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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. Insurance plans that pay a physician's full charge if it does not exceed his normal charge or does not exceed the amount normally charged for the service is called...






2. Viruses can reproduce only in...






3. A......... report includes information relating to the patien's main reason for scheduling an appointment to see the physician.






4. Which of the following is false?






5. Inflammation of the sinus cavity is called...






6. The mandible bone is located in the






7. Concerning ECG's for irregular rhythms - any method or rate calculation that depends on intervals between complex is.............






8. The medical term for bending backward is...






9. The medical abbreviation for by mouth is...






10. The least reliable measurement of body temperature is....






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






12. The smaller of the lower leg bones is called...






13. Inflammation of the gums is called...






14. High blood pressure is referred to as






15. Conversion of a dysrhythmia to a normal rhythm by applying electric shock to the chest is called....






16. Branches of the bundle branches - which transmit the impluses to the walls of the ventricles - causing the ventricles to the contract are called...






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






18. A payment for hospital charges incurred by an insured person because of injury or illness is called...






19. An unexpected event which may cause injury is called...






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

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21. The vertebrae are located in the ...






22. The metacarpals are located in the ...






23. Aerobic bacteria prefer which of these environmental conditions to grow well?






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






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






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






27. A previous injury -disease or physical condition that existed before the health insurance policy was ussued is called...






28. To correct a hanwritten error in a patient's chart - it is only acceptable to...






29. An nstrument called a centrifuge.....






30. The point at wich air enters the respiratory tract is called the...






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






32. The large squares on the ECK paper are equal to ...






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






34. Lating for 'he who acts through another acts for himself' is called...






35. The patella is located in the...






36. When a patient is positioned on the abdomen -arms under the head -with the head turned to one side the patient is in the ......... position






37. In cases of blood contamination shoe coverings and gloves should be disposed of in............ biohazard plastic bags.






38. Arterioles are smallest type of...






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






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






41. Which test measures both suga and acetone in the urine?






42. A drug that controls appetite is called an...






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






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






45. Never clean a glass thermometer with...






46. The abbreviation for syrup is...






47. The word element SUPER means...






48. The word element RENAL means...






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






50. What type of blood sample will be needed to perform a hemoglobin test?