ALTA MEDICAL INTERPRETER EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Poverty and Education levels can cause disparities in healthcare - Correct Answers -
false
Acculturation and assimilation are terms that have the same meaning - Correct Answers
-false
title VI states that patients must pay for their own interpreter - Correct Answers -false
nursing homes are not required yo provide language access to non-English speaking
residents due to Medicare regulations - Correct Answers -false
refugees are - Correct Answers -unable or unwilling to return yo their country's due to
persecution or well founded fear persecution
aneurysm - Correct Answers -weakening or bulging in the artery wall
end-stage renal disease - Correct Answers -The final stage of kidney failure
stroke - Correct Answers -interruption of blood flow to the brain
Is an independent, not for profit organizations that accredits and certifies Healthcare
organizations and programs in the US - Correct Answers -the joint of commission
an untrained interpreter may make the following mistakes - Correct Answers -adding
information that was not said by provider, omitting info that was not said by provider,
inserting personal opinions when relying info
cholecyst - Correct Answers -gallbladder
ectomy - Correct Answers -removal
itis - Correct Answers -inflammation
tachy - Correct Answers -fast, rapid
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Poverty and Education levels can cause disparities in healthcare - Correct Answers -
false
Acculturation and assimilation are terms that have the same meaning - Correct Answers
-false
title VI states that patients must pay for their own interpreter - Correct Answers -false
nursing homes are not required yo provide language access to non-English speaking
residents due to Medicare regulations - Correct Answers -false
refugees are - Correct Answers -unable or unwilling to return yo their country's due to
persecution or well founded fear persecution
aneurysm - Correct Answers -weakening or bulging in the artery wall
end-stage renal disease - Correct Answers -The final stage of kidney failure
stroke - Correct Answers -interruption of blood flow to the brain
Is an independent, not for profit organizations that accredits and certifies Healthcare
organizations and programs in the US - Correct Answers -the joint of commission
an untrained interpreter may make the following mistakes - Correct Answers -adding
information that was not said by provider, omitting info that was not said by provider,
inserting personal opinions when relying info
cholecyst - Correct Answers -gallbladder
ectomy - Correct Answers -removal
itis - Correct Answers -inflammation
tachy - Correct Answers -fast, rapid