2024 CTR Exam ( Data Quality Usage ) A++ Exam with All New Qs & As - Guaranteed Pass!
- True or false? The only information that is requested when a follow-up letter is
sent to a physician is the vital status and last date of contact of the patient.
Answer: False.
The follow-up letters usually request information on vital status, the last date of contact, cancer status, and any additional treatment information.
- Quality control efforts in the cancer registry should target which of the following
areas:
Answer:
Casefinding and the reportable list Use of the data standards manuals Data entry errors
- Which of the following is NOT required to be included in the evaluation of the
quality of cancer registry data?Answer: Abstract is complete within six months of initial contact with the facility
- The following is an example of an Edit error. Given the information provided by the
edit error message, how should this edit be corrected?
Edit: Laterality, Primary Site
E: Laterality must be provided for specified paired organs/sites Laterality (295) [0] _ Primary Site (291) [C445] _ _ _ _ Date of Diagnosis (283) [020120xx] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Abstract Text:
PATIENT DIAGNOSED WITH MELANOMA ON MID LOWER BACK ON
BIOPSY ON 2/1/20xx. 2/25/20xx PATIENT ADMITTED FOR WIDE EXCISION
AND SEN-
TINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY.
Answer: Laterality should be corrected to code 5
5. Stage is an example of:
Answer: Ordinal data
- According to NCI, the standard way of discussing prognosis is by using
survival rates.
Answer: 5-year
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- For the following data set, what is the median? Data: 96 48 27 72 39 70 7 68 99
36 95 4 6 13 34 74 65 42 28 54 69
Answer: 48
- Epidemiology
Answer: The occurrence of disease in human populations
- When an epidemiologist refers to the distribution of disease, which of the
following is being described:
Answer: Person, place, and time
- The first step in preparing a statistical report is to
Answer: Determine the objectives of the report
- For the following data set, what is the range? Data 65 73 89 56 73 52 47
Answer: 42
- If you studied the mean survival time for two groups of patients (that were
given different treatments) and you want to test the significance of their difference, which test would you use?
Answer: T-test
- According to the CoC cancer Program Standards Manual v1.2.1, facilities
accredited by the Commission on Cancer:
Answer: Are required to publish and annual report for compliance of Standard 1.12
- The standard deviation expresses the spread of data about the .
Answer: -Mean
- If you were to measure a variable on every person in the population you would
find the frequency distribution would display a pattern with most of the
measurements near the center of the frequency. This is called:
Answer: Normal distribution
16. The notation (p < 0.05) means:
Answer: The probability of an undesirable result (that which is due to chance) is less than 5%.
- The information for each case of cancer in the cancer registry database is able to
be shared with other cancer registry databases by using a standardized system called:
Answer: The NAACCR record layout
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