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Medical Documentation Multiple Choice Questions
1. The audit done by other than the treating team of doctors is known as _____________
A. Internal medical records audit
B. External medical records audit
C. All medical records audit
D. Infection control audit
Answer: B
2. In behavior code fifth digit is /2. What do you mean ?
A. Malignant
B. Border line malignancy
C. Benign
D. Insitu
Answer: D
3. The time limit for birth/ death reporting to municipal/ corporation authorities is ________
A. 24 hours
B. 7 days
C. 21 days
D. 14 days
Answer: C
4. A viral disease is __________
A. Hansen’s
B. Poliomyelitis
C. Typhoid
D. Tuberculosis
Answer: B
5. Which of the following is a quantitative variable ?
A. Blood pressure
B. Blood group
C. Religion
D. Place of birth
Answer: A
6. International statistical classification of disease and related health problem is shortly known as ______
A. ICD-O
B. ICD-9
C. ICD-10
D. ICP
Answer: C
7. Histology is the study of ________
A. Cell
B. Tissue
C. Tumors
D. All the above
Answer: B
8. Meaning of Novemlobate
A. Having four lobes
B. Having two lobes
C. Having six lobes
D. Having nine lobes
Answer: D
9. What is the main purpose of secondary storage device ?
A. To increase the speed of computer
B. To install operating system
C. To networking
D. To store data
Answer: D
10. According to Right to Information Act, within ______ days we should give the requested information.
A. 45 days
B. 10 days
C. 30 days
D. 1 week
Answer: C
11. ________ are chemical substances produced in one part of the body that regulate the activities of certain organs or group of cells in other part of the body.
A. Enzymes
B. Anti bodies
C. Estrogen
D. Hormones
Answer: D
12. The ability to detect changes in the environment is ______
A. Movement
B. Sensitivity
C. Sensation
D. Power
Answer: B
13. Name the ductless gland is ________
A. Endocrine gland
B. Pituitary gland
C. Thyroid gland
D. All the above
Answer: D
14. Blood cells are manufactures in the _______
A. Bone
B. Liver
C. Bone marrow
D. Gall blader
Answer: C
15. A small bone to which the tongue is attached
A. Maxillary
B. Ethmoid
C. Frontal
D. Hyoid
Answer: D
16. These act as shock absorbers, preventing damage to the structure
A. Vertebral column
B. Curvatures
C. Inter vertebral discs
D. Cartilage
Answer: C
17. Write the meaning of steato
A. Fat
B. High
C. Behind
D. Thick
Answer: A
18. Medical term of breast bone is _______
A. Sternum
B. Ribs
C. Colar bones
D. Clavicle
Answer: A
19. Alpha fetoprotein is a blood test for detect
A. Down’s syndrome
B. Hormone deficiency
C. Vitamin deficiency
D. Iodine deficiency
Answer: A
20. Normal blood pressure is
A. 100/70 mm Hg
B. 120/80 mm Hg
C. 80/120 mm Hg
D. 110/70 mm Hg
Answer: B
21. ‘Green stick’ fractures are usually seen in
A. Injuries due to stick
B. Children
C. Old age due to osteoporosis
D. Road traffic accident
Answer: B
22. Fracture of the ankle involving both the tibia and fibula
A. Green stick
B. Trasverse
C. Pott’s
D. Avulsion
Answer: C
23. World Health Day in 2003 focus on healthy environment for
A. Children
B. Adults
C. Adolescent
D. Old people
Answer: A
24. What do you mean by good medical records ?
A. Standard size of medical records forms
B. Good quality of paper, printing, style, convenient file etc.
C. Sufficient data written in sequence of events to justify the diagnosis, treatment and end result.
D. Record contain all basic record forms.
Answer: C
25. ‘Whiplash’ injuries are seen in
A. Road traffic accident
B. Custodial death
C. Causes of whipping and torture
D. Cause of all the above
Answer: A
26. What do you mean by inpatient bed
A. Total number of IP bed available in the hospital
B. Total number of patient occupied IP beds
C. Any bed meant for over night stay
D. Average bed occupancy
Answer: A
27. In ICDO- ‘X’ letter code is used for
A. No sub site
B. Not specified site
C. Unknown
D. No diagnosis
Answer: A
28. According to ICD Hansen’s disease will come under
A. Infectious and parasitic disease
B. Neoplasm
C. Disease of the blood and blood forming organs
D. Disease of the nervous system
Answer: A
29. Scientific measurement of the dimension of the head
A. Cephalography
B. Cephalometer
C. Cephalometry
D. Cephalomotor
Answer: C
30. 99-46-96, 00-47-96 : Select the correct numbering system
A. Straight numeric
B. Terminal Digit
C. Middle digit
D. Terminal digit and middle digit
Answer: B
31. Computerized X-ray of layers of tissue is known as _________
A. PET scan
B. MRI
C. CT scan
D. USS
Answer: C
32. The patient has a right to get ________ of medical records.
A. Copy
B. Original
C. E-mail
D. Scanning
Answer: A
33. World cancer day
A. February 4
B. March 4
C. April 4
D. October 4
Answer: A
34. Write medical terms of a muscle having two heads
A. Biceps
B. Bicyps
C. Bilateral
D. Bicups
Answer: A
35. ________ has the shortest access times
A. Cache memory
B. Virtual memory
C. Secondary memory
D. All of the above
Answer: A
36. Enlargement of salivary gland
A. Siladenitis
B. Sialadenoma
C. Sialadenopathy
D. Sialden
Answer: C
37. The other name of food pipe is _________
A. Oropharynx
B. Oesophagus
C. Larynx
D. Nasopharynx
Answer: B
38. Any bed meant for over night stay is known as __________
A. IP bed
B. OP bed
C. Casualty bed
D. Ward bed
Answer: A
39. Medical records are the property of
A. Hospital
B. Patient
C. Relative
D. Physicians
Answer: A
40. Death occurring in the hospital before and after 48 hours of admission is known as ________ death.
A. Gross death
B. Net death
C. Ward death
D. Hospital death
Answer: A
41. A benign tumor is ___________
A. Hemangioma
B. Sarcoma
C. Astrocytoma
D. Glioma
Answer: A
42. A 7 years old girl, had a fall from swing and developed head injury in the occipital area with an open wound and bleeding. Write the cause of death.
A. Head injury in the occipital area
B. Fall from swing
C. Open wound
D. Bleeding
Answer: B
43. A statistical maps which are used for furnishing information on geographical basis is _________
A. Pictogram
B. Cartograms
C. Histogram
D. Dimensional diagram
Answer: B
44. Which digit indicate the behavior in morphology code
A. Third digit
B. Fourth digit
C. Fifth digit
D. Sixth digit
Answer: C
45. How can we understand the Null Cell (Non T- Non B) in the morphology code ?
A. Sixth digit- 7
B. Sixth digit- 4
C. Sixth digit- 5
D. Fifth digit- 5
Answer: A
46. The other name used for fluid balance sheet is ________
A. TPR
B. Urine sugar monitoring chart
C. Input- Output chart
D. Nurses observation chart
Answer: C
47. Histology is useful for _____________
A. Cancer Registry
B. Other coding
C. Pathology
D. Treatment
Answer: C
48. Surgical death has to be considered as ________
A. Surgery after 24 hours
B. Surgery after one year
C. Surgery after one month
D. Surgery after 10 days
Correct Answer. Option-D
49. The doctor explained to the patient about the relevant details regarding the nature of his disease, the diagnostic procedure involved the course and alternatives to the treatment proposed, risks involved and consent is _________
A. General consent
B. Express consent
C. Informed consent
D. Formal consent
Answer: C
50. Ward Census is taken at
A. Morning
B. Evening
C. Day time
D. Midnight
Answer: D
51. Medical Audit is to assess the ______________ of medical records.
A. Quantity
B. Quality
C. Efficiency
D. Quantity & Quality
Answer: B
52. _______________ is known as key of medical records.
A. Diagonosis index
B. Address index
C. Name Index
D. Doctors name index
Answer: C
53. In ICD-‘U’ code is for ______________
A. Not specified site
B. Future expansion
C. No sub site
D. Unknown site
Answer: B
54. World health day is ____________
A. 7 th February
B. 7 th June
C. 7 th April
D. 7 th August
Answer: C
55. This part of the word is found following the stem and gives further information about the stem. It is ________.
A. Prefix
B. Root
C. Suffix
D. Combining vowel
Answer: C
56. Normally an adult has _______ of blood.
A. 3 to 4 litres
B. 5 to 6 litres
C. 6 to 7 litres
D. 4 to 5 litres
Answer: B
57. Write medical term of an accumulation of blood in the uterus.
A. Hematometra
B. Hematometry
C. Hematomyelia
D. Hematoma
Answer: A
58. Most occurring value in a series of data is known as ___________
A. Mean
B. Median
C. Mode
D. Standard deviation
Answer: C
59. Luoco means
A. White
B. Yellow
C. Blue
D. Red
Answer: A
60. A patient has only one case record into which all documents relating to past and present medical care are placed.
A. In patient record
B. Out patient record
C. Comprehensive record
D. Decentralized record
Answer: C
61. Name the media which provide interactive health care utilizing modern technology in hospitals is ____________
A. TV
B. Intercom
C. Telemedicine
D. AIR
Answer: C
62. What do you mean by Tid 6/12 in a discharge summary
A. Two times a day
B. Four times a day
C. Three times a day
D. Four times a day
Answer: C
63. Who is the consumer of a hospital
A. Patients
B. Public
C. Sibling
D. Children
Answer: A
64. What is the full form of AT in the IBM PC-AT ?
A. Applied technology
B. Advanced technology
C. Additional technology
D. None of the above
Answer: B
65. Thoracic region consists of _______ bones
A. Seven
B. Twelve
C. Five
D. Four
Answer: B
66. Median value of 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128 is
A. 127
B. 123
C. 125
D. 122
Answer: C
67. Write the meaning of Costo
A. Colon
B. Rib
C. Cartilage
D. Common bile duct
Answer: B
68. Which of the following is not a computer hardware ?
A. Mouse
B. Monitor
C. Antivirus
D. Printer
Answer: C
69. An abnormality consisting of an infolding of skin containing hair over the coccygeal area which has formed a space and can become infected is ___________
A. Plaque
B. Pyloric stenosis
C. Pyorrhoea
D. Pilonidal sinus
Answer: D
70. Dx means ________
A. Date of diagnosis
B. Diagnosis
C. Diagram
D. Death
Answer: B
71. Proctosopy is the procedure of ________
A. Anus
B. Nose
C. Chest
D. Rectum
Answer: D
72. The shape of Pie diagram is ______
A. Rectangular bar
B. Circle
C. Lines
D. Square
Answer: B
73. This is an important muscle which divides the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity
A. Voluntary
B. Involuntary
C. Cardiac
D. Diaphram
Answer: D
74. In ICD-10, K 00- K 93 indicates
A. Disease of the circulatory system
B. Disease of the respiratory system
C. Disease of the nervous system
D. Disease of the digestive system
Answer: D
75. Hydrostatic test is carried out to determine
A. Live birth of a baby
B. Death of a baby
C. Probable cause of death of baby
D. Water potability
Answer: A
76. Volvulus means __________
A. Causing obstruction
B. Twisting of intestine
C. Twisting of intestine upon itself causing obstruction
D. Twisting of large intestine upon itself causing of obstruction
Answer: C
77. What is POMR
A. Place On Medical Records
B. Problem Oriented Medical Records
C. Problem Originated Medical Records
D. Problem Omitted Medical Records
Answer: B
78. A fracture where the ends of bone are forced into one another
A. Impacted
B. Avulsion
C. Comminuted
D. Spiral
Answer: A
79. This is a condition where the weakness is in the diaphragm
A. Umbilical Hernea
B. Inguinal Hernia
C. Femoral Hernia
D. Hiatus Hernia
Answer: D
80. Meaning of cyanosis
A. Difficulty in breathing
B. Blueness of skin
C. Insufficient oxygen in the blood
D. Rapid breathing
Answer: B
81. Select the underlying cause of deathA. Uremia
B. Hydronephrosis
C. Retention of urine
D. Hypertrophy of prostate
Answer: D
82. Medical negligence involves……………..
A. Act of omission
B. Act of commission
C. Both a & b
D. None
Answer: C
83. The process of producing energy in order to carry out all the metabolic process required
A. Nutrition
B. Respiration
C. Energy
D. Hormation
Answer: A
84. CENT means……………
A. Hundred
B. Thousand
C. Ten
D. Lakhs
Answer: A
85. What do you mean by bid 3/12 in a discharge summary?
A. Once a day
B. Twice a day
C. Thrice a day
D. Four times a day
Answer: B
86. The normal body temperature is…………………….
A. 39 degree Celsius
B. 37 degree Celsius
C. 35 degree Celsius
D. 28 degree Celsius
Answer: B
87. Subpoena is……………………………..
A. Court order passed on a holiday.
B. Court order to appear and testify.
C. Court order for doctors.
D. Court order from lawyers.
Answer: B
88. Which of the following is a qualitative variable?
A. Blood pressure
B. Body temperature
C. Blood group
D. Body weight
Answer: C
89. Which of the following data collection method covers the entire population of the country?
A. Vital registration
B. Sampling registration
C. Census
D. sample sueveys
Answer: C
90. How can family members of diseased individual can obtain the deceased individual’s copy of medical information that is relevant to their own health care ?
A. Medical records be transferred through registered post
B. Email
C. Copy through post
D. By hand
Answer: A
91. Right to Information Act was enacted in the year
A. 1984
B. 2005
C. 2001
D. 1975
Answer: B
92. What is unicode?
A. Standard font
B. Software
C. Character encoding system
D. Keyboard layout
Answer: C
93. Choose the correct terminology for surgical repair of the skull.
A. Craniotomy
B. Cranioplasty
C. Craniostosis
D. Cranioschisis
Answer:
94. Autopsy is performed ……..
A. To find out the diagnosis
B. To find out the cause of death
C. To find out the post operative changes
D. Just for legal requirement
Answer: B
95. Head quarters of WHO is located at……………
A. Washington
B. London
C. Paris
D. Geneva
Answer: D
96. Nosocomial infection means
A. Physician borne infection
B. Hospital borne infection
C. Infection of unknown origin
D. Post operation in infection
Answer: B
97. Life span of platelet is……………………………….
A. 7 to 14 days
B. 1 to 2 days
C. 4 to 6 days
D. 5 to 6 days
Answer: A
98. The malignant tumor that arises from smooth muscle and visceral region of the body
A. Liposarcoma
B. Sarcoma
C. Leiomyosarcoma
D. Osteosarcoma
Answer: C
99. The most sensitive and specific test for detecting small breast tumor is by
A. Breast self examination
B. Palpation by a physician
C. Themogaphy
D. Mammography
Answer: D
100. Kerato means
A. Eye
B. Cornea
C. Eye lid
D. Retina
Answer: B