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CTR EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024
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CTR EXAMThe 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 - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-Skin NOS
, 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 - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-Time motion study
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