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Medical Assistant Certification Exam
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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. That which in natural and continous sequence -unbroken by any new independent cause - produces an event - and without wich the injury would not have occurred is called...
Absence of oxygen
Proximate cause
Subscriber
Percussion
2. A person or institution that gives medical care is a...
Intercostal
Provider
lab
Ten
3. When the patient is breathing with only the upper part of the lugs this is refereed to as...
lancet
Indemnities
carbohydrate
Shallow respiration
4. A civilian health and medical program of the uniform services is called
sol
Placing the medication between the gum and the check
Tri-care
Antacid
5. A newsletter that wighs less than one pound would be considered.............. class mail.
Contracture
Current procedural terminology
Third
Twice
6. The central middle area of the abdomen is called the ....
umbilical region
Subpoena
Show respect for thei culture
Three to four inches
7. Injuring the name and reputation of another person by making false statements to a third person is...
Microbiological Agents
Physiology
Defamation
Doctor
8. The computer key DEL command means...
Delete
Carrier
2
Primarily
9. Lack of physicl or mental fitness is known as...
Incompetence
contributory negligence
Orange-red
Cancer
10. The divisions of the trachea which enter the lungs are called the...
bronchi
Hypertension
Sugar
liters per minute
11. A drug that reduces anxiety is called...
Reasonable care
Carotid
Myocardial infarction
tranquilizer
12. Located between the pharynx and trachea - and containing the vocal cords is the...
antipyretic
iliac
Larynx
Air -lungs
13. ............................ are defined as what are right and wrong.
2 to 60 seconds
Ethics
Unethical
Timed
14. The abbreviation for suppository is...
supp
Catastrophic
Positively identifying the patient
Echocardiography
15. As part of the office bookkeping procedures -the physician's bank statement should be reconciled with the....
Vasodilator
Make a fist
Checkbook
0.5cc
16. What kind of environment do microorganisms grow best in?
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Orange-red
Dark and warm
Carotid
17. The medical term for tube feeding is...
gavae
Law
Non-verbal communication
Remote
18. A major crime for which greater punishment is imposed other than a misdemeanor is...
Capillary
Hepatic
Flexion
Felony
19. Physicians with a narcotics license are required to register on June 30 of each year with...
urinary
Diuretic
hemiplegia
Drug Enforcement Agency
20. Arterioles are smallest type of...
arteries
Air dry
Diastolic pressure
emul
21. A health care worker who unconsciously transports harmful bacteria but is not ill called a...
Move the cursor -right -left -up or down
Orange-red
Carrier
Hypertension
22. The medical term for goups of cells with the same function is...
Gland
1-Gently insert the needle a little deeper.2-Gently pull the needle or just a little.3-Remove the needle and tourniquet and prepare another site.
Software
Tissue
23. The abbreviation CARB means...
Intercostal
The fourth intercostal spce right sternal border
Red
carbohydrate
24. The lid to the centrifuge should be kept....... when in use.
Pro-coagulation
Closed
Lithiotomy.
PT and PTT
25. Deoxygenated blood enters the right atrium of the...
Admissions
Hearth
0.12
Tri-care
26. hen using a centrifuge - make sure equal weights are...
GI or G.I
Opposite each other
Cirrhosis
1-the cuff should be applied to the bare upper arm.2-room should be quiet so that blood pressure can be heard.3-sphygmomanometer needs to clearly visible.
27. A drug that causes the pupil of the eye to dilate is called a...
Tri-care
Draw a line through the error -insert the correct information -date and initial it.
mydriatic
Left arm -right arm
28. Performing a ........ as part of a complete blood count determines the ratio of the volume packed red blood cells to that of whole blood.
Outpatient
Hematocrit.
Qui facit per alium facit per se
Provider
29. A patient's failure to act prudently and reasonably - or doing that which a reasonable person would not do under similar circumstances is called...
contributory negligence
Puncture-resistant
Perform quality control testing with every new kit and routinely thereafter.
Fourth
30. The venipuncture site should be cleansed with...
Fourth
tab
An alcohol prep
Transdermal System
31. A computer monitor - hard drive - and printer are known as the ...
Hardware
Cleanse the site form the inside out and allow it to air dry.
Res gestae
Assault
32. When caring for patients with physical disabilities all of the following must be taken into consideration except...
Wipe away
Show respect for thei culture
Shifts up or down form baseline
Speak slowing -loudly -and in easy-to- understand language.
33. Which of the following is used to take an infant's rectal temperature?
antitussive
Uniform
Benefits
Security thermomether
34. Tendons -joints -bones - and cartilages are in the......... system
Hypnotic
Pelvis
Extension
Muscular
35. The autoclave sterilizes or completely destroys microorganism by combining...
Cirrhosis
UA
Heat eith steam under pressure
An infection
36. When preparing a blood smear form a skin puncture you should........... the first drop....
Plaintiff
emulsion
decongestant
Wipe away
37. The lining of the duodenum is composed of thousands of tiny finger-like projections called....
0.12
villi
Fourth
a hernia
38. When mixing reagents always read the label
Antacid
Veins pulsate
Pink
Twice
39. In the medical office the most frequently performed pulmonay function tests is....
Spirometry.
Hemiplegia
kidney
substances that have no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse
40. The radial pulse is located in the...
Wrist
Hemiplegia
Pulmonay
iliac
41. In a visual acuity reading of 20/60 - what does the 20 represent?
Deviated septum
Comprehensive
1-the cuff should be applied to the bare upper arm.2-room should be quiet so that blood pressure can be heard.3-sphygmomanometer needs to clearly visible.
Distance between patient and test chart
42. The withdrawl of a physician form the care of a patient witout reasonable notice of such discharge form the case by the patient is...
Transdermal System
Physiology
Abandonment
Negative
43. When using an evacuated tube for collection of electrolytes use a...
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Red top tube
Sensitivity
Contaminated Sharps
44. A condition of the nasal septum turning away form the midline is called a...
90-130
stethoscope
Medicaid
Deviated septum
45. When a patient's feet are placed in stirrups and the buttocks are positioned at the edge of the exam table - the patient is in the...... position
Lithiotomy.
Body temperature
stethoscope
Oxygen
46. After they are used -disposable syringes and needles -scalpel blades - and other sharp items should be placed in ................... containers for disposal.
Puncture-resistant
Assault
Breach of duty
Keto-diastix
47. General infection-control procedures are designed to prevent transmission of a wide range of ................ and to provide a wide margin of safety in the varied situations encountered in the health-care environment.
Negligence
Microbiological Agents
Menarche
EDTA added
48. The zygomatic bone is located in the...
Hemorrhoids
Head
Litigation
The fourth intercostal spce right sternal border
49. When the patient makes abnormal noises like snoring sounds when he/she is breathing - it is called.......
Stertorous Respiration
Abduction
fl or fld
Life threatening
50. A CLIA waived pregnancy test is based on the detenction of which one of the following?
Human chrionic gonadotropin
Rhinitis
Software
substances that have no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse