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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. A bed patient in a hospital is called an....






2. The medical term for paralysis on one side of the body is...






3. One who Institutes a lawsuit is ...






4. The venipuncture site should be cleansed with...






5. When preparing a blood smear form a skin puncture you should........... the first drop....






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






7. In drug testing the............ regulates describe how evidence is to be collected and handled.






8. Conduct -courtesy -and manners that are customarily used in a medical office by medical professionals are known as...






9. ............................ are defined as what are right and wrong.






10. ................... is a method used for determining whether a particular service or procedure is covered under a patient's policy.






11. The major artery to the head is called the






12. An incoming call should be answered by the ..... ring.






13. The medical term for straightening of a body part is...






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






15. ................is the study of words and their relaionship to other words in a sentence.






16. A premature ventricular contraction (PVC) where QRS have the same configuration each time they appear is called...






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






18. The tube to collect whole blood with an additive in it has a ....... stopper






19. Erythema refers to...






20. A drug that causes dilation of blood vessels is called a...






21. When doing a venipuncture th syringe or tube should be ....... the venipuncture site to prevent back-flow.






22. FICA provides benefits for...






23. The abbreviation for urinalysis is...






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






25. The medical term for an involuntary movement is...






26. Benefits that are made in the form of cash payments are known as...






27. The major artey that supplies the bladder -rectum -and some reproductive organs is called the...






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






29. A statement given concerning some scientific -technical - or professional matter by an expert - such as a physical is called...






30. When caring for patients with physical disabilities all of the following must be taken into consideration except...






31. An organization that offers health insurance at a fixed monthly premium with little or no deductible and works through a primary care is called a ...






32. The word element CRANIO means...






33. Never clean a glass thermometer with...






34. The abbreviation for emulsion is...






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






36. Referring to computers - the term 'use friendly' refers to...






37. E/M codes are located in the ................ manual






38. The abbreviation for syrup is...






39. 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...






40. When applying leads -aply V1 lead.............






41. 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 ...






42. To cleanse the typical venipuncture site - begin at the intende site of the draw and....






43. A CLIA waived pregnancy test is based on the detenction of which one of the following?






44. The lateral movement of the limbs away form the median plane of the body - is calle...






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






46. Contact with blood - or other body fluids to which universal precautions apply through percutaneous inoculation - or contact with an open wound - non-intact skin - or mocous membrane during the performance of normal duties' This definition(found in t






47. A doctor who agress to accept an insurance companies fee as the maximum amount to be collecte is called...






48. The word element POST means...






49. Physicians with a narcotics license are required to register on June 30 of each year with...






50. Information given by a patient to a medical personnel which cannot be disclosed witout consent of the person who gave it is...