Module Five : Pretest

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MODULE FIVE PRETEST
10 questions / 10 points each

Name:

Question 1.
Which of the following are special concerns with respect to the confidentiality of maternal and child health data?
A: Personal and sensitive data is often required to provide MCH services
B: Data about some events surrounding pregnancy (e.g., induced abortion, adoption, foster care,...) is particularly sensitive
C: Birth information can contribute to fraud
D: All of the above
E: None of the above

Question 2.
What societal trends could potentially contribute to increased risk of breaches of privacy of MCH data?
A: Computers are becoming faster and more inexpensive thereby increasing their availability to programs and service providers
B: Electronic communications (email and the Internet) limit the potential that information can be shared
C: Women and children increasingly require special services
D: All of the above
E: None of the above

Question 3.
Which of the following contributes to greater risk of an individual's data being released inappropriately?
A: Collection of essential information for the provision of services
B: Accessibility of databases
C: Indirect identification of someone through a report or list
D: Inclusion of indirectly identifying information in a database
E: All of the above

Question 4.
Which of the following tradeoffs is/are central to debates surrounding privacy of health information?
A. Time to learn computers versus time to write paper records
B. Electronic communications (email, fax) versus in-person communication
C. Personal privacy versus the health of communities
D. All of the above
E. None of the above

Question 5.

Which of the following processes contributes significantly to preservation of data security?
A: Technological capacity
B: Administrative policies
C: Training of staff in ethical use of information
D: All of the above
E: None of the above

Question 6.
Which of the following variable(s) is/are considered directly identifying?
A: Zip code
B: Social security number
C: Age
D: Race
E: All of the above

Question 7.
Which of the following strategies could help an agency prevent unauthorized disclosure of private information?
A: Don't collect or automate unnecessary information to begin with
B: Carefully limit access to information and monitor that access
C: Work with local resources to identify alternatives and standards
D: All of the above
E: None of the above

Question 8.
Which of the following databases are entitled to virtually no privacy protections?
A: Database which do not contain controversial information
B: Databases where the participants consent in writing to have their information electronically stored
C: Databases that do not contain directly or indirectly identifying information
D: Data collected for the protection of the general public's health
E: None of the above are entitled to privacy protections

Question 9.
Which of the following variables or combinations of variables could be accurately described as indirectly identifying?
A: Social security number and family name together
B: Zip code alone
C: Date of birth and zip code together
D: Year of graduation alone
E: None of the above (All of these are directly identifying)

Question 10.
Which of the following statements reflects the current opinion of the National Academy of Sciences' expert group on Computer-based records (CBRs)?
A: There should be no deployment of CBRs until software to protect privacy is developed
B: Agencies should move toward development of CBRs as a standard for their populations
C: The presence of technological capacity does not mean that CBRs should be developed
D: CBRs could be useful for office management, but not necessarily for public health monitoring
E: All of the above

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Notes
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