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Medical Assistant Certification Exam

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Right and wrong conduct is known as...






2. Latin for 'things done; deeds'; the facts and circumstances attendant to the act in question would be called...






3. Information given by a patient to a medical personnel which cannot be disclosed witout consent of the person who gave it is...






4. Inflammation of the nasal mucosa results in...






5. Diseases that can be communicated form one person to another are called.....






6. An interval after a payment is due to the insurance company in which the policy holder may make payments - and still the policy remains in effect is called...






7. When a patient has health insurance - the percentage of covered services that is the responsibility of the patient to pay is known as...






8. Branches of the bundle branches - which transmit the impluses to the walls of the ventricles - causing the ventricles to the contract are called...






9. A ............... requires the patient to be fasting and then blood is taken every hour for a predetermined time..






10. Making a duplicate file to protect computer information form being lost is called making a....






11. The abbreviation for above or high is






12. The abbreviation for syrup is...






13. The glucose tolerance test is a ...........-test






14. The term 'Universal Precautions' is an....






15. A stethoscope is used to listen to body sounds by...






16. The upper middle area of the abdomen is called the....






17. The computer key DEL command means...






18. Latin for 'things decided' that is - a matter already decided by judicial authority is called...






19. Body language -body posture -space and distance are all examples of.....






20. The major vein that drains the head and brain is called the...






21. The abbreviation for both ears is...






22. A 224-hr urine specimen should be...






23. An act that violates criminal law i called...






24. A date on a bottle of medication that provides a ''use until'' date is the...






25. It is........................ to deny treatment to an HIV infected patients






26. Aserious chronic disease of the liver is called...






27. 'HIV' means...






28. The abbreviation for cancer is...






29. The abbreviation for chief complaint is...






30. When preparing a blood smear form a skin puncture you should........... the first drop....






31. The majority of the bones in the arms and legs are.......... bones






32. High blood pressure is referred to as






33. The balance between the heat produced and the heat lost is the...






34. The vertebrae are located in the ...






35. The word element POST means...






36. With vital signs - any abnormal measurement must be inmediately reported to the...






37. In a visual acuity reading of 20/60 - what does the 20 represent?






38. Lying flat on one's back with arms at one's side is the.......... position






39. The opposite of deep is...






40. The physician has ordered 0.2 Gm of a medication. The amount on hand is 400 mg tabs. how many tablets will be given to the patient?






41. FICA provides benefits for...






42. The ability to see form another person's point of view is...






43. A rule of conduct made by a govenment body is...






44. Low income patients can be covered by what type of insurance?






45. Aerobic bacteria prefer which of these environmental conditions to grow well?






46. Holding or detaining a person against his will is...






47. A statement given concerning some scientific -technical - or professional matter by an expert - such as a physical is called...






48. Neoplasm refers to...






49. When PVC's fall o the T wave - occurs in pairs -runs of 3 or more -or are multiform in nature -these conditions are called....






50. A weakness in the walls of the muscle that allows underlying tissue to push through it is called .....