CHDA Practice Test

The CHDA Practice Test is a free intermediate-level, 20-minute skill test from Science of Apps. Practice for the AHIMA Certified Health Data Analyst (CHDA) exam — health data governance, privacy and de-identification, data management, standards and quality, healthcare analytics and statistics, and reporting and visualisation — written to the AHIMA CHDA content outline, HIPAA de-identification guidance, CMS MS-DRG rules and clinical coding and terminology standards for 2026. Score 70% or more on its 20 questions to earn a verifiable CHDA Readiness certificate (SOA-CHDA). Every question is based on published standards and research — including Certified Health Data Analyst (CHDA) exam content outline (AHIMA), e-Handbook of Statistical Methods (NIST), Guidance on de-identification of protected health information (Safe Harbor and Expert Determination) (US HHS Office for Civil Rights) — and each answer is explained with its source.

Yes. Science of Apps has a free CHDA Practice Test built on the current exam outline for 2026 and 2027. It covers data governance and privacy, data management, standards and quality, analytics and statistics and reporting and visualisation, scores you instantly and issues a verifiable certificate.

Read the four skill areas on this page, then take the 20-minute test online — no fee, course or sign-up. You see every answer explained when you finish. Score 70% or more and you get a CHDA Readiness certificate straight away, on screen, as a PDF and by email, with a credential ID anyone can verify.

Yes. The questions are original scenarios written by Science of Apps, and each one is based on a public source you can read: Certified Health Data Analyst (CHDA) exam content outline (AHIMA); e-Handbook of Statistical Methods (NIST); Guidance on de-identification of protected health information (Safe Harbor and Expert Determination) (US HHS Office for Civil Rights); Health information privacy (HIPAA) (US Department of Health and Human Services); ICD-10-CM classification and guidelines (CDC National Center for Health Statistics); MS-DRG classifications and software (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services). The source is shown under each question and linked in the answer review. Science of Apps doesn't copy questions from other tests.

Four skill areas with five questions each, drawn from a bank of 10 per area so a retake brings new questions: Data Governance and Privacy (Governance, HIPAA and de-identification and Access and security); Data Management, Standards and Quality (Code sets and terminologies, Data quality and Data warehousing); Analytics and Statistics (Healthcare measures, Statistics and Interpretation); Reporting and Visualisation (Dashboards, Choosing charts and Communicating findings). Every question is an original scenario written to the 2026–2027 standard, with the published source named under it.

Healthcare data analyst, Health information management professional, Clinical quality or outcomes analyst, Revenue cycle or payer analyst and Population health analyst. It suits anyone who wants a quick, verifiable way to show CHDA knowledge in 2026 and 2027, from students and career switchers to experienced professionals.

The Certified Health Data Analyst (CHDA) credential from AHIMA shows skill in acquiring, managing, analysing, interpreting and reporting healthcare data. Candidates need a degree and health data experience (or an AHIMA credential) to sit the exam.

Under the HIPAA Privacy Rule, data is de-identified by Safe Harbor when 18 specified identifiers — such as names, most geographic units smaller than a state, full dates other than year, and record numbers — are removed and there is no actual knowledge the rest could identify a person.

Yes. The test is online, in English and free everywhere — people take it from India, the US, the UK, Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Your certificate is dated with your own local date and can be verified from anywhere at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/.

20 questions — 5 from each of 4 skill areas — with a 20-minute limit. You need 70% (14 of 20) to pass and 90% for distinction.

We rate it Intermediate: assumes hands-on experience in the role. It has 20 scenario questions — 5 from each of 4 skill areas — and a 20-minute limit. You need 70% (14 of 20) to pass and 90% for distinction.

Nothing. There is no fee to take a test, to receive the certificate, to have it emailed or to verify it, and no sign-up.

On our server, not in your browser. The answers never reach the page until you submit, so a certificate can only be earned by passing. Each certificate gets a unique credential ID stored by Science of Apps.

You see your score for each area and every question with the correct answer and why, with the published source behind it. You can retake after 30 minutes, and the retake draws questions you haven't seen yet.

No. Every certificate is dated, so it always shows when you passed. Retake a test any time for a newer date or a higher score.

Yes. After you pass, Add to LinkedIn opens the Licenses & certifications form with the certificate name, Science of Apps as the issuer, the issue date, your credential ID and the verification link filled in. You can also download it as a PDF or PNG, and it's emailed to you as a PDF.

Every certificate has a credential ID and a QR code. Scanning it, or entering the ID at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/, shows the holder's name, the certification, the score and the issue date from our records.

No. They are Science of Apps' own assessments of applied skill. They aren't issued by a university or standards body, and they work best alongside a portfolio that shows the skills in real work.