Medical record technician exam Solved question paper

MRO can release informations upon.

 A:-Legitimate requests

 B:-Phone requests

 C:-Legal requests

 D:-Personal request

 Correct Answer:- Option-A


A document that requires a person to appear at the designated place at the designated time is termed.

 A:-Subpoena

 B:-Subpoena duces tecum

 C:-Primary evidence

 D:-Attorney subpoena

 Correct Answer:- Option-A



Gossiping between the doctors about the patient is ...............

 A:-Defamation

 B:-Invasion of priva cy

 C:-Breach of confidentiality

 D:-Tort

 Correct Answer:- Option-C



When two or more persons agree upon the same thing in the same sense, they are said to ....

 A:-Consent

 B:-Clientele

 C:-Plaintiff

 D:-Will

 Correct Answer:- Option-A


LAMA is

 A:-Left Against Medical Advice

 B:-Local Area Medical Access

 C:-Laboratory And Medical Advice

 D:-Late Arrival of Medical Attention

 Correct Answer:- Option-A


Preoperative checklist form is filled by

 A:-Concerned doctor

 B:-Chief physician

 C:-Anaesthetist

 D:-Nurse

 Correct Answer:- Option-D


Responsibility for designing medical record forms is delegated to the hospital.

 A:-MRO

 B:-PRO

 C:-Forms committee

 D:-Administrator

 Correct Answer:- Option-C


Electronic health records are

 A:-Back up files

 B:-Scanned records

 C:-Digitally stored healthcare information

 D:-Telemedicine

 Correct Answer:- Option-C


Unit numbering system provides.

 A:-Single record

 B:-Single number but different records

 C:-Single record with different numbers

 D:-Different records with different numbers

 Correct Answer:- Option-A


In which numbering system the removal of inactive records is not easy

 A:-Serial

 B:-Serial unit

 C:-Unit

 D:-Middle digit

 Correct Answer:- Option-C


A note of pertinent findings should be recorded on the patient's record within ....... hours prior to the operation

 A:-8 hrs

 B:-12 hrs

 C:-24 hrs

 D:-3 hrs

 Correct Answer:- Option-C


Quality assurance includes all of the following except

 A:-Risk management

 B:-Quality assessment

 C:-Utilisation management

 D:-Billing process review

 Correct Answer:- Option-D


Policies help in

 A:-Making decisions

 B:-Writing goals

 C:-Determining goals or objectives

 D:-Providing feed back

 Correct Answer:- Option-A


A ............. is a plan in numerical terms

 A:-Vital statistics

 B:-Length of stay

 C:-Bed occupancy rate

 D:-Budget

 Correct Answer:- Option-D

The right of a supervisor to issue commands is

 A:-Delegation

 B:-Authority

 C:-Responsibility

 D:-Power

 Correct Answer:- Option-B


Daily task is not a

 A:-Personal check on his productivity

 B:-Tool for organisational analysis

 C:-To assure accurate recording of time spent

 D:-Emphasis on major activities

 Correct Answer:- Option-A


Which management function measures and correct work performance

 A:-Organising

 B:-Actuating

 C:-Controlling

 D:-Directing

 Correct Answer:- Option-C


Evaluating the quality and validity of information recorded is the responsibility of

 A:-Medical officer

 B:-Medical record office

 C:-Medical record technician

 D:-Hospital administrator

 Correct Answer:- Option-A


The daily inpatient census is the number of inpatients present at the census taking time each day, plus

 A:-Any inpatient died after the census taking time the previous day

 B:-Any patient in the ambulatory care department

 C:-Any inpatients who were both admitted and discharged after the census taking time the previous day

 D:-Any new born birth after the census taking time the previous day

 Correct Answer:- Option-C


The fetal death is indicated by

 A:-The fact that after complete expulsion from the mother the foetus does not breathe or show any other evidence of

life

 B:-The fact that after complete expulsion from the mother the foetus show the evidence of life

 C:-Death of neonate

 D:-Death of new born during the first 28 completed days of life.

 Correct Answer:- Option-A

 

A unit of measure denoting the services received by an inpatient during one 24 hr period is ....

 A:-Hospital day

 B:-Daily census

 C:-Occupied bed day

 D:-Length of stay

 Correct Answer:- Option-C


The disease or injury which initiated the train of morbid events leading directly to death or the circumstances of

the accident or violence which produced the fatal injury

 A:-Antecedent cause

 B:-Cause of death

 C:-Mortality

 D:-Underlying cause of death

 Correct Answer:- Option-D


In the month of May, there were 21 deaths. Total of 650 patients were discharged (including deaths). Then the

hospital death rate for May was.

 A:-2.1%

 B:-21%

 C:-3.23%

 D:-6.5%

 Correct Answer:- Option-C


If the patient is not in a position to give written consent to release information from his/her record, then who

will do the same

 A:-Patient's legal guardian

 B:-Attending physician

 C:-MRO

 D:-Nurse who takes care of the patient

 Correct Answer:- Option-A


A written patient authorisation should contain all of the following except

 A:-Signature of the person requesting the information

 B:-Signature of the patient or institution that is to receive the information

 C:-Purpose of or need for the information

 D:-Name of the person or institution that is to receive the information

 Correct Answer:- Option-A

 In MRD the last step in the work flow pattern is the.

 A:-Filing of Medical record according to the established procedure

 B:-Deficiency checking

 C:-Assembling

 D:-Coding

 Correct Answer:- Option-A


A MRD head is a

 A:-First level manager

 B:-Second level manager

 C:-Lower level manager

 D:-Supervisor

 Correct Answer:- Option-B


Medical record information might be considered to fall into all the following categories except

 A:-Clinical information

 B:-Secondary medical information

 C:-Financial information

 D:-Identifying information

 Correct Answer:- Option-C


In determining the length of stay, a 24 hr leave of absence is

 A:-Always counted

 B:-Never counted

 C:-Counted if the patient is receiving some type of medical care at another facility during the leave

 D:-Counted if the attending physician sees the patient during the leave

 Correct Answer:- Option-B


The major elements in maintaining quality assurance programme are

 A:-Gathering of data, assessment and analysis of data, continuing the monitoring process

 B:-Making decisions, writing goals, determining goals or objectives and providing feedback

 C:-Work simplification, work distribution, flow process, work sampling

 D:-Direct observation, work simplification, work sampling, quality control

 Correct Answer:- Option-A


Utilisation review was conducted by

 A:-Hospital admissions committee

 B:-Medical record committee

 C:-Forms committee

 D:-Occurance screening committee

 Correct Answer:- Option-A


Four major management functions are

 A:-Staffing, recruiting and orientation

 B:-Planning, organising, controlling and actuating

 C:-Policy making, decision making, controlling, auditing

 D:-Planning, directing, cost evaluation, budgeting

 Correct Answer:- Option-B


--------- shows past expenditure of each department

 A:-Balance sheet

 B:-Budget

 C:-Audit

 D:-Work sheet

 Correct Answer:- Option-D

Which is not a special register

 A:-Poison control register

 B:-Cancer care register

 C:-Organ bank register

 D:-Admission register

 Correct Answer:- Option-D


In management departmentalisation and coordinate is coming under

 A:-Planning

 B:-Organising

 C:-Actuating

 D:-Controlling

 Correct Answer:- Option-B


------------of work performance are used to control the work performed in departments

 A:-Policies

 B:-Procedures

 C:-Standards

 D:-Rules

 Correct Answer:- Option-C

 

All of the following might be a problem associated with an authorisation to release information except.

 A:-Authorisation to release 'any and all' information

 B:-Authorisation signed retrospectively

 C:-Authorisation signed prospectively

 D:-Release of information by the recipient

 Correct Answer:- Option-B


A unit of measure denoting the service received by one inpatient in one 24 hour period is called

 A:-An average daily census day

 B:-An inpatient service day

 C:-The inpatient census

 D:-A unit of service day

 Correct Answer:- Option-B


An active medical record is.

 A:-A medical record that is not used for patient care

 B:-A medical record that is still being used for patient care

 C:-A register for all inpatients

 D:-A medical record that is transferred to nursing ward

 Correct Answer:- Option-B


A card which replaces the MR in the file when the record is removed for use elsewhere in the hospital is.

 A:-Foot note

 B:-Index card

 C:-Tracer card

 D:-Punch card

 Correct Answer:- Option-C


An addendum is ..............

 A:-A supplementary record

 B:-Incident report

 C:-Type of late entry to provide additional information in conjunction with a previous entry

 D:-Delivery note

 Correct Answer:- Option-C

 Assembling of medical record

 A:-Arrange the medical records chronologically

 B:-Checking the deficiency of forms

 C:-Checking the entries in the forms

 D:-The forms in the medical record are arranged in the order determined by the hospital

 Correct Answer:- Option-D

 Efficient organisation and management of the medical record department are import factors in the ..................

of health care facilities

 A:-Publicity

 B:-Viability

 C:-Accreditation

 D:-Relevance

 Correct Answer:- Option-C

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