1. The process of finding b.

Retrovirus
errors/defects/bugs in the software program c. Trojan
is called? d. Ghost virus
a. Debugging 7. Which utility software or program is used
b. Interpreting to reduce the size of files to increase the
c. Compiling amount of disk space in the computer
d. Testing system?
a. Disk cleanup
b. File compression
2. Which of the following is not a kind of c. Disk fragmentation
system software? d. Troubleshooting program
a. BIOS software
b. Unix, Linux
c. Microsoft Windows, and Mac OS 8. What tells the computer how to perform
d. Microsoft Word the functions of loading, storing and
executing an application
program and how to transfer data?
3. Which application software is used to A. Operating system
perform calculations on rows and columns B. Booting system
of data? C. Application system
D. None of the above
a. Word processing
b. Presentation graphics
c. Database
d. Spreadsheet 9. What is used to create, edit, format, and
print documents?
A. Application software
4. Which of the following are examples of B. Graphic user interface
presentation graphics software? C. Electronic Spreadsheet software
D. Word Processing software
a. Microsoft PowerPoint
b. Apple Keynote
c. Corel Presentations and Adobe 10. Which of the following parts of a
Persuasion processor contains the hardware necessary
d. All of above to perform all the operations required by a
computer?
a) Controller
5.. Which utility software is used to protect b) Registers
the computer system from hackers? c) Cache
d) Data path
a. Antivirus
b. Firewall
11. Which of the following components is
c. AUP
essential for a machine to be a computer?
d. Backup wizard
6. A computer virus that attacks an antivirus a. Operating system
program to prevent detection of the virus in b. Central processing unit
the computer system is c. Video card
d. Monitor
a. Worm
12. Which of the following are the four essential VII. Problem with maintenance
functions of the CPU?
a. I, II, III, IV, V
a. Input/Output, Word Processing, b. I, II, IV, V
Arithmetic, Fetch c. I, II, III, IV
b. Arithmetic, Store, Input/Output, d. I, II, III, V
Execute
c. Store, Decode, Fetch, Execute 17. Which of the following are the
d. Fetch, Decode, Calculate, Store disadvantages of using a manual health
system? (Select all that apply).
13. Which of the following parts are
considered part of the computer’s basic I. Easy to implement
architecture? (Select all that apply.) II. Low cost
III. Data profiling can be processes
a. Motherboard easily
b. Printer IV. Readiness of Data
c. Central processing unit V. Needs lot of paper
d. Read-only memory (ROM) VI. Data is not converted easily to
information
14. Which of the following parts of the VII. Problem with maintenance
hardware is most likely to speed up the VIII. Volume of data becomes a problem
operation of the computer? (storage problem).

a. The type of plastic used to construct a. I, II, III, IV, V

the motherboard b. I, II, IV, V
b. The hard drive c. I, II, III, IV
c. ROM chips d. V, VI,VII, VIII
d. Cache
18. Which of the following is the correct
15. What do you call an information space definition of Health Informatics? Select all
where documents and other web resources that apply.
are identified by Uniform Resource Locators
(URLs), interlinked by hypertext links, and I. The integration of information
accessible via the internet. science, health science, computer
a. World Wide Web science and cognitive science.
b. Search Engine Operation II. The derivative of the holistic
c. Specialized search tools objective of the medical practitioners
d. Health related search tools such as the nurse, healthcare
providers, physicians, healthcare
16. Which of the following are the staff.
advantages of using a manual health III. This can also be regarded as the
system? (Select all that apply). derivative of the business healthcare
application.
I. Easy to implement IV. Under health care informatics,
II. Low cost specialties divide into smaller
III. Data profiling can be processes subgroups: medical informatics,
easily health informatics, dental
IV. Readiness of Data informatics, and nursing informatics.
V. Needs lot of paper V. The existing healthcare system of
VI. Data is not converted easily to the hospitals, clinics, laboratories
information
 and pharmacies should address the
standard delivery of health care. 22. What do you call a search tool
VI. Simply duplicates the performance sometimes called a Web page, you scan it
of a manual system with lower and follow within the sites.
maintenance cost.
a. Search Engines
a. I, II, III, IV b. The Invisible Web
b. I, II, V, VI c. Health Related Search Tools
c. III, IV, V, VI d. Specialized Search Tools
d. All of the above
23. It is called a group of computers and
19. Which of the following are the devices on a network that are administered
advantages of manual processing of data under the same protocol.
and information EXCEPT:
a. HTML
a. Cannot be easily corrupted (with b. Site Map
proper data storage) c. Domain
b. Easy to prepare d. Search Engine
c. Data profiling can be processed
easily 24. Which of the following terms is best
d. Problem with maintenance. described as a location connected to the
Internet that maintains one or more pages
on the World Wide Web.
20. What are the key benefits of computer
based health information systems? a. Website
b. Browser
a. It provides functions not possible c. World Wide Web
with a manual system such as d. Link
statistical information systems.
b. It provides duplication on the 25. What do you call a type of search tool
performance of a manual system where only a portion of the offerings on the
with higher maintenance cost. Web are available using a search tool.
c. It provides transformation of data Some pages and links cannot be located by
into limited information only. search engines, and some are excluded by
d. It provides additional validation of the policy of the specific search tool.
the resources.
a. The Invisible Web
21. It is a specialty in nursing that integrates b. Search Engines
nursing science, computer science and c. World sWide Web
information science to manage and d. Specialized search tools
communicate data, information and
knowledge. 26. What year has the EHR been invented?

a. Health care management system a. 1962

b. Nursing information system b. 1980’s
c. Hospital data management system c. 1972
d. Patient profiting system d. 1991

27. When did the First Electronic Medical

record system develop?
 a. 1980’s
b. 1991 32. What do you call a device that replaced
c. 1972 the function of PDAs? Healthcare
d. 1990’s professionals can access information
quickly and communicate with?
28. The year in which the introduction of
HIPPA ( Health Insurance Portability and a. Bracelet
Accountability Act) happened. b. Mobile phones
c. PDAs
a. 2004 d. Computer
b. 1996
c. 1998 33. What do you call "computer-based
d. 1980’s technology that facilitates the sharing of
ideas, thoughts, and information through the
29. What is the vision of the healthcare building of virtual networks and
information system by year 2026 that needs communities.
to be addressed so medical professionals
will achieve efficient, effective and fast a. Twitter
workflow in the clinical practice. b. Text Messaging
c. Social media
a. A combination of consumer d. Social Networking
wearables connects to a patient
smartphone to alert for early signs of 34. What internet application that refers to
illness messages distributed by electronic means
b. Autonomous dictation automatically from one computer user to one or more
updates the EHR with concise notes recipients via a network.
c. The revised including provision for
patients control over their data. a. Emails
d. All of the above. b. Text Messaging
c. Social media
30. What does HIPPA STAND FOR ? d. Social Networking

a. Health Insurance Portability and 35. Which application that refers to this is
Accountability Act the live exchange and mass articulation of
b. Healthcare Insurance Portability and information among several persons from a
Accountability Act remote or distant location.
c. A and b
d. None of the above a. Teleconference
b. Web conference
31. What are the benefits of the EHR? c. Emails
Select all the applications. d. Social Media

I. Improve quality of care 36. Which of the following statements is true

II. More efficient Care about portable or laptop computers?
III. More convenient care a. Portable or laptop computers are
IV. Data is kept within the organization unnecessary at the bedside.
b. Portable or laptop computers can be
a. I, II, III connected to networks or peripheral
b. I, II devices through the use of a
c. I, III, IV Personal Computer Memory Card
d. None of the above
 International Association (PCMCIA) Which feature would be most important
card. when using the PDA?
c. Portable or laptop computers have a. Compatibility with the
been replaced by smaller handheld agency's system
devices. b. Password encryption
d. Portable or laptop computers do not c. Wireless accessibility
have enough memory to effectively d. Availability
store clinical data.
37. A set of instructions that communicates 42. Which of the following is the most
with the computer and tells it what to do is serious concern
called which of the following? about nursing’s use of computers in
a. Software hospitals?
b. Manual
c. Hardware a. . Nurses not knowing how to use the
d. Input devices system for
charting
38. The primary disadvantage to b. Inadvertent violation of patient
client/server technology is which of the confidentiality
following? c. Loss of all data on a patient’s record
a. Cost d. A nurse making a mistake and
b. Vulnerability crashing the whole
c. Computer education computer system
d. Staff resistance to change
43. Which of the following items of software
39. A nurse is using a mobile device and control the key processes of the computer?
stores his calendar, contacts, and notes.
The nurse understands that this information a. Operating System
is stored at which location? b. BIOS System
a. ROM c. Input-Output Controller Software
b. RAM d. System Backup Software
c. Flash memory
d. Pocket PC 44. Angela is an informatics nurse who
designs Web
40. A nurse-manager is preparing a pages for the nursing department of the
presentation for the organization about the hospital
need for nurses to use handheld devices. where she works. Which of the following
Which potential benefits would a languages
nurse-manager use to promote the use of will give her the most flexibility in designing
portable handheld devices in the clinical and
area? Select all that apply. implementing complex Web pages?
a. Improved time management
b. Fewer client errors a. FORTRAN
c. Ability to be technologically b. COBOL
up to date c. MUMPS
d. Increased confidence in d. Java
clinical skills
e. Change in client perception 45. What is the key factor that defines a
of the nurse system?

41. A nurse is using a PDA when caring for a. Complexity

a client. The PDA contains clinical data.
 b. Multiple, interdependent
components
c. Multiple distinct parts
d. Machine processes
46. This is also known as the “ brain of the
computer system.
b. Printer
c. Central processing unit
d. Read-only memory (ROM)
51. Which of the following is the most
serious concern about nursing’s use of
computers in hospitals?

a. CPU a. Nurses not knowing how to use the

b. Motherboard system for charting
c. RAM b. Inadvertent violation of patient
d. ROM confidentiality
c. Loss of all data on a patient’s record
47. Which of the following term refers to d. A nurse making a mistake and
Random access memory is a type of volatile crashing the whole
memory chip on the motherboard used for computer system
temporary storage of data and commands
needed by the CPU and other processors to 52. What are the 4 main functions of a
do their work. Information in RAM computer? Select all that apply.
disappears when the computer is turned off.
I. Accepts data
a. CPU II. Processes data
b. Motherboard III. Produces data
c. RAM IV. Stores results
d. ROM V. Display output
VI. Allow users to interact with
48. Which of the following medical
departments has been MOST changed by a. I, III, IV, VI
computerization? b. I, II, III, IV, VI
c. I, II, III, IV
a. Radiology d. All of the following
b. Internal Medicine
c. Dermatology 53. What do you call a small port of the
d. Gastroenterology computer that you can attach the drives to.

49. Which of the following is NOT an a. USB

essential b. Mouse
component of an International Network c. Keyboard
system? d. Monitor

a. Network adapter card 54. Which of the following refers to the main
b. Cabling circuit board of your computer and is also
c. Satellites known as the mainboard or logic board.
d. Dual monitor screens

50. Which of the following parts are a. Motherboard

considered part b. Chip
of the computer’s basic architecture? c. CPU
(Select all that apply.) d. Keyboard

a. Motherboard
55. Which of the following refers to a d. None of the above
machine that lets you put documents and
such on paper or generate output on paper? 61. Allows the user to add, subtract, and
perform user defined calculations on rows
a. Monitors and columns of numbers.
b. Speaker
c. Printer a. Application software
d. Storage b. Graphic user interface
c. Electronic Spreadsheet software
56. When you save information directly to d. Word Processing software
your computer you are saving to which of
the following? 62. What do you call the the practice of
acquiring, studying and managing health
a. CD Drive data and applying medical concepts in
b. Hard Drive conjunction with health information
c. DVD Drive technology systems to help clinicians
d. CPU provide better healthcare.

57. Which of these computer components a. Informatics

are considered input devices? b. Health Informatics
c. Nursing Informatics
a. Keyboard d. Information technology
b. Printer
c. Mouse 63. Which of the following terms refers to
d. Monitor computer science, information science, and
nursing science combined to assist in the
58. Which of the following parts of the management and processing of nursing
computer enables the user to hear the data, information and knowledge to support
results of sound processing? the practice of nursing and the delivery of
nursing care.
a. Monitors
b. Speaker a. Informatics
c. Printer b. Health Informatics
d. Storage c. Nursing Informatics
d. Information technology
59. Which of the following is the computer’s
main circuit board? 64. A science that combines domain
science, computer science, information
a. Keyboard science and cognitive science.
b. CPU
c. Chip a. Informatics
d. Motherboard b. Health Informatics
c. Nursing Informatics
60. A collective term in information d. Information technology
technology used to describe the function or
the contribution of the sets of commands, 65. Which of the following computer
procedures in a computer system. systems that nurses use. Select all that
apply.
a. Hardware
b. Malware
c. Software I. Management information system
 II. Hospital information system c. The Informatics Nurse Specialist
III. Nursing education (INS)
IV. Distance learning d. None of the above

a. I and II 68. Which core competency refers to

b. I, III, IV
c. I, II, III, IV
d. I and IV
Rationale: Management Information System
– This is a designated department that
facilitates the organization and application
of data used to manage an organization or
department. Hospital Information System –
It is system catered to the types of data
needed to manage client care activities and
health care organizations.
advanced informatics preparation at the
graduate level and assists the practicing
nurse in meeting his needs for information.
Has advanced informatics preparation and
possesses skills for conducting informatics
research along with theory development.
a. Entry Level Nurse
b. Experienced Nurse
c. The Informatics Nurse Specialist
(INS)
d. None of the above

66. What are the purpose of nursing 69. Which core competency is skilled in
Informatics? Select all that apply. information management and computer
technology to sustain their specific area of
I. For Nursing Education practice includes making judgments based
II. Computer- Assisted Learning on trends of data in addition to collaboration
III. Distance Learning with the informatics nurses in the
IV. Documentation of Client Status and development of systems.
medical records
V. Management Information system a. Entry Level Nurse
VI. Nursing education b. Experienced Nurse
c. The Informatics Nurse Specialist
a. I, II, III, IV (INS)
b. I, II, IV, V d. None of the above
c. I, II, III, IV
d. All of the above 70. What period where nursing practices
and services were expanding its scope and
Rationale. The purpose of Nursing complexity and the number of nurses were
Informatics are the ff. For Nursing increasing.
Education, Computer- Assisted Learning,
Distance Learning, Documentation of Client a. 1960’s
Status and medical records b. 1980’s
c. 19990’s
d. 1970’s
67. Which core competencies that refers to
a nurse know how to use specific software 71. What era where the field of Nursing
such as computerized documentation; use informatics emerged in the healthcare
of patient care technology and information industry and nursing and it became an
management for patient safety. accepted specialty and many nursing
experts entered the field.
a. Entry Level Nurse
b. Experienced Nurse a. 1960’s
b. 1980’s
 c. 19990’s
d. 1970’s a. I, V, VI, VIII
b. I, II, IV, VII
72. What year where computer technology c. I, II, III, IV
became an integral part of health care d. None of the above
settings, nursing practice, and the nursing
profession. Rationale.
The advantages of Nursing Informatics are
a. 1960’s Improved access to information, Error
b. 1980’s reduction and improved communications,
c. 19990’s Decreased redundancy of data entry,
d. 1970’s Convenience

73. Which of the following year where CIS 76. Which of the following is not a
became more individualized in the EPR component of healthcare informatics?
(Electronic Patient Record) and HER a. Computer science
(Electronic Health Record).
b. Healthcare science
a. 1960’s c. Cognitive science
b. 1980’s
c. 19990’s d. Radiologic science
d. 2000’s
Rationale: Radiologic Science is not a
74. Who translated the word “informatics”? component of healthcare informatics.
He combined the terms “information” and Healthcare Informatics is defined as “the
“automation” which means automatic integration of healthcare sciences, computer
information processing. science, information science, and cognitive
science to assist in the management of
a. Mark Bayer healthcare information”.
b. Steve Jobs
c. Walter Bauer
d. Albert Einstein 77. Which of the following models where
nursing informatics as the linear progression
Rationale: Walter Bauer is a distinguished and management processing is integrated
research digital computer engineer and within each element, depicting nursing
founder of Informatics General Corporation. informatics as the proper management of
knowledge – from data as it is converted
75. What are the advantages of Nursing into information and knowledge.
Informatics? Select all that apply.
a. Graves and Corcoran Model
I. Improved access to information b. Schwirian Model
II. Error reduction and improved c. Turley;s Model
communications d. None of the above
III. Decreased redundancy of data entry
IV. Convenience Rationale: Graves and Corcoran Model - its
V. Decrease communication and a linear progression from data to information
socialization between nurse and and knowledge.
patient
VI. Increased costs to startup, maintain, 78. Who proposes a model which intends to
train, and upgrade stimulate and guide systematic research in
VII. Computer literacy required nursing informatics in 1986
Model/framework that enables identification 83. When you save information directly to
of significant information needs, that can your computer you are saving to which of
foster research (somewhat similar to the following?
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs).
a. CD Drive
a. Abraham Maslow b. Hard Drive
b. Carl Jung c. DVD Drive
c. Patricia Schwerin d. CPU
d. Patricia Benner
84. Which of the following refers to a
79. Which of the following refers to the machine that lets you put documents and
computer’s processing circuitry, also known such on paper or generate output on paper?
as microprocessor?
a. Monitors
a. Keyboard b. Speaker
b. CPU c. Printer
c. Chip d. Storage
d. Motherboard
85. What is the difference between a worm
80. Displays the computer's user interface and a virus?
and open programs, allowing the user to
interact with the computer, typically using a. A worm is self-replicating but a virus
the keyboard and mouse. isn't self-replicating
a. Monitors b. A virus is self-replicating but a worm
isn't self-replicating
b. Speaker c. A virus runs in response to an event
c. Printer such as a date, but a worm runs on
its own schedule
d. Storage d. A worm runs in response to an event
such as a date, but a virus runs on
81. Which of these computer components its own schedule.
are considered input devices?
Rationale: A worm is self-replicating.
a. Keyboard Viruses are not self-replicating but require
b. Printer user interaction to run. A logic bomb runs in
c. Mouse response to an event such as a date, but
d. Monitor worms and viruses do not run in response
to events.
82. What software program applications tell
the computer how to perform the functions
of loading, storing and executing an 86. What do you call a process that
application program and how to transfer transfers files from a remote computer to
data. your PC.

a. Operating system a. Download

b. Booting system b. Upload
c. Application system c. Installing software
d. None of the above d. Uninstall software

87. A form of legal protection that grants the

author of an original work and exclusive
right to copy, distribute, sell, and modify that c. Double clicking on a line will set a
work, except under special circumstances. tab stop
d. Double clicking selects the complete
a. License word
b. Copyright
c. Ownership Rationale: Display the Windows
d. Author Search/Find feature

89. The process of setting up software to

work with the computer, printer and other 94. What is untrue about the boot sector
hardware components. virus?

a. Download a. it infects other programs when the

b. Upload infected program is run or executed
c. Installing software b. It infects the section of a disk that is
d. Uninstalling software first read by the computer
c. It infects the boot or master section
90. What key is often used to access of any disks that comes in contact
commands? with it
d. All is true
a. Control key (CTRL)
b. Alternative Key 95. This refers to the following components:
c. Shift Key basic input and output system, operating
d. Enter system, machine servers, utility programs
and windows.
91. What shortcut key combination would
you use if you want to minimize all a. System software
windows? b. Programming software
c. Application software
a. Win Key + M d. Computer Software
b. Win Key + Tab
c. Win Key + Shift + M 96. What types of softwares that provides
d. Win Key + F1 tools to assist a programmer in writing
92. What does the key combination Win Key commands or codes using different
+ F do? programming languages in a more
convenient way
a. Undo Minimize
b. Display the Windows a. System software
Search/Find feature b. Programming software
c. Open the run window c. Application software
d. Lock the computer d. Computer Software
97. Which types of software that is
compiled readily executable program that
93. What statement is not true while double can be used in different applications such
clicking? as in Electronic Health Record, Clinical
Information System, Pharmacy Information
a. Double clicking will make the System, Hospital Information System,
alignment of the text either left, Health Information System.
center or right aligned
b. Double clicking selects the line or a. System software
paragraph of the text b. Programming software
 c. Application software
d. Computer Software

98. What do you call a term used to

describe the context of a communication
network that refers to the way the
computers or work stations in the network
are linked together.

a. Network Topology
b. Star Topology
c. Bus Topology
d. Ring Topology

99. In this type of network topology, there

are no central workstations as compared in
star topology.

a. Network Topology
b. Star Topology
c. Bus Topology
d. Ring Topology

100. What do you call a type of topology

data that is transmitted in one direction only,
thus the data packets circulate along the
ring in either clockwise or anti-clockwise
direction.

a. Network Topology
b. Star Topology
c. Bus Topology
d. Ring Topology