CDS CDS Data Lifecycle Management

Question 1

Which stage of the data lifecycle involves formally retiring data from active use while preserving it for potential future reference?

Accepted Answer

Data archiving

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Data creation

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Data transformation

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Data ingestion

Question 2

A US healthcare organization must retain patient records for a minimum of how many years under HIPAA guidelines?

Accepted Answer

6 years

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3 years

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5 years

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10 years

Question 3

What is the primary purpose of a data retention schedule in a data lifecycle management program?

Accepted Answer

To define how long each data category must be kept and when it should be destroyed

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To speed up database query performance

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To document data lineage across systems

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To assign ownership of data assets

Question 4

Which disposal method is considered most appropriate for destroying sensitive data stored on magnetic hard drives?

Accepted Answer

Degaussing or physical destruction

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Overwriting with zeros once

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Formatting the drive

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Deleting files through the OS

Question 5

In data lifecycle management, what does 'data provenance' refer to?

Accepted Answer

The documented history of data's origin, movement, and transformations

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The geographic location where data is stored

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The legal jurisdiction governing the data

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The encryption standard applied to the data

Question 6

Which activity is part of the 'data creation' stage in a typical data lifecycle model?

Accepted Answer

Validating data at point of entry against defined standards

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Purging obsolete records

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Migrating data to cold storage

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Generating reports from historical archives