Transcription Transcription MCQ 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A dictating physician says 'the patient is a 45-year-old female.' In standard medical transcription, how should this be formatted?
- the patient is a 45-year-old female (Correct answer)
- the patient is a forty-five-year-old female
- The patient is a 45 year old female
- The patient is a 45-Year-Old Female
Correct answer: the patient is a 45-year-old female
AAMT/AHDI guidelines require ages to be expressed in numerals and hyphenated when used as a compound modifier before a noun.
Question 2: What is the primary purpose of a 'turnaround time' (TAT) agreement in a transcription service contract?
- To specify the transcriptionist's hourly wage
- To define the maximum time allowed between audio receipt and transcript delivery (Correct answer)
- To establish the number of revisions included
- To set the audio file format accepted
Correct answer: To define the maximum time allowed between audio receipt and transcript delivery
TAT defines the deadline by which a completed transcript must be delivered after the audio or video file is received.
Question 3: When transcribing a podcast interview, the host laughs briefly before answering a question. In clean verbatim style, what is the correct treatment?
- Omit the laugh entirely (Correct answer)
- Write [laughs] in brackets
- Write 'Ha ha' in the transcript
- Insert an ellipsis to indicate the pause
Correct answer: Omit the laugh entirely
Clean verbatim style omits non-verbal sounds like laughter; only full verbatim style captures them with bracketed notations.
Question 4: A transcriptionist working on a research interview must keep all participant data confidential per IRB requirements. Which action best protects confidentiality?
- Replace participant names with assigned codes throughout the transcript (Correct answer)
- Omit the participant's responses and transcribe only the interviewer
- Store the audio and transcript in the same unencrypted folder
- Share a draft with colleagues for quality review via personal email
Correct answer: Replace participant names with assigned codes throughout the transcript
Replacing names with participant codes de-identifies the transcript and satisfies IRB confidentiality requirements.
Question 5: In legal transcription, the term 'stipulation' refers to what?
- A formal objection entered by counsel on the record
- An agreement between parties to certain facts or procedural rules (Correct answer)
- A judge's ruling on admissibility of evidence
- A court reporter's certification signature
Correct answer: An agreement between parties to certain facts or procedural rules
A stipulation is a voluntary agreement between opposing counsel that certain facts are not in dispute or that specific procedural rules apply.
Question 6: Which audio quality issue most commonly causes transcription errors in recorded interviews?
- File format (MP3 vs WAV)
- Background noise and overlapping speech (Correct answer)
- Recording length exceeding 60 minutes
- Use of a condenser microphone
Correct answer: Background noise and overlapping speech
Background noise and crosstalk between speakers are the leading causes of [inaudible] markers and transcription errors.
Question 7: A transcriptionist is paid per audio minute. An audio file is 47 minutes and 30 seconds long. If the rate is $1.50 per audio minute, what is the gross pay?
- $70.50
- $71.25 (Correct answer)
- $72.00
- $67.50
Correct answer: $71.25
47.5 audio minutes × $1.50 = $71.25 gross pay for the file.
Transcription Transcription MCQ 3
A dictating physician says 'the patient is a 45-year-old female.' In standard medical transcription, how should this be formatted?