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Medical Assistant Certification Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Schedule 1 drugs include...






2. With measuring blood pressure -the bottom number is called...






3. A drug that produces sleed is called a...






4. A respiratory rate greater han 24 per minute is called...






5. What is considered a normal adult pulse rate?






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






7. A QRS measurement of less than.......... seconds indicates a supraventricular pacemaker....






8. Which of the following is used to take an infant's rectal temperature?






9. The abbreviation for grain is...






10. The abbreviation for solution is...






11. The abbreviation for cancer is...






12. A signature on the reverse side of a check is called...






13. A rubber or plastic tube used to used to drain or inject fluid through a body opening is called...






14. Tendons -joints -bones - and cartilages are in the......... system






15. A drug that causes the pupil of the eye to dilate is called a...






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






17. The abbreviation for ointment is...






18. The abbreviation for suppository is...






19. A person who is no longer under the care -custody -or supervision of a parent is called...






20. The common term for a decubitus ulcer;a pressure sore is...






21. Biohazard labels must be colored...






22. The abbreviation for fluid is...






23. The major artery that supplies the thorax is called the........ artery






24. Whoping cough is another name for...






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






26. 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....






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






28. A downward or negative wave of an electrocariogram following the P-wave is the...






29. The abbreviation for emulsion is...






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






31. When collecting blood by skin puncture on an infant - you should use a ....






32. When the internal invironment of the body is functioning properly - a condition of............ exists.






33. The word element EMESIS means...






34. The abbreviation for syrup is...






35. Hydrocortisone is a drug used to suppress...






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






37. The medical term for moving a body part toward the midline of the body is...






38. When a vector travels away form the positive electrode - a ........... deflectio results...






39. To interrupt or discontinue a suit temporarily with the intention or intention or resumption at a later date -or to ask for a continuance is called a ...






40. When working with pstients form a culture different than your own - one should...






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






42. A disease state that results form the invasion and greowth of microorganisms in the body is....






43. The right ventricle pumps the used blood to the lungs by way of the ................... artery






44. When mixing reagents always read the label






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






46. If during a venipuncture a patient has a syncopal episode what would be your best course of action?

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47. The standard point of the lancet to be used when collecting blood form a newborn heel is...... length (Note: please chack current guidelines - as this changes)






48. The blood lancet is used for the collection of blood specimens by...






49. In insurance -greater coverage of diseases or an accident - and greater indemnity payments in comparison with a limited clause is called...






50. ............ is the single most important sourse of HIV and HBV in the workplace.






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