Welcome to the Certified Health Information Management (CHIM) practice examination for the learning outcomes of health information management (LOHIM) version 3, 2015.

This practice exam is developed to support candidates in their preparation for the CHIM national certification examination (NCE). Participants should gain confidence writing the CHIM NCE by practicing in a similar testing environment.

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Practice exam format

There are 154 multiple choice questions in total, each question is displayed on a separate page.

The questions are based on the 7 practice areas:

1. Biomedical science
2. Health information science
3. Health information analysis
4. Information systems and technology
5. Access and security
6. Health care systems in Canada
7. Ethics and practice

Each question is displayed on a separate page. The timer is set to 210 minutes. When the timer runs out, the practice exam will automatically submit.

This practice examination includes:

• Unlimited, timed attempts
• Questions that are randomized and peer-reviewed by College-certified professionals
• Ability to return to previous questions before submission
• View results to learn about the correct answers

Important note: The College’s CHIM NCE will not have the same questions as the practice examination.

Starting the examination

Please navigate to the “CHIM PE EN – LOHIM” quiz to navigate to the examination.

Please report any technical issues to support@echima.ca.