Test Bank for Acquiring Medical Language 2nd Edition
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Acquiring Medical Language, 2e (Jones)
Chapter 1 Introduction to Medical Language
1) Medical language is necessary and useful because:
A) medical professionals can communicate clearly and quickly with each other using a common
language.
B) medical professionals can easily communicate with pat...
Test Bank for Acquiring Medical Language 2nd
Edition Jones
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,Acquiring Medical Language, 2e (Jones)
Chapter 1 Introduction to Medical Language
1) Medical language is necessary and useful because:
A) medical professionals can communicate clearly and quickly with each other using a common
language.
B) medical professionals can easily communicate with patients in words they understand.
C) patients can be comforted and assured that the medical professional understands their
symptoms and is in control of the diagnosis and treatment process.
D) medical professionals can communicate clearly and quickly with each other using a common
language, and medical professionals can easily communicate with patients in words they
understand.
E) medical professionals can communicate clearly and quickly with each other using a common
language, and patients can be comforted and assured that the medical professional understands
their symptoms and is in control of the diagnosis and treatment process.
Answer: E
Explanation: Medical language enables health care professionals to communicate quickly and
easily no matter what their specific specialty or native language. Using medical language
reassures patients that the health care professionals know what is going on and are in control.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: The Purpose of Medical Language
Bloom's: Remember
Learning Outcome: 01.01
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Est Time: 0-1 minute
2) Medical language is made up primarily (but not exclusively) of words taken from which two
ancient languages?
A) Greek and Latin
B) Greek and Old English
C) Greek and Hebrew
D) Hebrew and Latin
E) Hebrew and Old English
Answer: A
Explanation: Medical language is made up primarily (but not exclusively) of words taken from
Greek and Latin.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: The Origins of Medical Language
Bloom's: Remember
Learning Outcome: 01.02
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Est Time: 0-1 minute
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,3) A (n)________ is a word formed by including the name of the person who discovered or
invented what is being described.
A) acronym
B) antonym
C) eponym
D) synonym
E) none of these
Answer: C
Explanation: An eponym is a word formed by including the name of the person who discovered
or invented what is being described. It can also describe the disease's first or most noteworthy
diagnosed victim.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: The Origins of Medical Language
Bloom's: Remember
Learning Outcome: 01.02
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Est Time: 0-1 minute
4) The diagnostic imaging process called magnetic resonance imaging is frequently called MRI.
This is an example of a(n):
A) acronym.
B) antonym.
C) eponym.
D) synonym.
E) none of the above.
Answer: A
Explanation: An acronym is a word made up of the first letters of each of the words that make
up a phrase.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: The Origins of Medical Language
Bloom's: Understand
Learning Outcome: 01.02
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Est Time: 0-1 minute
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, 5) Which of the following is NOT a reason why Greek and Latin form the backbone and
foundation of medical language?
A) Foundations of Western medicine were in ancient Greece and Rome.
B) Latin was the global language of the scientific revolution.
C) Medical research of the scientific revolution was in Greek.
D) They are no longer spoken and therefore do not change meaning over time.
E) They are no longer spoken and can therefore serve as a common language for medical
professionals who may speak different modern languages.
Answer: C
Explanation: Latin was the language of scholarly discussion during the scientific revolution.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: The Origins of Medical Language
Bloom's: Understand
Learning Outcome: 01.02
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Est Time: 0-1 minute
6) Thinking of medical language as sentences to be translated instead of words to be memorized
allows one to:
A) break down and understand new words.
B) describe all aspects of health care.
C) prescribe medication to patients.
D) translate a few stock medical phrases.
E) understand only the most commonly used medical phrases.
Answer: A
Explanation: If you understand the way the language works, you will be able not only to know
the meaning of a few individual words, but also to break down and understand words you have
never seen before.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: The Principles of Medical Language
Bloom's: Remember
Learning Outcome: 01.03
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Est Time: 0-1 minute
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