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Comptia Healthcare It+ Technician

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An independent - non-regulatory - not-for-profit organization that provides accreditation and certification for healthcare organizations in the United States.






2. The automatic process for checking a prescription for medication against a patents's known allergies for possible drug-allergy reactions - and against current medications for possible adverse drug-drug interactions.






3. Devices that provide alternative input or output methods or additional data storage though a connection to the system unit via cable or a wireless connection.






4. A trauma center that can provide initial evaluation stabilization - and diagnosis of a trauma patient - but then the patient must be transferred to a Level I - II - or III facility for treatment and care. It is differentiated from a Level IV because






5. Time to Live - A value that determines how many hops an IP packet ca travel before being discarded.






6. Peer-to-peer - A network that has a broadcasting application architecture that distributes tasks between peer systems who have equal privileges - and in which resources sharing - processing - and communication controls are decentralized.






7. The condition of being actually or potentially subject to a legal obligation based on one's actions or omissions.






8. A high-speed serial bus developed by Apple and Texas Instruments that allows for the connection of up to 63 devices. Originally a trademarked term for IEEE 1394 - but is now used interchangeably.






9. A device that connects multiple network that use the same protocol.






10. Unwanted software loaded onto a system for the purposes of presenting commercial advertisements to the user.






11. A personal computer storage decide that stores data optically - rather than magnetically.






12. An IT role that is responsible for the maintenance of an organization's hardware systems. networks - and server systems.






13. The service that maps names to IP addresses on most TCP/IP networks - including the Internet.






14. Term used to communicate that a patient has gone into cardiac arrest - and immediate medical attention/ rapid response is needed to resuscitation the patient.






15. A healthcare record standard - similar to CCR but more robust as it was developed by both the HL7 and American Society for Testings and Materials.






16. Malicious code that masquerades as a harmless file. When a user executes it - thinking it is a harmless application - it destroys and corrupts data on the user's hard drive.






17. A server that isolates internal networks form the Internet by downloading and storing Internet files on behalf of internal clients.






18. A server that provides database services to other computers in a network.






19. A security designation that determines the clearance for an information zone within the EHR system.






20. A network device that modulates digital information onto an analog signal at one end - and demodulates the analog signal back to digital data - used for dial-up Internet connections.






21. A unique 10-digit - three segment numeric code assigned to each registered drug manufactured - processed - and distributed by registered drug manufacturers.






22. The intermediary between the medical biller at the healthcare organization and the paying insurance company who ensures that the claim has no errors before it is transmitted to the insurance company.






23. Medical services that can be proved to a patient without the need for the patient to be admitted to any type of healthcare facility.






24. A policy that defines how people and resources will be protected in a natural or man-made disaster and how the organization will recover from the disaster.






25. A wireless standard for home and business implementations that adds QoS features and multimedia support to 802.11a and 802.11b






26. A server that uses the File Transfer Protocol(FTP) to exchange files over an Internet connection.






27. A security protocol created by the IEEE task group to replace WEP.






28. A device used often to scan patient's driver licenses or insurance card to store withing the EMR/EHR system.






29. An area where all medical imaging procedures are conducted.






30. Using symbols to mark off a sidewalk or wall to indicate that there is an open wireless networking which may be offering Internet access.






31. A method of computing that relies on the Internet to provided the resources - software - data and media needs of a user - business - or organization.






32. Secure FTP - A secure version of FTP that uses SSH as an encryption method to transfer - access - and manage files.






33. An itemized form containing all the information needed to file a claim. including patient information and services rendered for a visit - that is compiled by the healthcare provider's medical biller and supplied to the insurance company as the source






34. An authentication protocol that enables systems to use hardware-based identifiers - such as fingerprint scanners or smart card readers - for authentication.






35. The official record that an organization would release if requested.






36. Treatment provided when a patient's medical condition reqires being admitted a healthcare facility for anywhere from an overnight stay to a long-term sstay - due to the fact that the patient's condition must be closely monitored.






37. Classification for a drug or substance that has a high potential for abuse; currently has no accepted medical use in treatment in the United States; and has a lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision.






38. A residential facility for terminally ill patients who have reached the end stages of their condition. Hospice care is designed to provide comfort and care for patients and support for the patient's family during end-of-life.






39. Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment - A personal computer connection that provides a parallel data channel from a disk controllers to the disk driver.






40. A server that displays web pages to clients.






41. A systematic way of approving and executing changing in order to assure maximum security - stability and availability of information technology services.






42. Unauthorized software introduced on multiple computers to manipulate the computers into mounting a DDoS attack. also called a zombie.






43. A trauma center that can provide initial evaluation stabilization - and diagnosis of a trauma patient - but then the patient must be transferred to a Level I - II - or III facility for treatment and care. It is required to provide services 24 hours a






44. A LAN implementation in which nodes use a wireless network card to connect to other stations.






45. The section of HIPAA that establishes a rule set to govern the use and disclosure of PHI by covered entities. The goal of the Privacy Rule is to protect a person's health information while allowing adequate transfer of information to promote efficien






46. A type of communication service which involves a private dialogue between two persons via instant-text-based messages over the internet.






47. A VPN protocol that is an extension of the PPP remote access protocol.






48. A personal computer storage device that stores data in non-volatile special memory instead of on disks or tape.






49. The federal agency that oversees the regulation of food safety - tobacco products - prescription and over-the-counter medication - dietary supplements - vaccines - medical devices - sanitation requirements - and other related public health products a






50. The fundamental security goal of ensuring that systems operate continuously and that authorized persons can access data that they need.