CCHI COMPREHENSIVE EXAM UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔why do you place electrodes on patient's skin? - ✔✔to measure electrical activity of
the heart for an EKG (electrocardiogram)
✔✔when do you inject patients with contrast dyes? - ✔✔X-ray, CT, MRI, or ultrasound
exam. Can be an iodine-based material, barium-sulfate, gadolinium, or saline and air
mixture (swallowed or injected intravenously)
✔✔why swallow barium solution? - ✔✔to obtain contrast X-ray studies of the digestive
tube (e.g. esophagram)
✔✔drug toxicity symptom - ✔✔loss of hearing, seizures, digestive issues
✔✔What is lisinopril - ✔✔treats high blood pressure and heart failure
✔✔how do you treat arrhythmia - ✔✔with cardioversion (shock delivered to hear
through paddles on chest)
✔✔medicine to treat heartburn - ✔✔omeprazole and ranitidine
✔✔how to treat AIDS - ✔✔no cure, but anti-retroviral therapy (ART) can help
✔✔what is gout - ✔✔sudden, severe arthritis, often joint at base of big toe
✔✔How to treat gout attacks - ✔✔Colchicine (anti-inflammatory)
✔✔what is Ermiao wan - ✔✔chinese herb
✔✔high levels of uric acid indicate - ✔✔gout disease
✔✔Establishing culturally and linguistically appropriate goals, policies and management
accountability, and infuse them throughout the organizations' planning and operations is
- ✔✔national CLAS standard (Culturally & Linguistically Appropriate Services)
✔✔No person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin,
be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to
discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance. -
✔✔Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
✔✔primary goal of HIPAA - ✔✔protect health care coverage for individuals who lose or
change their jobs.
, ✔✔what is HIPAA - ✔✔The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
✔✔A patient is told that she will need a hysterectomy. Although she nods, she then
asks you: "Is the doctor going to operate me"? This situation warrants that the
interpreter intervene in the role of: - ✔✔clarifier. Interpreters need to help patients
remove any doubts when the patient's speech or body language indicate confusion.
✔✔Osteomyelitis - ✔✔when an infection spreads to the bone
✔✔Osteoporosis - ✔✔bone disease that occurs when the body loses too much bone,
makes too little bone
✔✔Spina bifida - ✔✔birth defect that occurs when the spine and spinal cord don't form
properly
✔✔Spondylolisthesis - ✔✔causes one of the lower vertebrae aka lumbar vertebra to slip
forward onto the bone directly beneath it
✔✔This organization has developed standards, ethics and educational materials for
healthcare interpreters - ✔✔The California Healthcare Interpreters Association (CHIA)
✔✔largest association of physicians—both MDs and DOs—and medical students in the
United States, promotes the art and science of medicine. - ✔✔American Medical
Association
✔✔antibiotics are useful to treat - ✔✔Bacterial Infections (Scarlet Fever for example)
✔✔can antibiotics treat viruses? - ✔✔Antibiotics have no effect on fungi or viruses
✔✔define metastasize - ✔✔spread to other areas of body
✔✔Esophagus - ✔✔A musculomembranous tube, most of which is located in the thorax
✔✔where does digestion take place? - ✔✔small intestine, also absorbs
✔✔Dymally-Alatorre Bilingual Services Act - ✔✔california state law, ensures individuals
seeking government services whose primary lan- guage is not English are not
precluded from receiving services
✔✔A very sick patient is told by the doctor to come back for a follow-up in no later than
1 week. At the front desk, he is told that there are no appointments available for the next
3 weeks. At that point, and with the patient's permission, the interpreter decides to
speak to the clinic manager. What role is he or she assuming? - ✔✔advocate, An
AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔why do you place electrodes on patient's skin? - ✔✔to measure electrical activity of
the heart for an EKG (electrocardiogram)
✔✔when do you inject patients with contrast dyes? - ✔✔X-ray, CT, MRI, or ultrasound
exam. Can be an iodine-based material, barium-sulfate, gadolinium, or saline and air
mixture (swallowed or injected intravenously)
✔✔why swallow barium solution? - ✔✔to obtain contrast X-ray studies of the digestive
tube (e.g. esophagram)
✔✔drug toxicity symptom - ✔✔loss of hearing, seizures, digestive issues
✔✔What is lisinopril - ✔✔treats high blood pressure and heart failure
✔✔how do you treat arrhythmia - ✔✔with cardioversion (shock delivered to hear
through paddles on chest)
✔✔medicine to treat heartburn - ✔✔omeprazole and ranitidine
✔✔how to treat AIDS - ✔✔no cure, but anti-retroviral therapy (ART) can help
✔✔what is gout - ✔✔sudden, severe arthritis, often joint at base of big toe
✔✔How to treat gout attacks - ✔✔Colchicine (anti-inflammatory)
✔✔what is Ermiao wan - ✔✔chinese herb
✔✔high levels of uric acid indicate - ✔✔gout disease
✔✔Establishing culturally and linguistically appropriate goals, policies and management
accountability, and infuse them throughout the organizations' planning and operations is
- ✔✔national CLAS standard (Culturally & Linguistically Appropriate Services)
✔✔No person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin,
be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to
discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance. -
✔✔Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
✔✔primary goal of HIPAA - ✔✔protect health care coverage for individuals who lose or
change their jobs.
, ✔✔what is HIPAA - ✔✔The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
✔✔A patient is told that she will need a hysterectomy. Although she nods, she then
asks you: "Is the doctor going to operate me"? This situation warrants that the
interpreter intervene in the role of: - ✔✔clarifier. Interpreters need to help patients
remove any doubts when the patient's speech or body language indicate confusion.
✔✔Osteomyelitis - ✔✔when an infection spreads to the bone
✔✔Osteoporosis - ✔✔bone disease that occurs when the body loses too much bone,
makes too little bone
✔✔Spina bifida - ✔✔birth defect that occurs when the spine and spinal cord don't form
properly
✔✔Spondylolisthesis - ✔✔causes one of the lower vertebrae aka lumbar vertebra to slip
forward onto the bone directly beneath it
✔✔This organization has developed standards, ethics and educational materials for
healthcare interpreters - ✔✔The California Healthcare Interpreters Association (CHIA)
✔✔largest association of physicians—both MDs and DOs—and medical students in the
United States, promotes the art and science of medicine. - ✔✔American Medical
Association
✔✔antibiotics are useful to treat - ✔✔Bacterial Infections (Scarlet Fever for example)
✔✔can antibiotics treat viruses? - ✔✔Antibiotics have no effect on fungi or viruses
✔✔define metastasize - ✔✔spread to other areas of body
✔✔Esophagus - ✔✔A musculomembranous tube, most of which is located in the thorax
✔✔where does digestion take place? - ✔✔small intestine, also absorbs
✔✔Dymally-Alatorre Bilingual Services Act - ✔✔california state law, ensures individuals
seeking government services whose primary lan- guage is not English are not
precluded from receiving services
✔✔A very sick patient is told by the doctor to come back for a follow-up in no later than
1 week. At the front desk, he is told that there are no appointments available for the next
3 weeks. At that point, and with the patient's permission, the interpreter decides to
speak to the clinic manager. What role is he or she assuming? - ✔✔advocate, An
