EPIC BRIDGES EXAM TEST BANK 2023-2024 REAL EXAM 300
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS(DETAILED
ANSWERS)|AGRADE
What is translation table used for? – ANSWER- used to map more granular items
from database records
What is identity used for? – ANSWER- It is used to map large database records
What are the three methods you can use to perform migration? – ANSWER- Data
Courier, Pack/unpack database record utilities, manual migration
What is a data courier? – ANSWER- A tool that Epic provides to facilitate the
migration of objects between environments.
What is included in the subset of bridges records that can be migrated with Data
Courier? – ANSWER- tables (translation & general), error work queues, error
steps, radar dashboards, custom columns used in message searches and error log
reports
Communication Daemon – ANSWER- Sends or receives acknowledgements over a
TCP/IP connection
Data Queue – ANSWER- contains Hl7 Messages along with timestamp
information about message processing
Trigger – ANSWER- A single, clearly defined action that a user or process can take
that results in an interface message being created and sent
Filer daemon – ANSWER- Translates HL7 data into something that can be stored
to the database
The message editor does not perform validation (T/F) – ANSWER- True. The
message editor is a free text editor and has no idea how the message should look
Control Queue – ANSWER- maintains a list of messages waiting to be processed.
A to-do list with instructions to send or file messages stored in the data queue
Messages are manually deleted from the data queue (T/F) – ANSWER- They are
purged only by an automated purge job
You can start only one interface at a time (T/F) – ANSWER- false. You can start
any or all of the interfaces in a given interface monitor
Where is the first place you should go for help with an interface? – ANSWERReference guide -contains all published information Epic has about a specific
interface.
What are two actions you can take on the message associated with an error when
running an error log report? – ANSWER- Resubmit and Retrigger
The _ contains the info needed to build a message. – ANSWER- Event Queue
What variable is required for every interface in order to process messages? –
ANSWER- INTF_USER- The interface will not start without this
What is special about the NTE Segment? – ANSWER- It’s meaning depends on the
segment it follows.
What order does the encoding characters of the MSH segment need to be? –
ANSWER- Field, Component, Repetition, Escape, Subcomponent
What is the HL7 delete character? – ANSWER- ” “- Double Quotes
When encountering an error for the first time, what are the 3 buckets Epic
recommends to choose from when determining how to address the error? –
ANSWER- Fix, Work, Suppress
What standard is based on resources? – ANSWER- FHIR
Which standard is used for eligibility – ANSWER- X12 Basics
What is bridges? – ANSWER- the name of Epic’s interface application, which is a
collection of tools, utilities, reports and background processes.
Message Purge – ANSWER- – the only process in bridges that deletes messages
from the data queue
What are the three things that can happen when the filer daemon attempts to
process a message? – ANSWER- -The filer daemon files the message into
chronicles
-The filer daemon is unable to file the message because there is something
critically wrong with the message
- The filer daemon is unable to file the message because part of the record to which
the message needs to file is locked
Holding Queue – ANSWER- A place for messages to wait until the messages are
ready to file
Interconnect – ANSWER- -Exists within the firewall
-is sometimes used as an alternate communication method to TCP/IP for interfaces
The three conditions for interfaces to used interconnect (one or more must be true) - ANSWER- – The message uses an XML framework
-Communication requires an HTTPS (web) protocol to reach securely outside your
firewall - The interface handles a job in a Windows.NET framework, such as extracting an
embedded PDF from an HL7 v2 message and storing it to a BLOB Server
What is on an interface monitor? – ANSWER- -Interface Status
-Session History
-Interface Actions
-Communication Status
-Queued Messages
When creating an interface monitor you must? – ANSWER- Name it and give it an
internal ID.
Do you need to add every interface to the background monitor in order to start or
stop the interface? – ANSWER- Yes.
Bridges uses a scheduled purge process to clear out old messages (True/ False) –
ANSWER- True
Message viewer – ANSWER- allows you to view the contents of an interface
message in the Data Queue
Message Viewer display tabs so what things? – ANSWER- Message text, logged
errors. message submission details, session history
Message Editor – ANSWER- allows you to make changes to the message and
submit your edited version
The create new message option is only available for what type of interfaces? –
ANSWER- HL7 Version 2
Message Search – ANSWER- Allows you to specify an interface, a string to look
for, and a time period. Then the activity returns all messages that meet those
criteria
What does the check syntax option (button) do? – ANSWER- It will notify you if
the message contains invalid syntax.
What are the five error severities? – ANSWER- Critical, fatal, warning,
notification, and none
What are the three level at which an error can be logged? – ANSWER- daemon.
message, and local. The majority of errors logged by the interface are message
scoped errors.
Collect an error in a workqueue only if all of the following are true…. – ANSWER-
-Defined Resolution Path
-assigned to a trained user
- not already on a workqueue
To identify a patient using identity you need the _ and the _ – ANSWERID type and ID
What are the 3 types of patient validation an interface can use? – ANSWER- Basic
Validation, Extended Validation, Identity Duplication Configuration (IDC)
What kind of alerts can be set up in the Background monitor? – ANSWER- Rule
Based Alerts