HSA3534 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY ACTUAL
EXAM PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Which of the following is NOT a common type of medical term?
Answer: French Words
(common types are Latin, Greek, and modern English)
◉ Terms that use a person's name; example: Parkinson's disease,
Alzheimer's disease, Crohn's disease (named after the doctor who
discovered it). Answer: Eponym
◉ Word root. Answer: gives the essential meaning of the term;
foundation of most medical terms
(refers to: body structure, organs, body system)
◉ Suffix. Answer: found at the end of medical terms
(provides information about the word root related to: conditions,
diseases, procedures)
, ◉ Prefix. Answer: found at the beginning of medical terms
(provide information about the word root related to: abnormal
conditions, numbers, positions, times)
◉ Combining vowels. Answer: used to connect word parts and make
terms easier to spell and say (only placed between a word root and a
suffix or between two word roots)
◉ What is NOT information given by a word root? Answer: disease
◉ What is NOT information provided by a prefix? Answer: procedure
◉ Which of the following statements about a prefix are NOT true?
Answer: Prefixes indicate surgical procedures
◉ Type of information provided by a suffix? Answer: diagnostic
procedure
◉ Information that is NOT provided by a suffix? Answer: Not all
medical terms contain a suffix
◉ When do we never use a combining vowel? Answer: between a prefix
and word root
EXAM PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Which of the following is NOT a common type of medical term?
Answer: French Words
(common types are Latin, Greek, and modern English)
◉ Terms that use a person's name; example: Parkinson's disease,
Alzheimer's disease, Crohn's disease (named after the doctor who
discovered it). Answer: Eponym
◉ Word root. Answer: gives the essential meaning of the term;
foundation of most medical terms
(refers to: body structure, organs, body system)
◉ Suffix. Answer: found at the end of medical terms
(provides information about the word root related to: conditions,
diseases, procedures)
, ◉ Prefix. Answer: found at the beginning of medical terms
(provide information about the word root related to: abnormal
conditions, numbers, positions, times)
◉ Combining vowels. Answer: used to connect word parts and make
terms easier to spell and say (only placed between a word root and a
suffix or between two word roots)
◉ What is NOT information given by a word root? Answer: disease
◉ What is NOT information provided by a prefix? Answer: procedure
◉ Which of the following statements about a prefix are NOT true?
Answer: Prefixes indicate surgical procedures
◉ Type of information provided by a suffix? Answer: diagnostic
procedure
◉ Information that is NOT provided by a suffix? Answer: Not all
medical terms contain a suffix
◉ When do we never use a combining vowel? Answer: between a prefix
and word root
