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Medical Assistant Certification Exam
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health-sciences
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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 divisions of the trachea which enter the lungs are called the...
bronchi
A brush and dust pan
bedsore
Absolute regular
2. The computer key DEL command means...
Smile
Delete
Adjuster
Arm
3. When the hearth is contracting - the pressure is highest. This pressure is called the....
AD
Separates the cellular and liquid portion of the blood
First
Systolic pressure
4. When collecting blood for a hematocrit test use a ...
Sterilize
Palpitation
Fee-for-service
Lavander-top evacuated tube
5. ............ is the single most important sourse of HIV and HBV in the workplace.
Blood
digestive
Litigation
Body temperature
6. A small adhesive patch or disc used for administration of drugs is called...
Ears
Invasion of privacy
Transdermal System
Auscultation
7. An agreement by which a patient assigns to another party the right to receive payment form a third party for the service the patient has received is called...
dsg
sourse individual
Assignment of benefits
Epistaxis
8. The medical term for an involuntary movement is...
Osteology
Left arm -right arm
1 MINUTE
Reflex
9. The major artery that supplies the kidney is called the.......... artery
Partial disability
Renal
Checkbook
Echocardiography
10. FICA provides benefits for...
hs
Social Security
Emancipated minor
Foot
11. An extrauterine pregnancy in which the fertilized ovum begins to develop outside the uterus is called...
Usual - customary and reasonable
Ectopic
Outpatient
a hernia
12. The word element ADENO means
Will
Gland
Ketone bodies (ketones)
Consent
13. Lating for 'he who acts through another acts for himself' is called...
Osteology
Third
Qui facit per alium facit per se
Subscriber
14. The word element CISE means...
Head
cut
Third
Checkbook
15. Listening to the sounds produced while tapping the patient with fingers is called...
substances that have no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse
Percussion
Hot water
Air dry
16. In the medical office the most frequently performed pulmonay function tests is....
Palpitation
Battery
Spirometry.
Speak slowing -loudly -and in easy-to- understand language.
17. The word element SUPER means...
Physician
above
diuretic
Fourth
18. A physician must have the patient's permission in writting to reveal any confidential information except for which one of the following?
Gunshot wound
CPT
Current procedural terminology
antitussive
19. Reasonable anticipated skin -eye -mucous membrane - or parenteral contact with blood - or other potentially infectious materials that may result form the performance of an employee's duties is called....
Percussion
digestive
Hardware
Occupational exposure
20. If the septum of the hearth has an abnomal opening it is referred to as...
Coding
Air dry
a septal defect
Hemorrhoids
21. A liquid preparation which mixes fine droplets of an oil in water -such as castor oil - is called an...
Physiology
Nasal cavity
emulsion
Colon
22. Responsibility of an employer for the acts of an employee is...
Respondeat superior
substances that have no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse
stethoscope
gram stain
23. The autoclave sterilizes or completely destroys microorganism by combining...
Heat eith steam under pressure
Intervals
Third
Smaller
24. The tibia is located in the ....
Brachial
Tri-care
Leg
Wrist
25. The First line of defence in preventing disease is...
Contract
Time
The medical hand wash
Fee-for-service
26. To use a physical chemical procedure to destroy all microbial life including highly resistant bacterial endospores is to...
Placebo
hyper
Sterilize
Glucose tolerance test
27. The abbreviation for elixir is...
W-4
Defendant
Nervous
elix
28. The healthy adult excretes daily approximately.................. of urine.
iliac
Knee
0.20 sec
1000 to 15000 milliliters
29. A fraudulent signature is called...
Coinsurance
Contaminated Sharps
Co-payment
Forgery
30. The abbreviation for drops is...
bronchi
gtt
mydriatic
Assault
31. The abbreviation for bedtime or hour of sleep is...
Adjuster
Software
Osteology
hs
32. The patient with an infection may have...
Make sure the skin is damp when applying the electrode
loss of appetite and fatigue 2-fever -nause -rash -and vomiting. 3- pain -redness or swelling.
Cholecystitis
Red skin
33. The abbreviation for intramuscular is...
IM
Air dry
Orange-red
Heart
34. A coronary occlusion causing a condition that produces chest pain which may radiate to the left arm - shoulder -jaw or neck due to lack of blood supply to the hearth is called...
CPT
abduction
Cultures
Angina pectoris
35. The medical term for circular movement around a central point is...
Sugar
Negligence
Rotation
Take all complaints seriously and ake through notes
36. In the evacuated blood collection system the ecuated glass tubes come in different sizes - and the stroppers are..... to denote the type of additive or lack of one.
a paper towel
Color Coded
Three to four inches
Catastrophic
37. The freh-fractional urine specimen is used to test urine for...
The medical hand wash
Red top tube
Skin preparation
Sugar
38. Making sure a tube is correctly labeled with the patient's complete name and identification number is part of the facilities...... plan.
Quality control
Litigation
1-regularly scheduled check-ups 2-daily examination of equipment for frayed cords or broken parts.3- routine cleaning of the outside of the equipment with a damp cloth.
Negligence
39. A drug that increases urinary output is called a...
diuretic
Defamation
Respiration
At the left hand margin
40. Varicose veins of the anal canal or outside the external sphincter are called...
Hemorrhoids
Outpatient
Arm
Sim's position
41. Inflammation of the pancreas is called...
Pancreatitis
Veins pulsate
Time limit
2.4 mm
42. Inflammation of the gums is called...
Gingivitis
Never
Left arm -right arm
CPT
43. The lining of the duodenum is composed of thousands of tiny finger-like projections called....
villi
Biceps brachii
Consent
Ectopic
44. Inflammation of the mucus lining of the vagina is called...
Leg
diuretic
Vaginitis
Trachea
45. What license must a physician have to dispense -prescribe -or administer controlled substances?
decubitus ulcers
Narcotics
IM
Co-payment
46. Body temperature measured under the arm of a patient is called the..... temperature
Glass
Auxilliary
Hypogastric region
Chain of custody
47. An apical pulse is the method of choice for...
Homeostasis
an EPA
Infants and young children
Separates the cellular and liquid portion of the blood
48. A civilian health and medical program of the uniform services is called
Preexisting condition
90-130
Classification of environmental events -such as poisoning
Tri-care
49. With vital signs - any abnormal measurement must be inmediately reported to the...
Doctor
Deposit slip
small punctures in the dermis
Homeostasis
50. Body language -body posture -space and distance are all examples of.....
AU
small
Non-verbal communication
Draw a line through the error -insert the correct information -date and initial it.