PAX PAX Verbal Skills 3

Question 1

What does the word 'empathy' mean?

Accepted Answer

Understanding and sharing another's feelings

Answer

Feeling superior to others

Answer

Ignoring emotional needs

Answer

Giving medical advice

Question 2

Which of the following is a compound sentence?

Accepted Answer

She took the blood pressure, and she recorded the results.

Answer

The nurse checked the vitals.

Answer

After checking vitals.

Answer

Running to the nurses station.

Question 3

Choose the correct homophone: 'The patient's ______ was checked every hour.'

Accepted Answer

Pulse

Answer

Pulse/Puls

Answer

Puls

Answer

Pulce

Question 4

What is the meaning of the word 'palliate'?

Accepted Answer

To relieve symptoms without curing

Answer

To cure completely

Answer

To diagnose a condition

Answer

To prevent infection

Question 5

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

Accepted Answer

The patient's chart was updated.

Answer

The patients chart was updated.

Answer

The patients' chart was updated.

Answer

The patients chart' was updated.

Question 6

What does the medical prefix 'brady-' mean?

Accepted Answer

Slow

Answer

Fast

Answer

Normal

Answer

Irregular