CTR EXAM|2023 LATEST UPDATE|GUARANTEED SUCCESS

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