Epic Skills Assessment Verbal Reasoning Questions and Answers 3

Question 1

PROLIFERATE most nearly means ____.

Accepted Answer

Grow or spread rapidly

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Decrease rapidly

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Remain stable

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Simplify

Question 2

METICULOUS most nearly means ____.

Accepted Answer

Showing great attention to detail

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Careless and hasty

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Broadly generalized

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Overly cautious to the point of inaction

Question 3

Sentence completion: 'The new EHR implementation required _____ planning to avoid disrupting patient care during the transition.'

Accepted Answer

meticulous

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reckless

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negligible

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arbitrary

Question 4

Argument evaluation: 'All system outages last less than 1 hour. Last Tuesday's outage lasted 47 minutes. Therefore, last Tuesday's outage was a system outage.' Is this argument valid?

Accepted Answer

No — the argument confuses necessary and sufficient conditions

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Yes — the conclusion follows logically

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Yes — 47 minutes is less than 1 hour

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No — system outages don't have defined durations

Question 5

Which sentence uses parallel structure correctly?

Accepted Answer

The analyst must configure, test, and document the system.

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The analyst must configure, testing, and to document the system.

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The analyst must be configuring, test, and to document.

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The analyst must configure the system, testing it, and documents it.

Question 6

Reading comprehension: 'While Epic's Clarity database supports complex SQL reporting, its Chronicles operational database uses a proprietary data model optimized for transaction speed rather than query flexibility.' What is the key trade-off described?

Accepted Answer

Chronicles sacrifices query flexibility for transaction speed; Clarity is optimized for reporting

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Clarity is faster than Chronicles for transactions

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Both databases are identical in function

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SQL cannot be used with Epic databases