Which of the following is correctly transcribed?
a. A gaited scan revealed ostial plaque.
b. A gated scan revealed ostial plaque.
c. A gaited scan
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d. A gated scan revealed osteal plaque. - correct answer B
Which sentence is correct?
a. A drug-eluting stent was used.
b. A drug-alluding stent was used.
c. A drug-eluding stent was used.
d. A drug-eliding stent was used. - correct answer A
Choose the correctly transcribed sentence.
a. A Deaver retractor was placed and the abdominal cavity was explored.
b. A Beaver retractor was placed and the abdominal cavity was explored.
c. A Deaver blade was used to create a corneal incision.
d. A Deaver blade was used to create an abdominal incision. - correct answer A
What does the abbreviation PEEP stand for?
a. positive end-expiratory peak
b. positive end-expiratory pressure
c. pulmonary end expiratory pressure
d. positive end-expiration pressure - correct answer B
Pick the correct abbreviation that stands for flexion, abduction, external rotation, extension.
a. FLABERE
b. FAEX
c. FAERE
d. FABERE - correct answer D
What is the correct abbreviation for chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome?
a. CFIDSY
b. CFIMDS
c. CFIDS
d. CFAIDS - correct answer C
Which BUN value is within the normal range?
a. 122
b. 12
c. 2
d. 200 - correct answer B
What is the significance of a PTH level of 20 pg/mL?
a. It is mildly elevated.
b. It is decreased.
c. It is normal.
d. It is extremely elevated. - correct answer C
What is measured when tidal volume is assessed?
a. volume of air that can be moved in and out of the lungs during eupnea
b. volume of air that remains in the lungs at all times
c. volume of the air that the lungs can hold
d. maximum amount of air a patient can exhale after taking a deep breath - correct answer A
The BNP level, used during evaluation of patients for CHF, measures what?
a. nitrogen in the blood
b. a polypeptide secreted by the cardiac ventricles
c. the presence or absence of neurofibrillary tangles
d. average red blood cell production during a specified time frame - correct answer B
What proportions does an A/G ratio measure?
a. albumin and globulin in blood
b. hemoglobin A and glucose in blood
c. albumin and globulin in urine
d. hemoglobin A and glucose in urine - correct answer A
What condition might be present in a patient with an elevated alkaline phosphatase?
a. microcytic anemia
b. diabetes mellitus
c. biliary obstruction
d. glioblastoma - correct answer C
A patient with serum calcium of 12 and a phosphate level of 1.8 would likely have which diagnosis?
a. primary hyperparathyroidism
b. myocardial infarction
c. HIV
d. renal failure - correct answer A
What laboratory result suggests the presence of acute viral hepatitis?
a. increased urine sodium
b. decreased blood glucose
c. elevated AST
d. elevated urine chloride - correct answer C
What condition is suggested by a homocysteine level of 50 mcmol/L?
a. increased risk of clot formation
b. increased risk of prostatic carcinoma
c. increased risk of thyrotoxic crisis
d. increased risk for ovarian carcinoma - correct answer A
Which describes the procedure used in a retrograde pyelography?
a. Contrast injected into the bladder is observed as it passes through the urethra.
b. Contrast is injected into the renal calyces.
c. Contrast is injected into the ureters from an endoscope placed in the bladder.
d. Contrast injected into the urethra is used to visualize the bladder. - correct answer C
What diagnostic test is typically performed with the patient in a sitting position?
a. bone densitometry
b. cholangiography
c. intravenous pyelogram
d. electronystagmography - correct answer D
What kind of diagnostic test is performed when an opaque dye is injected into the salivary glands?
a. dacryocystography
b. sialography
c. lymphangiography
d. barium swallow - correct answer B
What substance is used in performing a barium swallow?
a. barium sulfate
b. barium peroxide
c. barium carbonate
d. barium oxide - correct answer A
Which imaging study uses an iodine-based contrast material?
a. intravenous pyelogram
b. brain MRI
c. MRA
d. virtual colonoscopy - correct answer A
MRA uses gadolinium not iodine
What condition is suggested by an abnormal Wood lamp examination?
a. tuberculosis
b. anemia
c. fungal infection
d. leukemia - correct answer C
Which condition suggested by an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate?
a. pernicious anemia
b. temporal arteritis
c. influenza
d. diabetes mellitus - correct answer B
On an electromyography report, which phrase is correctly expressed?
a. Sensory latency 0.1 mS
b. Sensory latency 0.1 mls
c. Sensory latency 0.1 mSec
d. Sensory latency 0.1 msec - correct answer D
Which sentence correctly expresses a radiation dose level during radiotherapy?
a. Starting dose was cgray.
b. Starting dose was 900 Cgy.
c. Starting dose was 900 cGy.
d. Starting dose was 900 CGY. - correct answer C
In the picture below, what anatomical feature is indicated by the arrow?
Picture of kidney. Arrow pointing to tube coming out and going down.
a. ureter
b. common bile duct
c. renal artery
d. duodenum - correct answer A
In the picture below, what anatomical feature is the arrow pointing to?
Picture of ear/inner ear. Pointing to circular items in inner ear.
a. hypoglossal canals
b. pterygoid canal
c. semicircular canals
d. incisive canal - correct answer C
Picture of back muscles. Pointing to middle triangle-shaped muscles at top between shoulders and going down to lumbar spine.
What muscle is the arrow above pointing to?
Select one:
a. sternocleidomastoid
b. teres major
c. trapezius
d. deltoid - correct answer C
Which gland is located at the back of the third ventricle of the brain that produces the hormone melatonin?
a. pineal gland
b. hypothalamus
c. thymus
d. pituitary - correct answer A
Name the bone that is in the lateral lower arm in line with the thumb.
a. ulna
b. radius
c. tibia
d. humerus - correct answer B
Which veins begin near the angle of the mandible and descend through the neck?
a. cephalic
b. axillary
c. vertebral
d. external jugular - correct answer D
Which organ is involved in the removal and excretion of metabolic wastes from the blood?
a. spleen
b. colon
c. kidney
d. liver - correct answer C
The condition of ascites is the accumulation of fluid where?
a. peritoneal cavity
b. parietal pleura
c. pericardium
d. apex of lungs - correct answer A
Which statement about the brain is true?
a. Large amounts of glucose are stored in the brain.
b. Blood flows to the brain mainly through the internal carotid and vertebral arteries.
c. Proteins and antibiotics easily cross the blood-brain barrier.
d. The brain consumes about 80% of the oxygen and glucose used in the body. - correct answer B
Abadie sign, or spasm of the levator palpebrae superioris, may be a sign of what condition?
a. hypothyroidism
b. glaucoma
c. hyperthyroidism
d. senile cataract - correct answer C?
What condition might be indicated by the presence of bruises and petechiae on the extremities?
a. ITP
b. MAC
c. DLE
d. ARDS - correct answer A
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)
What condition is suggested by high blood pressure, protein in the urine, and seizures?
a. Parkinson disease
b. discoid lupus
c. diabetes insipidus
d. eclampsia - correct answer D
What is a treatment for cystocele?
a. chordotomy
b. cecostomy
c. cystectomy
d. colporrhaphy - correct answer D?
Cystocele is when the bladder rests down on the vagina.
Pulmonary edema could be treated in what way?
a. tracheotomy and steroid administration
b. nasal cannula oxygen and afterload reduction
c. pneumonectomy and steroid administration
d. pulmonary valve repair and preload reduction - correct answer B
Which condition might be treated with an ileal conduit?
a. avascular necrosis
b. iatrogenic lymphedema
c. early-stage colon carcinoma
d. absence of the urinary bladder after surgery - correct answer D
For what condition is Benicar prescribed?
a. hypertension
b. type 2 diabetes
c. hypotension
d. breast cancer - correct answer A
What class of drugs might be used to treat thrombocytopenia?
a. vasopressor
b. alpha blocker
c. cephalosporin
d. corticosteroid - correct answer D
Thrombocytopenia is low platelet count. Corticosteroids slow platelet destruction.
Casodex might be used to treat what disease?
a. metastatic prostate cancer
b. epididymitis
c. urinary tract infection
d. prostatitis - correct answer A
Casodex is an anti-androgen and treats prostate cancer
On x-ray, the radiologist reports a widening at the acromioclavicular joint, suggesting the possibility of __________, and followup films are recommended.
Which condition is likely to be named in the blank?
a. separation
b. carcinoma
c. crush injury
d. arthritis - correct answer A
This 60-year-old woman presents with acute onset of respiratory distress 5 days following colectomy for colon carcinoma. We will order a lung V/Q scan and _____________.
Which phrase is most likely to fill in the blank?
a. begin chest physiotherapy
b. consider starting heparin
c. perform immediate bronchoscopy
d. initiate antibiotic therapy - correct answer B
This 70-year-old male complains of feeling he cannot empty his bladder completely. He has noted ____ urethral discharge. I have discussed with him that this is likely BPH.
Which is the most likely word or phrase to fill in the above blank?
a. some purulent
b. profuse
c. a greenish
d. no - correct answer D
This patient presented with symptoms of intermittent crampy abdominal pain, bilious vomiting, and ______. The differential diagnosis includes mechanical bowel obstruction.
Which phrase would be likely to fill in the above blank?
a. marked icterus
b. light-colored stool
c. epigastric tenderness
d. a history of laparotomy - correct answer D
Which are examples of correct classification of cervical intraepithelial neoplasias?
a. CIN-I, CIN-II
b. CIN1, CIN2
c. CIN-1, CIN-2
d. CIN-A, CIN-B - correct answer C
In the Binet leukemia classification system, which is the correct expression to describe a case with fewer than 3 areas of enlarged lymphoid tissue?
a. Binet level 1
b. Binet stage A
c. Binet stage I
d. Binet grade 1 - correct answer B
Binet stage A, B, C
Rei stage 0-IV
Which is the correct expression for classifying adenocarcinoma of the prostate?
a. Gleason stage VI
b. Gleason level 6
c. Gleason score 6
d. Gleason grade 6 - correct answer C
What does a Rancho Los Amigos score of VIII signify?
a. purposeful and appropriate behavior
b. confused and agitated behavior
c. generalized response to stimuli
d. inresponsiveness - correct answer A
A patient with a MELD score of 19-24 may be a candidate for what procedure?
a. heart transplant
b. liver transplant
c. cataract surgery
d. knee replacement - correct answer B
What kind of surgery would use a columellar chevron incision?
a. open rhinoplasty
b. cataract extraction
c. adenoidectomy
d. angioplasty - correct answer A
Seldinger technique would be used in which procedure?
a. heart catheterization
b. cesarean section
c. stereotactic radiosurgery
d. lithotripsy - correct answer A
Which procedure places the patient in a flank position and uses an incision overlying the 12th rib?
a. appendectomy
b. colectomy
c. distal pancreatectomy
d. nephrectomy - correct answer D
In what kind of surgical procedure might a Bookwalter retractor be used?
a. transsphenoidal resection
b. total hip replacement
c. laparotomy
d. catheter extraction - correct answer C
Which type of scissors might be used in vascular surgery?
a. Stevens
b. Potts
c. bandage
d. Mayo - correct answer B
Mayo are used for cutting fascia
Stevens tenotomy scissors (tendon?)
Potts veins and arteries
Which is a brand of electrocautery device used for hemostasis?
a. ElecSys
b. Bugbee
c. Arctic
d. DePuy - correct answer B
In what type of procedure would you find an Angio-Seal used?
a. total hip arthroplasty
b. cardiac catheterization
c. carotid artery stenting
d. rhinoplasty - correct answer B
For placement over the dorsum, a cartilage crusher was used to crush and flatten a small piece of septal cartilage, then the contour was checked and confirmed to be satisfactory.
Which surgical procedure would contain the above language?
a. rhinoplasty
b. myringotomy
c. cervical diskectomy
d. tracheotomy - correct answer A
The medial borders of the longus colli muscles were dissected free from their attachments. A needle was placed and an x-ray properly localized the space.
In which surgical procedure would you find the sentences above?
a. Achilles tendon repair
b. anterior cervical diskectomy
c. rhytidectomy
d. thyroidectomy - correct answer B
Needles were passed with direct palpation through the vaginal incision from the lateral thigh to the vaginal incision.
Which operative report would include the above sentence?
a. cystectomy
b. vulvectomy
c. urethral sling
d. hysterectomy - correct answer C
Which abbreviation refers to software used by physicians for direct entry of patient treatment information?
a. CPOE
b. CDR
c. OCR
d. PACS - correct answer A
DICOM is the interoperability standard established to support distribution and access to which of these?
a. imaging studies
b. e-prescriptions
c. home health reports
d. laboratory data - correct answer A
In the abbreviation ICD-10, what does the "D" refer to?
a. disease
b. diagnosis
c. diagnostics
d. division - correct answer A
International Classification of Diseases
Which term is used to describe a computer system that is old and outdated?
a. next gen
b. sunset
c. legacy
d. archive - correct answer C
Which refers to the application of computer technology to the management of information?
a. interoperability
b. integration
c. informatics
d. implementation - correct answer D?
Not B
Which term describes the kind of health data created from narrative dictation?
a. unstructured
b. discrete
c. mineable
d. abstracted - correct answer A
What does the "CT" refer to in SNOMED-CT?
a. clinical terms
b. computerized tracking
c. computerized terminology
d. clinical technology - correct answer A
What does the phrase meaningful use refer to?
a. Integration of e-prescribing technologies that eliminate drug-related data entry errors.
b. Appropriate application of clinical coding standards to avoid fraud and abuse in patient billing.
c. Adoption and integration of EHR systems in a manner that drives coordinated use of health information and improved care outcomes.
d. Capture of core measures information that will generate useable statistical data to support the management of specific diseases. - correct answer C
Which refers to the application of natural language processing using a clinical nomenclature system, such as SNOMED-CT?
a. data integration
b. data mining
c. data abstracting
d. data tagging - correct answer D??
Not B
Which refers to the transcribed document after the application of NLP?
a. source file
b. data file
c. codified narrative
d. abstracted dictation - correct answer C??
Not B
The "once-and-done" concept is utilized with which of the following?
a. back-end speech recognition
b. front-end speech recognition
c. at the point of authentication of the record
d. point-and-click template systems - correct answer B
Which of the following factors most influences a successful SRT implementation?
a. lack of efficient editing skills
b. the type of technology being implemented
c. inability to resolve style conflicts
d. inconsistency of a dictator's speech pattern - correct answer D [Show Less]