1. In which of the following sentences is the comma placed correctly:
A) The patient has been diagnosed with hypertension diabetes and hypercholesterolemia.
B) The patient has been diagnosed with, hypertension, diabetes, and hypercholesterolemia
C) The patient has been diagnosed with hypertension, diabetes, and hypercholesterolemia
2. In which of the following sentences is the semicolon used correctly:
A) The nurse took the patient’s temperature; he had a low-grade fever.
B) The nurse took the patient’s; temperature he had a low-grade fever.
C) The nurse took the patient’s temperature he had; a low-grade fever.
3. In which of the following sentences are the parentheses used correctly:
A) Dr. Smith chief resident in neurosurgery led the surgical team.
B) Dr. Smith (chief resident in neurosurgery) led the surgical team.
C) Dr. Smith chief resident in (neurosurgery) led the surgical team.
4. In which of the following sentences are the dashes used correctly:
A) Blood pressure, pulse, and temperature—these are the vitals that are taken at each visit.
B) Blood pressure—pulse—and temperature, these are the vitals that are taken at each visit.
C) Blood pressure, pulse, and temperature these —are the vitals that are taken at each visit.
5. In which of the following sentences are the commas used correctly:
A) Dr. Ray Jones not Dr. Bill Jones will be giving the presentation.
B) Dr. Ray Jones, not Dr. Bill Jones, will be giving the presentation.
C) Dr. Ray Jones not Dr. Bill Jones, will be giving the presentation.
6. In which of the following sentences are the quotation marks used correctly:
A) The patient stated, “I have been sick for a week.”
B) The patient stated, I have been sick for a week.
C) “The patient stated, I have been sick for a week.”
7. In which of the following sentences is the colon used correctly:
A) Please report: any of the following fever, redness, excessive drainage.
B) Please: report any of the following fever, redness, excessive drainage.
C) Please report any of the following: fever, redness, excessive drainage.
8. In which of the following sentences are the commas used correctly:
A) After studying for three hours, Mary took a coffee break.
B) After studying for three hours Mary took a coffee break.
C) After studying, for three hours, Mary took a coffee break.
9. In which of the following sentences is the semicolon used correctly:
A) The doctor has ordered penicillin 1,000 mg day one, then 500 mg daily for 7 days, Robitussen b.i.d., and Tylenol p.r.n.
B) The doctor has ordered; penicillin 1,000 mg day one, then 500 mg daily for 7 days Robitussen b.i.d., and Tylenol p.r.n.
C) The doctor has ordered penicillin 1,000 mg day one, then 500 mg daily for 7 days; Robitussen b.i.d.; and Tylenol p.r.n.
10. In which of the following sentences are quotation marks used correctly:
A) The nurse reported that the doctor said send the patient to x-ray immediately.
B) The nurse reported that the doctor said, “Send the patient to x-ray immediately.”
C) “The nurse reported that the doctor said send the patient to x-ray immediately.”