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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. Which degree of burn is the most serious?






2. A drug used to control temperature is called an...






3. ............... testing should be made available by the employer to all workers who maybe concerned they have been infected with HIV through an occupational exposure.






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






5. When performing a venipuncture -the tourniquet should be wrapped around the arm about three to four inches form where you are going to ..... for a vein.






6. To optain a specimen for a throat culture the ....... must be swabbed.






7. A special device called a 'regulator' or 'flow meter' is necessary when using...






8. When anticoagulated blood is centrifuged...... goes to the bottom of the tube.






9. When performing a venipuncture - if you have the patient...... the veins will become more prominent.






10. The radial pulse is located in the...






11. The radius is located in the ...






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






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






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






15. Which one of the following evacuated tubes would be drams first?






16. The major vein that drains the upper arm is called the ...






17. hich of there lab tests monitos anticoagulation therapy?






18. What licence must a physician have to dispense -precribe or administer controlled substances?






19. The vertebrae are located in the ...






20. A terminal lethal dysrhythmia - a dying heart - is called...






21. You should wash your hands for approximately....






22. 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...






23. When the physician feels with fingers or hands to determine the physical characteristics oftissues or organs it is called...






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






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






26. The word element CARDIO means...






27. When preparing for lead placement you should first care for...






28. The medical term for tube feeding is...






29. When cleansing the venipuncture site - it is good practice to...






30. Making sure a tube is correctly labeled with the patient's complete name and identification number is part of the facilities...... plan.






31. The study of bones is called...






32. An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another is...






33. Which of the following is false?






34. The branch of study of moral issues -questions - and problems arising in the practice of medicine and in biomedical research is called...






35. The computer key DEL command means...






36. The absence of one or more complete cardiac cycles where the rhythm is interrupted is referred to as...






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






38. A drug that decreases congestion is calleg a...






39. What license must a physician have to dispense -prescribe -or administer controlled substances?






40. Inflammation of the pancreas is called...






41. It is recommended that protective masks and eye wear -or face shields -be worn by laboratory technicians - or housekeeping personnel........






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






43. The presumtion or inference of negligence when an accident is otherise unable to be explained in terms of ordinary and known experience is called...






44. The major vein that drains the pelvis is called the ...






45. 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.






46. When there is no variation or R-R intervals it is called...






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






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






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






50. The abbreviation for emulsion is...