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Question #1
Security to protect information assets is generally defined as having:
Please select an optionIncorrectCorrect answer: A
Security is defined by the controls, administrative, physical, and technical, placed around information assets; PKI, biometrics, VPNs, and IDS are only individual examples of such controls.
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Which of the following is example of "Payment" as defined in the HIPAA regulations?
Please select an optionIncorrectCorrect answer: B
Payment under HIPAA covers activities to obtain reimbursement and provide benefits, which includes claims management; audits, payroll, and life insurance underwriting fall outside the definition.
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This final security rule standard addresses encryption of data.
Please select an optionIncorrectCorrect answer: E
Transmission Security is the technical safeguard standard governing ePHI sent over networks, with encryption as an addressable implementation specification alongside integrity controls.
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In an emergency treatment situation, a health care provider:
Please select an optionIncorrectCorrect answer: C
The Privacy Rule allows a provider to exercise professional judgment in emergency treatment situations, so care is not delayed by consent, notice, or contacting relatives.
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Health information is protected by the Privacy Rule as long as:
Please select an optionIncorrectCorrect answer: D
Protected health information is covered by the Privacy Rule while it is held or transmitted by a covered entity or its business associate, regardless of format or the patient's citizenship.
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To comply with the Privacy Rule, a valid Notice of Privacy Practices:
Please select an optionIncorrectCorrect answer: B
A direct treatment provider must give the notice and make a good faith effort to obtain the individual's written acknowledgement of receipt; a signature is not itself mandatory.
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Signed authorization forms must be retained:
Please select an optionIncorrectCorrect answer: B
HIPAA documentation, including signed authorizations, must be retained six years from the date of creation or the date it was last in effect, that is, from expiration.
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This is a documented and routinely updated plan to create and maintain, for a specific period of time, retrievable copies of information:
Please select an optionIncorrectCorrect answer: B
The Data Backup Plan requires documented procedures to create and maintain retrievable exact copies of ePHI, distinct from restoring operations, which is the Disaster Recovery Plan.
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The objective of this HIPAA security standard is to implement policies and procedures to prevent, detect, contain, and correct security violations.
Please select an optionIncorrectCorrect answer: C
The Security Management Process standard states this objective exactly and includes risk analysis, risk management, sanction policy, and information system activity review.
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Encryption is included as an addressable implementation specification under which security rule standard?
Please select an optionIncorrectCorrect answer: D
Encryption and integrity controls are the two addressable implementation specifications under the Transmission Security standard, which protects ePHI in transit over electronic networks.
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