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Basic Transcription MCQ

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

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Correct Answer: True

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

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Correct Answer: False

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

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Correct Answer: BZL

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

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Correct Answer: An allergy

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

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Correct Answer: ****

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6. Using Jefferson notation, what do brackets indicate?

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Correct Answer: Overlapping speech

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

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Correct Answer: ___

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

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Correct Answer: A wave pedal

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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."

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Correct Answer: 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.

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

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Correct Answer: Food should be administered q.h.

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

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Correct Answer: The person who creates the sound file to be converted into text.

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

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Correct Answer: The speaker paused for 15 seconds

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

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Correct Answer: bottom left side

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

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Correct Answer: No

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

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Correct Answer: Follow-up report

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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.

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Correct Answer: The client owes us $5 million.

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

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Correct Answer: glossary

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

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Correct Answer:

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

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Correct Answer: RevPAR

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

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Correct Answer: a transcript with corrected grammar.

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

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Correct Answer: 1 hour

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22. The proper abbreviation for affiliation is:

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Correct Answer: AFFL

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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.

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Correct Answer: 1:4

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24. How should a transcriptionist present numerals?

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Correct Answer: It depends on the situation

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

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Correct Answer: False

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

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Correct Answer: MP3

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

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Correct Answer: semicolon

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28. The patient can eat at ___________ she wants.

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Correct Answer: any time

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29. Which of the following is NOT a tag?

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Correct Answer: [gesture]

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30. Choose the most likely sentence.

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Correct Answer: The patient has impotence and a previous prostate biopsy

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31. What are the three main categories of transcription?

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Correct Answer: General, legal, and medical

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32. The proper abbreviation for table is:

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Correct Answer: TBL

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33. Which abbreviation means "cross reference"?

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Correct Answer: XREF

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

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Correct Answer: A record of a meeting or event

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35. Transcription service providers charge customers:

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Correct Answer: All of these

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36. What does SRT stand for?

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Correct Answer: Speech Recognition Technology

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

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Correct Answer: It depends on client preference

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38. What is the proper abbreviation for association?

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Correct Answer: ASSN

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

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Correct Answer: False

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40. Which abbreviation means "quarter"?

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Correct Answer: QTR

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41. When should a transcriptionist use a contraction?

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Correct Answer: It depends on client preference

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

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Correct Answer: Little league baseball game

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43. What does the common abbreviation YTD stand for?

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Correct Answer: Year-to-date

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

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Correct Answer: False

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45. What is the proper abbreviation for milligram?

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Correct Answer: mg

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46. The proper abbreviation for average is:

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Correct Answer: AVG

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

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Correct Answer: Express Scribe

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

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Correct Answer: True

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

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Correct Answer: It depends on client preference

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

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Correct Answer: False

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

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Correct Answer: Yes

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

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Correct Answer: across

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

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Correct Answer: False

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

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Correct Answer: True

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

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Correct Answer: All of these

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56. The patient had _______ of medications to take.

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Correct Answer: a lot

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57. Which of the following is a transcription software?

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Correct Answer: Express Scribe

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

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Correct Answer: All of these

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

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Correct Answer: Accuracy

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

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Correct Answer: Headphones

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

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Correct Answer: The application applies to Androids and iPhone

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62. When transcribing verbatim, a transcriptionist should _______.

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Correct Answer: transcribe every word exactly as it is said

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

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Correct Answer: effect

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

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Correct Answer: False

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

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Correct Answer: non-disclosure agreement

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

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Correct Answer: All of the above

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

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Correct Answer: False

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

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Correct Answer: False

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

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Correct Answer: Writing an essay

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70. What are some problems with speech recognition technology?

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Correct Answer: All of these

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

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Correct Answer: Recording, transmission, transcription, editing, return final product

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72. What is verbatim transcription?

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

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

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Correct Answer: .mov

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

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Correct Answer: liter

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