CTR EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Supraglottis, glottis and subglottis are subsites of the: - Answers :Larynx
The inpatient medical record disease index is most useful for which Cancer Registry
Activity? - Answers :Casefinding
Ann Arbor Staging System - Answers :Malignant Lymphoma
Integumentary - Answers :Skin
A hormonal agent - Answers :Tamoxifen
A classification for non-hodkins lymphoma? - Answers :Follicular small cleaved cell and
large cell
A lymphoma would most likely arise in? - Answers :Waldeyers ring
Lymph node chains behind the knees? - Answers :Popliteal
CEA is used for which cancer? - Answers :Colon
A neoplastic disease characterized by an excess of red blood cells is known as: -
Answers :Polycythemia Vera
Which form of chemoembolization is not coded as treatment? - Answers :Presurgical
emboliation of hypervascular tumors such as mengiomas
The 5 key components of an approved cancer program: - Answers :Cancer Committee,
Conferences, Quality Improvement, Cancer Registry and Clinical Services.
A program receives non-accreditation at survey if there are ____ deficincies - Answers
:8
An example of a protected health information in a cancer abstract is: - Answers :Name
of patient
The COC requires that cases submitted to the NCDB for the most recent accession
year must satisfy the established criteria by ________? - Answers :As designated in the
Call for Data.
The date of diagnosis for a patient diagnosed in utero: - Answers :Is the actual date of
diagnosis.
If a patient is multiracial and one of the races is Hawaiian: - Answers :Hawaiian should
be coded as race number one.
,One of the reasons for coding if cases were diagnosed by ambiguous terminology is: -
Answers :To better understand how frequently these terms are used for diagnosis.
A cancer registrar who is abstracting can be the coordinator of: - Answers :Cancer
Registry quality control
The first course of treatment consists of - Answers :All Cancer-directed treatment
regardless of where it takes place.
The accession number - Answers :Never changes even if the reference date changes
A patient is in the registry database with a dx of prostate cancer. Now he has a
diagnosis of Meningioma. His second sequence number is: - Answers :60
Sequence number for Brain Cancers - Answers :60
Most active organization in the US for the establishment and approval of hospital cancer
programs - Answers :Commission on Cancer
The laterality of a midline tumor in a paired organ site should be coded as: - Answers :5-
midline
Who is responsible for establishing the attendance requirements for the cancer
conferences? - Answers :Cancer Committee
A disaster recovery plan is - Answers :A way to make sure that computerized registry
data is backed up every night and is easily recoverable.
The best source for casefinding is: - Answers :Pathology reports
Enucleation is a surgical procedure for which of the following? - Answers :Ocular
Melanoma
Encephalography is a radiography procedure performed on which of the following sites:
- Answers :Brain
The lower edge of the junction between the right and left main stem bronchi is called
the: - Answers :Carina
Salpingostomy is a procedure on which of the following organs? - Answers :Fallopian
Tube
A transurethral resection is a procedure that: - Answers :Removes tissue from the
bladder or prostate.
, The most common cancer in both men and women: - Answers :Lung
Melanoma accounts for 5-10% of all malignancies for this site: - Answers :Vulva
The tonsils are masses of what kind of tissue? - Answers :Lymphoid
Surgically creating a passage between the stomach and intestines is called: - Answers
:Gastroenterostomy
The National Program of Cancer Registries is a function of: - Answers :Center of
Disease Control and Prevention
CDC - Answers :Center of Disease Control and Prevention
A program can receive a commendation if every required member of the cancer
committee attends ____% of meetings - Answers :50%
90% of follow up info should be maintained - Answers :Every year for all eligible analytic
patients diagnosed within the last 5 years
Evidence based medicine is: - Answers :the integration of best research evidence with
the clinical expertise and patient values
The COC will design and conduct a special study when? - Answers :Periodically
The multiplicity counter is used: - Answers :To count the number of tumors reported as
a single primary.
The sequence number tells you: - Answers :How many primary tumors the patient has.
In 1973, the National Cancer Institute established the SEER program. SEER is acronym
for: - Answers :Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results
What is the Commission on Cancer's statement on registry staffing as of the year 2015?
- Answers :All abstracting must be done by a CTR.
As of 2015, according to COC clinical trial accrual percentage: - Answers :Is required for
every COC accredited program.
A case may be excluded from the follow-up requirement if: - Answers :The patient
resides in or moved to a foreign country.
Suspicious for (ambiguous term that constitutes a dx or not)? - Answers :Ambiguous
term that constitutes a dx
Possible (ambiguous term that constitutes a dx or not)? - Answers :Not
Supraglottis, glottis and subglottis are subsites of the: - Answers :Larynx
The inpatient medical record disease index is most useful for which Cancer Registry
Activity? - Answers :Casefinding
Ann Arbor Staging System - Answers :Malignant Lymphoma
Integumentary - Answers :Skin
A hormonal agent - Answers :Tamoxifen
A classification for non-hodkins lymphoma? - Answers :Follicular small cleaved cell and
large cell
A lymphoma would most likely arise in? - Answers :Waldeyers ring
Lymph node chains behind the knees? - Answers :Popliteal
CEA is used for which cancer? - Answers :Colon
A neoplastic disease characterized by an excess of red blood cells is known as: -
Answers :Polycythemia Vera
Which form of chemoembolization is not coded as treatment? - Answers :Presurgical
emboliation of hypervascular tumors such as mengiomas
The 5 key components of an approved cancer program: - Answers :Cancer Committee,
Conferences, Quality Improvement, Cancer Registry and Clinical Services.
A program receives non-accreditation at survey if there are ____ deficincies - Answers
:8
An example of a protected health information in a cancer abstract is: - Answers :Name
of patient
The COC requires that cases submitted to the NCDB for the most recent accession
year must satisfy the established criteria by ________? - Answers :As designated in the
Call for Data.
The date of diagnosis for a patient diagnosed in utero: - Answers :Is the actual date of
diagnosis.
If a patient is multiracial and one of the races is Hawaiian: - Answers :Hawaiian should
be coded as race number one.
,One of the reasons for coding if cases were diagnosed by ambiguous terminology is: -
Answers :To better understand how frequently these terms are used for diagnosis.
A cancer registrar who is abstracting can be the coordinator of: - Answers :Cancer
Registry quality control
The first course of treatment consists of - Answers :All Cancer-directed treatment
regardless of where it takes place.
The accession number - Answers :Never changes even if the reference date changes
A patient is in the registry database with a dx of prostate cancer. Now he has a
diagnosis of Meningioma. His second sequence number is: - Answers :60
Sequence number for Brain Cancers - Answers :60
Most active organization in the US for the establishment and approval of hospital cancer
programs - Answers :Commission on Cancer
The laterality of a midline tumor in a paired organ site should be coded as: - Answers :5-
midline
Who is responsible for establishing the attendance requirements for the cancer
conferences? - Answers :Cancer Committee
A disaster recovery plan is - Answers :A way to make sure that computerized registry
data is backed up every night and is easily recoverable.
The best source for casefinding is: - Answers :Pathology reports
Enucleation is a surgical procedure for which of the following? - Answers :Ocular
Melanoma
Encephalography is a radiography procedure performed on which of the following sites:
- Answers :Brain
The lower edge of the junction between the right and left main stem bronchi is called
the: - Answers :Carina
Salpingostomy is a procedure on which of the following organs? - Answers :Fallopian
Tube
A transurethral resection is a procedure that: - Answers :Removes tissue from the
bladder or prostate.
, The most common cancer in both men and women: - Answers :Lung
Melanoma accounts for 5-10% of all malignancies for this site: - Answers :Vulva
The tonsils are masses of what kind of tissue? - Answers :Lymphoid
Surgically creating a passage between the stomach and intestines is called: - Answers
:Gastroenterostomy
The National Program of Cancer Registries is a function of: - Answers :Center of
Disease Control and Prevention
CDC - Answers :Center of Disease Control and Prevention
A program can receive a commendation if every required member of the cancer
committee attends ____% of meetings - Answers :50%
90% of follow up info should be maintained - Answers :Every year for all eligible analytic
patients diagnosed within the last 5 years
Evidence based medicine is: - Answers :the integration of best research evidence with
the clinical expertise and patient values
The COC will design and conduct a special study when? - Answers :Periodically
The multiplicity counter is used: - Answers :To count the number of tumors reported as
a single primary.
The sequence number tells you: - Answers :How many primary tumors the patient has.
In 1973, the National Cancer Institute established the SEER program. SEER is acronym
for: - Answers :Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results
What is the Commission on Cancer's statement on registry staffing as of the year 2015?
- Answers :All abstracting must be done by a CTR.
As of 2015, according to COC clinical trial accrual percentage: - Answers :Is required for
every COC accredited program.
A case may be excluded from the follow-up requirement if: - Answers :The patient
resides in or moved to a foreign country.
Suspicious for (ambiguous term that constitutes a dx or not)? - Answers :Ambiguous
term that constitutes a dx
Possible (ambiguous term that constitutes a dx or not)? - Answers :Not
