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






2. The............. pages of the Physician's Desk Reference is where a medical assistant would be able to locate a medication by brand or genetic name.






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. Broken glassware which may be contaminated shall not be picked up directly with the hands - but by mechanical means - such as......






5. A rider added to a policy to provide additional benefits for certain conditions is called...






6. The International Classification of Disease -9th revision - Clinical Modification(ICD-9-CM) is used to code...






7. The medical term for a decrease in size or wasting is...






8. The abbreviation for temperature -pulse -and respiration is






9. When the right atrium contracts it forces blood through the tricuspid valve into the...... ventricle






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






11. The word elements ALGIA - ALGESIA refer tos...






12. The most appropriate site for performing a capillary puncture is a healthy adult is the...






13. The liver -stomach -mouth -and pancreas are in the .........system






14. The lower middle area of the abdomen is called the ...






15. The fibula is located in the ...






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






17. Wgen a drop of blood is placed on a slide -place a second slide............ the first slide.






18. The medical term for turning the palm foward - as applied to the hand is...






19. The number on the Employees withholding exemption certificate is...






20. Vaccinations against HBV infection provide 90% protection against hepatitis B for ............ or more years following vaccination.






21. An injury that prevens a worker form performing one or more of the regular functions of his job would be known as a...






22. Which of the following is not a criteria for skin preparation for lead placement?






23. Violation or omission of a legal or moral duty is called...






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






25. While ordering procedures may vay -generallly a type a tepe and RH are ordered on all pregnant women.






26. 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...






27. What office instrument is designed to receive and send printed documents via the telephone?






28. Inflammation of the pleura is called...






29. Concent to treatment based on a full understanding of all possible risks of unproventable results of that treatment is called...






30. Ventricular depolarizarion produces an electrical force or vector with 2 components(1) Magnitude of force - and 2-...






31. Neoplasm refers to...






32. When the patient is breathing with only the upper part of the lugs this is refereed to as...






33. Heath insurance that proides protection against the high cost of treating severe or lengthy illnesses or disabilities is called...






34. The color coding for a stopper of a tube with no addictives is(for collection of serum)......






35. While the duration of the ST segment is not generally of clinical significance - it is an exceedingly important portion of the ECG because of...






36. Dilated veins that occur in the rectum are known as...






37. A health care worker who unconsciously transports harmful bacteria but is not ill called a...






38. One of the vital functions of long bones is the formation of...






39. Inflammation of the gallbladder is called...






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






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






43. A letter should be folded in................. using a #10 envelope?






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






45. The abbreviation for Papanicolaou smear iss...






46. The major artery that supplies the abdomen is called the.............. artery






47. In the application of electrodes -secure the electrode by rubbing your finger around the .......... area






48. When performing any CLIA waived test it is important do to which one of the following?






49. An extrauterine pregnancy in which the fertilized ovum begins to develop outside the uterus is called...






50. The healthy adult excretes daily approximately.................. of urine.