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HCISPP HealthCare Information Security and Privacy Practitioner Questions and Answers

Questions 4

How many major concepts are associated with the privacy rule?

Options:

A.

One

B.

Two

C.

Three

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Questions 5

A multiple payer system is more cumbersome than a single payer system for all of the following reasons except:

Options:

A.

There are numerous health plans, which is difficult for providers to handle

B.

Payments are not standardized across health plans

C.

Some healthcare services are covered for people in the north, but not in the south

D.

Government programs required extensive documentation proving services were provided before paying providers

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Questions 6

You always abide by the HIPAA privacy rule.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

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Questions 7

All of the following were a result of the Flexner Report in 1910 EXCEPT.

Options:

A.

Academic standards of medical schools became much more rigorous

B.

Many medical schools closed

C.

Homeopathic schools sanctioned homeopaths as " physicians "

D.

Only schools meeting the standards of LCME were able to award MD degrees

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Questions 8

This is for people 65 years or older with disabilities or people with End Stage Renal Disease.

Options:

A.

Medicare

B.

Medicaid

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Questions 9

HIPAA security and privacy regulations apply to:

Options:

A.

Attending physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.

B.

Health information managers, information systems staff, and other ancillary personnel only.

C.

Anyone working in the facility.

D.

Only staff that have direct patient contact.

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Questions 10

This type of hospital makes up 25% of hospitals in the United States and his a not for profit hospital.

Options:

A.

Government

B.

Proprietary

C.

Teaching

D.

Volunteer

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Questions 11

If a person has the ability to access facility of company systems or applications, they have a right to view any information contained in that system or application.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

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Questions 12

What is a Covered Entity? The term " Covered Entity " is defined in 160.103 of the regulation.

Options:

A.

The definition is complicate and long.

B.

The definition is referred to in the Secure Computing Act

C.

The definition is very detailed.

D.

The definition is deceptively simple and short

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Questions 13

Access to health care is measured by.

Options:

A.

The type of insurance a person has.

B.

The number of times a person uses health care services.

C.

The quality of health care services a person has.

D.

The number of physicians available to a person.

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Questions 14

Discovered the immunity to small pox.

Options:

A.

Edward Jenner

B.

Robert Koch

C.

Hippocrates

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Questions 15

What was the function of a pest house in the preindustrial period?

Options:

A.

To house people who had a contagious disease.

B.

To provide refuge to those who were threatened by pests.

C.

To eradicate pests.

D.

To treat contagious diseases.

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Questions 16

You receive a call from staff at a local hospital stating that they need information regarding a former client of yours who is scheduled for surgery. They fax you a release of information form which only authorizes the

release of medications but the person on the phone is asking for dates of treatment and diagnoses. How would you respond?

Options:

A.

Tell them everything they need to know because they are calling from a hospital

B.

Release information regarding medications only

C.

Refuse to release any information

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Questions 17

__________ is a license to operate.

Options:

A.

Licensure

B.

Regulation

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Questions 18

Which of the following actions will reduce risk to a laptop before traveling to a high risk area?

Options:

A.

Examine the device for physical tampering

B.

Implement more stringent baseline configurations

C.

Purge or re-image the hard disk drive

D.

Change access codes

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Questions 19

What mandates all privacy in hospital administration?

Options:

A.

HIPPA

B.

JCAH

C.

Medicare

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Questions 20

The HIPPA task force must first

Options:

A.

inventory the organization ' s systems, processes, policies, procedures and data to determine which elements are critical to patient care and central to the organization ' s business

B.

inventory the organization ' s systems, processes, policies, procedures and data to determine which elements are non critical to patient care and central to the organization ' s business

C.

inventory the organization ' s systems, processes, policies, procedures and data to determine which elements are critical to patient complaints and central to the organization ' s peripheral businesses

D.

modify the organization ' s systems, processes, policies, procedures and data to determine which elements are critical to patient care and central to the organization ' s business

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Questions 21

True or False? The government health coverage program for the elderly and certain people with disabilities is called Medicaid.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

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Questions 22

Why did physicians remain independent of corporate settings even after the medical profession became well recognized?

Options:

A.

Hospitals were unable to pay high enough salaries to physicians.

B.

Physicians disliked salary arrangements.

C.

Licensure laws had not yet been passed.

D.

Physicians who took up practice in a corporate setting were castigated by the medical profession.

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Questions 23

This hospital is owned by corporations and makes up 15% of hospitals in the United States.

Options:

A.

Government

B.

Volunteer

C.

Teaching

D.

Proprietary

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Questions 24

HIPPA gave the option to adopt other financial and administrative transactions standards, " consistent with the goals of improving the operation of health care system and reducing administrative costs " to

Options:

A.

ASCA prohibits HHS from paying Medicare claims that are not submitted electronically after October 16, 2003.

B.

ASCA prohibits HHS from paying Medicare claims that are not submitted on paper after October 16, 2003

C.

ASCA prohibits HHS from paying Medicare claims that are not submitted electronically after October 16, 2003, unless the Secretary grants a waiver from this requirement

D.

No

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Questions 25

Who is not affected by HIPPA?

Options:

A.

clearing houses

B.

banks

C.

universities

D.

billing agencies

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Questions 26

A risk assessment report recommends upgrading all perimeter firewalls to mitigate a particular finding. Which of the following BEST supports this recommendation?

Options:

A.

The inherent risk is greater than the residual risk.

B.

The Annualized Loss Expectancy (ALE) approaches zero.

C.

The expected loss from the risk exceeds mitigation costs.

D.

The infrastructure budget can easily cover the upgrade costs.

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Questions 27

Which is not an underlying assumption of a theoretical model of costs and health outcomes?

Options:

A.

The relevant outcome is the overall health of a population rather than of an individual.

B.

It is possible to quantify health at a population level.

C.

It is necessary to focus on health outcomes, those aspects of health status directly under the influence of health care.

D.

It is impossible to reduce cost without also reducing health outcomes.

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Questions 28

You work in the billing department of your agency and while processing claims, you notice the name of someone you know. Since you are curious, you decide to investigate and you pull their medical record and read it. Is this appropriate?

Options:

A.

Yes

B.

No

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Questions 29

What is a crednetial in Health Information Management?

Options:

A.

AAPC

B.

ACMCS

C.

AHIMA

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Questions 30

As a result of the Dispersed Model of health care used in the U.S., the hospital structure resembles a diamond, with.

Options:

A.

The bulk of the hospitals in the middle, providing a wide range of secondary and tertiary services.

B.

A small number of hospitals at the top, which lack specialized units.

C.

The bulk of the hospitals in the middle, which lack specialized units.

D.

A small number of hospitals at the base, which provide highly super specialized referral services.

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Questions 31

Is concised, accurate records of actions taken and decisions made during the meeting.

Options:

A.

Minutes

B.

Agenda

C.

Committees

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Questions 32

They examine cost of claims to determine whether it is a reasonable or necessary, according to diagnosis.

Options:

A.

Coders

B.

Billers

C.

Health Insurance Specialist

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Questions 33

Under Title II of The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the administrative simplification provision:

Options:

A.

Forbids individual health plans from denying coverage or imposing preexisting condition exclusions

B.

Creates opportunities for fraud and abuse within the health care system

C.

Requires the establishment of national standards for electronic health care transactions

D.

Protects health insurance coverage for workers and their families

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Questions 34

Which of the following is the BEST example of weak management commitment to the protection of security assets and resources?

Options:

A.

poor governance over security processes and procedures

B.

immature security controls and procedures

C.

variances against regulatory requirements

D.

unanticipated increases in security incidents and threats

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Questions 35

Would medical waste disposal be an example of contract services?

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

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Questions 36

Under HIPAA, what is the entity that processes healthcare claims and performs related functions for a health plan?

Options:

A.

Policy Advisory Group

B.

Third Party Administrator

C.

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

D.

Plan Sponsor

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Questions 37

An important principle of defense in depth is that achieving information security requires a balanced focus on which PRIMARY elements?

Options:

A.

Development, testing, and deployment

B.

Prevention, detection, and remediation

C.

People, technology, and operations

D.

Certification, accreditation, and monitoring

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Questions 38

Who founded the Pennsylvania Hospital?

Options:

A.

Edward Jenner

B.

Flemming

C.

Ben Franklin

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Questions 39

The criminal penalties for improperly disclosing patient health information can be as high as fines of $250,000 and prison sentences of up to 10 years.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

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Questions 40

Which of the BEST internationally recognized standard for evaluating security products and systems?

Options:

A.

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS)

B.

Common Criteria (CC)

C.

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

D.

Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX)

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Questions 41

Results of tests/procedures can be made available to the clients family if the client is unable to communicate well.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

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Questions 42

It is NOT important to read and understand your agency ' s Notice of Privacy Practices.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

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Questions 43

Which is NOT consistent with Personnel Clearance Procedures needed to comply with HIPAA Administrative Safeguards?

Options:

A.

Current database of what personnel has access to buildings, offices, filing cabinets, computers, and databases

B.

New employees, contractors, and unpaid staff have references checked

C.

Appropriate exit interviews for outgoing personnel

D.

Discretion given to who does and does not have access to secure office spaces or keys/door codes

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Questions 44

What grants a " deemed status " , has conditions of participation and makes sure hospitals meet certain requirements to get reimburse for medicare/medicaid?

Options:

A.

HIPPA

B.

JCAH

C.

Food and Drug Act

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Questions 45

What type of hospital is an Government Hospital?

Options:

A.

For Profit

B.

Not For Profit

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Questions 46

The adequacy of the health profession workforce (ie. supply and demand) can be determined by.

Options:

A.

Market demand of health professions

B.

Population need of health professions

C.

Neither A nor B are determinants

D.

Both A and B are determinants

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Questions 47

Under HIPAA Administrative Simplification, what must covered entities do in relation to submission of claims?

Options:

A.

Provide standardized format in electronic or paper form

B.

Request permission for use of specific privacy software

C.

Purchase and install approved privacy software

D.

Provide standardized electronic claim formatting

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Questions 48

Business Associates

Options:

A.

are entities that perform services that require the use of Protected Health Information on behalf of Covered Entities. One covered entity may be a business partner of another covered entity

B.

are entities that do not perform services that require the use of Protected Health Information on behalf of Covered Entities. One covered entity may be a business partner of another covered entity

C.

are entities that perform services that require the use of Encrypted Insurance Information on behalf of Covered Entities. One covered entity may be a business partner of another covered entity

D.

are entities that perform services that require the use of Protected Health Information on behalf of Covered Entities. One covered entity cannot be a business partner of another covered entity.

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Questions 49

He used a microscope to study organisms and also discovered bacteria.

Options:

A.

Koch

B.

Leeuwenhoek

C.

Flemming

D.

Aselli

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Questions 50

As of 2010, what is different with regard to business associates and HIPAA protections?

Options:

A.

Business associates now must notify clients directly of privacy breaches, as if they were a covered entity

B.

There are no significant changes in business associate practices

C.

Covered entities have increase responsibilities to ensure the practice of business associates

D.

Business associates are no longer required to notify clients directly of privacy breaches

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Questions 51

The single largest health profession in the United States are.

Options:

A.

Physician Assistants

B.

Pharmacists

C.

Physicians

D.

Registered nurses

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Questions 52

Who enforces HIPPA?

Options:

A.

The Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Confidentiality Services is responsible for enforcement of these rules

B.

The Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services is responsible for enforcement of these rules

C.

The Office of Health Workers Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services in responsible for enforcement of these rules

D.

The Department of Civil Rights of the Office of Health and Human Services is responsible for enforcement of these rules

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Questions 53

Avicenna was known for what?

Options:

A.

Penicillin

B.

Bacteria

C.

Cannon of Medicine

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Questions 54

Discovered lymphatic vessels and attributed cancer to lymph abnormalities.

Options:

A.

Flemming

B.

Lynch

C.

Koch

D.

Aselli

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Questions 55

Confidentiality protections cover not just a patient ' s health-related information, such as his or her diagnosis, but also other identifying information such as social security number and telephone numbers.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

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Questions 56

The HIPPA task force must inventory the organization ' s systems, processes, policies, procedures and data to determine which elements are critical to patient care and central to the organizations business. All must be inventoried and listed by

Options:

A.

by priority as well as encryption levels, authenticity, storage-devices, availability, reliability, access and use. The person responsible for criticality analysis must remain mission-focused and carefully document all the criteria used.

B.

by priority and cost as well as availability, reliability, access and use. The person responsible for criticality analysis must remain mission-focused and carefully document all the criteria used.

C.

by priority as well availability, reliability, access and use. The person responsible for criticality analysis must remain mission-focused but need not document all the criteria used.

D.

by priority as well as availability, reliability, access and use. The person responsible for criticality analysis must remain mission-focused and carefully document all the criteria used.

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Questions 57

Medicaid is primarily for people who meet the following eligibility requirement:

Options:

A.

Elderly

B.

Low-income

C.

Children

D.

Disabled

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Questions 58

Employers often advocate on behalf of their employees in benefit disputes and appeals, answer QUESTION NO:s with regard to the health plan, and generally help them navigate their health benefits. Is this type of assistance allowed under the regulation?

Options:

A.

The final rule does nothing to hinder or prohibit plan sponsors from advocating on behalf of group health plan participants or providing assistance in understanding their health plans.

B.

The final rule prohibits plan sponsors from advocating on behalf of group health plan participants or providing assistance in understanding their health plans

C.

The final rule does hinder but does not prohibit plan sponsors from advocating on behalf of group health plan participants or providing assistance in understanding their health plans

D.

The final rule does no advocating on behalf of group health plan participants or provide assistance in understanding their health plan.

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Questions 59

Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

Options:

A.

Staff should have access to and use only the minimum necessary to perform their duties

B.

Other laws and regulations never take precedence or preempt HIPAA

C.

PHI includes a long list of individually identifiable data

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Questions 60

Which of the following forces remains relatively stable, and major shifts in this area would be necessary to bring about any fundamental change in the US health care delivery system?

Options:

A.

Economic forces

B.

Political change

C.

Beliefs and values

D.

Social forces

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Questions 61

Reimbursement is associated with which of the quad functions?

Options:

A.

Payment

B.

Insurance

C.

Financing

D.

Delivery

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Questions 62

What administrative safeguard puts into place measures to assure that only authorized persons have access to electronic personal health information?

Options:

A.

Log-in monitoring

B.

Information management

C.

Workforce security

D.

Termination procedures

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Questions 63

The titles of CEO, CFO, CIO and COO can be found here.

Options:

A.

Board of Trustees

B.

Medical Staff

C.

Administration

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Questions 64

Private health insurance coverage has decreased over the past decades because of.

Options:

A.

The rising cost of health care.

B.

An increase in non-unionized jobs

C.

A shift from manufacturing jobs to service industry jobs

D.

All of the above

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Questions 65

Which one of these risk factors would be the LEAST important consideration in choosing a building site for a new computer facility?

Options:

A.

Vulnerability to crime

B.

Adjacent buildings and businesses

C.

Proximity to an airline flight path

D.

Vulnerability to natural disasters

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Questions 66

Health Information Rights although your health record is the physical property of the healthcare practitioner or facility that compiled it, the information belongs to you. You do not have the right to:

Options:

A.

obtain a paper copy of the notice of information practices upon request inspect and obtain a copy of your health record as provided for in 45 CFR 164.524

B.

request a restriction on certain uses and disclosures of your information outside the terms as provided by 45 CFR 164.522

C.

amend your health record as provided in 45 CFR 164.528 obtain an accounting of disclosures of your health information as provided in 45 CFR 164.528

D.

revoke your authorization to use or disclose health information except to the extent that action has already been taken

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Questions 67

Which racial/ethnic group is growing the fastest?

Options:

A.

White

B.

Black or African American

C.

Asian or Pacific Islander

D.

Hispanic

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Questions 68

Which racial/ethnic group has the highest rate of uninsurance?

Options:

A.

White

B.

Hispanic

C.

Asian or pacific islander

D.

Black or African American

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Questions 69

__________ Collects cancer Data.

Options:

A.

Health Information Manager

B.

Cancer Registrar

C.

Coder

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Questions 70

Do the same requirements apply to both medical records and mental health records?

Options:

A.

No, a client is not allowed to have access to any part of a mental health record, with or without psychotherapy notes

B.

Generally, including conditioning enrollment in a plan on the client granting authorization for disclosure of psychotherapy notes

C.

Yes, and client is entitled to all of the same information in both settings

D.

Generally, psychotherapy notes are not included in the provision that allows clients to see and copy their health information

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Questions 71

They make sure that patient charts are coded correctly for reimbursement.

Options:

A.

Health Information Managers

B.

Coders and reimbursement specialist

C.

Cancer Registrars

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Questions 72

Are employers required to submit enrollments by the standard transactions?

Options:

A.

Though Employers are not CEs and they have to send enrollment using HIPPA standard transactions. However, the employer health plan IS a CE and must be able to conduct applicable transactions using the HIPPA standards

B.

Employers are not CEs and do not have to send enrollment using HIPPA standard transactions. However, the employer health plan IS a CE and must be able to conduct applicable transactions using the HIPPA standards.

C.

Employers are CEs and have to send enrollment using HIPPA standard transactions. However, the employer health plan IS a CE and must be able to conduct applicable transactions using the HIPPA standards.

D.

Employers are CEs and do not have to send enrollment using HIPPA standard transactions. Further, the employer health plan IS also a CE and must be able to conduct applicable transactions using the HIPPA standards.

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Questions 73

Who monitors the purity of foods and safety of medicines?

Options:

A.

Joint Commission

B.

CMS

C.

Medicare

D.

FDA

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Questions 74

What time period was the polio vaccine licensed?

Options:

A.

Ancient

B.

Modern

C.

Medieval

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Questions 75

The role of the government in the U.S. healthcare system is:

Options:

A.

Regulator

B.

Major financer

C.

Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rate-setter

D.

All of the above

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Questions 76

A therapist ' s client requests an accounting of disclosures of their medical record. What should that therapist do?

Options:

A.

Pull the file with the accounting of disclosures for the client

B.

Explain that disclosures are allowed as long as the client ' s information is deidentified or the client consents

C.

Refer the client to the agency ' s Privacy Officer

D.

Review the client ' s releases of information with the client

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Questions 77

Community rating is able to redistribute funds from the healthy to the sick by.

Options:

A.

Providing benefits in excess of premiums to those who become ill.

B.

Setting premiums based on community experience, rather than that of subgroups.

C.

Charging the same premium for high-risk and low-risk populations.

D.

All of the above

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Questions 78

What kind of personally identifiable health information is protected by HIPAA privacy rule?

Options:

A.

Paper

B.

Electronic

C.

The spoken word

D.

All of the above

E.

None of the above

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Questions 79

Surgeons usually receive a single payment for the surgery and postoperative care. This bundling, or payment per episode, gives surgeons an economic incentive to.

Options:

A.

Limit both the number of surgeries they perform and the number of post operative visits they make.

B.

Increase both the number of surgeries and the number of post operative visits.

C.

Limit the number of surgeries and increase the number of post operative visits.

D.

Increase the number of surgeries and limit the number of post operative visits.

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Questions 80

What is the standard for accessing patient information?

Options:

A.

A need to know for the performance of your job.

B.

If a physician asks you the diagnosis of a patient.

C.

Just because you are curious.

D.

You are a relative of the patient.

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Questions 81

When responding to a client ' s request for information about the disclosure of his/her protected health information, which is NOT required?

Options:

A.

The purpose of the disclosure

B.

A description of what information was sent

C.

Disclosures for treatment, payment, or health care operations

D.

The dates of disclosure and to whom the information was sent

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Questions 82

When assessing an organization’s security policy according to standards established by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 27001 and 27002, when can management responsibilities be defined?

Options:

A.

Only when assets are clearly defined

B.

Only when standards are defined

C.

Only when controls are put in place

D.

Only procedures are defined

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Questions 83

Hospitals in the United States evolved from

Options:

A.

alms houses

B.

sick homes

C.

pest houses

D.

inns

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Questions 84

Under HIPAA, Regional Health Information Organizations and Personal Health Record Vendors are considered to be:

Options:

A.

Health care clearinghouses

B.

Business associates

C.

Covered entities

D.

Personal health care vendors

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Questions 85

Clients need to receive a copy of Notice of Privacy Practices.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

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Questions 86

______________- medicine believed gods and evil spirits caused disease.

Options:

A.

Ancient

B.

Prehistoric

C.

Modern

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Questions 87

A patient is admitted into the E.R with 3rd degree burns through out their body. The physician on staff sends them to a burn center. What type of care are they in?

Options:

A.

Primary

B.

Tertiary

C.

Secondary

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Questions 88

Who was the first to identity syphilis?

Options:

A.

Flemming

B.

Koch

C.

Fracastoro

D.

Bill

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Questions 89

A risk assessment report recommends upgrading all perimeter firewalls to mitigate a particular finding. Which of the following BEST supports this recommendation?

Options:

A.

The inherent risk is greater than the residual risk.

B.

The Annualized Loss Expectancy (ALE) approaches zero.

C.

The expected loss from the risk exceeds mitigation costs.

D.

The infrastructure budget can easily cover the upgrade costs.

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Questions 90

Which of the following trust services principles refers to the accessibility of information used by the systems, products, or services offered to a third-party provider’s customers?

Options:

A.

Security

B.

Privacy

C.

Access

D.

Availability

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Questions 91

Substance abuse regulations do not allow disclosure with a subpoena unless a court has issued an order following a show cause hearing.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

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Exam Code: HCISPP
Exam Name: HealthCare Information Security and Privacy Practitioner
Last Update: Apr 30, 2026
Questions: 305

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