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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. The medical term for turning the palm backward is...






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






3. An agent of an insurance company who solits or initiates contracts for insurance coverage and and services - and is the policyholder for the insurer is called...






4. Every medical facility is required by OSHA to have an ............... - which hall be made available to the Assistant Secretary and the Director OSHA upon request for examination and copying.






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






6. which one of the following might involve a decision based upon biothics?






7. The study of bones is called...






8. The proccess of killing all microorganisms in a certain area is called...






9. The medical term for the time when menstruation begins is...






10. When you pull the second slide apart form the first slide -let them...






11. Escape of fluid into the thoracic cavity is called...






12. Sodium citrate is an anticoagulant of choice for coagulation studies because it protects certain of the.....






13. A skilled nursing facility for patients receiving specialized care after discharge form a hospital is called...






14. Performing routine maintenance on laboratory equipment is critical. The maintenance plan should inclde...






15. When a patient's feet are placed in stirrups and the buttocks are positioned at the edge of the exam table - the patient is in the...... position






16. The First line of defence in preventing disease is...






17. Failure to do something hat a reasonable person would do under ordinary circumstances that ends up causing harm to another person or a person's property is...






18. When the depth of breathing changes and the rate of the rise and fall of the chest is not steady - it is called....






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






20. The abbreviation for suppository is...






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






22. An nstrument called a centrifuge.....






23. To correct a hanwritten error in a patient's chart - it is only acceptable to...






24. Oxygen is ordered as percentage concentration and its rate of delivery is written as...






25. hen using a centrifuge - make sure equal weights are...






26. A record of debits -credits -and balances is referred to as a patient's...






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






28. Under the Peer Review Improvement Act of 1982 - Peer Review Organizations are responsible for the review for appropriateness an necessity of putting a patient into the hospital by a process known as........ review






29. Which one of the following items is not needed when taking a routine phone message?


30. When writting a bussiness letter -the salutation of a letter should be followed by wich punctuation mark?






31. Infected Pressure sores on the skin are called...






32. The metatarsals are located in the ...






33. Which of the following is false?






34. The medical name for the nose bleed is called...






35. The medical term for bending backward is...






36. Performing a ........ as part of a complete blood count determines the ratio of the volume packed red blood cells to that of whole blood.






37. The computer key DEL command means...






38. A drug used to relieve a cough is called an...






39. A tube inserted into one of the patient's nostrils and down the back of the throat - through the esophagus - until the end reaches the patien's stomach is a...






40. What type of blood sample is needed when performing a PKU?






41. What is considered a normal adult respiration per minute?






42. A system whereby large quantities of data can be accessed -searched -sorted -and arranged very rapidly by computer is called a............... system






43. Awrong committed against another person or the person's property is a...






44. The medical term for circular movement around a central point is...






45. A Latin term signifying that a person is not of sound mind is...






46. The patient with an infection may have...






47. Arterioles are smallest type of...






48. In the positioning of the electrodes - if the electrodes are placed too close together - the emplitude will be ............






49. A drug that causes urination is called a...






50. A rapid -irregular succession of chaotic bizarre waves;wide -irregular oscillations of the baseline is called ventricular....