2024 CTR Exam 2 Complete Questions & Answers (Solved) 100% Correct
1. Supraglottis, glottis and subglottis are subsites of the:
Answer: Larynx
- The inpatient medical record disease index is most useful for which Cancer
Registry Activity?
Answer: Casefinding
- Ann Arbor Staging System
Answer: Malignant Lymphoma
- Integumentary
Answer: Skin
- A hormonal agent
Answer: Tamoxifen
- A classification for non hodkins lymphoma?
Answer: Follicular small cleaved cell and large cell
- A lymphoma would most likely arise in?
Answer: Waldeyers ring
- Lymph node chains behind the knees?
Answer: Popliteal
- CEA is used for which cancer?
Answer: Colon
- A neoplastic disease characterized by an excess of red blood cells is known as:
Answer: Polycythemia Vera
- Which form of chemoembolization is not coded as treatment?
Answer: Presurgical emboliation of hypervascular tumors such as mengiomas
- The laterality of a midline tumor in a paired organ site should be coded as:
Answer: 5-midline 1 / 3
- Who is responsible for establishing the attendance requirements for the cancer
conferences?
Answer: Cancer Committee
- A disaster recovery plan is
Answer: A way to make sure that computerized registry data is backed up every
night and is easily recoverable.
15. The best source for casefinding is:
Answer: Pathology reports
16. The 5 key components of an approved cancer program:
Answer: Cancer Committee, Conferences, Quality Improvement, Cancer Registry
and Clinical Services.
- A program receives non-accreditation at survey if there are deficiencies
Answer: 8
18. An example of a protected health information in a cancer abstract is:
Answer: Name of patient
- The COC requires that cases submitted to the NCDB for the most recent
accession year must satisfy the established criteria by ?
Answer: As designated in the Call for Data.
20. The date of diagnosis for a patient diagnosed in utero:
Answer: Is the actual date of diagnosis.
21. If a patient is multiracial and one of the races is Hawaiian:
Answer: Hawaiian should be coded as race number one.
- One of the reasons for coding if cases were diagnosed by ambiguous
terminology is:
Answer: To better understand how frequently these terms are used for diagnosis.
23. A cancer registrar who is abstracting can be the coordinator of:
Answer: Cancer Registry quality control
- The first course of treatment consists of
Answer: All Cancer-directed treatment regardless of where it takes place.
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- The accession number
Answer: Never changes even if the reference date changes
- A patient is in the registry database with a dx of prostate cancer. Now he has a
diagnosis of Meningioma. His second sequence number is:
Answer: 60
- Sequence number for Brain Cancers
Answer: 60
- Most active organization in the US for the establishment and approval of
hospital cancer programs
Answer: Commission on Cancer
- Enucleation is a surgical procedure for which of the following?
Answer: Ocular Melanoma
- Encephalography is a radiography procedure performed on which of the
following sites:
Answer: Brain
- The lower edge of the junction between the right and left main stem bronchi is
called the:
Answer: Carina
- Salpingostomy is a procedure on which of the following organs?
Answer: Fallopian Tube
33. A transurethral resection is a procedure that:
Answer: Removes tissue from the bladder or prostate.
34. The most common cancer in both men and women:
Answer: Lung
35. Melanoma accounts for 5-10% of all malignancies for this site:
Answer: Vulva
- The tonsils are masses of what kind of tissue?
Answer: Lymphoid
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