SCRIBE AMERICA FINAL ED EXAM PRACTICE
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED EXPLANATIONS
2026
◉ Weakness.
Answer: Peristesia
◉ Co morbidity.
Answer: The presence of two or more chronic conditions
◉ Etiology.
Answer: The cause of a disease
◉ The relaxed phase of the heartbeat?.
Answer: Diastolic
◉ Excessive Thirst?.
Answer: Polydipsia
◉ Anticoagulant.
Answer: A drug that prevents blood clotting
,◉ How long must a patient have a disease for it to be considered
chronic?.
Answer: 3 months
◉ Explain why patients with comorbidities are complex and give an
example?.
Answer: The treatment of one disease may contradict the treatment
of the second, such as one medicine making their other illness
worse.
◉ Complex patients often bill to a HIGHER or LOWER level?.
Answer: Higher
◉ 100/70 BP reading. What is this?.
Answer: Normal
◉ 150/95 BP reading. What is this?.
Answer: Hypertensive
◉ 130/85 BP reading. What is this?.
Answer: Pre-Hypertensive
,◉ Patients with HTN often become symptomatic when the HTN is
chronic and worsening. Name two symptoms a patient with severe
HTN may experience?.
Answer: Vision Loss, Epistaxis
◉ Give three examples of non-pharmacological HTN management.
Answer: low sodium diet, decreased EtOH intake and exercise
◉ What is the abbreviation for hydrochlorothiazide.
Answer: HCTZ
◉ The majority of diabetes patients have Type I or II diabetes?.
Answer: Type II
◉ What are three common symptoms of diabetes?.
Answer: Polyuria, Polydipsia, Fatigue
◉ Name one disease that can be caused by diabetes and explain how
chronic hyperglycemia contributes to it's etiology?.
Answer: Diabetic Retinopathy, damage to the small vessels of the
eyes can cause them to hemorrhage, leading to blurred vision.
, ◉ Both Type I and Type II diabetes can be treated with insulin.
Which type can also be treated with oral medication?.
Answer: Type II
◉ Which mediation is preferred for someone with mild, new onset,
type II DM: Metformin or Humalog? Why?.
Answer: Metformin. Sometimes Type II diabetes can be treated with
just oral medication
◉ Name 3 risk factors of HLD.
Answer: Obesity, physical inactivity, FHx
◉ Why is HDL considered good cholesterol?.
Answer: It's able to remove cholesterol from artery plaques and
recycle it back to the liver.
◉ CAD and MI can be caused the HLD due to atherosclerosis of the
_________ arteries.
Answer: coronary
◉ TIA and CVA can be caused by HLD due to atherosclerosis of the
__________ arteries.
Answer: carotid
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED EXPLANATIONS
2026
◉ Weakness.
Answer: Peristesia
◉ Co morbidity.
Answer: The presence of two or more chronic conditions
◉ Etiology.
Answer: The cause of a disease
◉ The relaxed phase of the heartbeat?.
Answer: Diastolic
◉ Excessive Thirst?.
Answer: Polydipsia
◉ Anticoagulant.
Answer: A drug that prevents blood clotting
,◉ How long must a patient have a disease for it to be considered
chronic?.
Answer: 3 months
◉ Explain why patients with comorbidities are complex and give an
example?.
Answer: The treatment of one disease may contradict the treatment
of the second, such as one medicine making their other illness
worse.
◉ Complex patients often bill to a HIGHER or LOWER level?.
Answer: Higher
◉ 100/70 BP reading. What is this?.
Answer: Normal
◉ 150/95 BP reading. What is this?.
Answer: Hypertensive
◉ 130/85 BP reading. What is this?.
Answer: Pre-Hypertensive
,◉ Patients with HTN often become symptomatic when the HTN is
chronic and worsening. Name two symptoms a patient with severe
HTN may experience?.
Answer: Vision Loss, Epistaxis
◉ Give three examples of non-pharmacological HTN management.
Answer: low sodium diet, decreased EtOH intake and exercise
◉ What is the abbreviation for hydrochlorothiazide.
Answer: HCTZ
◉ The majority of diabetes patients have Type I or II diabetes?.
Answer: Type II
◉ What are three common symptoms of diabetes?.
Answer: Polyuria, Polydipsia, Fatigue
◉ Name one disease that can be caused by diabetes and explain how
chronic hyperglycemia contributes to it's etiology?.
Answer: Diabetic Retinopathy, damage to the small vessels of the
eyes can cause them to hemorrhage, leading to blurred vision.
, ◉ Both Type I and Type II diabetes can be treated with insulin.
Which type can also be treated with oral medication?.
Answer: Type II
◉ Which mediation is preferred for someone with mild, new onset,
type II DM: Metformin or Humalog? Why?.
Answer: Metformin. Sometimes Type II diabetes can be treated with
just oral medication
◉ Name 3 risk factors of HLD.
Answer: Obesity, physical inactivity, FHx
◉ Why is HDL considered good cholesterol?.
Answer: It's able to remove cholesterol from artery plaques and
recycle it back to the liver.
◉ CAD and MI can be caused the HLD due to atherosclerosis of the
_________ arteries.
Answer: coronary
◉ TIA and CVA can be caused by HLD due to atherosclerosis of the
__________ arteries.
Answer: carotid
