Information Technology for the Health Professions 4th Edition By Lillian Burke – Test Bank

Information Technology for the Health Professions 4th Edition By Lillian Burke – Test Bank

Test Bank

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