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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. The major artery to the head is called the






2. The abbreviation for drops is...






3. A newsletter that wighs less than one pound would be considered.............. class mail.






4. The clean-catch urine specmen is also called.....






5. It is recommended that protective masks and eye wear -or face shields -be worn by laboratory technicians - or housekeeping personnel........






6. What federal agency requires the use of Sharps Containers?






7. The word element RENAL means...






8. An nstrument called a centrifuge.....






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






10. The major artery that supplies the kneww is called the...






11. A form of insurance paid by the employer providing cash benefitis to workers injured or disabled in the course of employment is called...

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






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






14. Foods that are mild in flavor and easy to digest (non-spicy) comprise a ....






15. Lying flat on one's back with arms at one's side is the.......... position






16. Which of the following is used to take an infant's rectal temperature?






17. An interval after a payment is due to the insurance company in which the policy holder may make payments - and still the policy remains in effect is called...






18. Whoping cough is another name for...






19. The liver -stomach -mouth -and pancreas are in the .........system






20. The final decision of a court in an action or suit is...






21. Tendons -joints -bones - and cartilages are in the......... system






22. Violation or omission of a legal or moral duty is called...






23. A person who is no longer under the care -custody -or supervision of a parent is called...






24. To measure a blood pressure -the medical assistant will need..






25. The ulna is located in the ....






26. The radius is located in the ...






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






28. The instrument used to examine the eyes is called the...






29. The abbreviation for discontinue is...






30. With measuring blood pressure -the bottom number is called...






31. To cleanse the typical venipuncture site - begin at the intende site of the draw and....






32. Arterioles are smallest type of...






33. Some clinical signs for head injury could be...






34. The computer key DEL command means...






35. The maxilla is located in the ...






36. An injury that prevens a worker form performing one or more of the regular functions of his job would be known as a...






37. The area between waves is referred to as...






38. When the patient makes abnormal noises like snoring sounds when he/she is breathing - it is called.......






39. Oxygen is ordered as percentage concentration and its rate of delivery is written as...






40. The First line of defence in preventing disease is...






41. A premature ventricular contraction (PVC) where QRS have the same configuration each time they appear is called...






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






43. The abbreviation for tablet is...






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






45. A person who represents either party of an insurance claims is the...






46. The science of the function of cells -tissues - and organs of the body is called...






47. The major vein that drains the liver is called the...






48. Inflammation of the mucus lining of the vagina is called...






49. 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...






50. Washing out the stomach through a nasogastric tube is called...