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Question 1

A dictating physician says 'the patient is a 45-year-old female.' In standard medical transcription, how should this be formatted?

Accepted Answer

the patient is a 45-year-old female

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

To define the maximum time allowed between audio receipt and transcript delivery

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

Omit the laugh entirely

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

Replace participant names with assigned codes throughout the transcript

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

An agreement between parties to certain facts or procedural rules

Answer

A stipulation is a voluntary agreement between opposing counsel that certain facts are not in dispute or that specific procedural rules apply.

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