Epic Skills Assessment Cheat Sheet 2026

The 30 highest-yield Epic Skills Assessment facts, distilled from real exam questions. Print it, save it as a PDF, or study it here — free, no sign-up.

1. A patient's fluid intake over 8 hours was: 250 mL, 180 mL, 310 mL, 200 mL, 160 mL, 220 mL, 190 mL, 240 mL. What is the total intake? → 1,750 mL
2. A fictional language defines 'REDUCE(arr, op, init)' which folds an array with an operator. What is REDUCE([2,3,4], *, 1)? → 24
3. Which Epic tool allows schedulers to view all open appointment slots across multiple providers in one view? → Appointment Desk
4. What is the time complexity of binary search on a sorted array of n elements? → O(log n)
5. In FictoScript, the `fold` function applied to a list processes it by: → Accumulating a single value by applying a binary function from left to right
6. Which version control concept involves creating an independent copy of a codebase to work on a feature without affecting the main code? → Branch
7. An Epic analytics report displays a heat map of patient falls by day of week and shift. The darkest cell is Wednesday/Night shift. What does this mean? → Wednesday Night shift has the highest fall frequency
8. If a patient's temperature was 98.6°F on Monday and rose by 3.4°F by Wednesday, what was the temperature on Wednesday? → 102.0°F
9. If 3 out of every 20 patients in a clinic are readmitted within 30 days, what is the readmission rate as a percentage? → 15%
10. Which Epic feature allows patients to view portions of their medical record and communicate with their care team online? → MyChart
11. What Epic function allows billing staff to resubmit a denied claim with corrections? → Void and Resubmit
12. Which Epic tool is designed to help ensure that patient data entered at registration matches the information on the patient's insurance card? → Real-Time Eligibility (RTE) verification
13. Which sentence contains an error in word usage? → The report had an adverse affect on team morale.
14. In an Epic flowsheet, a trend graph shows a patient's blood pressure readings as: 142/90, 138/88, 135/85, 130/82. What trend is most accurately described? → Both systolic and diastolic are decreasing
15. An algorithm doubles its run time for every additional input element. What is its time complexity? → O(2ⁿ)
16. Working memory test: Remember this sequence: 7, 3, 8, 1, 5. If asked to recall the third number, what is it? → 8
17. When a patient checks in for their appointment, which Epic status change occurs? → Scheduled → Arrived
18. Which Epic tool is used to see all pending orders, results, and tasks for a patient in one consolidated view? → Storyboard
19. EPHEMERAL most nearly means ____. → Lasting only a short time
20. A number grid row reads: 6, 12, 18, 24. The row below reads: 7, 14, 21, ___. What fills the blank? → 28
21. Which of the following is the MOST effective way to protect ePHI transmitted over a public network? → Encrypting the data before transmission
22. A repeating tile pattern uses a 2×2 block: [■□/□■]. After tiling a 4×4 grid, how many ■ tiles appear? → 8
23. Which number best completes the matrix? 4, 9, 16 / 25, 36, 49 / 64, 81, ___ → 100
24. A third-party vendor needs access to a hospital's Epic environment to perform system maintenance. What must be in place before this access is granted? → A signed Business Associate Agreement (BAA)
25. Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence: 'The treatment plan was _____ revised after the patient's condition worsened.' → Subsequently
26. A pattern of dots: 1, 4, 9, 16, ___. What comes next? → 25
27. In Epic, 'Order Acknowledgment' refers to the provider action of: → Confirming that they have reviewed a resulted order or critical value
28. In Epic revenue cycle, what is the function of the 'Guarantor' record? → It identifies the person financially responsible for the account
29. When should a provider use the 'Addendum' function rather than editing an existing note in Epic? → After the note has been signed and additional information needs to be documented
30. A medication dose is 0.5 mg/kg. A patient weighs 70 kg. What is the total dose? → 35 mg