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Chapter One Exam
Multiple Choice Choose the one
alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Information
technology includes the use of computers, communications ______________, and
computer literacy.
2. groups
3. tags
4. networks
5. None
of the above
6. An
electronic device that can accept data as input, process it according to a
program, store it, and produce information as output is called a/an
_________________.
7. calculator
8. adding
machine
9. multiplication
table
10. computer
11. Step-by-step
instructions are called a _________________.
12. menu
13. program
14. hardware
15. None
of the above
16. A
_______ is a computer contained in a touch screen.
17. supercomputer
18. tablet
19. mainframe
20. None
of the above
21. A
tiny ____________ can be put into a human being and can dispense medication
among other things.
22. supercomputer
23. personal
digital assistant (PDA)
24. embedded
computer
25. minicomputer
26. ________________
take data that humans understand and digitize it, that is, translate it into
binary form of ones and zeroes.
27. Output
devices
28. Input
devices
29. Storage
devices
30. None
of the above
31. A/An
_________________ manipulates data, doing arithmetic or logical operations on
it.
32. output
device
33. input
device
34. storage
device
35. processing
unit
36. _____________________
can take complex mathematical data and create simulations of epidemics,
pandemics, and other disasters.
37. Supercomputers
38. Personal
digital assistants (PDAs)
39. Embedded
computers
40. Minicomputers
41. __________________
are used in business for input/output intensive purposes, such as generating
pay checks or processing medical insurance claims.
42. Supercomputers
43. Personal
digital assistants (PDAs)
44. Mainframes
45. None
of the above
46. _______________________
identifies people by their body parts. It includes fingerprints, handprints,
face recognition, and iris scans.
47. Biometrics
48. All
security systems
49. Both
A and B
50. None
of the above
Chapter One Exam
Fill-Ins Write the word or phrase
that best completes each statement or answers the question.
1. The
term _______________ includes knowledge of computers, the Internet, and
computer literacy.
2. A
computer manipulates data by following step-by-step instructions called a _______________.
3. _______________
are the largest and most powerful computers at any time. They are used for
weather forecasting and scientific research.
4. _______________
devices take data that humans understand and input it into the computer in
digital form of ons and offs, ones and zeroes that the computer can process.
5. _______________
are the second largest computers at any time. They are used for input/output
intensive operations like generating payroll.
6. ___________
computing refers to “the act of utilizing a network, usually the Internet, to
store information that you want to access from multiple network devices.” The
technology allows the user to access all information via the Internet.
7. The
embedded computer is a single-purpose computer on a _______________ of silicon.
8. In a
digital computer, all information including text, music, animation, graphics,
smell, and sound is represented by combinations of ones and zeroes, called
_______________ or bits.
9. The
physical components of a computer are called _______________.
10. _______________
is changeable, temporary, volatile memory.
11. _______________
or firmware contains basic start-up instructions, which are burned into a chip
at the factory; you cannot change the contents.
12. _______________
refers to the programs—the step-by-step instructions that tell the hardware
what to do.
13. The
_______________ is a group of programs that manages and organizes the resources
of the computer.
14. _______________
is a wireless technology that can connect digital devices from computers to
medical devices to cell phones.
15. Transmission
over networks is governed by sets of technical standards or rules called
_______________.
Chapter Two Exam
Multiple Choice Choose the one
alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. ________________
refers to the use of computers to organize information in health care.
2. Computer
informatics
3. Medical
computing
4. Medical
informatics
5. None
of the above
6. _____________________
uses computers to solve biological problems.
7. Biological
informatics
8. Bioinformatics
9. Computerized
biology
10. Biological
computing
11. _____________________
refers to the connection of people and diverse computer systems.
12. Interoperability
13. Systemic
computerization
14. Intersystemology
15. None
of the above
16. ________________
is the use of computers and software to enter prescriptions and send them to
pharmacies electronically.
17. Computer
prescription
18. Elemental
prescribing
19. e-prescribing
20. None
of the above
21. _____________________
was passed by the U.S. Congress and signed into law in 1996. Its goal was to
make health insurance portable from one job to another and to secure the
privacy of medical records.
22. HIPAA
23. HIPPA
24. The
Americans with Disabilities Act
25. None
of the above
26. ________
has the task of overseeing the adoption and meaningful use of EHRs, setting
standards, and judging the impact.
27. ARRA
28. The
Congress
29. The
President
30. ONCHIT
31. The
_______________ was signed into law on February 17, 2009, by President Obama;
it included billions of dollars for the expansion of health information technology.
Through Medicare and Medicaid, monetary incentives would be offered to doctors
and hospitals to adopt EHRs.
32. Americans
with Disabilities Act
33. USA
PATRIOT Act
34. Homeland
Security Act
35. American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
36. The
federal government has set a goal of the year ___________ for universal
adoption of electronic records.
37. 2009
38. 2010
39. 2013
40. 2014
41. Which
of the following is TRUE?
42. A
fully developed electronic health record sends a warning to doctors of adverse
drug reactions.
43. No
doctors now use electronic health records.
44. No
hospitals now use electronic health records.
45. None
of the above
46. Which
of the following are obstacles in the way of adopting electronic records?
47. Cost
48. Privacy
concerns
49. Lack
of interoperability
50. All
of the above
Chapter Two Exam
Fill-Ins Write the word or
phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
1. The
emphasis in _______________ is on the use of technology to organize information
in health care.
2. ____________________
(HITECH) which is a part of the ARRA encourages the “Meaningful Use of
Electronic Medical Records,” with 19 billion dollars in incentives through
Medicare and Medicaid for doctors and hospitals to adopt them.
3. The
U.S. Government is attempting to make the EHR and e-prescribing universal by
___________________.
4. One
of the obstacles in the way of introducing the EHR is ____________.
5. Patients
may establish their own records through the________. It is a personal medical
record that the patient can create and maintain at no cost.
6. To be
effective in improving care, EHRs have to be fully interoperable (have to be
able to communicate with each other) nationally. A first step toward national
interoperability would be regional interoperability. Regional cooperation is
being fostered through the establishment of ___________________ (RHIOsin which
data could be shared within a region.
7. The
____________ Administration, as part of a federal initiative, is to play a key
role in developing electronic records.
8. The
________________ (NHIN) is the infrastructure that would allow communication
between RHIOs.
9. The
first information systems introduced into hospitals (in the 1960s) were used
for __________________ purposes (managing finances and inventory).
10. A
___________ information system is concerned with the financial details of
running a hospital.
11. A
_________ information system uses computers to manage clinical information.
12. ____________
information systems monitor drug allergies, interactions, fill and track
prescriptions. They also track inventory and create patient drug profiles.
13. ___________________
information systems are supposed to improve care by using computers to manage
charting, staff scheduling, and the integration of clinical information.
14. _______________________________
manages radiological images in digital form in hospitals.
15. ____________________
(PACS) information systems use computers to manage both laboratory tests and
their results.
Chapter Three Exam
Multiple Choice Choose the one
alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. The
______________ use of computers includes anything that has to do with direct
patient care, such as diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment.
2. clinical
3. special
purpose
4. administrative
5. None
of the above
6. ____________________
applications include the use of computers in education, research, and some
aspects of pharmacy.
7. Clinical
8. Special
purpose
9. Administrative
10. None
of the above
11. _________________
applications include office management, scheduling, and accounting tasks.
12. Clinical
13. Special
purpose
14. Administrative
15. None
of the above
16. Medical
offices must use _______________ billing to accommodate two or three insurers,
who must be billed in a timely fashion before the patient is billed.
17. super
18. partial
19. bucket
20. None
of the above
21. An
organized collection of related data is called a ____________________.
22. relational
database
23. program
24. bill
25. None
of the above
26. ___________________
software allows the user to enter, organize, and store huge amounts of data and
information.
27. Word
processing
28. Database
management
29. Spreadsheet
30. Graphics
31. In a
database, a _____________ holds all related information on an entity, for
example, a medical practice.
32. field
33. record
34. file
35. None
of the above
36. A
table is made up of related _______________; each holds all the information on
one item in the table.
37. fields
38. records
39. files
40. keys
41. Each
record is made up of related ______________. One holds one piece of
information.
42. fields
43. records
44. files
45. keys
46. The
______________ field uniquely identifies each record in a table.
47. super
48. record
49. file
50. key
Chapter Three Exam
Fill-Ins Write the word or
phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
1. The
_______________ uses of computers include anything that has to do with direct
patient care, such as diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment.
2. _______________
applications include the use of computers in education and some aspects of
pharmacy.
3. _______________
applications include office management, scheduling, and accounting tasks.
4. _______________—the
delivery of health care over telecommunications lines—includes clinical,
special purpose, and administrative applications.
5. Medical
offices use _______________ billing to accommodate two or three insurers, who
must be billed in a timely fashion before the patient is billed.
6. A
_______________ is an organized collection of related data; information input
in one part of the program can be linked to information in another part of the
program.
7. A
_______________ allows the user to enter, organize, and store huge amounts of
data and information. (Use the abbreviation in your answer)
8. A
database _______________ holds all related information on an entity, for
example, a medical practice.
9. Within
each file, there can be several _______________, each of which holds related
information.
10. A
table is made up of related _______________, each of which holds all the
information on one item in a table, for example, one patient.
11. Each
record is made up of related _______________, one of which holds one piece of
information, such as patient’s last name or Social Security number or chart
number.
12. The
_______________ field uniquely identifies each record in a table.
13. A
standard grouping system is _______________ on which hospital reimbursement by
private and government insurers is based. (Use the abbreviation in your answer)
14. Services
including tests, laboratory work, examinations, and treatments are coded using
_______________. (Use the abbreviation in your answer)
15. Charges,
payments, and adjustments are called _______________.
Chapter Four Exam
Multiple Choice Choose the one alternative
that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. ______________
uses computers and telecommunications equipment to deliver medical care at a
distance.
2. Medical
informatics
3. Telemedicine
4. Computer
informatics
5. None
of the above
6. The Department
of ________________ of the United States has spent millions of dollars on
telemedicine equipment and installation.
7. Veterans
Affairs
8. Defense
9. Education
10. Health
11. ______________
treats skin rashes at a distance.
12. TeleStroke
13. Telecardiology
14. Teleoncology
15. Teledermatology
16. ___________________
technology involves sharing information in a time- and place-independent way
over the Internet.
17. Store
and send
18. Send
and store
19. Store-and-forward
20. Interactive
videoconferencing
21. _____________________
or teleconferencing allows doctors to consult with each other and with patients
in real time, at a distance.
22. Store
and send
23. Send
and store
24. Store-and-forward
25. Interactive
videoconferencing
26. _______________
involves the sending of radiological images in digital form over telecommunications
lines.
27. Teleradiology
28. Telekinetics
29. Both
A and B
30. None
of the above
31. In
___________, the pathologist sees images on a monitor instead of under a
microscope.
32. teleradiology
33. telepathology
34. interactive
radiology
35. None
of the above
36. __________________
technology can link devices such as a pacemaker and a cell phone.
37. Wi-Fi
38. Satellite
39. Bluetooth
40. None
of the above
41. _______________________
saves patients by speeding diagnosis, so that tPA can be given within a few
hours if appropriate.
42. TeleStroke
43. Teleoncology
44. Telecardiology
45. Telepsychiatry
46. _____________________
involves the delivery of therapy using teleconferencing.
47. TeleStroke
48. Teleoncology
49. Telecardiology
50. Telepsychiatry
Chapter Four Exam
Fill-Ins Write the word or
phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
1. _______________
uses computers and telecommunications equipment to deliver medical care at a
distance.
2. _______________
involves sharing information in a time- and place-independent way over the
Internet. The information is stored, digitized, and then sent.
3. Interactive
videoconferencing or _______________ allows doctors to consult with each other
and with patients in real time, at a distance.
4. _______________
technology can link devices such as a pacemaker and a cell phone.
5. A
victim of a stroke caused by a clot (determined by a CT scan) may be helped by
the administration of _______________, a clot-busting drug, if it is given
within a few hours.
6. _______________
involves the delivery of therapy using teleconferencing.
7. A
_______________ system can be used at home by asthmatic patients; it is
designed to transmit over the telephone to a remote location.
8. Many
of the newest, still experimental, monitoring devices use sensors embedded in
fabric. One wearable system called ___________ has completed several years of
research.
9. A
_______________ weighs 135 pounds, is only five inches high, and includes a
respirator, heart machine, intravenous drugs, and monitors that transmit all
the data they gather immediately to the hospital.
10. _______________
involves the monitoring of vital signs from a distance via telecommunications
equipment and the replacement of home nursing visits with videoconferences. It
is usually used to manage chronic conditions like congestive heart failure.
11. Automated
______, some with your doctor’s face on the monitor, are starting to make house
calls; five-foot tall RP-7 can perform remote check-ups.
12. The
stated reasons for introducing telemedicine into the _______________ of at
least 27 states and the federal system are cost-containment, security, and
enhanced medical care.
13. _______________
purpose was to compare high-risk, premature infants receiving traditional care
with an experimental group, which in addition to traditional care received a
telemedicine link to the hospital while the babies were hospitalized and for
six months after.
14. In
Vermont, a ________________ project links trauma surgeon’s homes with hospital
emergency departments, providing immediate expert service at any time.
15. Medical
personnel are required to be licensed by the _______________ in which they
practice.
Chapter Five Exam
Multiple Choice Choose the one
alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. __________________
refers to “the study of diseases in populations by collecting and analyzing
statistical data.”
2. Pandemic
3. Epidemic
4. Epidemiology
5. None
of the above
6. _______________
supports public health practice and research with information technology.
7. Medical
informatics
8. Health
care informatics
9. Public
health informatics
10. None
of the above
11. Public
health is affected by social factors such as poverty and social
__________________.
12. inequality
13. style
14. Both
A and B
15. None
of the above
16. Information
technology can help infection control practitioners in the task of __________________.
17. surveillance
18. outbreak
monitoring
19. reporting
20. All
of the above
21. Computers
can create what-if scenarios or ________________ of what would happen to an
infectious disease if something else happened (e.g., if air travel
increased/decreased or the temperature rose or fell; if there was an adequate
supply of antiviral drugs, if a vaccine existed or did not exist).
22. let
us pretend
23. spreadsheets
24. simulations
25. None
of the above
26. _____________________
models are the programs that create the simulations.
27. What-if
28. Computational
29. Computer
30. Disease
31. A
program called _____________ is used to model flu.
32. Socrates
33. MIDAS
34. AESOP
35. None
of the above
36. A/An
________________ is “an excess in the number of cases of a given health
problem. . . .”
37. pandemic
38. epidemic
39. small
outbreak
40. outbreak
41. _________________
are organized “system[s] for the collection, storage, retrieval, analysis, and
dissemination of information” on people with a disease, a predisposition toward
a disease, and an exposure to anything thought to cause ill health.
42. Registries
43. Offices
44. Bureaus
45. None
of the above
46. ____________________
uses “health-related data that precede diagnosis and signal a sufficient
probability of a case or an outbreak.”
47. Counting
48. Syndromic
surveillance
49. Computer
surveillance
50. None
of the above
51. Between
2011 and 2015, an international program to combat AIDS aims to advance global
progress in achieving country set targets for universal access to HIV
prevention, treatment, care and support and to halt and reverse the spread of
HIV.”. It is called ________________.
52. UNAIDS
53. LIFESAVE
54. UNSAVE
55. None
of the above
56. One
concrete step to slow global warming (climate change) is cutting emissions of
_____.
57. NaCl
58. H20
59. C02
60. None
of the above
61. A/An
_______________ is a global outbreak of disease to which every individual in
the world is susceptible.
62. epidemic
63. pandemic
64. Both
A and B
65. None
of the above
66. ________________
is a microbiology information system developed at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
in Massachusetts.
67. WHONET
68. WHATNOT
69. WHOBIO
70. None
of the above
71. Some
of the effects of global warming (climate change) are ________________.
72. more
intense storms and heat waves
73. there
are no effects
74. drought
in the developing world
75. Both
A and C
Chapter Five Exam
Fill-Ins Write the word or
phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
1. ______________________________
is a microbiology information system developed at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
in Massachusetts. It is used to monitor antibacterial resistance.
2. ___________________
is already having a devastating effect on the earth and is affecting
agricultural production in some places.
3. On
March 11, 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit Japan, followed by a
________with 30-foot waves.
4. Hurricane
__________________ flooded New Orleans both because it was a “monster
hurricane” and because the levees failed.
5. In
the early twentieth century, epidemic ____________________ struck in New York
for the first time.
6. ____________________
attacks the immune system, leading to susceptibility to opportunistic
infection.
7. _________________________
informatics integrates “health-related data on all levels, such as molecule,
cell, tissue, organ, people and the entire population.”
8. On
April 20, 2010, an explosion in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 human beings.
Among the first effects was the spill of tens of thousands of barrels of ______
a day into the Gulf effectively polluting the water, damaging the shoreline,
and killing wildlife.
9. Bacterial
resistance happens even without antibiotics, but the use and abuse of these
drugs exacerbates the resistance and leads to the development of ____________.
10. WHO
stands for ______________________________.
11. _____________________________________
is a staph infection resistant to many antibiotics. It appeared in Europe in
the 1960s, which coincides with the first widespread use of antibiotics. A
recent study “confirm[s] that the evolution of resistant strains and their
spread are primarily driven by antibiotic use.” (Use the abbreviation in
your answer)
12._____________________ first appeared in the 1930s. It
is a form of encephalitis or brain inflammation.
13. ______________________
surveillance can be used for example in shelters where there are no medical
personnel; people can look out for signs and symptoms (for instance diarrhea)
and report them.
14. The
________________________________ (part of the Public Health Information
Network) will promote “integrated surveillance systems that can transfer . . .
public health, laboratory and clinical data . . . over the Internet.” This
would be a national electronic surveillance system.
15. _________
(a deadly bacterium resistant to antibiotics) can cause pneumonia, bloodstream
infections, and infections in wounds and surgical sites. It appears in
hospitals and other health care settings. (Use the abbreviation in your answer)
Chapter Six Exam
Multiple Choice Choose the one
alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Radiology
is increasingly concerned with treating disease. Radiologists who treat disease
are called ______________ radiologists.
2. interventional
3. treating
4. medical
5. None
of the above
6. Digital
images ________________________.
7. are
immediately available on a network
8. do
not have to be developed
9. can
be transmitted over telephone lines
10. All
of the above
11. If a
doctor suspects that you have a broken bone, which of the following imaging
techniques is likely to be used?
12. x-ray
13. PET
scan
14. ultrasound
15. MRI
16. ____________________
is used to examine a moving fetus.
17. X-ray
18. PET
scan
19. Ultrasound
20. Computerized
tomography (CT) scan
21. __________________________
uses x-rays and digital technology to produce a cross-sectional image of the
body.
22. Barium
swallow
23. PET
scan
24. Ultrasound
25. Computerized
tomography (CT) scan
26. ______________________________________
machines use computer technology to produce images of soft tissue within the
body that could NOT be pictured by traditional x-rays.
27. X-ray
28. PET
scan
29. Ultrasound
30. MRI
31. ___________
are used to image brain tumors and in helping to diagnose disorders of the
nervous system such as multiple sclerosis (MS).
32. X-rays
33. PET
scans
34. Ultrasounds
35. MRIs
36. Functional
____________________ measure small metabolic changes in an active part of the
brain. It identifies brain activity by changes in blood oxygen.
37. x-rays
38. PET
scans
39. ultrasounds
40. MRIs
41. _____________________
use radioisotope technology to create a picture of the body in action.
42. X-rays
43. PET
scans
44. DEXA
scans
45. MRIs
46. Neuroimaging
techniques using _____________ can present a picture of brain activity
associated with cognitive processes like memory and the use of language.
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