RMT Prep: Medical Abbreviations & Acronyms
10 Questions
| Total Attempts: 62
Questions and Answers
- 1.Which of the following is an example of an acronym?
- A.
COPD
- B.
T.i.d.
- C.
CABG
- D.
Lymphs
- 2.Which of the following is an example of a brief form?
- A.
Cath
- B.
MmHg
- C.
BKA
- D.
All of the above
- 3.Which is correctly transcribed?
- A.
TITLE OF OPERATION: ORIF, left radius
- B.
DIAGNOSIS: Pyelonephritis with elevated blood urea nitrogen (BUN)
- C.
TITLE OF OPERATION: Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP)
- D.
DIAGNOSIS: IDDM
- 4.A measurement would be correctly indicated by which of the following?
- A.
2 cm
- B.
3 inches
- C.
A few centimeters
- D.
All of the above
- 5.Which would represent the incorrect transcription of a measurement?
- A.
4.5 cm
- B.
3 in
- C.
4 feet
- D.
All of the above
- 6.The Latin abbreviation referring to "twice per day" would be correctly transcribed as:
- A.
Bid
- B.
B.I.D.
- C.
B.i.d.
- D.
BID
- 7.Which represents the incorrect capitalization of an abbreviation?
- A.
Differential showed 58 SEGs
- B.
WBC was 48.2
- C.
Urinalysis revealed 8-10 wbc's
- D.
None of the above
- 8.Which of the following is correctly pluralized?
- A.
Serial K's
- B.
EKG's
- C.
Lymph's
- D.
Rbcs
- 9.Which of the following genus/species reference is correctly transcribed?
- A.
Staphylococcus aureus
- B.
S. aureus
- C.
S Aureus
- D.
S aureus
- 10.Which of the following is correctly transcribed?
- A.
The baby weighted 8 lbs 12 oz.
- B.
She was instructed to return on a prn basis.
- C.
We injected 10 mL of lidocaine.
- D.
CBC showed WBC's of 9.2.
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