHS
b. DHHS
c. CDC
d. CMS
25. Identify the term for data that “measures to the nearest.”
a. Grouped
b. Continuous
c. Nominal
d. Ordinal
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