300+ [REAL TIME] Medical Transcription Interview Questions

1. The Patient Should Be Drinking At Lease One _________ Of Water Each Morning.

liter

2. The Patient Can Eat At ___________ She Wants.

any time

3. Transcriptionists Should Use Abbreviations Whenever Possible.

False

4. In The Context Of Transcription, What Does The Term “minutes” Refer To?

A record of a meeting or event

5. What Does Srt Stand For?

Speech Recognition Technology

6. Which Is The Correct Order In Which Transcription Takes Place?

Recording, transmission, transcription, editing, return final product

7. Should A Transcriptionist Modify The Speaker’s Sentences To Make Sure Everything Makes Sense?

It depends on client preference

8. Which Is Not An Audio File?

mov

9. When Should A Transcriptionist Use A Contraction?

It depends on client preference

10. Which Would Be A Circumstance That Does Not Need Transcription?

Little league baseball game

11. What Does The Common Abbreviation Ytd Stand For?

Year-to-date

12. You Must Get Formal Certification To Become A General Transcriptionist.

False

13. Which Abbreviation Means “quarter”?

QTR

14. What Is Verbatim Transcription?

Recording every word and sound on a recording, exactly as spoken.

15. What Is The Proper Abbreviation For Milligram?

mg

16. The Proper Abbreviation For Average Is:

AVG

17. Which Is A Transcription Software?

Express Scribe

18. Which Is Not A Type Of Transcription?

Writing an essay

19. Speech Recognition Technology Is Usually More Accurate Than A Professional Transcriptionist?

False

20. Transcriptionists May Be Required To Sign A _____________ To Ensure Client Confidentiality.

non-disclosure agreement

21. Transcriptionists Do Not Need To Follow Standard Capitalization Rules.

False

22. When Transcribing Verbatim, A Transcriptionist Should _______.

transcribe every word exactly as it is said

23. Live Transcriptions Are More Accurate Than Offline Transcriptions.

False

24. What Is The Proper Abbreviation For Association?

ASSN

25. A Medical Transcriptionist Sometimes Has The Task Of Editing Documents Created By Speech Recognition Technologies.

True.

26. What Is The Most Common Piece Of External Hardware For A Transcriptionist?

Headphones

27. The Medicine Had A Strange _______ On The Patient’s Skin.

Effect

28. A Transcriptionist Should Not Make Note Of Emotional Changes.

It depends on client preference

29. There Is No Difference Between Legal, Medical, And General Transcription.

False

30. The Application Applies To Androids And Iphone. Transcribe Correctly.

The application applies to Androids and iPhone

31. What Is The Most Important Attribute When It Comes To Your Transcription?

Accuracy

32. Which Abbreviation Means “cross Reference”?

XREF

33. What Are The Three Main Categories Of Transcription?

General, legal, and medical

34. What Does Tat Stand For?

Turn Around Time

35. How Should You Type The Following Phrase: “first Quarter Operating Results Were Twenty-one Point Two Million, An Increase Of Fifty-two Percent From First Quarter Last Year And An Increase Of Twenty-eight Percent From The Sequential Quarter’s Operating Results Of Eighteen Million.”

Q1 operating results were $21.2 million, an increase of 52% from Q1 last year and an increase of 28% from the sequential quarter’s operating results of $18.0 million.