SKILLS USA HEALTH KNOWLEDGE BOWL
WRITTEN TEST HOSA EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WELL ILLUSTRATED.
1. Write the abbreviation for "as desired".: Ad lib
2. What organs are located in the pleural cavities?: lungs
3. Retraining a patient without proper authorization, justification or attempting
less restrictive methods constitutes what legal violation?: False imprisonment
4. A patient with TB should be placed in what type of isolation?: Airborne
5. Being qualified, accurate and capable when performing tasks demonstrates
what personal characteristic?: competency
6. What is the medical term for a pulse rate over 100 beats per minute (except
in children)?: tachycardia
7. What physician order indicates that in the event of cardiac or respiratory
arrest, lifesaving measures are not to be implemented?: DNR
8. What is the medical term for an enlarged spleen?: splenomegaly
9. What is the body plane that divides the body, or any of its parts, into anterior
and posterior portions?: Frontal or Coronal
10. What is the medical term for vomiting?: emesis
11. What does the C in the acronym RACE stand for?: Contain or confine
12. What is the medical term for excessive bleeding?: hemorrhage
13. What is the other name for the right AV valve in the heart?: Tricuspid
14. Define the abbreviation OBRA.: Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
15. Write the medical term for surgical removal of the gall bladder.: Cholecys-
tectomy
16. Name the federal agency that establishes and enforces standards that
protect workers from job-related injuries.: OSHA
17. What division of the nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord?-
: Central
18. What is the medical term for difficulty breathing?: dyspnea
19. Define the abbreviation HMO.: Health Maintenance Organization
20. Movement of a boy part away from midline is called?: Abduction
21. What is the medical term for elevated blood pressure (NO ABBREVIA-
TIONS!)?: Hypertension
22. Information about a patient should remain private. This is called maintain-
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WRITTEN TEST HOSA EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WELL ILLUSTRATED.
1. Write the abbreviation for "as desired".: Ad lib
2. What organs are located in the pleural cavities?: lungs
3. Retraining a patient without proper authorization, justification or attempting
less restrictive methods constitutes what legal violation?: False imprisonment
4. A patient with TB should be placed in what type of isolation?: Airborne
5. Being qualified, accurate and capable when performing tasks demonstrates
what personal characteristic?: competency
6. What is the medical term for a pulse rate over 100 beats per minute (except
in children)?: tachycardia
7. What physician order indicates that in the event of cardiac or respiratory
arrest, lifesaving measures are not to be implemented?: DNR
8. What is the medical term for an enlarged spleen?: splenomegaly
9. What is the body plane that divides the body, or any of its parts, into anterior
and posterior portions?: Frontal or Coronal
10. What is the medical term for vomiting?: emesis
11. What does the C in the acronym RACE stand for?: Contain or confine
12. What is the medical term for excessive bleeding?: hemorrhage
13. What is the other name for the right AV valve in the heart?: Tricuspid
14. Define the abbreviation OBRA.: Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
15. Write the medical term for surgical removal of the gall bladder.: Cholecys-
tectomy
16. Name the federal agency that establishes and enforces standards that
protect workers from job-related injuries.: OSHA
17. What division of the nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord?-
: Central
18. What is the medical term for difficulty breathing?: dyspnea
19. Define the abbreviation HMO.: Health Maintenance Organization
20. Movement of a boy part away from midline is called?: Abduction
21. What is the medical term for elevated blood pressure (NO ABBREVIA-
TIONS!)?: Hypertension
22. Information about a patient should remain private. This is called maintain-
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