Official HIPAA (2025-2026) Challenge Exam Answers: The Definitive Source for Pre-Screened and Accuracy-Guaranteed Solutions

The HIPAA Security Rule applies to which of the following

PHI transmitted electronically (correct)

HIPAA allows the use and disclosure of PHI for treatment, payment, and health care operations (TPO) without the patient's consent or authorization.

True (correct)

Which of the following are fundamental objectives of information security?

All of the above (correct)

Physical safeguards are:

Physical measures, including policies and procedures that are used to protect electronic information systems and related buildings and equipment, from natural and environmental hazards, and unauthorized intrusion (correct)

Technical safeguards are:

Information technology and the associated policies and procedures that are used to protect and control access to ePHI (correct)

Which HHS Office is charged with protecting an individual patient's health information privacy and security through the enforcement of HIPAA?

Office for Civil Rights (OCR) (correct)

What of the following are categories for punishing violations of federal health care laws?

All of the above (correct)

If an individual believes that a DoD covered entity (CE) is not complying with HIPAA, he or she may file a complaint with the:

All of the above (correct)

A covered entity (CE) must have an established complaint process.

True (correct)

Which of the following statements about the Privacy Act are true?

All of the above (correct)

Which of the following are examples of personally identifiable information (PII)?

All of the above (correct)

A Systems of Records Notice (SORN) serves as a notice to the public about a system of records and must:

All of the above (correct)

The e-Government Act promotes the use of electronic government services by the public and improves the use of information technology in the government.

True (correct)

A breach as defined by the DoD is broader than a HIPAA breach (or breach defined by HHS).

True (correct)

Which of the following are common causes of breaches?

All of the above (correct)

Which of the following is NOT electronic PHI (ePHI)?

Health information stored on paper in a file cabinet (correct)

Under HIPAA, a covered entity (CE) is defined as:

All of the above (correct)

Which of the following are breach prevention best practices?

All of this above (correct)

Which of the following are true statements about limited data sets?

All of the above (correct)