SCRIBE PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
You've just caught up on all you're charting. What are some things you can do to
increase your provider's efficiency? - Answer-Preparing charts for patients that are
assign to provider
Tracking results
Accompanying your provider on revels
Preparing for dispositions
How would you DDx Afib ? - Answer-EKG
How would you DDx pneumothorax? - Answer-CXR
Which of the following lab results need to be monitored closely for efficiency? - Answer-
Troponin, Creatinine, D-Dimer
How would you DDx Hemorrhagic CVA ? - Answer-Head CT , LP ( Lumbar puncture)
What procedure would be used to DDx Meningitis? - Answer-LP ( Lumbar puncture )
Match the following results with the corresponding DDx - Answer-No MI : (-) EKG and
(-) Blood work
NStemi : (-) EKG and (+) Blood work
Stemi : (+) EKG and (+) Blood work
How would you DDx an AAA ? - Answer-Ct A/P with IV contrast dye
Which of the following diseases may be DDx using CXR? - Answer-Rib Fracture
PTX
PNA
CHF
Which of the following tests would likely be immediately ordered for a cardiac work up in
the ED ? - Answer-CBC and BMP
Troponin
CXR
EKG
Match the normal grading scale with the corresponding PE finding. - Answer-Reflexes:
2+
Strength: 5/5
GCS: 15
, A 23 y/o female is brought in by EMS for a motor vehicle crash. Your physician
verbalized outlaid that the patient appears to be on a backboard and her cervical spine
is stabilized with a hand collar. The patient also appears to be lethargic with obvious
lacerations above her right eyebrow, left hand, and left thigh. Match the following exam
findings with he appropriate organ system. - Answer-Neck: patient with a c-collar
Back: patient back-boarded
Integumentary: lacerations to the right eyebrow, left hand, and left thigh
Neurological: patient lethargic
You see the physician check the patient's pulses in four places; the right wrist, the top of
the right foot, the back of the right foot and the left neck. The doctor states "The pulses
are fine". Match the location with the appropriate pulse that you would document in the
physical exam? - Answer-Neck: 2+ carotid
Back of foot: 2+ PTP
Wrist: 2+ radial pulse
Top of foot: 2+ DPP
An ROS has marked positive for head trauma with accompanying LOC. What DDx
would your provider be concerned about? - Answer-Hemorrhagic CVA
What condition is correctly describes "A vascular change that temporarily deprives a
part of the brain of oxygen but does not result in any long lasting deficits." - Answer-TIA
Match the following Dx with patient presentation - Answer-COPD : SOB + Wheezing +
SHx Of 3ppd
PE : SOB + unilateral pedal edema + pleuritic CP
CHF : SOB + bilateral pedal edema + CP
Asthma : SOB + wheezing on exam
What condition correctly describes "Fertilized egg developed outside the uterus?" -
Answer-Ectopic pregnancy
What condition correctly describes "An immune response that leads to rash, itching,
swelling, or difficulty breathing?" - Answer-Allergic reaction
What condition describes "translocation of a thrombus leading to dyspnea and
hypoxia"? - Answer-PE
Which of the following are not valid DDx for a patient with CC of HA? - Answer-syncope,
vertigo, Bell's palsy
A 45 year old male presents to the emergency department with a ripping, tearing pain to
his central chest radiating strait to his back with associated nausea and begun 1 hour
AND ANSWERS
You've just caught up on all you're charting. What are some things you can do to
increase your provider's efficiency? - Answer-Preparing charts for patients that are
assign to provider
Tracking results
Accompanying your provider on revels
Preparing for dispositions
How would you DDx Afib ? - Answer-EKG
How would you DDx pneumothorax? - Answer-CXR
Which of the following lab results need to be monitored closely for efficiency? - Answer-
Troponin, Creatinine, D-Dimer
How would you DDx Hemorrhagic CVA ? - Answer-Head CT , LP ( Lumbar puncture)
What procedure would be used to DDx Meningitis? - Answer-LP ( Lumbar puncture )
Match the following results with the corresponding DDx - Answer-No MI : (-) EKG and
(-) Blood work
NStemi : (-) EKG and (+) Blood work
Stemi : (+) EKG and (+) Blood work
How would you DDx an AAA ? - Answer-Ct A/P with IV contrast dye
Which of the following diseases may be DDx using CXR? - Answer-Rib Fracture
PTX
PNA
CHF
Which of the following tests would likely be immediately ordered for a cardiac work up in
the ED ? - Answer-CBC and BMP
Troponin
CXR
EKG
Match the normal grading scale with the corresponding PE finding. - Answer-Reflexes:
2+
Strength: 5/5
GCS: 15
, A 23 y/o female is brought in by EMS for a motor vehicle crash. Your physician
verbalized outlaid that the patient appears to be on a backboard and her cervical spine
is stabilized with a hand collar. The patient also appears to be lethargic with obvious
lacerations above her right eyebrow, left hand, and left thigh. Match the following exam
findings with he appropriate organ system. - Answer-Neck: patient with a c-collar
Back: patient back-boarded
Integumentary: lacerations to the right eyebrow, left hand, and left thigh
Neurological: patient lethargic
You see the physician check the patient's pulses in four places; the right wrist, the top of
the right foot, the back of the right foot and the left neck. The doctor states "The pulses
are fine". Match the location with the appropriate pulse that you would document in the
physical exam? - Answer-Neck: 2+ carotid
Back of foot: 2+ PTP
Wrist: 2+ radial pulse
Top of foot: 2+ DPP
An ROS has marked positive for head trauma with accompanying LOC. What DDx
would your provider be concerned about? - Answer-Hemorrhagic CVA
What condition is correctly describes "A vascular change that temporarily deprives a
part of the brain of oxygen but does not result in any long lasting deficits." - Answer-TIA
Match the following Dx with patient presentation - Answer-COPD : SOB + Wheezing +
SHx Of 3ppd
PE : SOB + unilateral pedal edema + pleuritic CP
CHF : SOB + bilateral pedal edema + CP
Asthma : SOB + wheezing on exam
What condition correctly describes "Fertilized egg developed outside the uterus?" -
Answer-Ectopic pregnancy
What condition correctly describes "An immune response that leads to rash, itching,
swelling, or difficulty breathing?" - Answer-Allergic reaction
What condition describes "translocation of a thrombus leading to dyspnea and
hypoxia"? - Answer-PE
Which of the following are not valid DDx for a patient with CC of HA? - Answer-syncope,
vertigo, Bell's palsy
A 45 year old male presents to the emergency department with a ripping, tearing pain to
his central chest radiating strait to his back with associated nausea and begun 1 hour
