EDI Standards and Protocols 4

Question 1

What is a 'segment terminator' in X12 EDI?

Accepted Answer

A character that marks the end of each segment

Answer

The last ISA segment in a file

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The GE segment closing a functional group

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An error code indicating a missing segment

Question 2

What does the X12 810 transaction set represent?

Accepted Answer

Invoice

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Purchase Order

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Remittance Advice

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Inventory Inquiry

Question 3

In EDI, what is a 'trading partner agreement' (TPA)?

Accepted Answer

A contract defining EDI transaction rules between two parties

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A government mandate for EDI compliance

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A software license for EDI translation software

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A standard specifying international data formats

Question 4

Which healthcare EDI transaction set is used for eligibility verification?

Accepted Answer

270/271

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276/277

Answer

837

Answer

835

Question 5

What is the role of the ST segment in X12 EDI?

Accepted Answer

Transaction Set Header

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Sender/Trading partner identifier

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Segment Type delimiter

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Syntax Test marker

Question 6

In the context of EDI, what is a 'map' or 'mapping'?

Accepted Answer

The translation rules between EDI format and internal application data

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A geographic route for EDI data packets

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A directory of all registered trading partners

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A visual diagram of segment hierarchy

Question 7

Which communication protocol is commonly used to transmit EDI files securely over the internet?

Accepted Answer

AS2 (Applicability Statement 2)

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FTP over Telnet

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SMTP without TLS

Answer

X.400 messaging