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  1. A project manager uses a Gantt chart during an EHR implementation. This tool primarily shows:

    Answer: Task schedules, durations, and dependencies over time

    A Gantt chart is a bar chart that displays project tasks along a timeline, showing start/end dates and task dependencies.

  2. In healthcare information systems, 'throughput' refers to:

    Answer: The volume of transactions or data a system can process in a given time period

    Throughput measures how many transactions, messages, or operations a system can handle per unit of time.

  3. Which type of system test verifies that new or modified software functions correctly after updates without breaking existing functionality?

    Answer: Regression testing

    Regression testing re-runs previously passing tests after changes to confirm that existing features still work correctly.

  4. A clinical information system automatically flags a lab result that falls outside the reference range and notifies the ordering physician. This is an example of:

    Answer: Clinical decision support with alerting

    Clinical decision support systems generate alerts when clinical data (like lab results) triggers defined rule thresholds.

  5. Which technical standard defines the format for transmitting medical images between imaging devices and PACS systems?

    Answer: DICOM

    DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) is the international standard for medical image formatting and transmission.

  6. A hospital's disaster recovery plan includes a secondary data center that can assume operations within four hours of a primary site failure. The four-hour target is the system's:

    Answer: Recovery Time Objective (RTO)

    Recovery Time Objective (RTO) defines the maximum acceptable duration to restore a system to operation after a disruption.

  7. In evaluating a new health information system, the measure that compares total expected costs against total expected benefits over a defined period is called a:

    Answer: Cost-benefit analysis

    A cost-benefit analysis quantifies and compares the total costs and anticipated benefits of a system investment to determine financial viability.