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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. Before placing a telefone caller on a hold it is appropriate to...






2. A patient receiving ambulatory care at a hospital or other health facility without being admitted as a bed patient is called an....






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






4. Whoping cough is another name for...






5. To netermine the size of the needle remember that the higher the gauge number the......... needle






6. A notice of insurance claim or proff must be filed within a designated........... or it can be denied






7. The abbreviation for Papanicolaou smear iss...






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






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






10. The abbreviation CARB means...






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






12. Chronic inflammation of the colon is called...






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






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






15. Payment made periodically to keep an insurance policy in force is called...






16. An accumulation of air in the pleural cavity after the lungs collapse is known as...






17. The patella is located in the...






18. The second portion of the small intestine is called the...






19. The process of inhaling and exhaling is called...






20. Inflammation of the gallbladder is called...






21. Infected Pressure sores on the skin are called...






22. Inflammation of the nasal mucosa results in...






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






24. Deoxygenated blood enters the right atrium of the...






25. The abbreviation for above or high is






26. A legal statement of how an individual's property is to be distributed after death is...






27. The word element CENTESIS means...






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






29. The abbreviation for dressing is...






30. The time established for filling law suits is...






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






32. Groups or clusters of bacteria taken for laboratory study are called...






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






34. ........................ values are increased in infections and inflammatory disease.






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






36. An international perversion of thuth for the purpose of inducing another in reliance uopm it to part with some valuable thing belonging to him or to surrender a legal right is called...






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






38. Contaminated laundryy shall be........ where it was soiled.






39. When using a fire extinguisher the hose should be directly to the...






40. 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.






41. When the heart rhythm is abnormal it is referred to as...






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






43. The faucet is turned off with...






44. The muscle that flexes and supinates the forearm is called.....






45. 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.






46. The abbreviation for postprandial blood sugar is...






47. Medications can be located in the Physician's Drug reference under all of the following categories EXCEPT...






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






49. A patient positioned on her back with feet in stirrups is said to be in the ...


50. A drug that causes urination is called a...