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CTR PRACTICE

Which hospitals are required to submit data to the state cancer registry? - answer All
hospitals

Which types of cancer registries can receive CoC approval for their cancer programs? -
answer Hospital-based registries

Specialty cancer registries may collect data - answer From specific facilities and on
familial cancers.

Cancer registries in the United States have the reputation of being the most complete
and highest quality public health surveillance systems because of - answerA. The
training and certification of Certified Cancer Registrars (CTRs).
B. Comprehensive case identification.

Hospital and population-based cancer registries collect cancer data to - answerBe
aggregated by a Federal agency.

The caBIG was sponsored by the - answerNational Cancer Institute (NCI).

The Certified Tumor Registrar (CTR) credential is awarded by the - answerD. National
Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA).

What term refers to an element in a document on the web that links to a whole
document or to a specific element within a document? - answerHyperlink

What term refers to a unique numeric identifier assigned to machines on the Internet or
an intranet? - answerIP address

What expression(s) is used to describe the capability of different registries being able to
read, write and exchange data via a common set of exchange formats? -
answerInteroperability

The hospital cancer registry data set should include - answerA. Data items required by
the State registry.
B. Data items required by the hospital.

A necessary element for a real-time reporting system is - answerD. Data source
streams from key departments of the facility.

Registry staffing needs can be assessed by

, Response :




A. Caseload divided by staff.
B. Comparison with like facilities.
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. Neither (a) nor (b) - answerD. Neither (a) nor (b)

What type of budget requires that every line item of a new budget be justified, even if
those items were approved in a previous year's budget?
Response:
A. Top-down budget
B. Zero-based budget
C. Bottom-up budget
D. None of the above - answerB. Zero-based budget

The laws that take precedence over all other laws are
Response:
A. Federal laws.
B. State laws.
C. City or municipal laws.
D. State laws that are more stringent than Federal laws. - answerD. State laws that are
more stringent than Federal laws.

It is illegal to
Response:
A. Abstract data from a medical record of a family member.
B. Access medical records of family, friends, or celebrities to read the information.
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. Neither (a) nor (b) - answerB. Access medical records of family, friends, or celebrities
to read the information.

Congress granted regulatory powers to the following agencies

Response:
A. The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program (SEER) and the North
American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR).
B. The National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) and the North American
Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR).
C. The National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) and the Commission on Cancer
(CoC).
D. The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program (SEER) and the National
Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR). - answerSEER & NPCR