
POHS Ch.18 Computers and Technology
Quiz by Kathryn Barnett
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Only healthcare professionals who work in office environments or highly technical occupations are likely to use computers.
An important result of the widespread use of computers is the elimination of repetitious tasks.
To be computer literate means to be able to use many sophisticated computer programs and applications correctly.
Documents created with word processing software can be stored for later use.
Information accessed through the Internet is highly reliable because the government regulates the content.
Most employers allow their employees to send personal email messages and conduct Internet searches as long as it does not interfere with their work.
Backing up data on a separate device or in the cloud is unnecessary if your computer has a large hard drive with adequate storage space.
Professionals' emails should be written just as carefully as printed documents and letters.
Voice dictation software used for medical charting is nearly as accurate as written notes.
When writing a report, copying material from a website without citing it is permissible because the information is available to the public.
Many employers today use social networking sites to screen job applicants.
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a computerized database?
The development of fiber optics has enabled dentists to:
Artificial intelligence helps physicians to:
Which healthcare function is made easier by point-of-care charting?
Healthcare professionals use MEDLINE/PubMed to __________________.
Bioinformatics refers to the organization of information that enables.
Delicate surgical procedures can be practiced before performing the actual surgery on a patient through the use of ______________________.
Which sponsor is most likely to have a website that contains current and accurate information about the link between nutrition and cancer?
Which type of software would be the best choice for maintaining the personnel records in a large health clinic?
If an urgent care center wants to estimate the number of physician assistants it will need next year based on the projected number of patients, it might use __________________________.
A __________________ helps display budgets, patient bills, business projections, and graphs.
The method of communicating over the Internet is known as _____________________.
The organization of insurance company records and inventory on hand is known as _________________.
The temporary storage space on a computer is known as __________________.
The internet service that looks through millions of documents is known as a _________________.
The permission to load an application software program on five office computers is known as a ___________________________.
The software used to create reports, information sheets, and memos is known as ________________.
Which of the following measures signals from sound waves to examine organs and fetuses?
Which of the following uses an injected radioactive substance to study brain function?
To measure hydrogen atom activity to view tumors is best via ____________________.
To measure the density of tissues to perform evaluations is best known as ____________________.
To measure the electrical currents to detect differences in tissues is known as ______________________.
The use of the Electronic Communication Privacy Act of 1986 ___________against the unauthorized access to computerized records.
Downloading from the Internet should be done with care because doing so can transfer destructive _______________ to your computer.
When a database is created, a collection of related data is called a __________________.
Hair-thin cables that transmit data, such as internal images of the body during surgery, is called ____________________________.
_________________________ are focused light rays that can cut and remove tissue, helping to make surgical incisions cleaner and more accurate.