MEDICAL SCRIBE (SCRIBE101) EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Vital signs - Answer-a series of measures that give an overview of a patient's overall
health; heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, body temperature, oxygen saturation
heart rate - Answer-the rate that your heart is pumping blood (beats per minute)
(normal: 60-100 bpm)
respiratory rate - Answer-rate of someone's breathing (breaths per minute) (normal: 12-
20 breaths per minute)
blood pressure - Answer-the pressure at which blood is being pumped throughout your
body (normal 90/60-140/90) (systolic over diastolic)
body temperature - Answer-measure of your body's ability to make and get rid of heat
(normal: 98.6-100.4)
oxygen saturation - Answer-the saturation of oxygen in your blood (normal: 95-100%)
tachycardic - Answer-fast heart rate, above 100 bpm
bradycardic - Answer-slow heart rate, below 60 bpm
tachypneic - Answer-fast respiratory rate, above 20 breaths per minute
bradypnea - Answer-slow respiratory rate, below 12 breaths per minute
hypertensive - Answer-high blood pressure (>140/90)
hypotensive - Answer-low blood pressure (<90/60)
afebrile - Answer-no fever
febrile - Answer-high body temperature, fever (>98.6)
hypothermic - Answer-low body temperature (<98.6)
hypoxic - Answer-low oxygen saturation (<95%)
emergency care - Answer-life threatening conditions that require hospitalization
urgent care - Answer-illness or injury that does not appear to be life threatening but
can't wait until the next day
,in-patient care - Answer-care of patients whose condition requires admission to a
hospital
out-patient care - Answer-medical procedures, tests, and services that can be provided
to the patient in a setting that doesn't involve an overnight hospital stay
provider - Answer-They have usually obtained a doctoral degree in medicine or the
specialty they practice. They diagnose and treat the patient. (physician or specialist
doctor)
advanced practice providers - Answer-People who studied and obtained a medical
degree that allows them to see patients, sometimes under the supervision of a
physician or sometimes on their own (nurse practitioner, P.A.)
nurses or medical assistants - Answer-Nurses are trained in assisting with medical care,
procedures, administering medicine, and more. Medical Assistants are more common in
Outpatient clinics, as they do not need to perform the full scope of tasks as nurses do.
They require less training.
technicians - Answer-Trained in either certain equipment, specialties, or to assist with
patients! For example, a respiratory technician helps the ER with emergency cases,
coming in where patients can't breathe and require respiratory equipment.
medical scribe - Answer-Responsible for charting the patient's visit and making sure it's
accurate and represents the providers efforts and what the patient told us. The chart
should make sense with what the patient came in with and their diagnosis! While
scribes don't do patient care, we make sure that patient's are taken care of by us taking
care of the provider!
tachy - Answer-fast
brady - Answer-slow
hyper - Answer-above
hypo - Answer-below
itis - Answer-infection/inflammation
osis - Answer-disease of
ectomy - Answer-surgical removal of
arthro - Answer-joint
, osteo - Answer-bone
chole - Answer-bile
otomy - Answer-hole or opening
algia - Answer-pain
subjective - Answer-what the patient tells us, ex. pain
objective - Answer-what the provider and results tell us, ex. tenderness
medical history - Answer-any prior medical problems that include chronic medical
problems, past surgeries, allergies to medications
family history - Answer-direct family members with a medical problem and includes all of
the same medical histories; always note age of family history to determine if genetic
social history - Answer-any history that occurs in daily life including alcohol use,
smoking or tobacco/nicotine, occupation, and living status
high blood pressure - Answer-Hypertension (HTN)
high cholesterol - Answer-Hyperlipidemia (HLD)
diabetes - Answer-Diabetes Mellitus (DM)
only pills for diabetes - Answer-Non-Insulin dependent diabetes Mellitus (NIDDM) (type
II)
insulin shots for diabetes - Answer-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (IDDM) (type I
or type II)
cancer - Answer-cancer or carcinoma (CA)
heart disease - Answer-Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
heart attack - Answer-Myocardial Infarction (MI) and CAD
heart failure - Answer-Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
abnormal rhythm - Answer-Arrhythmias, ex. atrial fibrillation
asthma - Answer-asthma
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Vital signs - Answer-a series of measures that give an overview of a patient's overall
health; heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, body temperature, oxygen saturation
heart rate - Answer-the rate that your heart is pumping blood (beats per minute)
(normal: 60-100 bpm)
respiratory rate - Answer-rate of someone's breathing (breaths per minute) (normal: 12-
20 breaths per minute)
blood pressure - Answer-the pressure at which blood is being pumped throughout your
body (normal 90/60-140/90) (systolic over diastolic)
body temperature - Answer-measure of your body's ability to make and get rid of heat
(normal: 98.6-100.4)
oxygen saturation - Answer-the saturation of oxygen in your blood (normal: 95-100%)
tachycardic - Answer-fast heart rate, above 100 bpm
bradycardic - Answer-slow heart rate, below 60 bpm
tachypneic - Answer-fast respiratory rate, above 20 breaths per minute
bradypnea - Answer-slow respiratory rate, below 12 breaths per minute
hypertensive - Answer-high blood pressure (>140/90)
hypotensive - Answer-low blood pressure (<90/60)
afebrile - Answer-no fever
febrile - Answer-high body temperature, fever (>98.6)
hypothermic - Answer-low body temperature (<98.6)
hypoxic - Answer-low oxygen saturation (<95%)
emergency care - Answer-life threatening conditions that require hospitalization
urgent care - Answer-illness or injury that does not appear to be life threatening but
can't wait until the next day
,in-patient care - Answer-care of patients whose condition requires admission to a
hospital
out-patient care - Answer-medical procedures, tests, and services that can be provided
to the patient in a setting that doesn't involve an overnight hospital stay
provider - Answer-They have usually obtained a doctoral degree in medicine or the
specialty they practice. They diagnose and treat the patient. (physician or specialist
doctor)
advanced practice providers - Answer-People who studied and obtained a medical
degree that allows them to see patients, sometimes under the supervision of a
physician or sometimes on their own (nurse practitioner, P.A.)
nurses or medical assistants - Answer-Nurses are trained in assisting with medical care,
procedures, administering medicine, and more. Medical Assistants are more common in
Outpatient clinics, as they do not need to perform the full scope of tasks as nurses do.
They require less training.
technicians - Answer-Trained in either certain equipment, specialties, or to assist with
patients! For example, a respiratory technician helps the ER with emergency cases,
coming in where patients can't breathe and require respiratory equipment.
medical scribe - Answer-Responsible for charting the patient's visit and making sure it's
accurate and represents the providers efforts and what the patient told us. The chart
should make sense with what the patient came in with and their diagnosis! While
scribes don't do patient care, we make sure that patient's are taken care of by us taking
care of the provider!
tachy - Answer-fast
brady - Answer-slow
hyper - Answer-above
hypo - Answer-below
itis - Answer-infection/inflammation
osis - Answer-disease of
ectomy - Answer-surgical removal of
arthro - Answer-joint
, osteo - Answer-bone
chole - Answer-bile
otomy - Answer-hole or opening
algia - Answer-pain
subjective - Answer-what the patient tells us, ex. pain
objective - Answer-what the provider and results tell us, ex. tenderness
medical history - Answer-any prior medical problems that include chronic medical
problems, past surgeries, allergies to medications
family history - Answer-direct family members with a medical problem and includes all of
the same medical histories; always note age of family history to determine if genetic
social history - Answer-any history that occurs in daily life including alcohol use,
smoking or tobacco/nicotine, occupation, and living status
high blood pressure - Answer-Hypertension (HTN)
high cholesterol - Answer-Hyperlipidemia (HLD)
diabetes - Answer-Diabetes Mellitus (DM)
only pills for diabetes - Answer-Non-Insulin dependent diabetes Mellitus (NIDDM) (type
II)
insulin shots for diabetes - Answer-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (IDDM) (type I
or type II)
cancer - Answer-cancer or carcinoma (CA)
heart disease - Answer-Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
heart attack - Answer-Myocardial Infarction (MI) and CAD
heart failure - Answer-Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
abnormal rhythm - Answer-Arrhythmias, ex. atrial fibrillation
asthma - Answer-asthma
