Epic Skills Assessment Epic Skills Assessment: Verbal Reasoning 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A clinical note says: 'Patient denies chest pain but reports occasional shortness of breath during exertion.' What can be directly inferred?
- The patient has cardiac disease.
- The patient experiences exertional dyspnea. (Correct answer)
- Chest pain and shortness of breath always occur together.
- The patient's condition is not serious.
Correct answer: The patient experiences exertional dyspnea.
'Shortness of breath during exertion' is a direct restatement of what the patient reported, making exertional dyspnea the supported inference.
Question 2: Identify the logical flaw: 'Every time we updated Epic, user complaints increased. Therefore, Epic updates cause user complaints.'
- Circular reasoning
- False dichotomy
- Post hoc ergo propter hoc (Correct answer)
- Hasty generalization
Correct answer: Post hoc ergo propter hoc
Assuming that because B follows A, A caused B is the post hoc fallacy — correlation does not establish causation.
Question 3: Which word is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to 'ambiguous'?
- Vague
- Unclear
- Explicit (Correct answer)
- Uncertain
Correct answer: Explicit
'Ambiguous' means open to more than one interpretation; 'explicit' means clear and precise, making it the antonym.
Question 4: A workflow guide states: 'Complete steps A, B, and C before submitting the order, unless a physician override is documented.' If an override is documented, which steps are required?
- All three steps must still be completed.
- None of the steps are required. (Correct answer)
- The guide does not say, so all steps should be done.
- Steps A and B only.
Correct answer: None of the steps are required.
The 'unless' clause indicates that a documented physician override removes the requirement to complete steps A, B, and C.
Question 5: Choose the best word to complete the sentence: 'The administrator's ___ explanation helped staff understand the new billing module quickly.'
- Ambiguous
- Lucid (Correct answer)
- Verbose
- Convoluted
Correct answer: Lucid
'Lucid' means clear and easy to understand, which is consistent with helping staff grasp the material quickly.
Question 6: ERRONEOUS : CORRECT :: SUPERFLUOUS : ___
- Excessive
- Necessary (Correct answer)
- Redundant
- Additional
Correct answer: Necessary
'Erroneous' is the opposite of 'correct'; 'superfluous' (unnecessary/excessive) is the opposite of 'necessary.'
Question 7: A supervisor writes: 'Staff who miss two consecutive check-ins without prior notice will be placed on a performance improvement plan.' An employee misses one check-in without notice. What is the correct interpretation?
- The employee is immediately placed on a performance plan.
- No action is triggered because the threshold is two consecutive misses. (Correct answer)
- The employee must notify the supervisor retroactively.
- The policy does not apply because the absence was unintentional.
Correct answer: No action is triggered because the threshold is two consecutive misses.
The policy requires two consecutive unnoticed absences; one miss does not meet the stated threshold.
Epic Skills Assessment Epic Skills Assessment: Verbal Reasoning 3
A clinical note says: 'Patient denies chest pain but reports occasional shortness of breath during exertion.' What can be directly inferred?