SCRIBE COMPETENCY EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Hepatomegaly - Answer-liver enlargement
Hirsutism - Answer-abnormal growth of hair on a person's face or body
Hypertension - Answer-elevated blood pressure
Hypotension - Answer-abnormally low blood pressure
Incontinence - Answer-lack of voluntary control over urination or defecation
Induration - Answer-an increase in the fibrous elements in tissue commonly associated
with inflammation and marked loss of elasticity and pliability; a hardened mass or
formation
Infarct - Answer-death of tissue due to lack of blood supply
Inguinal - Answer-of the groin
Intermittent - Answer-comes and goes
Ischemia - Answer-lack of blood supply to an organ or part of the body
Laceration - Answer-cut
Lethargy - Answer-a state of sleepiness or deep unresponsiveness and inactivity
Malaise - Answer-a general feeling of discomfort, illness, or uneasiness whose exact
cause is difficult to identify
Malodorous - Answer-foul smelling
Melena - Answer-black, tarry stool
Myalgia - Answer-muscle pain
Myocardial infarction - Answer-heart attack
Nevus - Answer-mole
Orthopnea - Answer-shortness of breath that occurs when lying flat
, Pallor - Answer-an unhealthy pale appearance
Palpation - Answer-the process of using one's hands to examine the body, especially
while perceiving/diagnosing a disease or illness
Paresthesia - Answer-an abnormal sensation, typically characterized as "pins and
needles"
Abrasion - Answer-skin scrape
Acute - Answer-sudden or rapid onset, brief
Afebrile - Answer-without fever
Ambulate - Answer-walk
Analgesics - Answer-medication that relieves pain
Anaphylaxis - Answer-severe, potentially life threatening allergic reaction
Anemia - Answer-a condition marked by a deficiency in red blood cells or hemoglobin in
the blood
Anorexia - Answer-lack or loss of appetite
Anticoagulant - Answer-medication that inhibits the coagulation of blood
Antiemetics - Answer-medication that prevents nausea
Antipyretics - Answer-medication that prevents or reduces fever
Aphasia - Answer-loss of ability to understand or express speech
Apnea - Answer-temporary cessation of breathing
Atelectasis - Answer-partial or complete collapse of the lung
Ataxia - Answer-loss of full control of body movements
Auscultation - Answer-the action of listening with a stethoscope
Avulsion - Answer-the detachment of a bone fragment that results from the pulling away
of a ligament, tendon, or joint from its point of attachment to the bone
Baseline - Answer-a person's normal state of being
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Hepatomegaly - Answer-liver enlargement
Hirsutism - Answer-abnormal growth of hair on a person's face or body
Hypertension - Answer-elevated blood pressure
Hypotension - Answer-abnormally low blood pressure
Incontinence - Answer-lack of voluntary control over urination or defecation
Induration - Answer-an increase in the fibrous elements in tissue commonly associated
with inflammation and marked loss of elasticity and pliability; a hardened mass or
formation
Infarct - Answer-death of tissue due to lack of blood supply
Inguinal - Answer-of the groin
Intermittent - Answer-comes and goes
Ischemia - Answer-lack of blood supply to an organ or part of the body
Laceration - Answer-cut
Lethargy - Answer-a state of sleepiness or deep unresponsiveness and inactivity
Malaise - Answer-a general feeling of discomfort, illness, or uneasiness whose exact
cause is difficult to identify
Malodorous - Answer-foul smelling
Melena - Answer-black, tarry stool
Myalgia - Answer-muscle pain
Myocardial infarction - Answer-heart attack
Nevus - Answer-mole
Orthopnea - Answer-shortness of breath that occurs when lying flat
, Pallor - Answer-an unhealthy pale appearance
Palpation - Answer-the process of using one's hands to examine the body, especially
while perceiving/diagnosing a disease or illness
Paresthesia - Answer-an abnormal sensation, typically characterized as "pins and
needles"
Abrasion - Answer-skin scrape
Acute - Answer-sudden or rapid onset, brief
Afebrile - Answer-without fever
Ambulate - Answer-walk
Analgesics - Answer-medication that relieves pain
Anaphylaxis - Answer-severe, potentially life threatening allergic reaction
Anemia - Answer-a condition marked by a deficiency in red blood cells or hemoglobin in
the blood
Anorexia - Answer-lack or loss of appetite
Anticoagulant - Answer-medication that inhibits the coagulation of blood
Antiemetics - Answer-medication that prevents nausea
Antipyretics - Answer-medication that prevents or reduces fever
Aphasia - Answer-loss of ability to understand or express speech
Apnea - Answer-temporary cessation of breathing
Atelectasis - Answer-partial or complete collapse of the lung
Ataxia - Answer-loss of full control of body movements
Auscultation - Answer-the action of listening with a stethoscope
Avulsion - Answer-the detachment of a bone fragment that results from the pulling away
of a ligament, tendon, or joint from its point of attachment to the bone
Baseline - Answer-a person's normal state of being
