Exam Code: HIT-001 (Practice Exam Latest Test Questions VCE PDF)
Exam Name: CompTIA Healthcare IT Technician Exam
Certification Provider: CompTIA
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Q181. You are assigned the duty of ensuring the accuracy of patients' histories and physicals as well as discharge summaries within a patient's electronic health record. Which of the following types of data are you responsible for?
A. Text
B. Numbers
C. Signals
D. Images
Answer: A
Explanation: Text data is a type of data that may be found in a patient's electronic health record.
Examples of text data is history and physical evaluations and discharge summaries.
Q182. You need to undergo a surgical procedure to have your gallbladder removed. This surgical procedure will not require a hospital stay. To which type of healthcare facilities would you go for this type of service?
A. Nonacute Care Facililty
B. Subacute Care Facility
C. Acute Care Facility
D. Ambulatory Care Facility
Answer: D
Explanation: An ambulatory care center is a facility offers a variety of outpatient services which is directly overseen by a hospital, but patients to do not require a stay in the hospital.
Q183. You work as the Security Administrator for Prodotxiss Inc. You want to ensure the security of your Wi-Fi enterprise network against the wireless snooping attacks. Which of the following measures will you take over the site network devices of the network? A. Download and install new firmware patch for the router.
B. Apply firewalls at appropriate spots.
C. Apply a standard ACL on the router.
D. Disable the SSID broadcast feature of the router.
Answer: D
Explanation: SSID broadcasts can be seen by the Wi-Fi enabled computers looking for a network to connect to. You can turn this broadcasting feature off so that the router appears invisible to casual wireless snoopers. Turning off the SSID broadcast feature hides the router from casual wireless surfers. Service Set Identifier (SSID) is a configurable client identification that allows a client to communicate with a particular base station. It is a case sensitive name assigned to a wireless device in a Wi-Fi network. A client can communicate with the base station if both have the same SSID. Answer: C is incorrect. Applying standard or extended ACL can only stop the router from sending packets to specified addresses. It is an address filtering feature of a router. Answer: B is incorrect. A firewall is a tool to provide security to a network. It is used to protect an internal network or intranet against unauthorized access from the Internet or other outside networks. It restricts inbound and outbound access and can analyze all traffic between an internal network and the Internet. Users can configure a firewall to pass or block packets from specific IP addresses and ports. An administrator can configure the following settings for a firewall. Open and Closed Ports. Through this setting firewall determines which data packet to be allowed or drop during communication.Program Filters. Through program filters, firewall determines which program to be allowed or disallow for communication. Answer: A is incorrect. Downloading, installing patches and thus updating firmware inside the router fixes bugs and improves security. It does not provide security against attacks.
Q184. Which of the following refers to information contained within a patient's EHR being converted from words to numbers?
A. Quantitative Analysis
B. Master Patient Index
C. Statistical Analysis
D. Qualitative Analysis
Answer: A
Explanation: Quantitative analysis refers to information contained within a patient's EHR being converted from words to numbers. The numbers of interest are then quantified and statistically analyzed. Answer: D is incorrect. Qualitative Analysis is incorrect as this is used to derive an in-depth, non-numerical description of the information contained within a patient's medical record. A qualitative analysis does not contain any statistical analyses. Answer: B is incorrect. Master Patient Index (MPI) is incorrect as this is a database that contains a unique index for every patient registered at a healthcare organization. Answer: C is incorrect. Statistical analysis is incorrect as this is the method used to analyze the data obtained from a quantitative analysis of a patient's EHR.
Q185. How will you identify that the PC has successfully completed its Power On Self Test (POST)?
A. The PC give frequent beeps and gives a display on the monitor.
B. The PC gives two beeps at the startup.
C. The PC gives the message "Press DEL to enter the Setup"
D. The PC gives a single beep at the startup.
Answer: D
Explanation: When you start the system, it gives single beep if it has successfully completed the Power On Self Test (POST). If the PC gives a message "Press DEL to enter the Setup", it is because of the wrong setting in BIOS.
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Q186. You work as a healthcare IT technician for an organization. You want to allow some doctors to fill out an application online. But you need the online application data to be secured. Whatever method you pick should integrate easily with Web pages. Which of the following should you pick?
A. IPsec
B. AES
C. DES
D. SSL
Answer: D
Explanation: Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) works with digital certificates to secure data. It is specifically used with Web sites. When combined with http (hyper text transfer protocol), it creates https (Secure HTTP).
Q187. Sam works as a Network Administrator for BlueTech Inc. All client computers in the company run Windows Vista operating system. He purchases a desktop computer with Windows Vista installed on it. He wants to access the yearly sales report, stored on the office computer, from his home computer. Which of the following utilities will he use to accomplish the task?
A. Remote Desktop Connection
B. NetMeeting
C. Windows Meeting Space
D. Remote Assistance
Answer: A
Explanation: Remote Desktop Connection is a technology that allows a user to remotely access a desktop, its applications, data, and network resources. It is very similar to Remote Assistance but both features are used for very different purposes. If a remote user wants to access the desktop of another computer, Remote Desktop Connection must be configured on that computer. A user must be either an administrator or a member of the Remote Users group to remotely connect to a desktop, but only an administrator can locally access the computer when another user is remotely accessing the same computer. The members of the Remote Users group do not have this privilege. Answer: D is incorrect. Remote Assistance is a Windows feature to enable support personnel (helper) to provide technical support to a remote user (host). Through Remote Assistance a helper can view Windows session of a host on his computer itself.Remote Assistance works as follows. A remote user sends an invitation to an Administrator (or expert) through e-mail or Windows Messenger. The Administrator accepts the request and can then view the user's desktop.To maintain privacy and security, all communication is encrypted. Remote Assistance can be used only with the permission of the person who requires the assistance.Note. If the user has enabled the Allow this computer to be controlled remotelyoption in Remote control section of Remote Assistance Settings dialog box, an expert can even take control of the keyboard and mouse of a remote computer to guide the user. Answer: C is incorrect. Windows Meeting Space is an application that allows users to team up with others on the Internet, a local network, or a wireless ad hoc network. The team can be up to ten users, the restriction being that all participants must have computers running Windows Vista. The group can perform the following with Windows Meeting Space. Share an application. Show their desktop. Distribute documents. Collaboratively edit documents with other users.Windows Vista has replaced NetMeeting with Windows Meeting Space. Answer: B is incorrect. Windows Vista has replaced NetMeeting with Windows Meeting Space.
Q188. Which of the following payment terms is based on what a reasonable fee would be for the service provided?
A. Customary Charges
B. Capitation
C. Sliding Scale Fee
D. Fee for Services
Answer: A
Explanation: Customary charges is the type of payment term is based on what is normally charged or what is reasonable for the service provided. Answer: D is incorrect. Fee for Services in incorrect as this term of payment is dependent on the cost of the provider to provide services such as lab tests, x-rays etc. Hospitals or other facilities receiving fee for service are paid for each individual service that is provided. Answer: C is incorrect. Sliding Scale fee is incorrect as this type of payment term is common in low income areas and is based on the patient's ability to pay. Answer: B is incorrect. Capitation is incorrect as this payment term is a pre-paid amount based on a per-person or per-capita amount.
Q189. You know that HIPAA requires you to have a contingency plan in the event of an emergency or failure of your in-house system that contains electronic protected health information (EPHI). You have an information technology company that will host your electronic medical records both for backup and for cloud access. A best practice to safeguard against your medical office losing its EPHI for a damaging amount of time is.
A. Ensure 24-hour access for the Privacy Officer to the IT company's servers.
B. Establish a contractual clause in the BAA that includes monthly backups of EPHI and monthly reports to the Privacy Officer.
C. Create a contingency policy that lists the IT Company's backup.
D. Establish a Service Level Agreement which defines the rate, scope, and minimum standards to be expected of the IT company for EPHI recovery to the in-house system servers if they crash.
Answer: D
Explanation: An SLA is standard practice under HIPAA, and is suggested by NIST as part of the covered entity's recovery plan. Answer: A is incorrect. While this may be possible, it's not feasible, and doesn't ensure the recovery of data. Answer: C is incorrect. Creating the contingency plan is a requirement under HIPAA and should be done; but even more essential, that is, the "best practice" is to make sure that the data will be recovered in a timely manner and that can only be contractually done with an SLA, often listing severe financial penalties to the IT company if it fails to meet its Service Level Agreement. Answer: B is incorrect. This is a fair idea, but monthly backups are too infrequent and don't ensure the issue of how quickly the data can be recovered to the in-house servers.
Q190. In medical terminology, the suffix -ology is used to describe which of the following?
A. Disease
B. Inflammation
C. Study of
D. Opening
Answer: C
Explanation: In medical terminology, any word that ends with the suffix -ology refers to the study of a particular process. Examples, Cardiology is the study of the heart, Oncology is the study of tumors, and Pulmonology is the study of the lungs. Answer: B is incorrect. inflammation is incorrect as any medical term referring to inflammation ends with the suffix -itis. Answer: A is incorrect. Disease is incorrect as any condition that refers to a disease process is accompanied by the suffix -osis, example diverticulosis is as disease of the diverticulum. Answer: D is incorrect. Opening is incorrect as any medical condition that refers to opening ends with the suffix -otomy, example thoracotomy means an opening was made in the thorax.