HCB EXAM 2025 /2026 QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Empathy - Answer-the ability to imagine oneself in another's place and understand the
others feelings, desires, ideas, and actions
Grief - Answer-the emotional feeling of pain and distress that a person experiences as a
reaction to loss
Hospice - Answer-philosophy of care for the dying and their families
Morgue - Answer-a place where the bodies of deceased persons are kept until identified
and claimed by relatives or released for burial
Mourning - Answer-the outward, social expressions of grief and the behavior associated
with loss
Mortality - Answer-the number of deaths in a given time or place
Palliation - Answer-the relief of symptoms when cure is no longer possible, and a
treatment is provided solely for comfort
Postmortem - Answer-After Death
Sympathy - Answer-an affinity, association, or relationship between persons or things
wherein whatever affects one similarly affects the other
Terminal Illness - Answer-leading ultimately to death; an unhealthy condition of the
body. there is no reasonable expectation of recovery
Rigor Mortis - Answer-the stiffening of the body after death
Moral - Answer-a system of principles or standards of conduct which govern the
appropriate conduct for a person, group, or profession
Ethics - Answer-is a system of moral principles or standards of conduct which govern
the appropriate conduct for a person, group, or profession
Consent - Answer-in the medical setting refers to a patient's expressed or implied
agreement to submit to an examination or treatment
Informed Consent - Answer-the healthcare provider gives the patient all the information
necessary for a knowledgeable decision
, Lawful Consent - Answer-the patient must have made a knowledgeable decision with
full awareness of the consequences
Incident Report - Answer-a report that must be filled out after an event occurs that
harms an individual, illustrates a potential for harm, or evidence is serious
dissatisfaction by patients visitors or staff
Freedom of Information Act - Answer-law that gives you the right to access information
from the federal government
Protected Health Information - Answer-individually identifiable health information,
including demographics, in paper, electronic, or oral form
Competency - Answer-the ability to understand the nature and consequences of one's
decisions
FOIA - Answer-freedom of Information act
HIPAA - Answer-Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
PHI - Answer-Protected Health Information
PII - Answer-Personally Identifiable Information
Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) - Answer-the system that you
must be enrolled in to be eligible for Tricare
Beneficiary - Answer-Sponsors and family members enrolled into DEERS
When and where was the first Hospital Corps School established? - Answer-15 Dec
1942 In Portsmouth, VA.
What estimated percent of our medical terminology is of Greek origin? - Answer-75%
The Hippocratics - Answer-The first to describe diseases based on observation
Broncho/Pulmo - Answer-lungs
Cardi - Answer-heart
Gastro - Answer-stomach
Hepat - Answer-liver
Neur - Answer-nerve
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Empathy - Answer-the ability to imagine oneself in another's place and understand the
others feelings, desires, ideas, and actions
Grief - Answer-the emotional feeling of pain and distress that a person experiences as a
reaction to loss
Hospice - Answer-philosophy of care for the dying and their families
Morgue - Answer-a place where the bodies of deceased persons are kept until identified
and claimed by relatives or released for burial
Mourning - Answer-the outward, social expressions of grief and the behavior associated
with loss
Mortality - Answer-the number of deaths in a given time or place
Palliation - Answer-the relief of symptoms when cure is no longer possible, and a
treatment is provided solely for comfort
Postmortem - Answer-After Death
Sympathy - Answer-an affinity, association, or relationship between persons or things
wherein whatever affects one similarly affects the other
Terminal Illness - Answer-leading ultimately to death; an unhealthy condition of the
body. there is no reasonable expectation of recovery
Rigor Mortis - Answer-the stiffening of the body after death
Moral - Answer-a system of principles or standards of conduct which govern the
appropriate conduct for a person, group, or profession
Ethics - Answer-is a system of moral principles or standards of conduct which govern
the appropriate conduct for a person, group, or profession
Consent - Answer-in the medical setting refers to a patient's expressed or implied
agreement to submit to an examination or treatment
Informed Consent - Answer-the healthcare provider gives the patient all the information
necessary for a knowledgeable decision
, Lawful Consent - Answer-the patient must have made a knowledgeable decision with
full awareness of the consequences
Incident Report - Answer-a report that must be filled out after an event occurs that
harms an individual, illustrates a potential for harm, or evidence is serious
dissatisfaction by patients visitors or staff
Freedom of Information Act - Answer-law that gives you the right to access information
from the federal government
Protected Health Information - Answer-individually identifiable health information,
including demographics, in paper, electronic, or oral form
Competency - Answer-the ability to understand the nature and consequences of one's
decisions
FOIA - Answer-freedom of Information act
HIPAA - Answer-Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
PHI - Answer-Protected Health Information
PII - Answer-Personally Identifiable Information
Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) - Answer-the system that you
must be enrolled in to be eligible for Tricare
Beneficiary - Answer-Sponsors and family members enrolled into DEERS
When and where was the first Hospital Corps School established? - Answer-15 Dec
1942 In Portsmouth, VA.
What estimated percent of our medical terminology is of Greek origin? - Answer-75%
The Hippocratics - Answer-The first to describe diseases based on observation
Broncho/Pulmo - Answer-lungs
Cardi - Answer-heart
Gastro - Answer-stomach
Hepat - Answer-liver
Neur - Answer-nerve
