Epic Skills Assessment Epic Skills Assessment Algorithmic Problem Solving Questions and Answers 2

Question 1

In the context of Epic systems, which algorithmic approach is most efficient for searching a sorted list of patient records by MRN?

Accepted Answer

Binary search

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Linear search

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Breadth-first search

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Depth-first search

Question 2

When designing an algorithm to detect duplicate medication orders in Epic, what is the primary advantage of using a hash set over a sorted array?

Accepted Answer

O(1) average lookup time

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Lower memory usage

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Maintains insertion order

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Supports range queries

Question 3

An Epic report must process a hierarchical department structure to calculate aggregate patient volumes. Which traversal strategy processes all child departments before moving to sibling departments?

Accepted Answer

Depth-first traversal

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Breadth-first traversal

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Level-order traversal

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Inorder traversal

Question 4

When implementing a scheduling algorithm in Epic that must assign appointments to minimize total patient wait time, which algorithmic paradigm is most appropriate?

Accepted Answer

Greedy algorithm with shortest job first

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Brute force enumeration

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Random assignment

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Last-come first-served

Question 5

An algorithm needs to find the shortest referral path between two providers in Epic's provider network. Which algorithm is best suited if all referral connections have equal weight?

Accepted Answer

Breadth-first search

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Dijkstra's algorithm

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Bellman-Ford algorithm

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Floyd-Warshall algorithm

Question 6

When an Epic algorithm must repeatedly find the highest-priority patient in an emergency department queue, which data structure provides the best performance for both insertion and extraction?

Accepted Answer

Binary heap

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Unsorted linked list

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Sorted array

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Hash table