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Medical Assistant Certification Exam
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Subjects
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certifications
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health-sciences
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Heath insurance that proides protection against the high cost of treating severe or lengthy illnesses or disabilities is called...
Law
Privileged communication
Epistaxis
Catastrophic
2. What is considered a normal adult pulse rate?
supp
Hemorrhoids
Body temperature
90-130
3. The abbreviation for solution is...
Wrist
Smile
sol
Perform quality control testing with every new kit and routinely thereafter.
4. The instrument used to examine the eyes is called the...
Checkbook
Ophthalmoscope
iliac
Clean technique
5. A newsletter that wighs less than one pound would be considered.............. class mail.
Mouth or the ostium uteri
d/c
Third
Invasion of privacy
6. When performing any CLIA waived test it is important do to which one of the following?
Perform quality control testing with every new kit and routinely thereafter.
Hot water
Hemorrhoids
Hypnotic
7. When performing a venipuncture of no blood flows into the tube how would you correct this situation?
Hypogastric region
Remove the needle and tourniquet and lower patient's head and arms
syr
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.
8. All workers whose jobs involve participation in tasks - or activities with exposure to blood -or other body fluids to which universal precautions apply -should be vaccinated with................... vaccine.
Blood films
Take all complaints seriously and ake through notes
Sterilize
Hepatitis B
9. The computer's directional arrow keys...
Ketone bodies (ketones)
Pulmonay
Move the cursor -right -left -up or down
Prenatal
10. Studies suggest that the potential for salivary transmission of HIV is.....
Respiration
Remote
Ketone bodies (ketones)
bedsore
11. Body temperature measured under the arm of a patient is called the..... temperature
Auxilliary
Empathy
Seven
Common iliac
12. Persistent increased systolic and diastolic pressures are indicative of ...
The medical hand wash
Hypertension
Diuretic
TSS
13. 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.
Pink
AD
Gunshot wound
diuretic
14. A person who represents either party of an insurance claims is the...
The point where the first sound is heard.
Adjuster
Incompetence
October 1 to September 30
15. The abbreviation CARB means...
Smile
Move the cursor -right -left -up or down
urinary
carbohydrate
16. Some clinical signs for head injury could be...
1-vomiting.2-headache.3-confusion.
Systolic pressure
exposure incident
Never
17. A fraudulent signature is called...
2 to 60 seconds
Deposit slip
Narcotics
Forgery
18. The balance between the heat produced and the heat lost is the...
Tissue
PPBS
Mouth or the ostium uteri
Body temperature
19. To help classify bacteria into two groups;gram-positive and gram-negative is a special stain called...
gram stain
Speak slowing -loudly -and in easy-to- understand language.
condition of
Negligence
20. Inflammation of the gallbladder is called...
Cholecystitis
Built to provide support & structure
Breach of duty
Biceps brachii
21. When applying leads -aply V1 lead.............
New growth
The fourth intercostal spce right sternal border
tranquilizer
An alcohol prep
22. A small adhesive patch or disc used for administration of drugs is called...
Transdermal System
Auscultation
IM
Negligence
23. The physician has ordered 50 mg of Demerol be given to a patient. The amount of hand is 100mg/ml. How many cc's of demerol will be injected?
Menarche
0.5cc
above
Tri-care
24. A drug used to relieve a cough is called an...
infective or infectious
Hemorrhoids
antitussive
Supiration
25. The healthy adult excretes daily approximately.................. of urine.
1000 to 15000 milliliters
Vasodilator
Admissions
Cleanse the site form the inside out and allow it to air dry.
26. Right and wrong conduct is known as...
Ethics
Red
Ectopic
The use of a fetal transplantation for research
27. What license must a physician have to dispense -prescribe -or administer controlled substances?
Carotid
Peer review
Narcotics
Leg
28. Concerning ECG's for irregular rhythms - any method or rate calculation that depends on intervals between complex is.............
unreliable
Colon
Ethics
Leg
29. The wind pipe which conducts air between the larynx and lungs is called the...
Trachea
Checkbook
Color Coded
Smaller
30. If the septum of the hearth has an abnomal opening it is referred to as...
Irregular Respiration
a septal defect
Colon
Major medical
31. The smaller of the lower leg bones is called...
Nasopharynx and tonsillar area
Tibia
Third
Medicare
32. Performing a ........ as part of a complete blood count determines the ratio of the volume packed red blood cells to that of whole blood.
Respondeat superior
Transdermal System
Hematocrit.
CA
33. The abbreviation for dressing is...
Foot
Contaminated Sharps
dsg
Sterilization
34. Dilated veins that occur in the rectum are known as...
Hemorrhoids
Mouth or the ostium uteri
d/c
Diastolic pressure
35. The major artery that supplies the kidney is called the.......... artery
Epistaxis
Renal
Tissue
Orange-red
36. The abbreviation for cancer is...
Prone
1-vomiting.2-headache.3-confusion.
small
CA
37. Chronic inflammation of the colon is called...
Colitis
Contaminated Sharps
antitussive
Sim's position
38. The medical term for moving a body part toward the midline of the body is...
a hernia
Invasion of privacy
Adduction
glucosuria
39. The major artery that supplies that upper arm is called the .....
The point where the first sound is heard.
Brachial
Contaminated Sharps
AD
40. A method of charching whereby a physician presents a bill for each service render is called...
Make sure the skin is damp when applying the electrode
Fee-for-service
Heart
Adduction
41. The most appropriate site for performing a capillary puncture is a healthy adult is the...
Usual - customary and reasonable
Keto-diastix
Plasma
Great toe
42. The word element EMESIS means...
Vomiting
Inpatient
Hepatitis B
Agonal
43. ................... is a method used for determining whether a particular service or procedure is covered under a patient's policy.
Hematocrit.
Pre-certification
0.5 cc
Gunshot wound
44. The word element POST means...
Sim's position
Gingivitis
after
popliteal
45. The buccal method of administering a drug is done by ...
History and physical examination
EDTA added
Subscriber
Placing the medication between the gum and the check
46. Groups or clusters of bacteria taken for laboratory study are called...
diuretic
Cultures
Head
Assault
47. A drug that causes urination is called a...
Diuretic
Expert testimony
emul
Bland diet
48. A 'V wave' will ..................be seen in the normal ECG
Never
Judgment
Chain of custody
2
49. A drug that produces sleed is called a...
Checkbook
Hypnotic
Coinsurance
Head
50. The word element CISE means...
cut
Jejenum
Draw a line through the error -insert the correct information -date and initial it.
A brush and dust pan