Transcription MCQ Questions Answers

1. True or False? Only a high school diploma is required to become a medical transcriptionist.

2. True of false? Currently TL is an ISO code for Turkish Lira.

3. Which one of the following is not a Brazilian Real sign?

4. In medical transcription, what would using all capital letters indicate?

5. Which of the following is commonly used for undecipherable words or phrases?

6. Using Jefferson notation, what do brackets indicate?

7. What symbol(s) is used to represent a word that was unable to be transcribed on the transcript?

8. Which of the following do transcriptionists sometimes use to control digital media?

9. 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."

10. Which would be an appropriate abbreviated transcription of "Food should be administered every hour."

11. Who is the originator (a.k.a. dictator) in the transcription process?

12. Using Jefferson notation, what would (15) indicate?

13. The speaker's name should be on the ______ of a transcription document.

14. Is the following correctly transcribed? He left London at twelve o'clock. Yes No

15. In medical transcription, which of the following is NOT considered one of the four major reports?

16. Which of the following is correctly transcribed The client owe us five million dollars. The client owes us $5 million. The client owes us $5,000,000. The client owes us 5 million dollars.

17. Asking for a _______ can be useful prior to transcribing.

18. Water, whole grain, and vegetables_____ these are the things ideal for the patient's diet.

19. What is the abbreviation for revenue per available room?

20. When a customer asks for a clean verbatim he means;

21. What is the industry standard for the time it takes to transcribe 15 minutes of audio?

22. The proper abbreviation for affiliation is:

23. What is the average time it takes for an audio file to be transcribed? Answer in a ratio of audio time to real time, as in x:y.

24. How should a transcriptionist present numerals?

25. True of false? The following is correctly transcribed, 2a + 3a equals 5a. .

26. Which MP format is used to store files on the internet?

27. The patient enjoys eating popsicles_____ she does not usually have an appetite.

28. The patient can eat at ___________ she wants.

29. Which of the following is NOT a tag?

30. Choose the most likely sentence.

31. What are the three main categories of transcription?

32. The proper abbreviation for table is:

33. Which abbreviation means "cross reference"?

34. In the context of transcription, what does the term "minutes" refer to?

35. Transcription service providers charge customers:

36. What does SRT stand for?

37. Should a transcriptionist modify the speaker's sentences to make sure everything makes sense?

38. What is the proper abbreviation for association?

39. True or false? Transcriptionists should use abbreviations whenever possible.

40. Which abbreviation means "quarter"?

41. When should a transcriptionist use a contraction?

42. Which of the following would be a circumstance that does NOT need transcription?

43. What does the common abbreviation YTD stand for?

44. True or false? You must get formal certification to become a general transcriptionist.

45. What is the proper abbreviation for milligram?

46. The proper abbreviation for average is:

47. Which of the following is most common transcription software?

48. True or False? A medical transcriptionist sometimes has the task of editing documents created by Speech Recognition Technologies.

49. True or false? A transcriptionist should not make note of emotional changes.

50. True or False? All transcriptions follow the same formatting.

51. French abbreviations are different from english ones? Yes No

52. The patients have the same medications _______ the board.

53. True or false? There is no difference between legal, medical, and general transcription.

54. True or false? Documents transcribed with voice capturing software still need to be verified by a transcriptionist.

55. A common question to ask your client about before transcribing a recording is:

56. The patient had _______ of medications to take.

57. Which of the following is a transcription software?

58. When transcribing for a government agency, which of the following is important to remember?

59. What is the most important attribute when it comes to your transcription?

60. What is the most common piece of external hardware for a transcriptionist?

61. The application applies to androids and iphone. Transcribe correctly.

62. When transcribing verbatim, a transcriptionist should _______.

63. The medicine had a strange _______ on the patient's skin.

64. True or false? Transcriptionists do not need to follow standard capitalization rules.

65. Transcriptionists may be required to sign a _____________ to ensure client confidentiality.

66. Which of the following equipment is used for transcription?

67. True of False? Speech recognition technology is usually more accurate than a professional transcriptionist.

68. True or False? Live transcriptions are more accurate than offline transcriptions.

69. Which of the following is NOT a type of transcription?

70. What are some problems with speech recognition technology?

71. Which of the following is the correct order in which transcription takes place?

72. What is verbatim transcription?

73. Which of the following is NOT an audio file?

74. The patient should be drinking at lease one _________ of water each morning.