1. Which of the following is NOT one of the word parts in a medical term?
a. Combining vowel
b. Word root
c. Combining form
d. Suffix
Answer: c
2. Which of the following is NOT one of the common types of medical terms?
a. Latin words
b. French words
c. modern English words
d. Greek words
Answer: b
3. Which of the following answers is an example of an eponym?
a. Alzheimer disease
b. cardiology
c. irritable bowel syndrome
d. magnetic resonance imaging
Answer: a
4. Which medical terminology word part provides the essential meaning of the word?
, a. combining vowel
b. word root
c. suffix
d. prefix
Answer: b
5. Which of the following is NOT information frequently referred to by word roots?
a. body structure
b. organ
c. system
d. diseases
Answer: d
6. Which of the following is NOT the type of information provided by a prefix?
a. procedure
b. position
c. number
d. time
Answer: a
7. Which of the following statements regarding prefixes is NOT true?
a. Prefixes indicate surgical procedures.
b. Prefixes are found at the beginning of terms.
, c. Many medical terms do not have a prefix.
d. A hyphen is placed at the end of a prefix when it is written by itself.
Answer: a
8. Which of the following is the type of information provided by a suffix?
a. diagnostic procedure
b. positions
c. numbers
d. times
Answer: a
9. Which of the following statements regarding suffixes is NOT true?
a. A hyphen is placed at the front of a suffix when it is written by itself.
b. A suffix gives information such as conditions or diseases.
c. Not all medical terms contain a suffix.
d. Suffixes are placed at the end of a medical term.
Answer: c
10. In which situation is a combining vowel never used?
a. between two word roots
b. between a word root and a suffix when the suffix begins with a consonant
c. between a prefix and a word root
d. a combining vowel is needed in all the above situations
, Answer: c
11. Which of the following statements regarding combining vowels is true?
a. A combining vowel is used between a prefix and a word root.
b. A combining vowel is used to make a prefix more pronounceable.
c. A combining vowel is placed between two word roots.
d. A combining vowel is placed between a word root and a suffix if the suffix begins
with a vowel.
Answer: c
12. When reading an unfamiliar medical term, the first step in analyzing the term is to:
a. put the meaning of word parts together
b. sound the word out loud
c. define each word part
d. divide the term into its word parts
Answer: d
13. In making a term that ends in -um plural, you should:
a. keep the -um and add an -a
b. drop the -um and add an -a
c. drop the -um and add -ta
d. drop the -um and add a -
y Answer: b
a. Combining vowel
b. Word root
c. Combining form
d. Suffix
Answer: c
2. Which of the following is NOT one of the common types of medical terms?
a. Latin words
b. French words
c. modern English words
d. Greek words
Answer: b
3. Which of the following answers is an example of an eponym?
a. Alzheimer disease
b. cardiology
c. irritable bowel syndrome
d. magnetic resonance imaging
Answer: a
4. Which medical terminology word part provides the essential meaning of the word?
, a. combining vowel
b. word root
c. suffix
d. prefix
Answer: b
5. Which of the following is NOT information frequently referred to by word roots?
a. body structure
b. organ
c. system
d. diseases
Answer: d
6. Which of the following is NOT the type of information provided by a prefix?
a. procedure
b. position
c. number
d. time
Answer: a
7. Which of the following statements regarding prefixes is NOT true?
a. Prefixes indicate surgical procedures.
b. Prefixes are found at the beginning of terms.
, c. Many medical terms do not have a prefix.
d. A hyphen is placed at the end of a prefix when it is written by itself.
Answer: a
8. Which of the following is the type of information provided by a suffix?
a. diagnostic procedure
b. positions
c. numbers
d. times
Answer: a
9. Which of the following statements regarding suffixes is NOT true?
a. A hyphen is placed at the front of a suffix when it is written by itself.
b. A suffix gives information such as conditions or diseases.
c. Not all medical terms contain a suffix.
d. Suffixes are placed at the end of a medical term.
Answer: c
10. In which situation is a combining vowel never used?
a. between two word roots
b. between a word root and a suffix when the suffix begins with a consonant
c. between a prefix and a word root
d. a combining vowel is needed in all the above situations
, Answer: c
11. Which of the following statements regarding combining vowels is true?
a. A combining vowel is used between a prefix and a word root.
b. A combining vowel is used to make a prefix more pronounceable.
c. A combining vowel is placed between two word roots.
d. A combining vowel is placed between a word root and a suffix if the suffix begins
with a vowel.
Answer: c
12. When reading an unfamiliar medical term, the first step in analyzing the term is to:
a. put the meaning of word parts together
b. sound the word out loud
c. define each word part
d. divide the term into its word parts
Answer: d
13. In making a term that ends in -um plural, you should:
a. keep the -um and add an -a
b. drop the -um and add an -a
c. drop the -um and add -ta
d. drop the -um and add a -
y Answer: b
