Deck 31: Patient Billing, Posting Patient Payments, and Collecting Fees

Question 1

The chemical carcinogen benzene has been linked to which type of cancer?

A) leukemia
B) liver cancer
C) melanoma
D) bladder cancer

Answer 1

leukemia

Question 2

The AIDS epidemic is greatest in which part of the world?

A) northern Europe
B) Central America
C) sub-Saharan Africa
D) Indian subcontinent

Answer 2

sub-Saharan Africa

Question 3

The first FDA-approved cancer vaccine occurred in 2010 with Sipuleucel-T (Provenge®) for which type of cancer?

A) cervical cancer
B) prostate cancer
C) bone cancer
D) lung cancer

Answer 3

prostate cancer

Question 4

Which of these is not an example of alternative therapy for cancer patients?

A) biofeedback
B) shark cartilage
C) megadoses of vitamins
D) herbal supplements

Question 5

Chondrosarcoma is a malignant tumor of the:

A) smooth muscle
B) cartilage
C) nerve sheath
D) melanocytes

Question 6

Human papilloma virus is found in at least 70% of cases of:

A) lung cancer
B) liver cancer
C) cervical cancer
D) nasopharyngeal cancer

Question 7

The lymph tissue in the ____ intercepts antigens invading the upper respiratory tract.

A) spleen and bone marrow
B) appendix and small intestine
C) tonsils and adenoids
D) Peyer's patches

Question 8

What is the most common cancer treatment?

A) radiation therapy
B) surgery
C) chemotherapy
D) gene therapy

Question 9

In the United States, you are least likely to contract HIV through:

A) childbirth and breast feeding
B) unprotected sex
C) sharing drug needles
D) a blood transfusion

Question 10

Which type of biopsy involves removing a portion of the tumor for testing?

A) sentinel lymph node
B) needle
C) excisional
D) incisional

Question 11

B lymphocytes represent about ____ of the total lymphocytes.

A) 20%
B) 40%
C) 60%
D) 80%

Question 12

What does the T in the TNM system refer to?

A) presence or absence of regional lymph node metastasis
B) extent of regional lymph node metastasis
C) presence or absence of distant metastasis
D) size or extent of local spread of the primary tumor

Question 13

Which type of T lymphocytes produce lymphokines, which assist other lymphocytes and phagocytes in performing their functions?

A) suppressor T cells
B) helper T cells
C) killer T cells
D) memory T cells

Question 14

About a month or two after infection with HIV, people may exhibit which of the following symptoms?

A) purplish blotches on the skin
B) headache, fever, and fatigue
C) yeast infection in the mouth and esophagus
D) rashes and dry skin

Question 15

Which of the following is not a symptom of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)?

A) low-grade fever
B) forgetfulness, irritability, and confusion
C) unexplainable muscle weakness or pain
D) pain in joints with swelling

Question 16

The release of histamine into the blood vessels does not typically result in localized:

A) numbness
B) warmth
C) redness
D) swelling

Question 17

Which type of antibodies are the most plentiful?

A) IgA
B) IgD
C) IgG
D) IgM

Question 18

Which type of cancer treatment involves the use of medications to alter cell growth and division?

A) radiation therapy
B) biologic response modifiers (BRM)
C) chemotherapy
D) brachytherapy

Question 19

Benign tumors usually:

A) are slow growing
B) invade other tissues
C) cause significant health problems
D) spread to other parts of the body

Question 20

Which of the following is not used to diagnose HIV infection?

A) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)
B) Western blot
C) biopsy
D) Coulter HIV-p24 Antigen Assay

Question 21

Match each term with its definition.
Condition in which the usually protective antibodies are produced in large quantities, but react against the person's own normal tissue

A)carcinoma
B)sarcoma
C)leukemia
D)lymphoma
E)p53
F)tumor marker
G)endoscopy
H)positron emission tomography (PET) scan
I)adjunct therapy
J)colony-stimulating factor (CSF)
K)interleukin
L)leukapheresis
M)lupus
N)steroid
O)rheumatoid factor

Question 22

Match each term with its definition.
Autoantibody that locks on to the body's own IgG molecule as if it were an antigen

A)carcinoma
B)sarcoma
C)leukemia
D)lymphoma
E)p53
F)tumor marker
G)endoscopy
H)positron emission tomography (PET) scan
I)adjunct therapy
J)colony-stimulating factor (CSF)
K)interleukin
L)leukapheresis
M)lupus
N)steroid
O)rheumatoid factor

Question 23

Match each term with its definition.
Newer type of drug used to prevent HIV from entering healthy T cells

A)monocytes
B)phagocytosis
C)antigens
D)major histocompatibility complex (MHC)
E)serum protein electropheresis
F)interferons
G)antibody-mediated immune response
H)cell-mediated immune response
I)Kaposi's sarcoma
J)candidiasis
K)nucleoside reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors
L)non-nucleoside reverse transcription inhibitors (NNRTIs)
M)entry inhibitors
N)cancer
O)cortisol

Question 24

Match each term with its definition.
Computerized image of the metabolic activity of the body tissues created by measuring glucose uptake

A)carcinoma
B)sarcoma
C)leukemia
D)lymphoma
E)p53
F)tumor marker
G)endoscopy
H)positron emission tomography (PET) scan
I)adjunct therapy
J)colony-stimulating factor (CSF)
K)interleukin
L)leukapheresis
M)lupus
N)steroid
O)rheumatoid factor

Question 25

Match each term with its definition.
Cancer of the blood and blood-forming organs

A)carcinoma
B)sarcoma
C)leukemia
D)lymphoma
E)p53
F)tumor marker
G)endoscopy
H)positron emission tomography (PET) scan
I)adjunct therapy
J)colony-stimulating factor (CSF)
K)interleukin
L)leukapheresis
M)lupus
N)steroid
O)rheumatoid factor

Question 26

Match each term with its definition.
Blood test used to measure the presence of the different classes of immunoglobulins

A)monocytes
B)phagocytosis
C)antigens
D)major histocompatibility complex (MHC)
E)serum protein electropheresis
F)interferons
G)antibody-mediated immune response
H)cell-mediated immune response
I)Kaposi's sarcoma
J)candidiasis
K)nucleoside reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors
L)non-nucleoside reverse transcription inhibitors (NNRTIs)
M)entry inhibitors
N)cancer
O)cortisol

Question 27

Match each term with its definition.
Branch of the immune response system that results from B cell activity

A)monocytes
B)phagocytosis
C)antigens
D)major histocompatibility complex (MHC)
E)serum protein electropheresis
F)interferons
G)antibody-mediated immune response
H)cell-mediated immune response
I)Kaposi's sarcoma
J)candidiasis
K)nucleoside reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors
L)non-nucleoside reverse transcription inhibitors (NNRTIs)
M)entry inhibitors
N)cancer
O)cortisol

Question 28

Match each term with its definition.
Tumor suppresser gene

A)carcinoma
B)sarcoma
C)leukemia
D)lymphoma
E)p53
F)tumor marker
G)endoscopy
H)positron emission tomography (PET) scan
I)adjunct therapy
J)colony-stimulating factor (CSF)
K)interleukin
L)leukapheresis
M)lupus
N)steroid
O)rheumatoid factor

Question 29

Match each term with its definition.
Drugs that are incorporated into the DNA of HIV and stop the building process, slowing the spread of HIV

A)monocytes
B)phagocytosis
C)antigens
D)major histocompatibility complex (MHC)
E)serum protein electropheresis
F)interferons
G)antibody-mediated immune response
H)cell-mediated immune response
I)Kaposi's sarcoma
J)candidiasis
K)nucleoside reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors
L)non-nucleoside reverse transcription inhibitors (NNRTIs)
M)entry inhibitors
N)cancer
O)cortisol

Question 30

Match each term with its definition.
Family of proteins that can fight viruses

A)monocytes
B)phagocytosis
C)antigens
D)major histocompatibility complex (MHC)
E)serum protein electropheresis
F)interferons
G)antibody-mediated immune response
H)cell-mediated immune response
I)Kaposi's sarcoma
J)candidiasis
K)nucleoside reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors
L)non-nucleoside reverse transcription inhibitors (NNRTIs)
M)entry inhibitors
N)cancer
O)cortisol

Question 31

Match each term with its definition.
Group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells

A)monocytes
B)phagocytosis
C)antigens
D)major histocompatibility complex (MHC)
E)serum protein electropheresis
F)interferons
G)antibody-mediated immune response
H)cell-mediated immune response
I)Kaposi's sarcoma
J)candidiasis
K)nucleoside reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors
L)non-nucleoside reverse transcription inhibitors (NNRTIs)
M)entry inhibitors
N)cancer
O)cortisol

Question 32

Match each term with its definition.
Yeast infection that is sometimes present in the mouth, esophagus, and vagina

A)monocytes
B)phagocytosis
C)antigens
D)major histocompatibility complex (MHC)
E)serum protein electropheresis
F)interferons
G)antibody-mediated immune response
H)cell-mediated immune response
I)Kaposi's sarcoma
J)candidiasis
K)nucleoside reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors
L)non-nucleoside reverse transcription inhibitors (NNRTIs)
M)entry inhibitors
N)cancer
O)cortisol

Question 33

Match each term with its definition.
Branch of the immune response system that results from T cell activity

A)monocytes
B)phagocytosis
C)antigens
D)major histocompatibility complex (MHC)
E)serum protein electropheresis
F)interferons
G)antibody-mediated immune response
H)cell-mediated immune response
I)Kaposi's sarcoma
J)candidiasis
K)nucleoside reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors
L)non-nucleoside reverse transcription inhibitors (NNRTIs)
M)entry inhibitors
N)cancer
O)cortisol

Question 34

Match each term with its definition.
Drugs that prevent HIV replication by inhibiting a viral protein

A)monocytes
B)phagocytosis
C)antigens
D)major histocompatibility complex (MHC)
E)serum protein electropheresis
F)interferons
G)antibody-mediated immune response
H)cell-mediated immune response
I)Kaposi's sarcoma
J)candidiasis
K)nucleoside reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors
L)non-nucleoside reverse transcription inhibitors (NNRTIs)
M)entry inhibitors
N)cancer
O)cortisol

Question 35

Match each term with its definition.
Lymphocyte destroyer

A)monocytes
B)phagocytosis
C)antigens
D)major histocompatibility complex (MHC)
E)serum protein electropheresis
F)interferons
G)antibody-mediated immune response
H)cell-mediated immune response
I)Kaposi's sarcoma
J)candidiasis
K)nucleoside reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors
L)non-nucleoside reverse transcription inhibitors (NNRTIs)
M)entry inhibitors
N)cancer
O)cortisol

Question 36

Match each term with its definition.
Substances that announce their foreignness by carrying different kinds of characteristic shapes called epitopes, which stick out from the surface

A)monocytes
B)phagocytosis
C)antigens
D)major histocompatibility complex (MHC)
E)serum protein electropheresis
F)interferons
G)antibody-mediated immune response
H)cell-mediated immune response
I)Kaposi's sarcoma
J)candidiasis
K)nucleoside reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors
L)non-nucleoside reverse transcription inhibitors (NNRTIs)
M)entry inhibitors
N)cancer
O)cortisol

Question 37

Match each term with its definition.
Ability to engulf and destroy antigens

A)monocytes
B)phagocytosis
C)antigens
D)major histocompatibility complex (MHC)
E)serum protein electropheresis
F)interferons
G)antibody-mediated immune response
H)cell-mediated immune response
I)Kaposi's sarcoma
J)candidiasis
K)nucleoside reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors
L)non-nucleoside reverse transcription inhibitors (NNRTIs)
M)entry inhibitors
N)cancer
O)cortisol

Question 38

Match each term with its definition.
Group of genes that encode molecules found in all body cells, creating a biochemical "fingerprint" that serves as the "ID" for cells so that they are marked as "self"

A)monocytes
B)phagocytosis
C)antigens
D)major histocompatibility complex (MHC)
E)serum protein electropheresis
F)interferons
G)antibody-mediated immune response
H)cell-mediated immune response
I)Kaposi's sarcoma
J)candidiasis
K)nucleoside reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors
L)non-nucleoside reverse transcription inhibitors (NNRTIs)
M)entry inhibitors
N)cancer
O)cortisol

Question 39

Match each term with its definition.
Form of cancer that appears as purplish blotches on the skin

A)monocytes
B)phagocytosis
C)antigens
D)major histocompatibility complex (MHC)
E)serum protein electropheresis
F)interferons
G)antibody-mediated immune response
H)cell-mediated immune response
I)Kaposi's sarcoma
J)candidiasis
K)nucleoside reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors
L)non-nucleoside reverse transcription inhibitors (NNRTIs)
M)entry inhibitors
N)cancer
O)cortisol

Question 40

Match each term with its definition.
Immature cells that have little ability to fight infection

A)monocytes
B)phagocytosis
C)antigens
D)major histocompatibility complex (MHC)
E)serum protein electropheresis
F)interferons
G)antibody-mediated immune response
H)cell-mediated immune response
I)Kaposi's sarcoma
J)candidiasis
K)nucleoside reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors
L)non-nucleoside reverse transcription inhibitors (NNRTIs)
M)entry inhibitors
N)cancer
O)cortisol

Question 41

Match each term with its definition.
Cancer arising from epithelial tissue

A)carcinoma
B)sarcoma
C)leukemia
D)lymphoma
E)p53
F)tumor marker
G)endoscopy
H)positron emission tomography (PET) scan
I)adjunct therapy
J)colony-stimulating factor (CSF)
K)interleukin
L)leukapheresis
M)lupus
N)steroid
O)rheumatoid factor

Question 42

Match each term with its definition.
Type of drug commonly used to suppress inflammation

A)carcinoma
B)sarcoma
C)leukemia
D)lymphoma
E)p53
F)tumor marker
G)endoscopy
H)positron emission tomography (PET) scan
I)adjunct therapy
J)colony-stimulating factor (CSF)
K)interleukin
L)leukapheresis
M)lupus
N)steroid
O)rheumatoid factor

Question 43

Match each term with its definition.
Cancer of the connective tissue

A)carcinoma
B)sarcoma
C)leukemia
D)lymphoma
E)p53
F)tumor marker
G)endoscopy
H)positron emission tomography (PET) scan
I)adjunct therapy
J)colony-stimulating factor (CSF)
K)interleukin
L)leukapheresis
M)lupus
N)steroid
O)rheumatoid factor

Question 44

Match each term with its definition.
Cytokine that regulates hematopoiesis, the growth and maturation of blood cells

A)carcinoma
B)sarcoma
C)leukemia
D)lymphoma
E)p53
F)tumor marker
G)endoscopy
H)positron emission tomography (PET) scan
I)adjunct therapy
J)colony-stimulating factor (CSF)
K)interleukin
L)leukapheresis
M)lupus
N)steroid
O)rheumatoid factor

Question 45

Match each term with its definition.
Collection process in which white blood cells are withdrawn from a patient's blood

A)carcinoma
B)sarcoma
C)leukemia
D)lymphoma
E)p53
F)tumor marker
G)endoscopy
H)positron emission tomography (PET) scan
I)adjunct therapy
J)colony-stimulating factor (CSF)
K)interleukin
L)leukapheresis
M)lupus
N)steroid
O)rheumatoid factor

Question 46

Match each term with its definition.
Treatment that follows surgical removal of a cancer to reduce the recurrence rate

A)carcinoma
B)sarcoma
C)leukemia
D)lymphoma
E)p53
F)tumor marker
G)endoscopy
H)positron emission tomography (PET) scan
I)adjunct therapy
J)colony-stimulating factor (CSF)
K)interleukin
L)leukapheresis
M)lupus
N)steroid
O)rheumatoid factor

Question 47

Match each term with its definition.
Cancer of the lymph tissue

A)carcinoma
B)sarcoma
C)leukemia
D)lymphoma
E)p53
F)tumor marker
G)endoscopy
H)positron emission tomography (PET) scan
I)adjunct therapy
J)colony-stimulating factor (CSF)
K)interleukin
L)leukapheresis
M)lupus
N)steroid
O)rheumatoid factor

Question 48

Match each term with its definition.
Important regulatory protein produced naturally by lymphocytes and monocytes

A)carcinoma
B)sarcoma
C)leukemia
D)lymphoma
E)p53
F)tumor marker
G)endoscopy
H)positron emission tomography (PET) scan
I)adjunct therapy
J)colony-stimulating factor (CSF)
K)interleukin
L)leukapheresis
M)lupus
N)steroid
O)rheumatoid factor

Question 49

Match each term with its definition.
Used to visualize the interior of hollow organs

A)carcinoma
B)sarcoma
C)leukemia
D)lymphoma
E)p53
F)tumor marker
G)endoscopy
H)positron emission tomography (PET) scan
I)adjunct therapy
J)colony-stimulating factor (CSF)
K)interleukin
L)leukapheresis
M)lupus
N)steroid
O)rheumatoid factor

Question 50

Match each term with its definition.
Protein, antigen, gene, hormone, or enzyme produced by a tumor and released into the blood

A)carcinoma
B)sarcoma
C)leukemia
D)lymphoma
E)p53
F)tumor marker
G)endoscopy
H)positron emission tomography (PET) scan
I)adjunct therapy
J)colony-stimulating factor (CSF)
K)interleukin
L)leukapheresis
M)lupus
N)steroid
O)rheumatoid factor