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Medical Assistant Certification Exam
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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. Medications can be located in the Physician's Drug reference under all of the following categories EXCEPT...
1000 to 15000 milliliters
Third
Composition
Preexisting condition
2. Inflammation of the pancreas is called...
Blood
Gastric
Pancreatitis
Leg
3. The word element PHLEBO means...
vein
Respondeat superior
Quadriplegia
tranquilizer
4. The brain -nerves -and spinal cord are in the ........ system
carbohydrate
Time
Insurance agent
Nervous
5. Branches of the bundle branches - which transmit the impluses to the walls of the ventricles - causing the ventricles to the contract are called...
Deposit slip
kidney
Glass
punkinje fibers
6. Business on hanwritten mail that weighs less than 11 ounces is known as............ class mail.
Paraplegia
First
Forgery
Leg
7. The most important step in the performance of a venipuncture is...
exposure control plan
CPT
Gland
Positively identifying the patient
8. A bed patient in a hospital is called an....
Shifts up or down form baseline
Inpatient
Hemorrhoids
2.4 mm
9. Latin for 'things decided' that is - a matter already decided by judicial authority is called...
Blood films
Incompetence
Res judicata
1-regularly scheduled check-ups 2-daily examination of equipment for frayed cords or broken parts.3- routine cleaning of the outside of the equipment with a damp cloth.
10. The medical term for moving a body part toward the midline of the body is...
emulsion
Placebo
Adduction
Ketone bodies (ketones)
11. An agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of some definite thing is ...
Keto-diastix
Inpatient
Menarche
Contract
12. The abbreviation for gastrointestinal is...
GI or G.I
Pre-certification
popliteal
Dread disease rider
13. The wind pipe which conducts air between the larynx and lungs is called the...
Trachea
Grammar
Invasion of privacy
stethoscope
14. Use your index finger when you......... for a vein
sol
auxillary
1-ask if you may put the caller on hold. 2- wait for the caller to confirm they can wait. 3-obtain a return phone number.
Palpate
15. The absence of one or more complete cardiac cycles where the rhythm is interrupted is referred to as...
Ten
Coinsurance
Sinus arrest
small punctures in the dermis
16. Awrong committed against another person or the person's property is a...
Closed
Fax machine
Tort
Brachial
17. A drug used to control temperature is called an...
antipyretic
Clean technique
Social Security
Attach the envelope to the correspondence
18. Which of the following is false?
Uniform
Veins pulsate
hs
Transdermal System
19. Some clinical signs for head injury could be...
Bagged or containerized at the location.
Epistaxis
kidney
1-vomiting.2-headache.3-confusion.
20. A date on a bottle of medication that provides a ''use until'' date is the...
Work in a circle to the periphery
Back
Third
Outdate or expiration date
21. Arterioles are smallest type of...
2 to 60 seconds
Larynx
arteries
Knee
22. A form to itemize deposits made to savings or checking accounts is called...
Ectopic
When cleaning up blood or body fluids
Deposit slip
Medicare
23. Violation or omission of a legal or moral duty is called...
Absolute regular
Ten
GI or G.I
Breach of duty
24. Physicians with a narcotics license are required to register on June 30 of each year with...
nose
Drug Enforcement Agency
iliac
Chain of custody
25. Which of the following locations is usually used for taking a pulse?
Dark and warm
contamination
CPT
Apical-radial pulse
26. Tendons -joints -bones - and cartilages are in the......... system
Left arm -right arm
Head
Knee-chest
Muscular
27. The blood lancet is used for the collection of blood specimens by...
Placebo
Skin puncture
Grammar
Leg
28. Broken glassware which may be contaminated shall not be picked up directly with the hands - but by mechanical means - such as......
Cardiovascular
When cleaning up blood or body fluids
Oxygen
A brush and dust pan
29. The medical term for expanding or opening wider is...
Dilate
Common iliac
Microbiological Agents
22
30. The suffix -emia means...
emul
Blood
Qui facit per alium facit per se
Body temperature
31. Oxygen is a administered to the patient by way of a ...............
1-catherer 2-cannula 3-tent
Classification of environmental events -such as poisoning
2 to 60 seconds
Plaintiff
32. The common term for a decubitus ulcer;a pressure sore is...
bedsore
Contaminated Sharps
Stool sample
Feel
33. A small adhesive patch or disc used for administration of drugs is called...
Placing the medication between the gum and the check
Transdermal System
tranquilizer
iliac
34. The abbreviation for toxic shock syndrome is...
Medical grievance
Participating physician
antitussive
TSS
35. A type of insurance whereby the insured pays a specific amount per unit if service and the isurer pays the rest of the cost is called...
Co-payment
Below
Emancipated minor
Comprehensive
36. A person who is no longer under the care -custody -or supervision of a parent is called...
Emancipated minor
Transdermal System
an arrhythmia
pap smear
37. Payment made periodically to keep an insurance policy in force is called...
Mouth or the ostium uteri
Inpatient
Premium
Renal
38. An impartial panel established to listen to and investigate patien's complaints about medical care or excessive is called a............. commitee
Tort
Medical grievance
Outdate or expiration date
90-130
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...
Plaintiff
Coordination of benefits
Assignment of benefits
Keto-diastix
40. A method of charching whereby a physician presents a bill for each service render is called...
Fee-for-service
The use of a fetal transplantation for research
inflammation
Database management
41. When collecting blood by skin puncture on an infant - you should use a ....
Supiration
loss of appetite and fatigue 2-fever -nause -rash -and vomiting. 3- pain -redness or swelling.
Blood
lancet
42. When caring for patients with physical disabilities all of the following must be taken into consideration except...
chilled/refrigerated
Speak slowing -loudly -and in easy-to- understand language.
Back
Bid
43. Groups or clusters of bacteria taken for laboratory study are called...
Outpatient
Palpitation
Cultures
CMS-1500
44. Bones of the wrist and ankle are called ..............bones.
How easy the system is to operate
Hepatic
Pleural effusion
Short
45. A doctor who agress to accept an insurance companies fee as the maximum amount to be collecte is called...
Admissions
At the left hand margin
Participating physician
Below
46. Performing a ........ as part of a complete blood count determines the ratio of the volume packed red blood cells to that of whole blood.
Hematocrit.
Lithiotomy.
Human Exposure
auxillary
47. A Latin term signifying that a person is not of sound mind is...
Hypnotic
Non compus mentis
Appendicitis
AU
48. The abbreviation for urinalysis is...
Defribillation
Hypertension
UA
gavae
49. 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.
Chain of custody
elix
Pink
A brush and dust pan
50. To optain a specimen for a throat culture the ....... must be swabbed.
How easy the system is to operate
Heat eith steam under pressure
Consent
Nasopharynx and tonsillar area