CDIP Domain 5: Research & Education Practice Test

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• Which feature most directly reduces confounding in a randomized trial?
• What is a Type I error and a Type II error?
• Sampling methods commonly used in dental informatics research.
• Which licensing model best enables broad reuse of research data with attribution?
• Which Excel feature is designed to summarize a dataset by data categories, enabling cross-tabulation?
• Which statement best describes the difference between statistical and clinical significance?
• Which practice is essential when obtaining informed consent in human subject research?
• Criterion validity is best described as:
• Which de-identification technique involves replacing direct identifiers with pseudonyms?
• Define competency-based education and its alignment with dental informatics.
• Capturing electronic discrete data can include _______
• What does the medium refer to in the communication process?
• How do you ensure equitable participant recruitment in dental research?
• Confidence Interval is defined as?
• How is evidence-based practice (EBP) integrated into dental informatics research and education?
• What are ethical considerations when publishing research findings in dental informatics?
• _______ is the process of making a conclusion using data that is subject to random variation.
• Why is it common to refer to variance estimates derived from a sample as sample variance?
• As defined for informed consent involving students' educational data, which elements are essential?
• How does statistical power influence sample size planning?
• At which Kirkpatrick level is behavior change observed in the learner?
• Heterogeneity in meta-analysis is assessed by:
• What is the role of the DICOM standard in dental imaging research?
• What is external validity and how can researchers enhance it?
• Which ethical principle emphasizes fairness in distribution of benefits and burdens?
• Which of the following should be included in administration CDI education?
• What are differences between open access, gold open access, and CC-BY licensing?
• Which of the following is an important role for a CDI auditor?
• Which term describes a relationship between two numbers or quantities?
• The CDI professional queries the provider about chest pain. For tracking purposes, the reason should be classified as which dimension?
• Which of the following best describes FHIR?
• Which of the following is a secondary data use?
• Most reported values for distributions that are based on a sample should be referred to as what?
• What is the formula for sample variance?
• Why is data quality important in research, and what metrics assess it?
• Which term describes the data point that occurs most often in a distribution?
• What does test-retest reliability assess?
• Which resource would you consult as a CDI best practice reference?
• The most frequently occurring score is called what?
• What is translational research in the context of dental informatics?
• Which statistic describes the typical dispersion of data around the mean?
• Why are confidence intervals preferred over p-values?
• What is the difference between anonymization and pseudonymization?
• Explain p-values and confidence intervals and their interpretation in dental research.
• Which data quality dimension refers to whether a variable measures what it is intended to measure?
• Which statistic is the square root of the sample variance?
• Which statement best distinguishes de-identification from anonymization?
• Which bias is most specifically associated with loss to follow-up in studies?
• The movement in healthcare reimbursement is transitioning from pay for volume to pay for ______.
• Which statement best describes a systematic review?
• How reproducibility and replicability differ in research?
• Which approach is not a recommended strategy to improve survey response rates?
• Which of the following is a condition that has occurred after admission that could have been prevented with evidence-based care?
• Accurate documentation and code assignment impact which area most directly mentioned in the material?
• Who is the Receiver in a communication exchange?
• Null hypothesis is defined as?
• Inter-rater reliability measures:
• In data usage for healthcare, which activities fall under secondary data use?
• Which statement best differentiates a null hypothesis from an alternative hypothesis?
• The status quo in hypothesis testing is represented by which term?
• Which statement correctly contrasts experimental and observational study designs?
• What is the purpose of PRISMA in systematic review reporting?
• Which of the following is a key component of a compliant CDI program?
• Which of the following is part of the report data validation process?
• What is a data use agreement (DUA)?
• Publication bias refers to:
• What is Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) primarily aimed at?
• What symbol is commonly used to denote the sample variance?
• Which tool is primarily used to summarize data categories by different fields in a spreadsheet?
• Which items are typically included in ethics approvals for dental informatics studies?
• What steps are essential in curriculum development for a dental informatics course?
• What is Kirkpatrick's model and how is it applied to evaluate educational programs?
• Which elements comprise the communication process?
• Explain the difference between formative and summative assessment in education.
• Population variance is defined as?
• Which HIPAA principle best describes protecting PHI and using de-identified data when feasible?
• What is a Kirkpatrick level and how is it used in evaluating dental continuing education?
• What is data governance?
• Who serves as the liaison between the CDI program and provider groups?
• Considerations when choosing cloud-based vs on-prem data storage for research projects?
• Alternative hypothesis definition?
• When reports are requested it is imperative that the ____ and ___ are defined.
• Which statement best contrasts scoping reviews and systematic reviews?
• Under HIPAA, how does it apply to research data in dental informatics?
• In backward design, what is the first step?
• IRB exempt vs full review category, and how does it affect research timelines?
• Define open science and its relevance to dental education research.
• What is a data use agreement (DUA) and when is it needed?
• _______ is the maximum value minus the minimum value.
• The middle score in a distribution is called what?
• Which factors determine statistical power?
• Which statement is true about traditional literature reviews?
• Which of the following is an essential skill for a CDI professional?
• Describe instructional design strategies for teaching informatics concepts online.
• In CDI education assessment, which metric is focused on performance indicators for CDI activities?
• Which Excel tool would you use to summarize a dataset by category counts across multiple fields?
• Formative assessment is best described as:
• What does a PRISMA flow diagram document?
• What determines the statistical power of a study?
• Which of the following describes prerequisites for a valid meta-analysis?
• How is the sender defined in the communication process?
• What is the primary purpose of the institutional review board (IRB) in dental research?
• Qualitative research in dental informatics primarily aims to
• What is preregistration and why is it important?
• _______ is the value with the highest frequency.
• Which group is commonly identified as needing CDI education?
• When is regression analysis appropriate in dental informatics research?
• Which statement best describes content validity?
• Which element must be present for effective teamwork?
• What is a Frequency Table?
• Which term is used for variance based on a sample, often denoted by s^2?
• Under the prospective payment system, inpatient reimbursement is based on relative weight times which factor?
• Which of the following are considered types of educational materials in a CDI program?
• Explain instrument validity and reliability in educational measurement.
• What is data governance and why is it important in dental informatics research?
• Why should educational research in dental informatics consider health literacy and accessibility?
• In presenting dental informatics results, which practice promotes accessibility and accurate interpretation?
• What is recommended about data sharing in research?
• How do you measure the impact of a dental informatics educational program post-implementation?
• Which trio of principles constitutes the Belmont Report's ethical foundation for research involving human subjects?
• A logic model in program evaluation primarily does what?
• Which is a main step in conducting a systematic review?
• What does the message refer to in the communication process?
• Which statement describes publication bias?
• What is the primary purpose of a provider query in healthcare documentation?
• Under what conditions can an IRB grant a waiver of informed consent?
• Which role is least likely to be part of a CDI program's multidisciplinary team?
• Validity in educational measurement is primarily concerned with which question?
• What is program evaluation and what methods are used?
• In dental informatics research, what is the role of open science and data sharing?
• The arithmetic average of a distribution is called what?
• Which outcome is most directly supported by CDI efforts?
• Which practice best supports reproducibility by enabling access to data and code?
• What dimensions define data quality in research databases?
• Define learning analytics and give examples of educational data used.
• Which is an essential skill for a CDI professional?
• Which statement correctly lists the common statistical tests for means and proportions in dental studies?
• Which metrics are commonly used to evaluate research impact?
• The reason for a provider query about documentation quality should be tracked as which attribute to ensure clarity?
• _______ are Excel tools that can be used to summarize data categories.
• What is competency-based education, and how is it assessed in informatics?
• In data validation, which task directly confirms the origin of the data used in a report?
• _______ is the average of the squared deviations for the population mean.
• Elements of a strong research grant proposal in dental informatics?
• What are basic cybersecurity measures for protecting research data in dental informatics?
• In the CDI improvement process, what action is commonly performed after identifying a documentation deficiency?
• Define internal validity and explain common threats in dental informatics research.
• Who should be held accountable for errors made within the EHR?
• Describe the Delphi method and its use in consensus building for informatics standards.
• What does data governance in research typically include?
• If a 95% confidence interval for a mean difference includes zero, what does this imply?
• Which of the following would be an example of a CDI best practice resource?
• What is evidence-based practice in dentistry?
• Open science emphasizes sharing which elements to improve transparency?
• Construct validity refers to:
• All Patient Refined (APR) - DRG expands DRGs by incorporating which factors?
• Which statement best differentiates a systematic review from a scoping review?
• Describe common data visualization best practices for presenting research results.
• What is data residency?
• Which ethical principle requires treating people fairly in the distribution of research burdens and benefits?
• What are typical steps in data cleaning?
• How would you conduct a risk-benefit assessment for research involving educational interventions?
• What is the primary purpose of Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs)?
• In evidence-based dentistry, what does PICO stand for?
• Which data quality metric assesses whether data values are present for all required fields?
• Which of the following describes a recommended approach to avoid plagiarism in dental informatics publications?
• Which principle emphasizes not interrupting others?
• Which feature primarily differentiates a randomized controlled trial from an observational cohort study?
• _______ applies statistical techniques to identify the likelihood of events occurring together.
• Which confidentiality principle is included in the key principles of communication?
• What is the role of an Institutional Review Board in dental research involving humans?
• Which scenario constitutes unethical authorship?
• Describe the purpose of measuring effect size in a study.
• Which IRB review category generally involves expedited processes due to minimal risk?
• Which element is NOT typically included in the informed consent process?
• A forest plot in a meta-analysis displays:
• What are common categories of IRB review exemptions relevant to educational research?
• Who participates in a CDI program?
• Which survey design choice best supports a high response rate when collecting dental informatics practice data?
• What is exploratory data analysis (EDA) and its role in informatics research?
• In the communication process, which element is the receiver?
• Which tool is commonly used to assess risk of bias in non-randomized studies?
• Which of the following options best represents elements of informed consent in research?
• What are essential components of a research governance framework in education research?
• Which term is also used to refer to the most frequently occurring value (the 'Popular Value')?
• Which practice supports transparency in dental informatics research publishing?
• Which component is identified as essential for a compliant CDI program?
• Which of the following is NOT a threat to internal validity?
• In evidence-based dentistry, what does PICO stand for and how is it used?
• Which table shows the number of times something occurs?
• Inpatient hospital reimbursement under the prospective payment system is based on which of the following?
• Under HIPAA, when sharing health information for research, what is required if the data is not de-identified?
• Which professionals should be required to obtain CDI education?
• Percentile is defined as what?
• In addition to learner outcomes, what additional measure may indicate real-world impact of an informatics educational program?
• Which two bibliometric metrics are commonly used to evaluate research impact?
• Distinguish privacy and confidentiality in research contexts.
• Which of the following is the purpose of a provider query?
• Which design is most efficient for studying rare diseases with exposure data?
• _______ is the middle value.
• Which model combination guides the design of effective dental education programs?
• Which is a key consideration when sharing research data publicly?
• How do you ensure data privacy and HIPAA compliance in dental research data?
• Which two tools are correctly matched to their study designs for risk-of-bias assessment?
• _______ tables are useful Excel tools to summarize a data set.
• What is bias, and which are examples of biases in dental informatics research?
• A data management plan should include which of the following?
• Length of Stay (LOS) is primarily used in a CDI context to assess what?
• _______ is an arithmetic average.
• Range is defined as?
• The process of making a conclusion using data that is subject to random variation is called?
• A wide confidence interval typically indicates what about precision?
• What does interpersonal communication refer to?
• What should be included in a data management plan for a dental informatics study?
• What criteria determine authorship, and what constitutes unethical authorship practices?
• What is Predictive Modeling?
• What is meta-analysis?
• What is a Pivot Table?
• What is data cleaning and why is it essential before analysis?
• Which statement best describes evaluating the alignment of a dental informatics curriculum with competencies?
• In hypothesis testing, what does the analyst do?
• What is the role of milestones in a grant proposal?
• Which mechanism is commonly used to govern research data sharing and specify permissible use?
• What is a learning objective, and how should it be written to be measurable?
• How can publication bias be detected?
• What is a physician champion?
• How do you design measurable learning objectives for informatics education?
• Which method is commonly used in program evaluation to gather stakeholder perspectives?
• What is the FIRST step to improving clinical documentation?
• Knowledge translation in dental research refers to:
• Which principle is primarily concerned with fair distribution of benefits and burdens in research?
• What is a primary purpose of a data use agreement in sharing dental imaging data?
• Which statement best describes the relationship between a systematic review and a meta-analysis?
• Which data standards are commonly used in dental informatics research?
• __________ is the liaison between the CDI team and the provider groups.
• Which statement correctly distinguishes sample variance from population variance?
• Which item is not typically included in a data management plan?
• Which data source is commonly used in learning analytics?
• Which practice best enhances external validity in a dental informatics study?
• Which statement best defines standard deviation?