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Past Questions — 2026
RRA full form:
A)
Registered Record Admission
B)
Registered Record Administration
C)
Registered Record Association
D)
Registered Record of American
RRA in medical record terminology is expanded as Registered Record Admission. Among the given options, this matches option (a). The other options are not standard medical record expansions.
The word hospital derived from Latin word, hospitalities formed from hospes, which means:
A)
Guest
B)
Host
C)
Visitor
D)
None of these
The Latin root **hospes** means **guest** (also used in the sense of host/guest relationship). The word **hospital** comes from Latin *hospitalis* / *hospitale*, related to hospitality and caring for guests or strangers. Among the given options, **Guest** is the best match. 'Host' is a related meaning in some contexts, but the direct root meaning asked here is 'guest'.
Medical Record Management defined Medical Records as:
A)
Medical Record as a clinical, scientific, administrative and medico legal document
B)
Health information management
C)
Hospital organisation and management
D)
The medical record is who, what, where, when and how of patient care
Medical record management commonly defines the medical record as a clinical, scientific, administrative, and medico-legal document. This matches option (a) exactly. Option (d) describes the contents/questions answered by a patient record, but it is not the formal definition asked here. Options (b) and (c) are broader subject areas, not definitions of a medical record.
The first Medical record Librarian:
A)
Louis Pasteur
B)
Aristotle
C)
Mrs. Grace Whiling Myers
D)
Thoth
The first Medical Record Librarian is credited as Mrs. Grace Whiling Myers. She is recognized in medical records history for pioneering work in organizing and maintaining hospital records. The other options are not related to the first medical record librarian: Louis Pasteur was a scientist, Aristotle was a philosopher, and Thoth is an ancient Egyptian deity associated with writing and knowledge.
The _______ is the owner of the medical record as a matter of property.
A)
Medical Record Department
B)
Administrative Department
C)
Nurses Department
D)
Hospital
A medical record is generally treated as the property of the hospital/institution, not of an individual department. The Medical Record Department only maintains and manages it, while the Administrative or Nurses Department do not own it as property. Therefore, the correct answer is Hospital.
Admission record form is also known as:
A)
Identification section
B)
The front sheet of the case sheet
C)
Sociological section
D)
EMR
An admission record form is the initial document used to record patient details at the time of admission, so it is also called the front sheet of the case sheet. The other options are not standard equivalent terms: identification section is only a part of the record, sociological section refers to social history details, and EMR means Electronic Medical Record.
Entry of secondary code number on the last column of primary index card and entry of primary code number in the last column of secondary index card is:
A)
Secondary disease index cards
B)
Diagnostic index card
C)
Physician index card
D)
Cross indexing
In medical record indexing, writing the secondary code number on the primary index card and the primary code number on the secondary index card is called cross indexing. It helps link related records from both index systems. The other options are different types of index cards, not the process described.
Hospitals are free to follow their own formats for _________.
A)
Problem oriented medical record form
B)
Medical Record forms
C)
Birth Certificate
D)
Death Certificate
Hospitals may design and use their own formats for medical record forms. Birth certificates and death certificates are official civil documents and must follow prescribed legal formats, not hospital-created ones. A problem oriented medical record form is a specific type of record format, but the broader correct statement here is that hospitals are free to follow their own formats for medical record forms.
The _________ are a very important part of the medical record and are statements written by the doctors regarding the patient’s progress and condition at regular intervals.
A)
Physical examination
B)
Outline of history
C)
Physicians’ orders
D)
Progress notes
Progress notes are the part of the medical record in which doctors write regular updates about a patient’s condition, progress, response to treatment, and any changes observed. They are meant to track the patient’s course over time. Physical examination is the doctor’s assessment on examination, outline of history refers to the patient’s history, and physicians’ orders are instructions for treatment, not progress updates.
The father of Anatomy:
A)
Andrew Vesalius
B)
Michael Servetus
C)
Mr Papal Decree
D)
Dr. Nicholas Tulp
Andreas (Andrew) Vesalius is known as the "father of modern anatomy" because he based anatomy on direct human dissection and corrected many earlier errors. Michael Servetus was associated with the discovery of pulmonary circulation, Mr Papal Decree is not a person, and Dr. Nicholas Tulp was a Dutch physician known for anatomical studies but not called the father of anatomy.
The patients index cards are filed according to the sound of the patients names and not the spelling. This method is called:
A)
Master Patient index
B)
Alphabetical Arrangement
C)
Phonetic Arrangement
D)
All of the above
In a filing system, if index cards are arranged according to how a name sounds rather than how it is spelled, it is called phonetic arrangement.
- Master Patient Index is a record system, not a filing method based on sound.
- Alphabetical arrangement is based on spelling and letters, not pronunciation.
- All of the above cannot be correct because only phonetic arrangement matches the description.
__________ is an essential part of the record of all surgical patients. It should have a preoperative diagnosis written before the operation.
A)
Recovery room report
B)
Autopsy report
C)
ECG report
D)
Operation report
An operation report is an essential surgical record for every surgical patient. It includes the preoperative diagnosis, procedure performed, findings, and postoperative details. The preoperative diagnosis is written before the operation as part of the operative record. The other options are not standard parts of the surgical operation record: a recovery room report is for post-anesthesia recovery, an autopsy report is for post-mortem examination, and an ECG report is a cardiac test report.
If the record is not received back within adequate time, ________ should be sent to the Doctors to returned the record.
A)
reminder
B)
tracer card
C)
loan cards
D)
physician index
In medical record tracking, if a case record is issued to a doctor and not returned within the expected time, a tracer card is sent to follow up and locate the record. A reminder is a general term, but the standard medical record tracking tool is the tracer card. Loan cards are used as a substitute slip for the file, and physician index is for indexing doctors' records, not for retrieval follow-up.
__________ is data that have been organized or analysed in some meaningful way.
A)
Modelling data
B)
Information
C)
Decision making
D)
None of the above
Data that have been organized, processed, or analyzed into a meaningful form are called information. Raw data by itself is just facts or figures; once it is arranged to convey meaning, it becomes information. Therefore, option (b) is correct. (a) Modelling data is not the standard term here, (c) decision making is a process, not the definition, and (d) is incorrect because (b) fits exactly.
The medical record should be adequate means it should contain _______ of the patients in the medical record
A)
Progress note
B)
Complete data
C)
Adequate file
D)
All of the above
A medical record is considered adequate when it contains complete data about the patient, meaning all relevant information needed for diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and legal/administrative purposes. Progress notes are only one part of the record, and "adequate file" is not a standard defining phrase. Therefore, the best answer is Complete data.
The ________ is kept at the bottom of case sheet in the medical record department.
A)
Nurses record
B)
Physical examination
C)
Physician orders
D)
None of the above
In the standard arrangement of a case sheet in the medical record department, physician orders are usually kept at the bottom of the file. This is because they are frequently updated and used for ongoing treatment instructions. Nurses’ records and physical examination notes are kept elsewhere in the case sheet, but not typically at the bottom. Therefore, the correct answer is Physician orders.
Outpatient medical record originates in out-patient department and in-patient medical record originates in:
A)
Out-patient department
B)
In-patient department
C)
Nurses section
D)
Central Admitting Office
Outpatient medical records are started in the out-patient department (OPD). In contrast, in-patient medical records are initiated at the Central Admitting Office, where the patient is formally admitted before being sent to the ward. Therefore, option (d) is correct. Options (a) and (b) are incorrect because OPD is for outpatients and the in-patient record does not originate there; option (c) is incorrect because the nurses section maintains care-related documentation, not the original admission record.
The system can alert you when patients are due for procedures and screening. It also enables physician treat patients by looking at their history and health data against past entries.
A)
Nursing Superintendent
B)
Health planning
C)
Electronic Medical Record
D)
Doctor’s order
The description fits an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system. EMR software stores patient history, health data, and past entries, and it can generate reminders or alerts for due procedures and screenings.
Why the others are incorrect:
- (a) Nursing Superintendent is a person/designation, not a computerized patient-record system.
- (b) Health planning is a broader administrative activity, not a record-based alert system.
- (d) Doctor’s order refers to instructions given by a doctor, not a system that tracks history and sends alerts.
If a patient is readmitted within one month after discharge with the same condition, what note should be written:
A)
Present complaint
B)
Past history
C)
Interval note
D)
Chief complaint
If a patient is readmitted within one month after discharge with the same condition, the new admission should be linked to the previous hospitalization by writing an interval note. This documents what happened in the gap between discharge and readmission. 'Present complaint' and 'chief complaint' refer to the current symptoms at admission, while 'past history' is broader background history and is not the specific term used here.
The first real physician of record in Egypt:
A)
Althothis
B)
Imhotep
C)
George Ebers
D)
James Henry
Imhotep is widely regarded as the first physician of record in ancient Egypt and one of the earliest known physicians in world history. He lived in the Third Dynasty and was later deified. The other options are incorrect: Althothis is not recognized as the first physician of record, George Ebers was a modern Egyptologist, and James Henry is not associated with ancient Egyptian medicine.
Records are filed according to the last digits and not according to sequential order of numbers. It is called:
A)
Terminal digit filing
B)
Secondary digit filing
C)
Tertiary digit filing
D)
Primary digit filing
In terminal digit filing, records are arranged according to the last digits of the number first, rather than in sequential order. This system is used to distribute files more evenly and avoid overcrowding in one section. Secondary digit and primary digit filing are parts of the same indexing concept, but the method described in the question specifically refers to terminal digit filing.
A computer system in a hospital that integrates patient data and lab reports is:
A)
Hospital management system
B)
Data system
C)
Application data
D)
Photoshop
A hospital management system is a computer-based system used to manage and integrate hospital operations, including patient records, lab reports, billing, appointments, and other clinical/administrative data. The other options are not specific hospital information systems: 'Data system' is too generic, 'Application data' is not a system, and 'Photoshop' is image-editing software.
When the inpatient medical record (case sheet) is removed from the filing rack, then the _________. is filed in its place
A)
Tracer Card
B)
Alpha index card
C)
Reminder
D)
None of the above
When an inpatient case sheet is taken out from the filing rack, a tracer card is usually inserted in its place to show that the record has been removed and to help track its movement. An alpha index card is not used for replacing a removed file, and a reminder is generally a notification, not a physical substitute in the rack. Therefore, the correct answer is Tracer Card.
Who was the first to cast superstition aside and to practice medicine on scientific principles?
A)
Hippocrates
B)
Galen
C)
St. Jerome
D)
Oribasius
Hippocrates is widely regarded as the Father of Medicine and was the first to move medicine away from superstition and toward observation and scientific principles. Galen was a later Greek physician who expanded medical knowledge, while St. Jerome was a Christian scholar and Oribasius was a later Byzantine compiler of medical texts, not the first scientific medical practitioner.
In order to meet the medico-legal requirement, the medico legal Registers should be preserved for:
A)
5 years
B)
10 years
C)
15 years
D)
20 years
Medico-legal registers are generally preserved for 10 years to satisfy medico-legal and audit requirements. This is longer than ordinary routine records because such registers may be needed in legal proceedings even after a considerable time. Hence, option (b) 10 years is correct. The other options are shorter than the usual medico-legal retention period.